General Meeting of the Villages Woodshop Club

March 10, 2020

Laurel Manor Recreation Center

The regular monthly meeting of the VWC was called to order at 7:00 PM

Mike Borfitz, President, led the pledge of allegiance followed by a moment of silence.

Introduction of New Members and Guests:

• New members and visitors were welcomed and asked to introduce and tell a little about themselves.

Mike’s Announcements:

• Mike talked about the Monthly Department Reports and the amount of data carried in these reports that should be of great interest to the membership.

• The first CPR Classes were successful.  On March 24, 2020 another round of CPR Classes will be given. There is room for  2 more members to join this class.
• Work has started at the site of the second shop. Several members reported seeing construction workers on site.
• Tonight we need to ratify the changes to the bylaws.

General Announcements:

• Harm Borfitz gave a detailed talk on the bylaws.
  • Harm explained what bylaws were and why we have them.
  • The need to change the bylaws was partially driven by the opening of the second shop.
  • Harm then presented the bylaws in the form of a slide show explaining the how and why of each section.
  • It was determined that all the demands necessary for the balloting by the membership had been satisfied and that the vote could go ahead.

• The secretary called for a balloting of the membership to authorize or reject the modifications made to the Bylaws.
• The alterations to the bylaws were voted on by a raise of hands with the majority  of the membership voting in the affirmative with only one dissenting vote.
• The vote, easily exceeded the necessary 2/3 majority needed to pass.
•  What is to be referred to as the Multiple Sites ByLaw were ratified by the membership  on this date (3/10/2020) and will directly be the governing rules of The Village Workshop Club.

Open floor to questions:

Show and tell-

• John Herega showed several examples of turnings.
• Jill Bulmash showed an example of a plaque made using the new software for the CNC Machine. Jill showed how a picture could be embossed with great detail on the surface of the plaque.
•  Dipak Dhabuwala presented and talked about two large vases.
• Voytek Kulesza presented a modern grandfather clock, the works of the clock were made from wood.

50/50, Drawing:       paid out at $20.00, $20.00 and $20.00

The Meeting adjourned at 7:50 PM