Minutes of June Meeting
Submitted by Norma Hogan (covering for Tim Elliott)

Notes from CNEW meeting June 1 2006

Minutes from May meeting were unanimously accepted.

No new members or visitors.

Pay dues now or be considered a ‘lapsed’ member.

Part of the purpose of CNEW is to present opportunities to learn and grow.

June meeting was the last night of the 1st round to give items to Charlie Croteau for Project Goodwill for the auction/fundraiser to be held June 8 at Doyles’ Café in JP (6:00 – 10:00 pm) . It is possible that donations from the CNEW group will produce $800 for Project Goodwill. Not too bad considering our goal was $400.

Congratulations to CNEW and special thanks to all those who donated items.

CNEW will continue to support Project Goodwill so keep bringing in those auction items. We would like to promote Project Goodwill on a larger scale. The Worcester Telegram & Gazette may do an article, Dave Eaton is trying to work with AAW. We need more publicity and would appreciate any volunteers to work in this area.

Open Turning is going forward. Dave Eaton will get permission from WCC for our members to use space and equipment for open turning 1-2 hours before the regular meeting. Joe Harby has graciously agreed to take the lead on this. Other members who will be working with Joe are Frank White, Rick Angus, Dalton Lugg and Ken Brannock.

Regional Symposium Update – Norm Mancuso and Frank White
Five places to hold the symposium have been considered so far with three eliminated with three additional sites to be considered. Looking good at this point are UMASS Amherst, CCRI in Rhode Island and Wesleyan University in CT. Six clubs have promised $1000 each. Two/three clubs are working on EOG grants from AAW. Cape Cod Turners, being a very small group, may just supply manpower in lieu of cash. It may be worked out that Pinkerton/Albany/us (regional clubs) will rotate symposiums on a three year schedule.

Gene Spadi is wood swap co-coordinator. If you have a large amount of wood to donate, please contact Gene to make arrangements.

Steve Reznek suggested that folks demo’ing for the club get first choice of wood at the swap. All agreed and Rick Angus was given first choice.

Mike Stone designed and made plastic laminated membership cards for all CNEW members. Thanks, Mike, for donating the time, money and effort for the cards. On behalf of the club, Dave Eaton awarded Mike a Certificate of Appreciation.

Certificates of Appreciation also went out to Frank White for his work on the Alan Lacer demo. Awesome job, Frank!!

Joan Berthold received a Certificated for her ‘over the top’ cookies served at the Lacer demo. Now we know where to find our just deserts!

Letters of Thanks and Appreciation went to
Steve Reznek
Frank White
Joe Harbey
Alan Lacer
Robert Roberts (wood for Project Goodwill)
Charlie Croteau

CNEW received a letter of appreciation from WCC for our previous $100 donation.

Ray Boutotte will be demo’ing and talking about new products at the July 6 meeting. If there is anything you want to see/hear/know about, please contact Ray ASAP.

There will be no regular meeting in August. The August meeting will be a club picnic to be held at Dave Eaton’s place. Be prepared for the shortest business meeting possible then food – fun – turning. Be at Dave’s house about 11:00am. We will be turning tops and then racing them. Bring your graphite!

Malcolm Tibbetts will be conducting a workshop at Totally Turning in October. It is possible that he will demo at CNEW. A motion was made and passed that Reid Gilmore will explore the possibility with Malcolm.

Club Participation –
Remember to use our club library of books and tapes/DVD’s. If we don’t use them, we will loose them. Please return books and tapes promptly or gladly pay the late fees. We have a new Beth Ireland video along with 3 Alan Lacer DVD’s. New books include “Learn to Turn” and “Woodturning Projects and Techniques”. A motion was made and passed to raise the rental on new books to $2.00.

Pen Challenge in October- Make a pen and get a pen!

In addition to our “Open Shops” meeting in Feb – several members of the club have volunteered to have individual open shops during the year. Joe Harbey, Westfield, MA, will host the first one on June 8 from 6:30. Contact Joe for more info. Other volunteers are Frank White, Phil Bowmen, Rick Angus, Dave Eaton, and Steve Resnick.

Mentor Program – Dave Eaton has the program up and running. Check the website for those members who are willing to mentor.

From the Treasurer’s Report – The club netted about $320 from the Alan Lacer demo. A motion was made and passed to donate $100 to thank WCC for their continued support of CNEW. CNEW bank balance is approximately $2112 with $1000 of that amount earmarked for the regional symposium. Income will be slowing since most members have paid their dues.

A discussion was held regarding getting a wheeled transport for moving lathes around the Center. Apparently, a WCC dolly wheel was broken by CNEW. We need to fix or replace the dolly. Norm Mancuso will explore possible fixes.

We need suggestions for club demo’s for our October and November meetings. If there is anything you would like to see, please let us know.

Reid Gilmore was contacted by Jim Doyle. He is attempting to start an internet craft store. If you are interested go to www.j-store.net  for more info. Reid visited the site and reported it was not as large as Norma Hogan’s on-line artisan site, www.thecollectivearts.com .

Please check the CNEW website for individual galleries. Add yourself and your pictures.

Dave Eaton has been working long and hard on the site. We now have a more complete history of the chapter. Dave has traced and published the origins of CNEW and AAW.

The club may be getting free wood from ‘Gone Batty’, a company in Kentucky. The club would be responsible for shipping costs.