January 3rd, 2024
Makersmiths Monthly Member Meeting
Location: http://meet.google.com/ubz-ykxr-kiu
Dial-in: (US) +1 304-609-2532
PIN: 114 333 983#
Type: Virtual
Notice given: Standing Rules, Slack, email, website.
Time Started 7:30 PM EST
Officers present: |
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Beverly Murdock | Secretary |
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Squirrl | President |
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John Dubelko | Treasurer |
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Christa Stern | Bookkeeper | X |
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Attendance: 31 accounts signed on with 38 members present.
Meeting
- Introduce New Members! A large handful joined in December!!
- Host Comments - Jessee M filling in:
- Events - go to #marketing in Slack
- MagFest in January - We have hit our max number of volunteers and now need help prepping for the event. Jessee will be putting up a to-do list soon in the #volunteers_needed channel
- All Socials have been cancelled for 2024
- New Equipment
- New - Nova 51 & 24 Laser Cutters are running beautifully and Rotary Classes are coming very soon! The holiday season took over and we got a little behind. Advanced Classes show up here and there.
- New & Coming Soon
- MS-L Metal Shop is undergoing a transformation right now, and I highly recommend taking a look!
- the Leesburg Committee and stewards are meeting next week to discuss some major changes in room placements and more. Currently we are looking to move/switch around the classroom, 3d printing, electronics, cosplay and printmaking to better accommodate each ones needs. Meeting notes will be posted on the wiki afterwards.
- The Purcellville craft and laser room has been undergoing changes as well! Jennifer and Ken even held a stained glass class there this past weekend.
- Transferred - the Universal Laser has been temporally moved to the lower building in Purcellville. Please see the #lasercutter channel for more information about precautions and such when using it. Please remember this is a temporary placement and we will eventually be selling it.
- Education News (Diane Painter will not be joining us tonight)
- No news for educational initiatives other than 3 KidWind teams are meeting now once a week with guidance from four coaches.
- Membership Report
- 323 members (up by 1 from last month), 25 new members in last 30 days and 7 new members in last 7 days.
- Finances (John Dubelko is out of the country)
- Board Report
- Board approved:
- Buying four licenses of Fusion 360
- Terminating the maintenance committee
- The 2024 Operating budget
- Committees
Committee | Chairperson | Notes |
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Membership | Mark Millsap | |
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Marketing | Jason Gilligan | - MAGFest registration coming along well; so far we have:
- 16 volunteers
- 2 panels
- 2 activities
- Annual membership survey will be conducted later in 2024, targeting June through August so that results are ready by October 2024 for planning purposes
- AwesomeCon Has opened up applications for their non-profit booths. Does anyone want to do this?
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Website | Maggie Toth | |
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Leesburg Facility | Jessee Maloney | - The Leesburg committee will be meeting Tuesday, Jan 9th at 6pm to discuss some possible changes in room placements.
- We have gone around asking members who use each room we are looking to move about what they think, and are open to hear suggestions ahead of time as well. You can send through SLACK to Jessee
- We will also be adding a suggestion box to the Leesburg location in the coming week.
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Purcellville Facility | Dave Painter | - Red Tool Classes at MSP for woodworking and metal shop are on the calendar through July. Let Diane or Dave know if you have an urgent need for RT training and classes fill up. They will try to work something out.
- Monthly workday this Saturday 9am until ??
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Scheduling | Jennifer Chu | |
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Newsletter | Melissa Kowalski | - Melissa is ALWAYS looking for stories and photos for the newsletter! It doesn't have to be perfect, she is totally fine editing it all to make it fit.
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Information Technology | Scott Silvers | - Some new computers coming soon. Fusion360 licensed versions will be available soon.
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Maintenance
| Dave Painter
| NO LONGER A COMMITTEE and will not be on next months list |
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| Bylaws and Standing Rules | Jonathan White | - Jonathan is working on getting a committee meeting on the calendar
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Finance | John Dubelko | - John is currently out of town and therefore does not have a report to give.
- You can see the financial report in last months Board Meeting here in wiki if you are curious.
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Room/Machine | Steward(s) | Location(s) | Notes |
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Purcellville Facility | Dave Painter | Purcellville | - Dave worked on the table saw at MSP last night and replaced bearings but the table needs tweaking. That is why the out of commission sign is still on it.
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Leesburg Facility | Jessee Maloney | Leesburg | - There will be a workday this month! Finally! Saturday, Jan 13th 9-2pm. Jessee will be hosting the first half, and ken will be there for the second half. A to-do list will be added to the Leesburg SLACK channel after the Leesburg committee meeting on Tuesday.
- We are still waiting on an electrician to come and set up a dedicated plug for the Roland UV Printer in the main room on the back right wall. Once it's installed, the Roland will be moved to it's new, hopefully permanent, home. We would like to hang displays/samples when that happens as well, so if you have any you would like to donate, please let Jessee or John Carter know.
- Member Storage is in a temporary state of change and will be eventually moving. Thank you to everyone who removed items that did not belong in there. HOWEVER, please stop adding to the room. We do not have enough volunteers to complete the project this month, but don't want more work for next month. Please also keep the door closed and do not leave projects in progress in there.
- The area around the new laser is also in a state of constant change! Please be patient with us while we figure things out.
- Jessee would like to thank Tami S. and her two daughters for all of the hard work they put into the Leesburg location this past week and a half! They painted, rehung stuff on the pegboard, wiped EVERYTHING down and more! I think they may be tied with Alisha for hours spent cleaning Leesburg this past month.
- There is a large piece of plywood that was left on the front porch. is it yours?
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3D Printing | Scott Silvers | Leesburg & Purcellville | - TWO NEW 3D Printing trainers coming soon, so expect more classes
- New Saturn 3 Ultra 12k Resin Printer was ordered and is being tested. Classes will go live soon
- Looking for teachers for the Resin Printing classes, MUST have prior experience with maintaining and using a resin printer
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| Arts, Crafts & Stained Class Area in Purcellville | Ken Fuentecilla & Dawn Martin | Purcellville Lower Building | - The room is still being built/put together. Keep an eye out for calls for help!
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| Arts, Crafts & Sewing Area in Leesburg | Jessee Maloney | Leesburg | - The Leesburg Arts, Craft & Sewing area is looking for a co-steward or main steward!
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Big Red CNC | Brass Hess & Jonathan White | Leesburg | - VCarve 11.5 has been updated on the computer
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Big Blue | Jonathan White & | Purcellville | - VCarve 11.5 has been updated on the computer
- check the #cnc channel for more info
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Blacksmithing | Adam "Squirrl" McClintock | Purcellville Lower Building | - its too cold to be doing this!!!!
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| Blast/Paint/Powder Coating | OPEN | Purcellville | |
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Ceramics | Bo Wernick | Purcellville Lower Building | - The sink is up and running with a catch pot to make cleanup easier.
- We have a bit of a backlog of ceramics that haven't been touched in a while. I'm going to start a countdown shelf where people's projects have 1 month to be picked up before they get shipped to a "ceramics studio in Florida". EDIT: its been a month...
- The extruder was ordered about 6 months ago, and has finally arrived! It's waiting to be picked up in Leesburg
- There is a heater in the room that works but the fan is broken. a Maintenance message has been sent
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Cosplay Area | Maggie & Jason Gilligan | Leesburg | - They are preparing for panels and displays at Magfest later this month!
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Electronics | Mark Millsap | Leesburg | |
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Gardening | Mary Waldron & Jennifer Chu | Leesburg & Purcellville | |
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HP Plotter | OPEN | Purcellville | |
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HVAC Filters | Dean Williamson | Leesburg | - Dean is always on top of this!
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Laser Cutters | John Dubelko & Jessee Maloney | Leesburg & Purcellville | - The area around the Nova 51 in Leesburg is in a constant state of change, please be patient while we figure things out. Also, if you are not a steward, please do not go behind the machine unless you are taking off the pass through cover. Also, do not add anything back there. It's already getting cluttered.
- More classes are on the way! please be patient, or contact one of our current trainers to see if they can add a class:
- Jonathan White, Tim Cotter, Mark Millsap, Ralph Pugh, Jason McCoy
- We need a few more trainers temporarily! If you have been re-trained and feel comfortable on the machine, please contact Jessee M or John Dubelko through SLACK
- Rotary Classes coming soon!
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| Metal Shop in Leesburg & Tormach | Brad Hess | Leesburg | - Powder Coating and Anodizing areas are set up and ready for use. Contact Brad Hess with questions about training or to be shown what's different between this setup and Purcellville's.
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| Metal Shop in Purcellville | Dave Painter & | Purcellville |
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| Plasma Cutter | Jim Waldron | Purcellville |
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| Printmaking | John Carter | Leesburg | - Printmaking classes will be starting up this year!
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| Purcellville Green Room | OPEN | Purcellville | |
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| Purcellville Woodshop | Dave Painter | Purcellville |
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Snack Area | J Wang | Leesburg | |
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Sublimation Printer | Jessee Maloney & TBA | Leesburg | - Classes will not be starting until 2024 and a new steward will hopefully be announced in Feb.
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UV Printer | Jessee Maloney & John Carter | Leesburg | |
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Vacuum Formers | Jessee Maloney | Leesburg | - A We R Memory Keepers Mold Press Vacuform Machine was added to arsenal last month thanks to Erin Werling! It has been unboxed, tested and is on the wooden shelves in the Leesburg Main Room.
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Vinyl Cutter & Cricuts | OPEN | Leesburg & Purcellville | |
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Welding | Jim Waldron & John Johnson | Purcellville |
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| Woodshop in Leesburg | Mike Dewan | Leesburg | - The drum sander is back up and running
- The remote to the dust collector went missing during the holiday season and was found. It is still acting up though, so please be patient.
- A new 5" orbital sander was purchased to replace the old one that was dying
- If you have left any wood stashed away in the shop, please come get it ASAP! We will be disposing of any pieces left in 2 weeks EDIT: 2 weeks have passed since the first call out! It's all going to a better home now.
- As always, please please clean up after yourself!
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Woodturning` | Ken Fuentecilla & Bryan Boston | Leesburg | |
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- Facility, Shop and Tool Stewards
- Link to wiki page of Room, Shop and Tool Stewards
- New Stewardships
- Open Stewardships:
- Paint Booth, Powder Coating, Blasting Cabinet
- Purcellville Green Room
- HP Plotter
- Vinyl Cutter & Cricuts
- Member Project Showcase - what did you make?
- Dawn & Kayl Martin showed off Kayl's custom painted barrel, and Bob R. showed off the stained glass pieces he made his sister in law.
Time Ended 8:23 PM EST