Organization

Candidates for Removal

Clockwise from the front door:

• Server Rack - Shane's view is this is utterly unnecessary. Get cloud servers for projects. Physical hardware is hot, powersucker, dirty, takes footprint
  • Inside is a projector, toolboxes, laptops, shit on top including multiple computers. We already have 4 space computers... we don't need more.
  • Proposed Action: Remove server rack. Action Owner: [????]
  • Proposed change: I'd like to have the server rack actually working. Paying for cloud server services doesn't seem like a good use of our funds. I'd also advocate that we get rid of the working computers as well. I tried really hard to talk some folks out of setting them up on the benches. All they do is take up space on the work benches and no one uses them. I think they should all go, other than ones we assign specific tasks for. Looking for thoughts on this one. - Laz
  • Proposed Action: Follow through on removing computers. Recycling path has been identified. Owners wishing to retrieve donated boxes have been identified (Laz, BstrdSmkr) and boxes labeled. Action Owner: [????] Mine has been removed. As mentioned above, I'd like to add computers to the outgoing pile. - Laz
  • Proposed Action: Sort and, as appropriate, remove remaining items. Action Owner: [????]

• Piles of buckets and dirty rags in front of the sink
  • Buckets and rags are both of great value. Present location is terrible, yes. -adan
  • Proposed Action: create rag system: clear plastic bins, on new shelf system ( =near sink); clean, dirty. When clean's empty or dirty's full... clean 'em! Action Owner: [????]
  • Proposed Action: attempt to stack empty buckets under sink? Action Owner: [????]
  • Proposed change: I brought the buckets in as part of my cloth dying work. I'll be happy to take them home as buckets are generally useful things. - Laz

• 3+ broken coffee makers in a plastic tub
  • Proposed Action: Publicly thank donor, declare our coffee needs taken care of for now (yes?), request removal. If removal does not occur in timeframe desired, dispose. Action Owner: [????]

• Lockers are wasteful of space and inefficient in use.
  • Proposed Action: Thank K. for the donation, declare it tested and suboptimal. Request removal. Action Owner: [????]
  • Proposed change: We need to get the other storage option put together (at least planned). We wanted to get the electronics work bench finished first so as not to distract. - Laz

• Plates / napkins / water / food storage is a mess and needs to be cleared out
  • Proposed Action: Tidy up / clear out. Action Owner: [????]

• Computer desk with 2 space computers and 3 monitors need to go away (unused)
  • Proposed Action: Convert to 3D printing center (was that not a semi-solid plan?) Action Owner: [????]
  • That was a solid plan, but it was supposed to be phased. Let's consider getting rid of CRT monitors and waste of space computers.- Laz

• Desks along the wall covered with build items for 3D printing construction.
  • Proposed Action: fold the tables, store compactly. They'll be useful, just not now. Request removal / tidying of inactive printer builds. Action Owner: [????]
  • All those printer builds are active, and andy is close to finishing up. I'll take my other table home with me to get it out of the space. The first one got a hole cut in it, and I was pretty pissed about that. I'll take it out before something shitty happens to that one as well. --Laz

• 2 more space computers and monitors generally unused
  • Proposed Action: Request removal. Action Owner: [????]
  • Totally agree. Can them. Perhaps strip them of useful bits first, though. - Laz

• Workbench with piles of shit under it including 2+ ancient monitors, broken 3D printer never used, tubs of personal storage
  • Proposed Action: Monitors, which have already been publicly discussed, are approved for removal. Remove using same resource as that identified for PC boxes? Owner: [????]
  • Proposed Action: Request removal of other items. Action Owner: [????]
  • Proposed Action: Promptly replace with a structured storage plan, else that space will promptly be refilled. Action Owner: [????]

• Shitty table with holes in it
  • Proposed Action: Discuss. That's a functional downdraft table, great for sanding without space-dusting. It's also a functional snack table. It's also, failing those functions, a superfancy folding mechanism. Chuck it if you wish, by all means, but know those functional options first. Action Owner: [????]

• Back table has piles of stuff under it... cardboard boxes empty and full of shit, old heaters, plywood scraps and stuff, boxes of bolts, electronics components
  • Proposed Action: Request removal of other items. Action Owner: [????]
  • Proposed Action: Promptly replace with a structured storage plan, else that space will promptly be refilled. Action Owner: [????]

• Back wall... OMG where to start? Cant get to tools because of shit in front of them. Have these tools ever been used? (bandsaw, planer, miter saw etc). *Multiple cabinets of SHIT. THrow it out. Stacks of materials / scrap wood / flat panels
  • There's a planer?
  • Proposed Action: Improve access to these tools, which have all been used, yes. Action Owner: [????]
  • Proposed Action: Remove reflective panel. I began to do that, was shamed into trying to keep it for another purpose, failed partway through. Ditchit. Action Owner: [????]
  • Motion seconded on the tool usage bit. The trash storage needs to be addressed. It may be time for a hack-a-thon to clean out some scrap. The rules are everything that gets used must be taken away. - Laz

• Table of machine tools not used or working (mini lathe, drill press?)
  • Proposed Action: repair mini lathe. Action Owner: [Andy]
  • Proposed Action: adopt/develop machine tools education program. Action Owner: [Facilities Director]

• Printer enclosure
  • Proposed Action: Suggest proposed action. Action Owner: [Shane?]

• ClusterPuck project... timeline?
  • Proposed Action: Ask ClusterPuck team for timeline update. Action Owner: [????]
  • Proposed Action: Ask ClusterPuck team to reduce footprint of existing testbed. Remove legs / adopt downdraft table's folding mechanism / something? Action Owner: [????]
  • Proposed change: Let's use this as a very public form of giving something the axe. The clusterpuck project is basically just me and issac now, so the going will be slow. Buying an air hockey table to put in the space "to work on" is a terrible idea. Issac and I had already been talking about ways to get the thing out of there. Let's get the thing out of there, though. I think other than a few plastic bits, absolutely nothing from that table was even considered for reuse. - Laz