August 11 2014

Meeting Time: 6:00pm

Location: MakeICT @ 914 W Douglas

All members are welcome to attend, and non-board members can join the conversation when invited.

Legal/Financial/Membership

• Treasurer Report (as of 8/11/14)
  • Bank balance: $15,876.75 (-1,372.11)
  • Paypal: $743.17 (+363.58)
  • Total: $16,619.92 (-1,005.53)
• Social media
  • Facebook: 746 (+11)
  • Twitter: 286 (+13)

Policies and Procedures

• Inventory control

Long Term Planning

• WCF Grant
  • Survey
• Revenue generation
  • Retail
  • Workshop fees
  • Sodas and snacks?
• Site visits
• Prospective partnerships and collaborations
  • Changes to accommodate new groups (devICT / StartupWichita)
    • Org chart & nomenclature
    • Policy revisions (see MakeICT Institute Programs).
  • devICT
  • StartupWichita
  • WSU
  • Exploration Place
  • Independent School

Events

Recent

• August 3 - SWICT and devICT Partnership

Upcoming

• August 16 - Narrow-scope 3D printer workshop - will print designs from members - James L, Tom
• August 23 - Little Free Library build (need to announce ASAP)

Potentials

• SumoBot competition/workshop series - Ivan is planning on holding one
• Bike maintenance workshop
• Final Friday
• Salvation Army Fashion Show + Sewing workshop (collaboration w/ other ICT people)
• CNC milling
• Repeats?
  • Learn to solder
  • Arduino basics
  • Intro to CNC/Foam cutting

MakerSpace

Facilities

• The floor
• Keys and access control
  • Do we have a list of key holders
  • Access control system in progress
• Signage

Group Projects

• Electric Microbus
• Electronic Door
• Arcade cabinet
• Cow Car

Miscellaneous + topics from members/guests

• Bios on makeict.org

Meeting closed @ 1907

_______________________ Notes: Finance report

- next time define budget for rest of year and determine extra cash available to spend prior to year end (Jens)
- also will research bank account options for groups (Jens)

Inventory control

- Jens will process "buy me" things on whiteboard

WCF

- need definition of space needed and associated cost (Jens will research)
- lets refocus efforts on this grant instead of the business plan
- grant due Sept 1
- need to contact WCF to make sure we understand needs and process (John)

Revenue Generation

- come up with ideas, but not a top priority right now

Site visits

- (Jens) and Dom planning to go to Dallas; not sure when, but asked Dallas what would be best for them
- John will research a place he would like to go

Program affiliations

- Dom wants a fun nomenclature to name these relationships/groups - be creative and share your ideas!
- DevICT / Startup Wichita - (Jens) will respond to finance questions, then without any further issues, we will put it to a vote
- WSU - set up a meeting - (Tom)
- (John) will work up a document defining how other entities can get MakeICT to come and do a one time or series of events
- Independent - (John) will work with them
- Exporation Place - follow up with new document John is putting together

3D printer workshop - need to communicate it (Tom)

Little free library

- Mike got tool donations
- Mike has possible supply donations, but might need help to pick up
- Presenter??

SumoBot competition

- (Tom) will work with Ivan

Final Friday

- (Jess) will organize

Idea: Salvation Army Fashion Show

- Set for Sept 27
- Potential to participate or host our own
- (Dom) will talk to Tissu

Repeating events

- (Dom) will research ways to better handle event registration

Facilities

- Dom experimented with cleaning the floor; will plan to host a cleaning day after Little Free Library workshop
- Key holders defined in master member spreadsheet

Bus update

- interior install happening
- ready for inspection

Door access

- getting close! (Tom)