New England Chapter No. 8 NAWCC

SUMMER MEETING, SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 2007

Worcester Hotel & Conference Center
500 Lincoln St., Worcester MA
508-852-4000

Directions:
Please note: The Worcester Hotel & Conference Center is the new name of the Worcester Holiday Inn location which we have met at many times before.
Click here for Mapquest Map

From the East:  Mass Pike (I-90) West. Take Exit 11A on to I-495 North. Take Exit 25B onto 290 West. Take Exit 20 (Lincoln St.) Bear RIGHT off the ramp onto Lincoln St. The Worcester Hotel will be at a set of lights about ½ mile on the left. Turn left at the lights to enter hotel's driveway. There is a Denny's on that corner.

From the West:  Mass Pike (I-90) East: Take Exit 10 onto 290 East. Take Exit 21 (Plantation St.). Take a Left off the ramp on to Plantation St. Proceed straight for about 0.3 mile and at the lights bear left on to Lincoln St. The Worcester Hotel is about 0.7 mile on the right.

From the North:  I-93 South to I-495 South. Take Exit 25B onto 290 West. Take Exit 20 (Lincoln St.). Bear RIGHT off the ramp onto Lincoln St. The Worcester Hotel will be at a set of lights about ½ mile on the left. Turn left at the lights to enter hotel's driveway. There is a Denny's on that corner.

From the South:  I-95 North to I-295 North to 146 North to 290 East. Take Exit 21 (Plantation St.). Take a Left off the ramp on to Plantation St. Proceed straight for about 0.3 mile and at the lights bear left on to Lincoln St. The Worcester Hotel is about 0.7 mile on the right. NOTE: If in or above Providence find your way to Rt 146 North, etc., OR take I-495 North and follow the directions from the East.

Registrations by June 16, 2007 are $20.
Registrations received after June 16, 2007, and "walk-ins" will be $25.
As always, registration includes your luncheon and is required for participation in any of the meeting activities.

MEETING SCHEDULE
7:30 AM Registration name tags available for those members who preregistered.
Registration table open for "walk-ins". Mart area open for set-up by table holders only.
8:00 AM Mart open; with closing at 11:45 A.M. for 12:00 Noon Luncheon.
(a watchman for Mart will be provided)
8:30 AM Silent Auction Table will run from 8:30 to 10:15A.M.
9:00 AM "How to Make a Good Soldered Joint"  - Irv Versoy will present soldering techniques, that is, preparation of the metal surface, fluxes, solders and anti-solders, sources and application of heat, and finishing the completed joint. After obtaining electrical engineering degrees, Irv became intimately involved in the industrial design and production of numerous electronic circuits. Sometime later, he applied these soldering skills to correct poor soldering joints in an inherited clock. Since that time, forty years ago, Irv has repaired numerous clocks.
10:30 AM "Introduction to British and European Hallmarks and References: What They Are, Where to Find Them, and What They Mean"  - Jon Weber will give an overview of hallmarking, mostly pre-European Union markings, to identify precious metals in watch cases with an emphasis on European makers. Jon has two published NAWCC articles on watch provenance of watches and watch dial markings, and is finishing a co-authored article on the Waltham 1882 model. Jon is a past Vice President of Chapter 88, and a Vice President of the Greater Boston Watch and Clock Collectors. Jon is an engineer with a long-term interest in precision time keeping.
11:45 Mart closes
12:00 Noon Luncheon
12:45 Luncheon Program:

"Waltham Banjo Clocks"   - Andy Dervan will give a program to highlight the key Waltham Banjo clock characteristics that collectors should consider while examining a Waltham banjo clock before making a purchase. Andy began collecting clocks and joined NAWCC in 1997. He has found researching the histories of different makers and companies as challenging and exciting as collecting. His principal collecting interest is weight-driven clocks from late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Andy supports his clock interest by working as a chemist for DuPont Performance Coatings.

The Silent Auction table (8: 30 to 10:15) - enables you to sell a few items without the need for a table:

Fill out a slip at the table with your minimum price you will accept for the item. Members can then write in their bids during the course of the auction.

The cost to you as a seller is only $3.00 PER ITEM. The charge is payable in advance and applies whether item sells or not (multiple items for one bid count as one item).

AND
At at the auction table you can buy a ticket for the 50-50 raffle.

 

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

The May 19th Willard workshop was a great success – great presentations from John Losch, Don Irving, and Gary Sullivan. The event was not only an excellent learning experience but, also, an opportunity to socialize and get to know each other better.

It is appropriate at this time to give a brief summary of the recently-mailed survey that asked two questions:

  1. Do you think you are getting value for your meeting expenses?
  2. Should we continue with the current meeting format – 2 workshops and a luncheon speaker?
  • Approximately 16% of the membership returned their questionnaires.
  • Approximately 70% of those who returned their surveys felt they were getting value for their meeting expense and felt we should continue with the current meeting format.

If the returned questionnaires were a random sample, 16% would be normally considered a good sample population. In this case, we do not know enough about the majority of the membership that did not return their survey to assume that everything is okay. With meeting attendance and membership declining, along with some of the comments made on the questionnaires returned; it would be naïve not to try some new approaches. I think our basic desire is sound – a strong educational program with a good mart – and should not be changed. The challenge is how to do this and still meet the needs of you, the membership.

We are booked until next winter with our current format – advance booking is necessary. Your board will be meeting and brain storming new approaches that we hope to be able to try next spring. I will try to have a detailed summary for the meeting. Hope to see you at this meeting.

-- Larry Chelmow

SUITCASE CLOCK REPAIR COURSES
Victor Kozakevich, director of Chapter 8, manages the NAWCC Suitcase Program.  If you are interested, contact him at a meeting or at 617-491-4608 (email: ).

Chapter Contacts:
If you any of you have a question or wish to contact someone in the chapter, get in touch with any of these people and they will get your message to the right person if they cannot help you.

2009 President Larry Chelmow
399 Chapman St., Canton, MA 02021
781-828-1626

2009 1st Vice Pres. Peter Nunes
4 Hopkins Lane, Peace Dale, RI 02879
401-789-6791

2007 2nd Vice Pres. Harold Lincoln
5 Ringbolt Road, Hingham, MA 02043
781-740-1190

2007 Treasurer Wayne Paskerian
5 Warren St., Winchester, MA 01890
781-729-0113

2009 Secretary Lester Tyrala
28 Curtis St. Quincy, MA 02169
617-479-2140

2007 Past President Burton Kassap
112 Bullough Park, Newtonville, MA 02460
617-332-0162

2005 Past President Dave Deutermann
81 Kingman St, Lakeville, MA 02347
508-946-1082

2007 Director Joe Brown
7 Pheasant Ave. Sudbury, MA 01776
978-443-2284

2009 Director Martin Cohen
21 Dunbarton Rd, Belmont, MA 02478
617-484-8725

2009 Director  Steve Chatlas
Orchard Rd, Box 216 Kensington, CT 06037
860-828-1743

2009 Director Victor Kozakevich
44 Sherman St., Cambridge, MA 02138
617-491-4608

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