July 12, 2012 Meeting Minutes
6 guests and 30 members were present.
Treasurer’s report: $2300.78 balance. Pat is switching the club from BoA to a credit union in order to avoid a monthly service fee.
Library report: Terry let the new members know about the library benefits.
Old business
- Craig has not yet spoken to the jefferson county art guild
- Twin City Days Sept 8, 8-4pm: Question as to whether we’d have a lot of people there to buy bowls. A better idea might be to have the sales up with the demonstrations. Motion to sell things at the library location. Motion carries. Jim will check into the food pantry options. Bring bowls and other donations to the August meeting.
- Jim and Terry have plenty of birdhouse birds for this year.
- Carrie will look into the AV equipment prices
- Carrie will add the benefits of membership on the website (insurance + club lathe)
- Carrie won “Best in Wood” at the Craft Alliance Emerging Artist show. Go see the show through August 11.
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New Business
- Craig is taking donations of turned pens for the troops. He will take them to turn on chicago. There is a motion for the club to turn pens and donate to the troops. Craig will order pen kits for the members to use if they will turn and donate them. The motion carried.
- Roger is selling honey.
- Craig has a lot of well-aged walnut if you want to buy some.
- Terry will coordinate the birdhouse project this year. Looking for ideas of homes to talk to.
President’s Challenges:
Next month’s challenge is a bowl
Demonstration:
Next month’s demonstration will be “Back to Basics – TBD” by Mike Hermann.
Show and Tell
12 members brought items show and tell.
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- Glen: Screwdrivers and scratch awls in exotic woods, bottle stoppers, pens (donation)
- Pat: Burled bottle stoppers
- Jim: catalpa bowl and walnut pedestal bowls, box elder lamp pull
- Keith: acrylic pen to donate, black cherry bowl
- Kat: Birdhouses, bottle stoppers, pens for the troops
- Mike Hermann: Bowl with worm holes, cherry bowl, two small maple bowls, first segmented bowl, tool handle
- Jerry: gold leafed winged bowl, turned pencil
- Stefan: osage orange duck calls, natural edge walnut bowl
- Cassie: three pens: spalted maple, koa, and blue acrylic
- Terry: bowl with a shiny WOP buffed finish, maple bowl with a textured rim from the bandsaw
- Gary: Frisbee
- Craig: two drilled lidded boxes
Instant Gallery of Show and Tell Items
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President’s Challenge
8 Members participated in this month’s President’s Challenge of an off-center turning.
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Joyce was the winner.
- Craig – egg cup with offset stem
- Kenneth – offset maple goblet
- Roger – offset mahogany baby rattle
- Terry – offset box elder bowl
- Mike H – four sided cherry bowl
- Joyce – oak offset candle holder
- Tim – cam shaft box
- Carrie – maple candle holder with offset stem
Demonstration
Mike Hermann demonstrated the basics of bowl turning.
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