July 12th 2023

=AGENDA= 

Attendance

Board Members

• Rustin Atkeisson, President
• James Lancaster, At-Large
• Gretchen Koch, At-Large
• Michael Atherton, At-Large
• Nicole Reid, Treasurer
• LaDeana Dockery, At-Large
• Mindy McKinley, Secretary

Members

• Tony Reid
• Jay Christensen
• Russell Owens
• Aaron Rivers
• Scott Cockrill
• Mike Barushok (remote)
• Kez Cook (remote)

New Business

Review or member’s access suspension

• A member’s access to the forum was removed after comments were made that violated the terms of use of the forum.
  • Is further action suggested?
  • Rustin reads COCC determination 2023-07-4
  • Report is deemed substantiated
  • Member has been found guilty of Doxxing
  • Suggested action: COCC asks that Board has a meeting with 1-2 members of both the board and the COCC to determine expectations of the forum and makerspace
  • continue forum suspension until this meeting
  • tell this member that any violations of the COC in the next six months may result in permanent banning from MakeICT
  • This member has had a verbal warning previously
  • Nicole says this is without context and there was already a full apology, minutes after the post in question
  • LaDeana asks if Nicole is objecting to this meeting
  • Nicole thinks an email will suffice
  • Mindy agrees with Nicole
  • Gretchen says the apology was taken into account in the COCC Determination
  • This member has canceled their membership already
  • LaDeana requests Moderation of this member’s forum account
  • Nicole recommends an email asking if this member is interested in coming back to MakeICT. If this person wants to come back, they would need to agree to the terms
  • Mike Atherton motions to reach out to the member to ask if interested in coming back to MakeICT and regain access to the forum under a 90 day moderation period, plus contact with the person and the board. The board will turn off moderation at the closest board meeting
  • Mindy seconds the motion
    • James Lancaster abstain
    • Gretchen Koch yes
    • Michael Atherton yes
    • Nicole Reid yes
    • LaDeana Dockery yes
    • Mindy McKinley yes

Motion passes 5 yes, 1 abstain

@DECISION:  [Board approved report and course of action by Mike on 2023-07-4 ]

• 2nd member review not needed as action taken by security does not require further action by board - person can regain key access by submitting a new signed key form that would then have to be approved by the board of directors
  • Jay asks if security can arbitrarily turn off key card access
  • LaDeana states security can unilaterally turn off badge access to make situations safe
  • Jay asks what the policy is when a member of security puts their hands on another member
  • LaDeana states police should have been called
  • Nicole states the policy, any active security officer may deactivate a key of a member, and states any member may present policies to the board for consideration
  • Jay reasks what the policy is when security puts hands on a member
  • Nicole states that was not on the agenda, but that needs to be investigated
  • Mike states that that is under investigation by COCC
  • Jay states he is a witness for other incidents and was not asked his side of any story

• 3rd member review not needed as action taken by forum moderators does not require further action by the board - person would have to reply to forum moderators and agree to the terms of service
  • They can email directors@makeict.org and we will forward to the moderators

COC Reporting Committee

• Doug Wilson would like to join the committee
• Looking for more people to join the COC Reporting Committee
  • Motion?
  • Nicole moves for Doug to be appointed
  • Mike seconds
    • James Lancaster yes
    • Gretchen Koch yes
    • Michael Atherton yes
    • Nicole Reid yes
    • LaDeana Dockery yes
    • Mindy McKinley yes

Motion carries 6 yes

If anyone is interested in joining COCC they should email coc-reporting@makeict.org (Any reports should go to reports@makeict.org )

@DECISION:  [Doug is appointed to COCRC ]

Interim Ceramics Lead

• Nicole is willing to help with financial side of ceramics, but declines being lead at this time
• Ceramics will have a meeting Monday at 6:30pm
• Apparently owe Evans for 3 years of taxes on ceramics goods purchased
  • Nicole reiterates we are NOT tax exempt
  • Nicole is looking into the process to become tax exempt and hopefully reapply

VP Election

• Will have a special election for a new vice president
• Asking that the election committee reach out for more candidates
• Current VP candidates:
  • Dean Day
  • Aaron Rivers
    • If someone wants to nominate themselves or someone else for the VP position, they can email election@makeict.org
    • If you want to become a member of the election committee, email election@makeict.org or talk to Doug Wilson
      • Jay asks if the old election is ‘book closed’, moving on
      • Rustin asks for clarification
      • Jay states there are facts that membership does not know
      • Rustin states we are trying to be as transparent as possible
      • Jay asks if transparency is a new thing
    • election date will be pushed back to account for the two weeks
  • Mike B says he will be willing to assist the election committee
• Mindy moves to adjourn
• Rustin seconded

Upcoming Events

• Maker Monday
  • 2nd and 4th Mondays

• Member Orientation
  • Saturday July 8th @2:30pm
  • Tuesday July 18th @ 6pm