Board of Directors Meeting 2025-05-18

Board of Directors Meeting 2025-05-18

May 18, 2025  Meeting Minutes [APPROVED]

Xerocraft Board of Directors

Monthly  Meeting

Sunday, May 18, 2025  in person at Xerocraft

Meeting called to order at 1:01pm

In attendance:  Mike Runde, Dusty Reyes, Don Cue, Ben Winkler, Bob Foster, David Nordahl 

  • Approve meeting minutes from April 13, 2025 Board meeting and April 19, 2025 Member meeting– unanimous approval for both
  • President’s Report by Dusty
  • Dusty went over proposed By-law changes. Goal is to make additions and modifications to present to Board at next meeting.
  • After a heated discussion, the Board took a 15 minute cooling-off break. Meeting called back to order at approx 1:30
  • Geoff will send his By-law re-writes via email to the Board for review.
  • Treasurer Report by Ben
  • Class revenue is up, donations are up. 
  • Expenses are holding steady. 
  • Membership Report
  • Nothing to report
  • Secretary Report by Mike
  • AZ Corp Comm website has been changed to add David Nordahl as Board member.
  • WAMO has said that the July Consumer Price Rent increase will be offset by an equal amount due to the improvements that XC has made, no rent increase for 2025-2026.
  • Operations Report by Mike
  • Electrical upgrade has been completed resulting in approx 30% more available power. We now have a 200 amp 3 Phase panel. 
  • Material has been ordered for a new rear door. This will be paid by WAMO. XC responsible for their own latch and closers.
  • Mike and Jeremy have created a list of approx 12 small projects to be completed in XC space. These will be tackled as time allows.
  • Mike is still working with WAMO for a lighted sign over the front door. 
  • Programming Report by Geoff
  • New Fusion 360 class has been added, needed for the CNC mill. Also another class that will transition from Fusion 360 to SolidWorks.
  • Blacksmithing classes and Open Forge continue.
  • Welding and fabrication classes are full.
  • KMKR is getting close to announcing a DJ class.
  • XC should consider charging a “re-processing fee” for re-scheduling classes. 
  • Public Relations Report
  • No report
  • Fundraising Report by David
  • David is learning fundraising from other organizations.
  • Working on fundraising policy and guidelines. Update at next Board meeting


Next meeting Sunday, June 15, 2025, 1pm at Xerocraft.

Meeting adjourned at 3:05pm.