2023 January 27 Exec Meeting Minutes
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The Canadian Society for Creative Leathercraft
Executive Meeting
Friday, January 27, 2023
via Zoom videoconference
Present
Lauch Harrison, Jim Wilkes, Barbara Chynoweth, Lauren Malec, Kim Winchester, Eugene Pik
Regrets
Della Chynoweth, Sean Dalgetty, Tracey Howard, Paul Kitchener
Call to Order
By Lauch at 7:56 p.m.
Minutes of the Last Meeting(s)
Distributed and dispensed with reading of Minutes of the Last Meeting (November 25, 2022).
Business Arising from the Minutes of the Last Meeting
a) In-person AGM is a go, hosted by Hamilton (the 2020 host). Lauch will check availability of Visitor’s Inn,
Hamilton (403 & Main St.) on the June 2-4 weekend. Branch Presidents to discuss all June preferences/2-
day program with respective members and report back to the Executive. Possibility exists to keep the
Virtual Competition to garner interest of non-attendees alongside traditional judging but will require new
rules by the Council of Fellows.
b) 15 MINUTE GUEST SPOT: Lauch will invite Greg Belenky for the spring or late winter.
c) EXECUTIVE LIST OF INTERESTING LEATHERCRAFT RESOURCES: Lauren added Alden’s School of Leather
Trades website in Oregon, U.S.A. for his closeup videos of tooling and narration of smaller scale carving
plus the ‘Hat Patch’ pattern. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZrrIT7Nuyo
d) Anything new inside CSCL?: website/Facebook, book reports/YouTube: no report.
e) Tool Sales: Barbara will publish member lists in the newsletter.
f) SAFETY RULES FOR WORKSHOPS: no report.
g) Clutch Purse Workshop in Norland: Barbara will look for photos.
h) Correspondence: Lauch replied to a Cornwall, ON and a Hamilton, ON inquiry forwarded by Eugene from
the website.
Reports
a) 1st Vice President - Jim Wilkes - No report.
b) Council of Fellows - Lauch Harrison - No report.
c) Treasurer’s Report - Della Chynoweth - No changes per Barbara.
d) Newsletter - Barbara Chynoweth - J-F-M-A newsletter will be out in April. All Branches are required to
contribute news to Barbara.
e) ECO - Eugene Pik - emailed Lauch, forwarding website inquiries. See (h) above.
f) Membership - Kim Winchester - No changes.
g) Library - Paul Kitchener - No report. Discussion re-visited the topics surrounding duplicates, storage and
the future of the library.
h) Workshop Program - Lauch Harrison/Jim Wilkes/Lester Pinter.
i) Privacy Officer - Lauch Harrison - No report.
j) Correspondence - See (h) above.
Branch Reports
Hamilton-Lauchlan Harrison-Met twice. Getting organized. Discussed shoes, boxes, lasting.
Mississauga-Jim Wilkes-Kim interested in attending space at Hamilton Branch workshop as available by Lauch.
Kim’s glazed fish leather wallet insert found to be difficult to bend.
Norland-Barbara Chynoweth-Met last Saturday. Worked on Clutches, more and cleaned. Barbara is making
moccasins. All working on fish leather. Next meeting 3rd Saturday of February.
MAL-Lauren Malec-See the S-O-N-D Issue of CANADIAN LEATHERCRAFT for several M.A.L. articles. Lauren
has 5 fish skins and working on ideas.
New Business
Adjournment
Zoom expired approximately 8:30 p.m. and Lauch, Barbara, Kim and Lauren re-joined. Adjourned at 8:55 p.m.
Next Meeting
Friday, February 24, 2023
____________________________ ____________________________________
President
Secretary
Regrets: If you are unable to attend the next meeting, please send your regrets and all respective reports to
Lauren Malec at [email address removed] before the meeting date.
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