PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE JANUARY 2026
As your new club President I would like to implement a few changes to our procedures. With the recent successful Winterfest December meeting at the Mt. Vernon Library Commons, the responses I received from the Board of Directors as well as numerous Club members was very positive. The facility is new, has great covered parking and an awesome audio/visual system. In addition, the set-up and break-down of chairs and tables is done by library staff, so we won’t have to get there early and stay late for this task. The Christian School has been very accommodating, but our agreement with them places us in second position should they need the space, and we can be canceled on short notice. So we are going to migrate our January meeting to the Commons and use it as a shake-down cruise to see if its a good fit for our Club.
Our new Club Express website is moments away from going live. Thanks to Barry and his crew, this amazing site will include the following;
Event Scheduling,
Club Calendar,
Class Registration,
Newsletter,
Announcements…
and much more. Barry’s group has worked for months to make this transition from our old site and it will definitely be a welcomed upgrade. I know there will be a few growing pains in the transition, but if you are patient, I’m certain it will be worthwhile.
I want to get to know every member and to help implement this, we will be awarding an additional door prize at our regular meetings to those who show up wearing their NCWA name tags. The regular prize will still be awarded, but those who wish to have a second chance merely need to come with their name tag showing.
We are still currently seeking a volunteer to become our club’s secretary. The position involves taking minutes of our meetings and being a voting member of the Board of Directors. If you can help, please let me know. My email address in earl@earlkessler.com.
We have some very exciting programs coming up for 2026. These include; Making Your Own Shop Tools, Harpsichord and Instrument Making, 50 Years of Woodworking Mistakes and How to Avoid Them, The Annual Picnic with the Woodturner’s Club and Winterfest. We have several other meetings in the works, and if you would like to make any suggestions for meeting ideas, please contact me or Craig Edwards, our program committee chair. We are always looking for fresh ideas.
Finally, we are proud to have recently received 501c3 approval from the IRS, making us a registered charitable organization. Should you wish to make a donation of tools, supplies or cash to our organization, it can now be a legal tax deduction.
Here’s looking forward to a great 2026 for our club.
Earl Kessler