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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.  (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

Information Technology

Scott Silvers

• $3,581 spent on new computers (see 3/27 Board meeting notes)
• Last When is next IT Committee Meeting was July of 2023 . . .meeting?

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.

Purcellville Facility

Dave Painter

• Dave Painter will be unavailable for classes or helping with projects for a while.
• Work Day scheduled for this Saturday, May 4th (Star Wars Day!   -    May the 4th be with you!)

• 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

Membership

Mark Millsap

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

Website

Maggie Toth

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

• New donated printer and reels of carbon fiber filament at MS-P.
• Scott:  The donor would like a letter for tax purposes.

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