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Hello Jim, this is your newsletter for September 14, 2022

Guild Demonstrations at "The Furniture Masters Annual Exhibition"
Metal Working for Woodworkers Meeting
Granite State Luthiers Annual BBQ
Guild Annual Meeting and Tool Auction
Election Notice
Bylaws Change
Woodworking Fundamentals with Bob Lacivita - New Date
Granite State Woodturners Annual Meeting - Election Notice
Small Meetings are Back
Non-Guild event. Woodcarvers Show, Capital Arts Fest

In collaboration with the New Hampshire Furniture Masters Association, the Guild will be participating in this event by providing demonstrations of furniture making techniques from 1 to 5 PM preceding the exhibit opening.

Jon Siegel, President

Metal Working for Woodworkers

This meeting is designed for the novice or someone with no metalworking experience, a simple basic approach to working with metal.

Steve Costain will walk you thru all types or metalworking.

Sat Sep 17, 2022 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Click HERE to register

Steve Costain

Luthier Annual BBQ

Sun Sep 18, 2022 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT

159 Cottage St. Athol MA.

Click HERE for more info or to register

Mike Mahar

gsl@gnhw.org

Guild Annual Meeting and Tool Auction

Save the Date - Our Annual Business Meeting and Tool Auction will be held in-person this year on Saturday, October 1 at Sanborn Mills Farm in Loudon, NH.

Our featured speaker will be Dale Bergdahl, Professor of Forestry and Emeriti Faculty at the University of Vermont, who will give a presentation on "Character Wood, the Figure in Wood." And of course, our annual Tool Auction will follow.

See you there.

Click HERE to register.

Tony Immorlica, Program Director

Programs@gnhw.org

Election Notice at Oct 1 Annual Meeting

Standing for Election (1 year terms)

(nominated by the Board of Directors)

President—Jon Siegel
Vice President—Mike DiMaggio
Treasurer—Jim Forbes
Secretary—Peter Breu

All of the above are current officers.

Any member may present himself/herself for nomination by contacting the President prior to the Annual Meeting or present himself/herself from the floor at the Annual Meeting. Elections shall be by majority vote in the affirmative of those present plus those voting by proxy.

Bylaw Change

Request at Oct1 Annual Meeting

The Board of Directors requests approval of the following change to Article III—Section 1.

Current...

Article III - Governance

Section 1: The BOD shall be the governing body of the Guild. The BOD shall be comprised of nine (9) to thirteen (13) members of whom at least five (5) members must be unrelated.

Proposed in red...

Article III - Governance

Section 1: The BOD shall be the governing body of the Guild. The BOD shall be comprised of nine (9) to fifteen (15) members of whom at least five (5) members must be unrelated.

Reason...

The Guild has grown by one third over the past 2+ years. The Board's workload has also increased in recent years as the Guild tackles a wider variety of activities. It is felt that a larger Board is appropriate.

Woodworking Fundamentals with Bob LaCivita Basic Cabinetmaker's Tools

Sat Oct 8, 2022 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Click HERE to register

Bill Munch

wfg@gnhw.org

GSWT Annual Meeting & Demonstration

Sat Oct 8, 2022 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Peter Bloch's Shop, 26 Otterville Road New London, NH

Election Notice

Standing for Elections (one year term)

Nominated by the Board of Directors

President - Rick Manganello
Vice President - Ron Marcoux or Annamarie Pennucci
Treasurer - Jim Forbes
Secretary - Don Lowe

Click HERE for additional information or to register.

Rick Manganelo

gswt@gnhw.org

Small Meetings are back!

Please check the calendar for new events and email your Small Meeting ideas to stevecostain@gmail.com if you can think of something I will find someone to demonstrate it.

Small Meetings coordinator Steve Costain

New England Woodcarvers Inc.

Spirit of Wood Show 2022

Robin Patten, Spirit of Wood Show Judging Chair

(603-233-0835) patten_robin@yahoo.com or robin@newc.org

Dear Competitors and Members,

We’re excited to announce the Spirit of Wood Show is October 16th, 2022

Woburn Senior Center, 144 School Street, Woburn, MA 01801

Open invite to any Guild Member that would like to provide a woodworking/woodturning demonstration at the event. Mike, Jon and Claude demonstrated at last year's event. Claude writes "This was a fun event to demonstrate at, plus we got to check out some amazing carvings."

For more information Contact:

Laurie Farrell

wc@gnhw.org

Capital Arts Fest!

We are looking forward to September 24th and 25th of 2022 and another great Capital Arts Fest! This is a free event, with most activities taking place right on Main Street in Concord, NH.

Click HERE for details

League of NH Craftsmen

Classified Ads and Opportunities

All Classified Ads

Classified ads are posted to the “Classified Ads section of the Guild website, not “Touchups”. On Wednesdays each week when Touchups comes out, there is a listing of the more recent ads.

To have an ad posted, contact Peter James

September 12, 2022

Douglas Fir flooring

September 12, 2022

Four Wide Red Oak Boards

September 10, 2022

Powermatic PM701 Benchtop Mortiser

September 3, 2022

TMTC 13 x 40 engine lathe

September 3, 2022

Oneida 5 hp 220 single phase dust collector

August 30, 2022