{"content":[{"text":"Greetings,","bbox":{"left":0.088587,"top":0.197888,"width":0.07758400000000001,"height":0.017194999999999988}},{"text":"Well…this has been an interesting year. The SkillsUSA Cabinetmaking competition was not held last year due \n to the pandemic and the competition this year will be signiﬁcantly diﬀerent than any other year.","bbox":{"left":0.088587,"top":0.22756,"width":0.821536,"height":0.034239999999999965}},{"text":"The competition this year will be taking place virtually. This will entail each contestant arranging for video \n streaming as well as obtaining a proctor. The proctor cannot be the contestant’s instructor to eliminate the \n opportunity for coaching and suggestions.","bbox":{"left":0.088587,"top":0.274277,"width":0.8099190000000001,"height":0.051286}},{"text":"We want all of the contestants to have a level playing ﬁeld. To that end, we will be shipping material and \n instructions to as many as 35 contestants. These contestants will complete a series of exercises to \n demonstrate their level of mastery using a table saw, miter saw, and other common woodworking \n machinery and tools. The contestants will have a limited time-frame to complete the exercises and then \n they will ship the completed exercises back to us for judging. It was determined that shipping all the \n material for a cabinet or other sizable project both ways would be prohibitively expensive.","bbox":{"left":0.088587,"top":0.33804,"width":0.787791,"height":0.10242200000000001}},{"text":"The competition will include a written portion that will require the contestant to develop a Bill of Materials \n from a drawing, answer a series of wood working related questions that encompass materials, quantities, \n costing, as well as identifying materials and woodworking joints.","bbox":{"left":0.088587,"top":0.452939,"width":0.804201,"height":0.051286000000000054}},{"text":"Many of us have had the good fortune to be able to participate in this competition by developing projects, \n proctoring machining activities, and judging outcomes. The talented young people our state has to oﬀer the \n secondary wood processing industry is truly inspiring. It bodes well for the continued success of this \n industry within Wisconsin when we encourage and support activities like SkillsUSA and its participants.","bbox":{"left":0.088587,"top":0.516701,"width":0.817338,"height":0.06833199999999995}},{"text":"Your continued ﬁnancial support of this competition is necessary to allow the ongoing process of upgrading \n equipment, supplying materials, and this year…postage! We have three recognized sponsorship levels: \n Platinum - $1000, Gold - $500, and Silver - $250. Please consider a tax-deductible donation to SkillsUSA \n through the Wisconsin chapter of the AWI. Any amount of participation is greatly appreciated. Tax \n deductible donations of any size can be made online through the AWI-WI website or by check payable to: \n AWI-WI/SkillsUSA. As a small token of appreciation for your support, SkillsUSA will display your company \n information in this year’s advertising and in the Wisconsin Conference Book. Any donation at the levels \n above will ﬁnd your company/name on the contestant’s t-shirts.","bbox":{"left":0.088587,"top":0.59751,"width":0.817678,"height":0.136513}},{"text":"As all of you know, ﬁnding interested/qualiﬁed labor is becoming more and more diﬃcult. This is an \n opportunity to help people that have expressed interest in our industry, let’s support them as much as \n possible.","bbox":{"left":0.088587,"top":0.746499,"width":0.7778930000000001,"height":0.05128599999999994}},{"text":"All the best,","bbox":{"left":0.088587,"top":0.810262,"width":0.08882500000000002,"height":0.01719499999999996}},{"text":"Robin Carley, Glenn Koerner, Mark Lorge","bbox":{"left":0.088587,"top":0.839934,"width":0.310083,"height":0.01719499999999996}},{"text":"SkillsUSA Cabinetmaking co-chairs","bbox":{"left":0.088587,"top":0.869605,"width":0.260344,"height":0.01719499999999996}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}