March 9 2015

Governance Committee (Dom)

• Tag teams
  • Purpose
    • Improving engagement
    • Posterity
    • Prevent burnout (share the work)
    • Redundancy in responsibilities
  • Make sure you communicate your expectations, separation of labor, etc.
• Guest policy has been added to the standing rules
• Proposed additions to standing rules:
  • Presume the value of others. Everyone’s ideas, skills, and contributions have value.
  • If you feel that these rules have been violated or otherwise have some grievance to share, please don't hesitate to contact the MakeICT leadership. We will do everything we can to help resolve any issues, and the board of directors reserves the right revoke membership and issue temporary or permanent bans.
• Approved decisions from email conversation:
  • @DECISION: changed "1 month probationary period" in key policy to "Probationary period at board's discretion (typically 1 month)"
  • @DECISION: fee waiver for companion organizations, as approved by the board
    • Current companion orgs: Harvester Arts, Fisch Haus, Bike Walk Wichita
• Background check?
• Second Saturday branding (don't use "2nd Saturday")
• (John) USD259 - John emailed and talked to Lynn about; still no communication from John Allison

Communications Hive (John)

Social media stats

(2 weeks change)

	Count	Change
Facebook	1059	17
Twitter	541	18
Meetup	112	14

• (dom) Wild Apricot sub domain
• (seth) New site is ready for content
• Gina is working on an outline for how events are publicized
• Password system was set up as per to-do of Feb 23
• What's this on Feb 23 about Jim Rice putting web pages in a spreadsheet?

Finances and Fundraising Task Force (Jens)

Members

	Balance	Change
Member count	55	+5

• ArtDog update - event planned pending new location
  • John has the ArtDog cards.
• Grant applications - Downing, Walmart, Airbus in work; Kansas Health Foundation?
• Tax update - 990EZ filing planned
• Amazon Smile and Dillons Rewards (dom)
• Soliciting (dom)

Remote Events and Outreach Gaggle (Barb)

• John was in the Business Journal today!
• Invitation to attend The Workroom's Outdoor Artisan Market (dom)
• McLean STEM Night, April 23 @ 6:30-7:30 pm
  • @TODO (unassigned, no date): put out call for volunteers to help at McLean STEM night
• RiverFest, May 29 - June 6
  • Any todos?
• Aviation Museum, June 20, 2015
  • Any todos?
• KC Maker Faire June 27 -28, 2015
  • Power Racing Team?
  • Maker call?

Special Projects Brigade (Mike)

• Christmas Downtown - "Spirit of Wichita Christmas"
  • Nothing new
• Art Hack (when we move) Final Friday
• Indiegogo on MakeICT
• Wikispaces on selling training materials
• Form a committee/create a project on computers and networking?

Programs

Makerspace (Tom)

• Give Jens the packing slip for the Ultimaker II
• Give Seth his credit card
• Tool suggestion/requests process (Mike)
  • Forum is a good place to discuss
  • Present to board
• Robot Sumo in June - can we start scheduling planning meetings? (dom)

devICT (Seth)

• Code For Wichita
  • Saw some available data sets
  • Still gauging member interest
    • WWC sound interested
  • Plan: launch more formal method of getting members involved

Community Updates

Keep your eyes and ears open for things happening in our community!

• Bike Walk Wichita is planning Bike Beautiful - a women's cycling fashion show. Thurs April 2 at Fisch Haus
• Startup Weekend tickets are available. April 17-19 at The Labor Party

Calendar

• 10 March 2015 devICT Nerd Beers
• 14 March 2015 Learn to Solder
• 14 March 2015 Pi recitation contest
• 21 March 2015 Kansas Linux Fest
• 26 March 2015 devICT Monthly Talk - Editor throwdown! Vim vs Emacs
• 28 March 2015 Crochet workshop
• 28 March 2015 Arduino Day
• 11 April 2015 Basic Electronics
• May (tentative) Bike-related art workshop for Second Saturday (May is Bike Month!)
• June (tentative) Robot sumo?