Meeting Minutes – May 3, 2025
Meeting Location: Doug Morgan’s Shop, 2252 Thompson Creek Road, Norwood, LA.
- Fellowship before meeting
- Collection of dues (Rick Albrecht) and selling of shirts and caps (Lee Owens)
Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance – Lee Soileaux
Welcome and Introduction of Guests– There were no guests or visitors this meeting. Twelve members were in attendance. Three members brought items for show and tell.
Officer Reports:
- Vice-President – George Campagna was unable to attend this meeting. Richard announced that we will be meeting at the Rural Life Museum next month and Bob will be doing a presentation on surface prep.
- Secretary – Lee Soileaux reported that there were17 members attending at the last meeting at Keith Bryan’s shop and 2 members presenting show and tell. There were 3 visitors.
- Treasurer – Rick Albrecht was not present at this meeting.
- Webmaster – Open
- Community Service – Ken Brown was unable to attend this meeting but Cody Henderson reported that they are currently making drawers for the O’Brien House chest of drawers project. Richard made another appeal for volunteers to assist with the Community Service program.
- Education Outreach – Open
New and Ongoing Club Business
- Executive Committee Update: Richard updated members on last months Executive Committee meeting. There were 2 topics discussed at that meeting. One was on the possibility of obtaining liability insurance for the club. After Jim Landry inquired into this and reported to the Committee it was decided to suspend this because of the very high annual cost to the club. It might be revisited in the future. The other topic discussed by the Committee was the relative merits of getting a more advanced camera setup versus getting some tents to provide coverage during events instead of using members’ tents. Jim presented information regarding the tents available to the club. The price range for tents of the size the club is interested in starts at a low of about $250 to a high of about $2500. Jim said the difference in price is reflected in the quality of the tent and that we would probably be getting tents somewhere between $300 to $550. Richard said that more investigation would be done and more data presented to the members to seek approval in the future. The members expressed interest in the more advanced camera setup. Jim Landry said that the camera would be about $600 to $700. The potential benefits were discussed as well as the disadvantages. One major disadvantage presented was the absence of a web master to do the amount of work necessary to make full use of the new camera’s capabilities.
- Zoo event Update: Richard reported that George Campagna, Jim Landry, Brandon Ginn, Lee Soileaux, Lee Owens, Richard Albrecht, and John Schatzle along with himself were at the event. The weather was not optimal. There was rain off and on throughout the event and members were thankful for the three members’ tents that provided shelter. Unlike the previous year, we only gave out 141 pieces to the participants. In spite of the weather, those participants who were there were enthusiastic and seemed to enjoy the process.
- LSU Rural Life Museum: Richard announced that Mark Monistere was contacted by LSU for volunteers from among our members to help in making tool totes at the museum which will be on Tuesday June 3rd. It is an LSU summer camp program. Several members volunteered.
- Club T-shirts: Lee Owens has plenty of T-shirts in various sizes and two colors for sale.
Members Questions/Concerns
Safety Topic: There was some discussion regarding table saw kickback and its potential for severe damage and injury.
Skill Topic: Planes & Chisels – Jackie Parker gave an informative and well-organized presentation on planes and chisels. It was liberally peppered with a variety of tips on buying, sharpening, and using planes and chisels.
Show-and-Tell: There were three club members who showed and told.
Adjourn