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
Director at Large: Cooper Cummings
Director at Large: Dean Day
Director at Large: Piper Thomas
Director at Large: Tessa Garlough-Jones

Members:

Randy Reynard
Joslin Laskey
Jaipal Chauhan
Rustin Atkeisson
Steve Holmberg
James Lancaster

Standing Items

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

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.

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 off AC

Treasurer’s Report

For April:

Brought in: $15400
Spent: $9700
Utilities: $2200
Instructors: $880
Backend expenses: $4,200
To Pex: $1,500

For May:

Brought in: $21500
Spent: $15700
Utilities: $1700
Areas: $3500
Instructors: $1500
Backend expenses: $4,200
To Pex: $4,500

For the Maker Market we Lost 490$. However I will look for additional members from the 200 people who attended the event.

Approval of Previous Minutes

May 21st 2026 Board Meeting

Motion: Stephan moves to approve the previous meeting minutes.

Seconded by: Cooper and Piper simultaneously

Stephan votes: Yay
Paul votes: Yay
Cooper votes: Yay
Dean votes: Yay
Piper votes: Yay
Tessa votes: Yay

Result: Motion passes.

@DECISION: May minutes are approved.

New Business

Thanks!

Everyone who helped with the Maker Market!

Cleaning Bids

Got one, did not meet requirements
ServiceMaster - reached out did not hear back, maybe next week?
A couple of random inquiries on the info address.
Cleanliness - it's gross right now.

New Electronics Area Lead

Electronics Area had 9 people at a meeting recently.
Kim is supportive of stepping down to assistant lead; he’s working second shift and doesn’t have the full capacity to be a lead
Jeff Sparks has volunteered to step into the role.
- Has been here for a year and a half, involved in radio stuff
James Seymour - should he be area assistant lead still?
Gretchen would like them to update the Wiki page

Motion: Cooper moves to appoint Jeff Sparks as new electronics area lead.

Seconded by: Paul

Stephan votes: Yay
Aaron votes
Paul votes: Yay
Cooper votes: Yay
Dean votes: Yay
Piper votes: Yay
Tessa votes: Yay

Result: Motion passes.

@DECISION: Jeff Sparks is new ERP lead.

Friends University Volunteers

Lots of areas have signed up; garden, textiles, ERP, stained glass
Anything need a general deep cleaning?
Friday, August 14th 9:30-11:30 am
Paul will be onsite handling stuff as needed for both sides.

Freshmen service project, Friday August 14th, 9:30-noonish
Paul is off that day, can support
Jai would like some organization in the garage - organize stuff from building the building to box
Textiles, ERP, garden, Stained Glass have asked for volunteers too

Parking Lot Lighting

Looking at hanging those donated lights
Will need to fabricate a fixture
Aaron had done his walk-around with the lux meter
NE corner - bulb changed but still not coming on

Voting

Need to document what we’re pulling so we get the correct list
This year we pulled inactive members (which all said “pending” in the admin tool at least…), some definitely active members were left out

Decision Summary

June 18th 2026

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