RCWA Meeting Minutes
Date: April 8 2024 Meeting Start: 7:00 Meeting Finish: 8:30
Attendees:
Joseph
Allen, Keith Brink, Bob Buchanan, Kathie Buchanan, Jim Burk, Darwin Buus, Lauree
Buus, Mary Coffin, Grant Coffin, Cleon Diers, Jerry Hood, Patsy Hood, Dave
Maude, Al Oines, Adam Rasmussen, Don Roberts, Tony Verchio, Rick Weisbeck, Cori
Weisbeck, and John Wolf.
Introductions/
New Members:
Welcome to Joseph
Allen as a new member.
Treasurer’s
Report:
RCWA $175
collected for dues. First United
Methodist Church, Irwin, PA madeadonation of $422 to RCWA. Rick was
reimbursed $100 for 4 gallons of
poly. We earned $0.93 interest in the
workshop account and $0.02 in the savings accounts. Current balances follow.
Checking $4,094.83
Workshop $1,550.93
Savings $
331.91
Total $5,977.67
Shop Tours
Al Oines
reported no shop tours or events are schedule at this time.
Shop tour at
Larry Kellogg June 12, 1:00, in Spearfish.
Pinewood Derby
RCWA will again help scouts with Pinewood Derby car preps April 12 5:30-8:00, and April 13 9:00-11:00 on Saturday. Helpers include Rick, Cori, Tony, Stu.
Special Interest Groups
Next Scroll Saw SIG is scheduled for April 18 at Rick Weisbeck’s home (6704 Kimberly Drive, Blackhawk) from 1:00-3:00 p.m. Nativity scene is cut and the group will work on final finishing touches for the show.
Turning SIG is scheduled for April 24 1:00-3:00 at Brown’s home (2878 Spotted Fawn Lane, Rapid City).
General
Meeting
Next general meeting will be May 13, 2024
at 7:00 p.m. Note that we are returning
to Monday evenings for the summer operations.
Kathy will bring refreshments.
Tool sale will be June 15.
Cori Weisbeck has set up a feedback mechanism for community
requests to connect members with community members’ making
requests for assistance, etc. Please contact
Cori to provide skill
sets. A column has been added to the member rosters to include skill sets as
well.
Black Hills Battles is scheduled for Sept. 14 at old Story
Book Island. Stu will have 60 giraffes
ready for the event.
Nick and Rick loaded two pickup loads of wood, tools, and
cabinets at an auction, which are currently stored at Nick’s house. Nick is currently organizing and selling some
of these items through ebay for the club.
A widow of a wood carver has material and tools she would
like to give away to the woodcarvers group.
Bob is trying to connect her with the woodcarvers’ group.
Wood Show
The Wood Show is set for the third Saturday in
April (April 20). The theme is Christmas
in April. Set up is scheduled after 4:00
p.m. on Friday April 19. If you can’t be
there on Friday, let Rick know so we can reserve a space for you. Remember to bring your name tag for your
display area.
We will meet Friday at noon at the church shop to load the
trailer. The trailer will be unloaded
after the show on Sunday at a time TBD.
Knecht’s will provide 24 tables. Make sure there is a tablecloth on the table
before you set up your display.
Show runs from 9:00 to 4:00.
For the kids area, Bob will bring marble game as well as the
race track, and basketball games. Rick
will bring Jenga. Toy making needs a few
more volunteers. Please help out in this
area if you have some spare time during the day.
We will a display honoring Rollie which feature pictures, a
few of his toys, and the wooden eagle. Rick
made a memory plaque for Rollie.
Toy stands are downstairs and will be loaded on Friday. Jim Burk will again prepare a slide show of
club activities. Cori will provide the
television.
Bob will locate and bring the reporter notebooks to the
show.
Posters have all gone out.
Mary sent notices to SDPBR, Journal, and KOTA. A Black Hills TV crew
came to last toy workshop and indicated a video would be posted the Monday
prior to the show. Cori posted notices
to Facebook.
Tony will bring cash box and change for the show.
Tickets and sign-up sheets for the newsletter are downstairs
and will be available for the show.
Door Prizes – Darwin will have two
tic tac toe gqmes. Stu will
bring 6 bottle stoppers. Jerry
and other group members will bring ornaments to hang on the tree as part of the
door prizes. Jerry will also bring a few
golf balls trapped in a box. Jerry will
bring in Christmas tree that we have at the Christmas party for hanging
ornaments.
Al Oines is managing the raffle items and has 8 raffle
boxes. Items: Rick will have a doll cradle with quilt. Al will have a pepper grinder (replaced with
a boxelder burl bowl). The club still
has 2 turtle banks. Harley will bring 2
bird houses. Rick has a tree with replaceable
ornaments. And, Jerry has a Noel
sign. Raffle closes at 3:30.
Magazines will be available at a table for swap.
Silent Auction coordinators will be Patsy and Cori. Silent auction closes at 3:00. Send a picture to Cori along with a minimum
bid and a buy it now bid. Keith will
have a cribbage board. Harley will have
a bird house. Al will have a turned
item. Rick will have a cradle. Patsy will have a gift basket. Candle holder for Jerry. Stu will have inside out ornament and vase
with owl. Dave will have 3 tops. Bob will put a package toys together. Nativity set will be on Silent Auction.
Cori had two new 4x6 banners made. They will be hung on her truck for advertising
the day of the show.
Scroll saw demos, Rick, Cori, Jerry, Darwin, Tony, Cleon, and
Jim Brown.
Turner demos, Al, Stu, Dave, and Maggie.
Rick will have CNC demo and the gatlin gun demo.
Cori and Bob coordinated logistical items to bring that are
necessary for show. Items include blue
tape, computer, mouse, printer, and adhesive spray.
Cabinet display is currently at Knecht’s and has been updated
with a few new toys.
Lunch will be available for RCWA members and Knect employees
in the contractor sales area at Knecht’s.
Kathy and Patsy will coordinate and provide food. They will need 2 tables for set up. Member donations to offset food costs are
welcome.
Rick Weisbeck reported he is making approx. 50 racing sleighs
and Keith Brink is making a Santa driver to be installed in each one (see show
and tell picture for example).
Lon Gose will bring old tools and tool display.
A friendly reminder that this is not
a sale. It is only a show. We
cannot sell items within Knecht’s during the show without running into legal
problems with sales tax.
Please commit to stay until 4:00 on
Saturday.
Toy
program
Next Toy Workshop will be Saturday, April 13, 2024.
Jerry Hood is worked on a new toy motor boat while in
Florida.
All toys, have been traced and we are hoping the weather will
allow sanding and routing of toys outside.
If you know someone who wants toys,
we have an application for toys on the RCWA website.
Show and
Tell
Rick brought in a plaque displaying the theme for this year’s
show as well as a Christmas tree with interchangeable ornaments.
Rick also brought in a memorial plaque commemorating Rollie. He will be missed. We will have a memory table at the WW Show.
Jim Burk always has a number of items he has been working on with laser engraving.
