(please submit agenda items to membership president by first day of the month)
Meetings are held on first Wednesday of the month at 7:30 PM, all are welcome
- New Faces / New Member Introductions - Please give us a 30 second 'elevator pitch' introduction (What brings you to Makersmiths? Interests? Your background or profession? Etc.?)
- Associates to Full Members
- Membership
- 110 members
- 59 FTE memberships
- 106 active members
- 4 new members in last 30 days, 1 new members in last 7 days
- Board of Directors Report - Brandon or Brad
- Committee Reports
- New Member Orientation Committee (Chairperson John Dubelko)
- New Tee Shirts and Photo ID's - Status?
- Social Outreach Committee: (Chairperson Jessee M)
- Need hands on to design an add campaign, but we have a lot of work to do before that . . - Mark
- Leesburg Facility Committee (Chairperson Brad Hess)
- CNC Classes - Status? - Brad
- Purging space - Mark
- Purcellville Facility Committee (Chairperson Tom Hill)
- Training Committee (Chairperson John Dubelko, Diane & Zack)
- Scheduling platform to allow members to easily find & schedule classes has rolled out. Updates? -
- Special Projects / Events Committee (Chairperson Mike Werling)
- First Friday - September 7th -
- Ham Fest - Results Report? - Michael James
- Leesburg Arts in the Alley 9/22.
- Bluemont Fair 9/15-9/16. Need event chair. Barrel train? need tractor/truck. Need event chair
- Manufacturing Day 10/5 -
- Fall Farm Tour - Barrel Train to Southern States Co-Op (they are providing tractor) - Saturday & Sunday October 20th & 21st - (Mike W)
- Charity Bingo at Crooked Run - in September - Brad/John D.
- VA Tech Maker Festival event - in November 3rd, 10 am to 3 pm - in Falls Church - Diane
- Signage Committee (Chairperson Mark Millsap) - Brad making new sign, real soon now . . .
- Educational Programs Committee - (Chairperson Diane)
- Kid Wind Challenge - JMU - assemble kits for wind turbines
- Advanced Kid Wind Challenge - high school team that build turbines - at Shenandoah U in March; winner go on to national competition
- Creepy Bot classes - assemble kits. Potentially want to have kids move on to larger events (e.g. VA Tech Maker Festival).
- Maker Day at Emearick Elementary School
- New Member Orientation Committee (Chairperson John Dubelko)
- Welding area project - Skip
- Welding is important. Everyone who comes in, asks about welding.
- Funding?
- Use class funds to fund it
- Can use 110V MIG welder to hold classes.
- Brad spoke with HP Data to borrow their parking spaces on nights/weekends.
- Use class funds to fund it
- Creation of a Frequently Asked Questions document for Teaching Classes/Holding Events and Hosting Workshops - Jonathan White
- Member Submitted feedback/issues/agenda items
- Purge Day (Leesburg) - August 5th - Please remove all member owned material before then . . . - Brad
- Request for help with carving a plaque from Old Growth Pine Steps at Southern States for 50+ year employee banquet - See Diane Painter
- Sell Off of Lower Level Stuff at Leesburg - Michael James
- Demo of Lasercutter Reservations Form and Lasercutter Calendar Location - Mark