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October 4th, 2023

Makersmiths Monthly Member Meeting

Location: Meeting Link: http://meet.google.com/vbf-xhga-csx

Phone Number (‪US‬) ‪+1 570-630-1100‬ PIN: 368 823 885#

Type: Virtual

Notice given: Standing Rules, Slack, email, website.

Time Started 7:30 PM EST  

Officers present:


Yes

No

Beverly Murdock

Secretary


  

Squirrl

President



John Dubelko

Treasurer



Christa Stern

Bookkeeper



Meeting 

  • Introduce New Members!
  • Host Comments - Jessee M filling in:
    • Events - go to #marketing in Slack
      • Catoctin Harvest Festival: October 21st at Catoctin Elementary School.  Contact Millsap if you want to help.
    • New Equipment
      • New - Sublimation Printer and accessories
      • New - Nova 24 Laser Cutter
      • Coming Soon - Nova 51 Laser Cutter
    • We Have an Empty Board Seat!
    • Bev Murdock plans on getting out nomination forms in next week. and all nominees will be invited to speak at next member meeting.
  • Education News (Diane Painter) 
    • Join the #k12educational Slack channel if you're interested in the youth education initiatives or want more on one of the information points below
    • Loudoun School Business Partnership Executive Council (SBP) that will host its annual career shadowing event, “Job For a Day” on November 6, 2023. The goal is for students to get an introductory and general experience to an industry, company, occupation, or overall career field.
    • There are industry resources that are free for teachers, parents and students wishing to explore clean energy topics while building STEM and critical thinking skills.
    • KidWind information meeting for parents will be organized toward the beginning of November.  We will begin KidWind activities again in December and they will run through mid-March with the aim to participate in the Northern VA KidWind Challenge at Shenandoah University on March 14.
  • Membership Report
    • 310 members (down five from last month), 227 memberships, 16 new members in last 30 days and 4 new members in last 7 days. We need more members ! ! ! !  If anyone has friend, acquaintance, relative that may be interested, send ’em our way.   Email us at info@makersmiths.org
  • Finances (John Dubelko) 

July 2023

Year to Date

Year to date Over/Under 

Revenue

$19,955.65

$119,394.20

-$14,112.80

Expenses

-$10,353.39

-$81,907.71

-$472.75

Net income/loss

$9,602.26

$37,486.49

-$12,897.24


  • Board Report
    • Board approved the purchase of two laser cutters! One large new one for Leesburg, and one smaller previously owned one for Purcellville
    • They also approved the repair costs for the Tormach
    • Mark Milsap was voted in as the new Membership Chair
  • Committees

Committee

Chairperson

Membership

Mark Milsap

Marketing

Jason Gilligan

Website

Maggie Toth

Leesburg Facility 

Jessee Maloney

Purcellville Facility

Dave Painter

Scheduling

Jennifer Chu

Newsletter

Melissa Kowalski

Information Technology

Scott Silvers

Maintenance

Dave Painter

STEM CommitteeDiane Painter
Bylaws and Standing RulesJonathan White

Finance

John Dubelko

  • Facility, Shop and Tool Stewards
    • Link to wiki page of Room, Shop and Tool Stewards
    • New Stewardships
      • Multipurpose Craft Room - Purcellville
    • Open Stewardships:
      • Paint Booth, Powder Coating, Blasting Cabinet
      • HP Plotter
      • Vinyl Cutter
  • Member Project Showcase - what did you make?  
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