The Villages Woodworkers Club

Board of Directors Meeting

March 28, 2019

 

Call to Order

A board of directors meeting of The Village Woodshop was held on March 28, 2019 at 704 Oak Street The Villages, Florida.  The meeting was called to order at 7:00 PM and was presided over by Mike Cromwell, Chairman, with Byron Porter Jr., secretary. A quorum was met and established.

Attendees

Voting members in attendance included:

Glenn Croteau, Harm Borfitz, Mike Cromwell, John Scott, Judy Meyers, John Warner, Stephan Yovan, Bob Bell

 

Members not in attendance included:

Alvin Corenblum

 

Guests in attendance included:

Byron Porter Jr., Doug Parks, Mike Borfitz, Jim Spallone

 

Non-BOD guest Business
Norman Berube appeared before the committee. He was late in paying his dues because his son had medical problems. Norm was gone for period of 3 months in order to help his son recover.  Motion to approve Norm Berube be allowed to pay dues and continue as a member was presented by Harm Borfitz and seconded by Stephan Yovan and unanimously approved by all.

 

Approval of Previous Minutes
Motion to approve the minutes of the previous February 28, 2019 meeting was made by, Glenn Croteau and seconded by, Harm Borfitz unanimously approved by all with any additions and/or corrections

 

Officers’ Reports

Chairman Report was presented by Mike Cromwell:

·         Certification for full day went very well.

·         John Herega has agreed to take the position of Nomination Chairperson.

·         Proposed Guidelines For Attending A BOD Meeting. (Proposal to Resolution Form #3 - Dated March 5, 2019) Motion to approve POR #3 as amended was made by, Harm Borfitz and seconded by, Bob Bell and unanimously approved by all with any additions and/or corrections.

 

President’s Report was presented by Mike Borfitz.

·         Second shop – The Village would like to use the Rec Center System to monitoring usage of our shop. Mike will have our IT People contact The Villages Personal to see if we cannot come up with an electronic transfer that might satisfy both parties concerns.

·         A discussion on deliveries and the size of the truck we can get into the new shop.  The Villages clearly stated that we were not to use the fire station roadway for delivery.

·         The elevator conversation was reopened for discussion. The cost of a commercial elevator was scaled back from $150,000 to $50,000. The VWC will be responsible for any cost that exceed the original $50,000 offered by The Villages.

·         If the elevator can be Installed, it will open up 2,500 sq feet of balcony space.

·         Motion to approve spending up to $100,000 to install an elevator was made by, Glenn Croteau and seconded by, Stephan Yovan and unanimously approved by all with any additions and/or corrections.

 

Vice President Report was presented by Jim Spallone

·         No report.

 

Treasure Report Presented by Doug Parks

·         Presented Balance Sheets (See Hand Out)

·         Motion to approve the treasure’s report was made by Glenn Croteau and seconded by John Warner and unanimously approved by all.

 

Shop Administrator Presented by Glenn Croteau

·         John Vasquez will need to close the shop down for 2 days at or near the end of April for maintenance to the building.

·         Glenn wants to make changes to monitors check list.

·         During monitor shutdown Glenn would like to have his people come in to overhaul the machinery.

 

Safety Committee Report

·         Need a better system to follow shop related injuries.

 

Other Reports

·         Stephan Yovan talked about ideas relating to monitor duties that his committee was thinking about implementing.

 

Main Motions

 

Announcements
  

Adjournment

Motion to adjourn meeting was made by Glenn Croteau and seconded
by Harm Borfitz Motion was approved by all.

 

SECRETARY APPROVAL:
(Signature & Date)