Greetings!, this is your newsletter for September 12, 2018
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Event registrations are functional again!
You will need to sign in as usual and click the big orange "Register Me" button at the bottom of the event.
IF YOU EXPERIENCE AN ISSUE REGISTERING FOR A MEETING, PLEASE CONTACT
membership@gnhw.org
TO BE ADMINISTRATIVELY ADDED TO THE MEETING.
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Annual Meeting...Sept 15
Our Annual Guild Meeting and Flea Market will be held on Saturday, September 15, 2018, at the Concord Regional Technical Center, 170 Warren Street, Concord, NH. This is the same location as last year’s annual meeting. The Tech Center is at the back of the Concord High School, and there is plenty of on-street parking available.
We have a very full and exciting agenda so be sure to put the date on your calendar. Our events include:
Our Event Includes...
- Annual Flea Market – sell you un-needed tools and help the Guild by contributing 10% of your proceeds [on the honor system]
- 50/50 Raffle –Tickets on sale all morning – the winner gets 50% of the proceeds, and the Guild gets the remainder
- Sub-Group Presentations – learn what they have been doing, what you missed, and what’s coming up in the year ahead.
- Annual Business Meeting – agenda coming; check back later
- Featured Speaker – our very own Mike DiMaggio will give a presentation on how to restore antique hand tools. Mike has been doing this for years, and has developed considerable expertise. So learn in the afternoon presentation how to restore those old tools you just purchased at the morning Flea Market.
- Win a Mike DiMaggio restored tool – Mike will donate a restored tool for a raffle. All you have to do to enter is submit a woodworking question for the Journal that will be answered in a future edition.
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Elections for Officers
at Annual Meeting Sept 15
Part of our annual meeting each September is the election of our four officers during the business meeting.
The Steering Committee has nominated the following...
President...Dave Foote—Dave has served as President for the past year.
Vice President...Bob Wyatt—Bob stepped in for Michael Moore who recently resigned his position (family reasons).
Secretary...Curt Willard—Alan Saffron is retiring as our long time Secretary. Al has been tireless in creating our Steering Committee minutes each month.
Thank you Al.
Treasurer...Jim Forbes—Jim has been our Treasurer for several years.
As always, other nominations at the meeting from the floor are welcome. The term of office is one year.
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Period Furniture Meeting...Sept 22
The Period Furniture Group has a new subgroup leader to start the fall season...
Bill Taylor. Thank you Bill. Bill will be working with Bruce Wedlock to bring a new project to the group.
The first meeting of the Period Furniture Group for the new season will be held at Woodcraft in Newington, NH on Saturday, September 22 from 9 am to noon.
The project this year will be a
Federal Knife Box. Ownership of silverware in colonial homes was a statement of stature and wealth and deserved a fine, secure but visible storage box.
Please register here.
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Although small in size it is not small in skill set development for the woodworker. This knife box/silverware box was not commonplace in colonial homes. Ownership of the silverware was a statement of stature and wealth and deserved a fine, secure but visible storage box. We recognize the questionable usefulness of such an item in today’s homes.
More detail here.
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Granite State
Woodturners Annual Meeting
NO Registration Needed
GSWT Subgroup Annual Meeting
• 8:30-9:00 Coffee greet and meet
• 9:00 - 9:30 or less.
Business meeting. The business meeting will include the election of officers. We will have coffee and munchkins but please bring your own lunch if you plan on staying.
• 9:30 Turn Lidded bowls
September 22 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Merrimack High School
38 McElwain St
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Small Meetings
Steve Costain is planning a selection of Small Meetings for the remainder of this year...current listings can be found in
October and November. Please check the
Upcoming Events on the member website for the current list. Registration is required.
More are being added from time-to-time, so check the list often.
These meetings are generally held in small shops or other environments which require limiting the number of attendees.
They can fill up fast although cancellations do occur.
If you need to cancel, just sign in again, go to the event and click the big
Cancel button at the bottom of the event.
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Small Meeting—Upholstery
I am scheduling another Small Meeting on Upholstery and will need a seat to use for the demonstration, just a slip seat. Please contact me with what you have.
This Small Meeting will be in early 2019.
Thanks, Steve Costain
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Bylaws Change
During the business portion of the
Annual Meeting on Sept. 15, 2018, the membership will be asked to discuss and vote on a proposed change to our
Guild Bylaws.
The Steering Committee proposes to delete Section 3 of Article VI–General Meetings. This section reads...
- Section 3: Payment of demonstrator/speaker fees at general meetings shall not be permitted. However, reimbursement of travel expenses or other incidental expenses to demonstrators/speakers shall be permitted.
Removing this prohibition on demonstrator/speaker fees will give us the option of paying fees for services at our four General Meetings each year. The funding and budget for this would be controlled by an amendment to our
Grant Funding Policy.
Subgroups have been permitted to pay demonstrator/speaker fees/expenses since 2011 and funding since 2016. This will give our Program Coordinator more options in developing programs for General Meetings.
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Section 2 of this same article would be
unaffected and remain in force. This section reads in part...
- Section 2: All general meetings other than Symposia, shall be open to all Guild members and non-members at no charge (i.e. no admission fee) regardless of venue...
It is felt this prohibition to charge admission fees while keeping meetings open to all is a long standing policy and a core tenet of the Guild and should remain unchanged.
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Membership Renewals
Renewal invoices are created approximately 90 days prior to your renewal date. You will receive an email reminding you to renew at that time.
One Year Plan ... $40
Two Year Plan ... $75
Online Renewal
Paper Form
- Download, print & complete form
- Mail form with check to address at bottom of the form
Changing Plans
Membership cards are batched roughly 9-10 times each year.
Normal delivery time is two weeks from the batch date. You will receive an email when your card is batched. Renew early!
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REGISTER for this Meeting
When:
September 15, 2018
Where:
Concord, NH
NO Registration Needed
When:
September 22, 2018
Where:
Merrimack, NH
REGISTRATION Needed
When:
September 22, 2018
Where:
Newington, NH
Monthly SC meeting
When:
September 26, 2018
Where:
Concord, NH
REGISTRATION Needed
When:
October 6, 2018
Where:
Peabody, MA
REGISTER for this Meeting
When:
October 6, 2018
Where:
Rollinsford, NH
REGISTRATION Needed
When:
October 14, 2018
Where:
Barrington, NH
REGISTRATION Needed
When:
October 21, 2018
Where:
Merrimack, NH
REGISTRATION Needed
When:
October 21, 2018
Where:
Exeter, NH
Monthly SC meeting
When:
October 24, 2018
Where:
Concord, NH
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