The Villages Woodshop’s Club

September 8, 2015

Laurel Manor

The meeting called to order by President Mike Borfitz

The Pledge of Allegiance was said and a moment of silence was observed by all members. We remembered Jack Tagye who is still in rehab.

Members and Visitors:

We had 3 new members introduce themselves.  We now have 856 members.  Four members are awaiting certification.  From 7/14 to 8/10 there were 57 visitors and  from 8/11 to 9/7 we had 37 visitors.

Important Dates:

The Christmas Party is on Sat. Dec. 12 at the Savannah Center. Alice Besler is collecting item for the raffle.  Mike asked for a volunteer to coordinate this event.  Larry Phillips said he would do it, Sandra Moraco will assist.  Sandra Fuller has a full report on the 2014 party.  A straw vote was taken regarding the possibility of members having to pay a part of the cost for the Christmas party.  The major agreed that they would approve of this.

Colonial days are on January 19^th, 2016. Nancy Blackmore is the coordinator for this event.

Carvers

Bill McGinnis from the carvers has offered the services of the carvers  to work with anyone interested in learning how to carve or burning.  Any member can meet with the carvers on any Tue. or Wed. from 9-11.

Lumber

Steve Yovan will be purchasing some price performance wood on Wed.  He hopes to have some Cherry wood available to the members.

Certification/Monitor duty

Dick Besler will have Monitor duty next week.  He will be going over things that are not on the film.  One of the problems currently is that members are taking the guard off of the Delta saw and putting it back on incorrectly. If you are not sure how to replace it correctly ask for help.

There will be 4 new members doing certification this Thursday.

Office Manager

Anne Bell reminded everyone that October will be a busy month.  The yearly waivers will need to be signed by all members. If you see that the front desk person is really busy please help out by giving a tour to the visitors who come in. There is in the front desk drawer a report telling you which printer will operate with which computer.

The nominating committee will need a short resume from anyone wishing to run for office or to be on the Board. Please leave it at the front desk.  Interviews will take place in Oct.

Education

Bob Mathews has said that Richard Castonguay will be holding a class on Box joints at the end of September.

Toys

Conway Williams reported that the toy Department has had a great month and that they have exceeded last year’s numbers by this time. The Toy Department is scheduled to be at Sumter Square on the 2^rd Thur. in Sept. Oct, Nov. and Dec.  They will also be at Spanish Springs in Nov.

Urn

Tom Miller explained the project for the new members

Safety/Turners

John Herega mentioned the Turners meeting will be on Tue. September 15^th at 7PM in the shop. At this time there is no demonstrator. If anyone has something they would like to share please call John.

There will be classes on CPR when there are at least 7 sign ups.  The signup sheet is at the front desk.

John reiterated the problems with the guard being removed from the table saws.  Someone did replace it incorrectly but it was noticed and corrected before there was a major problem.  John reminded everyone to be more diligent when using the saws and not to become distracted.

A 10 minute break from 7:52 to 8pm

Show and Tell

John Herega showed several pictures donated by Heather as to what the shop looked like at the beginning back 10 years ago.

Steve Yovan had pictures of the desk he made for himself.  It was made from walnut and puduk.Very beautiful.

John had a picture of the hope chest he made for his granddaughter, also very beautiful.

Jason Woodbury made a motor Cycle rocking chair

Walter Chekay made a bud vase for his wife out of walnut and cherry.  He also displayed a segmented bowl which he made a top for and turned it into a cookie jar.

John Herega displayed several cheese and cracker boards, 2 end grain cutting boards, a rolling pin and a large cutting board to fit on the counter for making pasta, pies etc.

Ray Roberts presented the crouch wood platter he turned from a piece of walnut to Mike and Harm Borfitz

Skip Banks showed off and segmented bowl with a diamond pattern

50/50  $20 to Ernie DeSantis, $11 to Bob Bell, $10 to Walt Chekay and $10 to Jim Spallone

Meeting adjourned at 8:37

Minutes submitted by Sandra Moraco, VWC secretary.