Newsletter - Southern
Woodworkers Guild - June Edition
Kidzone
All is progressing
well with making the toys for this year’s Kidzone Festival, a working bee was
held on the Saturday the 8th June at our clubrooms where the plywood
was cut and drilled and we managed to get most of the false floors for the
boxes cut out and packaged up.
The timber is to be
delivered on Wednesday the 11th June.
This means we need another working bee on Saturday the 15th
June. We have 3 different pieces to cut
out so I would like to see 3 saws in operation.
With 3 saws running we can take the timber
straight to the packing stage.
I hope to see some of you at the Clubrooms
starting from 9.00am and running till about 3.00pm.
I am pleased to report
that the mid-winter dinner is on again this year.
Place Our
Clubrooms at 5 Mary Street
When Sunday 28th
July 2019
Time 12.00 pm with
lunch starting at 12.30pm
All members and
partners welcome.
Cost per person
- this has not been discussed yet but a cost will be outlined at
the July meeting.
REMINDER to all
members
There were a few
grumps at the last meeting about members not being able to find chucks for the
lathes.
Each lathe has their
own chucks but some of course are inter changeable with other lathes.
The message is very
simple - if you take any piece of equipment or a tool to use on a project you
are responsible for returning it to where you found it. We have a tool room where a lot of our tools
live so that is the place to start.
Lathes have their own equipment with each lathe so return items to that
lathe.
We may look at colour
coding these items so that they are easier to return.
Thank you all for your
assistance with this issue as no one wants to go looking for items that should
be with tools.
Each member is
responsible for this.
And another reminder
to clean up after yourselves, this is a basic safety issue – if you make a
mess, please tidy up before you leave the building.
AGM
The AGM was held on
the 5th June. The officers
nominated and elected were:-
President Simon
Tonkin
Vice President Neil
King
Past President Barry
McLaughlin
Secretary/Treasurer Peter
Robbie
Committee Bev Wilson
Jordan
Wilson
Aiden
Cockroft
David
Caughey
Workshop Manager Ivan
Carran
Editor Simon
Tonkin (for interim period)
Committee members (stepping down):-
Ivan
Carran
Mike
Peters
Kevin
Gerrard
My thanks to the
previous year’s Committee for their excellent work in running the Guild and
also to the current Committee members and Office Bearers for what will be
another busy year for the Guild.
Change of days
for the use of the Clubrooms
It has been decided at
the last General Meeting that with the cold weather arriving that we will
change the Monday night to a Saturday.
The new hours for
every Saturday will be 9 .00am to 3.00pm.
This change should
entice those working members to be able to come along and make their own
projects rather than slinking out to their cold workshops in the cold dark
hours.
Finally, with the
weather turning very winterish, the Guild Clubrooms offer a very warm place to
be with good dry space and good company.
Let us all enjoy what we have!
General stuff
A question has been
raised by Ross Nicol over whether the Southland Woodworkers should have a
patron?
The meaning of what a
patron does was discussed at the June meeting and the President was asked to
research what a patron could or would do.
The definition of
patron:-
Þ
A person
who sponsors or aids artists or charities
Þ
A
protector or benefactor
Google search has some
more information:-
Þ
The word
patron comes from the Latin part meaning father
Þ
A patron
supports someone or something
Þ
A patron
supports the business by being a loyal customer
Þ
A patron
of the arts helps support starving artists financially and not with food
donations
Þ
The
primary role of a patron is to lend credibility and support
Þ
They don’t
play a formal role in the organization but are usually listed on letterheads
appeal brochures and publicity material to help raise awareness and support.
Þ
Patrons
are generally non-members , they tend to be someone that lends their name to
the organization as a way of supporting you usually because they are well known
and able to get media coverage for your organization and or bring in donations
Given this
information, the question will be discussed at the July meeting as to whether
the Guild membership want to pursue a person to act as patron to the Guild.
So please give the
matter some thought and come along to the July meeting to discuss the issues.
Thanks
Simon
Tonkin
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