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== Rule Zero ==
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* Do not be on fire.
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== Safety ==
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* Don't use power tools unless you've had a safety briefing on them first.
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* Don't defeat or hack safety features/equipment.
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* If in doubt, ask.
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== Making Decisions ==
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* If something is broken, fix it, don't complain.
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* If you're doing something major, ask the mailing list first, but you don't need permission from directors.
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== Personal Items ==
 
== Personal Items ==
 
* Members are allowed to store personal items in the space, but they must be kept in one of the plastic boxes, labeled with your name. One box per member.
 
* Members are allowed to store personal items in the space, but they must be kept in one of the plastic boxes, labeled with your name. One box per member.
* Larger/more items are allowed with permission. They should be labeled as yours (e.g. with a post-it).
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* Larger/more items are allowed with permission. They should be clearly labeled as yours.
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== Donating/Loaning Hardware ==
 
== Donating/Loaning Hardware ==
 
* If you're leaving something and you would rather it was not mercilessly ripped apart, please label it accordingly.
 
* If you're leaving something and you would rather it was not mercilessly ripped apart, please label it accordingly.
 
* Likewise, if something looks expensive or useful please don't mercilessly rip it apart without asking first.
 
* Likewise, if something looks expensive or useful please don't mercilessly rip it apart without asking first.
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== Tidiness ==
 
== Tidiness ==
 
* Workbenches should be completely clean when you leave - be considerate for the next user. Please put tools back where you found them.
 
* Workbenches should be completely clean when you leave - be considerate for the next user. Please put tools back where you found them.
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== Disposal ==
 
== Disposal ==
We have a finite amount of space, so we will inevitably have to throw away what seems like useful stuff. To get rid of the clutter, follow the following easy steps:
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* If you want to throw something away which looks useful, make sure the mailing list is informed well in advance.
# Label that it's going to be disposed, with a date four weeks from now
 
# Announce it on the mailing list. Wait 2 weeks
 
# Announce it again on the mailing list. Wait 2 weeks
 
# Announce it one last time on the mailing list.
 
# If it's electronic equipment that might have useful stuff in, rip out the electronics and put it in the electronic junk box
 
# Otherwise, dispose of it
 
 
 
== Disposal Proposal ==
 
# Put whatever you think should be junked on the "to be junked" shelf
 
# Every Tuesday the "to be junked" shelf is sorted. Religiously.
 
## Things to be junked go in the junk box
 
## Things to be salvaged go in the salvage box
 
## Everything else gets put away properly and labelled with its purpose (and reason for not using) if need be
 
## Anything moved to the junk or salvage box gets documented on the wiki page with a date, which is then linked in the weekly notes
 
# Whenever someone has time, anything that is in the junk box that has been there for more than four weeks goes in the skip
 
 
 
== The N Commandments ==
 
 
 
*Rule 0 : Do not be on fire
 
*Rule 1 : Hack safe. But not TOO safe.
 
*Rule 2 : Don't hack someone else's stuff without permission
 
*Rule 3 : If it's not broke, fix it until it is.
 

Revision as of 17:27, 30 August 2010


Rule Zero

  • Do not be on fire.

Safety

  • Don't use power tools unless you've had a safety briefing on them first.
  • Don't defeat or hack safety features/equipment.
  • If in doubt, ask.

Making Decisions

  • If something is broken, fix it, don't complain.
  • If you're doing something major, ask the mailing list first, but you don't need permission from directors.

Personal Items

  • Members are allowed to store personal items in the space, but they must be kept in one of the plastic boxes, labeled with your name. One box per member.
  • Larger/more items are allowed with permission. They should be clearly labeled as yours.

Donating/Loaning Hardware

  • If you're leaving something and you would rather it was not mercilessly ripped apart, please label it accordingly.
  • Likewise, if something looks expensive or useful please don't mercilessly rip it apart without asking first.

Tidiness

  • Workbenches should be completely clean when you leave - be considerate for the next user. Please put tools back where you found them.
  • Any items left on a workbench overnight become fair game.
  • All cups and plates you have used should be washed before leaving the space.
  • If you have engaged in any waste generating activity (e.g. peeling wires), hoover the spot.

Disposal

  • If you want to throw something away which looks useful, make sure the mailing list is informed well in advance.