A lot of our guild members are gone for the summer, so last year we had a "get to know your fellow quilter" at our first meeting in the fall after most everyone was back. We were each told to bring in something that represented what we had done that summer. One gal had gone on a trip to Alaska, so she brought in some fabric with items found in Alaska on them, another had gone to a wedding, so she brought in some memento from the wedding, one gal brought in a piece of lumber. She had worked on a Quilter's Lumberyard patter during the summer. We all put what we had brought on a table and each piece was assigned a number. Then we were all given papers and tried to figure out which item belonged to which guild member. There was a prize for the person getting the most right. It was really fun and got everyone to talking to each other.
We have two meetings each month. The first is our business meeting and after the meeting we have a "sewcial" where we bring our machines and work on whatever we want. Sometimes one of our members teaches a class of something that people want to learn. The second meeting is usually some sort of program, trunk show, or class taught by someone outside the guild.