[crw-talk] CRW on-line activity

John & Donna Griffiths griff at mwt.net
Mon Nov 9 15:43:36 CST 2020 

Hello Members,
Well, some promising responses from members.  Nobody said to just forget 
about the club.  And Jim Cox wants to send dues!  Can't beat that with a 
stick.

Jim Cox, I would say if you are not a paid member for 2020 and want to 
renew, get in touch with Jay Johnson and send a check per his reply.  
Good to hear from you.

Jay, I too think that carrying over 2020 dues to 2021 is a good move.

James Bloomer, good news you are hearing from the City about our space.

Jack, your point is very well taken, sounds like from James' comment 
that our equipment is safe.  We have a ton of valuable stuff that needs 
to be accounted for.

Bob Raasch, thanks much for your thoughts.  I would be willing to do 
sort of an "open library, open tool" event at the Center now and again.  
I am pretty certain that could be done in a way that meets CDC 
guidelines.  My take would be to not have coffee available (Fine to 
BYOC), masks mandatory, a bottle of sanitizer available in plain sight 
and no one hang around for long so our faithful librarians will not be 
subjected to prolonged exposure, distancing practiced to the extent 
possible.  We might want to stand outside distanced and chat too.  I 
would make my 95 mile round trip now and then for that.

Virginia, as our librarian and practicing Nurse Practioner, is this a 
viable option for us?  Would you add something

Back to Bob's comments, he also suggested a Zoom meeting and for us to 
have a pretty defined agenda that is followed so as to maintain 
interest.  Much harder for most of us to focus on a screen where someone 
is speaking as opposed to our usual meeting style.  Board members, an 
idea:  Maybe do a business meeting to submit a formal motion to carry 
over dues for paid up members to 2021.  Also do an election of officers, 
even it it is to carry over the current board to next year.  Perhaps we 
should try to stay fairly close to the by-laws in these times even if 
100% compliance is not practical nor safe.  Such a Zoom business meeting 
should also include an instant gallery.  We would need someone with 
enough Zoom awareness to run or moderate the meeting.  Volunteers?

Lastly let's figure out a Zoom Demo project to do.  Maybe start with 
something pretty simple like turning a pen.  Or a bowl. Or some other 
spindle project.  How to do that safely you ask.  Well, If I were to 
journey to Bob's shop to broadcast him making a project for example, 
that would expose both of us and wearing a mask makes speaking clearly 
difficult.  But many of us have a spouse or family member with whom we 
live so maybe that person could be persuaded to do the camera work.  Any 
volunteers.  (My little secret, if this happens, you get to pick the 
topic if you volunteer.)

OK, I have exhausted my wellspring of ideas for the moment so will sign 
off.  But, please add your thoughts, ideas and when some thoughts are 
firmed up, I think the board will take the next step to make something 
happen.  Until then, peace and health,

John

------ Original Message ------
From: "Jim Cox" <cswoodworking at charter.net>
To: "Membership mailing list for the AAW Chapter Coulee 
RegionWoodturners." <crw-talk at crwoodturner.com>
Sent: 11/9/2020 5:19:20 AM
Subject: Re: [crw-talk] CRW on-line activity

Where do I send the membership money to?

Jim Cox



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>From: jayejohnson099 at centurytel.net
>Sent: Sunday, November 8, 2020 7:08 PM
>To: Membership mailing list for the AAW Chapter Coulee Region 
>Woodturners. <mailto:crw-talk at crwoodturner.com>
>Subject: Re: [crw-talk] CRW on-line activity
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>Hi! Jim and John,  I would recommend that we just renew  all members 
>without new dues for 2021, we have 4700 $ in the Bank and this , would 
>hopefully hold our membership.  Also, if we would happen to need more 
>money to get us throught, 2021, we could just do a $15 fee ,to each 
>member to get us into 2022!  I think we need a 1 hr zoom meeting each 
>month bye 3 members to conduct any business and show off some good 
>works!  This would have to be done at someones house with WiF ??  J.
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>From: "James Bloomer" <marine9096 at gmail.com>
>To: "Membership mailing list for the AAW Chapter Coulee Region 
>Woodturners." <crw-talk at crwoodturner.com>
>Sent: Saturday, November 7, 2020 6:24:51 PM
>Subject: Re: [crw-talk] CRW on-line activity
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>I get a monthly call from park and rec to see if we are meeting.
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>On Sat, Nov 7, 2020, 18:11 jcfitz <jcfitz at charter.net> wrote:
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>>I was also wondering also on things.
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>>I don't know if anyone e has been in contact with park and rec on the 
>>building but we have a lot stored there.
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>>Sent from my Galaxy
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>>-------- Original message --------
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>>From: John & Donna Griffiths <griff at mwt.net>
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>>Date: 11/7/20 10:29 AM (GMT-06:00)
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>>To: "Membership mailing list for the AAW Chapter Coulee Region 
>>Woodturners." <crw-talk at crwoodturner.com>
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>>Subject: [crw-talk] CRW on-line activity
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>>Good Saturday morning members,
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>>I want to suggest we have some sort of an on-line gathering.  It would 
>>be up to the board what we do, but several possibilities exist.  The 
>>best possibility would seem to me to be Zoom.  A moderator would 
>>control the meeting, giving members a chance to speak and keeping the 
>>discussion going as would the president in a face to face meeting.  
>>James, if you are comfortable with managing a Zoom meeting you would 
>>be a natural as president.
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>>Club dues are due and a decision needs to be made: do we just renew 
>>everyone without paying dues since we did not spend 2020 dues for 
>>anything other than basic club functions or what?  Also we should make 
>>a decision about club officers.  Just reappoint the existing board or 
>>what?
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>>One would be a simple meeting via Zoom, but there might be a boredom 
>>factor with that.   Perhaps a short business meeting would be 
>>tolerable and useful.  We could incorporate an instant gallery in this 
>>too.  This would be a matter of holding the piece we are presenting in 
>>the instant gallery up to the camera on the computer, phone or tablet 
>>you are using while discussing your design, finish and so on.
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>>Another would be to do some kind of a demo in a Zoom meeting.  This 
>>might involve one of us setting up a camera, perhaps on a phone and 
>>placing it in view of the workpiece so it would transmit the actual 
>>turning and the your narrative.  The person running the Zoom meeting 
>>would control the image being transmitted and  handle questions.  Or 
>>we could have another person present at the lathe handling the camera 
>>while the turner turns.  That might be best.
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>>So if you have read this far (I hope you have) you will notice I have 
>>not made any decisions or directives.  That is way above my pay grade, 
>>to quote a former president.  This is the time for members to speak up 
>>with feedback, ideas what you want as a club member and how to keep 
>>the club going during these trying times.  Please think about this and 
>>circulate your thoughts as replies.
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>>This will give direction to the board about the future of the club.  I 
>>do not want to see it fade into nothingness so I hoped we can do some 
>>kind of on-line meeting.
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>>John
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