Chapter Information (History, By-Laws, Chapter and Insurance Certificates)
History
Late in March 2005 several local turners, unbeknownst to each other, noticed an announcement in the Union from the Solinsky Gallery in Nevada City. The gallery was hosting an evening talk on April 6, 2005 by Sonoma County professional turner and teacher, Jerry Kermode, on turning natural edge redwood burl bowls. Jerry gave an inspiring presentation on his work, tools and techniques. We each noticed that a specific few of us were pestering him with a continuous stream of questions. (Probably to the disruption of potential gallery customers.) As a part of our interchange he suggested we collect names and consider forming an AAW chapter. So we soon decided to meet informally, not as an AAW chapter, but to see each other's shops and exchange ideas. We also drew some turners from the Welcome Wagon Woodworking group and a couple from searching the AAW registry for our area.
We held our first meeting in April 27, 2005 at Jerry Hall's shop, with Nadine Enderline, Don Lawson, Bud Renfro, Mike Weaver, Dana and Eva Ruben, Steve Thompson, Jack Johnson, Jon Borad, and Larry Lang notified. Most attended. Paul Toth and Bill Kinney joined shortly later. We were excited about finding kindred spirits and agreed to meet monthly, rotating among each others shops. From the beginning we decided to stay small and informal. We wanted to get to know each other and learn about each other's shops and turning experiences. So we met for several more months.
As we steadily grew in numbers we contemplated becoming an AAW chapter, but deferred that in favor of affiliating as members of the NorCal AAW chapter in Sacramento in early 2006. We benefited from their demonstrations, meetings, mentors, woodcuts, glue purchases, and made many friends. We learned how a chapter was operated, and the pros and cons of larger AAW chapters. We became concerned about insurance coverage as our meetings included demonstrations. We also continued to grow, so we informally agreed we wanted to have a cap on membership, while still being as open as possible to anyone who wanted to be an active turner. By this time we had 21 active members and several more friends who stayed in the loop and occasionally visited as non-members.
In December 2006 we contacted the AAW New Chapter committee and found we could maintain our preferred philosophy as an AAW chapter and benefit from fuller insurance coverage. The Nor-Cal president, Rollie Bowns, advised and supported us in our decision. A poll of the 21 members unanimously authorized that direction and the requirement that we all join the AAW. By-laws were developed and approved. We elected officers at our January meeting at Bob McClurg's shop. We submitted our letter of application to the AAW the next day and are now an AAW Chapter certified as of January 24, 2007. We held our first meeting as an AAW Chapter on February 28, 2007 at Brad and Julia Peceimer-Glasse's shop. We now had 28 members on the roster, up from the 11 at our first meeting in April 2005.
2012 saw the club enter a new phase. 37 members on the roster. The shop teacher at Silver Springs Continuation High School in Grass Valley asked us to consider supporting his shop class in any way that we could. A flurry of activity resulted in a working group putting together a rough plan, developing a target budget, and presenting that to the club as a whole in the October 2012 meeting. The club approved increasing dues, levied a one time assessment on all members, agreed to apply for an AAW Grant, accepted some additional donations from generous members and through all of that scraped together enough resources to purchase four midi lathes and all the associated tools and equipment to loan those four lathes to the school. Jerry Hall took on the massive task of building a curriculum, recruiting teaching assistants, and leading a series of workshops for the Teaching Assistants to prepare them for working with the students in 2013.
In January 2013 we will hold the the first classes with students, have worked out the schedule for the rest of the academic year, are planning our first members Saturday workshop using our new lathes, and looking to expand our educational efforts to support our members and community. We are looking at moving to a fixed location for our meetings, and being then able to lift the cap on membership.
Late in March 2005 several local turners, unbeknownst to each other, noticed an announcement in the Union from the Solinsky Gallery in Nevada City. The gallery was hosting an evening talk on April 6, 2005 by Sonoma County professional turner and teacher, Jerry Kermode, on turning natural edge redwood burl bowls. Jerry gave an inspiring presentation on his work, tools and techniques. We each noticed that a specific few of us were pestering him with a continuous stream of questions. (Probably to the disruption of potential gallery customers.) As a part of our interchange he suggested we collect names and consider forming an AAW chapter. So we soon decided to meet informally, not as an AAW chapter, but to see each other's shops and exchange ideas. We also drew some turners from the Welcome Wagon Woodworking group and a couple from searching the AAW registry for our area.
We held our first meeting in April 27, 2005 at Jerry Hall's shop, with Nadine Enderline, Don Lawson, Bud Renfro, Mike Weaver, Dana and Eva Ruben, Steve Thompson, Jack Johnson, Jon Borad, and Larry Lang notified. Most attended. Paul Toth and Bill Kinney joined shortly later. We were excited about finding kindred spirits and agreed to meet monthly, rotating among each others shops. From the beginning we decided to stay small and informal. We wanted to get to know each other and learn about each other's shops and turning experiences. So we met for several more months.
As we steadily grew in numbers we contemplated becoming an AAW chapter, but deferred that in favor of affiliating as members of the NorCal AAW chapter in Sacramento in early 2006. We benefited from their demonstrations, meetings, mentors, woodcuts, glue purchases, and made many friends. We learned how a chapter was operated, and the pros and cons of larger AAW chapters. We became concerned about insurance coverage as our meetings included demonstrations. We also continued to grow, so we informally agreed we wanted to have a cap on membership, while still being as open as possible to anyone who wanted to be an active turner. By this time we had 21 active members and several more friends who stayed in the loop and occasionally visited as non-members.
In December 2006 we contacted the AAW New Chapter committee and found we could maintain our preferred philosophy as an AAW chapter and benefit from fuller insurance coverage. The Nor-Cal president, Rollie Bowns, advised and supported us in our decision. A poll of the 21 members unanimously authorized that direction and the requirement that we all join the AAW. By-laws were developed and approved. We elected officers at our January meeting at Bob McClurg's shop. We submitted our letter of application to the AAW the next day and are now an AAW Chapter certified as of January 24, 2007. We held our first meeting as an AAW Chapter on February 28, 2007 at Brad and Julia Peceimer-Glasse's shop. We now had 28 members on the roster, up from the 11 at our first meeting in April 2005.
2012 saw the club enter a new phase. 37 members on the roster. The shop teacher at Silver Springs Continuation High School in Grass Valley asked us to consider supporting his shop class in any way that we could. A flurry of activity resulted in a working group putting together a rough plan, developing a target budget, and presenting that to the club as a whole in the October 2012 meeting. The club approved increasing dues, levied a one time assessment on all members, agreed to apply for an AAW Grant, accepted some additional donations from generous members and through all of that scraped together enough resources to purchase four midi lathes and all the associated tools and equipment to loan those four lathes to the school. Jerry Hall took on the massive task of building a curriculum, recruiting teaching assistants, and leading a series of workshops for the Teaching Assistants to prepare them for working with the students in 2013.
In January 2013 we will hold the the first classes with students, have worked out the schedule for the rest of the academic year, are planning our first members Saturday workshop using our new lathes, and looking to expand our educational efforts to support our members and community. We are looking at moving to a fixed location for our meetings, and being then able to lift the cap on membership.
Chapter Certificates
Download and print chapter and insurance certificates below. Description of insurance is HERE
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Chapter By-Laws
These are the current By-Laws. They are scheduled for review in 2013.
The .doc file is for future editing and modification should the by-laws change. The .pdf file is for read only.
This revision of the by-laws is dated October 28, 2009.
The .doc file is for future editing and modification should the by-laws change. The .pdf file is for read only.
This revision of the by-laws is dated October 28, 2009.
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