Time and Location: 

Call to Order: 

Approval of Prior Minutes. 

Consent Agenda. 

Officer Reports. 

Committee Reports: 

Unfinished Business. 

New Business. Open Discussion. 

Closed Session. 

Adjournment 

Time and Location:

Makersmiths Leesburg Lower Classroom and on-line

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

Dial in (audio only): ‪(US) +1 650-781-0577‬ PIN: ‪453 302 284#‬
Other numbers: https://tel.meet/cih-ehxi-wbc?pin=9082856231045

 Call to Order:

Meeting called to order by Jonathan at h:mm pm.

Approval of Prior Minutes

2026-07-29 Meeting of the Board of Directors

Motion by Jonathan to approve prior meeting minutes

Second: 

Vote:  

 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: 

Officer Reports

Chairperson:

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President: (David Lang)

Secretary:

David Lang was appointed as President by Consent in Lieu

Consent in Lieu - New President
Inbox
Makersmiths Secretary <secretary@makersmiths.org>
    
    
to Jonathan, Jennifer, Rob, Bo, Brad, Evin, James
DIRECTORS, YOU MUST CLICK REPLY TO THIS EMAIL AND INDICATE IN YOUR REPLY YOUR YEA OR NAY VOTE. (You can use reply all if you like, but simple reply works.)

Issue: New President

Solution:  David Lang would like to be appointed.

Relevance to Tax Exempt Status: None

Motion: Move to Appoint David Lang as President of Makersmiths effective upon approval.

I need a reply from each of you indicating your vote either in favor or against this motion.
Unless the issue passes unanimously, it will not carry.
I'd like your response by Friday August 14, 2026, 5pm EST. 

David's bio attached.

Thanks,
Jim.

James Waldron
     Aug 11, 2026, 6:48 PM (2 days ago)
Yes.

Brad Hess
    Aug 11, 2026, 7:34 PM (2 days ago)
Approved Sent from my iPhone On Aug 11, 2026, at 6:48 PM, Makersmiths Secretary <secretary@makersmiths.org> wrote: <David Lang Volunteer Bio.pdf>

Evin Grano
    Aug 11, 2026, 9:29 PM (2 days ago)
I vote yes

Rob Donahue
    Aug 12, 2026, 12:50 PM (1 day ago)
Hi, I concur On Aug 11, 2026, at 9:29 PM, Evin Grano <evin.grano@makersmiths.org> wrote:

 
Jennifer Chu
    Aug 12, 2026, 8:36 PM (19 hours ago)
I vote yes. Thanks, Jen

Jonathan White
12:59 PM (2 hours ago)
 I vote yes.

Bo Wernick
    yes from Bo. 

Treasurer:

.pdf PDF

Committee Reports:

Membership Committee (Ken Fuentecilla)

No Report Received.

 PDF PDF PDF

Marketing Committee (Allie Graves)

No Report Received.

Leesburg Facility Committee (John Carter)

. PDF

Purcellville Facility Committee (Dave Painter)

No Report Received.

Scheduling Committee (Jennifer Chu)

 P PDFDF PDF

IT Report (Rob Donahue)

No Report Received.

But we do have a new little girl potential member, Nora Jane Donahue.

 PDF

Newsletter Committee (Jen Lupo Reese)

Worked with Diane Painter on August 4th on the latest issue and we sent it out at 1:10 pm.

Grant Committee (Christopher Meid)

August Grant Committee Report - Shortcut.lnk

Standing Rules Committee (Jonathan White)

No Report Received.

Finance Committee (Mary Waldron)

No Finance Committee meeting was held.  Nothing to Report

Unfinished Business

OB1: 

New Business

NB1: Monitor Refresh (Rob_

Issue: Many of our computer monitors are quite old and some are failing
Solution: Purchase replacement monitors according to on of the following proposals.

Relevance to Tax Exempt Status: None
Motion: 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: 

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: 

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.

Executive Session

Adjournment

Meeting adjourned by Jonathan at h:mm

Next Board Meeting will be September 30th.