[sudo-discuss] lockers

[Marina Kukso]

++ organization day!


On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 11:42 AM, Morten H. D. Fuglsang
<vallebo at gmail.com>wrote:

> Awesome with the lockers!
> And I agree with what Marina said. Could it be an after-meeting activity
> for whoever feels so inclined, to go through stuff and move things around?
> Or even an organization-day, which I know there have been talks of for a
> while.
>
> Make a great day,
> Morten H. D. Fuglsang
> US: +1 415 799 6931 // skype: FlyvendeHest
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 10:52 AM, Marina Kukso <marina.kukso at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> hey hol,
>>
>> i think your point is extremely important. we have an extreme clutter
>> problem! partially due to our poor documentation, it's unclear when
>> something is an in-progress project or "hackable stuff that might have a
>> purpose for someone sometime in the future theoretically maybe." i have a
>> feeling that most of the stuff in sudo is in the latter category in which
>> case i'm not sure what to do...
>>
>> - marina
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 10:07 AM, Hol Gaskill <hol at gaskill.com> wrote:
>>
>>> $10 or $15 a month?  It seems like we'll have to make room somehow,
>>> which I think can be accomplished through a combination of
>>> rearranging/organizing our stockpiles, and trying to convince people who
>>> want to store their own projects at sudo room to do it in a locker.  I
>>> don't think it would be converting communal space into personal space as
>>> much as it would be acknowledging that communal space is getting clogged up
>>> (increasingly - it's getting hard to move around in there) with projects
>>> that are only being maintained by one or two people or not at all.
>>>
>>> Also, I would like to bring back up the notion of opening up projects
>>> and advertising/communicating the work that needs to be done, like for
>>> example if 3 different projects need a similar power supply, we could agree
>>> on the specs and open that part of the project to be done separately.  I
>>> know when I talk about "projects" I focus on hardware projects, but that's
>>> just because they take up the most physical space.  I keep meaning to come
>>> up with a format for sharing subsystem info and inviting people with
>>> relevant skills to participate in its development but so far it's all been
>>> talk on my end.  If we share more projects and have a system for doing it,
>>> and for organizing our space around truly active projects, I really think
>>> it would incentivize completing (and documenting!) projects and it would
>>> attract people to come meet up at sudo room.  From my limited observations
>>> at microcontroller hack night, most of the turnout is related to specific
>>> projects that people hear about and show up
>>>   already having some background.  We can move toward a more interactive
>>> environment my making sure the things out in the common space are open and
>>> active.
>>>
>>>
>>> Jul 11, 2013 06:35:53 PM, yardenack at gmail.com wrote:
>>> Lockers are acquired! There are 5 units with 2 lockers each. Each of
>>> >these 10 lockers has a small square shelf and a tall L-shaped shelf.
>>> >It turns out these don't need built-in locks, they just have loops to
>>> >put a padlock through. So folks should probably acquire their own
>>> >padlocks.
>>> >
>>> >How much should we charge for them? I was thinking we could charge a
>>> >flat rate per locker, and we can share them for discount rates. Who'd
>>> >like to share with me? :)
>>> >
>>> >The ad asked for $50 but the guy dropped it to 40 when he learned what
>>> >they are for. Instead of reimbursing me, I'll just let it go towards
>>> >my locker tab.
>>> >
>>> >Although membership is of course sliding scale, we should make it
>>> >clear that locker dues aren't meant to be a substitute for member dues
>>> >or a new form of special membership. It's just another fundraiser.
>>> >
>>> >So everybody pay up, help us cut down on clutter, and enjoy your new
>>> lockers!
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