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* Very difficult to clean & tidy kitchen, because of unsealed surfaces and peculiar storage spaces
 
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* kitchen used to melt bacon fat rather than cook good food
 
* kitchen used to melt bacon fat rather than cook good food
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* Impatience with other people's projects
  
 
== Would be Nice ==
 
== Would be Nice ==

Revision as of 10:19, 14 October 2012

A short list of perceived LHS problems people currently complain about at the Hackspace.

Let's not discuss details yet but merely collect opinions. It's also not important whether a particular complaint is correct/justified or not, we can discuss that later.

We don't necessarily need to address all of these, but they'll help us pick a few good starting points.

(It's fine to be quite evocative in your phrasing)

Martind 18:39, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

Current (Perceived) Problems

  • Tidiness: the space is a mess
  • Too many people: no space to work
  • Tools are always broken (and: people use tools without knowing how to do it properly)
  • People don't return keys for tool access control
  • Too many half-finished jobs (infrastructure, projects)
  • Misuse of DNH stickers (not providing enough information; forgetting to also inform the mailing list.)
  • People stopped making things and just hang out
  • Our online social spaces are poisoned by trolls
  • Our online social spaces are poisoned by people who take those who disagree with them as trolls
  • Front door always open: weak distinction of members/non-members (security/safety problems.)
  • Closed groups starting to form, less inclusive of larger membership
  • People don't try to find out how to use thing properly
  • When people ask for help in training on tools, it often isn't practically available
  • A culture of leaving tools (and: glasses, pans, paper, monitors) where someone finished their job
  • Teenage locker-room humour and wall 'decorations'
  • Bravado in tool use
  • Safety warnings from people who don't understand useage (cf: H&S one-size-fits-all rules vs. intelligent use)
  • An enthusiasm for destruction (eg balconise) rather than repair
  • A tendency for repairs, when done, to be done incompletely (too much nails and gaffer tape)
  • Very difficult to clean & tidy kitchen, because of unsealed surfaces and peculiar storage spaces
  • kitchen used to melt bacon fat rather than cook good food
  • Impatience with other people's projects

Would be Nice

  • A (maintained) London Hackspace manual
  • A welcome email with links/instructions
  • An effective way of finding out who to ask for help