September 2002 Newsletter

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

Environmental Management Institute, Inc, Training Room.

Business: Proposed changes to bylaws.

Speaker: Tod Herrli of Mississinewa Workshop in Marion, Indiana.

If you have friends that are interested in checking out our organization, please make a special effort to invite them to this special program.

Wednesday, October 16, 2002 at 7:00 p.m.

Terry Collins of 3M & Co. will give a presentation on sandpaper.

10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Lunch provided at 12:30

7559 East County Road 950 South

Cloverdale, Indiana

A day of demonstrations and a tour of this new woodworking school.

A drawing will be held at the school for paid members. The prize is tuition to a class at ASWR. Transportation is on your own but members are encouraged to car pool. The school is approximately a one-hour drive from the Indianapolis airport.

Please be prepared to give a show of hands at the September meeting as to who will be attending so we can give a head count for lunch.

Pick up a flyer at the meeting for more details.

Directions to ASWR: From I-70 West take exit 41 south. Stay on S.R. 231 south through downtown Cloverdale. At S.R. 42 turn left (east). Follow S.R. 42 east over the Mill Creek Bridge. The first left past the Belle Union sign is C.R. 775. Turn left (north). Beyond the bridge at the curve, bear left on the gravel road. Approximately 1 ½ blocks on the right is The American Sycamore Woodworkers Retreat. See Page 5 for Map.

- 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 copy 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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Thank you to the members that did an archeological dig last month and returned their overdue tapes.

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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 contest will become property of Bosch and will be given to charity. The HCF winner will advance to national competition.

1 – The entry must be a toy.

2 – The toy must be made of wood.

3 – No kit toys or pre-cut toys.

4 – All entries become the property of Bosch.

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Yes, it is the time of year to pay your membership dues. According to our bylaws, membership fee is $20 a year and "payable at the September meeting." (Article III section 3)

Please pay Tom Meeker, Treasurer, at the September meeting or mail your payment to:

HCF

c/o Tom Meeker

9038 Pinecreek Way

Indianapolis, IN 46256

Your new membership card will be available for pick up at the October meeting.

The committee will be responsible for organizing the speaker programs for our club meetings starting with the January 2003 meeting.

If you have an idea for a club program, please contact one of the committee members.

Reminder: The Toy Project toys must be turned in at the November meeting, or before. If you have completed a "Box project" – a take home toy project - and would like to do another, please see Darrell or Nan.

Thanks to Dick Harrold who hosted our web space for so long and who set up our first website.

Meeting presided over by Don Melloy, Vice-president.

Video Library – Bob Beckerich

All videotapes are present and accounted for.

Toy Project – Darrell McConnell

If you have your box project done, please bring in your toys and deliver them to Darrell so he can get an accurate count of where we are at this year on number of toys we can expect to produce.

Don Melloy has found a source of odd scrapes of prefinished hardwood flooring that the club can use for toy production. If you have a toy project that can use this type of wood, contact Don.

Secretary’s Report – Bob Taylor

Some confusion reported by members receiving the e-mail version of the newsletter this last month due to it being sent with a different ‘from’ line. The new "from" for the e-mail version of the newsletter is ‘Home Craftsmen.’ Please do not delete these messages without reading them. They are your newsletter.

Bylaw changes – Don Melloy

Written proposal submitted to Executive Committee to update bylaws to reflect our current practice of separate secretary and treasurer positions. Copies of current bylaws and proposed changes were sent to all members for review before the August meeting. Vote could not be held at this meeting due to less than quorum of membership present. Bylaw changes will be brought up again for vote at the September meeting.

Further proposed changes to bylaws are in the works as we incorporate and move forward with filing for non-profit status. These will be brought before the membership as we progress down this path.

Other business – Don Melloy

September meeting will feature Tod Hurrli speaking on making wood hand planes. This will be a two hour seminar with demonstrations and will run longer than our usual meetings.

American Sycamore Woodworkers’ Retreat tour for HCF members on October 5, 2002. 10 – 2. Please be prepared for a hand count at September meeting so we can give Mike Van Pelt a head count for planning for lunch for us that day. No group transportation is planned. Car pooling is encouraged. Mike will be holding a drawing for a free class. All members in good standing are eligible.

Speaker – Jeff Carter, Executive Director of Central Indiana Hoosier Habitat for Humanity.

Jeff presented an overview of Habitat for Humanity and details of the organization of the Central Indiana affiliate. He then did his version of the top 10 list of questions most often asked about Habitat. A spirited question and answer period followed his presentation.

Habitat started in Indiana in 1987. The Central Indiana affiliate is one of the largest in the world.

Tiger Team: a group of retired men and women who do preparatory work before the time the mass of volunteers show up to do a build. They then follow up afterwards to finish up the details. If you have experience related to home building (construction, office work, zoning and planning, etc), and would be interested in volunteering for the Tiger Team, please contact Jeff at Habitat for Humanity. 951-9096

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Newsletter editor: Nan Schulte

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.