2005 Chapter Collaborative Challenge

Winners from 2005 Chapter Challenge:
• Best of Show Award, and also Technical Award is
  Central Ohio Woodturners: "Bow Clock"
• First place in Artistic is
  Northland Woodturners: "Swirling Waters"
• First place in Fantasy is
  Woodturners of St Louis: "Rendevous at the Pond"

During the 2005 American Association of Woodturners Nineteenth Annual Symposium in Overland Park, KS, the Chapters and Membership Committee will again hold a "Chapter Collaborative Challenge". This event will again be in lieu of any other chapter displays at the symposium. (Overland Park is a suburb of Kansas City, Kansas).

Each AAW chapter is invited to submit one collaborative work created by as many chapter members as possible, with a minimum of six participants.

The size and weight limits of the Collaborative pieces, including the packing container and all packing materials, will be those set by UPS for a single standard box. Assembled pieces may be larger but must be shipped in the single standard box. Size restrictions apply regardless of commercial or chapter delivery.

The standard UPS box size is defined as:
• tape stretched around the girth of the box (its widest point perpendicular to the length),
• added to the length, (the longest side of the package).

• The work can be any turned object, functional or not.
• The names of all participants must be on the work or on an accompanying nameplate.
• At least one chapter representative must be in attendance at the symposium to be responsible for displaying and return shipping of the entry.
• Any electric/electronic device in the piece must have an obvious power switch for safety and noise reduction.

Chapters must specify in which one of the following three categories they wish to submit their entry:

• Artistic
• Mechanical (or Technical)
• Fantasy

The pieces will be displayed during the symposium in an area near the Instant Gallery. During the symposium, attendees will be invited to select, by ballot, their choice for Best of Show and, in addition, their favorite piece in each of the three categories above.

The votes will be tallied prior to the Annual Banquet and Auction, and the winners will be recognized. Four prizes will be awarded as follows:

• Best of Show Plaque
• First Place Plaque (in each of the three categories)

An engraved plaque will be awarded to the Best of Show winner. A larger perpetual plaque, engraved with the names of the Best of Show winners, beginning with the 1998 symposium in Akron, will reside in the AAW office. All entries will receive a certificate of participation.

Collaborative pieces may be donated to the live auction, with the provision that no minimum bid may be allowed. A chapter whose entry is donated will receive 50% of the selling price. Any entry that is donated to the auction must be accompanied by a box and packing materials for shipment to its new home. Shipping the work to the buyer is the joint responsibility of the chapter and the buyer.

We encourage your chapter to get involved. The chapters that have participated in the past have found the challenge to be an exciting local activity and has built camaraderie and stronger chapter programs.