[Crw-talk] FW: AAW Mailing to William Gautsch and the Coulee Region Woodturners

[Bill Gautsch]

Members of CRW, if the attached newsletter incites any thoughts or ideas
please contact an officer and share your idea.

 

 

Sincerely,

Bill

 

From: AAW [mailto:inquiries at woodturner.org] 
Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 6:51 AM
To: bgautsch at charter.net
Subject: AAW Mailing to William Gautsch and the Coulee Region Woodturners

 

American Association of Woodturners 

www.woodturner.org


November Chapter Newsletter


Please feel free to pass this chapter newsletter on to your membership via
chapter email distribution, club newsletter, or website. If you are having
trouble reading this email, please click here
<http://www.woodturner.org/community/chapters/>  to view on our website.

Year-End Reminders - The end of the year brings elections for many of our
chapters. Remember to make the officer information updates to the Saint Paul
office
<mailto:inquiries at woodturner.org?subject=local%20chapter%20change%20of%20inf
ormation> . Your chapter contact should be checked and corrected as well as
your club information on the web. Local potential members rely on this
information to find your group and view your meeting schedules, please
update the location, meeting time and day. The contact person listed on the
AAW website for your chapter is their first contact so it is key they get
the correct person.

Insurance Paperwork - With the new year, the general insurance certificates
will be generated and mailed to the chapters. They are issued and mailed to
the contact person listed for your club, so make sure they get to the right
place and that the information on the insured party and place is accurate.
If you need additional certificates for other locations and/or events, let
the Saint Paul office know. The state of Minnesota requires a written
contract in order to request an additional insured certificate. Please
review and provide the information to the Saint Paul office
<mailto:inquiries at woodturner.org>  for these additional insured requests.

*	Commercial General Liability Conditions - The state of Minnesota has
implemented a new law regarding the issuing of insurance certificates. All
certificates issued must follow the terms of our actual insurance policy.
Please read the following requirements regarding requests for an additional
insured certificate. As in the past, members are not added as additional
insured because they are already included under the existing policy while
conducting local chapter business. This does not change the local chapter
certificates which are sent out yearly to the local chapter contact person.
*	In order to add an additional insured, there must be a written
contract or agreement between the Local Chapter and the party requesting to
be named as additional insured. To request an additional insured
certificate, you must provide AAW with a copy of this written contract or
agreement. AAW has been advised we must keep these documents on file. If
there is not a written contract or agreement, an additional insured
certificate cannot be issued. After AAW receives the required documents, a
certificate will be requested from the insurance provider.



25th Anniversary Symposium - The December journal will have the registration
information for the Saint Paul Symposium and the online registration will be
available January 1st. If you register before May 15th, the price is the
same as last year, $250. for the three days. After May 15th the price is
$300. After June 15th the price is $350. Register early (registration opens
January 1st online) <http://www.woodturner.org/sym/sym2011/>  to insure you
get into the host hotel and get tickets to the banquet. Last year's banquet
was an award winner.



25th Anniversary Book - The 25th Anniversary Book will be a treasured
history of woodturning and AAW. Order yours now at the discounted pre-order
prices. You can order online at this link
<http://www.woodturner.org/shop/Products.asp?tCID=11> . If you order now,
you will be able to bring it to Saint Paul and get autographs from some of
the star studded cast of demonstrators.

Pen Display at Saint Paul - In past years the instant gallery has set aside
a table for those who wish to display their turned pens. This year we will
do the same but let's enlarge that to include the efforts of the chapters.
Let's include the Freedom Pens and all of the other efforts that are done
for the troops, scouts, charity fundraisers, and more. Bring some examples
of the work and a small sign with the particulars. A poster board or stand
up holder with an 8 1/2" by 11" maximum size can include the particulars.
Take the opportunity to share your ideas and accomplishments with all of the
other AAW members and chapters.

EOG Applications - The EOG program
<http://www.woodturner.org/resources/eog/>  has had a couple of small
changes to allow chapters to apply each year on par with schools and
churches. It has also been put online. All applications will be taken
through the website. We've made it pretty short and easy to complete. Once
the application has been submitted, the applicant will receive
acknowledgement of receipt. The deadline is still the same but with all of
the applications being electronic, we hope to speed the consideration and
decision process.

Return to the Community - The project this year is "Empty Bowls." Turn a
bowl - feed the hungry! It's that simple. We would like to encourage each
member that attends to donate a turned bowl for "Empty Bowls." Woodturners
could make a huge impact towards feeding the hungry, for additional
information please click here
<http://www.woodturner.org/sym/sym2011/EmptyBowl.pdf> .

Renewal Reminder - The AAW membership runs from January 1 to December 31 so
unless you've taken a multi-year membership, it is time to renew. In the
last mailing, you should have received a hard-copy renewal application. Did
you know you can renew online at this link
<http://www.woodturner.org/org/mbrship/> ? The page has all of the pertinent
information regarding membership and links there take you to the appropriate
electronic form. 

Hard Copy Resource Directory - The decision was made to save a few trees for
turning by reducing the unused resource directories printed. If you want a
hard copy, we'll provide one. If you renew by 12/31, check the appropriate
box and you'll receive one. If you don't renew (or join) by then, the
mailing lists will have already been generated and you won't receive one. If
you have already renewed before we modified the form or you are a multi-year
member, don't worry as we've automatically signed you up to receive the hard
copy resource directory. The resource directory information is always
available on the website. The beauty of the website version is that it is as
current as possible as opposed to a hard printed copy, and there is no
waste. Every tree we save from unused paper versions is a tree available for
woodturning.

The Quiet Stalwarts - Every chapter has a few. You know. The guy or gal who
is the first to pitch in and the last to quit at the end of the task. It
takes a lot of effort by a lot of people to make a chapter successful but
usually there are one or more "quiet stalwarts." They are the backbone of
most of the chapters. When nobody else will take on a task, they will. When
everyone else has burned out, they keep on plugging. Not once but time after
time , year after year. Always giving to share the joy of woodturning. We
know how important they are to the chapters and we'd like to help the
chapters recognize them. If you have one or two members like that, let us
know. We'll send a Certificate of Appreciation that the chapter can
personalize and award to that member. We'll also create an area on the
website to honor these folks in an ongoing manner. A photo and short
write-up will be posted and will help honor their service to the chapter.
We'll put a link on the website
<http://www.woodturner.org/community/chapters/quiet/>  for the chapter
president or designee to to place their recommendation.

Monthly Drawings/Year End Drawing - We've been very fortunate to have the
generous support of many of our business members and been able to have
monthly drawings for the membership. With four to seven prizes given away
each month, winners received a great prize for no reason other than the fact
that they were members of the AAW. Our year-end grand prize drawing will be
held at the end of next month. It will be for a Powermatic 3520b lathe
delivered stateside to the winner's home. Outside of the US, there is a $500
shipping allowance. Not only will the winner receive the lathe, but his or
her club will win a full-sized Jet or 5 mini-Jets. Again, shipped to the
winning club. The only requirement to be in the drawing is that you are a
current AAW member in the membership database. We'll take the membership
roster at the end of the year and draw the lucky winner, who will then be
notified . If the drawing winner is a member of more than one chapter, the
lucky person will have to figure out how to deal with it :-} Pick one
chapter or the other or split things somehow. Get your membership in! We'll
announce the winner(s) on the website early in January and follow up in the
Journal as soon as printing lead times allow.

Best,

Kurt 

Kurt Hertzog

Chair - Membership and Chapters

Website links 

.  Woodturner.org <http://www.woodturner.org>  

.  AAW Annual Symposium <http://www.woodturner.org/sym/sym2010/> 

.  AAW Membership online <http://www.woodturner.org/member/MemberLogOn.asp> 

.  AAW Shopping Cart <http://www.woodturner.org/shop/Products.asp> 

.  Gallery of Wood Art <http://www.galleryofwoodart.org/> 



American Association of Woodturners Turns 25 1986-2011 

If you are receiving this email in error please contact us
<mailto:inquiries at woodturner.org?subject=Email%20update> .

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