Larry Meyer
Wooden Canoes are in the Blood
In my mail box today. Patty has done a great job spiffing up the lay-out.
On page 18 are some thoughts about spreading the word. I had this thought a ways back, but may be I should put it out there. I rebuilt my first canoe, oh, 13 years ago, well before I knew about the WCHA, or joined it. First place I turned to, to try to figure how to do it, was my local library. They did not have Jerry and Rollin’s book—but I did find it a few days later at a bookstore.
I’m wondering, though, whether local libraries would be a good place to reach out to new folks. What if local chapters—maybe in cooperation with a matching grant from the Education Committee--bought copies of Stelmok and Thurlow and donated them to local libraries? We wouldn’t of course have to cover all the libraries, as many of them are now linked regionally thru inter-library loan and their catalogues are on the Web.
On page 18 are some thoughts about spreading the word. I had this thought a ways back, but may be I should put it out there. I rebuilt my first canoe, oh, 13 years ago, well before I knew about the WCHA, or joined it. First place I turned to, to try to figure how to do it, was my local library. They did not have Jerry and Rollin’s book—but I did find it a few days later at a bookstore.
I’m wondering, though, whether local libraries would be a good place to reach out to new folks. What if local chapters—maybe in cooperation with a matching grant from the Education Committee--bought copies of Stelmok and Thurlow and donated them to local libraries? We wouldn’t of course have to cover all the libraries, as many of them are now linked regionally thru inter-library loan and their catalogues are on the Web.
