Time and Location:

7pm ET Virtual Meeting https://meet.google.com/cih-ehxi-wbc

Call to Order:

Meeting called to order by (NAME HERE) at (TIME HERE).

Consent Agenda

Any Board Member may make a motion in the Consent Agenda.  The purpose of the Consent Agenda is to propose motions that have been discussed by Board Members in advance and/or are expected to pass without objection.  If the item does not fit this description, it should be proposed in New Business. Discussion of Consent Agenda items should be done via Slack prior to the meeting.  Any Board Member present at the meeting may request that an item be moved from the Consent Agenda to New Business.  The motions in the Consent Agenda (after any items are moved to New Business) may be passed as a group if there are no objections.  Any motion that requests spending $250 or more must include a section on "Relevance to our tax exempt purpose".

CA1: Appoint Dave Painter and Diane Painter as Purcellville Green Room Stewards (Jim Waldron)

Issue: The green room at MSP needs a steward

Solution: Appoint Dave Painter and Diane Painter as Purcellville Green Room Stewards

Relevance to Tax Exempt Status: NA

Motion: Move to appointDave Painter and Diane Painter as Purcellville Green Room Stewards

Vote: 

CA2: Appoint Jim Waldron as Cannon PRO-100 Printer Steward (Jim Waldron)

Issue: Stewart needed for Cannon PRO-100 printer

Solution:Appoint Jim Waldron as Cannon PRO-100 Printer Steward

Relevance to Tax Exempt Status: NA

Motion: Move to appoint Jim Waldron as Cannon PRO-100 Printer Steward

Vote: 

CA3: Appoint Jonathan White as co-steward of the Purcellville Lower Building Craft Room (Jen Chu)

Issue: Ken Fuentecilla and Dawn Martin are currently co-stewards of the Lower Building Craft Room.  The stained glass equipment has been moved to the Lower Building Classroom, so Ken no longer oversees any equipment in the craft room and he would like to step down as co-steward of that room.  The fiber laser has been moved into the craft room and Jonathan White is the tool steward of the fiber laser.  The CO2 laser cutter is also located in the craft room and Jonathan White teaches CO2 laser cutter classes and is familiar with this machine.

Solution: Appoint Jonathan White as co-steward of the Lower Building Craft Room.  Dawn Martin will remain co-steward of the Lower Building Craft Room.

Relevance to Tax Exempt Status: NA

Motion: Move to appoint Jonathan White as co-steward of the Purcellville Lower Building Craft Room.

Vote: 

Approval of Prior Minutes

INSERT LINK TO PRIOR MINUTES HERE

Vote:

Officer Reports

Chairperson:

INSERT REPORT HERE

Secretary:

Special election is complete. The winner is Jim Waldron.

$30 due to Bo Wernick for election reimbursement to OpaVote.com. INSERT REPORT HERE

Treasurer:

President:

INSERT REPORT HERE

Committee Reports:

Membership Committee (Open)

Marketing Committee (Jason Gilligan)

Website Committee (Maggie Toth)

Leesburg Facility Committee (Jessee Maloney)

Purcellville Facility Committee (Dave Painter)

Scheduling Committee (Jennifer Chu)

Newsletter Committee (Melissa Kowalski)

IT Committee (Scott Silvers)

Maintenance Committee (Dave Painter)

STEM Committee (Diane Painter)

Standing Rules Committee (Jonathan White)

Unfinished Business

OB1: TITLE (Person Proposing)

Issue:

Solution:

Relevance to Tax Exempt Status:

Motion:

Vote: xxx

New Business

NB1: Raffle prizes for Catoctin ES (Bo Wernick)

Issue: Makersmiths would like to support the local elementary school's fall festival

Solution: A donation of a free class voucher to Catoctin ES to build brand awareness

Relevance to Tax Exempt Status: None

Motion: Move to offer a donation of a voucher for one free class to Catoctin ES. Total cost $40 as lost income.

Vote: xxx

NB2: Approve proposed revisions to the bylaws and standing rules (Jen Chu)

Issue: The Bylaws and Standing Rules Committee met on 5/13/204, 6/17/2024, 7/22/2024, 8/19/2024 and 9/9/2024 to discuss proposed revisions to the bylaws and standing rules.  This included reviewing the Canvas list of potential bylaws and standing rules issues/items to consider.  The final proposed revisions to the bylaws and standing rules are ready for review and approval by the Board.  The documents are posted to the Google Drive (see hyperlinks below).  The FOR REVIEW documents include all the proposed revisions as tracked changes.  The Consolidated documents show the minor formatting, numbering, spelling, etc. changes as accepted and the substantial changes are highlighted.
Makersmiths Bylaws - Consolidated Sept 2024
FOR REVIEW Makersmiths Bylaws
Makersmiths Standing Rules - Consolidated Sept 2024
FOR REVIEW Makersmiths Standing Rules

Solution: Approve the proposed revisions to the bylaws and standing rules.

Relevance to Tax Exempt Status: NA

Motion: Move to approve the proposed revisions to the bylaws and standing rules as shown in the following documents.
Makersmiths Bylaws - Consolidated Sept 2024
Makersmiths Standing Rules - Consolidated Sept 2024

Vote: 

NB3: TITLE (Person Proposing)

Issue:

Solution:

Relevance to Tax Exempt Status:

Motion:

Vote: xxx

Open Discussion

Christine Dinger for steward of the Cricut Machines

Zach Thompson for steward of the vinyl cutter 

Adjournment

Meeting adjourned by NAME at TIME