Steering Committee Meeting 2026-08-17

Steering Committee Meeting 2026-08-17

Monday, August 17, 2926 from 7:01pm to 7:36pm

Table of Contents
  1.  Present
  2.  Agenda
  3.  Minutes

Present

Jeremy B, Cody M, Adrian B, Mark M, Harvey B, John N, Fred F, Bob F, Patrick C, Raj U

Agenda

  1. Cody M: Request for Feedback/Insight - Youth Class Development 
  2. Cody M: 4th Ave Street Faire - Determining interest from other Xerocraft shops

Minutes

  • Raj U is looking for tasks. His schedule is open. 
  1. Cody M: Request for Feedback/Insight - Youth Class Development
  2. Cody is looking for feedback on a class he’s been developing. Small, supervised, PPE is required. 1hr at a time over several weekends. Cody was hoping for kids as young as 10 (parents do most of the work).
  3. Bob F: The Board is discussing a two-tier system for you access: 12-14yo for low-danger shops (Crafts, Electronics), 16yo for high-danger shops (Wood, Machine, etc), 18yo for their own memberships. 
  4. Kid-sized PPE
  5. Cody is looking for feedback on curriculum and safety concerns
  6. John N: How many people are there?
  7. Cody: 4 anvils at a time. 4 kids, one kid per anvil, each with one parent present. One instructor. The kids do not go within 10ft of the forge. The parents do that part. The kids do the hammer strikes while the parent holds it. 
  8. Raj U is willing to volunteer for supervisor roles for the blacksmithing events
  9. Cody M: 4th Ave Street Faire - Determining interest from other Xerocraft shops
  10. 4th Ave Street Fair wants to see if our shops are interested in participating with them
  11. Raj U is willing to volunteer for both annual street fairs and can probably rally other Xerocraft members to join the booth
  12. December 11-13 event over a weekend
  13. Adrian and John will talk about setting up a 3D printer
  14. We may not have power in the booth, we’ll have to find out. 
  15. Cody and Jeremy will talk more this week