Google Meet Link: meet.google.com/ubz-ykxr-kiu
Phone Number (US) +1 304-609-2532
PIN: 114 333 983#
Type: Virtual
Notice given: Standing Rules, Slack, website.
Time Started 7:30 PM EST
Officers present: | Yes | No | |
Nedim Ogelman | President | X |
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| Jonathan White | Chairman | X | |
Mary Waldron | Treasurer | X | |
| Bo Wernick | Secretary | X | |
Agenda
Makersmiths 10th Anniversary Picnic
Sept 29th at Leesburg, 1pm - 6pm
If you're interested in helping in any way, please join the #10-yr-anniversary-party-planning channel on Slack
Need RSVPs and need to know what people may bring
Introduce New Members
Heather Lataille
Ethan Singleton
Secretary
Election nominees to Board of Directors
John Carter - steward in several areas, broaden stewardship, engage community, expectations and responsibilities of members, put energy in right places
Jim Waldron - previously served two years ago, initiated reserve fund, concerned about MS-L, MS-P rivalry, concerns about retaliation, strategic planning, increased membership input
OpaVote.com - electronic web voting, everyone gets one vote via email, anonymous, voting closes at 7pm on September 12, 2024. Contact secretary@makersmiths.org for any issues.
Education News (Diane Painter)
Newsletter went out yesterday. Highlighting education. Community member with contact information in newsletter wants Makersmiths member (Emily) willing to offer courses to 6th graders interested in Odyssey of the Mind: Electronics, sowing for costumes.
Finances (Mary Waldron)
Diane, 2nd annual Halloween Haunted house - getting to know your cricut.
Kidwind 1st week in December
New school year, students asking Makersmiths for mentorship, new walker, coordinate through Diane
Board Report
Updated fee schedule for hourly tools.
Garbage service starting in Purcellville
10th Anniversary Party in Leesburg
New Board member election
Marketing Committee, Membership Committee need new chair position volunteers
Treasurers Report
Great month in July Best month ever. Detailed report on
Committee Reports
Committee | Chair | Notes |
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Bylaws and Standing Rules | Jennifer Chu | Meeting a couple of weeks ago next meeting next Monday. Minutes on the Wiki. Meeting |
Finance | Mary Waldron | Finance Committee met yesterday evening. Reaching out to stewards to get budget information. Spreadsheet to be returned from each steward. Focusing on inventory in January |
Information Technology | Scott Silvers | NTR |
Leesburg Facility | Jessee Maloney | NTR |
Marketing | OPEN | Thanks to Jason Gilligan for all of his work as chair of the committee. Please contact a Board member if you are interested in chairing this committee. The Marketing Committee helps with our community outreach and oversees the various events that we participate in to find new members. Some or our past events have been the Leesburg Flower & Garden Show, MAGFest, Loudoun Pride, & the Catoctin Harvest Festival. |
Membership | OPEN | Mark was Membership Chair a year ago and wants to move. Membership chair 5 hours a week. |
Newsletter | Jenna Conn | New editor with newsletter. Second month producing a newsletter. Diane will stay on to support with content. Melissa Kowalski trained Jenna |
Purcellville Facility | Dave Painter | Cleared out the bay and arranged for donation of concrete and labor. Plans to bring in CnC Plasma Cutter. Waiting for the concrete company to tell us when they will do it. Huge Thanks to Mike Keen for bringing his scoot skidded. Filled potholes with rest of gravel. Thank you to Mike Davis for transporting the skit steer. Workday this Saturday from 9am to noon. Air compressor and drill press in were down but are now up an running. Green room cabinet project. |
Scheduling | Jennifer Chu | Scheduling committee post classes on the calendar and are always looking for teach |
Website | Maggie Gilligan |
Steward Reports
Room/Machine | Steward(s) | Location(s) | Notes |
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Purcellville Facility | Dave Painter | Purcellville |
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Leesburg Facility | Jessee Maloney | Leesburg |
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3D Printing | Scott Silvers | Leesburg & Purcellville |
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Arts & Crafts Area in Purcellville | Ken Fuentecilla & Dawn Martin | Purcellville Lower Building | Crafts to classroom |
Arts, Crafts & Sewing Area in Leesburg | Jessee Maloney | Leesburg | |
Big Red CNC | Brass Hess & Jonathan White | Leesburg | |
Big Blue | Jonathan White | Purcellville | Big Blue is going fine. fully functional. Loud so need coordination with classes going on at same time. Coordinate on calendar. |
Blacksmithing | Adam "Squirrl" McClintock & Jim Waldron | Purcellville Lower Building | fully functional. project looking to get done hydraulic press to replace |
Blast/Paint/ Powder Coating | Evin Grano | Purcellville | All up and running |
Ceramics | Bo Wernick | Purcellville Lower Building | New classes coming soon, Learn to use the wheel, make garden markers and watering spikes Robin Hudspeth Schenck - planning a ceramics social, more info to come! Daytime platters class on Sept. 25 |
Cosplay Area | Maggie & Jason Gilligan | Leesburg | NTR |
Electronics | Mark Millsap | Leesburg | Task completed floor in Leesburg. Big thank you to Michael Rosinski, Dillap, other volunteers. Get together Thurs Sept. 12 to see about next steps to move project forward. |
Gardening | Mary Waldron & Jennifer Chu | Leesburg & Purcellville | New member Carol active in getting weeds out of front and back garden at Leesburg and at Purcellville. Plan to do fall planting and again in spring. |
HP Plotter | Randy Holland | Purcellville | NTR |
HVAC Filters | Dean Williamson | Leesburg | As always, Dean is on top of this. Thanks Dean! |
Laser Cutters | Jessee Maloney & John Carter | Leesburg & Purcellville | Fiber laser just about ready for classes thanks Jonathan White. Leesburg cutters going fine |
Metal Shop in Leesburg & Tormach | Brad Hess | Leesburg | NTR |
Metal Shop in Purcellville | Dave Painter | Purcellville | Things moving in and out. Big project to get metal shop reorganized and set to suit current needs of membership. After concrete poured in end bay, need to reframe front wall and install garage door. |
Plasma Cutter | Jim Waldron | Purcellville | Old plasma cutter still functional. We have a new plasma cutter donated by NoVa Labs. |
Printmaking | John Carter | Leesburg | building out printmaking space in back of building in |
Purcellville Green Room | OPEN | Purcellville | Still looking for a steward, REcent donation Cannon Photographic Printer. Looking to have a class on that. Watch for classes. No steward yet. |
Purcellville Lower Classroom | John Dubelko | Purcellville | Amy Copeley said blade in Cricut needed to be replaced. Diane replaced them. |
Purcellville Woodshop | Dave Painter | Purcellville | New to us sander oscilating horizontal belt sander. Not currently hooked up. needs new electrical circuit. coming online in the next few weeks. |
Snack Area | OPEN | Leesburg | |
Stained Glass Tools | Ken Fuentecilla | Purcellville | NTR |
Sublimation Printer | Diane Bollinger | Leesburg | NTR. Couple of Red Class. |
Roland Flatbed UV Printer & BN2-20 Sticker Printer | Diane Bollinger & Jessee Maloney | Leesburg | 32 people red tooled in last 30 days. used daily. |
Vacuum Formers | Jessee Maloney | Leesburg | NTR |
Vinyl Cutter & Cricuts | OPEN | Leesburg & Purcellville | Chris Rinner proposed for new steward Diane talked with her and |
Welding | Jim Waldron & John Johnson | Purcellville | Shop in good shape. Everything cranking. Nice new welding table |
Woodshop in Leesburg | Mike Dewan | Leesburg | Sawstop out of commission for a while. if you need it urgently contact Mike. Joiner spewing dust. outlet tubes get clogged. Let Mike know and he can show you how to clean it up. Intermittent problems with drum sander fixed. |
Woodturning` | Ken Fuentecilla & Bryan Boston | Leesburg | NTR |