[hackerspaces] efficient bench usage - what is the proper term for the "clean slide" option?

[William Saturno]

What about  Something like please prep "Common Workspace" in ready
condition for next use/person

On Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 10:56 PM, Frantisek Apfelbeck <algoldor at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Hi to all,
> Question.
> What is the name of concept when you try to have some place as ready as
> possible for as many activities as possible with minimal amount of changes
> which would have to be done in between these activities? An example: a
> bench in hackerspace has to serve to a group which wants to work with
> electronics and solder, at other time to program, later on do sewing etc.
> The best option would be probably to have the bench completely clean with
> additional label "be excellent asshole and clean your shit after yourself,
> thank you!" but I do not know how to call it in "English". "Clean slide?"
> Another example is to use a futon to sleep in the room making your bed
> every day in the evening, cleaning in the morning and using the room for
> other purposes during the day.
>
> The reason why I'm asking is that I've got a position of a
> coordinator/advisor in a brewing laboratory so I'm making a list of
> proposals for improvements. Having a clean benches all the time with
> detergent and cleaning sponge by the sink is one of the important topics on
> the list and it is a general practice in most of the good labs but I'm
> missing the "terminus technicus." I do believe that this "clean slide
> option" is the most time efficient one in environments where many different
> activities are carried out - like hackerspaces.
>
> I could try to put more effort in finding the proper term but I have found
> the hard way that it is better to ask for words/terms like these the native
> speakers/specialist.
>
> Many thanks for any suggestions or links discussing these topics/styles of
> organization.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Frantisek Algoldor Apfelbeck
>
> biotechnologist&kvasir and hacker
>
>
> http://www.frantisekapfelbeck.org
>
>
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