Meeting Called to Order 7:35 PM

Introductions of new members and Announcements

• First Friday

• Squirrel has contact Solla regarding Leesburg First Fridays

• Someone can go to the Very Virginia Shop on First Friday to direct traffic to Makersmiths

• Very Virginia Shop Display

• Squirrel has arranged to have several shelves with signage and items made at Makersmiths on display

• All communication regarding these items should go through Squirrel; not directly through Solla

• Scout Merit Badge Counselors Needed

• Allon has requested folks who are willing to act as counselors for Merit Badges

• Requirements for badges are not rigorous so commitment is minimal

• For info: see new group on Slack #scouting

• Non-profit Leadership Symposium

• Dave Painter offered flyers for Symposium to be held at Shenandoah University

• October 10, 8-3

• Ann Margret requested the following

• Volunteers to assist with cleaning the future sewing room

• Replacement to be available for Tuesday night open houses

Membership Update:

• 57 members

• 23 memberships

• 50 active

• 5 new members

Treasurer Update

• Pursuing tax exemption for personal property tax from Loudoun County

• Goal to Increase of memberships to 97 by Dec 2018

• Currently 24K in the bank

• Credit Card payments and donations can now be accepted on site

• Reimbursement requests must be approved by owners of individual spaces

Brad’s Update:

• Bylaws and policies have been updated (i.e. instructor pay and storage for members)

• Updated proposed items are on the Wiki (wiki.makersmiths.org)

• Will be available for comment for 30 days (IF you don’t want to make public comment, send to Brad

• After 30 days, board will vote

• Goal is to have new docs approved by January 1

• Mike Fistler reported that over $600 was raised at the Bluemont Fair with the Cow Train

Mark’s Update:

• There was a great turnout at last month’s First Friday (for future info, see Slack channel #FirstFriday

• Jesse is contact for Purcellville Tag Sale happening Saturday, October 7th.

• Items for sale include warehouse items and any items folks wish to donate

• Booth location is still in question, but it is thought to be at Southern States

• Fall Farm Tour

• Slack channel #FallFarmTour

• Plan to make fidget spinners

• Social Media

• Interactions have increased

• Jesse will take over site; options are being considered

• Possibility of Wordpress site with Wild Apricot embedded

• Social Outreach

• K2M, a corporate sponsor of over 10K/year has requested a presentation to be given to their engineers about the availability in the space

• October 30 or 1st week of November

Purcellville Update-Dave Painter

• Good progress

• Mike Fistler brokered a deal with Beckstrom to do electric and give a full year to pay; they are ready to go

• Waiting for Dominion Power (leveraging political power to force progress)

• Workdays have been successful

• Demo is almost complete, supplies purchased, reframing ready

• Local concrete co.to pave floor

• Workdays will be scheduled for every Saturday in October and November

• All big distribution equipment has been donated

Leesburg Update

• Pat has been cleaning the back classroom

• Cisco TV will be relocated back there

• Tables and Chairs

• Ted’s Office will soon be available

• Wood Shop-Dust collection is up but still needs power

• If you are using the tables in the main room, cover them with paper

Berryville Storage Update

• Storage unit has been sorted and organized (over 3 weekends)

• There are 3 more tables worth of stuff

• Brad is proposing a MakerCycling event in the Leesburg lot to make excess items available for repurposing

• Any scrap metal or wood will be recycled; if anyone wants something, contact Brad to determine availability

• May have a buyer for the dust collector

Meeting adjourned at 8:30 pm