07-03-2024 Membership Meeting

July 3rd, 2024

Makersmiths Monthly Member Meeting

Location: Meeting Link: meet.google.com/ubz-ykxr-kiu

Phone Number (‪US‬) ‪+1 304-609-2532
PIN: 114 333 983#

Type: Virtual

Notice given: Standing Rules, Slack, email, website.

Time Started 7:30 PM EST

Officers present:		Yes	No
Bo Wernick	Secretary
	President
Mary Waldron	Treasurer
Christa Stern	Bookkeeper

Meeting

Fourth of July Parade
- The parade begins at 11am Thursday and will run along S. 20th St. to Route 7 which is Main Street and down Maple Avenue to A Street and will end at Blue Ridge Middle School.
- Makersmiths has several mini floats made by different groups within the organization! If you take any photos, the Newsletter Committee would love to see them. Melissa Kowalski is the person to send them to.
Introduce New Members
Education News (Diane Painter is busy getting floats ready)
- we have two spaces left in the family-friendly Tinkercad workshop at the end of July. Check the calendar for the workshops running July 29-Aug 1.
- Chris Cook will be teaching a workshop on how to make an electric guitar pedal. This is a great workshop for teens and adults who learn many different skills, look for that event on the August calendar Aug 5-8.
Membership Report (Mark is busy getting floats ready)
Finances (Mary Waldron)

	May 2024	Year to Date	Year to date Over/Under
Revenue	$17,348.91	$91,508.23	$13,965.23
Expenses	$15,785.53	$66,271.92	-$14,527.10
Net income/loss	$1,563.38	$25,236.31	$28,492.33

Board Report

June 2024 Board of Directors Meeting

Committees

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.
Finance	John Dubelko	See above report
Information Technology	Scott Silvers	None
Leesburg Facility	Jessee Maloney	The Room Switch-A-Roo is still happening and in full swing! We need as many hands on deck during odd times throughout July & August. Please contact Jessee if you would like to work on projects that include woodworking, building and the cnc! Things are finally settling in the main room! The new BN2-20 showed up last month and is already producing amazing stickers, labels, decals and more! Check the #bn2-20 channel for more info and when classes will start. A new pegboard went up and is full of all out basic tools again! Our next work day is Saturday July 13th starting at 9am
Marketing	Jason Gilligan	Marketing is always looking for more committee members.
Membership	Mark Millsap	See above for brief and attached for the full report.
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. She is also looking for volunteers to help hunt down stories and photos! More hands equals less work all around.
Purcellville Facility	Dave Painter	The Bridgeport that was moved from Leesburg to Purcellville is almost ready for use! Have you seen photos of it on SLACK? Looking for help mowing and trimming Looking for help finishing flooring and building cabinets in green room Sally Soles is looking for artwork that can hang on the walls in the Purcellville Town Hall. Fill out the google form found in the May Makersmiths Newsletter.
Scheduling	Jennifer Chu	Tim Cotter has been working on a new system to make sure members get the classes they need. Please DM Diane Painter on the Scheduling Committee if you are interested in taking the lead on a family- friendly workshop this summer. In the past we have had electronic and soldering, Tinkercad, Arduino workshops- just as a few examples. What kind of classes would everyone like to see? message Diane Painter with your ideas! If you sign up for a class and don't show up, there is no refund. Looking for members for a working group to build classes, brainstorm class ideas.
Website	Maggie Toth	website is always looking for help! contact Maggie G. or Scott Silvers if you are interested.

Stewards

Room/Machine	Steward(s)	Location(s)	Notes
Purcellville Facility	Dave Painter	Purcellville	Next workday is Saturday, July 6th starting at 9am
Leesburg Facility	Jessee Maloney	Leesburg	Next workday is Saturday, July 13th 9am-2pm (or later!)
3D Printing	Scott Silvers	Leesburg & Purcellville	We will be finishing up the new tables in the Leesburg 3D printing room and could use a lot of help moving things around. If you are interested in helping out with this, please contact Scott Silvers.
Arts & Crafts Area in Purcellville	Ken Fuentecilla & Dawn Martin	Purcellville Lower Building	Both stewards have been working on cleaning & setting up the new room, and it's looking fantastic!
Arts, Crafts & Sewing Area in Leesburg	Jessee Maloney	Leesburg	The Leesburg Arts, Craft & Sewing area is looking for a co-steward or main steward! Sewing classes taught by Amy Copley in mid June were a hit. keep an eye out for more. Amy has started holding sewing socials in Purcellville on different Wednesdays! Check the calendar for more info. I've heard it's been a packed house.
Big Red CNC	Brass Hess & Jonathan White	Leesburg	It's behaving!
Big Blue	Jonathan White	Purcellville	Also behaving, and in Jim's words "all good!"
Blacksmithing	Adam "Squirrl" McClintock & Jim Waldron	Purcellville Lower Building	The weather is getting slightly warmer, so keep an eye out for classes here and there. one of the forge burners is not working correctly.
Blast/Paint/ Powder Coating	Evin Grano	Purcellville	Evin will be teaching regularly scheduled classes this month and next! If you ever wanted to learn about Sandblasting, powder Coating and more, now is the time. Leesburg classes will be coming soon?
Ceramics	Bo Wernick	Purcellville Lower Building	The ceramics shop has completed several classes this month including a unique "spiral bowl" class taught by member and ceramics extraordinaire Kate Amstutz. Special thanks to Kate and Eleanor for fixing the kiln last month! Look for more wheel classes coming up in July and August on the calendar. We have a waitlist of people who will be contacted before the public announcement. We are also planning a "garden ceramics" class where we make watering spikes and plant signs like these https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Terracotta+Watering+Spike. If you have some class ideas you would like to see, please post the suggestions to the #ceramics channel and we will try to get them on the calendar.
Cosplay Area	Maggie & Jason Gilligan	Leesburg	Have you seen the new room?? It's looking amazing! We will need help during the next workday hanging a mirror and some paitning. We are also in need of instructors for cosplay! Are you interested? It can be as simple as a mask class, or how to finish a 3D Print for cosplay. Cosplay Night is every Thursday in Leesburg 6:30-8:30pm We will be hosting a props or miniature painting meetup every other month on Wednesdays! Just a time to hang out and paint together. The first meetup is this month on Weds the 17th.
Electronics	Mark Millsap	Leesburg	Electronics has been meeting during Electronics night (every other Thursday, the next one is tomorrow July 11th at 7pm) to plan out the new Electronics Room downstairs! Are you interested? Do you have ideas? If so, just show up and participate or join the #electronics channel
Gardening	Mary Waldron & Jennifer Chu	Leesburg & Purcellville	Contact the stewards if you are interested in assisting at either site!
HP Plotter	Randy Holland	Purcellville	Randy Holland was appointed as Steward at the Feb. board meeting
HVAC Filters	Dean Williamson	Leesburg	Dean is always on top of this! Thank you Dean!!
Laser Cutters	John Dubelko & Jessee Maloney & John Carter	Leesburg & Purcellville	We said goodbye to the Universal Laser last Month! It was part of a trade for the new BN2-20. Still sad to see it go. John Carter attached a new quieter compressor to the Nova 51 in Leesburg, and it's working beautifully now! It's the same as the one used in Purcellville on the Nova 24, and you can actually talk using a normal volume when it's running. It's a huge quality of life improvement for the Leesburg Main Room. Thank you John! The laser Cutters are potentially looking for an additonal steward to fill a spot that may be empty soon. Are you interested?
Metal Shop in Leesburg & Tormach	Brad Hess	Leesburg	Do you know how to make jewelry? Do you like to do stamped jewelry? Would you like to teach?? If so, please let scheduling know!
Metal Shop in Purcellville	Dave Painter &	Purcellville
Plasma Cutter	Jim Waldron	Purcellville
Printmaking	John Carter	Leesburg	Printmaking classes are slowly showing up on the calendar! Keep an eye out because they look amazing. New Makersmiths Printmaking Studio to start being built out once the Electronincs Room moves downstairs. New equipment is being purchased and has started showing up as part of a proposal put forth to the board in March. We are very excited! The lego blockprinting workshop was a success and the kids made so much cool art! Thanks to everyone who came out. Would you like to teach a printmaking class? Let's us know.
Purcellville Green Room	OPEN	Purcellville	Needs a Steward!
Purcellville Lower Classroom	John Dubelko	Purcellville
Purcellville Woodshop	Dave Painter	Purcellville
Snack Area	J Wang	Leesburg	what kind of snacks should we have?
Stained Glass Tools	Ken Fuentecilla	Purcellville	Ken was approved as the steward of the Stained Glass Red Tools at May's BOD meeting. The ring saw and grinders are now Red Tools and you will be required to have a sign off to use them
Sublimation Printer	New Steward: Diane Bollinger	Leesburg	Classes have been happening consistently and everyone is loving the new machine and its capabilities. Have you signed up yet? A new Hat Heat Press was purchased and can be used for sublimating, heat transfer vinyl and just attaching patches to hats! It's also great for anything small and curved.
UV Printer	Jessee Maloney & John Carter	Leesburg	The UV printer was moved to it's new home on the back wall in Leesburg! Come take a look! It will be sharing a computer with the BN2-20, though it shouldn't impact it's use. One thing to keep in mind: make sure you send to the correct printer! The LEF200 is the top queue and the BN2-20 is the bottom. We learned that the machine should be left on from now on, so please only turn off the filter and vacuum table, not the machine itself.
Vacuum Formers	Jessee Maloney	Leesburg	All good!
Vinyl Cutter & Cricuts	OPEN	Leesburg & Purcellville	Needs a Steward!
Welding	Jim Waldron & John Johnson	Purcellville	"all good!"
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	First woodturning bowl classes were a huge success! Keep an eye on the calendar for future classes and the #watchamaketoday channel for classes examples.

Members present: ~

Facility, Shop and Tool Stewards
- Link to wiki page of Room, Shop and Tool Stewards
- New Stewardships:
  - Roland UV Printer: Diane Bollinger
  - Stained Glass Red Tools: Ken Fuentecilla
- Open Stewardships:
  - Purcellville Green Room
  - Vinyl Cutter & Cricuts
  - Laser Cutters
Member Project Showcase - what did you make?

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