February 20 2017

Roll Call

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

• Members
  • David Springs
  • Jeremiah Burian
  • John Harrison
  • Matt Pogue
  • Mike Barushok
  • Mike Hutton

Standing Items

• Treasurer’s report - distributed via email
  • Have 319 members

• Open Wichita report

• KLF report

• devICT report

• Outreach and Maker Academy reports
  • none submitted this month

Old Business

• Consignment Policy approval, drafted by Mike Barushok
  • Motion to approve the consignment policy
    • Motion passes
  • @DECISION: The Consignment Policy is approved.

• ERP access policy approval, drafted by James Seymour
  • There is some confusion about what James would like us to vote on.
  • Not voted on at this meeting

• Hackables Policy revision approval, revised by James Lancaster
  • Motion to accept the Hackables policy
    • Request to fix a grammatical mistake
      • Change accepted
    • Motion passes
  • @DECISION: The Hackables Policy is approved.
  • @TODO (Matt Pogue and Lewis, no date): Work together to determine how the shelves by the back door / metalshop will be governed

• Authorization and Area Lead Policy Draft approval, created by Logan Pajunen
  • A few semantics revisions are proposed and accepted.
  • Motion to approve the revised authorization and area lead policy
    • Motion passes
  • @DECISION: The Authorization and Area Lead Policy is approved.

• Tool Loan Policy revision approval, revised by Logan Pajunen
  • Credit to other makerspace will be moved to a footnote
  • Redundant bullets about equipment maintenance/use removed
  • Motion to approve policy
    • Motion passes
  • @DECISION: The Tool Loan Policy is approved.

New Business

• Graffiti Sign - proposed by Barb Davis
  • Barb found an artist (Chino) that is willing to paint a graffiti sign on the side of our building. She would like permission from the Board to continue discussion with him about the idea.
  • Album with some of the Chino’s previous work

• Sponsoring of member to be certified as a CPR and First Aid instructor, $200 allocation requested - proposed by Tom McGuire
  • Certification would be through the American Heart Association
  • If we sponsor someone, we should send at least two people
  • Discussion about how we should handle payment for the class
    • MakeICT could pay the fee for someone(s) to take the class, but then they have to teach a fixed number (4 or 5?) of classes at MakeICT without charging an instructor’s fee.
    • Any member could go and pay for the class themselves and then teach any number of classes they want at MakeICT and charge an instructor’s fee.
  • Suggestion to look into purchasing a defibrillator for the MakeICT Makerspace.

• Commercial use of makerspace re: John Harrison and Filimin
  • John is looking at using the laser early in the mornings (something like 3:00-6:00).
  • He’s willing to give up the machine if a member comes in and wants to use it for maker activities. He is of the mind that the machine’s primary use should be for making, not for running a business.
  • Should we put up a sign when the machine is being used for business related work, so that people know they can ask to cut in?
  • John has offered to help pay for machine maintenance in return for his heavy use of the machine for commercial purposes.
  • John does not have long-term plans to run his business using the MakeICT laser cutter. He’s looking to use ours as a trial run to see if he may want to purchase his own as a long-term solution for his business.
  • Nobody seemed opposed, but no official vote was taken

• UV Printer
  • Three options:
    • MakeICT owns the UV Printer and host it at the makerspace
    • MakeICT owns the UV Printer and John H. hosts it in his warehouse and allows MakeICT members to access it
    • John Harrison owns the UV Printer, MakeICT members will have shared access to it
  • Motion to accept the UV printer with the location pending, but including the possibility of John’s warehouse for which he will receive no compensation
    • Motion passes
  • @DECISION: We will accept the UV printer with the location pending, but including the possibility of John Harrison’s warehouse, for which he will receive no compensation.

• 30 day class notice policy proposal - "At least one authorization class for areas requiring authorization must be on the calendar in the following 30 days." - drafted by Logan Pajunen, moot if above Authorization and Area Lead Policy Draft is passed
  • Not talked about due to Authorization and Area Lead Policy being passed

• Proposal to move jewelry from its current location in the ERP Lab to the storage room - proposed by David Springs
  • The “dark room” would need some electricity and some benches to be usable as a space for jewelry.
  • Motion to allocate the “dark room” for use by the jewelry area.
    • Motion passes
  • @DECISION: The “dark room” will be cleared out for use by the jewelry area.

• Authorization to bid on a metal bandsaw, not to exceed $500
  • Motion to approve up to $320 for Mike Hutton to bid on a Wilton bandsaw for the metalshop.
    • Motion passes with 1 opposed and 1 vote withheld.
  • @DECISION: Up to $320 has been approved for Mike Hutton to bid on a Wilton bandsaw for the metalshop.

• Exterior Security at the makerspace
  • Some members have witnessed attempted break-ins of cars around the makerspace.
  • We should put up lights and possibly cameras around the outside of the building.
  • Motion to approve the expenditure of up to $250 dollars for exterior lights.
    • Motion passes
  • @DECISION: The expenditure of up to $250 dollars for exterior lights at the makerspace is approved.
  • Is there anything else we can do to make our makerspace a safer place for our members?
    • Can we communicate to our members during orientations that there have been a few incidents?
    • We could hire a part-time security officer to patrol on Maker Mondays (probably overkill).

• Discussion about firearms policy.
  • Lots of discussion about what’s legal and not legal.
  • David Springs suggested that we just bring an ATF agent down to explain what is and is not legal in our space.
  • @TODO (David Springs, no date): See if you can arrange for an ATF agent to come to the next Board meeting