Minutes of September Meeting
Submitted by Tim Elliott, Secretary

Notes from CNEW meeting September 7 2006

No guests/new members were recognized

Mickey did not attend. Dave provided a summary of our treasury.
July beginning balance: $1033
July ending balance: $ 754
Aug beginning balance: $ 754
Aug ending balance: $ 681
The $1000 we earmarked for seed money for the regional Yankee Symposium has already been paid.

Project Goodwill continues with another auction at the Woodworks show in January at the BigE. Please be sure to bring in any donations in time for this event.

Several members showed up for "open shop" at 5 PM prior to the start of our official meeting. We will have another open shop prior to the October meeting unless we fail to get permission from the craft center. If cancelled, an announcement will be made on the CNEW website.

The October meeting will include a pen challenge.
Here's how it works: If you want to participate, make a pen and bring it to the meeting in a plain brown bag tied up with string. You will get to select a pen made by another member to bring home with you.

Dave asked how many have taken advantage of the mentors program. Only two members raised their hands. We would like to see more participate in this.

It is not too early to begin thinking about officer nominations for 2007. Reid pointed out that per the club bylaws, the current officers are the default nominating committee. Dave will bring a list of officers and their official duties to the next meeting. The following members have already volunteered to run for office:
Ray Boutotte: club storekeeper, book librarian
Al Faul: video librarian
Norma Hogan: treasurer
Tim Elliott: secretary
Henry Fairlie: photographer

There was some interest in putting together a CNEW contribution to the Freedom Pen Project (hand-made pens sent to active duty US troops). Gene Spadi has a supply of corian that may be used for some pens. Interested members are invited to come turn pens in the open shop time before the October meeting.

Reid Gilmore summarized upcoming events:
Sep 16 - ART hosts Betty Scarpino at Middlesex Community College
Oct 13-15 - Totally Turning regional symposium in Albany, NY
Oct 18 - CNEW hosts Malcolm Tibbetts
(Tickets now on sale for $15. Attendance will be limited to 50 people.)
Oct 22 - Spirit of the Wood show at Middlesex Community College
(We have room for 2 lathes and 2 tables this year, separate from the ART space)
Nov 24-26 - Worcester Center for Crafts craft fair

Thanks to members who provided content for our last newsletter. Al Faul and Frank White have both volunteered to write up something for this month. The newsletter submission deadline is always the 15th of the month.

Thanks to Peter Chobot for providing a supply of large blanks for the September wood swap.

Thanks to Craft Supplies for providing a $15 gift certificate (placed in wood swap).

Ray Boutotte collected names of people interested in shirts with an embroidered CNEW logo.

Ray also summarized transactions to date for the CNEW store: $700 spent on inventory, $525 taken in. Current inventory would yield a small profit if sold.

Ray would like to start a new "Piece Project" raffle in which one member per month will bring an item they made to the meeting to be raffled off.

Frank White plans that the rest of the year looks like this:
Oct - Angelo Iafrate on alabaster
Nov - Al Czellecz on surface decoration
Dec - Annual gift swap & holiday party

Frank also reports that the steering committee for the Yankee Symposium (June 2007) has numerous subcommittee vacancies to fill. Please contact Frank if you would like to contribute.



Demo - Graeme Young and Reid Gilmore on multi-axis turning



Show & Tell:

Dave Eaton
bottlestoppers
natural-edge walnut bowl
nested bowls produced with help from Ken Dubay

John McAtee
segmented lidded box

Graeme Young
Kip Christiansen top
lidded jewelry box
multi-axis vase
hollow vase - ash

Joe Harbey
walnut bowl with knots ("last piece on my old lathe")
small vase with corian ring (maple/teak)
tall vase in spalted maple
bowl in spalted maple ("first piece on my new lathe")

Martin Ring
natural edge bowls (cherry burl)

Reid Gilmore
yew stump vase (shape constrained by axe cut in blank)

Will Hunt
tall segmented vase (when inverted can be made to impersonate a lighthouse)

Frank White
cherry burl bowl
birch burl bowl hollow form ("brain burl") - still unparted as Frank decides how to finish it

Ray Boutotte
cherry knot bowl with brass inlay
cherry bowl
flowering pear bowl (spent the winter in his yard after accidentally spread with wood shavings/mulch)
vase in ambrosia maple

Phil Bowman
spalted maple salad bowl

Bobbi Tornheim
square-edge bowls from salvaged wood