President Tom Falcone called the meeting order. There were 59 people present including a record of 10 guest. Tom ask all the guest to tell a little bit about themselves, and how they heard about the club. He expressed our appreciation to advantage Lumber for hosting our monthly meetings. He then introduced Dan from Advantage, who summarized some current lumber specials and reminded us that club members receive a 10% discount on all purchases.
Anouncements:
- Tool Show – Alan Brown recapped the annual tool show and noted that it had provided the club with good publicity, in fact we have gained four new members as a result of our participation. He thanked members who provided work products for the club’s display.
- Annual Club Picnic – The picnic will be held on Sunday April 5, 2020 at the Farm Bureau building off Fruitville Road beginning at 1:00. The 2×4 contest will again be a central event. Al Brown reminded members that the rules will be posted to the website. He announced that there will be a new competition division this year for beginners.
- February Shop Meet – This month’s meet will be held on February 24 at 7:00. It will be hosted by Greg Casagrande at his shop located at 1912 44th Ave. East in Bradenton.
- There is no demo scheduled for this month.
- Future Turning Demo – President Tom announced that he and Marvin Stoltzfus are planning a turning demo to be held at Marvin’s shop. The tentative date is April 13th.
- Manatee Food Bank – The Club will continue to support the Food Bank. President Tom asked members who would like to donate items to the Food Bank to bring them to a future meeting or to notify him.
Presentation:
Presentation
President Tom introduced our own John Peasley who narrated a video of his intarsia process. The video had been produced in his shop by Larry Simmons. The video was informative and generated questions and sparked interest among some members to try the process. For those who missed it, or would like to see it again, it should be posted to the website.
Larry Simmons volunteered to video any member in there shop, who wished to be our monthly speaker, but has a project or procedure using power tools too large or dusty to bring to a meeting.
Treasurers Report
Randy Cooper presented the report for the period ending January 31. He noted membership dues had been received from 47 members including four new members.
SHOW & TELL – Fourteen members participated in Show & Tell this month
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John Darovic – Bowl 
John Theimer – bear 
Stand for beach ball 
Marvin Stolzfus – wooden beach ball 
Marvin – bowl using 
Dennis’s valentine 
Dennis Daudlin – pink stuff 
Greg Merithew – Tiger wood book case 
something new to try turning 
Greg Casagrande – husband tamer 
Floyd Yoder – turned bowl 
Joe Mathis – intarsia 
Plant Stand with legs 
Mike Dummet – plant stand 
Lady Liberty – Barb Brown 
Barb Brown – first intarsa 
A Dog and his Boy – Joe Mathis 
Terry Bair – small bowl 
Turtle Bank – Thelma 
Puppy Bank – Thelma 
Thelma Proctor – kids banks 
Decorative Box – Thelma 
Jerry Gibbs – slides of large projects 
Desk – Jerry Gibbs 
Small harp – Jerry Gibbs 
Tigerwood Book Case – Greg Merrithew
Auction – Randy Cooper announced the club would be conducting an auction of tools from an estate on Monday February 17th at Pat Kerr’s shop located at 4425 Independence Court in the Northgate Center Commerce Park in Sarasota. The time will be 7:00.
The meeting concluded with the customary raffle and door prizes.