January 2012 Meeting
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Annual Show and Tell

Wednesday January 18, 2012
7:00 pm Scarboro Community Centre Hall

The annual Show and Tell meeting is an opportunity for members to see what others are working on, exchange ideas, ask questions and look for solutions to woodworking problems.

It's always interesting and lots of fun. Bring your current project, completed or not, successful or not. to the meeting .


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Annual Christmas Social Event - 2011
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Wednesday December 21, 2011 7:00 pm
Scarboro Community Centre Hall

Our annual Christmas Social Event is open to members and guests.

From the High North to the Deep South, spend a year with Matt Smith.

Matt spent September and October of this year in Peru with his wife while she worked in the rainforest on an agroforestry inventory project. Once the program was completed they took 3 weeks to see as much of Peru as possible. Come on out to see a little of Peru, a country with more ecological diversity than any other in the world.


Not being one to sit still, over the last 3 summers Matt has guided sea kayaking trips in the high arctic. Just how high? Approxamately 700 km from the North Pole (that's like Calgary to Regina). Join in as we paddle with the Narwhale and Walrus, stalk Muskox, and defend our camp from Polar Bears.




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November 2011 Meeting
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Wednesday November 16, 2011
Scarboro Community Centre Hall, 7:00 pm

For the November meeting Charles Mak is speaking on writing for woodworkers with topics of:
•Myths and Realities
•The Skill Set of a Writer
•Getting Published
•Overcoming Hurdles
•From the Desk of the Editor

We will also have a brief Q and A with Charles.

Then we will have Gary Gunthorpe sharing on Furniture of the Maritimes. He recently toured there and spent lots of time looking at furniture.

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October Meeting
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Wednesday October 19, 2011

7:00 pm, Scarboro Community Centre Hall

There will be two presentations:

Harold Crittendon, a local architect, will be speaking on “Universal Design?”. Many would think of this as design for disabilities, but as Harold points out, most of us will experience some disability in our lifetime, whether it be from injury, disease, or simply from ageing.

The other presentation will be by the Tetra Society. Started by Sam Sullivan, former mayor of Vancouver, the Tetra Society recruits skilled volunteers to create customized assistive devices for people with physical disabilities. There are now 45 chapters across North America, and thousands of projects have been completed.





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2011 Fine Works in Wood Exhibition
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Southcenter Mall, September 9 - 25, 2011

The Southern Alberta Woodworkers Society invites you to their show "Fine Works in Wood". SAWS is a non-profit society dedicated to encouraging excellence in woodworking.


The Exhibition will be held in the public area of Southcentre Mall September 9 through 25 during regular mall times. Everyone is invited to drop by and see the works. Members will be present to answer questions.


To view the Exhibition Invitation, click here.


To view the Exhibition Catalog containing photographs of the works, click here.


The first meeting of the new season has been scheduled for 7:00 pm Wednesday, September 21, 2011 in the Scarboro Community Centre Hall. Members have been notified by e-mail with the details.

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