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| Date | Event Name | Notes/Description | Event Chair | |
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Asking for cow train. See message on Slack. | Per member meeting 3/7 decided not to participate | |||
| 5/26 | Round Hill Hometown Festival | https://hometownfestival.org/about/ | Diane | |
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| 6/14 | Capitol Hill Maker Faire | Opportunity to display to the Congressional Maker Caucus | Mike | |
| 7/4 (verify) | Purcellville 4th of July Parade | Barrel train | ||
We decided to not participate in this event due to timing | ||||
| 9/15-9/16 | Bluemont Fair | http://bluemontfair.org/ | Mike | |
| 9/22 | Arts in the Alley | https://www.leesburgpublicarts.org/so/fMIV3B6C?cid=4838b0c3-688b-405b-affc-ef4b5288a903#/main. Makersmiths won't have a table, this is mostly focused on artists selling their work. Jessee is willing to give us a corner of her table for promotional material. | ||
| 10/5 | Manufacturing Day | We will have a table from 11:30 to 1:30 at the event happening at the Sterling NOVA campus. Need a volunteer to staff the table and talk with people. Contact Pat Scannel if you can volunteer https://makersmiths.slack.com/files/U03F1UA39/FBRCLSEE8/New_Event_to_consider_-_Manufacturning_Day_-_October_5th_-_Economic_Development Loudoun County Economic Day - anyone with manufacturing capability or products. Location TBD | Mark | |
| 10/13 | Boo at the Zoo | The Arc of Northern Shenandoah will provide tractor and driver. Diane will man the barrel train waiting lines. Need a table monitor to tell visitors about Makersmiths. Mark Millsap will help transporting the barrel cars to and from Wilson's Wild Animal Park. This is a fabulous family event. See http://wilsonswildanimalpark.com/about-us/ We will run the train from 10 am to 4 pm. The hosting organization is providing a tractor and drivers. Sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0F4BACAB2FABF85-booatthe to volunteer | Diane | |
| 10/13 | Purcellville Tag Sale | Opportunity to sell surplus items from the space. Need to transport to get chairs we are selling as well as other items. Same day as Boo at the Zoo, so need more members volunteering | TBD | |
| 10/20-10/21 | Loudoun County economic development initiative known as a Farm Tour. | Purcellville Southern States parking lot. https://makersmiths.slack.com/archives/C7RS4BT61/p1531574450000082 Contact: carolyn.pfeffer@sscoop.com Southern States can provide a tractor to pull our barrel train but we need to provide driver for both days. Diane will man the crafts-information booth. We need volunteers, please! Sign up here to volunteer. This should be a great event for promoting Makersmiths, particularly for Purcellville: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0f4bacab2fabf85-farm | Diane | |
| Nov 3 | VA Tech Maker Festival | Falls Church Coordinator and volunteers needed | TBD | |
| Nov 3 | Wind Energy Workshop | The Center for Wind Energy at James Madison University (JMU) and Makersmiths, Inc. are partnering to present this introductory KidWind hands-on workshop at Makersmiths for the purpose of learning about wind energy, how windmills and generators work, which blades work best and how we can design and construct better blades. This event should attract children of MS members, scouts, 4H, home-school students, etc. to both MS locations. See the Makersmiths calendar for morning and afternoon sessions. Registration is a must for planning purposes. | Diane | |
| Nov 7 | Bingo | Crooked Run | Brad | |
| Nov 28 | Bingo | Crooked Run | Brad |