S.E. GA. WOODWORKERS’ GUILD

Our regular General Membership monthly business meeting was held at the shop of Mike Rietveld at 7:30pm.  Russell Christmas, President, opened the meeting at 7:35pm.  9 persons attending (Russell Christmas, Allen Kuhl, Judy Kuhl, Mike Rietveld, Roy Millsaps, John Herald, Mike Hanna, Pat Clark, and Glenn Wiederman).

Officers:  Russell Christmas—President,

                 John Herald—Vice-President,

                Allen Kuhl—Secretary/Treasurer

Opening/ Old Business:

1.  The “Pledge of Allegiance” was conducted.

2.  Secretary’s Report was read and approved.

3.  Treasurer’s Report was read and approved, with $563.40 in account.

4.  Committee Reports:

       a.  Membership report:  None new at this meeting.

       b.  Festivals/Raffle report:  Our next Festival will be July 4^th, in St. Marys.  It is a    1-day event from 9am to 5pm.  Guild Flyers are being updated by Mike Hanna.          

5.  Meetings/Classes for Guild:  It was motioned and approved that we have quarterly work meetings scheduled for General Membership, and for Christmas (project work).  That would allow actual participation and potential for additional memberships.  Also discussed was more demos and “skills” training/teaching (such as Mike Hanna with “Cabinetry”, Russell with “Cutting Boards, etc”).  Anyone with a skill has potential to be a teacher.  These have been setup and begun.

       a.  Mike Hanna has set up and conducted classes in “Cabinetry”, and his schedule can be seen at his website:  mthwoodwork.com.      

       b.  Russell Christmas set up a class for interested members to learn “Cutting Boards”—Designing and making.

       c.  Roy Millsaps has a schedule of classes and events, also can be seen on the Guild website:  SEGAwoodguild.org

       d.  Pat Clark will be setting up classes on “Band Saw Boxes”—beginning in August, 2007 (Tentative dates:  Aug 16^th, & Aug 30^th).

6.  Dues:  Our dues are $20.00 per year per family, covering the period from August thru July each year (pro-rated for new members joining in mid-year).  It was discussed and voted with approval that our dues will be $35.00 per year per family (and pro-rated quarterly), beginning with August 2007, and incorporated into the By-Laws.

7.  Accreditation through AAW:

We have been unofficially approved as an organization by AAW.  Waiting on official paperwork to be a member.  Our By-Laws have been approved by our members, and the official signing of our Charter Members is in process.

New Business:

1.  Elections:

     It is nearing election time again, so it was mentioned to bring nominations to this meeting, for election in July.  The nominations presented were:

     President—Russell Christmas to continue.

     Vice-President—John Herald to continue.

     Secretary/Treasurer—Allen Kuhl to continue.

With no new nominations at this time, the nominations were tabled until next meeting.

2.  John Herald presented information that the Nursing Home in St. Marys needs 3 bird feeders.  Discussion was made and Pat Clark has Cypress wood available (and Plexiglas if needed) to donate for the project.  It was motioned and approved to take on the challenge of the 3 bird houses.  John Herald will be in charge of plans, and the work/ scheduling will be done at our cookout  (see next topic).

3.  Cookout—(Work Project day):

A cookout/work meeting is tentatively scheduled for Saturday, July 7^th at Mike Rietveld’s.  It is for the purpose of building the 3 (or more) bird houses for the St. Marys Nursing Home.  It should begin about 10 am.  Burgers & Hotdogs were discussed as food options.  More details and notification by Phone Tree (being revised by Mike Hanna).

Next meeting will be on July 10 at Mike Rietveld’s shop.

(Russell Christmas adjourned the business meeting at 8:30pm).

Show & Tell:

1.  Allen & Judy Kuhl:  Cutting Boards (in process—through classes by Russell).

Safety Video / Demo:  None.

Next GUILD meetings:

1)  4^th of July Festival—Wednesday.

2)  Turner’s Meeting—no meeting due to 4^th of July and cookout/project weekend.

3)  Guild general business meeting--Tuesday, June 10th, at 7:30pm at Mike Rietveld’s shop.

(Submitted by Allen Kuhl, Secretary)