[Noisebridge-discuss] Fwd: Charging for Lockers

[Romy Ilano]

It's nice to know that SudoRoom (www.sudoroom.org) in Oakland, our sister
hackerspace, has instituted lockers. we could ask them for any learnings,
fails, etc.

Hey SudoRoom -

how have your lockers been going? Anything that works or doesn't work for
you?


On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 2:58 PM, Romy Ilano <romy at snowyla.com> wrote:

> Cool I've added Locker Protocol and Locker FAQ to the Locker page
>
> https://noisebridge.net/wiki/Lockers#Relevant_Pages
>
> Just want to get everything in one place
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 2:34 PM, Al Sweigart <asweigart at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I've filled out a Locker FAQ to address some questions that were brought
>> up about them last night. https://noisebridge.net/wiki/Locker_FAQ
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 11:14 AM, Al Sweigart <asweigart at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm going to put forward a proposal for Noisebridge to spend up to a
>>> $1000 to buy metal lockers for the space.
>>>
>>> NB's budget should be carefully tended, but that's why I think we should
>>> make this purchase: This is something that will generate revenue for
>>> Noisebridge.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 7:00 AM, Romy Ilano <romy at snowyla.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> There's a wiki for this by the way, if anyone interested in lockers is
>>>> interested in adding.
>>>>
>>>> https://noisebridge.net/wiki/Lockers
>>>>
>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>> From: Romy Snowyla <romy at snowyla.com>
>>>> Date: Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 5:56 AM
>>>> Subject: Fwd: [Noisebridge-discuss] Charging for Lockers
>>>> To: Romy Ilano <romy at snowyla.com>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>>
>>>> *From:* Al Sweigart <asweigart at gmail.com>
>>>> *Date:* December 1, 2013 at 1:32:29 PM PST
>>>> *To:* noisebridge-discuss <noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net>
>>>> *Subject:* *[Noisebridge-discuss] Charging for Lockers*
>>>>
>>>> I'll bring this up at the next meeting. I propose Noisebridge uses its
>>>> funds to buy lockers for members to store their projects and valuables in.
>>>>
>>>> Theft and things being moved around and lost has been a large problem
>>>> at Noisebridge for years. It would be nice if members had a place to store
>>>> their belongings in a secure manner at the space, and this would encourage
>>>> people to work on long-term projects instead of having to constantly haul
>>>> them from home to the space to avoid getting them stolen.
>>>>
>>>> I've been looking on Craigslist. I've seen one ad (and this is about
>>>> the general price) that had a bank of 3x2 school-sized lockers for $250
>>>> each. If we charge $15 a month for locker storage, we can recoup the cost
>>>> for Noisebridge within six months, and at that point the lockers start
>>>> MAKING money for Noisebridge.
>>>>
>>>> They are also sized so that two or more people could share them if they
>>>> want to split the costs and trust each other.
>>>>
>>>> I can come up with more protocols for the lockers (process if people
>>>> don't pay, who gets priority for lockers, where to put them, what can and
>>>> can't be stored in lockers (such as food/smelly stuff), etc.)
>>>>
>>>> I'd propose that Noisebridge spend up to a thousand dollars for new
>>>> lockers. We have the funds now, so we are in a much better position to make
>>>> an expenditure like this.
>>>>
>>>> -Al
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
>>
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