Great news! You may want to get together for more than one hour if you can have the space for that time. The guild I belong to meets in a local church all day on thursdays, we are set up as a non for profit business. I believe you need to be set up as a business or other organiztion to qualify for the Jo-Annns discount cards. Invite members to bring their machines to the gathering and sew and socialize together! You will find that you can learn from each other. Also bring snacks, nothing breaks the ice like food.