azdesertrat

the Tucson Quilters guild has been around for 30 years,dues are 25.00 a year,monthly meetings,either tues nite or wed morning.we have a quilt show once a year and have several charities that we donate to,any more info you can pm me or google Tucson quilters guild

texas granny

I belong to a guild of almost 600 our dues are 25 a year but will be going up next year. We have a monthly newsletter. Well know speakers every month with workshop on the weekend before the meeting. We also have projects we do for charity.
We have a show every other year

Tiffany

I belong to several local guilds. The guild here in Idaho Falls, Snake River Valley Quilt Guild, has annual membership dues of $20. It is valuable because they have a very extensive library and only members can check out a book, DVD, or templates/patterns. Members also receive first dibs at the classes and we have amazing national instructors come in. Just last month Sally Collins taught a couple of classes. (AMAZING!!!) There are about 150 members and a decent Board that runs it all, but any main decisions are voted on by the members as a whole. This guild is very active in charity, donating several thousand dollars every other year to a charity from the sales of our quilt raffle as well as being active in handing out hundreds of quilts a year to various needy organizations. We have the largest show in southeastern Idaho, coming up next year, which takes an amazing amount of structure and organization. There is even a group that are working on getting a quilt museum up and running. Several of our members teach nationally or have books & patterns out on the market for sale. Right now probably our most popular national teacher is Kim Diehl.

The second guild I belong to is only $5 a year. This guild is run much more like a club and usually there are only 30-40 people at the meetings. There is a Board but I haven't served on it so I don't know how involved it is. They do have local teachers come in but it seems to be more of a get-together than an actual classroom type setting. This guild is a lot of fun & it's easy to see the gals love visiting and quilting and having fun. Every year they make a quilt and raffle it off to charity, drawing in about $1500 to a local charity. These ladies are very generous and just fun to hang around! And I'd say a good quarter of them belong to the Idaho Falls guild.

The third guild's dues are $15 a year. This guild is very small, only about 40-50 ladies, and while there is a Board, most everything is decided by a majority vote by the members. Once a year the group gets together and creates several charity quilts, which are donated to needy families, those who have had home fires, and to the Veteran's Center.

The guild I belonged to in California was very similar to my guild in Idaho Falls, except it had probably half the people. Besides that it was remarkably similar. I get the impression most guilds are run with a Board, at least those with 30-50+ people in it. Once it grows beyond someone's livingroom or small classroom, I think structure becomes necessary or chaos takes over.

Eddie

I belong to our state (Arkansas) guild, and the dues there are $25 per year. I'm going to be joining a guild in the next county over at the end of this month, and their dues are $15. I can't join the guild here in my own county because they won't let men join (Boo! Hisss! Discriminatory! :evil: )

The dues in the state guild are used for basic operations, such as monthly rent for the meeting room at the community center, newsletter printing, etc. We have a board that meets monthly to make decisions for direction of the guild, and any major decisions are presented to the members for a vote.

azdesertrat

wow thats sad that they won't allow men!You would think they would embrace any one wanting to quilt regardless

quilt addict

I am in a guild and dues are $35/year. The money is used for expenses, like community center rental, postage, newletter printing, insurance, speakers, supplies for charity quilts, and the like. Decisions are made at board meetings and they are open to all members to attend. There is a constitution and bylaws I guess that indicate what needs to be voted on by the members which is done at the monthly meeting.

I was surprised how much a speaker costs and will try to avoid being in that board position.

The meeting format is short business, introductions of guests, show and tell, speaker and drawing for BOM and door prizes. I really enjoy it and when I don't figure it was just the attitude I choose that night and try to forget about it.

Eddie

Yes, you would think so.

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Tiffany

[quote=Eddie]WHAT!?! :shock: I've never heard such a thing before. Wow, how very strange. We have several men in our guild and I have to tell you, most of us women are highly impressed by you men quilters. Impressed and fascinated. :lol: You think differently and often times you will approach quiltmaking in a different way. I especially love the design factor. Men seem to make more interesting patterns, or maybe it's just that you think logically and it shows in your designs and I'm drawn to that aspect of it. Whatever it is, I certainly can't imagine any guy being turned away from our guild. Heck, I think one of our founding members was a man!

Eddie

From their bylaws that they have posted on their website:

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debbieumphress

Eddie, Sounds like they might be a little intimidated by a man quilting as good or better than they do.LOL. We have three in our guild and two actually go to retreats. They have their own room of course.It's their loss, Eddie, not yours. By the way, I am still planning on send the last three brown telephone glass to you soon. I mailed out too much last month and have to spread it out a little. Thanks