January 19th 2023

AGENDA

Attendance

Board Members

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

Standing Items

• Thanks & Recognition
  • Joe B., Wes T., Rustin A., Gaye C., Paula P., Patrick H., Scott S., and Ben R. for renovating the ceramic studio!

Old Business

Collecting Demographic information

• • Demographics survey complete

Wichita Virtual School (USD 259) Education Imagine Academy

• They will be here starting January 17th, 18th, and 19th. Noon - 2 pm.
• LaDeana, James, Malissa, and Sherry will all be helping.
• They will bring 1 adult per 5 children, so lots of additional help.
• Further help may be required if authorization is needed in areas the above people are not authorized in.
• For now at least, the students and teachers will be guests of some of the 4 MakeICT Members mentioned above, depending on who is able to help on a specific day.
• Some consideration needs to be given to a cancellation policy if one of the 4 MakeICT Members above are unable to make one day.

Surplus Auction

• Is in the works
• Jesse Shlenker is leading up the effort to get items photographed and ready for the auction.

Wichita Art Council - Art Mixer

• Wichita Art council wants to have an art mixer at MakeICT
• Most likely the 2nd Maker Monday of February
• Malissa Long is the main contact
• Possibly use room 4 and turn into a potluck

COVID Mask Policy Discussion / Update - All

• Prior meetings:
• MakeICT has no requirement to wear masks. However, MakeICT reserves the right to require mask wearing during indoor scheduled group activities at the discretion of the activity organizer with advance notice.
  • Per: (Checked December 6) https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/about-face-coverings.html
    • Low
    • In Sedgwick County, Kansas, community level is low.
      • If you are at high risk for severe illness, talk to your healthcare provider about whether you need to wear a mask and take other precautions
      • Stay up to date with COVID-19 vaccines
      • Get tested if you have symptoms
  • Johns Hopkins tracker
    • https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6
  • Sedgwick County

https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/1b8b3236a1d64a20814110b639514cf8

New Business

Treasurer’s Report - Gary

• Bento Card updates - new leads means cards need to be updated.
  

2023 Budget Review

• Area budgets have been submitted
• Need to review and approve an operating budget for 2023
• Motion?

Minutes Approval

• Board to review minutes notes from November and December

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

Metalshop repairs

• Need to repair several pieces of equipment in the metalshop
• These are estimated replacement part cost.
• $150 is needed to replace the blown out hose on the AlphaTIG 200 welder.
• $300 to replace torch kit on oxy/acetylene setup
• Down to 2 good welding hoods (harbor freight auto darkening inserts have stopped functioning)

2023 Orientation Support

To help alleviate some of the last minute hunting for key form signatures, membership would like for area leads and board members to consider agree to being at the orientations either during board meetings or during area lead meetings for the following 2 orientation sessions. Members of the membership committee will still run the orientations.

Next Orientations:

• • Saturday February 11th @2:30pm
  • Tuesday February 21st @ 6pm
  • Saturday March 11th @2:30pm
  • Tuesday March 21st @ 6pm
  • Saturday April 8th @2:30pm
  • Tuesday April 18th @ 6pm
  • Saturday May 6th @2:30pm
  • Tuesday May 16th @ 6pm
  • Saturday June 10th @2:30pm
  • Tuesday June 20th @ 6pm

Makerfest Market in March

• There is interest in having a spring market
• Event planning group proposes setting the date and time for the next market to March 25th, from 11am to 3pm
• Need approval of vendor agreement
• Need to clarify how booth fees will be collected

Cure Violence Global

• a national group called Cure Violence Global has agreed to help the city of Wichita in regards to helping reduce the violence among the youth
• District I and III (MakeICT is in District III) have been identified as areas needing the most help
• Vice-Mayor Mike Hoheisel has reached out to MakeICT because of our past involvement with the community and would like to see us take part in this endevour

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)

Letterpress - David Springs

• Started having classes

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.

Scholarships - x

• As per committee policy: No meeting for a while, will need to be reviewed in August.

Security (and Safety) - Rustin Atkeisson

• are working on a proposal to update and upgrade the security cameras

Special Projects (and Makerfaire) - x

• See events

Welcome Center - Ben

Next meeting not on calendar: When?

• As per committee policy: No meeting for a while, will need to be reviewed 1 months/meetings from now.

Upcoming Events

• Maker Monday
  • 2nd and 4th Mondays

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

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

2023 Board Meetings