[Noisebridge-discuss] equipment trainings

[Torrie Fischer]

On Mar 12, 2014 3:30 AM, Naomi Most <pnaomi at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> That's cool. 
>
> My hunch is that you're preventing a ton of issues just by having that 
> person-to-person "check" happening.  It's like a psychological placebo 
> drug against un-excellent behavior.

Considering how we're voting next week to remove an officer from their position for subleasing a portion of our space to a board member's company without member or even board approval or discussion, we miiiight have a ways to go still, regarding the psychology of being excellent.

Fun times ;(

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> On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 6:15 PM, Torrie Fischer 
> <tdfischer at hackerbots.net> wrote: 
> > On Tuesday, March 11, 2014 17:59:16 Naomi Most wrote: 
> >> How well has the "authorized by training" approach been working, 
> >> Torrie?   Any chronic or occasional problems? 
> > 
> > None yet, really. 
> > 
> > We don't have an authorization mechanism in place other than getting members 
> > to watch out and ask them, "Hey, are you trained on that? Can I check in 
> > spiff?" 
> > 
> > Since Spiff has a full REST API, I'm planning on building a few tiny sensors 
> > that can poll and endpoint when they scan an RFID token. A light would turn 
> > green for yes, red for no. If a passerby doesn't see a red light, they would 
> > be encouraged and empowered to step up and investigate. 
> > 
> > Some equipment might get some power switches builtin to the system, but I'm 
> > not too comfortable with some other equipment that would react badly to the 
> > device suddenly shutting off the mains. 
> > 
> > Its an ongoing experiment and discussion here. 
> > 
> >> 
> >> --Naomi 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 8:32 AM, Torrie Fischer 
> >> 
> >> <tdfischer at hackerbots.net> wrote: 
> >> > On Tuesday, March 11, 2014 14:01:56 Johny Radio wrote: 
> >> >> wow, i hope Noisebridge will emulate what you guys are doing, putting 
> >> >> priority on facilities and user-abilities. sounds like a great place to 
> >> >> be productive. doing electronics is painful for me at nb-- so much time 
> >> >> wasted looking for tools that aren't ruined due to misuse etc. 
> >> >> 
> >> >> i think training could be available at all times as self-teaching video 
> >> >> and wiki page. Then a pre-defined "test" performed in-person with any 
> >> >> trained member who has already passed the test. i guess you'd have to 
> >> >> create a special access category for the self-training part, and then 
> >> >> make sure they are actually doing the training. Realistic? 
> >> >> 
> >> >> what i want at nb is not just training on gear, but also on materials 
> >> >> handling. eg "how to return parts", "how to sort parts", etc. 
> >> > 
> >> > Since we're talking about other hackerspace patterns, this is something 
> >> > that SYNHAK is slowly working towards implementing as well. 
> >> > 
> >> > We currently use this bit of software I wrote to keep track of everyone's 
> >> > training: 
> >> > 
> >> > http://spiff.readthedocs.org/ 
> >> > 
> >> >> thx 4 info! 
> >> >> 
> >> >> On 3/11/2014 5:41:15 AM, "Sergiusz 'q3k' Bazański" <q3k at q3k.org> wrote: 
> >> >> >We experimented with a formal training requirement for accessing our 3D 
> >> >> 
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