August 26 2018

2018 August 26

AGENDA

Roll Call

Board Members

• President - Kim Burton
• Vice President - LaDeana Dockery
• Treasurer - David Springs
• Secretary - vacant
• At Large Director - vacant
• At Large Director - Rustin Atkeisson
• At Large Director - Malissa Long
• At Large Director - James Lancaster

Standing Items

• Thanks & recognition

New Business

Review meeting goals and ground rules

• Good ideas from 2016
• Volunteer health check
• Procedure note we've learned: To avoid ties, president should abstain from voting except to settle a tie. Another good strategy is to have an odd number of board members.

Vacancy Filling

• Vote on interim board member, or hold new election for the open spot. -- Kez, Paul
• Area lead vacancies?

• Ideas:
  • Next up from the election.
  • Appoint someone.
  • Hold a new election.
  • Leave vacant - cannot, per the bylaws
  • Ask for volunteers?

Finance committee

• DevICT/KLF status

Education

• Recruiting inkscape teachers - Eric
  • no update.

Gun/firearms policy

• Ken

Committee Reports

Committees

• Finance (David)
• Maker Faire

Maker Faire 2018 Recap- lost my notes this is from memory

Attendance

We had a good year but we need to step up our game 3109 makers, volunteers, MakeICT members, and general public over 2 days 20 MakeICT Members Saturday 7 Sunday- hope more come next year 7 MakeICT booths- goal next year 20 1-2 additional MakeICT members on committee next year, along with someone from Go Create, Make Harvey, and other local maker spaces Great year but want to diversify to grow the faire even more goal 100 booths Friday Saturday Sunday(?) April 26-27th 28(?) Friday will not be full faire field trip day

• " Johnny Appleseed of Maker Spaces" Joel Lenoard's visit to Wichita

in attendance LaDeana Dockery: Dean Day James Lancaster Kirk Lancaster Kez Cook Christian Kindel anyone else? Thanks, Kirk and James for taking Joel in.
Maker Space= Local Community Workshop
Good Work=$$$$$
Take a group 3-5 people and go solicit at the following 4 places unannounced
Grainger- will do small donations locally as for business catalog and tell them about the space
Wal-Mart- $2500 shopping grant at each store tell them about the toys we build
Home Depot- had a local budget for non-profits
Boy's and Girls Club- Disney has been investing funds for STEAM Projects
Free membership to First Responders he suggested 20 with the size of our membership 5% so we can have contacts with in the departments and extra eyes around the building, his first maker space membership got a boost and a better neighborhood from doing this.
Have one Major Event Quarterly born from the Maker Space
Suggestions:
MFG Day October 5 mfgday.com
Job Fair- invite employers that have a connection to the makerspace and can use the skills we possess
Inventors Lift-Off (April Fools Day) showcase what businesses have come out of the maker space and have a competition for new inventions
Fragile-? I can't remember
316 Day March 16 Celebrate Wichita and the Makers Movement
Community round table discussion- 10 different people 10 different back grounds include one student, media, local celebrity maker, a community leader,business leader, ect, have about 10 tables total see what happens make it an evening at a craft brewery or farm to table
Praise the heck out of Volunteer As local businesses to give items to praise volunteers with
Last but not least the Book of List https://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/ecommerce/product/bookoflists

Task Summary

year	Saturday	Sunday	Total	Makers	MakeICT members
2018	0	0	3109	0	27
2017	1931	937	2868	68	no count
2016	1430	833	2263	49	no count
2015	1592	N?A	1592	44	no count