Website Changes

As per Jeff Clunie, Chairman of the EMGW Nomination Committee, the results of the nomination period for the 2025 - 2026 program year are stated below:

Pursuant to the by-laws of the Guild, the Nominating Committee has performed the requirements for conducting a nomination process for the four offices to be voted on by all active members of the Guild. The nomination process was officially closed on May 20, 2025 and the following individuals were nominated for the offices to be filled: 

  President: Robert Carver, Incumbent, Program Committee, Measure Twice, Cut Once writer, Feature Piece of the Month contributor

  Vice President: Andrew Davis, Incumbent, Bevel Cut writer, Feature Piece of the Month contributor, Guidebook for Novices

  Secretary: Tom Shirley, Incumbent, Co-Website Admin, Feature Piece of the Month contributor 

  Treasurer: John LeJeune, Incumbent

The election will be conducted at the next Guild meeting scheduled for June 14, 2025. In order to cast a vote, a Guild member must be in attendance at the June 14, 2025 meeting. The results of the election will be announced at said meeting and posted on the EMGW website.

Member Joe Frank lives in Somerset, MA, a short drive to southern Rhode Island.  Joe joined several years ago as a novice.  He needed a mentor and found one.  John George stepped up.

Joe works full-time so his availability with John was limited.  With a couple years lost due to Covid, John mentored Joe for almost four years, one evening a week at John's workshop in Hopkinton, MA.  As Joe's craftsmanship progressed they continued their mentorship program building other pieces.  Joe was elated to be mentored by John.  But like all of us, Joe was surprised when John died suddenly last fall.  Joe felt the need to extol his mentor and write about his experience.  To learn more about their mentorship arrangement, read Joe's article A Tribute to John George and the EMGW Mentor Program.  To contact Joe for more details, click Joe Frank.