Peckish, you have a very good point!
I might be interested in helping to organise a retreat at some point - and I even work at a LQS and have mentioned the idea to my boss - but have got too much going on right now, and also kind of feel that I would like to go on one organised by someone else to get a feel for it (I don't have enough quilty friends to do a B&B version - it would be me and Emma, so that would be like being at work LOL!)
I agree with CannyQuilter - the fabric guild info looks extremely promising. That is not one I've seen before!