[crw-talk] Club Activities

Mon Oct 19 15:39:54 CDT 2020

Oh, I am so jealous.
Can I barter labor for dedicated space?

Of course, CRW now has a new meeting hall [nod your head please...]. I'll
donate a fridge for the wet bar.

On Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 2:00 PM Egan, Richard <EganR at westerntc.edu> wrote:

> John:
>
> Well said. We have an excellent way to stay in touch here.
> I have been to busy for much turning lately. My weekends are pretty
> occupied, but it is coming together now. Maybe a tour later will be in
> order.
>
> Rich
>
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> Members,
>
> Well, here we are seven months into the pandemic and the numbers just are
> not getting better.  So what do we as a club do to keep it going?
> Now it is becoming a bit cold to meet under Adrian's or Clyde's tree, and
> I personally do not feel as safe doing that now as I did in June when the
> numbers were actually improving.
>
> One activity has been for us to post photos and descriptions of the things
> we have made, and I think it is about time for another round of that.  I
> have a couple of pieces I have created that I intend to photograph and
> post.  And I am sure there are others out there who have things too.  The
> instant gallery has always been an important part of our meetings and
> sending photos and commenting is a worthwhile activity during these times.
> We do not have to be professional photographers with $3,000.00 cameras or
> fancy layouts to place the piece in for shooting.  Just shoot with a simple
> digital camera or smartphone and
> send the photos to CRW.   I just use an elderly iPhone that Apple no
> doubt wishes I would give up for the latest bells and whistles and it
> works well enough.  (Just decent lighting and sharp focus is adequate.) And
> your projects do not have to be David Ellsworth or Cindy Drozda quality to
> send around CRW Land.  A bit of tearout or not the best possible design is
> not a deal breaker.
>
> Bottom line, please send some instant gallery photos out to the club.
> Simple ones.  Small ones.  Large ones.  Complex ones. Christmas ornaments,
> pens, vases and bowls.  Weed pots, you name it.
>
> Another activity that is less then perfect but perhaps enjoyable is a Zoom
> meeting.  Zoom is an interesting and somewhat idiot proof technology. (Even
> I can do it but I have not tried to figure out to just how to set up a
> meeting yet.)  In case you are wondering, here is how it
> works:  someone sets up a meeting ahead of time and send out an email
> message to attendees with a code. You go to Zoom.com on your device that
> has a camera and type in the  code, click a thing or two to give it
> permission to access your camera and microphone and bingo, you are on
> camera and watching/listening to what is going on.  We could have a
> discussion or perhaps a demo.  The board members could talk about club
> business.  We could have an instant gallery.  The Badger Woodturners have
> shop tours.
>
> What do we Zoom on?  We can do it with a smart phone, but the picture is
> small.  They use the front camera on the phone.  I also used my tablet,
> with the front camera but mine was not very satisfactory, it is kinda of a
> cheap one.  Laptops often have a camera built into the screen at the top.
> I ended up buying a cheap web camera (webcam) online from Target which
> perches on top of the monitor and it has good picture quality and a
> microphone. I attended a Shop tour from Badger Woodturners this past
> Saturday and it worked very well.  AAW will have a David Ellsworth demo
> this Saturday, $10.00 for members, and I think I will sign up for it.
>
> So to repeat, the first Bottom Line is to send pictures of you work around
> on CRWTalk and others to look and comment.
>
> Second Bottom Line is for the Board and members to think about doing a
> Zoom meeting.  Board members, what do we address? Members, what do you want
> to watch and participate in?  I will continue as acting Program Director
> and put something together if there is direction from the members and board
> and I can find volunteers to help with a Demo if that is part of the deal.
>
> We as a club need to keep ourclub going.  Let's get 'er done.
>
> John
>
>
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