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Just cleaning up after yourself, being helpful and considerate towards others, and being mindful of the shop type of environment goes a long way. | Just cleaning up after yourself, being helpful and considerate towards others, and being mindful of the shop type of environment goes a long way. | ||
=Participate= | =Participate= | ||
Taking any role in ongoing activities. There will be shop clean-up days announced, parties, and meetings. Come to those. Coming to Tuesday night member meetings or various working group meetings will let you know what needs to be done. | Taking any role in ongoing activities. Check the calendar. There will be shop clean-up days announced, parties, and meetings. Come to those. Coming to Tuesday night member meetings, Wiki Wine Wednesdays or various working group meetings will let you know what needs to be done. | ||
=Formally volunteer= | =Formally volunteer= | ||
Two ways to formally volunteer for things are to apply to the board to be a volunteer authorizer if you are skilled in teaching one or more tools, to be nominated and accept the nomination to run for board positions (elections are in | Two ways to formally volunteer for things are to apply to the board to be a volunteer authorizer if you are skilled in teaching one or more tools, to be nominated and accept the nomination to run for board positions (elections are in November) or to volunteer to be on board-appointed jobs like the Dispute Resolution Committee | ||
*https:// | *https://pumpingstationone.org/volunteering/ | ||
=Create Your Own Role= | =Create Your Own Role= | ||
There is room at PS1 for creativity in every facet of operation. You could adopt a tool; that might mean talking to an Area Host. You could fix, clean, maintain, install, or improve something. How do you find out if that's cool or not? A big part of how things happen at this kind of space requires understanding things that aren't immediately obvious. You might want to ask a friend, raise your hand at a meeting, read the | There is room at PS1 for creativity in every facet of operation. You could adopt a tool; that might mean talking to an Area Host. You could fix, clean, maintain, install, or improve something. How do you find out if that's cool or not? A big part of how things happen at this kind of space requires understanding things that aren't immediately obvious. You might want to ask a friend, raise your hand at a meeting, read the Discourse or Discord for conversations that have already happened about the topics you're interested in. There's no one correct way. | ||
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==Suggestions== | ==Suggestions== | ||
*Read, post, be active on the | *Read, post, be active on the Discord* | ||
*Sign up to the PS1 task list* | |||
**A task list people could sign up to <https://airtable.com/shrcJKNAiCcyBfvZC>, & to post tasks and get things done around the space <https://airtable.com/shrBdMFFDzwfb3TS9>. | |||
**You have to sign up because it's not linked to the member database, but once you're in you can create tasks and help fill in things that need doing around the space. | |||
* | *Read, update, discuss, fix errors on the wiki* | ||
**You don't have to be a wiki wizard to edit it. You have to mainly pay attention to syntax, but the benefit is that you can look at other pages and copy parts of them and change the content around. Fear not - the wiki is designed to have things "undone" so if you mess something up it's easy to fix. | |||
*Get a group of people together for an authorization | |||
* | **Area hosts and volunteer authorizers love to help people make cool stuff. If you want to get authorized on something and there isn't anything on the calendar, post a request on the discord in the appropriate channel (with a time and date that works for you) so other people can join in. Authorizations help transmitting necessary and important information about dangerous, expensive or complicated tools; batching it for several people makes it more efficient and you get to meet other members. | ||
* Tell someone if something breaks or isn't working the way you'd expect: A big time suck at the space is fixing broken things. No worries, breaking things happens to everyone, but it is super useful if what you were doing and how the thing broke is communicated to someone that can help out verbally or in the discord, even if you are the one to fix it, or it gets fixed on the spot. The more detail about how something breaks (or doesn't work quite right) the better; it helps us figure out why it broke, how to repair it, weak points in the device or auth, and avoids someone getting hurt or breaking things further. | |||
* Tell someone if something breaks or isn't working the way you'd expect: A big time suck at the space is fixing broken things. No worries, breaking things happens to everyone, but it is super useful if what you were doing and how the thing broke is communicated to someone that can help out or the | |||
* Clean up the area you are working in : Leave it cleaner than you found it. Even if you didn't make the mess going a little further helps everyone out. | * Clean up the area you are working in : Leave it cleaner than you found it. Even if you didn't make the mess going a little further helps everyone out. | ||
* Come to work/cleanup days | * Come to work/cleanup days* | ||
** Sometimes we have work/cleanup days, sometimes they are scheduled poorly or aren't convenient for you. BUT if you've ever been somewhere in PS1 and said "hey this could use a bunch of people to clean this up and get it right", organize your own cleaning day, you don't need to wait for someone to organize it for you; post on the discord, request a spot in the calendar, get Area Host buy-in, get deputized and follow [[Tidy Space Policy|Tidy-Space policy.]] | |||
* Get familiar with the area / be a champion for something you are interested in : If you are interested in a specific tool or area get to know that area and the people in it well; fellow members are an invaluable resource and often willing to help! Got some ideas on how to improve the space, get to know the area and see if you can implement those solutions. | * Get familiar with the area / be a champion for something you are interested in : If you are interested in a specific tool or area get to know that area and the people in it well; fellow members are an invaluable resource and often willing to help! Got some ideas on how to improve the space, get to know the area and see if you can implement those solutions. | ||
* Figure out what "that thing" you can do actually is, and tell someone about it : Apply "Just Fucking Do It" judiciously and always remember to be excellent. If you are motivated to help out and know how to do something well, even if you have reservations about JDFI'ing something, let someone know about it, post to the | * Figure out what "that thing" you can do actually is, and tell someone about it : Apply "Just Fucking Do It" judiciously and always remember to be excellent. If you are motivated to help out and know how to do something well, even if you have reservations about JDFI'ing something, let someone know about it, post to the discord or discourse, have a discussion; know there will always be opponents to any idea, compromise is key. | ||
* Future plans: Anything that says stay tuned needs a champion to get that thing recurring. If you are interested post on the group. | * Future plans: Anything that says stay tuned needs a champion to get that thing recurring. If you are interested post on the group. | ||
* Area host meeting : The area hosts try to have a meeting every other week on Tuesdays at 8, offset from the board meeting, this is a great place to get involved, and meet the area hosts and members. | * Area host meeting : The area hosts try to have a meeting every other week on Tuesdays at 8, offset from the board meeting, this is a great place to get involved, and meet the area hosts and members. | ||
* Wikignome sessions : For those interested in helping out and bettering the wiki. | * Wikignome / [https://discord.com/channels/1270929620224704544/1308619569828593775 #wiki-love] sessions : For those interested in helping out and bettering the wiki. Wiki Wine Wednesdays! | ||
* Machine maintenance authorizations : | * Machine maintenance authorizations : Especially in CNC, the machines need to be tuned up and repaired from time to time. These machines are complicated, and having people be on the same page when they need to get fixed is important. Stay tuned for an upcoming date. | ||
* Weekend work days : There is still much to be done to finish with the expansion. CNC, Hot Metals, and Wood all need a hand. | * Weekend work days : There is still much to be done to finish with the expansion. CNC, Hot Metals, and Wood all need a hand. | ||
