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JayDevin
Member
Wonderfull!!
OK All of you in the Central Valley/Nor Cal, we are established!!!!
whooo Hooo!!
Keep your eyes peeled for info on the next Gathering!
Jay
AKA Head Cheerleader!
OK All of you in the Central Valley/Nor Cal, we are established!!!!
whooo Hooo!!
Keep your eyes peeled for info on the next Gathering!
Jay
AKA Head Cheerleader!
tbroye
Member
Jay
Just checking in from Sacramento, I know the are a few more here but can't remember who. The Bay Area has some also. Don't forget Nolan over in Oakdale.
Tom
Just checking in from Sacramento, I know the are a few more here but can't remember who. The Bay Area has some also. Don't forget Nolan over in Oakdale.
Tom
gketell
Local Chapter Leader
Yay!
GK
GK
Nolan
Member
JayDevin
Member
Nolan
Dont make me dig up the Sponge Bob Photo!!!!
Dont make me dig up the Sponge Bob Photo!!!!
markgum
Member
Whooooo Hoooooo we r 'official'....
MCSO5164
Member
Group sounds great. Sorry I didn't reply to you sooner Jay.
avbill
Member
I'M In!!
avbill
Member
Jay
Who elected you the Head Cheerleader! I thought you were the
"Grand Who Pa!!" :biggrin::biggrin:
Who elected you the Head Cheerleader! I thought you were the
"Grand Who Pa!!" :biggrin::biggrin:
Vince_Hoffmann
Member
w00t!
Does this mean we get to use Jay's employee discount whenever we shop at the Dublin Woodcraft? :bananen_smilies051:
Does this mean we get to use Jay's employee discount whenever we shop at the Dublin Woodcraft? :bananen_smilies051:
Dave_M
Member
Very Cool! Looking forward to it.
JayDevin
Member
OK Gang
I GOT us a clubhouse.
Mike and Carol Cunningham, the owners of the Dublin Woodcraft, have Granted us use of the Classroom and Library for gatherings as long as there is not a class going on. This Means that we will also Have use of the Classrooms LATHES!!... SO I will continue to see what other deals I can work out. The Store is open untill 9pm on Thursdays, that might be one thing to look at. It is also very close to the Dublin/Pleasanton BART station. Woo Hoo!!!!
I GOT us a clubhouse.
Mike and Carol Cunningham, the owners of the Dublin Woodcraft, have Granted us use of the Classroom and Library for gatherings as long as there is not a class going on. This Means that we will also Have use of the Classrooms LATHES!!... SO I will continue to see what other deals I can work out. The Store is open untill 9pm on Thursdays, that might be one thing to look at. It is also very close to the Dublin/Pleasanton BART station. Woo Hoo!!!!
tbroye
Member
Not a bad drive over from Sacramento about an hour and 15 min if I remember right, been awhile. May have to talk to the local Woodcraft and see what I can set up so we can have one here. I took my first pen turning class there from Bob Hosea(sp)
Vince_Hoffmann
Member
That's great Jay!
So... when is the first meeting? :biggrin:
So... when is the first meeting? :biggrin:
rb765
Member
I'm in too...even tho I'm a newbie... Learned a lot from all of you...now I learned there is a pen addict in Clovis too...too cool..
nava1uni
Member
I'm in. The Pleasanton gathering was real !!! nice. Hope to see others again soon. I will mention it at the Woodcraft I go to in San Carlos. Maybe some people from there might join also.
I want to see the Sponge Bob picture and the Cheerleading outfit.
I want to see the Sponge Bob picture and the Cheerleading outfit.
sdlewis
Member
I'm in for a buck.
angboy
Member
Thanks for organizing this Jay! I look forward to a meeting soon. When I went to the one in Pleasanton, it was great fun!
tscheel
Member
I am new here, but would be interested in this as well.....
-tyler
-tyler
markgum
Member
Whooo hoooo... Thursday's in Dublin. Sounds GREAT to me... and I fully support the Idea that we get to use Jay's "employee discount" while there.. ha ha ha...
gketell
Local Chapter Leader
Welcome aboard Tyler!
GK
GK
avbill
Member
For all you newbies, Jay just a big pussy- cat. Rub his tummy and you can hear him purr!! Sounds great to have the meeting at Woodcraft. Where is it? So lets have a 
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arty:tscheel
Member
Thanks Greg, you have a great site here. Dont know why it took me this long to find it....
Daniel
Member
What direction is Dublin from Sac? I am only 2 hours from sac here in Reno.
Vince_Hoffmann
Member
Dublin is across the street from Pleasanton, which is down the road from Livemore :tongue:
tbroye
Member
Daniel
You would have a little over a 3 hour drive depending on traffic. Once a meeting is planned you could stop here and ride down with me.
You would have a little over a 3 hour drive depending on traffic. Once a meeting is planned you could stop here and ride down with me.
Daniel
Member
I will have to play it by ear. I would love to meet everyone in person but have to consider a three hour drive home after all the fun. with a 5a.m. start time at work that hurts a little. I'm sure I can make it sooner or later but don't count me as a regular. I do like any excuse to drive over to the valley though.
rb765
Member
5am????? thats about bed time for me... Sure I miss some of the stuff normal people do, but ya gotta do what ya gotta do when it comes to child care. I wish I could make it, but it's about a 3 hour drive from here with no traffic. Save me a cup of coffee.
RMB
Member
Count me in, I'm up for another! Saturdays would work a bit better for me, but my work schedule is flexible, and it's only an hour away for me. Might lose us a few "out of towners" though. Is varying the meeting place an option? Say, one in SF, one in Dublin, one in Morgan Hill? I might be able to host one.
Dave_M
Member
Three hours for me as well, but I'm sure I'll make a trip up there now and then. I've been up once and it was certainly worth the trip. Nice to see techniques demonstrated firsthand instead of learning from the Internet.
JayDevin
Member
At this stage everything is an Option, I will have to check the sked at Woodcraft to see what days are Free!....there will be many Gatherings and Im sure that having meets in Multi locales will be fine with all. same goes for days....Those who know me Know that my work sked is interesting to say the least, I work every day of the week and im off every day of the week,it just depends on the week! My Goal is to make it so we can all have some time to meet and trade knowledge etc!
bananajeep
Member
I'm up here in Sacramento too! Right now a trip to Dublin is a bit far for me. I think there might be enough people in/near Sac to put a meeting together here too. I'm not volunteering (yet) to organize anything. I do know Bob Hosea out at the Sac Woodcraft. A great guy and very talented wood turner. I'm part of the NorCal Woodturners that meet in Sac once amonth. I was on the Board with Bob for a year and a half. I stepped down from my position, because my wife and I have a little one that now takes up our hobby time. It will be great to meet up with some more pen turners from the Nor-Cal and Central-Cal areas.
Mike
Mike
Johnathan
Member
Hello all, I hope everyone is doing well.
titan2
Member
Would love to go, but it's not a good day this time. Was at our last Bubbaville get together.......had a great time. Looking forward to meeting again!
Barney
Barney
tcmoog
Member
I live in Red Bluff, about 2 hrs north of Sacramento. I would like to try and make the next get together. Dublin might be a bit of a stretch. I'm really looking forward to meeting other penturners.
volksrods
Member
Not sure if anyone looks at this still, I live in Sacramento along with another buddy who turns pens here also. Who else lives here?
Dave_M
Member
Turners specifically located in Sacramento that check in here... I'm not sure. Not that I know of off the top of my head. There's a good group of us scattered from Clovis to the Bay Area and everywhere in between. We try to get together and have a little show and tell along with demos of new things we've learned in the shop. Very knowledgable. Very friendly. Very skilled group of wood turners. These guys have taught me a lot and inspired me to try new things. Hope you can join us someday.
Warren White
Member
Meeting?
I notice this post has become active lately, but it goes back a long time.
Is there a meeting planned sometime soon?
I notice this post has become active lately, but it goes back a long time.
Is there a meeting planned sometime soon?
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nava1uni
Member
This chapter has been active since it was begun in 2008. We get together about every 3 months and most often meet in the Livermore, sometime Hayward area. We just had a meeting in February and will go it again around May. Keep an eye on the Northern California link, you can set your preferences so that whenever a post is made to the Chapter you will receive a notice in your mailbox. Welcome to our chapter and hope to see you at the next meeting.
Cindy
Cindy