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Officers present:		Yes	No
Beverly Murdock	Secretary		X
Squirrl	President		X
John Dubelko	Treasurer		X
Christa Stern	Bookkeeper	X

Attendance: X 31 accounts signed on with X 38 members present.

Meeting

Introduce New Members! A large handful joined in December!!
Host Comments - Jessee M filling in:
- Events - go to #marketing in Slack
  - MagFest in January - We have hit our max number of volunteers and now need help prepping for the event. Jessee will be putting up a to-do list soon in the #volunteers_needed channel
  - All Socials have been cancelled for 2024
- New Equipment
  - New - Nova 51 & 24 Laser Cutters are running beautifully and Rotary Classes are coming very soon! The holiday season took over and we got a little behind. Advanced Classes show up here and there.
  - New & Coming Soon
    - MS-L Metal Shop is undergoing a transformation right now, and I highly recommend taking a look!
    - the Leesburg Committee and stewards are meeting next week to discuss some major changes in room placements and more. Currently we are looking to move/switch around the classroom, 3d printing, electronics, cosplay and printmaking to better accommodate each ones needs. Meeting notes will be posted on the wiki afterwards.
    - The Purcellville craft and laser room has been undergoing changes as well! Jennifer and Ken even held a stained glass class there this past weekend.
  - Transferred - the Universal Laser has been temporally moved to the lower building in Purcellville. Please see the #lasercutter channel for more information about precautions and such when using it. Please remember this is a temporary placement and we will eventually be selling it.
Education News (Diane Painter will not be joining us tonight)
- 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 14No news for educational initiatives other than 3 KidWind teams are meeting now once a week with guidance from four coaches.
Membership Report
- 321 323 members (up by 11 1 from last month), 14 25 new members in last 30 days and 8 7 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
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Finances (John Dubelko is out of the country)

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Committee	Chairperson	Notes
Membership	Mark Millsap
Marketing	Jason Gilligan	MAGFest registration coming along well; so far we have: 16 volunteers 2 panels 2 activities Annual membership survey will be conducted later in 2024, targeting June through August so that results are ready by October 2024 for planning purposes AwesomeCon Has opened up applications for their non-profit booths. Does anyone want to do this?
Website	Maggie Toth
Leesburg Facility	Jessee Maloney	The Leesburg committee will be meeting Tuesday, Jan 9th at 6pm to discuss some possible changes in room placements. We have gone around asking members who use each room we are looking to move about what they think, and are open to hear suggestions ahead of time as well. You can send through SLACK to Jessee We will also be adding a suggestion box to the Leesburg location in the coming week.
Purcellville Facility	Dave Painter	Red Tool Classes at MSP for woodworking and metal shop are on the calendar through July. Let Diane or Dave know if you have an urgent need for RT training and classes fill up. They will try to work something out. Monthly workday this Saturday 9am until ??
Scheduling	Jennifer Chu
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.
Information Technology	Scott Silvers	Some new computers coming soon. Fusion360 licensed versions will be available soon.
~~Maintenance~~	~~Dave Painter~~	Diane Painter NO LONGER A COMMITTEE	STEM Committee	and will not be on next months list
Bylaws and Standing Rules	Jonathan White	Jonathan is working on getting a committee meeting on the calendar
Finance	John Dubelko	John is currently out of town and therefore does not have a report to give. You can see the financial report in last months Board Meeting here in wiki if you are curious.

Stewards

Room/Machine	Steward(s)	Location(s)	Notes
Purcellville Facility	Dave Painter	Purcellville	Dave worked on the table saw at MSP last night and replaced bearings but the table needs tweaking. That is why the out of commission sign is still on it.
Leesburg Facility	Jessee Maloney	Leesburg	There will be a workday this month! Finally! Saturday, Jan 13th 9-2pm. Jessee will be hosting the first half, and ken will be there for the second half. A to-do list will be added to the Leesburg SLACK channel after the Leesburg committee meeting on Tuesday. We are still waiting on an electrician to come and set up a dedicated plug for the Roland UV Printer in the main room on the back right wall. Once it's installed, the Roland will be moved to it's new, hopefully permanent, home. We would like to hang displays/samples when that happens as well, so if you have any you would like to donate, please let Jessee or John Carter know. Member Storage is in a temporary state of change and will be eventually moving. Thank you to everyone who removed items that did not belong in there. HOWEVER, please stop adding to the room. We do not have enough volunteers to complete the project this month, but don't want more work for next month. Please also keep the door closed and do not leave projects in progress in there. The area around the new laser is also in a state of constant change! Please be patient with us while we figure things out. Jessee would like to thank Tami S. and her two daughters for all of the hard work they put into the Leesburg location this past week and a half! They painted, rehung stuff on the pegboard, wiped EVERYTHING down and more! I think they may be tied with Alisha for hours spent cleaning Leesburg this past month. There is a large piece of plywood that was left on the front porch. is it yours?
3D Printing	Scott Silvers	Leesburg & Purcellville	TWO NEW 3D Printing trainers coming soon, so expect more classes New Saturn 3 Ultra 12k Resin Printer was ordered and is being tested. Classes will go live once we find a new resin printing instructor...soon Looking for teachers for the Resin Printing classes, MUST have prior experience with maintaining and using a resin printer
Arts, Crafts & Stained Class Area in Purcellville	Ken Fuentecilla & Dawn Martin	Purcellville Lower Building	The room is still being built/put together. Keep an eye out for calls for help!
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	VCarve 11.5 has been updated on the computer
Big Blue	Jonathan White &	Purcellville	VCarve 11.5 has been updated on the computer check the #cnc channel for more info
Blacksmithing	Adam "Squirrl" McClintock	Purcellville Lower Building	its too cold to be doing this!!!!
Blast/Paint/Powder Coating	OPEN	Purcellville	Pending: Evin G.
Ceramics	Bo Wernick	Purcellville Lower Building	The sink is up and running with a catch pot to make cleanup easier. We have a bit of a backlog of ceramics that haven't been touched in a while. I'm going to start a countdown shelf where people's projects have 1 month to be picked up before they get shipped to a "ceramics studio in Florida". EDIT: its been a month... The extruder was ordered about 6 months ago, and has finally arrived! It's waiting to be picked up in Leesburg There is a heater in the room that works but the fan is broken. a Maintenance message has been sent
Cosplay Area	Maggie & Jason Gilligan	Leesburg They	They are preparing for panels and displays at Magfest later this month!
Electronics	Mark Millsap	Leesburg
Gardening	Mary Waldron & Jennifer Chu	Leesburg & Purcellville
HP Plotter	OPEN	Purcellville	Needs a Steward!
HVAC Filters	Dean Williamson	Leesburg	Dean is always on top of this!
Laser Cutters	John Dubelko & Jessee Maloney	Leesburg & Purcellville	The area around the Nova 51 in Leesburg is in a constant state of change, please be patient while we figure things out. Also, if you are not a steward, please do not go behind the machine unless you are taking off the pass through cover. Also, do not add anything back there. It's already getting cluttered. More classes are on the way! please be patient, or contact one of our current trainers to see if they can add a class: Jonathan White, Tim Cotter, Mark Millsap, Ralph Pugh, Jason McCoy We need a few more trainers temporarily! If you have been re-trained and feel comfortable on the machine, please contact Jessee M or John Dubelko through SLACK Rotary Classes coming soon!
Metal Shop in Leesburg & Tormach	Brad Hess	Leesburg	Powder Coating and Anodizing areas are set up and ready for use. Contact Brad Hess with questions about training or to be shown what's different between this setup and Purcellville's.
Metal Shop in Purcellville	Dave Painter &	Purcellville
Plasma Cutter	Jim Waldron	Purcellville
Printmaking	John Carter	Leesburg	Printmaking classes will be starting up this year!
Purcellville Green Room	OPEN	Purcellville	Needs a Steward!
Purcellville Woodshop	Dave Painter	Purcellville
Snack Area	J Wang	Leesburg
Sublimation Printer	Jessee Maloney & TBA	Leesburg	Classes will not be starting until 2024 and a new steward will hopefully be announced in Feb.
UV Printer	Jessee Maloney & John Carter	Leesburg
Vacuum Formers	Jessee Maloney	Leesburg	a A We R Memory Keepers Mold Press Vacuform Machine was added to arsenal last month thanks to Erin Werling! It has been unboxed, tested and is on the wooden shelves in the Leesburg Main Room.
Vinyl Cutter & Cricuts	OPEN	Leesburg & Purcellville	Still looking for stewardsNeeds a Steward!
Welding	Jim Waldron & John Johnson	Purcellville
Woodshop in Leesburg	Mike Dewan	Leesburg	The drum sander is back up and running The remote to the dust collector went missing during the holiday season and was found. It is still acting up though, so please be patient. A new 5" orbital sander was purchased to replace the old one that was dying If you have left any wood stashed away in the shop, please come get it ASAP! We will be disposing of any pieces left in 2 weeks EDIT: 2 weeks have passed since the first call out! It's all going to a better home now. As always, please please clean up after yourself!
Woodturning`	Ken Fuentecilla & Bryan Boston	Leesburg

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Facility, Shop and Tool Stewards
- Link to wiki page of Room, Shop and Tool Stewards
- New Stewardships
- Open Stewardships:
  - Paint Booth, Powder Coating, Blasting Cabinet
  - Purcellville Green Room
  - HP Plotter
  - Vinyl Cutter & Cricuts
Member Project Showcase - what did you make?
- Dawn & Kayl Martin showed off Kayl's custom painted barrel, and Bob R. showed off the stained glass pieces he made his sister in law.

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