[Woodcarver] What is a Carving Club?

[Maura Macaluso]

 We set our club up very informally, with no officers and no agenda. we meet once a month for the purposes of info sharing and a show-n-tell.  We do no carving at our club but are working on permission to do that(we are given a free space to meet in a church-they won't allow us to carve there yet but are working on it). We take turns moderating and  we show slide shows, share patterns and carving videos and a few times a year we coordinate a couple of community projects. We also take turns teaching techniques that we have mastered. Our motto is no work, no money, no politics, no hassles.  I have seen much larger clubs split apart and lose lots of members or simply have many disgruntled members due to politics.  Easiest way to avoid this is not to have any officers with everything decided by a simple majority vote.  Those who vote to take on a project are expected to help with the project and those who voted no may do whatever they are comfortable doing.  It works well for us all

 


Maura Macaluso
Maura Carving in NYC
www.carvinginnyc.com
917-494-0008
Staten Island Woodcarvers Club
New York City Parks Dept. Instructor
NEWR Instuctor
National Wood Carvers Association




 

 

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Terry, carving clubs are exactly what you want them to be.  Some clubs have a formal meeting with officers and the whole ball of wax. On the other end of the spectrum is the carving club that has no meeting structure, maybe just announcements and nothing else. In both cases people bring their tools for the purpose of carving what they want or perhaps the club has scheduled a program.
 
I suggest a small club because big ones are too heavy to carry around.

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Many of us carve with some friends at convenient places   like senior centers, etc. with no other purpose then to tell stories and solve   the world’s problems.  For purposes of this topic I will   call this a Social Group.  Sometimes a Social Group will   want to form into a Club.  My question is “What are the   new         things or   behaviors to make this a Club”.  There should be a lot of   opinions on this and I want to hear them all.
  
  
Terry Zobl,   Mich
  
  

  
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