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http://www.westbaywoodturner.com
Club Charter:
The purpose of the West
Bay Area Woodturners Society is to promote woodturning education of
the membership and the general public and to generate a broader
understanding of woodturning as an art form. Our club meets the 2nd
Tuesday of the month @
How does our meeting
operate? Each meeting is started with a short biz meeting, where we cover officer reports, up coming events, and any open subjects that members may have. We follow this up with a President’s Challenge and Show & Tell. Following this is a short break, with coffee and cookies. Please drop a donation in the coffee can to help pay the expenses. Feel free to browse through the library, chat with other members, and look at the turnings brought in by the members. Please respect the turnings and only pick pieces up if the member agrees. After the break we have our main program. The agenda for the programs is available in the monthly newsletter. At the end of the meeting, help by putting your chair away.
How do I
become a member?
What do I need to do? Joining is easy. Please ask any member to point you to the club treasurer and he will give you a short form to fill in. This will give us the information that we need to keep you informed of club activities. Dues are currently $25/calendar year. Joining in Oct-Dec will cover the following year. Please turn a badge. Badges are the easiest way for everyone to learn your name. We collect $1 at each meeting for members without badges.
How do I get a
newsletter? Our electronic newsletter can be found in two locations, on our yahoo group & on our club web site (http://www.westbaywoodturner.com). Joining the yahoo group is important. Last minute notices, notice of the newsletter availability, and a complete membership roster are available in this password protected site. Join the group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wbaw/. Paper newsletters are mailed out to those without electronic access. But note that if you are not part of the Yahoo group, you will not be informed of some activities.
What is the
President’s Challenge and Show & Tell? Each month the president challenges members to demonstrate a different skill. All members are encouraged to participate. Examples of past challenges have been Christmas ornaments, finials, boxes, etc. The upcoming president’s challenge will be given in the newsletter. Show & Tell is an opportunity for members to share experiences with others in the club. This might include an unfortunate problem that we all have from time to time, some new piece of wood that you have turned, a new finish that you have tried, a new skill that you’ve developed or tried, a problem that you want advice on, or an experiment that you have been working on. Please sign in your piece when you place in on the table as either a president’s challenge or a show and tell piece. The president will then ask you to come up and say a few things about your entrée. Each member will receive a raffle ticket for participating. At the end, we will have a raffle for the president’s challenge and a raffle for show and tell.
What are the other
member benefits?
December Pot Luck
and Gift Exchange Our December meeting is
held at a location that will be announced in the newsletter.
Members are encouraged to bring a guest
(spouse, significant other, friend, etc).
We start arriving at
Summer Ice Cream
Social The July or August meeting is an ice cream social along with an opportunity to “show off”. The club will provide everything you need to enjoy ice cream, toppings, and brownies. Members are encouraged to “show off” their favorite turnings, including items that you may have collected. The location of this meeting will be announced in the newsletter. Members are encouraged to bring a spouse/significant other/guest.
Summer BBQ meeting Another summer meeting, July or August, is held at Jim Laflin’s home, 18582 Allendale Av. Saratoga, CA 95070 (408)379-2347. The club will provide everything that you need to enjoy a BBQ of hamburgers, hot dogs, etc. Please bring a chair and plan to come early. Our normal meeting agenda will follow the BBQ and wood raffle.
Access to our club
library Our club maintains a library of DVD’s and books. Members can check the items out for $1 per item for the first month, and $2 for each additional month. Check out the library during the break at the club meeting.
Mentoring program Our club has always tried to help newcomers experience the joys of making the shavings fly. One way of doing it has been to pair a beginner one-on-one with a more experienced turner from the same geographic area. They can meet when and where it suits them. We’d like to expand the program, keeping the old system of helping with start-up problems and also offering a higher level of advice and hands-on help for those who want to attempt more advanced methods, such as these listed below:
MENTORING SPECIALITIES a) Selecting & Cutting trees b) Rough turning/ finishing c) Natural Edge d) Segmented e) Hollowing f) Pens g) Boxes h) Finials i) Between centers (skew, beads, coves, balls, eggs,….) j) Ornamental k) Miniature l) Sharpening m) Tooling Contact George Lutz to be involved as either a mentor or to work with a mentor. lutzgeorge@sbcglobal.net (408) 859-0766
Basic Skills Classes
What are the Basic Skills
Classes? The club is currently offering a series of classes to any of its members given by other members covering the basic skills required to turn. We focus on as much hands-on training as is possible given the number of members that attend in the time permitted. The classes provide an opportunity to ask questions about a particular problem that you might be having and to see up close a demonstration of how a tool, grind, chuck, etc are used. They do not replace other classes offered by full time instructors, and we encourage members to take advantage of any and all learning opportunities.
What classes have been
offered? We started these classes in 2006 and have offered 6 or 7 classes each year. Our series has included:
When, Where, How? These classes are offered on
the 3rd Saturday of the month starting at
Professional
Demonstrators Two or three times a year we
try to bring in professional demonstrators for an all day session,
Wood Raffle A few times a year we hold a wood raffle at a club meeting. Buy your tickets for an opportunity to get some turning wood.
Club discounts on orders
from Craft Supply Our club receives ~12% discount and free shipping on orders that we place over $1,000. To participate, you pay full price for the item, and provide the information with the coordinator. When the order reaches $1k, it is sent into Craft Supply. When the order arrives, you will receive your order along with the discount that we are given.
Discounts on bulk items
bought by members and offered to members Currently we have two items that are available, Anchorseal and CA glue. These items are generally available at every meeting.
Club T-shirts and hats The club pre-ordered some shirts and hats with the club logo. They are high quality and available for purchase at club meetings. Polo shirts are $25, T-shirts are $15, and hats are $10. They come in two colors, so check them out. Prepared by the Club Officers |
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