GLLCA
CONFFERENCE INFO
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The Great Lakes Log Crafters Association is
chartered as a non-profit organization in
the State of Wisconsin, USA.
The Board President, Board Members, and
Officers are elected by the general
membership and serve as stewards for running
the association
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The Great Lakes Log Crafters is a non-profit association of handcrafted log builders from around the great lakes region including Canada. The 60 + skilled craftsmen are dedicated to the art, education and promotion of the trade. They offer owner/builder membership and encouragement in the excellence in the trade of handcrafted log structures. Currently they are working to establish standards by which log building craftsmanship will be will be judged and codes will be established. |
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2026 Conference
and Annual General Meeting
2026 WILL BE
April 24-25th
Location:
Northern Waters Resort & Conference
Center
Watersmeet,
Michigan
click here for printable flyer
Education, Demonstrations,
Networking
Guest Speaker: John
Boyes, Nicola Log Works
Stihl
Chainsaw Demo with Danny Deetz
Engineering & Building Technology
Sessions
Tool Talk & Milwaukee
Tool Demo
Plus GLLCA Auction &
Annual Meeting
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I
would like all of you to mark
your calendars right now for
Friday, April 24th and Saturday
April 25th, 2026 for the GLLCA
Annual General Meeting so you
won't schedule anything else for
these dates!
You
won't want to miss this
conference. Mary, Dan and
Cameron Wait hosted our 2025 AGM
and Conference; and it was such
a great success,
they have graciously agreed to
host our 2026 AGM and Conference
again. I want to really
thank May Wait for all of her
hard work on putting together
the 2025 AGM and Conference.
Mary,
Dan, Cameron Wait and I think
Matt Delgado had a hand in
providing a very interesting
conference. We had
presentations on Kerry Rabenold,
Emeritus Professor of Biological
Sciences, Purdue University
talking aout "Net Zero Log
Home," Danny Deetz (from Stihl),
and Dan Finke (Nelson's Ace
Hardware) gave a demo on
chainsaws, Jesse Woods of Jesse
Woods Lake Country Log and Cedar
gave a talk on Boodge Wood
Treat, Jeff Simons of H-Window
Compay gave a presentation on
"H-Windows," Greg Baas of Baas
Inspection Agency gave a talk on
"Building Codes," Greg Harant of
Composite Panel Systems, LLC
gave a presentation on "Epitomie
Composite Foundation Panels,"
Perry Camodeca, Sr. and Perry
Camodeca, Jr. of Midwest
Certified Insurance gave a talk
on "Current Insurance issues
impacting construction and
manufacturing sectors," and
Michael Koeppel of Milwaukee
Tools Designer, Chainsaw carver
gave a demonstration on
"Milwaukee Tool/Chainsaw
carving," and the best
attraction of the 2025
conference was the presentation
on "Robotic Solutions, Inc." put
on by Nick Bently CCO of Robotic
Solutions, Inc. and Todd
Rathcamp of RSI - Software for
wood manufacturing the the "ABB
Robot Demo: Design to log
Panels" done by Cameron Wait and
Matt Delgado of Frontier
Builders, Inc.
If
you missed that conference, you
really missed a lot of good
information. Everyone
talked about it for the whole
conference.
So
this should tell you that our
2026 AGM and Conference will be
even better. I am sure
Cameron and Matt will come up
with even more exciting things
about Robotic Designs and usage.
So,
again, I ask uou to mark your
calendars for Friday, April 24th
and Saturday, April 25th, 2026,
and don't miss out on what the
future will be for log home
builders.
Kay
Sellman
GLLCA
Business Manager
612-590-7133
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2026 Annual
General Meeting &
Conference
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Past Conference Pictures
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2026
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
(click here for printable Schedule)
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Friday,
April 24th |
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8:00-9:00am |
REGISTRATION |
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9:00-10:00am |
Tentative - John
Boyles/GLLCA presenter |
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10:00-11:00am |
Stihl Chainsaw Demo - Danny
Deetz |
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11:00am-noon |
Wood Treating With Boodge -
Jesse Woods, Lake Country
Log & Cabin |
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Noon-1:00pm |
LUNCH |
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1:00pm-2:00pm |
Engineering Topics - Joe
Miller, Fire Tower
Engineering |
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2:00pm-3:00pm |
Trends/Changes in Building
Tech - Greg Baas, Log Home
Issues |
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3:00-3:15pm |
BREAK |
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3:15-6:00pm |
Tool Talk/Rond Table
Discussion - Milwaukee Tool
Trailer, Tool Talk |
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6:00-7:00pm |
SUPPER |
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7:00-???pm |
FUNDRAISER
AUCTION |
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Saturday,
April 25th |
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8:00-10:00am |
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING -
Nate Heim, President |
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10:00-10:15 |
BREAK |
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10:15am-11:15am |
Leveraging Business
Tools/Scaling Experience -
Nate Demers |
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11:15am-noon |
Mass Timer Conference -
Cameron Wait, Matt Delgado,
Ben Dom |
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Noon-1:00pm |
LUNCH |
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1:00-2:00pm |
Insurance Issues/Trends for
Log Builders - Perry
Camodeca, Sr & Perry
Camodeca, Jr., Midwest
Certified Insurance Agency |
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2:00-3:00pm |
Maximizing Your Knowledge
and Craft Into Passive
Income - Nate Heim, Log Air
BND Construction |
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3:00-3:15pm |
BREAK |
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3:15-6:00pm |
Land Conservation Followed
By Field Trip to Wildcat
Falls - Joe Hovel |
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6:00-7:00pm |
SUPPER |
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7:00-???pm |
Slide Show |
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REGISTRATION FORM - click here
(note:
remember to mail your Registration Form in the mail or email! Thank you!)
If you have topics you would like presented at the conference, please contact
us
All ideas are welcome!
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