[Woodcarver] Machine Carvings and List Activity

[Vic & Cynthia Hamburger]

Charles Trella wrote:


> Hello everyone!  I met a few of the 

> folks on this list at the last NE Woodcarver's Roundup and had a great 

> time there learning to carve bark spirits with Mike Bloomquist, carve 

> bark Gnome Homes with Tony Erikson, and got to have some fine jamming 

> with them.

> 

  > Unfortunately, I have come to find out that my services and skills as a

> Business Analyst and Project Manager for web projects with MercerHR 

> Consulting will no longer be required as of the end of January. So now 

> my time will be spent in a desperate scramble to find work.  Those of 

> you so inclined - please pray for me and my family, the rest . . . well, 

> send positive vibes out to the universe.  


Chuck,

You had a great couple of teachers there! I have had a wonderful class 
with Tony and he creates some terrific stuff in bark.  My bark house has 
created lots of positive comments along the way since I finished it last 
spring.

As for a job, (Completely off topic, but Bill J will beat me up later 
about it if I get too outta line....) 8-)

Look on Google for "job networking" + [your area] to see if you have a 
local group that meets to support each other, provide guidance and 
reasurance that you are not alone in the job search, etc.  I have been 
out of work twice, and both times the informal networking groups 
provided far better assistance than the highly paid, and greatly 
over-rated career management centers that I had access to!

Drop me a line off-line for more details, support, someone to chat with 
about unemployment, etc.  I have helped council hundreds of others over 
many years, staying involved after I took a job, just because I thought 
it was so useful and helpful to everyone.

Hope this helps! Please know that I for one am 110% behind you and 
support you with my prayers and thoughts at this time.  Been there, done 
that, got the bloody T-shirt from it, so I can sympathise!

All the best,  Vic Hamburger, Westborough MA