Dear Lin, I am looking forward to the Sacramento convention and think that it will be a great deal of fun. The location, just where our Gold Rush started is very interesting historically, and that theme will yield very interesting entries in its contest. I can't wait to get my Bulletin and find out who the teachers will be and the details of the trips! I already know that there will be some very interesting exhibits.
However I am also glad that an effort is being made to acquaint us with the details of the 2015 convention in Coralville, IA. Usually conventions are planned many years in advance, as the Sacramento one has been and there is chatter and chit- chat for several years as people familiarize themselves with the location and make determinations about whether they want to go. In the case of the 2015 convention, there was a serious fear that no one would step forward to host the convention. In fact some groups who might have been interested in hosting found that all the potential hotels were booked up two years in advance, and instead chose to ask for years farther out. So, it was a tremendous relief when the Doris Southard group stepped up to the plate and heroically offered to put on a convention with a very short lead time. Not only do they have to put everything in place super quick, but there hasn't been the usual opportunity for consciousness of the location to evolve within the group. So this is rather an exceptional situation where the normal process has already been disrupted. I don't know about other people, but my vacation time and money are in such short supply that I am usually thinking several years in advance about it. I confess, I don't know much about Iowa, and I would like to know more. I have never taken a vacation in Iowa before. What is there to do? What is there to see? What is the hotel going to be like? What special things are going to happen there? How do I present the idea of vacationing in Iowa to my spouse who also gets to weigh in on decisions? Although initially cool to the idea of vacationing in Sacramento, he has researched the area and identified activities that he enjoys. Now we are both looking forward to it with (almost) equal enthusiasm. At this point I need to know what activities might be available to him in Iowa. I would like to know as much as possible about the Iowa convention and as soon as possible. It would be a real shame if the Coralville Convention were to be poorly attended because they did not have enough lead time to acquaint the lace community with what it had to offer. Devon - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
