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May 1st, 2024

Makersmiths Monthly Member Meeting

Location: Makersmiths-Leesburg (Classroom)


Meeting Link: meet.google.com/ubz-ykxr-kiu

Phone Number (‪US‬) ‪+1 304-609-2532 
PIN: 114 333 983#

Type: Hybrid

Notice given: Standing Rules, Slack (thanks John Carter!), website.

Time Started 7:30 PM EST  

Officers present:


Yes

No

Beverly Murdock

Secretary


   


President



John Dubelko

Treasurer



Christa Stern

Bookkeeper



Meeting 

  • Introduce New Members
  • Education News (Diane Painter)
    • KidWind high school team "La Wai" is at Worlds event at Minneapolis Convention Center at national competition.  La Wai went on from competition which was held at the Virginia State KidWind Challenge at James Madison University this past April 6th.  La Wai is coached by Justin McMillen and Maria Busuioceanu.
  • Board Report
    • Forms for June Elections was released April 1st
    • Candidate Introductions:
      • Jennifer Chu
      • Bo Wernick
      • Evin Grano

Committees

Bylaws and Standing Rules

Jonathan White

  • There’s a channel #rules-and-bylaws-review where people are welcome to contribute. They’ll need a Makersmiths email to access the documents and they can be setup with one pretty quickly. Just join the channel and let Jonathan White know. It won’t be an immediate response though. Figuring out how best to have a committee review that’s manageable and balanced with getting input from the members.  (Same as last month)
  • Board considering naming Officers from Board Members change to Bylaws
  • Looking for someone else to take on Bylaws and Standing Rules Committee Chair.

Finance

John Dubelko



March 2024

Year to Date

Revenue

$15,783.23$35,099.27

Expenses

$12,251.15

$25,847.84

Net income/loss

$3,532.08

$9,251.43

  • Scott Silvers contacting CPA firms to assist new Treasurer


Information Technology

Scott Silvers

  • $3,581 spent on new computers (see 3/27 Board meeting notes)
  • When is next IT Committee meeting?

Leesburg Facility 

Jessee Maloney

  • The Room Switch-A-Roo is still happening. Please contact Jessee if you would like to work on projects that include woodworking, building and the cnc! 
  • Jessee appreciates your patience during this time.
  • Next Leesburg Facility Committee meeting scheduled for Tuesday, May 7th at 7:00 pm in the Main Room.  (Jessee please confirm, because it's not on the calendar as of 5/1/24)

Purcellville Facility

Dave Painter


Marketing

Jason Gilligan

  • Meeting scheduled for 5/20 at 7:00 pm.   Note in event says Google Meet link will be shared in #marketing channel just before the meeting.

Membership

Mark Millsap

  • 328 members, 156.2 FTE
  • Next Committee meeting is scheduled for May 7th at 7:00 pm at Makersmiths-Leesburg.   We do the New Member Orientations, and staff Open Houses at MS-P & MS-L for prospective new members.

Newsletter

Melissa Kowalski

  • Melissa is 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. 
  • She is also looking for volunteers to help hunt down stories and photos.

Scheduling

Jennifer Chu

  • Tim Cotter has been working on a new system to make sure members get the classes they need. He has put together a presentation to show more about the Notify Me system:
  • Please DM Diane Painter on the Scheduling Committee if you are interested in taking the lead on a family- friendly workshop this summer. In the past we have had electronic and soldering, Tinkercad, Arduino workshops- just as a few examples.
  • What kind of classes would everyone like to see? message Diane Painter with your ideas!

Website

Maggie Toth

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  • Stewards

Room/Machine

Steward(s)

Location(s)

Notes

Purcellville Facility

Dave Painter

Purcellville

  • Next workday is Saturday, May 4th starting at 9am

Leesburg Facility 

Jessee Maloney

Leesburg

  • Next workday is Saturday, May 11th, starting at 9am

3D Printing

Scott Silvers

Leesburg & Purcellville

  • New donated printer and reels of carbon fiber filament at MS-P.
  • Scott:  The donor would like a letter for tax purposes.

Arts, Crafts & Stained Class Area in Purcellville

Ken Fuentecilla & Dawn Martin

Purcellville Lower Building

  • Pilot Stained Glass Sun Catcher class this past Sunday.  

Arts, Crafts & Sewing Area in Leesburg

Jessee Maloney

Leesburg

  • The Leesburg Arts, Craft & Sewing area is looking for a co-steward or main steward!

Big Red CNC

Brass Hess & Jonathan White

Leesburg


Big Blue

Jonathan White

Purcellville


Blacksmithing

Adam "Squirrl" McClintock & Jim Waldron

Purcellville Lower Building


Blast/Paint/ Powder Coating

Evin Grano

Purcellville


Ceramics

Bo Wernick

Purcellville Lower Building

  • Two Ceramics classes offered in May.  As of today both classes are filled.
  • New instructors needed.  

Cosplay Area

Maggie & Jason Gilligan

Leesburg


Electronics

Mark Millsap

Leesburg

  • Electronics has been meeting during Electronics nights (every other Thursday, the next one is tomorrow night at 7pm) to work on plan for Electronics downstairs.  Have Space Program ready for review and working on Space Plans.
  • Michael Ruzinsky has ideas for dealing with some of the surplus.

Gardening

Mary Waldron & Jennifer Chu

Leesburg & Purcellville

  • Planting soon at Ida Lee   (See #gardening channel and/or Skip Smith if interested)
  • Contact the stewards if you are interested in assisting at MS-L or MS-P

HP Plotter

Randy Holland 

Purcellville


Laser Cutters

John Dubelko & Jessee Maloney & John Carter

Leesburg & Purcellville

  • Universal Laser cutter being traded for a new UV Printer.
  • Stewards working on "Connecting to controller . . ." error on NOVA-51.  If you encounter this error turn it off and back on.  May have to do that several times.

Metal Shop in Leesburg & Tormach

Brad Hess

Leesburg


Metal Shop in Purcellville

Dave Painter &

Purcellville


Plasma Cutter

Jim Waldron

Purcellville


Printmaking

John Carter

Leesburg


Purcellville Green Room

OPEN

Purcellville

  • Needs a Steward!

Purcellville Woodshop

Dave Painter

Purcellville


Snack Area

J Wang

Leesburg

 

Sublimation Printer

Diane Bollinger

Leesburg


UV Printer

Jessee Maloney & John Carter

Leesburg


Vacuum Formers

Jessee Maloney

Leesburg


Vinyl Cutter & Cricuts

OPEN

Leesburg & Purcellville

  • Needs a Steward! ASAP!

Welding

Jim Waldron & John Johnson

Purcellville


Woodshop in Leesburg

Mike Dewan

Leesburg

  • Message from Mike Dewan: Please clean up the woodshop when you finish!!! Recent members have left with dust, wood chips, and tools over all surfaces. If the trash can is 2/3 or more full please empty it and place a new trash bag in the can. The woodshop steward does not have cleaning up after you as one of his responsibilities.

Woodturning`

Ken Fuentecilla & Bryan Boston

Leesburg

  • Ken has been hard at work making new handles



Members present: 

  • Facility, Shop and Tool Stewards
    • Link to wiki page of Room, Shop and Tool Stewards
    • New Stewardships:
      • Sublimation: Diane Bollinger
    • Open Stewardships:
      • Purcellville Green Room
      • Vinyl Cutter & Cricuts
  • Member Project Showcase - what did you make?  





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