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Meeting called to order by Jonathan at h6:mm 01 pm.

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Approval of Prior Minutes

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Motion by Jonathan to approve prior meeting minutes

Second: 

Vote:   Approved by unanimous consent of those present

 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".

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Officer Reports

Chairperson:

Group discussion of members cleaning up after themselves.

President: (David Lang)

Report Received 8/26.

Secretary:

David Lang was appointed as President by Consent in Lieu

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Bo Wernick
    yes from Bo. 

Treasurer:

Committee Reports:

Membership Committee (Ken Fuentecilla)

No Report Received 8/20.

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Marketing Committee (Allie Graves)

No Report Received 8/22.

List of activities:

• identified volunteers and skills available to support committee activities
• started list of efforts to move forward on to include: identify current social media accounts and login info, develop content strategy for each, crowdsource content; standardize process for requesting makersmith participation in local events
• Other future effort ideas include: Disabled veterans outreach; community outreach

Leesburg Facility Committee (John Carter)

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Scheduling Committee (Jennifer Chu)

Report Received 8/25

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Grant Committee (Christopher Meid)

No Report Received.

Standing Rules Committee (Jonathan White)

No Report Received.meeting this month.  Updated Bylaws and Standing Rules have been posted to the wiki, following approval at the July 29 BOD meeting.  Next task is to work on conflict of interest policy and list of President duties.  

Finance Committee (Mary Waldron)

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Relevance to Tax Exempt Status: None
Motion: Move Move to approve either $1,214.85 or $647,92 from the Equipment Reserve fund for new monitors.  Monitors to be purchased by September 30 with any remaining funds returned to the Equipment Reserve fund.

Second: Jonathan

Vote: Passes by voice vote.

NB2: Pressure washer for Laser beds (Jonathan)

Issue: Cleaning the honeycomb beds for the CO2 lasers is difficult without a hose/pressure washer. Screen printing at Leesburg, the side of the green room in Purcellville, and other parts of both locations would benefit from the availability of a pressure sprayer.
Solution:Purchase two small electric pressure washers, one for each location, and accompanying hoses. Pressure washer in Leesburg will be stored either in the metal shop, print shop, or dust/slop sink room. Pressure washer in Purcellville will be stored in the lower classroom bathroom or frame shop. It doesn’t require a board motion to change where the unit is stored, so these are just the initial suggestion. The unit to purchase are either https://www.homedepot.com/p/RYOBI-1900-PSI-1-2-GPM-Cold-Water-Wheeled-Corded-Electric-Pressure-Washer-RY1419MT/311223300 or https://www.homedepot.com/p/RYOBI-2100-PSI-1-2-GPM-Cold-Water-Corded-Electric-Pressure-Washer-with-Foamer-RY142012/337573998 TBD..
Relevance to Tax Exempt Status: None
Motion:  Move to approve $500 for the purchase of two Ryobi pressure washers, plus any hose or attachments required, to come from the Equipment Reserve Fund. All funds to be spent by 09/30/2026 with any remaining funds to returned to the Equipment Reserve Fund.

Second:  Jim

Vote:  Passes by voice vote.

Open Discussion

Discuss a plan for member communications around cleaning up, reporting issues etc. as angry posts in Slack aren't going to reach everyone.  Perhaps renewed "Anonymously report an issue" signs, short emails to Members in addition to info in the newsletter, new signs about everyone being volunteers/no one being paid to clean up others mess.   Reminder that Membership can be revoked for repeated issues.  Shouldn't be hard to do some or all of the above.

Suggestions: 

Checklist in each shop.

Someone making a mess is directed (perhaps by Steward or other person) to attend the next workday.

Renewed signage.  (Failure to clean up can result in <some consequence>!)  (Video recording in progress.)

Email to all members.

President will talk with Stewards and others to potentially implement some selection of these ideas.

Rob will present discussion information to board for a possible camera upgrade next meeting.

Executive Session

Adjournment

Meeting adjourned by Jonathan at h6:mm57

Next Board Meeting will be September 30th.