GWT???
Ignore the people behind the curtain for they do nothing for our Club! All goodness that happens to this Club is due to the Great and Wonderful Turner (GWT) of WNT!
I say, ignore those folks behind the curtain that worked so hard to bring Trent Bosch to north Texas. He came to Texas because the GWT of WNT told him to. To that Program Director that swooned him and worked tirelessly on coordinating schedules and class rosters….harumph! To the great group of guys that cut up all the wood blanks for the classes…ho-hum. To the guy that allows us to use his shop for the classes and to the team of mules that picked up and delivered all the lathes that are used for the classes… big deal. Forget about the guys that picked Trent up at the airport or the couple that is graciously hosting him in their home -- it was the GWT that brought it all together!
Ignore the Treasurer that secured the Community Center for us, collected the monies, and made the coffee for Saturday’s all-day demo with Trent. Ignore the people that set up the chairs, brought the donuts, set up the AV system, and ran the cameras – all overrated.
Forget about the guy that publishes the newsletter or the guy that keeps the website up or the team that photographs all of our critique pieces at our meetings. All of that happens because of the GWT.
Don’t look behind the curtain to see our Librarian running demos at Rockler and the folks that are always there with him. Close your eyes to the team of turners that travel to elementary schools to demonstrate our trade/art. That’s right….all of this happens only because of the GWT.
It is amazing what the GWT does for our Club. If it weren’t for the GWT, not much would get done for our Club. We are so lucky to have such a GWT of WNT!
It’s fun being facetious about the Great and Wonderful Turner of WNT…but it just doesn’t happen that way. Our Club can do all the things we do, because of our volunteers. Our Club volunteers are truly the backbone of this organization. April is National Volunteer Month. What have you done lately to support your neighborhood, community, church, or local woodturning club? Get up…get out and do something! It’ll give you a warm “fuzzy” feeling inside. And if that’s not enough incentive – the GWT of WNT decrees that you all shall support the Club with volunteer hours every month (was that too much?).
The GWT of WNT would like to take the easy way out and throw out a blanket “thank you” to everyone that makes our Club run but that’s just not good enough.
With a nod to the comedian Steve Martin, the Great and Wonderful Turner of WNT would like to thank each and every one of you… Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank ya, thank ya, thank ya, thank ya, thank ya, thank ya, thank ya, thank ya, thank ya, thank ya, thank ya, thank ya, thank ya, thank ya, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks…. Gotta go now, I got important stuff to do! See you at the Club meeting!
Good shavings to all,
Dave Marshall