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May 1st, 2024, 7:30 pm

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	X
	President
John Dubelko	Treasurer		X
Christa Stern	Bookkeeper	X

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

Two new computers purchased to replace the Laser and Classroom computers. If you have any files stored on either computer make sure you back them up to your personal USB drive or the Z:\ drive in Leesburg.
Additional computers will be purchased over the next few months to replace other outdated machines.

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

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	Will need a bunch of help at the next Leesburg workday to help move equipment out of the 3d printing room and install new desks. New printer donated, need someone to bring it from Purcellville to Leesburg as I'm still restricted in what I can lift with my left arm.
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: 7 in-person & ~16 online

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?