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DRAFT IN PROGRESS

December 6th, 2023

Makersmiths Monthly Member Meeting

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Officers present:


Yes

No

Beverly Murdock

Secretary


  X

Squirrl

President


X

John Dubelko

Treasurer

X


Christa Stern

Bookkeeper

X


Attendance: 24 accounts signed on with 30 members present.

Meeting 

  • Introduce New Members! A large handful joined this past month!!
  • 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. 
      • All Socials have been cancelled for 2024
    • New Equipment
      • UPDATE - New - Sublimation Printer and accessories - classes will start in 2024. If you would like to use it ahead of then, please contact Jessee (though please note that her schedule is already pretty packed, so you would be working around that)
      • New - Nova 51 & 24 Laser Cutters are running beautifully and Rotary Classes are coming soon! Advanced Classes will start late December or in 2024
      • New & Coming Soon - MS-L Metal Shop is undergoing a transformation right now, and I highly recommend taking a look! 
      • 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.
    • We had an Empty Board of Directors Seat, and can now welcome Jennifer Chu has our newest Director! 
  • Education News (Diane Painter) 
    • 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 14.
  • Membership Report
    • 321 members (up by 11 from last month), 14 new members in last 30 days and 8 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
  • Finances (John Dubelko) 

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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

Website

Maggie Toth

 

Leesburg Facility 

Jessee Maloney

 

Purcellville Facility

Dave Painter

 

Scheduling

Jennifer Chu

 

Newsletter

Melissa Kowalski

 

Information Technology

Scott Silvers

 

Maintenance

Dave Painter

 

STEM CommitteeDiane Painter
Bylaws and Standing RulesJonathan White

Finance

John Dubelko

 


  • Stewards

Room/Machine

Steward(s)

Location(s)

Notes

Purcellville Facility

Dave Painter

Purcellville

 

Leesburg Facility 

Jessee Maloney

Leesburg

  • There will not be an official workday this month, BUT there will still ne a list of things that need to be done
  • We are 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
  • 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. 

3D Printing

Scott Silvers

Leesburg & Purcellville

  • New 3D Printing trainers coming soon, so expect more classes
  • New Saturn 3 Ultra 12k Resin Printer was ordered and will be set up by the new year.
  • 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 PurcellvilleKen Fuentecilla & Dawn MartinPurcellville Lower Building
  • The room is still being built/put together. Keep an eye out for calls for help!
Arts, Crafts & Sewing Area in LeesburgJessee MaloneyLeesburg
  • The Leesburg Arts, Craft & Sewing area is looking for a co-steward

Big Red CNC

Brass Hess & Jonathan White

Leesburg

 

Big Blue

Jonathan White &

Purcellville

 

Blacksmithing

Adam "Squirrl" McClintock

Purcellville Lower Building

 

Blast/Paint/Powder CoatingOPENPurcellville 

Ceramics

Bo Wernick

Purcellville Lower Building


  • The last firing of the kiln for the year will be 12/13. So get your stuff glazed by then if you want it for xmas. I will post on the #ceramics channel when the kilns are emptied and you can pick up your stuff.
  • We ran an xmas ornament class and a wheel class that both went well.
  • 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".
  • The extruder was ordered about 6 months ago, but has not arrived yet. We will hopefully know more soon
  • There is a heater in the room that works but the fan is broken. a Maintenance message has been sent
  • I was using the outlet in the back of the room to power a stand alone heater and something popped. I couldnt determine if it was a breaker. I might need someone with some electrical experience to take a look at it.

Cosplay Area

Maggie & Jason Gilligan

Leesburg

 

Electronics

Mark Millsap

Leesburg

 

Gardening

Mary Waldron & Jennifer Chu

Leesburg & Purcellville

 

HP Plotter

OPEN

Purcellville

 

HVAC Filters

Dean Williamson

Leesburg

 

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 in the machine, please contact Jessee M or John Dubelko through SLACK
Metal Shop in Leesburg & TormachBrad HessLeesburg
  • Jewelers Bench is mostly set up
  • Powder Coating and Anodizing areas are mostly set up and being tested currently
Metal Shop in PurcellvilleDave Painter &Purcellville


Plasma CutterJim WaldronPurcellville
PrintmakingJohn CarterLeesburg
Purcellville Green RoomOPENPurcellville
Purcellville WoodshopDave PainterPurcellville

Snack Area

J Wang

Leesburg

 

Sublimation Printer

Jessee Maloney & TBA

Leesburg

  •  Classes will not be starting until 2024

UV Printer

Jessee Maloney & John Carter

Leesburg

 

Vacuum Formers

Jessee Maloney

Leesburg

  • a We R Memory Keepers Mold Press Vacuform Machine was added to arsenal last month thanks to Erin Werling! 

Vinyl Cutter & Cricuts

OPEN

Leesburg & Purcellville

  • The Cricut Air2 in Leesburg Died and we replaced it with a Cricut Maker 3 (which has a lot of new capabilities) thanks to a black Friday sale.
  • The large vinyl cutter in Leesburg was taken off the stand and can now be found on top of the cabinet in the Classroom

Welding

Jim Waldron & John Johnson

Purcellville

  • John Johnson was appointed as the new welding co-steward at the November 2023 Board Meeting
Woodshop in LeesburgMike DewanLeesburg
  • The drum sander is out of commission, and will be for a few weeks
  • one of the helical cutters on the jointer is chipped and will be replaced soon
  • 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

Woodturning`

Ken Fuentecilla & Bryan Boston

Leesburg

 


  • 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?  
    • Mike Dewan, Mike Werling, Becky McCoy and Jason McCoy shared projects