July 25 2016

Roll Call

• Board Members
  • Barb Davis
  • Christian Kindel
  • Curt Gridley
  • Dominic Canare
  • James Lancaster
  • John Alexander
  • Kip Landwehr
  • Logan Pajunen

• Members
  • Jacob Walker
  • Jerry Carpenter
  • Mike Barushok
  • Sam Schurter
  • Seth Etter
  • Tom McGuire

Officer Reports

• Secretary: Acceptance of previous meeting minutes
  • @DECISION: Meeting minutes for July 11, 2016 are accepted.

Old Business

• Tom – Updates from landlord regarding funding AC
  • Landlord not interested in spending any more money

• Barb – Maker Faire Updates
  • Everyone signed up should have received an email from Exploration Place
  • Will be a mixer on Saturday after 5:30
  • Members and family access?
    • Free admission is one per MakeICT membership, not one family per MakeICT membership
      • @TODO (Dominic, no date): Notify our members that Maker Faire admission is one free entry per dues paying member, not whole family entry per dues paying member.
  • MakeICT official presence
    • Taking the punch card reader
    • Will have handouts and maybe business cards
    • Possibly will have a map with MakeICT's location
    • Take a laptop to sign up new members?
      • Yes
    • Could show small things that members have made at MakeICT
    • Need volunteers to help run the table
    • @TODO (Logan, no date): Speak with Dean about submitting a maker application for Maker Faire if he wants to do something with the forge.

• Update on studio curtains

New Business

• Business cards
  • We need some
  • Matt designed some
    • They're on the forum
      • @TODO (Dominic, no date): Revive the forum thread with Matt Pogue's business card designs.
  • Check out City Blue Print for having cards and fliers printed

• Badges
  • Need a policy for nametags/badges in the makerspace
    • There was a forum thread about this previously
      • @TODO (Logan, no date): Rivive forum or email thread regarding nametags/badges at the makerspace.
  • A policy for badges was already passed
    • Details of the policy can be found [here]
  • Make a decision on a policy before the end of the next meeting

• Building signage / exterior paint
  • Need a design
  • Need a blade sign
  • Do we need a permit to install a sign?
  • @TODO (Christian, no date): Post on the forum looking for volunteers to make a design for the sign, find a blade sign for us to use, and find out if we need a permit to install the sign.

• Donor recognition
  • There are at least two forum threads on this already
  • John Alexander volunteered to spearhead this effort

• Contributors of the Year recognition
  • @TODO (John Alexander, Before August 8, 2016): Complete the creation of contributor recognition items.

• Board meetings schedule
  • For the foreseeable future, meetings will take place every Maker Monday
  • Long-term goal is to have meetings only monthly

• Trash service and apology
  • We need to purchase trash service
    • @TODO (Tom, no date): Look into purchasing trash service for the makerspace.
  • Need to send an apology to Poorman's and also a thank-you for letting us borrow theirs for this long
    • @TODO (Logan, no date): Send an apology to Poorman's about the trash issue. May also thank them for allowing us to borrow their dumpster for as long as they have.
  • Need an interim plan for handling trash
    • Can use the dumpster at Logan's warehouse for the time being
  • Need to communicate to our membership that we can no longer use Poorman's dumpster
    • @TODO (John Alexander, no date): Put up a sign to notify members that we can no longer use Poorman's dumpster.
    • @TODO (John Alexander, no date): Post on the forum to notify members that we can no longer use Poorman's dumpster.

• devICT program director appointment
  • Motion: Install Jacob Walker as the director
  • @DECISION: Jacob Walker is now the director of the devICT program.

• Open Wichita director appointment
  • Motion: Install Seth Etter as the director
  • @DECISION: Seth Etter is now the director of the Open Wichita program.

• Metalshop age limit?
  • Have a policy proposal for the next board meeting

• Ceramics report from Susan de Wit – in Ceramics room
  • John Cody is Susan's Assistant BD
  • We have enough shelving for the current number of members actively using the clay room, but it's getting tight
  • Mug making class coming up in August
  • Planning an intro to enamel class
  • Think having accessible folding table rather than the current rolling tables would be preferred
  • Will soon have 3 good pottery wheels
  • Susan brought a toaster in for polymer clay
  • There is an access policy on the wiki, but it is incomplete and has not been approved by the Board
    • @TODO (Logan and Susan, no date): Finish creating the access policy for the clay studio.
  • Susan would like shelves put up
  • The current kiln is a higher voltage than the building provides.
    • The board will likly be receiving a request to resolve this problem in the near future
  • Susan thinks John Cody would be a good successor when she steps down from the BD role
  • Susan WANTS to paint the bathroom

Executive Session

• Something needs to happen to help areas that are currently not functunal, or seem to need assistance
• Need timelines for projects that are in progress so we can tell our members and guests when we are asked

General Topics and TODOs

• @TODO (Kip, no date): Update the Wiki so the Bylaws reflect the votes from the annual meeting.