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January 3rd, 2024

Makersmiths Monthly Member Meeting

Location:  http://meet.google.com/ubz-ykxr-kiu

Dial-in:  (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

Beverly Murdock

Secretary


  X

Squirrl

President


X

John Dubelko

Treasurer


 X

Christa Stern

Bookkeeper



Attendance: X accounts signed on with X 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) 
    • 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 is out of the country) 


  • Board Report
    • Board approved:
      • Buying four licenses of Fusion 360
      • Terminating the maintenance committee
      • The 2024 Operating budget
  • Committees

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

 

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

 NO LONGER A COMMITTEE

STEM CommitteeDiane Painter
Bylaws and Standing RulesJonathan WhiteJonathan 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

 

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

 

Big Blue

Jonathan White &

Purcellville

 

Blacksmithing

Adam "Squirrl" McClintock

Purcellville Lower Building

 

Blast/Paint/Powder CoatingOPENPurcellville 

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

 

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.
Metal Shop in PurcellvilleDave Painter &Purcellville


Plasma CutterJim WaldronPurcellville
PrintmakingJohn CarterLeesburg
  • Printmaking classes will be starting up this year!
Purcellville Green RoomOPENPurcellville
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

  • Still looking for stewards

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.

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?  
    • X



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