Annual Meeting 2020

Date of meeting: 2020 June 21 at 5pm

Attendance

Board Members

• President - David Springs
• Vice President - Alysa Bumgarner
• Treasurer - Devin Halsey - Absent
• Secretary - Rustin Atkeisson
• At Large Director - LaDeana Dockery
• At Large Director - Scott Sullivan
• At Large Director - Josh Robinson
• At Large Director - Malissa Long
• Immediate Past President - Kim Burton

Members

• Jai Chauhan
• Brad Cozine
• Kate Goad
• Terrence Laurendine
• Angel Mejia
• Joseph Pajor
• Paula Pankratz
• Tom Bloom
• Steve Saner
• Steve Owens
• Patrick Hutchison
• Jason S
• Andy
• Dominic Canare
• Brian P
• James Lancaster
• Dean Day
• Mike Barushok
• John Nicholas

Call to order and reading of Annual Report

David Springs, President

• Moved to a new space that more than doubles our usable space and gives us room to grow
• New space doesn’t have each area on top of each other like Douglas
• We are completely out of Douglas
• Fire hydrant is now in!
• Re-paved the curb cut on Mt. Vernon (might be where our fire road has to go)

Paula Pankratz

• With Covid-19, we’re taking the time to paint and make the place look even nicer before we formally open
• Working on painting, cleaning out the cobwebs, redoing the woodwork
• Office area will be turned into a welcome center
  • Have stuff like t-shirts for sale
  • Q&A Area
• Exterior stuff for CO have been completed
  • Cover for dumpster
  • ADA parking is painted
• Have a classroom pretty much ready to start hosting classes and seminars
• Classroom 3 has a beautiful huge dry erase board up

David Springs

• New building brings new opportunities like
  • adding a radio antenna
  • adding a podcast area
  • a space to document their projects in a professional environment
  • adding a letter press group
  • a lot of excitement for a community garden (even the neighbors want to get this going)
  • working towards a kid friendly maker area
• We are known as one of Wichita’s greatest kept secrets, we need to have more to show to break that secret

• New building has also brought in new donors
  • Have had big machine tools and several large barrels have been donated by Century Manufacturing
  • Working with aircraft companies about advertising MakeICT and possibly covering a part of monthly memberships

Financial Report

• David Springs
  • Still have 337 members, our peak this past year was 427 members
  • Building Progress
    • Jai Chauhan - currently working on getting mechanical drawings done to get HVAC going as well as electrical
    • The mechanical engineering is also looking into electrical drawings
    • Working on a survey to look at the HVAC loads in the building and should give us better cost estimates to finish heating and cooling the rest of the building
    • We’ll then be able to take the signed and sealed drawings to licensed contractors to get the tasks done
    • Would then have a kickoff meeting between the engineer and contractors that would also have a final walkthrough
    • Once the deal is signed to get drawings done, then it will be 3 to 4 weeks before contractors
    • Russell Owens may have another engineer that could help but we need to get him onboard immediately, if anyone else knows of someone, we have to know by Monday
    • If we sign a contractor tomorrow, we might be able to fully use the building in mid-August
    • The Partial CO would allow us to use spaces of the building that are not under construction
      • would require signoffs from fire chief, contractors, the city
      • Would open up the classrooms, would not open the shops
    • would need ALL the bathrooms finished
    • also need rooms and hallways clear of construction debris
    • These are needed to meat health, safety, and life requirements
    • Temporary CO would not allow us to meet life/safety code to use the building
    • Will be needing curtains up soon
    • Will be in need of tables to be welded up soon

• • We are seeking out a loan and are waiting on a multi-facetted appraisal
    • Looks at our current membership and how many we’ve lost from Covid
    • All of the modifications we have made to the building, and will make
    • Might not get us the amount we need, but would definitely get us close

Candidate Introductions (skip to 6:20pm in the zoom meeting for candidates responses)

President

• Jaipal Chauhan [1]
  • Singular focus on getting us in the building
  • Wants to see us build more of a community between the makers - wants to see us cross ferment

Vice-President

• Scott Sullivan
  • Been a maker for 3-4 yrs, lead of ceramics a couple years, and co-lead
  • Sees that there is still a lot to do and will do the best he can for the makers and makeict
• Paula Pankratz
  • Looks at the community and what we do and sees the community we have built and wants to continue building that network
  • Wants to start setting goals for the board to aim for in a 1yr, 3yr, and 5yr plan

Secretary

• Patrick Hutchison [2]
  • lead of ceramics a couple years, and co-lead, and would like to do more to get us into the new building and create a solid foundation to go forward with
  • Wants to see this amazing thing grow

Treasurer

• Josh Robinson [3]
  • Been on the board for a yr, been a member for 3 or 4 yrs
  • Seen the chaos that can happen when the treasurer is not able to be there on an almost daily basis
  • currently serves as the treasurer for a much smaller non-profit
  • has been helping david with the banking for the past year
  • agrees with Kate that we need to be transparent and also show the demographics
  • verified that he is bondable
• Kate Goad [4]
  • Been members since ‘17 or ‘18, current fundraising chair
  • Really want to see the roll of treasurer is as transparent as possible
  • Has 10yrs experience as a tax attorney
  • is bondable

Member at Large

• Patrick Hutchison
• Kate Goad
• Scott Sullivan
• Doug Wilson
• Ralph Romig
• Devin Halsey
• Frank Mitchell
• Tom Bloom
  • Been a member on an off since Bluebird, continuously since we were in Douglas
  • Wants to see MakeICT grow and move forward
• Angelita Mejita
  • Been with makeICT for almost 2yrs
  • Is ready to get in there and see what people are making and wants to help motivate!
• Paula Pankratz
• Terrence Laurendine
  • Been a member for about 3yrs
  • Has been helping with the work at Booth
  • Has past experience with boards
  • been a board member for the amateur radio club
  • feels passionate about getting this goal accomplished
• Brad Cozine [5]
  • Just moved to Wichita right before the move to Booth
  • Been working on MakeICT more than at MakeICT
  • Is excited about getting to start projects at the space but has felt a lot of presence and ownership of the space by working on the space (has done a lot of grout and tile work)
  • Plans on being involved regardless of whether or not he is on the board
  • Will also be voting for Terrance

Raffle

• We’ve been allowed to have one raffle a year (year ends July 1st) and we don’t have to apply for a special permit.
• sold about 300 tickets by 13 members! Big shout out to Doug WIlson, Steve Thornton, and Alysa for selling the most tickets!

Grand Prize ($$ $2500 cash $$): 0910 - Kerrie Kiser 1st Prize (tablet - Surface Pro or iPad): 0102 - Cathay Bowman 2nd Prize (big screen 4k 75in TV): 0201 - Greg Gann 3rd Prize (1yr membership to MakeICT): 0216 - Melanie Jennie