November 2002 Newsletter

Where: 5610 Crawfordsville Rd., Speedway (see Map on Page 5 of Newsletter)

Environmental Management Institute, Inc, Training Room.

Speaker: Timothy Tucker, past President,

American Society of Home Inspectors, Indiana Chapter

Today, ASHI is the largest and most respected professional association for home inspectors in North America, with more than 5,800 members. ASHI's Standards of Practice, covering all of a home's major systems, are specifically noted in state and federal legislation and recognized by consumers as the definitive standard for professional home inspection.

Our December meeting will be on the December 18^th at 7:00 at EMI. The program will be the judging the Bosch Toy Contest and a panel discussion on Finishing Techniques. Be sure to bring your wooden toys to enter in the competition.

The Gift and Hobby show is scheduled for November 13-17, 2002 in the West Pavilion of the Indiana State Fairgrounds. HCF will have a booth again at this year’s show. Bob Shaw is coordinating our booth this year. (Thank you, Bob.)

The Christmas Toy Distribution will be Dec. 7th, 2002 at Automatic Pool Covers Building starting at 9:00 A.M. The Toy project committee will need some (maybe 10 or 12)  pick & pack volunteers that day to help sort and box the toys for delivery to the groups we donate to.

We will also need 6 volunteer delivery people that have covered vehicles that can help deliver the boxes of toys. A delivery volunteer may have up to 3 places to deliver to but every effort will be made to have those areas within easy driving of each other.

There will be a sign up sheet at the November meeting for those who are interested in helping out with the Toy Distribution.

- Video Tape Library -

The videotape library is available at all meetings. This is a free service to members. You are encouraged to make use of this valuable service but please return any tapes you have borrowed. All borrowed tapes are to be returned at the next month's meeting. This will allow others to enjoy this service too.

A complete list of videotape titles is available on our website. A printed catalogue is available for review at each meeting.

Do you have videos that would be useful for the library? . . . . . Let us know.

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A special edition for HCF members only of the Bosch Toy Contest will be judged at our December 2002 meeting. Best toy from an HCF member will receive a Bosch L295 DVSK Random Orbit sander. All those that enter will receive a prize. Toys entered in the contest will become the property of Bosch and will be given to charity. The HCF winner will advance to national competition.

1 – The entry must be a toy.

3 – No kit toys or pre-cut toys.

To help us pay our rent, we pass the "hat" at each meeting. OK, usually it is a box that we pass around because no one has a hat available. Please, donate to help the club offset the cost of our excellent meeting facility.

Thank you to all members that paid their membership dues on time. To the ones that it has slipped their mind, according to our bylaws, membership fee is $20 a year and "payable at the September meeting." (Article III section 3)

If you have not yet paid your membership dues, please pay Tom Meeker, Treasurer, at the November meeting or mail your check made out to Home Craftsmen Forum to:

HCF

c/o Tom Meeker

9038 Pinecreek Way

Indianapolis, IN 46256

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The Program Committee met on October 9, 2002. Programs were set for the January, February, and March meetings.

A SPECIAL NOTE to all HCF members from the Program Committee. Please, remember your manners when a speaker is addressing the club and refrain from having side conversations. If you must have a conversation with someone, please step into the next room to do so in a low voice. The speaker and the rest of the membership will appreciate your thoughtfulness in doing this. Thank you.

Members of Program Committee: Joe Brickler, Don Claffey, Dick Ellis, Glenn Jable, Harold Matthews, Tom Meeker, Don Melloy, Joe Miller, Clet Meyers, Joe Schmidlin, Nan Schulte, and Chuck Stouse.

Do you have an idea for a club program or know a person who would be a good speaker, please contact one of the committee members.

The next Program Committee Meeting is January 8, 2003 at 7:00 at Gibraltar Design conference room. 9102 N. Meridian Street, Ste 300, Indianapolis. Thank you to Don Claffey for arranging for a meeting place

The meeting started with Lew auctioning off a saw blade holder donated to the club.

Video Library – Bob Beckerich

Many tapes have not been returned. Please do so at the November meeting or risk having your name listed in the next newsletter.

Program Committee – Don Melloy

Our programming is set through March of next year. Tom Meeker is looking for members to volunteer to be a panel on finishing techniques. The February meeting will be an outside speaker on finishing techniques. Contact Don if you have a wooden project that could be finished as a demonstration at that meeting. Your completed surveys on program topics are due at this meeting.

Treasurer’s report for October – Tom Meeker

Your membership dues is due.

$20 for 2003. We are half way to having all members paid for 2003.

Toy Project – Darrell McConnell

Toy projects must be turned in at the November meeting.

Secretary’s Report – Bob Taylor

Some members are having problems with the e-mail version of the newsletter. See Nan Schulte if you are having a problem.

Website News – Lew Lundberg

170 hits on our website so far. You can send e-mail to officers from the website. There is a lot of information on the history of the club there, too.

New Business – Lew Lundberg

Donated lumber resolution was passed unanimously. NOTE: Lumber at Norm’s shop is donated to Norm and is excluded from this resolution.

Members will be notified in the newsletter when lumber is available.

The presence of our club at Events such as the Gift and Hobby Show and The Woodworker’s Show: We will be instituting a new process/procedure. In the past, a few people have been running these all along and the executive committee has realized that we need to appreciate and help them. A checklist has been developed for a chairman to set up for such Events. A summary will be captured from each event so we can learn and improve our presence.

Christmas Gift and Hobby Show – Lew Lundberg

A sign up sheet was passed around for manning our booth. Two man teams with a 2.25 hour shift. There will be 4 gate passes for us this year so we can overlap a bit on the shifts. Please remember to return your passes in to the office when your shift is over. You can get your hand stamped so you can come back in and enjoy the show.

Herman DeHart had surgery on his knee.

Speaker – Terry Collins of 3M on sandpaper.

Terry presented a short history of the 3M Company. He then moved on to describing the seven different types of minerals you will find in sandpaper, the five different backings, the various weights of backing, the different bonds used to hold backing and grit together and finished with a question and answer period plus freebies to take home.

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Newsletter editor: Nan Schulte

â Nan Schulte has an outfeed table for sale. Solid and made of metal. ~4’ x ~2’. $50.

5610 Crawfordsville Rd, Speedway

Environmental Management Institute

A membership organization having as it sole object the presentation of educational programs and demonstrations of machines, tools, and processes adaptable for use in the home workshop.