TO ALL THOSE WHO HAVE VOLUNTEERED FOR THE OUTREACH PROGRAM: We will be holding a Train-The-Trainer session on Saturday, Nov. 10, at my shop in Liberty, NC. I have included a list of everyone who has volunteered so far. PLEASE mark your calendar and plan to attend this session if at all possible. The goals for this session will be:
Now, FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT ALREADY VOLUNTEERED! We still need “skilled” demonstrators/instructors. We have a sufficient number of “helpers” like myself, who are not proficient at one of our three initial disciplines (scrolling, turning, carving) but are willing to help in other ways. If you have one of these skills, PLEASE VOLUNTEER and plan on attending this first session.
Finally, if you are able to attend this first session on Nov. 10, please let us know by responding to this thread. I’ll keep track and send out final directions a few days before hand.
Bill
The following list is based on responses to the initial thread. Please let me know if I need to make a change in your status.
- Equipment setup: We will remove most of the equipment from the trailer, and set it up in the shop. There are some unique work stations that have been specially designed and constructed for handicap participants, as well as non-handicapped.
- Safety review: We will begin each training session w/ a safety review, specific to the tools and machinery to be used in that session. For this session, we will work out the details of what we are going to say to the students.
- Do’s and Don’ts: We’ll discuss some of the do’s and don’ts of working w/ Wounded Warriors.
- How to teach: Knowing how to do something and teaching someone else to do it can be very different. In this session we’ll try to work out some of the approaches that work and don’t work when teaching others. We’ll try to do a little role-playing on the machinery/tools you’ll be using for your demonstrations.
- Practice: If time permits, we will try to make some of the items that you will be demonstrating, using the tools/machines from the trailer. If you have simple plans for scrolling, turning, or carving, please bring them w/ you.
- Roundtable discussion: What worked today and what didn’t? Since this is the first “hands-on” attempt at using the trailer and all its contents, we anticipate there will be “glitches”. Now is our chance to work out the bugs.
- Breakdown and reload: This may be the most difficult part of the day. We have to get all that equipment back into the trailer. There is a place for everything, and everything has to go in the right place, in the right order. This is literally the proverbial, “ten pounds of [STRIKE]manure[/STRIKE] gold in a five pound bag” scenario.
Now, FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT ALREADY VOLUNTEERED! We still need “skilled” demonstrators/instructors. We have a sufficient number of “helpers” like myself, who are not proficient at one of our three initial disciplines (scrolling, turning, carving) but are willing to help in other ways. If you have one of these skills, PLEASE VOLUNTEER and plan on attending this first session.
Finally, if you are able to attend this first session on Nov. 10, please let us know by responding to this thread. I’ll keep track and send out final directions a few days before hand.
Bill
The following list is based on responses to the initial thread. Please let me know if I need to make a change in your status.
VOLUNTEER | ROLE | AREA | SPECIALTY | NOTES |
Steve_Honeycutt | Tm member | Triad | Carving | |
The BoardSMITH | Tm member | Triad | Scroll Saw | Wood preparation |
sawduster | Tm member | Triangle | Scroll Saw | |
SccottM | Tm member | Triangle | Scroll Saw | |
sawman101 | Tm member | Western | Scroll Saw | Pen turning |
Russ Denz | Tm member | Coastal | Turning | Pens, spindle |
FredP | Tm member | Triangle | Turning | Pens |
Leviblue | Tm member | Triangle | Turning | Pens |
Phil S | Tm member | Triangle | ||
Raymond | Helper | Charlotte | Pen blank preparation | |
wndopdlr | Helper | Charlotte | Pen blank preparation | |
TracyP | Helper | Charlotte | ||
jdulaney | Helper | Coastal | ||
jhreed | Helper | Coastal | Pen blank preparation | |
smallboat | Helper | Triad | ||
Jcraig | Helper | Triad | ||
LeftyTom | Helper | Triad | ||
Bryan S | Helper | Triad | ||
RonJ103 | Helper | Triad | ||
Bill Clemmons | Helper | Triad | Truck driver | |
Bobbyg | Helper | Triangle | ||
eyekode | Helper | Triangle | ||
golfdad | Helper | Triangle | ||
scsmith42 | Helper | Triangle | Shop host | |
zapdafish | Helper | Triangle | Pen blank preparation | |
rcarmac | Helper | Triangle | ||
batk30msu | Helper | Triangle | Pen blanks | |
Vetteman9956 | Helper | Triangle | ||
KenOfCary | Helper | Triangle | Sharpening | |
drw | Helper | Triangle | ||
Berta | Helper | Triangle |
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