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A Banner School Year 2002-2003
The 2002-2003 school year has
been a great year for the LIWA. The LIWA has grown in
membership. We introduced video to make viewing demonstrations
easier for all. The demonstrations by visiting turners as well
as club members was of a very high standard. We learned stave
construction, segmented turning, hollow turning, vessels of
illusion, how to do lidded spaceship like vessels, how to inlay,
texture and decorate. We made both large and small bird houses
and more. Our library grew and materials are now being returned
on time. We demonstrated at the Long Island Woodworking Show,
and currently have our work on display at the Rockville Center
Library. Many members have opened their shops to other
members. We placed a club band saw blade order that saved the
membership money. Our lathe was updated to solve the problem of
the “gap.” Cake and coffee was available at every meeting. We
made a donation of work to BOCES to thank them for allowing us
to use their fine facility. The list continues to grow. We
have planned a BBQ for our July and August meetings at member’s
homes.
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We still
have a long way to go. Some members would like to do a teen
outreach. Some would like to have more library exhibits. Some
would like more outside demonstrators. Some would like to have
competitions within the club. Some would like to participate in
the AAW Club Cooperative Turning Competition at the Symposium.
Some would like audio as well as video at our meetings. Some
members have not made their ideas public or put them down on
paper.
If you
cannot count yourself among the many who made a contribution to
the club over the last year please consider what you can do for
the Club next year. Paying your dues is a small part of
belonging to the Club. The LIWA is only as good as the sum of
its members’ hard work. The membership list will be updated and
those who have not minimally paid their dues this year will not
receive the newsletter in the future. We look forward to a
great 2003-2004 school year.
We hope
to see you at BOCES Wilson Tech on September 20, 2003. Bring
all of the great projects you completed during the summer. |
| The club
is strong because everyone pitches in. Thanks to the officers
and program chair for their hard work. Thanks to all of the
members who demonstrated. Thanks to the members who opened
their shop doors to teach newer members how to turn. Thanks to
those who made the coffee each month. Thanks to those who
demonstrated at the LI Woodworkers Show and those who set up
library exhibits. Thanks to those who picked guest turners up
at airports in heavy traffic, showed them NYC and gave them room
and board. Thanks to those who cleaned up after every meeting.
Thanks to those who maintained our library. Thanks to those who
served as cameramen at our demonstrations. Thanks to those who
wrote grant proposals with new ideas for the club. Thanks to
those who served on the AV committee. Thanks to those who
maintained our lathe. Thanks to those who picked up the lunches
for the guest demonstrations. Thanks to the members who made
their home shops available for Club meetings. Thank to the sung
and unsung who pitched in and made this year one of the best
ever for the club. |
For Sale
Marty Mandelbaum posted an ad to sell a
46-111 Rockwell lathe in the July issue. His corrected contact
number is 631– 255-0991.
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