ORGANIZED IN 1962

IFoLG MEMBER GUILD SINCE 1966

President Allan Scheiderer 937-644-9434
Vice President William (Bill) Brown 614-268-7043
Secretary Geraldene Pittenger 614-866-7857
Treasurer David Scheiderer 937-644-4460
2008 Show Chairman Mark Strain 614-582-0106
 

SPECIAL NOTICE

The October BLCO meeting will be on October 12, instead of October 5. The meeting on October 12, will be at 2:00 PM at the Christ United Methodist Church, 1480 Zettler Road, Columbus, Ohio.
Welcome to the three new members who recently joined our Guild, but who have never attended one of our monthly Guild meetings. Welcome also to other potential members who we hope will attend the October Guild meeting. When you enter the driveway of the Church at 1480 Zettler Road, drive around to the back of the church and park near the north end of the building. There is a rather plain door near the north end of the building, and the meeting room we use is just inside.
The majority of our monthly Guild meetings are held on the first Sunday of the month, at 2:00 PM, at the Christ United Methodist Church, 1480 Zettler Road in Columbus. Because of some holidays, the dates of the Ohio State Fair, etc., there are usually two or three meetings a year when the meeting is held at a different time or place. The October meting is being held on the 2^nd Sunday, instead of the 1^st Sunday, to give members who have been spending so much time recently preparing for the IFoLG Leather Show, to have a breather before the October meeting.
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A Note from the President of the BLCO

I want to personally thank everybody who helped in any way with the Magic of Leather Federation Show. With everybody’s help the show was a huge success. I know many people put in countless hours of work. At the October 12^th meeting we should have a preliminary income and expense report.
Sincerely,
Allan M. Scheiderer
President
 

Another Note

If anyone has any outstanding expenses, please send them to David or bring them to the meeting on October 12^th. Thanks. Allan
 

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MINUTES OF THE SEPTEMBER BLCO MEETING HELD ON SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

The September meeting of the BLCO began with show and tell. Hank Edwards brought a head knife with a leather cover. He also brought leather covers for some Alaska knives, which are basically like head knives.
Allan Scheiderer brought several belts and a billfold to show Allan and David are going to Los Angeles, California to watch the USC game next Saturday. Allan made an attractive Buckeye belt to wear to the game. The belt did not have a logo or anything which would be unlawful to copy. It would just show where he is from. I am sure he will enjoy wearing it at the game. We talked about how people have gotten in trouble by copying emblems when they do not have permission to do so.
Allan also showed a Leathercrafters and Saddlers Journal holder, which he is going to donate to the raffle at our show.
Bill Brown has entered a buckle, wallet and picture in the IFoLG Show. He also showed a cell phone case he had recently made. Bill demonstrated how to make a leather credit card holder to be inserted into a wallet. It would have tiers for holding a few credit cards. Bill showed how it could be made larger to fit into a clutch purse.
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Allan Scheiderer opened the formal part of the Guild Meeting. Eighteen members were present.
There were no corrections to the September Topcutter. The Treasurer’s report was read and approved.
The secretary has contacted people, interested in leather, whose names we gathered at the Simon Kenton University of Scouting.
 

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The Buckeye Leathercrafters were represented every day at the Ohio State Fair. The people in charge of the Arts and Crafts Building were pleased with our participation.
Mark had a one minute segment on Channel 4. Channel 4 may have someone at the IFoLG show - if it is a slow news day.
George reported that he has made a new backboard stand. Peggy Edwards has purchased fabric to cover it. She was able to get beautiful, sturdy fabric which looks like a rich brown suede. It is strong enough to support double strength Velcro to hold things.
Fred has asked to have his name removed from our membership list.
We need to appoint a nominating committee. A motion was made to delay appointing a nominating committee until the October meeting . Motion carried.
Don Martin moved that we hold our Christmas Party Meeting at the Prairie Township Senior Citizen’s Center on West Broad Street, near Harbor Freight. Carol and Don looked at the place and talked to those in charge. We would need to pay a $100.00 deposit. It costs $25.00 an hour to rent the place. The $100.00 would pay for four hours, which would be plenty of time for our party. There is a refrigerator and plenty of counter space, restrooms, plenty of parking, etc. We would actually be allowed to come in before 5:00 PM to begin to set up things if we want to do that. We talked about having it in the party room of the Church where we usually meet, but in the end we decided to have it at the Senior Citizen’s Center. Carol had already had them reserve December 6. David will write a check for the $100, and they will ink in our reservation instead of it being penciled in - for Saturday, December 6 at 5:00 PM. The place will be comparable to the lovely place Fred has furnished for us for the past several years.
We need to decide if we will have a website next year. Will decide that at the October or November meeting.
A motion was made to have Allan Scheiderer and Bill Brown to be our delegates at the IFoLG business meeting. Bill said he would rather not attend it. Mark was willing to go. Motion was amended to have Allan and Mark be our delegates at the meeting.
Our next regular BLCO meeting will be on October 5^th. However there will be show meetings on September 14 and September 21. (At the Show meeting on September 21^st it was decided to have the October meeting on October 12^th instead of the 5^th )
Tom Wilhelm moved we adjourn. Motion carried.
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SHOW MEETING

We took a 10 minute break and the show meeting convened at 3:15 PM I do not usually publish the Show minutes with the regular minutes, but decided to do it this time.
 

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As of Friday, we had 190 room nights.
We have 79 banquet reservations. Ten vendors, 14 vendor tables. $225 has been collected for competition entries. Two people are coming from Japan.
We will accept ads for our Program Book until September 15^th.
This week, Carol will pick up the clip boards, which she has arranged to borrow.
 

Allan passed our copies of a financial report as of Friday, September 5^th. It appears that we are in good financial shape.
It was decided that all banquet tickets will be the same price. Bobbie will have sample banquet tickets and name tags for us to vote on next week. She passed around some black and white samples.
The centerpieces have been purchased.
The Leather Factory has been passing out our flyers and they put up a Show poster. Bill Brown will call the newspaper. If they need something done by Computer he will let Mark know and Mark will do it.
The Leathercrafters and Saddlers Journal sent out postcards advertising the Show. Mark got in touch with Boy Scouts regarding the under 16 age contest and class.
Tom Wilhelm, Roz Kaohn and Mary Ann Kunnig will do demonstrations on Saturday.
Allan said competition entries will be accepted from 10:00 AM to 5:30 PM on Friday the 26^th.
Roz needs three more judges and one more scribe. She will need a list of entries in competition. The runners need stick on tags. Only judges and scribes will be allowed in the competition room.
Roz Kaohn, Head Judge, suggested that no pictures of entries be taken until after the judging. Allan will talk to her about this. We expect only John Weese be allowed to take pictures of the items as they come in, in order to have pictures to show as winners are announced at the banquet. This will also show the condition of items as they are entered.
Roz wants the frames for displaying the competition pictures to be set up Thursday evening, but Ed Lucas does not want to come Thursday evening. Allan will work on resolving this.
Ed Lucas says he will bring Place Cards for the competition entries.
 

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Bea Wayman and Anita ( ?) will be at the competition registration table. They will need two more people to help there. At the registration table we will need pens and list of people who have entered competition.
Allan will check with Wall Mart about marking the Best of Show Award.
Sandy gave Allan a list of proposed food for the judges and scribes.
 

The Hospitality Room will be open on Friday from 7 AM to 5:00 PM. It will close at
\5:00 PM to get ready for the meal for the judges and scribes. It will be open for only the judges and scribes from 6:00 to 6:45 PM. It will be open again from 7:00 to 11:00 PM Friday. It will be open again from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM on Saturday and from 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM on Sunday.
There will be a free coffee bar in the hotel every morning from 8:00 to 10:00 AM.
People will be able to register for the show on Friday or Saturday.
Allan will find out for sure about paying the hotel.
There will be Show meetings at 2:00 PM on September 14 and again on September 21.
It was moved that we adjourn and everyone who can will stay and pack the goodie bags. Motion carried.
 
A group of us stayed and packed goodie bags until we ran out of nearly everything, except for pencils and maps. We will need to get a few more items to finish the bags.
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