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- If the group agreed to the "suggestion", Jen noted "Agreed" in the FOR REVIEW document.
- If the group rejected the "suggestion", Jen deleted it in the FOR REVIEW document.
- If the group could not come to an agreement and wanted to discuss the item at a future meeting, Jen noted "Postponed" in the FOR REVIEW document and added the item to the Canvas in the Slack channel for future discussion.
- One "suggestion" related to Corporate Membership was moved to the Bylaws document.
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- Section 3.3 Complimentary Memberships
- Revise Section 3.3.2 to reflect that a complimentary membership should not be used as compensation for service to Makersmiths.
- ==> Committee agreed.
- Section 5 Membership Dues
- Should we offer 6-mth and 12-mth memberships? Perhaps with a bit of a discount?
- This is a bigger discussion that the time allowed in tonight's meeting.
- ==> Postponed to a future meeting.
Reviewed remaining proposed changes to the bylaws that were not approved or reviewed at the 11/20/2024 Board meeting:
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- Section 10 Courses, Classes, Workshops, and Events
- Revise newly proposed Section 10.2 to change "honorarium split" to "payments to instructors". Honorariums are not typically agreed to ahead of time which is the current process for instructors.
- ==> Committee agreed.
- Section 11 Honorariums
- Revise the section to change the wording from "honorarium" to "instructor payments".
- ==> Committee agreed.
- Section 14 Fees
- Revise fee tables to incorporates changes that were previously approved by the Board.
- Revise fee tables to include the cost for resin for the 3D resin printers as well as the cost to use the copier/printer at MS-L.
- ==> Committee agreed
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- Per Virginia law, Directors may not vote by proxy anyway, so this new rule is not necessary.
- ==> Disregard the previously proposed change to bylaws.
Reviewed Standing Rules related to Member storage:
- Discussed removing rules regarding storage lockers.
- Discussed revising rules regarding member storage in storage bins.
- ==> Propose removing rule regarding storage lockers.
- ==> Propose removing rule regarding storage bins.
- ==> John drafted new rules regarding storage bins and sent them to the Secretary to add to the agenda for review and approval. Jennifer added the proposed changes to the working copy of the Standing Rules on the Google Drive => Bylaws and Standing Rules Review 2024 => FOR REVIEW,
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