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01-22-2017, 07:26 PM

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GeeGee

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Join Date: Nov 2006

Location: USA

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Originally Posted by lovelyl

My guild is in the process of updating the bylaws that deal with membership and I was wondering if any of your guilds have an age limit for guild membership. We are trying to avoid having members bring young children/ teens to the meetings and sew days simply because they could not find a babysitter, which has started happening. Some members are very bothered by this and don't think it is appropriate for children to be at the meetings and fear it will become too disruptive.
Do any of your guilds' bylaws address this and state a minimum age for membership? Any comments and suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

We had no problem with this in the guild or quilting clubs which I belonged to. Everyone was welcome.
Occasionally a member brought a child, sometimes a child would accompany their grandmother but the President always had control over the meeting. We had one lady who did not drive so her husband always brought her and stayed for the meeting. We had one member as young as 12 who was a beginner quilter. One lady always brought her handicapped son who was wheelchair bound and could not be left at home alone although he was in his 40's. He was ever so sweet and we all loved him. I would say perhaps dealing on a one by one basis would be more appealing than rigid rules. Just my humble opinion.

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