February 19th 2026
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
- Secretary: Paul Shackelford
- Director at Large: Cooper Cummings
- Director at Large: Dean Day
- Director at Large: Tessa Garlough-Jones
- Director at Large: Piper Thomas
- Immediate Past President: Gretchen Koch
Absent:
- Treasurer: Aaron Grindstaff
Members:
- LaDeana Dockery
- James Lancaster
- Rustin Atkeisson
Standing Items
(Items that are standardized as part of every board meeting)
Communications - Newsletter
The next newsletter will come out on March 1st. Please send blurbs to communications@makeict.org by February 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.
February Workshop Recap
- Discussed opportunities for getting the floor cleaned this month; decided to divide the dates
- Need to work on knowledge gaps where people don't know how to turn off commercial toilets, handle commercial mops, etc.
- Discussed approach to getting approval from city for greenhosue
Area Updates
FabLab
- New 3D Printers are here!
- Filament restocked
Gallery
- First farble 2/4
- Going to Wichita Sculptors Guild meeting; gallery show in April at MakeICT
Garden
- Took a look at composter, had issues with bindweed last year. Hope to improve conditions this year
- Been nice enough to clean up stuff
- Will be contacting the K-State extension to see if they will come and presentation on growing organic
Jewelry
- Blessed with donation of 10-20 lbs of copper
Metalshop
- Oxy/acetylene refilled and padlocked
- eye glass cabinet built and installed
- fix leaks on blaster
- Bridgeport is reassembled for now, needs more work when John returns
- picked up a used super spacer
- needs to figure out how to evict unpaid lockers
Radio
- proposal successfully submitted to NASA
- most of budget would go into equipment
- Thanks to Rustin for the help with the proposal
Stained Glass
- Got a small donation of materials and equipment
Visual Arts
- Just had a book art class
- Still need instructors
- String art - April or May
Fundraising
- Lots of grants still in work
Inventory
- Have a new printer, not set up all the way yet
IT
- No January meeting due to storm
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
- At a Glance
- Income: 16,600
- Utilities: 1,700
- Running Expenses: 4,200
- PEX Loading: 5,000
- Instructor Pay: 1,000
- One Time Expenses: (largely Bridgeport and Accounting) 7,600
- 1,230 remaining on Bridgeport grant
- Total Expense: 20,300
- Added to Reserve: ($3,700)
Approval of Previous Minutes
January 15th 2026 Board Meeting
Discussion: None
Motion: Gretchen moves to accept the January minutes
Seconded by: Cooper
- Stephan votes: Yay
- Paul votes: Yay
- Piper votes: Yay
- Gretchen votes: Yay
- Cooper votes: Yay
- Dean votes: Yay
Result: Motion passes
@DECISION: January minutes are accepted.
New Business
Thanks!
- Matt Cleary for his service as Lounge lead.
- A large semi-anonymous contribution was made towards the loan ($20k)
Lounge Lead
Liam Blakely has interest in the lounge lead and current lead Matthew Cleary is willing to let Liam take the position.
Discussion: Should we break off the breakroom into its own area? Does Liam want to lead the breakroom? TBD on the breakroom, we'll let him lead just the Lounge if that's what he wants.
Motion: Cooper moves to accept Liam as the new Lounge lead and we'll table discussion of separating out the breakroom.
Seconded by: Dean
- Stephan votes: Yay
- Paul votes: Yay
- Tessa votes: Yay
- Piper votes: Yay
- Gretchen votes: Yay
- Cooper votes: Yay
- Dean votes: Yay
Result: Motion passes.
@DECISION: Liam Blakely is the new Lounge Lead.
Bridgeport Mill and Pavilion Wiring
The Bridgeport mill is not located in the same place as the existing mill. We will need to run wiring to it. Bids are for a 20A 3 ph circuit, 2x30A 3-phase circuits, a 30A disconnect, 30A twist-lock installation, 30A receptacle relocation, and a 20A run to the pavilion.
Discussion:
- We received two bids, one for $6985+tax and one for $6000+tax.
- We think there's conduit going out to the pavilion and it is probably 1.5" conduit. Bids don't seem to realize it is there
- There was concern about price of the quotes and the scope being correct
- Decided to table action and work with JaiPal to refine scope.
Alcohol and Drug Policy
Alcohol and Drug Policy has a proposed modification to add the following text as a fifth numbered item:
Alcohol may not be stored in refrigerators, lockers, coolers, or any other space at MakeICT (without explicit Board permission)
Discussion:
- Modified the wording to remove “drugs, and other intoxicating substances” from the original proposal.
Motion:
- We still want to survey folks on this - possibly as a larger survey and will wait until we have results.
IRS 990 Form
The treasurer has provided 2025 tax year IRS 990 Form for review.
Discussion:
- We should look look at the Part IV questions (page 17 of the form) and think about adding policies and stuff so we can yes to more - i.e. anti-fraud policy. It may likely help us on grants.
Motion: Paul moves to accept the IRS 990 form as prepared.
Seconded by: Cooper
- Stephan votes: Yay
- Paul votes: Yay
- Tessa votes: Yay
- Piper votes: Yay
- Gretchen votes: Yay
- Cooper votes: Yay
- Dean votes: Yay
Result: Motion passes.
@DECISION: IRS 990 form for 2025 to be filed as prepared.
Breakroom Breakup 💔
The situationship where Breakroom and Lounge were one area has come to an end. We found Liam and confirmed he has no interest in leading the breakroom too.
Discussion:
- This area won’t have a lead for the time being, that’s okay as long as we have drinks stocked.
- We’ll reach out to the current stockers and see if they want to be lead.
- If they say no, we'll likely fold this into the Welcome Center area at a future meeting.
Motion: Piper moves to separate the breakroom and lounge into separate areas.
(Alternatively, moves to approve the breakroom breakup)
Seconded by: Stephan
- Stephan votes: Yay
- Paul votes: Yay
- Tessa votes: Yay
- Piper votes: Yay
- Gretchen votes: Yay
- Cooper votes: Yay
- Dean votes: Yay
Result: Motion passes.
@DECISION: Breakroom is it's own independent area.
Executive Session
Board entered a short executive discussion to discuss a scholarship for a potential member.
Scholarship
Discussion:
- Gretchen states we should really come up with a policy to handle these.
- Paul pointed out the Scholarship Guidelines he created last year after this came up a few times - it's guidelines not a policy.
Motion: Stephan moves to approve the scholarship for three months so the recipient will only pay $10/mo.
Seconded by: Cooper
- Stephan votes: Yay
- Paul votes: Yay
- Tessa votes: Yay
- Piper votes: Yay
- Gretchen votes: Yay
- Cooper votes: Yay
- Dean votes: Yay
Result: Motion passes.
@DECISION: Scholarship approved for term of three months.
