Originally Posted by
dunster
The very large guild (in Salem) has a morning meeting and an evening meeting. Most people come to the morning meeting, so it can be very crowded. Each meeting has the same speaker, but there is a different set of officers for each meeting (a morning president, an evening president, etc.) They meet together for board meetings. I never thought about the challenges, but I think they are the same for both groups.
I was going to talk about the Salem guild, because that is the one I belong too. I go to the evening meeting because I work during the day. The evening meeting can be 30-40 or 70, it just depends if there is a good speaker. I have heard the morning meeting can get pretty crowded at those meetings. There is one joint meeting, an evening potluck in the summertime. And the whole guild works on the biennial quilt show (odd # years) and the biennial quilt college (even # years) when you have the chance to meet people from the other group. There are also a number of small groups that share projects and meet on their own schedule. A couple of years ago, the guild changed meeting places, which mandated changing meeting night (due to availiblity) but it is a larger and nicer facility. They did have a lot of trouble getting evening officers this year and said they might cancel evenings. That would be the end of my membership. I have never had a guild office, not that I wouldn't some day but I am currently committee to other organizations.