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  • Introduce New Members
  • Education News (Diane Painter) 
  • Membership Report
    • 334 members, 158.7 FTE
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  • Finances (John Dubelko) 

Jan 2024

Year to Date

Year to date Over/Under 

Revenue

$19,316.04$19,316.04

Expenses

$13,596.69

$13,596.69


Net income/loss

$5,719.35

$5,719.35


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  • Board Report
    • Forms for June Elections was released April 1st

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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.

Finance

John Dubelko

  • See above report

Information Technology

Scott Silvers

  • None

Leesburg Facility 

Jessee Maloney

  • The Room Switch-A-Roo is still happening and in full swing! We need as many hands on deck during odd times throughout April & May. Please contact Jessee if you would like to work on projects that include woodworking, building and the cnc!
  • Things are finally settling in the main room! Electrician installed all the new necessary plugs and all the equipment is finally in its new home in the room. We appreciate your patience during this time. 

Marketing

Jason Gilligan

  • Marketing is looking for help running the Leesburg Flower and Garden festival coming up soon! 
  • They are always looking for more committee members as well.

Membership

Mark Millsap

  • See above for brief and attached for the full report.

Newsletter

Melissa Kowalski

  • Melissa is ALWAYS 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! More hands equals less work all around.

Purcellville Facility

Dave Painter

  • The Bridgeport that was moved from Leesburg to Purcellville is almost ready for use! Have you seen photos of it on SLACK?

Scheduling

Jennifer Chu

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  • 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:
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Website

Maggie Toth

  •  website is always looking for help! contact Maggie if you are interested.

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Room/Machine

Steward(s)

Location(s)

Notes

Purcellville Facility

Dave Painter

Purcellville

  • Next workday is Saturday, April 6th starting at 9am

Leesburg Facility 

Jessee Maloney

Leesburg

  • Next workday is Saturday, April 13th 9am-2pm (or later!)

3D Printing

Scott Silvers

Leesburg & Purcellville

  • We will be building new tables in the Leesburg 3D printing room during the next workday and could use a lot of help moving things around and cutting things on the CNC. If you are interested in helping out with this, please contact Jessee! Scott is out for recovery from surgery until the end of the month

Arts, Crafts & Stained Class Area in Purcellville

Ken Fuentecilla & Dawn Martin

Purcellville Lower Building


Arts, Crafts & Sewing Area in Leesburg

Jessee Maloney

Leesburg

The Leesburg Arts, Craft & Sewing area is looking for a co-steward or main steward!
  • Sewing classes taught by Amy Copley coming super soon! 
  • Amy has started holding sewing socials in Purcellville on different Wednesdays! Check the calendar for more info.

Big Red CNC

Brass Hess & Jonathan White

Leesburg

  • It's behaving!

Big Blue

Jonathan White

Purcellville


Blacksmithing

Adam "Squirrl" McClintock & Jim Waldron

Purcellville Lower Building

  • The weather is getting slightly warmer, so keep an eye out for classes soon

Blast/Paint/ Powder Coating

Evin Grano

Purcellville

  • Evin will be teaching regularly scheduled classes this month and next! If you ever wanted to learn about Sandblasting, powder Coating and more, now is the time.
  • Leesburg classes will be coming soon

Ceramics

Bo Wernick

Purcellville Lower Building

  • The kiln has run 3 times in March so all pots that were in the que are ready for pickup or glaze
  • We have an extruder that works great. Feel free to give it a go next time you're in, but be advised its a lot of cleanup.
  • I am planning a beginner wheel class and a balloon/coil pot class for late April. I would like a list of interested people. Please contact scheduling if interested!
  • @Kate Amstutz has offered to teach an intermediate/advanced wheel class. Bo would like a list of interested people for that as well.

Cosplay Area

Maggie & Jason Gilligan

Leesburg

  • Have you seen the new room?? It's looking amazing! We will need help during the next workday patching up some holes in the walls, painting over the patches and hanging a tv.
  • We are also in need of instructors for cosplay! Are you interested?
  • Cosplay Night is every Thursday in Leesburg 6:30-8:30pm

Electronics

Mark Millsap

Leesburg 

  •  Electronics has been meeting during Electronics night (every other Thursday, the next one is tomorrow night at 7pm) to plan out the new Electronics Room downstairs! Are you interested? Do you have ideas? If so, just show up and participate

Gardening

Mary Waldron & Jennifer Chu

Leesburg & Purcellville

  • Contact the stewards if you are interested in assisting at either site!

HP Plotter

Randy Holland (pending board approval) 

Purcellville

  • Randy Holland was appointed as Steward at the most Feb. board meeting

HVAC Filters

Dean Williamson

Leesburg

  • Dean is always on top of this!

Laser Cutters

John Dubelko & Jessee Maloney & John Carter

Leesburg & Purcellville

  • We are in talks with a buyer for the Universal Laser cutter and it's going well, so if you haven't been trained on the Nova lasers, please do so soon!

Metal Shop in Leesburg & Tormach

Brad Hess

Leesburg

  • Do you know how to make jewelry? Do you like to do stamped jewelry? Would you like to teach?? If so, please let scheduling know!

Metal Shop in Purcellville

Dave Painter &

Purcellville

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Plasma Cutter

Jim Waldron

Purcellville


Printmaking

John Carter

Leesburg


  • Printmaking classes to commence in
March
  • late April or early May at MSL
  • New Makersmiths Printmaking Studio to start being built out once the rest of the rooms have successfully switcheroo'd. 
  • New equipment is being purchased as part of a proposal put forth to the board in March. We are very excited!
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Purcellville Green Room

OPEN

Purcellville

  • Needs a Steward!

Purcellville Woodshop

Dave Painter

Purcellville


Snack Area

J Wang

Leesburg

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Sublimation Printer

New Steward: Diane Bollinger

Leesburg

  • Diane Bollinger was appointed as the new Sublimation Steward in Leesburg!
  • Classes will begin soon!
  • A new Hat Heat Press was purchased and can be used for sublimating, heat transfer vinyl and just attaching patches to hats! It's also great for anything curved. 
  • We need help building a shelf under the heat press for the mug press and the hat press to live.

Jessee Maloney & TBA

Leesburg

UV Printer

Jessee Maloney & John Carter

Leesburg

  •   The UV printer was moved to it's new home on the back wall in Leesburg! Come take a look!

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

 




Members present:  ~ 26~ 

  • 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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