Lin, I do not see how our announcement of the 2015 IOLI convention has taken the focus away from the upcoming 2014 convention as there has not been any discussion recently on Arachne about it among the talk of Miss Channers Mat, copyright and book publishing. Instead, you have indeed tried to remove the focus from our exciting news. I am sure that as soon as the Bulletin begins to hit mailboxes there will be comments about the 2014 convention.
Devon, Thank you for your kind words. We do have quite a challenge in front of us to prepare for a convention in just 18 short months. Now that we have confirmed the "where" and the "when" we will be working on the other details. I am very excited about our venue! The Coralville Marriott is located just off of I-80 (near Iowa City) so it is easy to find. It is relatively new and located in an area where new shops and businesses are still opening. There is a scrumptious cupcake shop just down the street! Yum! But best of all, the hotel is warm and inviting with huge windows looking over the courtyard in the back and the woods by the nearby Iowa River. You will all want to pull up a chair and make lace! About half of the classes will be on the second floor and everything else is on the main floor. If you use Google maps to locate the hotel and zoom in you will see the layout of the hotel and nearby area. There is also a nice walking trail along the river. Unfortunately, Iowa does not have majestic mountains or wide open oceans and beaches. Our history is not nearly as rich as Washington DC, or Philadelphia or even Sacramento. Instead we have wide open corn fields and our immigrant heritage. Sweet corn will be in season! The National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library is once again open following the devastating flooding in 2008. You can be sure that we are in contact with them regarding the convention. We will be gathering information on other interesting features of the area to share with you soon as well. We hope you will all want to come, even if it is to just sit around in the spacious hallways next to the windows and make lace all week! Anita Hansen Cedar Rapids, Iowa Doris Southard Lace Guild Lin Hudren wrote: Glad you gals are figuring this out. i think more details will be available for involving others when the 2014 convention is closer to being attended. why are we working on 2015 when 2014 is needed to be focused on for attendance. you are disrupting the focus on 2014 and they need attendance to offset their expense in making that event happen. come on people, gift those working so hard to put on a good event for you in 2014 and let 2015 evolve in sync. thank you. - 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/
