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Several members raised questions about Cycle Station: One and the its off-theme inclusion in the Arts budget during the the process of budgeting for 2025. The 2025 Budget Vote written by the Treasurer removed funding for new bike tools from the Arts budget. There has also been push-back for the bicycle repair station that was JFDI'd in the General Area. | Several members raised questions about Cycle Station: One and the its off-theme inclusion in the Arts budget during the the process of budgeting for 2025. The 2025 Budget Vote written by the Treasurer removed funding for new bike tools from the Arts budget. There has also been push-back for the bicycle repair station that was JFDI'd in the General Area. | ||
Power Racing Series (PRS) is another controversial inhabitant of the General Area. Cars in various states of repair are stored under the pallet racks and tables, and along with shelving for parts it occupies more square footage than the 3d Printing and Specialty 3d Areas combined. [[Agreement between Power Racing Series and Pumping Station: One|The only agreement between the Membership and PRS on record is from 2013]] and expired in that year. In 2020, [[Talk:Board_Meeting_Notes_2020-01-07|Michael Skilton petitioned the board]] to reconcile PRS's activity with the [[Tidy Space Policy]] by making PRS storage an official Area and remove them from the tables, but nothing ever came of that. | Power Racing Series (PRS) is another controversial inhabitant of the General Area. Cars in various states of repair are stored under the pallet racks and tables, and along with shelving for parts it occupies more square footage than the 3d Printing and Specialty 3d Areas combined. [[Agreement between Power Racing Series and Pumping Station: One|The only agreement between the Membership and PRS on record is from 2013]] and expired in that year. In 2020, [[Talk:Board_Meeting_Notes_2020-01-07|Michael Skilton petitioned the board]] to reconcile PRS's activity with the [[Tidy Space Policy]] by making PRS storage an official Area and remove them from the tables, but nothing ever came of that. The ambiguous but privileged position that PRS holds continues to be a source of friction among the membership, especially those who have negative experiences with the enforcement of Tidy Space Policy. | ||
The special treatment that PRS receives is not surprising given the shared history of Pumping Station: One and Power Racing Series. It is undisputed fact that PRS is responsible for increasing PS:1's profile among hackers worldwide. PRS holds regular races across the United States that teams from other hackerspaces travel hundreds of miles to attend. Officers of PRS have also served as volunteers, board members, area hosts, secretary, vice president, and president of PS:1 throughout its history, and have donated equipment, technical assistance, and funding in addition to their valuable time. | |||
It seems obvious that PRS deserves official recognition due to its value to so many members of the space. It is also obvious that PRS exists in the context of other activities and projects that also need to share limited resources. Power Racing used to advertise Power Racing Office Hours (PROO) but the last calendar entry for this event is April 8th 2019, nearly a year before the pandemic shut everything down. PRS meetings in the space are now infrequent and announced spontaneously and with little lead time in the PS:1#power-racing-team discord channel. Looking through the old slack channel also shows a similar lack of regularity and a gradual decline in activity. Supporters of the Power Racing Series should be concerned with these trends. | |||
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