[Noisebridge-discuss] no actual theftiness and not from the donation bins

[Eric W. Rasmussen]

I'll donate the locks. I have a bag of them.

On 10/08/2012 08:59 PM, Jennifer Mann wrote:
> 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?
>
> 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.
>
> - Jenn
>
> On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 6:10 PM, Martin Bogomolni <martinbogo at gmail.com 
> <mailto:martinbogo at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     ... AND one of my macbooks (one was returned, eventually)
>     ... AND a sled of chips
>     ... AND a small miniITX machine.  Old, but serviceable
>
>     The fact is, if it's valuable and on a member shelf .. these days
>     there's a good chance it's gone.
>
>     I thought about bringing one of those plastic storage bins with a
>     lockable top and putting it on my shelf space.   I'm still thinking
>     about that solution.
>
>     -M
>
>     On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 7:07 PM, Jake <jake at spaz.org
>     <mailto:jake at spaz.org>> wrote:
>     > Actually, there has been theft.  Maybe not of the donations bins
>     (i disagree
>     > that presence of proper collection precludes the possibility
>     that people are
>     > sticking their hands into an unmonitored unlocked box of cash by
>     the door)
>     > but of laptops.
>     >
>     > Laptops have been disappearing from the member shelves and
>     elsewhere.
>     >
>     > Everyone knows about the lasercutter laptop that was stolen by
>     some tweaker.
>     > Not everyone realizes that the CNC machine laptop has been
>     stolen THREE
>     > TIMES.
>     >
>     > The first one was the one we took to toorcamp - it had been
>     donated by
>     > Carlos just before toorcamp.  It was stolen a few weeks after
>     toorcamp, i
>     > believe.
>     >
>     > Then I gave Hao another laptop to use as the CNC laptop, and he
>     put it on
>     > his member shelf.  Before he got it set up and running, I gave
>     him another
>     > laptop to use as CNC machine (to use whichever worked better)
>     but then both
>     > were stolen, from his shelf.
>     >
>     > That, coupled with the disappearance of a lot of valuable and useful
>     > materials from the hack shelves, is plenty of proof to me that
>     theft is
>     > happening.
>     >
>     > -jake
>     >
>     >
>     > Danny / O'Brien wrote:
>     > Oh, as you were then. I checked the black bin, and it was in
>     there. Mea
>     > culpa.
>     >
>     > No-one will, of course, remember this email when they tell each
>     other
>     > enthusiastically how money is going from the bins.
>     >
>     > Anyway, all my other points are EXCELLENT, and we should
>     probably be more
>     > organized about this. I will defer doing anything about this
>     until somebody
>     > harasses me though.
>     >
>     > d.
>     >
>     > On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 10:29 PM, Mitchel McAllister <xonimmortal at
>     > yahoo.com <http://yahoo.com>>wrote:
>     >
>     >
>     >> I have been taking the money out of the pink box and putting it
>     in the
>     >> metal box, as was requested by a member, after I expressed
>     concern that
>     >
>     > the
>     >>
>     >> hasp on the pink box was broken.
>     >>
>     >> I haven't seen people taking things from the bins, but I have seen
>     >
>     > people
>     >>
>     >> tossing things from bin to bin.
>     >>
>     >> - Reverend Mik ------------------------------
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>     >
>     >
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