February 16th 2023

AGENDA

Attendance

Absent

• Ethan Doak, Secretary
• Rustin Atkeisson, President
• James Lancaster, At-Large
• LaDeana Dockery, At-Large
• Gary Titus, Treasurer
• Sherry Ibrahim, Vice President
• Aaron Rivers, At-Large
• Doug Wilson, At-Large

Standing Items

• Thanks & Recognition
• Dean Day and Ted McMullen for setting up the gallery for the Making Makers show
• Everyone who helped clean the space - Jesse Schlenker, Dean Day, Ted McMullen, Malissa Long, Kathy Pike, Brian Wiles, Eric (? supercritical on forum), Sherry Ibrahim, LaDeana Dockery

Old Business

Collecting Demographic information

• • Demographics survey complete
  • Hopefully tonight should have financial info to go for grants

Wichita Virtual School (USD 259) Education Imagine Academy

• Updates: Is the plan still to have events in February and April with USD 259?

Surplus Auction

• Is in the works
• Has an auction date been set?

MakerFair - Exploration Place

• Rustin and Malissa attended panel meeting
• Event will be at both Exploration Place and the Advanced Learning Library for one day (Saturday August 26th from 10am to 5pm)
• So far the efforts have been aimed at getting performers and makers lined up
• Will be free to the public and for makers (as long as makers are not selling anything or needing power)
• Past participants should have been contacted by now about the event, but MakeICT will reach out to any participants that we have more current contact information for
• Meeting date for February has not been set yet

Makerfest Market March 25 (11am-3pm)

• Updates?

Hoheisel’s invitation to join and help Cure Violence Global

• Rustin Atkeisson attended the 1st session
• The initiative sounds like a great way to give youth someone to talk to
• Paid staff with office space would have to be present at MakeICT for them to interact with local youth.
• No further action from MakeICT needs to be taken at this time

New Business

Minutes Approval

• Board to review minutes notes from November, December, and January

November: https://wiki.makeict.org/wiki/November_17th_2022 December: https://wiki.makeict.org/wiki/December_15th_2022 January: https://wiki.makeict.org/wiki/January_19th_2023

Roof Funding

• As a last resort, finance committee and the treasurer would like to explore taking out a loan for the roof should we need to get the roof immediately (this does not mean taking out a loan at this point)
• Have had an insurance adjuster recently look at the roof and has verified that the roof is near the end of it’s life and has several pages of recorded storms that produced hail damage in the area
• Would need to sign an agreement with the insurance adjuster before finding out how much insurance might pay to help repair the roof
• We are still committed to doing whatever fundraising we can to avoid taking out a loan but we are still a ways off from the six figure amount needed to pay for the roof

Ceramics Studio Access Policy Update

• Link to current ceramic studio wiki page: https://wiki.makeict.org/wiki/Ceramics_Area
• Ceramics studio does not currently have an access policy
• Gaye would like to add an access policy for the ceramics studio by adding the following lines:
  • Use of the Ceramics Studio requires attendance in the area authorization

class. Completion of the authorization class will grant access to the area and use of the equipment…

• • Operation of the kiln is limited to the Ceramics Studio Lead, Assistant

Lead(s), and their designees.

Gallery Committee - Policy and Contract

• Dean day to provide contract for board to review and recommend for use of future gallery shows

Committee Reports

Communications - Sherry Ibrahim

• Meetings:
  • Recurring: 4th Wednesday @ 8pm primarily online

Events Committee - X

• See above (Classroom Management Committee)

Facilities Committee - Joe Birzer

• On Calendar Tuesday 6:30

Finance Committee - Dan Kries

• 3rd Monday of the month at 6:30
• Usually meet in Room 3 or the lounge (whichever is cooler)

Fundraising - Ethan Doak

• Next meeting on calendar (Standard schedule: every 2nd Thursday @ 7pm)

Garden - Sherry Ibrahim

• plot rentals beginning as soon as we work out two small technical details
• solarization plastic removed and stored for future use
• first and second batch of seedlings have sprouted with lights donated by members
• the Sedgwick County Master Gardeners will have a 20'x20' demonstration test plot for tomatoes and peppers which they will care for; produce to be donated to Plant a Row etc
• meetings every 2 weeks on Sundays at 10AM (next one Sunday the 19th)

IT - Tom Bloom

• Next meeting ?

Inventory - Ben Rogers

• Next meeting on calendar (Standard schedule: every 2nd Wednesday @ 6pm)
• Ceramics has already completed their area inventory update

Membership (and Community Outreach) -

Membership as of 2022-04-14: 467 (plus 2 donors)

Membership as of 2022-04-21: 466 (plus 2 donors)

Membership as of 2022-05-12: 462 (plus 2 donors)

Membership as of 2022-06-16: 459 (plus 2 donors)

Membership as of 2022-07-21: 457 (plus 2 donors)

Membership as of 2022-08-18: 456 (plus 2 donors)

Membership as of 2022-09-18: 445 (plus 2 donors)

Membership as of 2022-10-22: 452 (plus 2 donors)

Membership as of 2022-11-17: 448 (plus 2 donors)

Membership as of 2022-12-15:

Membership as of 2023-01-19:

• next meeting Monday January

Outreach (and Education) - LaDeana Dockery

• See Classroom above.

Security (and Safety) - Rustin Atkeisson

• may have a path forward for adding more cameras

Special Projects (and Makerfaire) - x

• See events

Upcoming Events

• Maker Monday
  • 2nd and 4th Mondays

• Breakfast with the board
• March 11th 2023
• 9am

• Member Orientation
  • Saturday March 11th @2:30pm
  • Tuesday March 21st @ 6pm

2023 Board Meetings