Monthly Newsletter...
July 2007 Message from the President:
The July meeting was very well attended, considering the extremely hot and humid weather. Loren Fisher provided us a wonderful demonstration of turned miniature cowboy hats. He displayed several full size hats and a collection of miniatures. Thank you Loren.
Congratulations to J. Paul Fennel, Tania Radda, and Leonard Byrd, who had their work on display at the American Association of Woodturners annual symposium held in Portland, Oregon.
On Saturday, August 4, 2007, the place to be is Yavapai Community College in Prescott, Arizona, for the annual combined club meeting with the Prescott Area Woodturners. The event is held at the woodshop on campus from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. There will be turners demonstrating from both clubs throughout the day. The event is free to club members and the general public. The clubs will provide lunch for current members and their families. There will be door prizes for members.
The purpose of the get together is to create a greater awareness of our craft and to raise money for the woodworking program at the college.
Bill Baumbeck from Arizona Silhouette has donated two Jet Mini-Lathes to our club. Thank you Bill for your continued support.
We will raffle one of the lathes at the Prescott event and the revenue derived from the sale will be donated to the woodworking program. There will be 100 tickets available at $5.00 each. Additionally, there will be a silent auction and the proceeds will go directly to the woodworking program. Anyone wishing to donate an item for the silent auction is strongly encouraged to do so. I am in the process of deciding which piece of my work to donate. When you bid on a piece, bid big!!! The other lathe will be raffled at a later time to raise money for the 2009 Desert Roundup.
Mike Lucckino reports there is a growing base of committee leaders for the 2009 Desert Symposium. It is not too late to volunteer. Contact Mike or myself if you are interested in serving as a committee chair or in any other capacity.
We will be holding our annual election for club officers during the October meeting. Nominations will be accepted at the September meeting. If you are interested in seeking an office, have the guy sitting next to you make the nomination.
The meeting in Prescott will be the August meeting, see you there.
Michael Holland
Rick Drown is on vacation and will not be contributing a Vice President's message this month.
Web Site Information:
Our website
has some beneficial links. Some connect you to local
woodturners and businesses. Others, such as “Buy Tools” and “Arizona
Woodturner’s Merchandise” can benefit the club. When you buy a tool or an
article of clothing at the above mentioned links the club gets a percentage of
the purchase price. We are all looking for good deals on tools and clothes.
What could be better than getting a good item at a fair price and part of the
cost going to your woodturning club?
All pictures taken at our monthly meeting will be
placed in the photo album. Only pictures with a name on the bottom of the
turning and paid members will have pictures placed in the photo album. We can
save each months picture through out the month this way. To see the pictures,
click on the Photo Album link, and when that opens, click on the Gallery link.
These pictures will still be added to your personal photo album.
Our Buy Tools page is still working the same way. If
you are going to purchase a tool, and it is shown on our Buy Tools page. Going
through this area to purchase your tool helps out our club. We get a small
return on each purchase and so far it has been paying for our web site. Keep
up the good work.
Pictures in the Photo Gallery can be enlarged by clicking on them and then
clicking a second time to see the full size picture. Once a quarter, the older
pictures will be deleted to make room for the newer pictures. This helps keep
our web site speed at it's best quality.
You
can now purchase Arizona Woodturners logo items through our products link.
This includes, shirts, sweatshirts, caps and more.
Arizona Woodturners Merchandise
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