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 President’s
Letter, January 2010
First of all, on behalf of all club members I would like to
offer a BIG THANK YOU to Mike Fiantaca for his excellent leadership of Carolina
Mountain Woodturners. Mike’s dedication and hard work has kept our club running
smoothly for the last two years. Thanks also to Fred Huskins and Joe Ruminski,
our two retiring board members, for their work on the CMW board.
I look forward to my tenure as President this year and I will
do my best to keep our club moving forward. One key area we need to focus on is
increasing volunteer participation for all the activities required to operate
our club. We are woefully short of backup for almost all activities. If you can
help with any of the areas where we need help please let me or one of our
directors know. We need help with the library, refreshments, video work during
the meeting, video editing, audio, meeting setup, meeting teardown, writing
articles for the newsletter, photography, TLC and trailer hauling.
We had a tremendous turnout at the January meeting for an
excellent demonstration by our own Ray Jones. We are fortunate to have so much
high level talent in our club. If you missed the demo you can read about it in
this month’s newsletter on the CMW website.
Our February demonstrator will be our own Warren Carpenter, a
past president of CMW. Warren is an excellent technician with the bowl gouge and
can help all of us improve our skills. And by the way, congratulations are in
order for Warren as a newly elected director of the American Association of
Woodturners.
Speaking of the AAW, now would be a good time to join or renew
a membership. Check the AAW website to see a listing of the benefits of joining.
This is also a good time to make plans to attend the AAW annual symposium in
June in Hartford, CT. The host hotel is already full so you need to move quickly
before the other hotels with the AAW discount are full as well.
CMW dues are now due, if you have not renewed already please
plan to do so at our February meeting or pay dues by mail. A new member/renewal
application can be printed from the CMW website. Our membership dues are $25
single or $35 per family. Please consider joining the Above and Beyond group,
and becoming a Supporter ($100), Sponsor ($250), Ambassador ($500), or a Patron
($1000). Your contributions will help us continue to bring in the best
demonstrators in the world. CMW is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable organization
It should be another great year for woodturning; once again,
John Hill has scheduled top woodturners from around the world for demonstrations
and classes.
Turn with a smile on your face,
Tucker Garrison |
