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Motion: Move to adopt and include section 4.11 in the Makersmith Bylaws.

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NB8: New Kiln for Ceramics (Bo W)

 Issue: The Ceramics department has only 1 functioning kiln (L&L) and the number of regular users continues to grow. This L&L kiln is quite old and is showing wear with regular breakdowns. It is also designed for cone 6 maximum, and running high fire glazes at this temp is putting additional load on the components. The small kiln (Bartlett) has very limited volume and is primarily good for test firing. The manual kiln is in poor condition and cannot be run reliably or unattended. The backlog of pieces is exceeding the current kiln schedule, forcing users to wait or take their pieces elsewhere. With adding red tool classes and multi-session classes, this need will grow even more.

Solution:Approve funding to purchase a new kiln. This new kiln will provide the ability for Makersmiths to fire twice as many pieces, it will reduce the time commitment of volunteers for firing cycles, and ensure outages of the L&L kiln don't cause a shutdown of the studio. Suggested kiln options and infrastructure are attached for reference.

Relevance to Tax Exempt Status: None

Motion:   Move to allocate $7200 from "10201 Equipment Reserve" to a new project budget for a Kiln and minor upgrade needs for ventilation and shipping. Money is to be spent before 3/31/2025 and return any unspent funds to the Equipment reserve fund.

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Open Discussion

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