New Mexico
Wood Turners
Next Meeting:
The next monthly club meeting will be Saturday, August 7,
9 a.m., at Woodworkers' Supply, east side of I-25, north of Alameda.
Featured Presentation:
Professional Presentation by Jimmy Clewes on colors and contemporary forms.
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Welcome to New Mexico Woodturners
New Mexico Wood Turners, located in Albuquerque, has over 100 members from the Albuquerque, Santa Fe, and other central New Mexico locations. Regular meetings are on the first Saturday of each month and open to anyone with an interest in wood turning, from beginner to professional. Meetings feature presentations on turning techniques, wood selection, tool use and safety, and special topics which in the past have included vacuum chucks, holiday ornaments, and other unique subjects. Every meeting includes an informal "instant gallery" of member work. Some of the past projects are featured in our GALLERY section.
— by Tom Cour
Revised NMWT By-Laws
I am writing this just after the April Board of Directors meeting. At this meeting the Board approved the newly revised NMWT By-Laws to be presented for approval to a General Meeting of the club membership at the May 1, 2010 workshop. A committee composed of Rich McCartney, chairman and members John Vogel, Ron Bahm and Jim Griffin worked very hard to present to you a document that accurately describes how the NMWT does and should operate. The By-Laws were deliberately written in a very general form giving the Board of Directors some flexibility so that minor decisions could be made with board approval and not require the approval of the club membership.
Accompanying the By-Laws but not a part of the By-Laws are NMWT Policies and Procedures. This Page 6 document is issued by the Board and contains guidelines for actual club operations and can be changed and updated by the Board without approval of the entire membership.
A copy of each document will be distributed to each member either by email or USPS mail. before the May1, 2010 General Meeting and workshop. In addition a copy of the approved By-Laws and Policy and Procedures will be given to each new member.
The By-Laws will be presented to members for approval at the May 1 meeting.
Two months ago we circulated a questionnaire and the results indicated that the members wanted to know our demographics and what they wanted from the club. So--- we came up with another questionnaire that you completed and returned since the March meeting. The results from that questionnaire are at the end of the May newsletter.
We bring in nationally known guest presenters several times each year, and the club sponsors special events and projects in addition to regular monthly meetings. A popular event is the woodturning exhibition at the New Mexico State Fair, "Expo New Mexico" held every September. Activities include judged exhibitions of projects by local turners, live turning demonstratons, and videos of woodturning experts covering a range of topics.
The club also publishes a monthly newsletter, High Desert Turning, that is distributed to all members. Current and past issues are also posted on this website. Click on NEWSLETTERS.
We welcome visitors to all club meetings. No reservation or invitation is required. If you are a local resident, or just in the area as a visitor, please feel free to drop by and get to know us. See the Upcoming Events box at left for the date and location of our next club meeting.
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