Volunteering

MakeICT is operated entirely by member-volunteers, so there are many ways that you can be involved with MakeICT at whatever level you're looking for.

Around the makerspace

Here's a list of tasks that need to be done around the makerspace

Shared areas / general

• Mount whiteboards
• Make a plumbing plan (including bathroom, kitchen sink, utility sink)
• Fix lights in north-most studio
• Classroom
  • Mount classroom projector and connect audio equipment
  • Paint classroom walls
  • Build hallway wall from kitchen to warehouse
  • Install 3-way light switch
  • Install light switch in storage room
• Front
  • Hang blinds or curtains in west-window in co-working space
  • Clean and/or refinish desk in store-front
  • Vacuum the floor
  • Dump the trash
• Gallery (with Jess Bechtelheimer's oversight)
  • Build mobile partitions
  • Install track lighting
  • Build pedestals
  • Install hanger strip on short wall
• Lounge
  • Mount projector screen in Lounge
  • Hook-up video game systems in lounge
  • Create and post "Last-cleaned" sign-off sheet on bathroom door
  • Clean bathroom

Ceramics

• Fix/Replace window in ceramics room
• Cover holes in floor with larger/safer plates
• Build kiln walls (= 6'x6' room) and prime
• Install sliding (prefer vertical sliding) door to kiln room
• Create access policy

Electronics

• Sort/dispose hackables
• Organize room to floor plan
• Label drawers, bins, tool boxes, shelves, etc
• Create access policy

Fab Lab

• Conifgure/connect laser-cutter PC
• Create media storage for laser materials/scraps (cardboard, acrylic, wood, etc)
• Create signage for equipment that requires certification

Kitchen

• Organize and label shelves

Metal shop

• Plumb airline from compressor to Tormach
• Label drawers, bins, tool boxes, shelves, etc

Textiles

• Fix sewing machine table leg
• Create access policy
• With Jess Bechtelheimer's oversight
  • Remove and replace carpet
  • Install extra outlets
  • Remove wall south of the doorway
  • Move/Install light switch to short wall remaining to the north of the original door opening.
  • Build worktable

Woodshop

• Plumb airline from compressor in woodshop and then over to metal shop for Tormach and Plasma
• Design and install low voltage switching for the dust collector throughout the shop
• Finish ShopBot cable routing and controller box for cleaner installation look

Leadership committees

Some activities are easier to manage by grouping them together. We've created these volunteer groups, and anyone is invited to help out with them.

Communications Hive

• Queen bee: Jens Torell
• Responsible for marketing, maintaining the website, updating the calendar, and social media accounts
• Volunteer opportunities:
  • Fix/update wiki pages that need attention
  • Create a member directory
  • Finish new website
  • Create an accurate, scaled, interactive map of the makerspace so people cand find things (like a micrometer, light switches, hot glue, trash bags, a screwdriver, fire extinguishers, etc)

Finances and Fundraising

• Leader: Dustin Richey
• Maintains financial accounts, collecting dues, paying bills, and raising funds.
• Let Dustin know if you need any resources for projects and completion.
• Volunteer opportunities:
  • Help plan/create donor appreciation wall

Governance

• Govna: Dominic Canare
• The governance committee is in charge of the smooth operation of the organization by identifying leadership roles and defining policies.
• Volunteer opportunities:
  • New member orientation - we do these once per month, and they take about 30 minutes. All you have to do is make sure people sign in and then fill out a waiver. Then you go over the rules (we have a script) and give a tour. It's pretty easy, and it only takes about 30 minutes.

Outreach Gaggle

• Leader: Barbara Davis
• Gives MakeICT a presence in various community events, including art fairs, RiverFest, K12 partnerships, etc.
• Volunteer opportunities:
  • Odyssey of the Mind Spontaneous Day at Campus High School (Nov 7): we're looking for people to help run demos and activities to foster creative thinking in our youth. Activities can include pretty much anything creative and/or technical. If you don't have anything in mind, we can probably provide something for you. Contact Barbara Davis for more information.

Special Projects Brigade

• Leader: Kip Landwehr
• Art and Tech bus
  • An electric bus that we are converting into a mobile art gallery and educational-activity mobile
  • Contact Barb Davis to find out how you can help
• Authentication/network file server
  • Allows makerspace members to have a network account which can be used to authenticate to any machine in the makerspace with their customized settings and access to a personal folder on a network file share.
  • Run electrical from breaker box to server rack in the classroom
  • Contact Kip Landwehr to find out how you can help
• Video security system
  • Provides remote video monitoring of the makerspace
  • Contact Kip Landwehr to find out how you can help
• NFC entry system
  • An electronic key system to grant members with 24/7 access to the makerspace
  • Install crashbar and latch (contact Mike Barushok)
  • Design and build (3d print?) case for door clients (contact Tom McGuire or Christian Kindel)

Long-term volunteer positions

Besides our board of directors and benevolent dictators, we rely on some volunteer positions that require a little longevity. These positions are listed below, and although some of them are filled, the people performing those tasks can still use your help!

Chief security officer

• Filled by: Matthew Pogue
• Reports to: Governance
• Key-master of the makerspace
• Enroll NFC keys for new members and train them on the security system
• Assign locker keys
• Respond to alarms

Grant coordinator

• Filled by: April Richey
• Reports to Finances and Fundraising
• The grant coordinator writes grant applications and manages any required follow up activities with funding organizations. In addition the grant coordinator may also plan and organize any other fundraising event. Activities include:
  • Annual Appeals or fund drives
  • Gala events / auctions
  • Capital campaigns
  • Mass media or mailings

Planning and development

• Filled by: Dustin Richey
• Reports to Finances and Fundraising
• Maintain sustainability plan
• Communicate the vision and purpose of the organization
• Create an action plan to accomplish a specific financial/fundraising goal
• Identify companies or organizations who have specific synergies with ours
• Develop relationships with individual donors and companies
• Develop program proposals for grant submissions

Retail/consignment manager

• Filled by: UNFILLED!
• Reports to Finances and Fundraising
  • Create and execute a plan to sell retail and consignment goods in our storefront

Safety Sultan

• Filled by: Clark Shultz
• Reports to Makerspace Director
• Manage and provide oversight of safety policies, procedures, and practices for MakeICT. Responsibilities include:
  • Defining safe practices for all equipment/machinery at the MakeICT Makerspace
  • Ensuring that safety-related materials are available, maintained, and convenient. Including (but not limited to):
    • Machine information
    • Safety glasses
    • MSDS
    • Fire extinguishers
    • First aid kit
    • Ensure proper safety practices are being followed at all MakeICT events (workshops, classes, conventions, etc)
    • Serve as the point of contact for safety-related inquiries

Volunteer Coordinator

• Filled by: UNFILLED!
• Identify, maintain, and recruit for volunteer opportunities with MakeICT