President's Message
Clarence Kellogg, President

I was very pleased with the activities in April, both the show and the meeting for the month reviewing the pieces from the show.  It seemed that there was a general consensus that the commentary by the judges by valuable, although not everyone agreed with every comment.  Hopefully we will be able to continue to improve the quality of judging and participation next year.

I am pleased to let you know that for May, we will have a presentation by John Sauer who will give us a power-point presentation on his work.  In addition, Terry Gannon will show us the new and expanded website and how to best utilize it, as well as explore ideas for future changes.

            Because the club has a continuing concern about a facility for demonstrations, hands-on classes and meetings, the board has agreed to the appointment of a committee to locate alternative locations to conduct our activities.  Steve Baum, Gene Franz, Ken Clifford, Ann Fuller and George Lutz have agreed to serve on the committee.  Because of the various needs, it may be that multiple types of locations are required.  Please think about possible locations that may work for one or more of our needs and if you have any ideas, let one of the committee members know.

President’s Challenge

            The President’s challenge for May is to locate an ugly, flawed, checked knot, worm or insect infested, with or without bark inclusions, and make something interesting, pretty or otherwise appealing out of it.