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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) 
    • No 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 
    • View file
      nameMember Meeting Membership Committee Report 01-02-2024 (1).pdf
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  • Finances (John Dubelko is out of the country) 

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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 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 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 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 CoatingOPENPurcellville
  •  Needs a Steward!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 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 & TormachBrad HessLeesburg
  • 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 PurcellvilleDave Painter &Purcellville


Plasma CutterJim WaldronPurcellville
PrintmakingJohn CarterLeesburg
  • Printmaking classes will be starting up this year!
Purcellville Green RoomOPENPurcellville
  • Needs a Steward!
Purcellville WoodshopDave PainterPurcellville

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 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

  • Needs a Steward!

Welding

Jim Waldron & John Johnson

Purcellville


Woodshop in LeesburgMike DewanLeesburg
  • 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?  
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    • 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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