May 18 2015

Governance Committee (Dom)

• Vote to approve Machine Access policy
  • @DECISION: Vote on the Machine Access policy was delayed to add additional inputs to the policy.
  • @TODO (Dom, by June 1): Send out email to discuss Machine Access updates
• 2015 Annual Meeting
  • @DECISION: 2015 Annual Meeting June 20
• United Way GIV Warehouse shopping - who wants to go? What do we need?
• New Volunteering page
  • @TODO (Dom, 25 May): Add description to governance committee on volunteering page
  • @TODO (John, 25 May): Add description to Web Hive on volunteering page
  • @TODO (Jens, 25 May): Add description to Finances and Fundraising on volunteering page
  • @TODO (Barb, 25 May): Add description to Outreach Gaggle on volunteering page
  • @TODO (Mike, 25 May): Add description to Special Projects Brigade on volunteering page
  • @TODO (April, 25 May): Add description to Grant Coordinator on volunteering page
  • @TODO (Dustin, 25 May): Add description to Business Planning on volunteering page
  • @TODO (Gina, 25 May): Add description to Marketing Strategist on volunteering page
  • @TODO (Everyone, 25 May): Add things to do around the makerspace to the volunteering page

Communications Hive (John)

Social media stats

	Count	Change
Facebook	1199	+30
Twitter	805	+14
Meetup	177	+22

• No Website update
  • @DECISION: Website timeline presented next Board Meeting
  • @TODO (Dom, June 1): add a link to the new member process in the "Welcome New Member" email when someone joins MakeICT
• Posted on the forum - Come up with a new name for "Open Hack" night (Mike)
  • @DECISION: Continue the conversation on the forum thread

Finances and Fundraising Task Force (Jens)

Members

	Balance	Change
Member count	107	+2

• ArtDOG checks
• 2015 Revised budget
  • @TODO (BD's, 22 May): Submit revised budgets
  • Update for board review next meeting
• New grant strategy to come following the new budget

Remote Events and Outreach Gaggle (Barb)

• River Fest
  • Barb has posted the volunteer schedule
• Wichita Mini Maker Faire
  • EP is working on the agreement, MakeICT signers are ready
  • Make stated Maker Faires are not geared for kids (per say), geared for makers
  • Will put out a call for makers as soon as the paperwork is signed

Special Projects Brigade (Mike)

• Electric bus status
  • Jeremiah said the spot where the bus is parked is wet, so we have to wait for the rains to subside to pick it up
  • Bus did not take a charge, will need to look at the charging
  • We need to pick up the pieces of the buse we can bring to the space
  • Will post to Forum for help
  • Try to have the bus here by the annual meeting
  • Need to send the controller programmer back

Programs

Makerspace (Tom)

• RIaspire.com folks to present retail options 6:45 ish
• Updates on the floor plan and implementation
• Upcoming/potential workshops:
  • Turntable workshop
  • Traffic Skills 101 Class, bicycle safety
  • Robot sumo workshop
    • @TODO (unassigned, 8 weeks prior to event): Order parts for Robot Sumo
  • Sewing machine maintenance workshop
  • Screen print workshop

devICT (Seth)

• Getting started with Open Wichita
  • Code for America brigade
  • Loosely affiliated with devICT
  • First event June 6 - National Day of Civic Hacking
• Game Jam - organized by member Jim Rice
  • July 31st - August 2nd, The Labor Party

Community Updates

• Douglas Design District Member Mixer on Tuesday night
• Harvester Arts and Wichita Festivals are hosting a Wayne White film screening on Thursday night

Calendar

• 29 May - June 6 2015 - RiverFest
• 6 June 2015 - National Day of Civic Hacking (Open Wichita Debut)
• 13 June - Screenprinting workshop (added by Jens)
• 13 June - 2nd Saturday - Wearables w/ Tom, Barb, and Mike (move to July/August?)
• 20 June - 2015 Annual Meeting
• 27-28 June - KC Maker Faire
• 11 July - 2nd Saturday - ?
• 18 July - Wichita Mini Maker Faire
• 31 July - 2 August - ICT Game Jam
• 8 August - 2nd Saturday - ?