We have a small group that meets at our church---several of whom have since joined the board---and we meet Monday evenings and Tuesday mornings and work on our own projects. Every 6 weeks we have a mini retreat, consisting of 4-midnight on Friday and 8-5 on Saturday. Sometimes we are working on the same pattern, or a Project Linus pattern, etc, and other times we are working on our own projects. It's nice to just have the time to hang out together.