Maine Nordmenn 

Maine Nordmenn programs for 2012

Feb

29th - Board Meeting @ Karen Solberg's

March

1st - Thursday 1:00 - 9:00pm

1:00 Craft and Culture

6:30 Member's Meeting

(Gary Lewis, Director, Education & Outreach, The Geological Socity of America- Earth Cashing and Earth Trek)

28th Board Meeting @ Gedske Szepsy

April

12th Thursday 1:00 - 9:00 pm

1:00 Craft and Culture

6:30 Member's Meeting

(Dyk Eusden, Bates College Professor- Experiences guiding Garrison Keillor's Cruise Norway)

25th - Board Meeting @ Jane Sullivan's

May

19th Saturday 11:00am

17th Mai Celebration at Maine Wildlife Park in Gray Me

Board Meeting as needed

JUNE, JULY & AUGUST _To be decided

August 29th- Board Retreat at Bruce & Mary Johnson's

September

6th- Thursday 1:00- 9:00pm

1:00 Craft and Culture

6:30 Member's Meeting

(Les Fossel, State Representative - slide presentation about his father's role in the OSS during WWII when he was responsible for Norway)

26th- Board Meeting @ Bill Kirks

October

4th- Thursday 1:00 - 9:00 pm

1:00 Craft and Culture

6:30 Member's Meeting

(Tom Jackson, editor of Wooden Boat Magazine, Experiences crewing on a Viking ship)

24th Board Meeting @ Bob Boylestad's

November

1st- Thursday 1:00 - 9:00pm

1:00 Craft and Culture

6:30 Member's Meeting

Election of officers, year review and goals and

New Member's Dinner

28th Board Meeting at Carolyn Browne's

Christmas Party - Pot Luck

December

1st - Saturday 12pm -4pm

Julefest

and Instalation at Sky-Hy





Rosemaling Classes

Rosemaling  is open to anyone interested in learning or just working on their own pieces. For more information on Rosemaling call Bob Boylestad @ 828-5710 or email:  Rboylestad@aol.com

Stave Church

Our New President for 2012-14,

Mary Johnson

Woodcarving Classes

Woodcarving is open to anyone interested in learning or just working on their own pieces. For more information on Woodcarving call Herb Hoppe @ 428-4216 or e-mail: Hahoppe@yahoo.com 

 Call Bob Boylestad for more information  on Rosemaling 828-5710  or Carolyn Browne -622-3096

Looking for anyone interested in Norwegian Knitting to join us.  Call  

Gedske Szepsy 582-0353

• The church is open at 1pm on the 3rd Thursday for classes and at 1pm on the 1st Thursday before our Members Meeting.
  

Get out of those winter doldrums and come join us for some social time before our general monthly meetings.  Some of us do Woodcarving, Rosemaling, knitting, etc. If you want to bring your own craft such as quilting, scrapbooking, or just join us for a cup of coffee and small talk.  Games or card playing are also some ideas.  Let’s have fun and get to know our fellow Nordmenn.

THE ZONE SPORTS MEDAL CHALLENGE

\     The awards for each zone will be on a per capita basis -- in other words number of medals divided by the number of members in the zone (based on the most recent 3-D directory). In other words if there are 27 medals earned in a zone of 550 members (27 divided by 550=.049 or 4.9%).  The highest percentage wins. The awards will be provided by the third district and have not yet been determined.  Just start moving now!

Remember, this is by ZONE and possibly it will bring zones together and work and/or socialize with each other giving strength and comradery to the district….use your imagination.  The Zone director will get the award and distribute within the zone as he or she sees fit.

Zone directors have enough work to do so I will not ask them to police it but I am asking them to announce and introduce it to the presidents and/or sports directors of each lodge in your zone and have them send the medal forms to Phil Nelsen, 3D Sports Director, not the zone director.

They can fax it, e-mail it or snail mail it; Fax number is the same as my home phone, 727-461-7746 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting            727-461-7746      end_of_the_skype_highlighting.