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Club Officers for 2009
Vice President Bob Rothen
timefxr@aol.com
Board Members
George Painter 09
grpainter@comcast.net
Next Workshop
Monday November: 24th 2008
Bring your projects to work on. We'll also be showing Bob Tascione Clock
Repair Technics in the Video Room
To my friends at HAM,
Thank you so much for giving me the opportunity
to be President of the club over the past 2 years. And major thanks to the many
people who contributed their time and energy into making HAM a place of learning. Most
importantly, thank you for the camaraderie, fun times, and laughter in which we all shared.
I can’t imagine hanging out with a finer group of people than the members of HAM.
You’re all terrific!
Al and I have completed, through the efforts
of our transition teams, the passing of responsibility from my administration to his. I know he will do a great job given his energy, creativity, talent as a clockmaker and in addition, being
an all around good guy.
Once again, my many thanks to everyone
for everything.
Best regards, Dave
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Thanks everyone for voting us in at the last meeting. Your checks will be in the mail shortly. Such a close race can
make the heart skip a beat but we made it through another election ok.
Thanks Dave for pulling the duties of President these past two years, participation is what keeps us together. I will
do my best for the next year or two.
We are one of the few clubs in the country doing our part in keeping Horology alive. We do this for the love of working
at our benches and the many hours spent reading and reviewing technical articles. There seems to be no end to what we can
learn and become better at our craft. How many people do you know could say that about what they do?
Now that I’m older, I find Clock Repairing enjoyable, not because it is easy or quick, instead I love it because
it is very challenging.
-Horology has different meanings for our members
-For our hobbyists, this is a relaxing and rewarding past time you treasure.
-Retired Master, you find enjoyment passing on the trade to others and develop new friendships.
-For Professionals, they make a living from it and come across many types of clocks in a short period of time.
-For all of us it’s the perfect excuse to buy More Tools!!
I want to add something to our club meeting introductions, I’d like to ask for a couple of words
about what we are working on and any thoughts that come up. If you need more time or questions result, take all the time you
need. This should add to the continuity of our club and make all of us more in tune with each others projects and thoughts.
Also the new guys will find out what we are so good at so much faster.
So
that’s it for now, Thanks for your vote of confidence.
See
you Monday,
Al
Takatsch
2009
President
ps The Durward R. Center Home Tour attended by several
members went very well. George Tresansky shared some photo's with us. Quite a house full of antiques and Tower Clocks. The thumbnails below
expand when you click on them. My apologies in advance to our dial-up clan.
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HAM 27 October 2008 Meeting
Minutes
In attendance were: Al Takatsch,
Stan Craig, Earl Knight, Brett Louis, Bob Rothen, Dan Spath, John Ryea, Jack Bishop, George Tresansky, Bill Miller, Don Buck,
Jack Kennan, George Painter, Larry Eichelberger, Leroy Roberts and David Hannemann. (I Think!!)
Old Business: Al Takatsch presented a bill of $59.40 for Website.
New Business: David Grau opened the meeting with a request to nominate officers for the Horological
Association of Maryland (HAM): President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, Sergeant-at-Arms and Board of Director’s.
George Tresansky
nominated Al Takatsch for President which was seconded.
Al Takatsch nominated Bob
Rothen for Vice President which was seconded.
David Grau asked Stan Craig
if he would remain Treasurer and he agreed.
David Grau also asked David
Hannemann if he would remain Secretary and he also agreed. Finally, Earl Knight
agreed to remain as Sergeant-at-Arms.
The following individuals
have been nominated for Director’s of the Association: Brett Louis, , Dan Spath, Leroy Roberts, Larry Eichelberger and
Brett Louis. George Painter George Tresansky were elected last year and still
have one more year to serve. David Grau, as past president, is automatically
selected to serve on the Board.
Election of Officers
will be held at our November 10th, meeting.
Stan Craig discussed continuing
our affiliation with AWCI and payment for dues for the HAM as well as the president.
The members present unanimously agreed to continue our affiliation with AWCI for 2009 as well as contributing $25 for
the ELM Charitable contribution for continuing education.. However, Stan Craig
canvassed the membership to determine how many members of AWCI as this information may impact our continued membership.
The annual HAM Board meeting
will be held at George Tresansky’s home on December 7th. George’s
address is: 5110 Ella Court, Jefferson, MD
21755
Larry Eichelberger, our newest
member, won the 50/50 drawing.
Our next meeting is scheduled
for 10 November the Howard County Senior Center.
Respectfully submitted,
David Hannemann, Secretary
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HAM 10 November 2008
Meeting Minutes
In attendance were: Al Takatsch,
Stan Craig, Earl Knight, Brett Louis, Bob Rothen, Dan Spath, John Ryea, George Tresansky, Bill Miller, Jack Kennan, George Painter, John Kuntz, David Grau, Jerry
Kincade, George Robinson and David Hannemann. (I Think!!)
Old Business: There was no old business.
New Business: Balloting for the officers and Director’s occurred and the results were unanimous. The officers and Director’s are:
Al Takasch, President
Bob Rothen, Vice President
Stan Craig , Treasurer
David Hannemann, Secretary
Earl Knight, Sergeant-at-Arms
Dan Spath, Director (09-10)
Leroy Roberts, Director (09-10)
Larry Eichelberger, Director
(09-10)
David Grau, Director (09-10)
Stan Craig presented the
Treasurers report and announced the association is still solvent. There was no
Secretary’s report.
The following members met
at Durward Center’s home for a tour on 11 November:
David Grau, Leroy
Roberts and wife, Bret Louis and son, George Tresansky, Earl Knight and David Hannemann and wife.
The annual Horology Association
of Maryland Board meeting will be held at George Tresansky’s home on December 7th.
George’s address is:
5110 Ella Court, Jefferson, MD 21755
Brett Louis finally won the
50/50 drawing.
Our next meeting is scheduled
for 24 November the Howard County Senior Center.
Respectfully submitted,
David Hannemann, Secretary
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Durward Center’s Home Tour on November
11. Click on Thumbnail for larger Picture
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