July 25 2016
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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.
- Free admission is one per MakeICT membership, not one family per MakeICT membership
- 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.
- They're on the forum
- 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.
- There was a forum thread about this previously
- 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
- Need a policy for nametags/badges in the makerspace
- 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 July 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.
- We need to purchase trash service
- 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.