AGENDA

Opening and Mission Statement

The regular monthly meeting of the MakeICT board of directors convenes in the MakeICT building.
MakeICT is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization and is operated entirely by volunteers. It’s our mission to innovate, learn, and build community at the intersection of art, technology, science, and culture.

Board Members:

President: Andy Tannahill
Vice President: Stephan Reckers
Treasurer: Aaron Grindstaff (virtual)
Secretary: Paul Shackelford (virtual, from KC)
Director at Large: Cooper Cummings
Director at Large: Dean Day
Director at Large: Piper Thomas
Director at Large: Tessa Garlough-Jones
Immediate Past President: Gretchen Koch

Members:

John Cummings
James Lancaster
LaDeana Dockery
Rustin Atkeisson

Standing Items

(Items that are standardized as part of every board meeting)

Communications - Newsletter

The next newsletter will come out on May 1st . Please send blurbs to communications@makeict.org by April 25th.

Please send in current photos we can use anywhere (website, newsletter, social media, etc)!
Teachers, please take pictures of your classes and send them to us.
If anyone is interested in reviving member of the month, feel free to write it and send it in

First Thursday Board Workshop

The Board Workshop is an opportunity for members of the board, and of MakeICT, to get together and talk about plans and goals for MakeICT in an informal setting, as well as see presentations from outside parties on how they’d like to collaborate with MakeICT.

This is a non-voting meeting, and may or may not have a set agenda shared beforehand.
This is also not an "anything goes" environment. Be respectful of others in the discussion.
The workshops are scheduled to run for two hours, with the first hour being for general discussion and the second hour reserved for executive sessions by the board, as needed.

April Workshop Recap

The future of cleaning at MakeICT

Area Updates

Ceramics

Classes going well
New fan should be here
Increasing glaze to $1.5/oz

FabLab

Need to get a resin class on the calendar

Gallery

Show from Sculptors guild ongoing

Garden

Took down grow tent
Getting pollinator plants done
Tiller is up and running
Working on tools
Still have bed spaces

Jewelry

Running monthly meetings

Metalshop

Working on the mill

Stained Glass

Will reschedule Morton system class

Woodshop

More demand for shopbot classes
Need more help
Need more dust collection

Lounge

Need a small recycle bin

Welcome Center

Running Smoothly

Communications

Maker Market posts have gone out

Events

Ren Faire this weekend push to get painting done
SWE is also this Saturday
Maker Market
- 4 people want to perform
- 1 person signed up
- 2 pending

Facilities

Put spray bottles in each bathroom
New mop head
Added oz pumps
Replace the top on textiles
Cleaning everything out of the west side (outside)
Will start spraying base of building
Will haul things out of fire cabinet

IT

Working on redoing the Door entry system
New IdeaTek internet service

Reminders

When leaving an area:

Make sure all windows are closed and locked
Turn off the lights (except if one room’s lights are left on for security reasons)
Turn heat to 60 degrees

Treasurer’s Report

Brought in: $26,100
Spent: $11,800
Utilities: $2,000
Areas: $4,000
Instructors: $1,100
Backend: $4,200
Pex: $1,500

Approval of Previous Minutes

March 19th 2026 Board Meeting

Motion: Cooper moves to approve the previous meeting minutes.

Seconded by: Stephan

Stephan votes: Yay
Aaron votes: Yay
Paul votes: Yay
Piper votes: Yay
Tessa votes: Yay
Gretchen votes: Yay
Cooper votes: Yay
Dean votes: Oh boy yay

Result: Motion passes.

@DECISION: March minutes are accepted.

New Business

Thanks!

JaiPal for all of the work he is doing with facilities improvements.

Replacing Fans in Metal Hotshop

The East ceiling fan in the hot metal shop has developed a fatal wobble and needs to be replaced. Facilities proposes to replace both ceiling fans in the hot shop with https://www.grainger.com/product/VES-Ceiling-Fan-8-809JK4 an industrial sealed motor, steel blade adjustable speed unit.

We would also need a variable speed control to replace the existing switch.

https://www.grainger.com/product/VES-Speed-Control-Dial-819Y86?opr=RAPD&analytics=REQACC_809JK4&position=1

Total project cost: $530.75 + tax.

The existing fan in Metal shop on the West side would go to classroom 3 to replace the wobbly fan there.

Discussion:

Yep, the condition of the fans are bad now.
These seem like an improvement.

Motion: Paul moves to approve the purchase of two fans and speed controllers for the hot metalshop.