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One of many annual events
A Christmas Party hosted at Peachtree Woodworkers Supply -
The GWA Classroom
The classroom at Peachtree Woodworking Supply in Norcross on Jimmy Carter Boulevard -
Recent Demonstration
A Saturday class demonstrating use of a portable sawmill held at a member's shop -
Woodworker's Eye-Candy
Great results from our portable sawmill demonstration -
Scroll Sawing for Everyone
Our scrollsaw group meets monthly via Zoom
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The Gwinnett Woodworkers Association officially started, having an elected board of directors, in 2001. Meetings were held at Stone Mountain Power Tools / Kentec in Lilburn, Georgia. In 2010 the club found a new opportunity that led to more growth and moved to the current Peachtree Woodworking Supply location and into a brand new, dedicated classroom gratiously provided by owners David and Heather Hughes.
Prior to that what became the Gwinnett Woodworkers Association started with Ron Brown, official GWA Founder, providing demonstrations on using the scroll saw and other woodworking tools at Home Depot. From there the growing group met for a time at Gwinnett Tech. As the membership grew the group was able to move to the Stone Mountain Power Tool location in Lilburn.
At the beginning of 2003 the GWA had approximately 50 members. Today the membership hovers between 100 and 150 members.
The club provides a wide variety of woodworking demonstrations nearly every Saturday morning throughout the year. In addition, members with more specialized interests may participate in special-interest-groups that meet once a month on topics primarily targeted toward woodturning, scroll sawing, and woodworking related computer activities. The GWA provides more demonstrations on more topics than any other single woodworking group in Georgia. Many of our demonstrators are club members. We also have other local and not-so-local woodworking demonstrators on a regular basis.
All GWA meetings are open to woodworkers of any skill level from novice to expert. Visitors are always welcome.
Business Address
(NOTE: This is a mailing address only, not a physical or meeting address.)
Gwinnett Woodworkers Association
375 Rockbridge Road
Suite 172-PMB222
Lilburn, GA 30047
The Gwinnett Woodworkers Association is a non-profit registered in the state of Georgia as a 501c3 corporation.
Governance
The association (club) is managed by a board of directors. The board is made of of elected, appointed, and permanent members. A president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer are elected annually by a general election of current association members. Club founder Ron Brown is permanent member of the board. Special interest group chairpersons are appointed as board members annually. Additionally other individuals may be appointed as board members or may be invited to board meetings based on special projects and other association needs.
The club is governed by a set of bylaws, available here, which may be modified over time as needed based on board recommendations and membership vote.
All club members are welcome to attend board meetings.
Board Meeting Schedule
The board of directors meetings are held on a scheduled or called basis throughout the year. See the Board of Directors calendar for the current schedule.
Qualifications
All club members may be considered as candidate board members.