Newsletter November 2023
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The meeting was in two parts:
Our Annual Members Meeting
followed by our Regular Monthly Meeting
BAWA Annual Members Meeting
1) Financial Report: Jon Kaplan
We did OK for the second year in a row with 49 members.
and income from the hand cut dovetail class and from the marquetry class.
We have about $12,000 in our account.
2024 budgeting:
$600 for for the bi-annual woodworking show
$150/month for meeting room rental
$400 for the picnic.
(A copy of Jon's 2023 Financial Statement will be sent to Members)
2) Elction of Officers
All current Board members were elected unopposed
President: Frank Ramsay
Vice-President: Jay Perrine
Secretary : Burt Rosensweig
Treasurer: Jon Kaplan
Program Director: Paul Krenitsky
Membership Director: Bruce Powell
Newsletter: Burt Rosensweig
Other volunteers who agreed to restand
Silent Auction: Laura Marshall
Toy Workshop: Vacant
BAWA Show: Vacant
Refreshments: Vacant
Camera: Max Goldstein
Shows: Vacant
There are several vacant slots, plus several members of the existing board may not be standing for election next year.
We need other members to volunteer to join the team running our association
or we may not be able to continue as an organisation
3) BAWA Woodworking Show 2024
There was discussion about having a BAWA 2024 Woodworking Show at the WoodCraft.
We need a volunteer to organise it
If you are interested in helping out, or would like to discus what is involved please contact me.
4) Zoom Meetings
Should we continue to have Hybrid and/or Zoom meetings?
Several members are in favor of continuing hybrid meetings:
It gives them a chance to participate without having to drive for an hour each way in the dark.
One attendee said that it took an hour to get to the meeting from San Jose.
Several other, older, members find the drive to Foster City challeging, esspecial in the winter.
One was not sure if he will want to do the nighttime drive to Foster Cirty next winter
Others said they would like to see the Zoom meetings continue.
It was suggested we learn how other clubs run combined meetings.
A member volunteered to drive someone from San Jose who does not want to drive at night.
Zoom only meetings:
Not considered a good option
Some appreciate the monthly in-person meetings.
Several members would like to do away with hybrid meeting, no Zoom:
The hassle of having to setup the Zoom
plus have to man the camera and pass the microphone around the room
or have the presenter repeat the questions from the meeting attendees.
Frank suggested that perhaps a compromise we could have a Zoom only meeting one month and an in-person meeting the next month.
He wll explore finding someone who could work as a paid intern to run the trechnical side of the meeings.
Are there volunteers prepared to organize and run the technical aspects of these meetings?
If we are going to continue with "hybrid" combined Zoom/in-person meetings we need volunteers to run the Zoom side of our meetings
.
We would aprecate comments and suggestions from you on this issues
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BAWA Hybrid Zoom Meeting November 19th. 2023
Guests: Daniel Penrod
Program Announcements – Paul Krenitsky
Paul reminded everyone that the December meeting is on the 10th and it is a potluck dinner.
January meeting will feature ??? who will discuss Nakashima chairs.
Sumit mentioned that we could meet at the Palo Alto Adult School and save on meeting room rental costs.
He also left a catalog for the PAAS 2024 Winter Schedule
There are several Woodworking Classes.https://paadultschool.org/class/woodworking
Details: https://paadultschool.org/class/woodworking/
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Featured Speaker
Roman Chernikov
Chip Carving
Roman told us that he first got exposed to chip carving when, at 9 years old, he attended a carving class in his native Ukraine. Now, some 30 years later. he is a member of BAWA, a member of the local woodturners group, and a chip carver.
Roman small pieces
December 4th there will be a chip carving class in Los Gatos.
You can purchase carving practice boards at his website:
https://readntry.com.
Frank suggested that perhaps a compromise we could have a Zoom only meeting one month and an in-person meeting the next month.
He wll explore finding someone who could work as a paid intern to run the trechnical side of the meeings.
Are there volunteers prepared to organize and run the technical aspects of these meetings?
If we are going to continue with "hybrid" combined Zoom/in-person meetings we need volunteers to run the Zoom side of our meetings
.
We would aprecate comments and suggestions from you on this issues
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BAWA Hybrid Zoom Meeting November 19th. 2023
Guests: Daniel Penrod
Program Announcements – Paul Krenitsky
Paul reminded everyone that the December meeting is on the 10th and it is a potluck dinner.
January meeting will feature ??? who will discuss Nakashima chairs.
Sumit mentioned that we could meet at the Palo Alto Adult School and save on meeting room rental costs.
He also left a catalog for the PAAS 2024 Winter Schedule
There are several Woodworking Classes.https://paadultschool.org/class/woodworking
Details: https://paadultschool.org/class/woodworking/
Top
Featured Speaker
Roman Chernikov
Chip Carving
Roman told us that he first got exposed to chip carving when, at 9 years old, he attended a carving class in his native Ukraine. Now, some 30 years later. he is a member of BAWA, a member of the local woodturners group, and a chip carver.
Roman small pieces
December 4th there will be a chip carving class in Los Gatos.
You can purchase carving practice boards at his website:
https://readntry.com.
He wll explore finding someone who could work as a paid intern to run the trechnical side of the meeings.
Are there volunteers prepared to organize and run the technical aspects of these meetings?
If we are going to continue with "hybrid" combined Zoom/in-person meetings we need volunteers to run the Zoom side of our meetings
.
We would aprecate comments and suggestions from you on this issues
Top
BAWA Hybrid Zoom Meeting November 19th. 2023
Guests: Daniel Penrod
Program Announcements – Paul Krenitsky
Paul reminded everyone that the December meeting is on the 10th and it is a potluck dinner.
January meeting will feature ??? who will discuss Nakashima chairs.
Sumit mentioned that we could meet at the Palo Alto Adult School and save on meeting room rental costs.
He also left a catalog for the PAAS 2024 Winter Schedule
There are several Woodworking Classes.https://paadultschool.org/class/woodworking
Details: https://paadultschool.org/class/woodworking/
Top
Featured Speaker
Roman Chernikov
Chip Carving
Roman told us that he first got exposed to chip carving when, at 9 years old, he attended a carving class in his native Ukraine. Now, some 30 years later. he is a member of BAWA, a member of the local woodturners group, and a chip carver.
Roman small pieces
December 4th there will be a chip carving class in Los Gatos.
You can purchase carving practice boards at his website:
https://readntry.com.
Paul reminded everyone that the December meeting is on the 10th and it is a potluck dinner.
January meeting will feature ??? who will discuss Nakashima chairs.
Sumit mentioned that we could meet at the Palo Alto Adult School and save on meeting room rental costs.
He also left a catalog for the PAAS 2024 Winter Schedule
There are several Woodworking Classes.https://paadultschool.org/class/woodworking
Details: https://paadultschool.org/class/woodworking/
Top
Featured Speaker
Roman Chernikov
Chip Carving
Roman told us that he first got exposed to chip carving when, at 9 years old, he attended a carving class in his native Ukraine. Now, some 30 years later. he is a member of BAWA, a member of the local woodturners group, and a chip carver.
Roman small pieces
December 4th there will be a chip carving class in Los Gatos.
You can purchase carving practice boards at his website:
https://readntry.com.
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