March 20 , 2008
Club President Nick DiMona opened the meeting at 7:07 pm, and led the members in saying the Pledge of Allegiance. One new member and three visitors were introduced. There were 35 members present at the meeting.
Business in order of presentation:
1. Nick reviewed upcoming events to include the Club Picnic which will be held at Whispering Pines Park in Inverness.
2. Nick introduced Dave Melton who provided more details on the club picnic.
3. Frank Sospenzi informed the club that there is a date change for the 2009 Florida Woodturning Symposium (FWS). The new dates are 9 – 11 Jan 2009.
4. Club treasurer Frank Sospenzi gave the treasurer’s report which along with the minutes was accepted unanimously.
5. Tony Cortese reviewed future programs. Dave Barriger scheduled for the April meeting and Al Hockenberry for the May meeting. Jesse Woodard will demonstrate his techniques for segmented turning during the June meeting.
6. Nick reviewed the “instant gallery.” This month’s “instant gallery” was again incredible by any measure.
7. The “bring back” was a beautiful box turned from cherry by new member Ray Gallahue. The winner of this month’s “bring back” was Ken Habedank.
The Demonstration was by club member Mitch McMullen. Mitch demonstrated his techniques for making natural edge bowls. It was an outstanding demonstration and much appreciated!
The next meeting will be 17 April 2008.
Respectfully submitted,
Ken Habedank, Secretary
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Dear AAW Chapter Head,
The Woodturning School is a small hands-on woodturning school in Midcoast Maine. We have new Oneway 1640 lathes, mostly Sorby Turning tools and a 3:1 student/teacher ratio. The school was the subject of a 4-page story in the summer 2006 issue of American Woodturner. Here is a link to our web site: http://www.woodturningschool.org/index.html
In order to reach out beyond our own immediate geographic area, we need your help in acquainting your members with courses that may be uniquely appropriate to them.
· Two-day Intensive weekend courses in introductory turning
· Two-day Intensive Specialty Course that include “Evolutionary Boxes”, “Hollow Turning”, “Turn a Lamp and Lampshade”, “Holiday Gifts”, “Natural Edge Bowls”, “Embellishments, Enhancing and Texturing”, and more.
 | Five-day basic courses called “Turn to Success” |
Please visit our website for our full curriculum with descriptions of each class we offer, as well as information about our school, instructors and our location.
For those of you who are not familiar with our area, Midcoast Maine is a vacation destination that offers a wide variety of attractions including beaches, antiques stores, arts and crafts galleries, lighthouses, boat tours for whale and puffin watches, and lobsters. We have also collaborated with several local resorts and motels which are willing to offer food and lodging at reduced rates to our students.
I look forward to meeting you at the AAW Symposium this June.
Best Regards,
Ken Keoughan
Director
Woodturning School
Damariscotta Maine
207-563-2345
www.woodturningschool.org
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