Originally Posted by
dunster
I would say that both my guilds have quilt-related workshops only. I only attend if it's an instructor with a method that I'm really interested in. The cost to members is only $40 for one guild, and I'm not sure what it is for the other. The guild pays the bulk of the fees from income from dues, opportunity ticket sales, quilt raffle sales, etc. but sometimes the instructor charges a hefty "kit" fee. I have noticed that neither guild has had truly well known speakers in a long time.
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Our guild offers a lot of workshops by our members as teachers and they're offered for free to members. Our member instructors are paid but only $50 for a half-day workshop which is more than reasonable. We have folks that begrudge them even that much if the subject is not 100% quilt related. They honestly don't realize how lucky they have it to be having free workshops and they're free to attend or not. Some of these are for tote bags and things that are then donated to the guild for their fundraising sales. Folks are also free to take them home. I appreciate getting input from outside guilds.