GarniGal's Journal:

I belong to a community group called Guelph Needlecraft Guild. We meet every couple of weeks for classes organized by the group, or just to sit and work on our crafts. In October, it became apparent that the organization is in a contracting phase (over 50 members when I joined 7 years ago, 28 now), and we've lost a lot of our active members.

I'm an idiot.

I volunteered to be president.

So now I'm responsible for either putting it on the right path to rebuilding or... putting the final bullet in it.

To that end, I posted a survey on Facebook - and got bupkis. Clearly, FB is not the place to get responses. So I'm going to try here. Mostly I'm looking for ideas and advice, though if there are local Guelphies out there in the ether - come join us! We're friendly, hardly bite at all!

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I've volunteered to be Guelph Needlecraft Guild vice president for the remainder of the year, which means I'll be president next year. We're currently in a membership contraction and rebuilding (we hope) phase of our guild, and I'm looking for some external guidance about going forward. The guild's purpose is to bring together like-minded crafters for education and fellowship.

1) Are you a crafter (knitting, beading, quilting, sewing, embroidery etc)?
2) Do you have any interest in getting together in person with people who share your interests?
3) How do you find people with the same interests as you?
4) What do you expect to get out of meeting with people who share your interests?

Thanks for your input. Once I have some ideas, I may approach those of you who respond with to ask for more detail. Let me know if you want me to leave you alone!