Originally Posted by
grncy
I like all your suggestions and think they will make for a great education day. Our local LQS is a sewing machine dealer and they teach most of these classes and she is a member of the guild. How do you justify having these classes when she is teaching them or has taught them at her store? Isn't that a conflict of interest? All her teachers are members and it would be like taking money out of their pockets.......just wondering how you all feel about this situation?
Include the dealer in the planning stages. Tell her you wanted to check with HER first because you know she offers these classes at the shop and you didn't want to cause a conflict. I am sure she will be most appreciative of it. Maybe she can forfeit a couple of classes. Or it could be not all people who take her classes at the shop are members of the guild. So she will still make money from non members who will pay full price for the class at her shop, while members can benefit from her instruction on your guilds learning day. If she agrees make sure it is announced at the classes that her generosity made the class available so that way she gets a plug and members may be inclined to "thank" her by giving her some business.