All of the ideas presented can be a good program, but when guild night deteriorates to Meet Your Members, ad nauseum, it becomes a chore to go and sit through it. We pay dues, and a few years ago could look forward to a well known speakers from some aspect of quilting at least 3 times a year, but now it is "garage sale, auction, Christmas party," and all of the money made is spent to finance "retreats" that most of the quilters would rather skip.