Meeting minutes for 2006
November, 2006
Our regular November 12, 2006 was held at the
Four-Points Sheraton in Independence, Ohio with a fairly large crowd selling
and buying during the Mart. Ballots were handed out to members so they could
vote for the new officers and directors. The silent auction also had many
items to be sold. Around noon, the buffet luncheon was served. After which
came the business meeting presided over by Dick Sims.
Our meeting started off on a sad note. A long
time member - Ernie Martt had passed away.
The votes were counted and the new officers are
as follows: Bev Stehlik president; Tom Barrett, vice president; Ginny
Sims, secretary; Jeff Ring, treasurer. The directors are: Phil Battista,
Gene Fitch, Dwaine Gillard, and David Martin.
During the business meeting, it was decided to
send $1000. to the National to be used for the Suitcase Course Workshop.
It was also announced that a field suitcase course #F104 - Introduction
to Weight and Fusee Driven Clocks -will be held at the Lakeland Community
College from January 9-12, 2007. Contact Sandy McPherson at 440-535-7812 to
register.
On February 17, 2007, our chapter will hold its
annual Clock Day( Mini Road show) at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History
in Cleveland. It will run from 10 AM - 4 PM.
After the business meeting came the "Program of
the Day" with Bev Stehlik giving a presentation and demonstration entitled
"Painting a Reverse Glass for a Pillar and Scroll. Bev showed us how to
very carefully lay gold leaf and how to etch a design. She also told us of
the tools and supplies needed to do these jobs. Many questions from the
audience made this a very interesting program. Very well done!!
Our next regular meetings will be held at the
Holiday Inn at Strongsville, Ohio. It was published in the December issue
of the Bulletin that it would be at the Lakeland College, but it has been
since changed. All regular meetings for 2007 will be held at the Holiday
Inn. The dates are: Jan 14, May 20 (due to Mother's Day), July 8, Sept. 9,
and Nov. 11-----------------Ginny Sims, secretary
September, 2006
Our regular September 10, 2006 meeting
was held with Dick Sims presiding.
Frank Del Greco brought us up-to-date of the actions at the National. Tom
Borkowski told us of the progress being made for the upcoming 2007 Regional
which will be held at the Lakeland Community College in Kirtland, Ohio. This
location was well received at the 2006 Regional, so we decided to use it again.
After the busy mart, with a silent auction, came the buffet luncheon and the
program of the day. The Program of the Day was entitled, "Tricks of the Trade"
This is where anyone can stand up and tell us of his or her homemade time saving
devices.
George Papp told us of how to handle a "growling" electric clock motor and how
broaches are used in plastic; Everett Jones told us of how he uses parts of
clothes pins to make wedges used in repair jobs and how to refinish Black
Marble; Tom Barrett told us of how to handle several problems repairing wooden
works clocks; and Stan Kaufman told us of the most valuable tool - Books - for
research. Stan had several examples to share. A website was mentioned for
helping find things for projects: www. smallparts.com To all who
participated in this lively discussion, Thanks.
Our next regular meeting will be on January 14, 2007
at the** Holiday Inn** at Strongsville, Ohio not at Lakeland College as was
published in the Bulletin in Nov. This change was made after the Bulletin
article was published.July, 2006
No meeting held due to the National Convention in Cleveland.
Here is a short summary of Convention activities.
Our regular July meeting and Mart were cancelled
because it was too close to the ending of the National Convention which
Chapter #28 and Chapter #10 hosted.
Putting on the National Convention takes a lot
of time and effort. The 2006 Convention was a success because we helped
each other to get the work done on time. It was observed that when one
worker finished his or her job, they looked around to see if someone else
needed help in completing their job. That's called team work. We have it
and we used it efficiently at the National. Many thanks to the workers:
Dave and Louise Allen, Phil Batista, Tom and Linda Borkowski, Clyde and
Betty Brown, David Martin, Frank and Jocelyn Gharky, Frank and Joanne Del
Greco, Dwaine Gillard, Gene Fitch, Dan Galdun, Stan and Sue Kaufman, Lou
Merkeys, Jeff Ring, Gordon and Irene Sooy, Don and Bev Stehlik, Tom
Barrett, John Vourliotis, and so many more.
We were up at 6 AM for a breakfast together and
a small business meeting and then off we went to work. By day's end we were
all tired, but happy to have done our best for the Convention.
The exhibit "Time in Travel" was well received.
The educational presentations had many attendees. The Silent auction
held several sessions with hundreds of items for sale. The live auction was
well attended and very robust.
