<div dir="ltr"><div>Here is our general policy's @ Dallas Makerspace.<br><br>We take a pretty strict stance on storage. The general idea is that people that are leaving/storing items are not being excellent to others who want to work on something but can't because someone who is MIA is storing stuff without working on it.</div><div><br></div><div>I think in the end it comes down to 3 things <br><br><ol><li>The Social Environment.</li><li>Clear and Documented Policies (Signage is Key)</li><li>Enforcement (It says you are going to trash it do you?)</li></ol></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><h2 style="color:black;font-weight:normal;margin:1em 0px 0.25em;overflow:hidden;padding:0px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(170,170,170);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:1.3;background-image:none;background-repeat:initial"><span class="" id="Storage">Storage</span></h2><ol style="line-height:1.5em;margin:0.3em 0px 0.5em 3.2em;padding:0px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px"><li style="margin-bottom:0.1em">The Dallas Makerspace is not a storage facility, projects and materials that do not follow these rules, will be considered donations.</li><li style="margin-bottom:0.1em">Projects (and materials for them) can only be stored in designated Project Storage Areas.</li><li style="margin-bottom:0.1em">Projects (and materials for them) stored in the Project Storage Areas must follow the rules and policies created by the <a href="https://dallasmakerspace.org/wiki/Operations_and_Facilities_Committee" title="Operations and Facilities Committee" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">Operations and Facilities Committee</a> which may be changed at any time.</li><li style="margin-bottom:0.1em">Projects can be stored in committee controlled rooms, as long as they follow the committee's guidelines.</li><li style="margin-bottom:0.1em">A project may be stored elsewhere with the approval of a member of the Board or by a vote of the membership.</li><li style="margin-bottom:0.1em">Individual storage areas will be available for each member:<ul style="line-height:1.5em;list-style-type:disc;margin:0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em;padding:0px"><li style="margin-bottom:0.1em">Each storage area is approximately 10"x16"x24"<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="" style="line-height:1em"><a href="https://dallasmakerspace.org/wiki/Storage#cite_note-8" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);white-space:nowrap;background:none">[8]</a></sup></li><li style="margin-bottom:0.1em">The individual storage area is located in the workshop.</li></ul></li><li style="margin-bottom:0.1em">Firearms, gunpowder, primers, and assembled ammunition cannot be stored at the Makerspace.</li></ol><div><a href="https://dallasmakerspace.org/wiki/Storage#Storage">https://dallasmakerspace.org/wiki/Storage#Storage</a><font color="#252525" face="sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:21px"><br></span></font></div></div><div><br>Personal Storage Box.</div><div><a href="http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/20206316/">http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/20206316/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>This is the Policy on the "Project Storage Areas"</div><div>"</div><div><ol style="margin:0px 0px 9px 25px;padding:0px;clear:both;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:19px"><li>Find an open section with a section identifier (e.g A-10). (This is Pallet Rack Storage)</li><li>Completely fill out the sign-in sheet. (Contact Info with Date of Completion)</li><li>Use of the storage shelves is limited to 30 days maximum.</li><li>Items stored on the floor must be authorized by Operations.</li></ol><p style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:19px">Items that do not follow these rules will be considered donations. </p><p style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:19px"><strong>YOU WILL NOT BE NOTIFIED</strong></p><p style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:19px"><strong>"</strong></p><p style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:19px"><strong><br></strong></p><p style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:19px"><strong><br></strong></p></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 3:42 PM, Bacon Zombie <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:baconzombie@gmail.com" target="_blank">baconzombie@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">Have a look at how London HackSpace deal with it.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><a href="https://wiki.london.hackspace.org.uk/view/Guides/Bringing_items_to_the_space" target="_blank">https://wiki.london.hackspace.org.uk/view/Guides/Bringing_items_to_the_space</a></p><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">
<div class="gmail_quote">On 26 Mar 2015 21:39, "Joshua Pritt" <<a href="mailto:ramgarden@gmail.com" target="_blank">ramgarden@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">We also have a very small space but use a simple wire shelving and banker boxes from Staples as member storage. We now have almost twice the number of members since then so we are about to add another set of shelves and boxes for the new members.<div><br></div><div><a href="http://melbournemakerspace.org/2014/06/space-enhancements/" target="_blank">http://melbournemakerspace.org/2014/06/space-enhancements/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 4:34 PM, Dave <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tallycast@gmail.com" target="_blank">tallycast@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">We have recently moved to a smaller space and while we don't officially open until April 1st, we are already running into problems with uncompleted projects and supplies being left in the space. How do other spaces deal with this issue?<div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>David from Making Awesome/</div><img src="http://t.signaletre.com/e1t/o/5/f18dQhb0S7ks8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9gXrN7sKj6v5dy_-VQZ8V44XHmFgW7fsH4T2zlZNzW1CsjNN1k1H6H0?si=5748201154936832&pi=8468c868-1247-4f3f-b468-e4c0ec6ab15b" style="display:none!important" height="1" width="1"></div>
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