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The ocean side setting and fantastic weather for our

31st AGM and Conference was an added bonus to

this years event which kicked off with a pre-confer-

ence Gazebo building class on the 27th of March.Photos of the structure can be found on our website,

and with the ocean back drop, our members efforts

will be greatly appreciated for many years to come.

We had attendees from several countries including

Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, New

Zealand, Scotland, and the United States (hope I

havent missed any), and the review response has

been wonderful. A wide variety of sessions were avail-

able, and despite the busy schedule everyone seemed

to find time to enjoy the beautiful surroundings with a

little walk about or hike on the beach. Tim Bullocks

home cooked oyster feast was shared by many and is

still being talked about!

The tech talk session once again provided a great

hands on sharing opportunity for all, and the logbuilders games saw a new competitor win this years

Overall Championship: Mark Deagle of Alberta.

Our sponsors were once again a great support of

the event, and we encourage you to thank them and

support their business as they greatly support this

industry.

The auction was a great success. Wed like to thank

all the donors, bidders, attendees and our auctioneer

Tom Terry for their continued support of this event

this year we raised over $45,000CDN. Thanks to John

Boys and Lloyd Beckedorf who so readily join in to

S P R I N G A G M & C O N F E R E N C E

Parksville Memoriesby Cathy Hansen

Idyllic setting, passionate builders, and a log gazebo it doesnt get better than that.

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LogBuildingNewsMarch/April 2004

Issue #48

Published six times a year 2004 International

Log Builders Association

P.O. Box 775Lumby,British Columbia ,Canada V0E 2G0

Toll-free: 800-532-2900Phone: 250-547-8776

Fax: 250-547-8775www.logassociation.org

Cathy Hansen, Executive Director

[email protected]

Robrt Savignac, Executive Director

[email protected]

Ann Miks, Administrative [email protected]

Contributors to this issue:

Bob Kenel 989-642-2725

Katharina Koelbel

011-49-979-150-1339

Jeff Patterson 208-676-0422

Brant Schreiber 802-748-5929

Thanks to Jim Johnson, Mark Fritch

and Brian Lloyd for contributing

photos to this issue.

Log Building NewsEditorCathy HansenPO Box 775Lumby, BC

Canada V0E 2G01-800-532-2900

[email protected]

assist the auctioneer each year. A new sign for the ILBA was hand carved by Dalibor

Houdek and then, at the end of auction night, auctioned off and purchased for the

ILBA by several members, which assisted in raising the final totals of the evening

auction. A special thanks to you all!

We are already working on ideas for next year and welcome your input!

Parksville Memories from page 1

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: Group photo at the gazebo;

Radomske pre et fils; John Boys and KatharinaKoelbel (Kat won the door prize saw on auction

night); Log Builder GamesBrian Lloyd (judge),Dave Schneider (coordinator) and some of the

winning competitors, Glen Sparshu, Pat Clark,Jarret Radomske and Mark Deagle (Overall GrandChampion for 2004); Old friends get

together Wayne Sparshu, LloydBeckedorf and Del Radomske.


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Conference commentsWhat a great bunch of folks to perform for, one of the

best concert audiences Ive had in a long time

David Essig

I think you did a terrific job organizing everything. I think

it was a great business trip for me and my family had agood time as well. Good work and thanks again.

Jennifer Anthony

That was an ace conference and Im very glad I came! I

take my hat off to all of you fine folk who make it

possible.

Gordon Macdonald

Thanks for everything it was good to see

everybody again. An excellent conference!

Todagin Hodson

Thank you so much for a great

conference, I hope we can do this

again.

Doug Reed

I truly enjoyed meeting all the different people! The

schedule was fantastic. We had plenty of time to socialize

& yet learned quite a bit.

Sarah Hamilton

Some conference participants think this was the best oneever. Indeed it was fantastic! You all do so much to make

it happen and with such delightful energy. Thank you!

Tom Hahney

Thanks and well done. I had a great time and met some

fascinating people. Everything was so well organized and

first class. Thanks again!

Gerry Tuppert

Congratulations to you and your team! It was

a really good conference, pleasant place, nicerooms, good group. Oysters happily and

peacefully growing large not far away-thanks

to Tim Bullock I was able to eat quite a few

au naturel.

Rob Chambers


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CADWORK/Hundegger USA L.C.Stefan Schneider5131, Rue de BordeauxMontreal, QC H2H 2A6Tel: 514-524-2442Fax: 514-524-2443Email: [email protected]: www.cadwork.com

Dietrichs North AmericaWil and Chris Dancey51213 Wooleyville Line, RR#1Aylmer ON N5H 2R1Tel: 877-877-0086Fax: 519-765-2846Email: [email protected]: www.dietrichs.com

Emseal CorporationGieselle Baerveldt84 Brydon DriveRexdale, ON M9W 4N6Email: gieselle @emseal.comWebsite: www.emseal.comTel: 416-740-2090Fax: 416-740-0233

EnerGreen Building Systems Ltd.Dave Stevenson3294 262nd StreetAldergrove BC V4W 2X2Tel: 604-857-7982Fax: 604-856-0608Email: [email protected]: www.energreenbsl.com

G.E.M. Inc.Sean Zimmer9330 48th Street SECalgary, AB T2C 2R2Tel: 403-215-3333Fax: 403-287-2012email: [email protected]: www.euroslate.ca

GRK FastenersUli Walther1499 Rosslyn RoadThunder Bay ON P7E 6W1Tel: 800-263-0463Fax: 800-895-5160Email: [email protected]: www.grkfasteners.com

GSCNE/GraphisoftPal Szabo1473 Crescent Rd.Mississauga, ON L5H 1P5Tel: 905-274-5534Fax: 905-271-8618Email: [email protected]: www.gscne.com

HSB-SOFT, LLCSantiago Burbano3191 South Valley Str., Ste 102Salt Lake City, UT 84109Tel: 801-466-9006Fax: 801-466-4380Email: [email protected]: www.hsb-cad.com

HusqvarnaLee Lorentz5982 Garvin Rd.,Union Bay, BC V0R 3B0Tel: 250-897-8255Fax: 250-335-3213Email: [email protected]: www.husqvarna.com

Log & Timber Style MagazineTracy Ossian7009 South Potomac St.Centennial CO 80112Tel: 303-662-5213Fax: 303-397-7619Email: [email protected]: www.logandtimberstyle.com

Log Home Design IdeasJerry Stoeckigt386 N. York Rd., #205Elmhurst IL 60126Tel: 800-279-7361 Ext. 242 Fax: 630-

516-4020Email: [email protected]: www.loghomedesignideas.com

Log Home Living MagazineElaine Nosaka4125 Lafayette Center Dr Suite 100Chantilly VA 20151Tel: 800-826-3893 Fax: 703-222-3209Email: [email protected]: www.loghomeliving.com

Makita Canada Inc.Sylvain Guenette/Noel Cleveland6389 CoutureSt - Leonard QC H1P 3J5Tel: 800-361-7049 Fax: 800-561-5953Email: [email protected]

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Quatsino Lodge

Jean/Walter Schoenfelder6288 Michaels DriveCourtenay BC V9J 1P4Tel: 250-338-7473 Fax: 250-338-7473Email: [email protected]

R.C.M. CAD Design& Drafting Ltd.Cyril Courtois8285 Chelmsford PlaceChilliwack BC V2R 3X2Tel: 604-702-1188 Fax: 604-702-0022Email: [email protected]: www.loghomedesign.ca

Riverside Forest Products LimitedClive Powell Log Sales4280 Highway 6Lumby, BC V0E 2G7Tel: 250-550-7233Fax: 250-547-1273Email: [email protected]: www.riverside.bc.ca

Stihl LimitedGail Kenworthy1515 Sise Road,P.O. Box 5666London, ON N6A 4L6Tel: 519-681-3000 Fax: 519-681-1603Email: [email protected]: www.stihl.ca

The Sansin CorporationSjoerd Bos111 McNab AvenueStrathroy ON N7G 4J6Tel: 519-245-2001 Fax: 519-245-4759Email: [email protected]: www.sansin.com

Timberlinx

Mike Preston/Neil MacLean5 Jean Dempsey GateWest Hill, ON M1C 3C1Tel: 416-284-8934Fax: 416-284-5152Email: [email protected]: www.timberlinx.com

Wayside Press Ltd.Melanie Prince3304 33rd St., PO Box 446Vernon BC V1T 6M3Tel: 250-545-2341Fax: 250-545-4530Email: [email protected]: www.waysidepress.com

Many thanks to our Spring AGM sponsors

Helping to make our 31st annual Conference a success

Through the years the ILBA has

awarded various recognition to

individuals, however, this year we

took on a more formal award, one

which the board has decided to

implement as an annual event at

each AGM.

This year Del Radomske received

this award. Del was presented with

a set of Jim Griebs scribers during

his recognition at the AGM on Sunday morning.. We want to

recognize and honour people in the industry who have made a

significant contribution to the craft said past ILBA President,

John Boys. Dels work in teaching the trade has been excep-

tional and his experimenting with over scribing a real benefit to

the industry said Boys.

Radomske accepted the award and said he would continue to

do his best to support and serve the industry and work on new

developments.

Annual Award

Members drop into our Lumby headquarters occasionally.Gieselle Baerveldt of Emseal stopped by to take the ILBA and

Unique Timber staff to lunch this spring. (LEFT TO RIGHT:Glendis Moen/Unique Timber, Gieselle Baerveldt/Emseal,

Cathy Hansen & Ann Miks/ILBA office, Bernie Dwan/UniqueTimber)


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Were back from conference! It was a busy time and it was great

to see everyone again. These events are really like a gathering of

kin, with hugs and love to go around.Im reminded of how

many passionate people belong to this association at every

gathering. Our volunteers were once again charged and ready

to help; many thanks go out to Andree Menard, Nancy Wilde,

Susan Norlander, Mel Irmen, Willi Miks, Ron and Heather

Neufeld and Tom Terry our auctioneer. Our staff works hard to

get these events off the ground, and we especially thank Ann

Miks, Matt McIntyre and Suzette Storey for all their effort and

long hours prior to this event! Our sincere gratitude to all of our

sponsors as well, who are an important part of our log building

family, thanks to you all!

As always we return home with a few conference attendees.

This year we had visitors from Chicago, Germany and Scotland.

Cormac Seekings from Scotland was able to spend enough time

to assist Robert in building a great display model for the ILBA.

The guys had a great time building while sharing techniquesand methods they use. Robert is now on the road again, pre-

senting to Building Inspectors and others, armed with some

great visual aids.

As for future events, we anticipate finalizing a location for the

next AGM within the next few months. There has also been a

request to postpone the European Conference into 2005. Watch

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the website for details and upcoming

newsletters. As for the Rendez-vous, it

looks like this will be held in Idaho

this fall, dates and locations to be

announced but we are looking at the

possibility of hosting this event at the

end of August to allow more family

participation prior to school starting.

Do let us know what you think ASAP?

Your ideas are very important!

The ICC process continues with Robert heading to Chicago

again this summer, as well as attending the Great Lakes

Logcrafters AGM & Conference which also takes place June 11,

12, 13. Make sure to visit their website at http://www.gllca.org

for further details.

The jig book is now at the printers, with final contributions

still arriving and photos, etc. If you have anything to add, please

contact the office ASAP or email me the details at [email protected]

We had a computer crash prior to conference and lost several

incoming emails. If you sent us something and did not get a

response, this is why - please do send again! Until next time,

wishing you all much success with your building projects!

Take care, Cathy


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1. We call these adjustable log chairs and use them to steady

and adjust the height of single notch logs. A flat spot is sawn

on the bottom of the log at the notch end to prevent rolling

and once the log is centered, it is jacked up or down to parallel

the log below resulting in minimal loss to scribe. Pat

Lintaman

2. This device is a lightweight, nearly indestructible 57-pound

hand tool. It will easily move a log of up to 500 pounds. Its

capacity is up to 16" diameter, but it is realistically used to

move logs 4" to 12" in diameter and 16 feet in length. Using

one of these on each end of a log allows you to move logseffectively around the yard. Marc Fritch

3. This cool tool makes square holes in round logs. You may

not know what you will use it for right now, but youll figure it

out! Buy one. The Makita chain mortiser is designed for timber

frame work, but modified, could be used for a number of log

home applications. John Boys

4. This is a 1959 DeWalt 10" 3-1/4 hp Radial Armsaw that is

modified into a tenon cutter, cuts tennons up to 16" long and

3/4" minimum diameter and up to 20" in diameter round or

square shoulders and it also duplicates tread lengths for stair

building. Jim Greib

TechTalkILBA members share ideas

J U S T A F E W O F T H E J I G S S H A R E D A T T H E

C O N F E R E N C E: L O G C H A I R , HA N D T R A I L E R ,

C H A I N M O R T I S E R , S T A I R T E N O N C U T T E R

1 2

3 4

Russell Josephs jig

Neil Maclean of Timberlinxworks alongside ScottAnderson on the Gazebo

Project. Many thanksto Timberlinx for their

contribution to this project.


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L E T T E R T O T H E E D I T O R

Conference reflectionsby Katharina Koelbel, Germany

Once again this year, people from around the world arrived for a long weekend full of

log building. I noticed my old friends getting a little older, as their past year has been

filled with work and all the aspects involved. It was wonderful to meet new friends,

collect all those great hugs, which will carry me through till we meet again. Our spon-sor friends also came, some brought their families it was great to see you all!

Our office staff and our dedicated volunteers did an incredible job putting things

together to arrange such a spectacular event for those who have never had the

opportunity to participate in a conference, you cannot imagine the friendliness of this

fantastic crew, while they care for our wild log building crowd. Many thanks goes out

to them for sharing their skills, their time and their love with all of us ILBA members.

Saturday night was full of great entertainment, thanks for this special evening too!

Sunday morning was a little more challenging with daylight savings time taking an

hour away of our peaceful sleeps.

The Tigh-Na-Mara Resort was a fantastic place to stay, right beside the sea. The

schedule of event was very full, I wanted to be in several spots at the same time

those who found it challenging to go everywhere, all the more reason to bring yourstaff next year, so they can soak up all the information available.

I loved this years conference because of:

all the different classes offered, even for the non-physical log building portion of our

industry

the time away to think about how to be successful in my office

the socializing time between classes

the small and efficient classes

it was an enjoyable place after a long grey German winter

a chance to see all my friends, those very special log builders

Cant wait to see you all next year!


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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: Saturdaynight auction fever; enter-

tainer Malcom Le Maistrefrom Scotland; Mark Deagle

receiving Overall GrandChampion Award for Log

Builders Games, presentedby Lee Lorentz of Husqvarna;

Yoshito (Dai) Ona who host-ed the gazebo project at hisshop

More Parksville picsS P R I N G A G M & C O N F E R E N C E


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On August 20-22, 2004, Melody Irmen of

Unique Timber Corporation in Lumby will

join approximately 2,500 other dedicated

women and men for the The Weekend to

End Breast Cancer benefiting the BC

Cancer Foundation. One in nine Canadian

women will be diagnosed with breast can-

cer in her lifetime. The participants of The

Weekend to End Breast Cancer have the

opportunity to make a personal difference

in the fight against breast cancer, and col-

lectively, will have an enormous impact on

breast cancer research funding.

Personal Motivation

Melody Irmen has decided to participate

in The Weekend to End Breast Cancer,benefiting the BC Cancer Foundation,

because she has a very good friend that is

fighting this disease. Melodys friend is a

very special lady, also deeply involved in

the log building industry as well as a

strong community volunteer. Her courage

and strength inspires Melody to take on

this challenge and help to find a cure for

people like her friend.

To make a greater impact, Melody

Irmen (walker number 42303-2) has set a

personal fundraising goal of $2,500.00. To

help her reach this goal, visit www.end-

cancer.ca to make a donation online or

call (604) 684-9255. If you would like to

make a cheque donation, please send

your donation to:

The Weekend to End Breast Cancer

303 698 Seymour Street

Vancouver, BC V6B 6B3

Cheques should be payable to The

Weekend to End Breast Cancer. Pleaseinclude the following information with the

donation to ensure the participant is prop-

erly credited:

Walker Name

Walker Number

For more information on the event or to

Register please go to www.endcancer.ca

or call (604) 684-9255.

For some participants, The Weekend to

End Breast Cancer, benefiting the BC

Cancer Foundation, is a tribute to those

lost to breast cancer, for others it is a rallyfor loved ones still fighting the disease,

and for many it is a celebration of their

lives as breast cancer survivors. Whatever

their inspiration, all walkers have the same

goal: to raise money to save lives and to

help put an end to breast cancer.

ILBA member to walk 60k inbreast cancer fundraiserby Rick A. Hall


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Wood Design Focus Journalenclosed

With the initial mail out of this newsletter, ILBA members will

receive this informative journal which includes articles on:

Lateral Resistance of Log Walls and Foundation Anchorage

Energy Performance of Log Homes

Fire Resistance of Log Walls

Visual Stress Grading of Wall Logs and Sawn Round TimbersUsed in Log Structures

ILBA members can purchase additional copies of this journal by

contacting the ILBA office.

Prices are as follows:

$5CDN per copy plus

shipping

$4CDN per copy plus

shipping when pur-

chasing 10+ copies

$3CDN per copy plus

shipping when pur-

chasing 25+ copies

Entertainer David Essig makes preparations to play slide gui-tar at the ILBA Conference in Parksville. He finds that a 5/8"

socket makes the best slide.


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Toll free: 1-877-900-3111

LEFT AND ABOVE: Co-instructors

of the gazebo project,Cormac Seekings, EgilsArtmanis and Duane Sellman

UPPER RIGHT: Justin Porterworking with the Timberlinx

jig

LOWER RIGHT& CENTRE: EgilsArtmanis and PatLintamanjigs and more

jigs

Gazebo WorkshopS P R I N G A G M & C O N F E R E N C E


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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: What joinery! Close up shots of the

gazebo structure

LOWER LEFT: Cormac and Egils deep in thought


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A timber framers view of our conferenceby Gord Macdonald, Mill Bay, BC

Just back from the International Log

Builders Association (ILBA) annual confer-

ence at Parksville on Vancouver Island, BC.

This is the first time that Ive really min-

gled with the round folk, but it sure

wont be the last! I thought that a wee

update for your readers might be of inter-

est.

The conference itself appeared to run as

a seamless event, and it was clear that the

ILBA logistics team led by Kathy Hansen

had put an awesome amount of work into

it. The ILBA board did many of the intros

and were always milling around in the

crowds trying to meet their members.

Totally available and keen to listen, it was

nice to see that such a large group hadmaintained an honestly grass-roots

flavour. The ILBA must have about 500

members, half of which appear to have

made a trip to the West Coast for this

event...how cool is that?

About a dozen people constructed a

pretty little 24 ft log gazebo in a pre-con-

ference workshop, and get this: they even

finished it on time-ish, in daylight! (I dont

think Ive ever seen that before.) I man-

aged to catch a number of interesting

workshops and lectures, but I particularly

enjoyed meeting Petr Ruzicka from the

Applied Arts Centre in Prague. Petr

demonstrated the use of a variety of

medieval axes for hewing, notching and

creating fancy timber ends, and showed

some amazing slides of his conservation

and restoration work in Eastern Europe.

Petr is now heading for the Western

Conference at Colorado to present more

workshops, and from what little I man-

aged to catch of his slideshow this will bea real treat for any timber framers interest-

ed in historic construction. Other high-

lights included the logbuilders Tech Talk

with John Boys and Pat Lintaman, where a

variety of cunning jigs and home-made

gear was demonstrated...this got me

thinking about how much potential th

is for timber framers and log builders t

learn from one another. Id love to see

these guys make an appearance at a G

event one day. Johns company Nicola

Log Works also stole the show at the

design awards, where he presented a

complicated and curvaceous beast of

house that would knock the socks of a

good framer.

One thing that these guys all seem

have in common is a lust for outrageo

large bits of wood; casual mentions of

x 30" rafters and 24" posts abound. It

surprised me to learn that about one i

every two of them runs their own cran

But if theres one thing that these peodo well that really sets them apart from

the pack, its using a chainsaw...wow.

was pretty neat to see how effortlessly

they wield these machines, and how

much control they have of the bar and

tip. It was just like watching a timber


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framer handle a favourite chisel.

I think most people made it to the

beach for an hour or two at some point,

and everyone who made the half-hour

journey to visit the tall trees of Cathedral

Grove came back glowing. The fine

weather and stunning location combined

to give most people a chance to enjoy theoutdoors as much as the conference, and

it was great to have Rathtrevor Park so

close at hand so that deadbeats like

myself could sleep out under the stars and

enjoy a mug of camp coffee. (I heard a

rumour that we may be considering Tigh-

Na-Mara Lodge for our very own Western

Conference one day...and if you get the

chance, its really worth the trip!)

Im glad to say that I wasnt the only

fake at the conference and I spotted sev-

eral other familiar faces: Will Beemer pre-

sented his well-oiled compound roof

workshop (the logbuilders are completely

in awe of us timberframers now, thanks to

Will), Susan Norlander vetted the Design

Expo, Cormac Seekings (Scottish TFG

member) was one of the instructors at the

gazebo workshop, Jerry Rouleau led a

sales workshop, and I noticed various

other dark characters like Gene Burlock

(Gateway Timber Frames) and Stefan

Hoppner (German Zimmerman) lurkingabout in the shadows too. Hmmm,

maybe theyre trying to pick up a few

tricks too?

All in all it was great fun and well worth

the trip (far too many good things to

recall here, and my apologies to anyone

overlooked). If you can handle the endless

jokes about timber framers being totally

square, and you can get your head

around buildings that are actually

designed to shrink...then theres a heck of

a lot to be learned from these fine, friend-

ly folk.

LEFT: Will Beemer of the Timber Framers Guild contemplates round, while viewinga Western Red Cedar at Cathedral Grove. BELOW: Petr Ruzicka uses a medieval goose-

wing axe to make lumber the old-fashioned way.


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April 23rd and 24th I

had the honor of serv-

ing as the mouthpiece

for the ILBA at the

Building Preservation

and RestorationConference in Boston,

Massachusetts. Held at the Hynes

Convention Center on Boylston Street in

downtown Boston, this was a huge con-

vention, with hundreds of exhibitors filling

a 150,000 square foot arena to near maxi-

mum capacity! While the magnitude of

the event was stunning, the public inter-

est in the Zabludow Synagogue Project

which I was fortunate enough to be a

small part of was even more overwhelm-

ing!

For those of you who havent heard, the

Zabludow Project is an exciting and ambi-

tious project already underway which has

multiple goals. Drawing from an interna-

tional non-profit coalition, it entails the

rebuilding of a highly intricate and ornate

synagogue from scratch. The original

structure was widely esteemed for its elab-

orate wood carvings as well as the bril-

liance of engineering in the framework.

Some particular details are a free-standingvaulted plank ceiling completely inde-

pendent of the roof structure and intricate

hand painted iconography throughout

the interior. Perhaps most intriguing from

an engineering point of view is how the

roof structure maintained its integrity; in

fact some of the integral members of the

truss system were intentionally weakened

by the creators to demonstrate the design

prowess!! Two examples--a king post truss

had the king post cut clean through

above the cross tie, and in another loca-tion the bottom cord of a truss was

repeatedly drilled through simply to

demonstrate that it was not being relied

upon structurally! Its no wonder the

North American Timber Framers Guild,

Stone Masons, Preservation Trades

Network and ILBA are conspiring to recre-

ate this beautyNo one is really sure how

it was built in the first place!

Unfortunately this magnificent building

and dozens of others like it were

destroyed when the Nazis ravished Poland

in WWIIthats where this starts to get

really inspiring! Spawned by Polish archi-

tect Mark Baranski, an international move-ment is growing not only to rebuild this

synagogue, but to teach hundreds of

young people the skills required at the

same time! Out of this healing process has

sprung the IPTENInternational

Preservation Trades Education Network

which is a sort of international student

exchange program for young people

inspired by traditional art and building

techniques. Not only is the Zabludow

Synagogue going to be resurrected, but

in the process many new seeds will findpurchase in young minds across Europe

and North America to revitalize the essen-

tial skills!

Already in just seven short months a set

of complete working blueprints have been

draftedthis project is on the verge of

complete blossom! Plans are now being

formulated to work out the logistics with

the Polish government. Intentions are to

build the synagogue using the same tools

used in the original construction as well as

the same timbera type of larch/tama-

rack. Even more interesting is the quest to

locate the original location of the syna-

goguenobody is exactly sure where inthe town of Zabludow, Poland it stood!

Although extensively photographed, only

century old photographs exist (from

which the blueprints were generated!),

with the only consistent landmark depict-

ed being a large boulder near the north-

west corner of the building. A hunt is

underway to try and determine exactly

where to set the new Synagogue.

If you would like more detailed history

of the Zabludow Synagogue and the

development of this project go to(www.PTN.org/Zablodow/zablodow.htm)

Please find out how YOU can be a part of

it too! Volunteers of all skill levels and

backgrounds are highly encouraged to

participatesimply contact the ILBA office

or North America project facilitator Ken

Follet at ([email protected])

today!

What do you and a 1643 Polish synagogue have in common?by Brant Schreiber

Participants in the Handshouse Studios Zabludow model workshop proudly show

off the scale reproduction of the Zabludow Synagogue. Please go towww.handshouse.org for further information on this team effort.


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ABOVEGerry Tuppertpracticing cordwoodbuilding

LEFTRon Neufeld

demonstrates shakemaking

Log Builder Games:RIGHTRandy Gresham

and BELOWEric Larson

S P R I N G A G M & C O N F E R E N C E

Playing in the yard


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Dalibor Houdek puts finishing touches on the ILBA sign at the Spring Conferenc

Log home insuranceWhy are Log Home Owners having trouble finding

insurance and when they do find insurance, why are

they being charged a surcharge? Calls to the ILBA

regarding this question are becoming more regular,

and according to Matthew Leck of Landing

Insurance, insurance companies (most of them) are

not familiar with Log Homes. They immediately

think that with all that wood, it will ignite very easily

and burn down very fast. He did assure us that,

not all insurance companies are quite this naieve,

advising us to tell clients to locate an insurance bro-

ker who is familiar with log homes and an insurance

company that will insure them without a surcharge.

The ILBA also has some great resources to provide

to these insurance companies, including the Fire

Resistance of Log Walls article which can be found

on our website at

http://www.logassociation.org/resources/index.php

There are also insurance companies who are mem-bers of the ILBA, who are ready and willing to insure

log homes, you will find them at http://www.logas-

sociation.org/directory/other.php in our membership

directory.


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This could happen to you. My whole

world changed for me on December 26,

2003. My business has been very success-

ful and enjoyable for me for the last 25

years. I always thought this to be my busi-

ness until that day in December. Ive been

happily married 26 years to my wife

Karen. She has a Bachelors Degree in

Business Management and is the CEO for

a tool-manufacturing firm.

When I first started my business I was

an energetic builder and did all the work;

sales, estimating, bids, design, building,

payroll, management accounting, etc. All

this was done on paper ledgers and hand

written. As my business grew, my wife

started to help do payroll and paperwork,I concentrated on sales design and build-

ing.

Over the years, with larger payroll,

quoting, taxes, work schedules, insurance,

unemployment, etc., I lost track of what

was being done on the paper work side of

business. Then in 1980 or so, my wife

decided to let a MONSTER evade the way

weve been doing things.

It arrived in several large boxes with a

manual as big as a phone book for New

York City. Yes you guessed it, the dreaded

computer!! From the beginning I cursed it

and 20 years later continue to do so. My

wife insisted we needed this to do the

things required in business management,

so I said ok. Little did I know, all my

recorded information would now be

recorded somewhere in cyberspace. As

years passed I was building and Karen was

bookkeeping on the MONSTER. I had

little interest to learn or care about how to

use the beast. I was busy building and all

was fine and dandy.

My 13-year-old daughter, Jennifer, has

become very efficient by using her MON-

STER. By about the year 2000, I found I

had to try to do something on this

machine. My wife showed me how to use

it to locate hunting outfitters which was

great for me. The next week, I found e-

bay and yahoo auctions, which was not

great for I spent over $3,000 in two days.

My wife was very upset and I stopped

feeding this MONSTER for a long time.

Over the years it was also mutating, for

we had to keep updating, thats when I

found out the MONSTER bites or should I

say bytes? There was never enough mem-

ory, programs, bytes or whatever.

Updates, viruses and what not, always

had to do with more money. For my wife

who now did 100% of the paperwork and

bookkeeping, this MONSTER was heavensent. As I sit in my easy chair in the

evenings I ask myself, if the MONSTER

was sent by heaven why was my wife

cursing it and talking to it in vulgar tones

and growls? When I would ask is every-

thing ok in there? She would reply just

fine in a sweet calm voice.

And so it went on, business as usual.

After a wonderful Christmas dinner with

family at our house, Karen, Jennifer, and

myself cleaned things up and went to bed

as usual. I awakened at about 7:00a.m. I

let my wife continue to sleep, as this was

one of her favorite things to do. I went

out to the shop and was getting rid of all

the boxes and trash from Christmas. At

12:00 I came back in and my daughter

said she could not wake mom up. Stroke

had come over my wife in her sleep, our

lives are changed. Not only dealing with

medical problems, I had little or no idea

how to do or find anything. I was lost.

Being year-end, my quarterly taxes are

due, payroll, car, house payments etc.,

etc., etc., etc. The MONSTER had come to

bite me. My daughter and I tried to do

things but with no success, with pass-

words unknown, programs with no

access, combined with the stress of

Karens medical problems I realized some-

thing. My wife is not just my spouse; she

is also my partner and part owner of the

business, accountant, secretary, human

resources, bookkeeping, and computer

tech. Along with laundry, housework,

other stressful fulltime job, taxi service

etc., etc.

This article was written to help others to

learn to cross train yourself and others. To

all parts of the business or have a plan soyou can continue to run a smooth pro-

gram and cover yourself for losses before

they occur. What happens if you are in

the middle of a building project and

something happens to you? Would you

have another builder fill in or finish for

you? Could you have funds to hire an

office manager, accountant, computer

tech, secretary, etc.? Have a plan prepared

and test it. Many of us have a partner in

life but also in our businesses. Small oper-

ations, like builders, take for grantedthings spouses and family members do so

we can do what we enjoy. Hope this

sends a message to all and good luck.

P.S. Karen is doing fine and will recover.

Thanks for all the cards and prayers.

Everyone should learn how to tame the

MONSTER because they are here to stay.

Did you ever think...?by Bob Kenel, President Great Lakes Log Crafters Association

Bob and Karen at our AGM

Small operators...take for granted the things spouses and

family members do so we can do what we enjoy.


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Financial ReportAs published in our 2004 Conference program book

by Jeff Patterson, ILBA Treasurer

2003 was a another very productive year for the ILBA with basi-

cally reaching the fiscal goal that we had set to achieve, a break

even point in its operation. This time last year, my report project-

ed operating at a deficit but with the diligence of our staff we

were able to turn the balances around. This was achieved bywatching expenses and increasing our revenues from gains in

membership and sponsorship. However, the most significant fac-

tor, which is not reflected on either the Balance Sheet or the

Statement of Operations

and Members Equity, at

the instruction of our

accountant, is the value of

the building that was pro-

duced at the Fall

Rendezvous. The sale price

for this building is

$29,000.00 CDN. If it had

sold last year and the rev-

enue was realized, that

would have brought us to

the break-even point,

which was our goal.

In response to members

requests, we have hired a

Chartered Accounting firm

to review our accounting

procedures and we have

been told that our staff is

doing a very good job in

their efforts and bookkeep-

ing practices. I have

a copy of this letter for any-

ones review. The attached

consolidated Balance Sheet

and Statement of

Operations and Members

Equity were prepared by

this Chartered Accountant.

Also in response to mem-

bers requests, this report isbeing presented to the

membership prior to the

Annual General Meeting.

Please take the time to

review this information and

if you have any questions, I

will be available to go over

any aspects of these state-

ments after the close of the

Annual General Meeting. I considered the basis for this presenta-

tion to be most appropriate for the broad communication of

financial information to the members. Complete consolidated

financial statements have been prepared and will be provided to

any member upon request.Thanks to the great work of our staff, the excitement of our

membership and the generosity of our sponsors, we had another

very good year. Lets keep it going in 2004.

International Log Builders AssociationBalance SheetDecember 31, 2003

CANADIAN $Assets

Current

Cash 54,285

Accounts receivable 10,442

Inventory 3,000

Prepaid expenses 10,281

78,008

Property, plant and equipment 9,161

87,169

Liabilities

Current

Accounts payable and accruals 4,483

Members equity

Members equity 82,686

87,169

International Log Builders AssociationStatement of Operations and Members Equity

Year ended December 31, 2003CANADIAN $

Revenue 194,616

Direct costs 161,314

Gross margin 33,302

Other income

Dues 117,861

Sponsorship 31,729

Interest 1,771

Foreign exchange loss (8,173)143,188

176,490

General and administrative

Wages and employee benefits 142,326

Office 14,698

Travel 9,318

Amortization 9,001

Telephone and internet 7,484

Bank charges 6,046

Freight 5,429

Rent 4,814

Professional fees 3,114

Bad debts 2,268

Insurance 2,115

Meetings 1,713

Sub-contracts 1,406

209,732

Excess of expenses over revenue for year (33,242)

Members equity, beginning of year 115,928

Members equity, end of year 82,686


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1. Call to order at 8:00 am Dave Gardner, President2. Adoption of the minutes of the last AGM which are available

on the ILBA websitea. moved by Jeff Patterson and passed

3. Treasurers Report Jeff Pattersona. financial statement available in the conference booklet

b. Jeff explained the $33,000 deficit in terms of the asset of$29,000 represented by the dovetail building built at theOctober 2003 Rendezvous

c. staff are increasing revenue through membership andsponsorships

d. reported that we have 500 members in 30 countriese. two chartered accountants look at our books and the

board reviews them regularly as wellMotion to accept Duane Sellman carried

4. Presidents report Dave Gardner

a. wonderful conferenceb. staff has worked hard on the conference

c. recognized the contribution of Robert Savignac and alsohis working on behalf of the ILBA at the International

Codes Committeed. a formal thanks was expressed for Roberte. we are seeking member input on code

f. thanked sponsors for generous and long-standing sup-port

g. acknowledged strong relationships with other associa-tions:

i. Great Lakes Log Crafters Associationii. Timber Framers Guild

iii. BC Log and Timber Building Industry Associationh. auction results -- $40,000+ raised

i. ILBA building standards now is the time to pay closeattention to them. Dave will be contacting associationsto review standards

j. Jig Book recognition of John Boys diligently writing the book is at the editors and will be out this summer.

John Boys invited last minute ideas.k. Land to Lock Up next rendition is currently underway

and will be put on CD to send to interested members

l. we will likely be adding new staff to ease the work-loadand make possible for our staff to enhance the associa-

tionm. closing statement before calling John Boys forward:

This will be my last year as president and I fully intend

to honour the bylaw.5. Report by John Boys:

a. We want to recognize and honour people in the industrywho have made a significant contribution to the craft.

This year it was Del Radomske. John commented on thehigh quality of his students as they enter the industry. He

testified to Dels contribution in experimenting with over-scribing.

b. Del was then presented with a set of scribers.c. Del accepted the award and said he would continue to

do his best to support and serve the industry and work

on new developments.

6. Office Report Robert Savignaca. recognized staff, particularly Annb. some of the work Robert has been involved in:

i. co-ordinating projects and liaising with organizationsii. an ambassador for the association

iii. initiatives to new groups articulating with us such asICC, CSA (for Building Code of Canada)

letting ICC do all the work and then this will be widelyused in Canada and around the world

code not just for handcrafters

Robert stands strong for handcrafters in the codeprocess

reminded group that the present draft is work-in-progress

its been hard to budget time management for suchthings as face-to-face meeting in Chicago

Zabludow project will have a workshop in Poland in

September (synagogue restoration and reconstruction) working with Swedish association for a meeting in

Stockholm in Spring of 2005 this will be the firstEuropean conference and 1015 languages will be

spoken there Timber Framers are included in this talking about a rendezvous in Scotland contact peo-

ple are at the Parksville conference the Quebec rendezvous as been deferred owing to a

300th anniversary of the village but the town is interest-

ed in working with us on such an eventthis will likelyhappen in 2005

iv. Robert closed by inviting everyone to be ambassadorsto get people in their areas and employees to join the

association7. Some announcements:

a. Timber Framers Guild Conference April 14, 2004, in

Coloradob. Great Lakes Log Crafters Association AGM June 10 13,

2004, Mackinaw, Michigan8. New Business and assorted comments from the floor:

a. next years AGM venue not decided yet but the followingcontinued on page 25

Annual General Meeting of the International Log Builders AssociationApril 4, 2004, Parksville BC


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Nominees sought forILBA DirectorsElected candidates will take office January 01, 2005 with elec-

tions taken place in the fall of 2004.

Responsibilities of DirectorsA Director must be dedicated to furthering the craft of hand-

crafted log building, to the advancement of log builders, and to

the promotion of the highest standards of the trade. Thisinvolves commitment to the following:

Attendance and participation at the Annual General Meeting

and the weekend Interim Board as Telephone conference meet-

ings of approximately one hour occurring every six weeks.

It involves taking responsibility for the short- and long-term

direction of the Association and Liability for the affairs of the

Association.

From the Board, the following positions will be elected:

1. President

2. Vice-President

3. Treasurer

4. SecretaryIt will involve committee work in one or more committees.

Nominees must be current ILBA members, and if elected

must maintain their membership in good standing through the

duration of their three year term. Nominations should be sub-

mitted to the ILBA office with bios and photos of nominees by

September 10th, 2004, to allow for printing of ballots and cir-

culation to the membership prior to election time.


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W E L C O M E !

N E W C O M P A N Y

M E M B E R S

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ECO Log Homes

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HSB-Soft, LLC

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EnerGreen Building Systems Ltd.

Farrell Log Structures, LLC

Fearless Engineers PLLC

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Frontier Builders Inc.

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Hilgard Log Builders

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Homestead Log Homes Inc.

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J. Rouleau & Associaties

John DeVries Log & Timber Homes2000

Korea Log Builders AssociationLandmark Log Building

Lasko School of Log Building

Leatherwood Log Homes Ltd.

Legend Log Crafters LLC

Les Entreprises Jocelyn TellierS.E.N.C.

Lloyd Ventures

Log & Timber style Magazine

Log Home Store Inc.

Log Knowledge, Inc.

Logmaster Log Homes

Magard Ventures Ltd.

Makita Canada Inc.

Maple Island Log Homes

Mark Deagle Log building Ltd.

Mark Frtich Log Homes

Merritt Contracting

Minde Log Constgruction Inc.

Modern Log Homes Ltd.

Moose Mountain Log Homes Inc.

Mountain State Log Homes Inc.

Mountainview Log Structures

Murray Arnott Design Ltd.

Natural Log Homes Ltd.

Neville Log Homes

North American Log Crafters Ltd.

Northern comfort Log Homes

Norwegian Wood Log Homes

Original Log Homes Ltd.

Paradise Mountain Log Homes,Inc.

Paul A. Meier WildernessArchitecture, Inc.

Pedersen Logsmiths, Inc.

Pioneer Log Homes of BritishColumbia Ltd.

Pioneer Logs Ltd.

Precision Craft Log Homes

Provincial Timber Crafters

REB Properties

Red willow Rustic Log Hoems

Riverside Forest Products

Rustic Home Builders

S. L. Anderson Company Inc.

Sashco, Inc.

Sellman Log Structures Inc.

Silver Plume Log & TimberworksL.L.C.

Sperlich Log Construction Inc.

Summer Beam BooksSun Valley Log Homes

Surelog Homes Ltd.

The Finnish HandcraftersAssociation

The Log Connection

The Meech Creek Show CompanyInc.

Thomas Wood Log Homes inc.

Timber Framers Guild

Timber Wolf Handcrafted LogHomes Inc.

Top Notch Log Construction

Treecraft builders

Treehouse Log Homes Ltd.

True Log Homes

Twin Butte Log Homes Ltd.

Unique Timber Corp.

Vision Lgoworks Ltd./Onward LogHomes

West Coast Log HomesWhitevalley Log Homes Ltd.

Winterwood Custom Builders

N E W E M P L O Y E E

M E M B E R S

Chris Brunllett/Murray ArnottDesign Ltd.

Wayne Couture/Surelog HomesLtd.

Bob Goodwin/Forbes Landing LogHomes

Chris Herring/Sellman LogStructures Inc.

Dan J. Koenig/Sellman LogStructures Inc.

Goerge McCullough/DEFT Inc.

John Simmons/Unique TimberCorp.

Craig Sorensen/Frontier BuildersInc.

Keith Lloyd Walters/Forbes LandingLog Homes

R E N E W I N G

E M P L O Y E E

M E M B E R S

Scott Anderson/Sun Valley LogHomes

Linda Bourdage/Moose MountainLog Homes Inc.

Kim Bryson/Sun Valley Log Homes

John DeFrancisco/Great LakesSchool of Log Building

Steven R. Eggleston/Great LakesSchool of Log Building

Dave Gardner/Unique TimberCorp.

Keith Hodson/Red Willow RusticLog Homes

Melody Irmen/Unique TimberCorp.

Cary Johnson/Sellman LogStructures Inc.

Taylor Lukian/Douglas Lukian Inc.

John McHugh/Blue Ox Logcrafters

Martha Patterson/Edgewood LogStructures

Jeffrey Patterson/Edgewood LogStructures

Jarret Radomske/Del RadomskesOkanagan School of LogBuilding

Dayton Skrivseth/Caribou CreekLog Homes Inc.

Darrell Storring/John DeVries Log& Timber Homes 2000

Phil Vachon/Unique Timber Corp.

Thomas Williams/Blue OxLogcrafters

New and Renewing Members Since Our Last Issue

N E W I N D I V I D U A L

M E M B E R S

Ronald Bignall

Gene Burlock

Chad A. Clark

Tony Furtado

Doug Guyer

David Hagen

Andre Harkins

Stefan Hoepner

Ken Hunter

Lorne Hutter

Peter Jones

Jason Kilmartin

Mark Kirkkpatrick

Mike J. McNair

Mark Moulton

Higgs Murphy

Jean Nadon

Linda Nelson

Zig Reders

Audra Sparshu

Rod Suddaby

Filip SvrcekRick Taron

Luc Vreys

Cliff Walker

Jeff Whitbrod

Karl Wulfsberg

R E N E W I N G

I N D I V I D U A L

M E M B E R S

Stuart Adrian

Cliff Albee

Kevin Allen

Franz Ambichi

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Tiny BlomquistLana Branum

Arthur Brauner

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Gordon Carson

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Jim Christensen

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Joe Clement

Dan Dums

Joseph J. Duran II

Ricci Durfeld

Robert E. Enos

Steven Estola

Ken Follett

Frederick Genaw

Bill GludeSteve Greer

Ron Heim

Deane Hillbrand

Chrley Hood

Dalibor Houdek Ph.D

John Howarth

Michel Hurtubise

Vic Janzen

Darrell JensenWarren Johnson

Russell Joseph

Chris Kelland

R. G. Kenel

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Maurice Landemare

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Ed Levin

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Kevin Malon

Stephen Meyer

Anthony (Tony) Moore

Graeme Mould

Randy Norgate

Paul Odermatt

Mike Oki

Hannes Oppelmayer

Andre Oude Ophui

Daniel Parish

C.M. (Chuck) Peacock

Harold Polster

Julie Rodriguaz

Jean Rodrigue

Tim Rogers

Homer Rogers

Lisa Sasser

Cormac Seekings

Jeffrey Slater

John Smeh

Milan Smeh

Glen Sparshu

Wayne Sparshu

Kerry Staehler

Joe Strama

David Swetland

Kym Terry

Ryan Wahls

Peter F. Watson

Allan Wiens

Uwe Ziegler

The Great Lakes Log Crafters

Association Annual Conference is on

June 10th, 11th and 12th, 2004 for more

info visit http://www.gllca.org


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F O R S A L E

One 1979 S688 Bantam 20 Ton RoughTerrain Crane for sale, $30,000 Canadianor $23,500 US. Presently stationed in Illinois.

Very Good Condition, 60 foot hydraulic

boom or 80 foot with jib. Very fuel efficient453 Detroit. Should provide many years oftrouble free service. Call 1-403-932-3992.

E Q U I P M E N T W A N T E D

Makita 9201 Curve Shoeplanner/rabetting planner. Please callHiggs Murphy at 705-286-4578 oremail: [email protected]

H E L P W A N T E D

Experienced Log Crafters Moose

Mountain Log homes Inc. currently has twofull time long term positions open forexperienced log handcrafters with dual USand Canadian citizenship. Join a leadingedge, quality oriented company that hasbeen in business for over 25 years!Please phone 1-877-932-3992 oremail: [email protected]

Wages, earnings based on experience.

Experienced Log Crafters and TimberFramers Silver Plume Log & Timber Worksin the Denver/Mountain region of Coloradohas full time, year round work available for

residential and commercial projects. Pleasecall, fax or email resumes.Tel: 303-567-4207,Fax: 303-567-4305Email: [email protected]

Experienced log builder andapprentice level log builder withhandcrafted log building company inMerritt, BC. Good math skills an asset.Contact John at Nicola Logworks 250-378-4977

Timber Frame Shop Foreman

Established West Coast Timber frame Design-build company has an immediate openingfor a timber frame professional to manage itsstate of the art, timber frame fabricationfacility. The successful applicant will be ajourneyman timber framer who is wellorganized and has good communicationskills. He will have proven leadership abilityand an interest in joining the managementteam of a progressive timber frame companywith a distinguished, 25-year record of

H E L P W A N T E D

building fine homes and public buildingsThe Timber Frame Shop coordinator willreceive a competitive salary; acomprehensive benefits package, and an

opportunity to work with skilled craftspeoin a location well known for its outdoorrecreational opportunities. Respond withresume to: J Rouleau & Associates, PO Bo30, Terryville, CT 06786

S E E K I N G E M P L O Y M E N T

Travelling Timberwright Ralph Cle28 years experience ground to finish. Wsupport re-erect crews and continue till fiwith contractor or owner, as an advocate

your company. Have truck, tools, andpassport. Phone Ralph Clegg at

604-740-2404

January Graduate of Del RadomskesSchool of Log Building, seeks employmenthe log building industry. I also have yeargeneral construction experience and haveowned a concrete business since 1991.Seeking employment in western USA , wiconsider other areas. Please contact JeffParish at (386) 756-1785, home, or (386)405-6280 cell phone.

E V E N T S & A N N O U N C M E N T S

Training the Log Builders of Tomorr 16-week entry level class, April 2005. 4-week Introduction to Log Building claOctober 2004. Advanced builders 5-day seminarNovember 2004. Contact Del RadomskeOkanagan School of Log BuildingInternational at 250-765-5166 orEmail: [email protected] formore information.

Accutech Innovations Inc., manufactuof the Chain Saw Micro Mill, has expandeoperations and moved.

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E V E N T S & A N N O U N C M E N T S

The Great Lakes Log CraftersAssociation Annual Conference is onJune 10th, 11th and 12th, 2004 for moreinfo visit http://www.gllca.org

Retreat for Log/Timber Companies.Note date change: The Survivor Retreat forManagers and Business Owners ofLog/Timber Companies has been changedto Monday & Tuesday June 7th and 8th.The retreat will be held at the Hilton GardenInn, in Windsor, CTFor details of the program and registrationinformation go to:http://www.jrouleau.com/trainingPrograms.htm#0 or call Jerry Rouleau at860-589-7614

Dietrichs NA Workshops at the Centrefor Advanced Wood Processing University ofBritish Columbia, Vancouver, BCJune 10-12 Hands-on workshop for TimberFrame Roof Design and Layout ofCompound JoineryJune 17-18 Designing a Timber FrameBuilding with Dietrichs 3D CAD/CAMSoftwareJune 21-22 Producing Timber Structureson a CNC Beam ProcessorClass size is limited and registration must bemade through the Continuing EducationProgram at the Centre for Advanced Wood

Processing.1-866-822-2297 or 604-822-6448 or email:[email protected]

Timber Framers GuildEastern Conference 2004October 28-31, 2004Seven Springs Mountain Resort,Champion, PAwww.tfguild.org

suggestions were made:i. Phoenix, Arizonaii. Deerhurst

iii. Connecticutiv. a cruise ship

b. Mark Fritch is asking for ideas and input in education (committee)

c. Mira Jean Steinbrecher would like to see us contribute to a scholarshipfund, particularly for education

d. Will Beemer mention his association (Timber Framers) have a $50,000 endow-

ment fund and use the interest towards subsidizing members to go to events,paying half their costs

e. Murray Arnott questioned membership categories such as including homeown-

ers we still need to look at thisf. Martha Patterson feels homeowners and potential homeowners would be

interestedg. Robert Savignac called for greater volunteerism to implement initiatives

h. Tom Hahney expressed thanks to the board for taking on portfoliosi. Brian Lloyd reported in his capacity as liaison between the ILBA and the BC asso-

ciation, expressed the wishes of Peter Sperlich, President, for us to have a suc-

cessful conference as well as his wishes for a continued relationship between thetwo organizations. The BC organization is primarily a business organization. This

organization is known as the BC Log and Timber Building Industry Association,Brian stated that log and timber builders benefit from membership in both asso-

ciations and then noted three important elements:i. training and education they have developed certification under the govern-

ment journeyman program and are working on safety standards with the

Workers Compensation Boardii. continually lobby for access to softwood

iii. lobbying to have the burnt out trestles in the Kettle Valley system rebuilt9. Motion to adjourn Tom Hahney, accepted unanimously

Answer to Vacation in EstoniaIn our last LBN, issue #47, we had some confusion about this article from page 15. For

clarification Joel McCarty of the Timber Framers Guild, was promoting the ILBA in this

article. The ILBA did not provide any funding for this event. McCarty had met his con-

tacts there prior to and also at an ILBA event, and since this event was primarily log

builders, he felt it fitting to include us in his report. Many thanks to the Timber FramersGuild for their continued support of our association and to McCarty for recognizing our

involvement in log building worldwide.

Fraud noticeThe ILBA has been receiving several calls of complaints regarding an individual

contacting our members, representing himself as either from the ILBA and/or

the ILBA Coordinator. He is attempting to sell knives, and even tells our members

he is doing this on behalf of the ILBA and is usually quite rude. In one of the

recent calls he even indicated these were left over knives from our conference,

except he happened to be calling a member who was at the conference and was

caught immediately in his lies. Please note this has nothing to do with our office orthe association, we do not support this sales effort in anyway. We also recommend

you report this action as fraud to your local police detachment if the caller identifies

himself as an ILBA representative.

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Cathy Hansen, Executive Director

[email protected]

Robrt Savignac, Executive Director

[email protected]

Ann Miks, Administrative Assistant

[email protected]

International Log Builders Association

P.O. Box 775

Lumby, British Columbia

V0E 2G0 Canada

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members. Articles, photos and letters are

welcomed. The deadline for LBN 49 is

May 27, 2004.

If you submit articles in Microsoft Word

on CD or by email, send them directly to

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Call 800-532-2900 to order.

Copyright noticeLog Building Newsis copyrighted in

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Contact the ILBA office for details.

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Newsare those of the authors of those

articles and ads. The International Log

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bility for the accuracy of the information

contained herein and does not edit or

investigate any article or ad for that pur-

pose.

Log Building StandardsThe ILBA Log Building Standards, thebuilding code for handcrafted, scribe-fit &

chinked log homes are available online at

the ILBA Web site, www.logassociation.org

and can be downloaded to your computer

at no charge as an Adobe Acrobat PDF

file.

AdvertisingLog Building Newswelcomes advertisers.

Please contact the ILBA office for deadlines.

Advertisers can send completed ads as:

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Submissions can be made on Zip disk,

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Editorial submissions can be made in

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mation by email at

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Log Building Newsis a great way to con-

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members made well over $250 million of

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Please contact the office at 800-532-2900

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and Bylaws, use of computerized help wanted

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notices. Company memberships have additional

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For more information on dues and member

benefits, please call the ILBA office at

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PresidentDave GardnerPh: 250-547-2400Fax: [email protected]

Vice-PresidentDalibor Houdek, PH.D.Ph: 780-413-9031Fax: [email protected]

TreasurerJeffrey J. PattersonPh: 208-676-0422Fax: 208-676-9129

[email protected]

ClerkVic JanzenPh: 604-858-4135Fax: [email protected]

2004 ILBA OfficersDirectorsDr. Edwin Burke, Ph. DPh: [email protected]

Mark FritchPh: 503-668-7130Fax: [email protected]

Katharina KoelbelPh: [email protected]

Elaine Nosaka

Ph: [email protected]

Jean RodriguePh: [email protected]

Coming up in the May/June issue

Drying large timbers, Fall Rendez-vous update, more Tech Talk,

employee insurance information, and more.

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