[Noisebridge-discuss] Re: Draft Finance Policy

[Mitch Altman]

> Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:34:10 -0700> From: mlp at thesmartpolitenerd.com> CC: noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net> Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] Re: Draft Finance Policy> > > Did we ever talk much about how we're going to handle reusable items > that get broken? I have a fairly absurd amount of lab glassware that I'm > willing to bring in to bootstrap bio- and chem-hacking. Glassware > breaks; this kind of stuff just happens. However, I am a little worried > about what happens if someone breaks the $150 Liebig condenser and > doesn't have the money to replace it. (It's a meter-long *piece of > glass* that gets exposed to temperature gradients. Someday, it will break.)> > Though I suppose one way around that would be to build less-breakable > equipment where possible; it's pretty easy to make a condenser from > copper or pvc pipe, though non-glass equipment is harder to clean.> > I can't make the meeting tonight, unfortunately, but if this does come > up, I'd like to hear how people feel about it.
 
It's way cool of you to offer to bring this kind of amazing equipment to Noisebridge.
 
Though, the general feeling from discussions thus far (where I've been around) has been:  if you bring something to Noisebridge, you should be OK with it breaking, or getting stolen, or otherwise becoming unusable.  I'm not sure how we could handle it in other ways, unless the equipment in question is extremely valuable, in which case our insurance may be able to cover loss.
 
Mitch.
 
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