I know the Australians do something they call 'Open Workshops' where club members are invited to one members workshop for a look around, demonstration and coffee & chat. It seems to go well but apart from the next part of this posting I've never heard of it here in GB.
George Fowraker holds open days at his workshop several time a year for members of the Burnham-on-Sea club. They come and discuss problems and issues they are having, how to turn something, sharpening, finishing, all the normal problems we encounter whilst learning. Or just to pick the mind of George's vast wealth of knowledge.
These are great days. With no defined programme, it's interest led and the discussion changes as it moves through the day, as more people arrive and others leave, with their own individual issues.
Or am I wrong, do other clubs hold anything similar?