CJWA at The Woodworking Show, Somerset Feb. 21-23

As we have had in past years, CJWA will have a booth at The Woodworking Show at the Garden State Exhibit Center in Somerset on Feb. 22-24. In addition to a display of projects made by CJWA members, we will also have a running series of demonstrations given by CJWA members. If you ever wanted to know anything about CJWA, from the types of activities we do, the range of interests among the members of the club, and what this group build project thing is all about, stop by.

February meeting: Clocks and Tables

The February CJWA meeting will be at 7:00 PM on Wednesday, Feb. 12. We will have presentations from Bob Emmons on a terrific tabletop clock that he made. Walt Levy will discuss a unique trapezoidal table that he designed and built. We will have an update on our booth at the Woodworking Show in Somerset on the weekend of Feb. 21-23. And Matt Kestenbaum, our new president, will talk about plans for the upcoming year. We hope to see you there.

CJWA 2014 Officer Election results

The elections for the 2014 CJWA officer positions were held at the January meeting. CJWA is happy to announce that with 60 members voting, Matt Kestenbaum was elected President. Marc Gaertner and Wilbur Pan won the elections for Vice President and Secretary, respectively. Doug Poray was elected Treasurer and Jerry van de Sande was elected Librarian in uncontested races.

The votes for the contested elections are summarized in the graph below.

January Meeting: Elections, and Group Build Updates

The January meeting will take place on Wednesday, Jan. 8. Since it is the beginning of the calendar year, it’s time for membership renewals, so please bring your membership dues. Also, we will be holding elections for the 2013 slate of officers. All positions are up for election, and the following members are running for office:

President: Matt Kestenbaum and Stuart Moore

Vice President: Jerry Fishlin and Marc Gaertner

Secretary: Jeff Brown and Wilbur Pan

Treasurer: Doug Poray

Librarian: Jerry Van De Sande

We will also have updates from the joint stool group build, and presentations on the new set of group build projects being offered by CJWA. For those unfamiliar with the group builds, a group build is a project led by a CJWA member who leads a small group of members through the construction of a woodworking project. It’s much like a woodworking class, only the work is done in your own workshop, and it is a fantastic way to learn woodworking skills and techniques.

Finishing seminar from Mohawk Finishes available for CJWA members

The North Jersey Woodworkers Association has graciously invited CJWA members to attend a finishing seminar being presented by Mohawk Finishes at their January meeting. This promises to be an excellent opportunity to improve your results when applying finish to your projects.

The NJWA holds their meetings at the Allwood Community Church, 100 Chelsea Road, in Clifton. The January meeting will be on Monday, Jan. 20, at 7 PM.