SATURDAY SCHEDULE
Date SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2026 Time 9:00 AM – 12:00 pm
SHOP LOCATION: THE DORFMAN CO. BUILDING 1314 OGDEN AVE, SUPERIOR, WI 54880
AGENDA When you get to the meeting, please sign in so we know who is attending, and wear a name badge to help those who are not familiar with who we are put names to our faces. Set-up for the meeting and demo (Chairs & Lathe) plus coffee & chatter!
9:00 AM – CALL TO ORDER HOST PRESIDENT REPORT – Susan J Van Loon Runnoe
- Open turning opportunities. What is being offered, member experiences, discussion. Discuss last month. Open shop will be Next Saturday, November 21 from 9am to 12 noon!
- Email issues – I thought the email issue had been solved, however I have heard from a few people who didn’t receive the bylaw email. Please let Doug know if you are not receiving emails. TREASURE REPORT – Current balance, Income and Expenses (Kerry) SPECIAL AGENDA ITEM:
- Lake Superior Bylaws – presentation and vote to accept changes. OLD BUSINESS:
- 2026-2027 Membership forms & dues!
- Mentoring: Whether you are interested in finding a mentor to help you with a particular woodturning skill, or if you are experienced and wouldn’t mind sharing your skills with others, we want to know. We are trying to match individuals to expand our talents!
- Name Badges. We think we are up-to-date with the new nametags for all members. If you have paid your dues and yet you don’t have a nametag please let us know so we can make one up for you!
- As discussed last month . . .
- Tree Decoration! We are asking all LSW members to turn your favorite ornament(s) and contribute them to help decorate a tree to go in the front window of the shop. Please bring them in at the November meeting so we can get them displayed in December.
- Ornament Exchange. For the December LSW Member Meeting we would like to have an Ornament exchange. We are asking those who would like to participate to bring an
ornament they have lovingly created (turned, colored, decorated, or otherwise embellished
and finished) for a Holiday Ornament Swap. Think of it being kind of like a ‘secret santa’
exchange with other LSW members. Ornaments will be placed in a plain brown paper bag
(if you have one, great, if not we will have plain paper bags you can use at the shop) and all
who contributed will get to pick out one of the ornament bags. What a cool way to get a
new ornament to bring home!
- Curling Rock Trophies – will be starting to get the wood ready for turning the wooden curling
rocks. We have a few people who have signed up to help, if you have not done it and would
be interested in seeing the process let us (Doug) know!
NEW BUSINESS:
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SHOW & TELL –
Is it okay to suggest two themes for show and tell? This month’s demo is live edge bowls, so of
course we would love to see some you have done… AND we would LOVE to start getting in some
ornaments to display at the shop. If you have either of these things you can bring in or if you’ve been
turning in a completely different direction we want to see what you’ve been up to, so if anyone else
has a turning they’ve done and would like to brag, ask the experts, or just prove to us you’ve been
turning, we would love to see it! As always, when you show your pieces you can ask for critiques of
your work, or you can simply show your turnings. We can discuss turning ‘challenges’, talk about best
practices, and chat about perplexing pieces of wood you would like suggestions on how to turn or
what to turn it into. We would like to have members show one of their turnings and once everyone
has a chance, if time permits additional items can be shown.- SAFETY MINUTE – Open Discussion – Best practices, what to do and what not to do. (yes we have
something to discuss this month—with photos…maybe) - RAFFLE: If you have an item to donate for the raffle, whether it’s a woodturning book, a piece of
wood, a pen or bowl blank, a tool you don’t use, or maybe a turning you have done, we would
sincerely appreciate the donation. Depending upon the quantity of donations received your item may
be saved for a future month’s raffle.
PROGRAM
Live Edge Bowls, by Skott Nielsen
The demonstration Nov 14 will be about natural edge bowls. Grain orientation, balance,
and techniques that differ from a standard bowl will be discussed. A natural edge bowl will
be turned and some of the challenges and solutions sanding it will be discussed.
The current Board of Directors:
- President Susan Van Loon Runnoe
- Vice President Bill Penning
- Treasurer Kerry Sopoci
- Secretary Doug Runnoe
- Program Director – John Skarja
- Greg Whitaker
- Skott Nielsen
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