Time and Location:

May 27, 2020 at 7:00PM at Virtual Meeting

Consent Agenda

Newly proposed agenda items appear in the consent agenda. Any member present at the meeting may pull an item out of the consent agenda for discussion, at which point it goes under "New Business". If nobody objects to the solutions presented by the consent agenda, everything in the consent agenda passes by consensus. Items that have more than one proposed solution should be moved to the "New Business" section.

Any member may edit this wiki page and place an item on the agenda. However, discussion of agenda items should be done via Slack. The cut-off time for addition to or revision of the consent agenda items is 48 hours prior to the meeting. Please note, agenda items (Consent, New, or Old) that request spending $250 or more must include a section on "Relevance to our tax exempt purpose".

CA1 Move Board Member Elections (John Dubelko )

Problem:  Due to the pandemic the organization has prioritized other needs before those of the board member election that are to take place at the June 2020 member meeting.  

Solution:  Hold elections of two new board members at the Sep 2020 member Meeting.   

Relevance to our tax exempt status: none

Motion:  Hold elections of two new board members at the Sep 2020 member Meeting. This temporally supersedes the standing rules dealing with elections and only applies to this year. The new board members will serve a modified term of office that will start on of October 1, 2020 and end on the normal cycle of July 1st 2022. 

CA2 Description (Brad Hess )

Problem: Jason Hill has applied for a complimentary membership.  (See attached)

Solution:  Extend a 3 month membership to Jason

Relevance to our tax exempt status: None

Motion:  Extend a 3 month membership to Jason Hill to continue as a membership given current hardships

CA3 Description (Brad Hess )

Problem:  Need to move co-located powercoating oven from ashburn to purcellville

Solution:  Allocate no more the 300.00 to hire a moving company

Relevance to our tax exempt status:  None

Motion:  Allocate 300.00 to hire a moving company to move the power coating over from Ashburn to purcellville.

Prior minutes

2020-04-29 Meeting of the Board of the Directors - Agenda/Minutes (CLOSED)

Officer Reports:

Chairman 

Secretary 

Treasurer

Financial Statement Presentation

Member Reports:

Committee Reports:

New Member Orientation Committee (Chairperson Jessee Maloney)

Membership Committee (ChairpersonMark R Millsap)

Social Outreach Committee:  (Chairperson Jessee Maloney)

Leesburg Facility Committee (Chairperson Brad Hess)

Purcellville Facility Committee (Chairperson Tom Hill)

Scheduling Committee (Chairperson Diane DeMott Painter)

Special Projects Committee (Chairperson Mike Werling)

Welding Committee (Chairperson Arthur 'Skip' Smith)

Newsletter Committee (Chairperson Erin Werling)

IT Committee (Chairperson Michael James)

Video Committee (Chairperson Adam "Squirrl" McClintock)

Custom Frame Shop Committee (Chairperson Anthony Lesink)

Radio Club Committee (Chairperson Allon Stern )

Old Business:

OB1 Description (Submitter's @name)

Problem:

Solution:

Relevance to our tax exempt status:

Proposed Motion:

OB2  Description (Submitter's @name)

Problem:

Solution:

Relevance to our tax exempt status:

Proposed Motion:

OB3 Description (Submitter's @name)

Problem:

Solution:

Relevance to our tax exempt status:

Proposed Motion:

New Business:

NB1 Booz Allen Grant Submittal  (John Dubelko )

Problem:  Small businesses will need items to get back up and running during and after the pandemic. This will create a financial hardship.

Solution:  Asking for a $62K grant from the Booz Allen Foundation to purchase equipment that Makersmiths can use to produce needed items for small business to reopen or remain open during the pandemic.. More info is in the grant request attached. 

Relevance to our tax exempt status: none

Proposed Motion: Accept the attached grant proposal.    Document 

NB2 Description (Submitter's @name)

Problem:

Solution:

Relevance to our tax exempt status:

Proposed Motion:

NB3 Description (Submitter's @name)

Problem:

Solution:

Relevance to our tax exempt status:

Proposed Motion:

Adjournment

Minutes: 

Action Items:

Approved Spending Tracking: