FEBRUARY 2009

TOPCUTTER

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
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LOOKING AHEAD

Sunday, February 1 - Monthly meeting at the usual time and place. (2:00 PM at the Christ United Methodist Church, 1480 Zettler Road, Columbus Ohio.
Sunday, March 1 - Monthly meeting at the usual time and place.
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Bill Brown opened the meeting on Sunday, January 4, 2009, with a demonstration on finishing edges. He mixed Gum Tragacanth and edge coat, and applied it to the edge, to show how it made a nice edge with only one coat. Bill had meant this demonstration to be a sharing of ideas for finishing edges, and that is what happened. Allan puts Resolene over edge coat to seal it. Resolene can be mixed with dye for an edge. Polish Resolene with a soft cloth.
Allan and Jim suggest dampening the leather slightly before applying the finish. Don suggested putting two sided scotch tape between two pieces of leather, with the tape barely sticking out, and sand very lightly in only one direction. If this is done carefully, it results in joining two pieces of leather together so smoothly that the seam does not show on the edge.
 

SHORT SHOW MEETING

Robin has the receipt for the easels he bought to use at the show. He asked if he should turn them in and be paid for them for use of the guild at various times, or if he should keep them for his own use. It was moved and seconded that the guild would pay for them (around $30.00) and keep them as guild property. Motion carried.
 

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Mark is planning to make up two books about the show and give one to the Indianapolis Guild and keep one in our files, for help with any future shows.
Allan received information that Bob Kovar of Toledo Industrial Sewing Machine has won his battle with Kidney Cancer. Bob had reserved a vendor table at the 2008 Federation Show and had to cancel it because he found that he had cancer and the doctor felt he must have surgery as soon as it could be scheduled. His surgery was on October 14^th at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, he was released on the 16^th, drove home on the 17^th, and back in the office on the 21^st. We are very pleased and thankful that everything went well. The Secretary was instructed to send Bob a card.
 
 

THE SHOW MEETING WENT RIGHT INTO THE BUSINESS MEETING

Former BLCO members, Jim and Jeanie Starr, attended the meeting and rejoined the Guild. There were twelve members present at the January meeting on January 4^th.
Jim Starr moved and Bill Brown seconded a motion that the report on the December party meeting be accepted as published.
David Scheiderer gave the Treasurer’s report. George moved that we accept the Treasurer’s report, pending audit.
Robin moved and George seconded a motion to postpone the audit for at least a month. The CDs have not been mailed, and we will need to purchase material to mail them, and that is a Show expense. Motion carried.
OLD BUSINESS
We discussed the Simon Kenton University of Scouting event which will be on January 24^th. At the December meeting we decided to accept their offer to let us have a table in the midway area for free. We decided not to sell things at our table. We will have things to show, perhaps do some demonstrating, and give out our BLCO flyer. I will contact other people who are not present today, to see who else might come for awhile.
I was asked to have one hundred new flyers printed. They will be like the old ones, except the 2008 Show Chairman will be removed from the list of contacts, and the new website will be inserted instead of the old website.
 

Mark, our Ohio State Fair contact person, needs to contact Delilah Hetterscheidt, regarding our participation in the 2009 Ohio State Fair. Mark asked what to say.
Bill moved and I seconded the motion to contribute $100.00 again toward prize money for leather entries.
 

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The 2009 Ohio State Fair runs from July 29 to August 9. We decided that our Guild will demonstrate on both weekends, from 10 - 6 on August 1^st, 2^nd, 8^th and 9^th. On each day we demonstrate, there will be two shifts: 10 - 2 and 2 - 6. When it is closer to Fair time if we have members who feel they can demonstrate on any of the week days, we will see if they would want us to do that. Mark will give this information to Delilah.
NEW BUSINESS: We want to have more activities this year, because we will not have time taken up with planning the Federation Show.
Members want more demonstrations.
Mark will see if people are still needed for the Brown Bag Lunch program, and we will consider that as a service project. He will obtain more current information.
Sandy was not present today, but has suggested that we have a flea market among our members. Members felt it would probably be best to have this as part of one of our regular meetings. It was suggested that we might like to have the flea market instead of a demo at our April meeting.
We will contact members of the Santa Maria Project to see if they need our help. That would be a summertime service project. L. Jay Vannoy made a leather tankard for them last year. We will try to contact someone to give us current information on the Santa Maria Project when we are at the University of Scouting.
Several members want us to have some workshops this year. Suggestions were for belts, buckles, note pad holders, cell phone cases, lamps, etc.
We should do more service projects. Suggestions: Pet Leashes or belts to give to the Free Store as we did a few years ago. Carol Martin suggested donating something to the Faith Mission. We could hold a leather class for a Scout Group.

Robin will do a belt demonstration in February. Allan will do a demonstration in March.
Jim Starr asked if we could have use of a TV to show CDs or Tapes. Severa
l members have a excellent CDs or Tapes, showing a famous leather artist giving a class which would be of interest to members. We could watch and then discuss the class.
The Maple Syrup Festival at Camp Lazarus was mentioned. Some of our members participated in that one year and nearly froze.
The Prairie States Spring Leather Jamboree Show will be on April 24 - 26 at Burr Ridge. The Show is titled “Back at the Ranch.“.
 

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Allan suggested that we have a constitution committee review the constitution this

year. Jim and Mark volunteered to do this, and Allan will also be on the committee.
Mark moved that we have a picnic this Summer with another guild. Robin suggested we have a picnic without another guild. No decision was made on this.
Don and Carol said they will not be on any committees this year. They spent a great deal of time on the Show last year. They are planning to take some trips this year, will remain guild members, and come to our meetings when they are not on a trip.
I am to add Bill Brown and Robin Johnson to the list of people who want CDs. Mark is to get the CDs to me in a few days and I am to mail them.
The meeting was adjourned.
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Saturday, January 24 - We had a table at the Simon Kenton University of Scouting, held at the Reynoldsburg High School, 6699 East Livingston Avenue, from 8:00 AM until 4:00 PM. Allan and David Scheiderer, Robin Johnson, Mark Strain, and Geraldene and George Pittenger worked at our table. We gave several of our brochures to people interested in coming to a meeting and perhaps joining our Guild.
Glenn Dickey, who works with the Santa Maria Project came and talked with us. He was very thankful for the tankard which L. Jay Vannoy made and donated to the project last year. (Another lady, whose name I did not get, also expressed gratitude for the beautiful tankard.) Soon after April 4, it would be very good if a couple of our members could come and tour the Santa Maria with some of their people, and make note of leather things they could use so we could decide what we could make and contribute. They need rubbing pieces, hinges, and a chest cover which Glenn thought of. He is sure there are other things. Glenn Dickey’s phone number is 891-0141. It would be good to contact him around the beginning of April.
Camp Lazarus was advertising their Maple Syrup Festival on February 28 and March 7. I have a flyer about it to show at our meeting.
Respectfully Submitted,
 
Geraldene J. Pittenger
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