I think we have a little over 100 members with about 60 or so at the monthly meeting. We have several chairpersons. One has fat quarters. You get a ticket for each themed monthly fat quarter turned in and a chance to win a stack of them. Usually several members win some. We have the same for a themed block turned in. Each month several people turn in finished items and we are allowed to buy dollar tickets to win the one we want. We put our tickets in a can that is numbered like the item we want.
First, we have a speaker, with a trunk show. Then we have a break, where we are asked to check the minutes and treasurers report for accuracy. When we resume, our Pres. asks for any corrections to them. Then we have a report from the philanthropy group about what was turned in for charities. We give to several childrens' homes. We also make dog beds out of scraps, etc. for some "no-kill" shelters. We have show and tell. We did a survey last year and that was voted as the best part of our meeting. Each person gets up front with their quilt and a mike and two members hold up their quilt while the maker talks about their quilt.
Then we have drawings for a stack of fat quarters, blocks of the month made and turned in, and the drawing for items we bought dollar tickets on. The last drawing is for donations by local quilt shops (a pattern, or a group of fat quarters or for a $10.00 gift certificate. When we come to the meeting, we sign in and get a ticket for the quilt shop drawing. If we wear our name tag, we get another ticket to put in the shop drawing.
Sometimes we have a pajama party and come dressed in our pj's and play games like bingo or left, right, center.
A lot of people bring in their already read magazines and our librarian sells them to us for .25. Usually in April, various friendship groups donate baskets of goodies and we have an auction where we sign up with the highest price offered is the winner. We usually have several tables of baskets. There is always a lot of excitement about these. Good luck with all of the ideas you are getting from everyone.