[Noisebridge-discuss] member shelves - do you have one?

[jim]

    I have a member shelf that I and a few others are 
using. 
    I wish the storage form factor were more flexible 
(to accommodate weird-sized stuff that each of us may 
have). I believe Shannon Lee wanted to champion the 
use of tough plastic storage bins. 
    The area should be well-labeled (whatever that 
means), and each member's shelf or area should be 
labeled. "Should" is necessarily a weird concept at 
Noisebridge, but I think we generally kind of do the 
should thing  okay--no need to worry about making a 
policy or rule or enforcement mechanism. 
    I'm pretty sure some people abandon participation 
at Noisebridge (maybe because they move...) and thus 
their shelves. Great that you asked, and great that we 
be occasionally mindful of developing cruft. 
    I was really pissed after the member shelves were 
moved from the northwest location because a couple of 
my plastic storage boxes (with my name on them) were 
cleared out--I never got the stuff back). To adjust 
member shelves is a good idea but needs caution so's 
not to piss members off. My take is to give at least 
one month's notice and notice via all known channels 
(email lists, IRC, Tuesday meeting...). 
    I'd be okay if only current members have shelves--
it's a reward for member support and it seems possible 
to monitor shelf usage at least a bit better. My 
recollection is that there's a convention that one's 
membership is considered lapsed after sixty days of 
no payment; it's extra work for whoever's taking on 
the Treasurer responsibilities, but maybe there's a 
way to share that load. 
    I don't think it's "complete chaos", it just 
looks that way. 




On Sat, 2012-10-27 at 01:53 -0700, Jake wrote:
> I have been wondering for a while now...
> 
> what percentage of the member shelves are in use by members?  I think it's 
> probably a pretty low percentage.
> 
> I would like to hear from anyone on this list who has a member shelf.
> 
> Also, i would like to hear if there is a widespread agreement on a 
> strategy for rebooting the member shelf area.
> 
> I am not talking about replacing the shelf hardware - but more, i am 
> wondering if we can do anything about the tons of stuff back there that 
> may be abandoned and maybe should be moved to the hack area?
> 
> Right now, it seems that a lot of people who go back there just root 
> through stuff looking for interesting stuff, and then they just take it.
> 
> Most shelves are not labeled so it's hard to tell if it even belongs to 
> anyone.
> 
> basically it's complete chaos.
> 
> does anyone care?
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