MEETING OF THE TRI-STATE WOODCARVERS’ CLUB
JULY 10, 2007 AT THE 4H CENTER
Call to order: The meeting was called to order at 7:35 p.m. by Chris Lafferty, President
Secretary’s Report: All the members present received the report and it was accepted
as sent.
Treasurer’s Report: Don Deutsch gave the treasurer’s report which was accepted
as presented.
Library Report: Doug Lafferty reported that the club has plenty of wood for sale.
The sharpener was brought here to see where it could be placed.
This topic will again be discussed under Old Business.
Show Committee Report: Steve Oliver gave the show committee report from its
July 7 meeting. Fliers are now available and were left out for the
members to take. Also available are entry forms, contest rules for
entering the competition, etc.
Tickets will be available for members to take and sell at the August
meeting. A book of tickets is $20 which entitles the member to a
table at the show. A floor plan of the Amory is available for members
to sign up for the table(s) they want.
At the present time we are in need of a 4 foot Christmas tree to put
the carved ornaments on. The tree and the ornaments will be in
"Carving for Charity". If anyone has ornaments for the tree please
give them to Linda (Bruce) Allen. Also, if any members have lawn signs
please let Dick Bitter know so that he can have a good count of
how many more signs and stickers we need . Ken Alvey, a new
member to the club who has a sign business said that he would donate
the stickers for the lawn signs and the large signs. The club voiced
appreciation. The next meeting of the Show Committee is set for
Saturday, August 11 10:00 a.m. at Seton Residence.
Old Business: This evening Steve Oliver brought a small sharpener to the meeting
which was made by Dick Bitter. It is small enough to place in our
cabinet and Steve is willing to donate it to the Club. He would like to
be reimbursed for the new wheel that he purchased for it. Dick Bitter
suggested that this smaller sharpener is safer to use by the members
who may know little about sharpening and may get hurt by the larger
sharpener. The motion to buy the small sharpener was made by Dick
Bitter and seconded by Bruce Allen. It was unanimous that
the small sharpener be kept at the 4 H Center and the larger one be
kept at Seton for Seminars.
New Business: Chris announced that the Monday, July 23 get together at Seton for
Carving has been cancelled.
We have a weekend open at Seton for a Seminar September,1 and 2.
Steve Oliver will offer a seminar on faces or relief carving on September 1
( with a possibility of September 2 if participants want this) The cost
is $50 plus the cost of the rough out. Steve would like to have at least
five participants to have the seminar.
Kerry Austin said that he is in contact with Wesselman Park to have a few
carvers come and sit in the park and carve. Because of the hot weather this
is an activity for September or October and would be good advertisement
for the club and the Show. Contact Kerry if interested.
The question about our Web Site was raised. Steve Oliver said that it
should be ready to go. Neil Ward will make the contact and the members
should be able to reach it. The minutes and newsletter could then be gotten
off of the Web.
Chris Lafferty said that she and Doug are working on a T-shirt for them-
selves and wondered if the members who are new to the club and didn’t
get the old ones would be interested. There will be a sign up sheet for this.
Carving on Club Night:
August 14 – Carving of ornaments
September 11- Bark Carving by Kerry Austin
October 9 – Chip Carving by Bob Bruce
Visitor: This evening our visitor was Dan Mallory who was brought by Ken Alvey who
is now a club member. Ken brought some of his larger bird carvings.
Phone Numbers: Dick Bitter (812) 491-0449 FOR LAWN SIGNS
Kerry Austin (812) 874-3230 for WESSELMAN PROJECT
Adjournment: There being no further business the meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m.
The next meeting is August 14.
Respectfully submitted,
Sister Anthony
Notes from Chris
Please consider signing up for future seminars and making your down payment.
Steve Oliver’s class Sept 1 and possible Sept 2 We need 5 to sign up in order for the class to be held.
We also have a class scheduled with Steve Brown, Jon Nelson, and Marvin. I will contact each of them to find out a number of participants to make the class hold.
Marvin Daniels will hold a seminar on Sept. 15 & 16 at Seton Residence
beginning at 9 a.m. Cost is $50 plus the rough out.
Steve Brown will hold a seminar on Oct.27&28. Cost is $75 plus the rough out. This also
will be held at Seton.
Jon Nelson will hold a seminar following the show in Nov. these classes will be held in
the evenings at Seton Hall. Cost ? for class plus roughout. I have talked with
Donna and Jon and they are requesting that anyone who is planning on taking his
seminar to please pick out their roughouts ahead of time. Chris will be taking orders at the meetings and will send them a list the first of Oct. Due to his busy schedule and many engagements prior to our show they would like to make sure that you receive and are able to carve the piece you want. (no guarantees if not ordered ahead of time). They will order the roughouts and have them shipped to us prior to his arrival or they plan to pack one box for Evansville and put aside in his truck. Any questions please let me know.
PLEASE don’t forget that for the next meeting August each member is to bring a Christmas ornament to carve (or an item that you are currently working on that you might need help with) to the scheduled carving time prior to the meeting. We do not have any featured teachers for these months. It was great to see everyone working on items at the last meeting along with visiting with each other. J
Comments from president: As we discussed at the meeting we are asking members who have internet service to please log onto our website to see how well you can access it. The address is www.tristatewoodcarvers.com I went to the site and was able to access it ok (sometimes I know with dial-up service which I have it can take awhile if there are pictures etc. added).
PLEASE don’t forget that for the next 2 meetings July and August each member is to bring a Christmas ornament to carve (or an item that you are currently working on that you might need help with) to the scheduled carving time prior to the meeting. We do not have any featured teachers for these months. It was great to see everyone working on items at the last meeting along with visiting with each other. J
We hope to have the T-shirts that everyone ordered at our next meeting. I have also ordered additionally ones for those that may not have been at the last meeting.
See you all at the next meeting, Chris