Wait lists - What to do when you're in demand
05-17-2017, 03:44 AM
#12
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Palm Bay, Florida
Posts: 696
We have a limit of 300 in our guild. There are usually 40-50 on our waiting list every year. Generally most people make it the following year due to people moving, death etc. We never have a full house at any given meeting, but we have to be able to accommodate the entire membership due to our bylaw's. It does enable us to have wonderful National teachers almost monthly, and a great Quilt Show every other year!
05-17-2017, 03:33 PM
#13
Super Member
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Nevada
Posts: 6,958
Would it be possible to split into two sections: maybe an afternoon group and an evening group? Then you could meet at the same place, just at different times. The logistics of this would depend on what you do at your meetings, but it would give more people a chance to get involved.
If I was put on a waiting list at a guild, I would feel rejected, and go looking for a different group to join. A waiting list also sounds like a management/policy headache.
If I was put on a waiting list at a guild, I would feel rejected, and go looking for a different group to join. A waiting list also sounds like a management/policy headache.
05-17-2017, 07:49 PM
#14
Power Poster
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Long Island
Posts: 24,820
a guild by me had a mailing list that they would send their monthly newsletter to. If you were on the list, you got first pick to be in the guild. after a few years, they moved to a bigger location and others were invited to join.
05-19-2017, 07:43 AM
#15
Member
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Michigan
Posts: 79
This is not the greatest of ideas. The meetings would not be the same. Memberships grown and learn from the comments of others. Although comfortable with location and amenities, I would look for a location that could house the entire membership.
05-19-2017, 04:45 PM
#16
Super Member
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: kansas
Posts: 6,407
our guild of 190 has a daytime meeting and repeats with a nighttime meeting for those that work. Yes, there is a difference in the tone of each meeting--but as a guild everyone is getting the same program, same workshops and same information. Obviously the nite folks don't go out to lunch later in the day, but they are a more casual group and have developed closeness too. Both groups engage in about the same proportions in guild activities. So yes, it can work and ours is not due to size limits, but rather a desire to let quilters that work outside the home (or have small children that they need to be home with)a chance to participate and enjoy the programs.
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