Northwood Turners 2009 Survey
What level of turning proficiency do you fall in
Beginner intermediate advanced
1. This year we are doing a tool making project where every member gets
a chance to make a hook tool.
What tool would you suggest we make next??
Aluminum tool handle Scraper Other
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2. Each year we attempt to have an outside professional turner come in
for a demo with an additional charge of $25 to $30. Would you like to see this
continue?? YES
NO Comments________________________________________________________If
so, do you have suggestions as to what professional turner you would like to
see? _____________________________________________________
3. We try to have a meeting or two that we term ÒHands OnÓ This means we do a project where every
turners gets to make a particular item.
Items in the past have included pens, brooches, Bic insert pens,
whistles, tops, and others.
What Òhands onÓ project would you like to see for next year?
weedpot,
whistles pens, Other ________________________________
4. What demonstrations or types of demos would you like to see? For
each general category you can be much more specific. For instance in the Bowl
category you might write Finishing bowl bottoms in the space or How to cut bowl blanks out of a log. If
you donÕt see anything close in the list please write your suggestion in the
Other space below.
Bowls________________________________________________________________
Spindles______________________________________________________________
Hollow forms___________________________________________________________
Boxes__________________________________________________________________
Embellishments - painting
burning carving texturing_____________________________
Miniatures_______________________________________________________________
Alternate Materials- Nuts, horn, plastic, Corian__________________________________
Other _________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
5. Do you enjoy the Club
Picnic? YES NO
What would you be willing
to help out on the picnic? What
would you like to see to improve the picnic:
__________________________________________________________________
6. Would you like to see various contests throughout the year? YES NO
What type of contest would you like to see in the
future?________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
Do you think it would be
worth while for the club to spend funds buying wood and other items for
the members? _________________________________________________________________
7.What do you think of our new Audio/Video equipment?? What needs to be
improved?_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
8. Any comments on the club communications, newsletter,
emails?_________________
______________________________________________________________________
9. What do you feel about the amount of time spent on
reviewing items in the gallery?
Would you like to see more in depth criticism of a few items or do you
think this is not useful time
spent?____________________________________________________
10. Do you think the demonstrations are too short or
too long ? Are they in
enough depth that you could make the item yourself?
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11. Do you like the raffle?
What would make the raffle better?_______________
_____________________________________________________________
12.. Any comments on or
improvements needed to any other part of the organization?
________________________________________________________________________
13. Would you be willing
to do a demo at one of our meetings or shop crawl? YES NO
What
type of demo would you do?____________________________
Dale Peterson, President Northwood Turners
muskypete@frontiernet.net