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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  

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) 

• 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 Spindle
  • Mark Milsap was voted in as the new Membership Chair
  • Approved Emergency Repair budget for the Universal Laser Cutter 
  • Laptop Memory Upgrades 
• Committees

• 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?