Regarding the laptops that run the CNC, laser cutter, etc. ... would it be worth spending some Noisebridge funds on a couple of laptop lock cables ($13 ea.) to keep them from wandering off next time they are replaced? Or were those already in use and cut through?<div>
<br></div><div>I just joined Noisebridge, and I love that it is a very open and trusting place. However, I think there are a few inexpensive precautions that could be implemented that wouldn't be seen as unfriendly, just as assuring that general-use items will be there when someone needs them.<br>
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<br></div><div>- Jenn<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 6:10 PM, Martin Bogomolni <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:martinbogo@gmail.com" target="_blank">martinbogo@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">... AND one of my macbooks (one was returned, eventually)<br>
... AND a sled of chips<br>
... AND a small miniITX machine. Old, but serviceable<br>
<br>
The fact is, if it's valuable and on a member shelf .. these days<br>
there's a good chance it's gone.<br>
<br>
I thought about bringing one of those plastic storage bins with a<br>
lockable top and putting it on my shelf space. I'm still thinking<br>
about that solution.<br>
<span><font color="#888888"><br>
-M<br>
</font></span><div><div><br>
On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 7:07 PM, Jake <<a href="mailto:jake@spaz.org" target="_blank">jake@spaz.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> Actually, there has been theft. Maybe not of the donations bins (i disagree<br>
> that presence of proper collection precludes the possibility that people are<br>
> sticking their hands into an unmonitored unlocked box of cash by the door)<br>
> but of laptops.<br>
><br>
> Laptops have been disappearing from the member shelves and elsewhere.<br>
><br>
> Everyone knows about the lasercutter laptop that was stolen by some tweaker.<br>
> Not everyone realizes that the CNC machine laptop has been stolen THREE<br>
> TIMES.<br>
><br>
> The first one was the one we took to toorcamp - it had been donated by<br>
> Carlos just before toorcamp. It was stolen a few weeks after toorcamp, i<br>
> believe.<br>
><br>
> Then I gave Hao another laptop to use as the CNC laptop, and he put it on<br>
> his member shelf. Before he got it set up and running, I gave him another<br>
> laptop to use as CNC machine (to use whichever worked better) but then both<br>
> were stolen, from his shelf.<br>
><br>
> That, coupled with the disappearance of a lot of valuable and useful<br>
> materials from the hack shelves, is plenty of proof to me that theft is<br>
> happening.<br>
><br>
> -jake<br>
><br>
><br>
> Danny / O'Brien wrote:<br>
> Oh, as you were then. I checked the black bin, and it was in there. Mea<br>
> culpa.<br>
><br>
> No-one will, of course, remember this email when they tell each other<br>
> enthusiastically how money is going from the bins.<br>
><br>
> Anyway, all my other points are EXCELLENT, and we should probably be more<br>
> organized about this. I will defer doing anything about this until somebody<br>
> harasses me though.<br>
><br>
> d.<br>
><br>
> On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 10:29 PM, Mitchel McAllister <xonimmortal at<br>
> <a href="http://yahoo.com" target="_blank">yahoo.com</a>>wrote:<br>
><br>
><br>
>> I have been taking the money out of the pink box and putting it in the<br>
>> metal box, as was requested by a member, after I expressed concern that<br>
><br>
> the<br>
>><br>
>> hasp on the pink box was broken.<br>
>><br>
>> I haven't seen people taking things from the bins, but I have seen<br>
><br>
> people<br>
>><br>
>> tossing things from bin to bin.<br>
>><br>
>> - Reverend Mik ------------------------------ <a href="http://www.prismandink.com" target="_blank">www.prismandink.com</a><br>
><br>
><br>
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