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Guilds in the Village Holiday Show - Dec 6-7 - Multnomah Arts Center

Four local arts guilds join to offer a festive holiday craft sale featuring woodworking, wood turning, metal arts and print arts.  Volunteers are needed for the GOOW sales table.  Register on the Guild Calendar for open shifts.  This is a fun event with lots of neighborhood involvement!   If you'd like to sell your own work, please contact Mike.Sandmann@GuildofOregonWoodworkers.org   

(set-up Dec 5.  Show 6 10am - 7pm.  Dec 7 10am -4 pm)

Guild Annual Holiday Party - December 16 at the Multnomah Arts Center

Join in for an evening of holiday cheer, old friends (literally and figuratively), new friends and a sometimes raucous gift exchange.  Watch for updates in the weekly blast and on the Guild calendar.

New Classes - see calendar for details

Make a Cutting Board - Nov 21 & 22

Make a Wall Cabinet - Nov 23, 24 & 27 (waitlist)

Make a Tea Box - December 15 (waitlist)

Core tools Classes added:

Dec 2 & 9:  5-9pm (waitlist)

Dec 3 & 10: 1-5pm (waitlist)

Dec 5 & 12:  5-9pm

Dec 20 & 27: 5-9pm

Dec 21 & 28: 1-5pm

(earlier core tool classes are currently full, but you can sign up on the waitlist for any of them)

Beginner Open Shop:  offered the first and third Sundays from 1-5pm is now offering cutting board kits.  If you're just starting and wondering about a first project, this is a great way to get started.  Kits include the wood and instructions and all for only $20.  Available only when registered for Beginner Open Shop.

Volunteer Appreciation Reporting 

Remember to track your volunteer hours for the next Volunteer Appreciation benefits program.  Next reporting period will be for July 1 - December 31, 2024 to be reported in January 2025.

Wild Apricot App

There's an app you can download for your phone.  Go to your app store and select Personify Wild Apricot. When downloaded, it will give you access to your card, upcoming events, your profile, your upcoming and past events and the member directory.  

Open Shop

Reminder 1 - bring your own supplies to Open Shop - blue tape, glue, double-sided tape, pencils, etc.  Disposable items are generally not supplied by the Guild for personal use.  

Reminder 2 - that old boy scout rule applies to the shop as well - leave it cleaner than you found it.  Just a reminder to clean the tools you worked with - tool, floor, innards etc.  It's always nicer to come in to a clean shop than one left messy.

and DID YOU KNOW - that you can look at the shop activity on the Guild website?  You can see if there's space at an open shop that may have been full, but cleared out within 2 hours. If you're going to be more than 30 minutes late for an open shop slot, you can see if the SA is still there. (they stay for 30 minutes and if no one shows, they can leave).  check it out here: Shop Cameras

  

Volunteer Opportunities - current specific needs  - contact charlie.meyer@guildoforegonwoodworkers.org

 The volunteer team is looking for members to help specifically with:

Program Leader - Monthly meetings - find and arrange for speakers/demonstrators to present at the monthly general meetings.  

Shop Inventory Coordinator - track shop consumables and equipment needs (blades, bits, abrasives, paper towels, etc.)