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= Presidental Run 2025-2026 =

I am running for re-election as president for the 25-26 term.<br />

After much thought, I belive that over the course of another term I could see through some of the more long term projects I have been excited to work on.<br />

=== Community Enguagement ===

PS1 is an amazing space because of the community that builds it. By bringing together people with diverse skills, backgrounds, and perspectives, PS1 becomes a hub for innovation and creative problem-solving. Active participation ensures that PS1 will thrive as an inclusive space that promotes learning, mentorship, and the development of new ideas. I belive that introducing new policies to expand on the clubs and activities we have happening at PS1 is an important step to grow the level of involvment that members have with PS1.

PS1 has seen an increase in loss over the years due to consumables. Some of this is due to large ammounts of things being misplaced or disappearing without being noticed. Having dispensers strategically placed throughout the space could be a good way to slow the disappearance of bulk purchased items. Donation kiosks could help recoup the loss the space is incurring through heavy use beyond what is expected of individual members. Additionally product dispensers could allow us to offer convenient access to higher quality things that we wouldn't normally be able to provide to members.

As most members are now aware, it will not be possible to obtain a new lease for our building. The landlords are interested in selling, and the good news is they are willing to entertain an offer from us. I have been holding off tuesday planning meetings at the usual board meeting time to continually discuss options and plan for the future of PS1. This will continue for many months and there will not be a solid plan to present to the membership until well into the next term.

: I installed a Zigbee network with temperature sensors around the building to enable GenOps to check the building temps in the winter months without having to make the trek in durring rough weather. [[User:Tachoknight|Ron Olson]] took the data streaming in on MQTT and made TempBot.

: After several weeks of work on the infrastructure and carl on the programming, we got the [https://vote.pumpingstationone.org/ voting system] online. This has allowed us to save hundreds of dollars a year and more easily fit the experience to what PS1 needs. Our previous system was a subscription service for surveys that had many flaws. [https://vote.pumpingstationone.org/ VotePS1] is completely open source and will hopefully grow to serve other hackerspaces over time.