[dms-discuss] Key Policy thoughts

Jeff Tolentino jefftolentino at yahoo.com
Mon Oct 14 19:35:47 PDT 2013


Jim, See my responses/comments below.  Thanks for taking the time to prepare this!

Jeff T


After reading over the Key Policy Development wiki page,
here are my thoughts...


Prerequisites for all keyholders:

Age 18 or greater.  Good

Member in good standing.  Agreed

Ability and willingness to assist and/or mentor other
Makerspace members or the public in at least one skill
supported by the space.  Agreed

Examples would be 3D printers, electronics,
Arduino development, art projects, carpentry
or metalworking. Good

Willingness to accept the role of Davismakerspace
representative to the community.  Good

New visitors can be easily discouraged by being
ignored or treated with annoyance or condescension.
Keyholders would be expected to greet visitors,
explain the resources available, and encourage
them to attend the next meeting.  Good

Signed Keyholder Agreement on file Good suggestion

Another project.  I think a Keyholder Agreement
is needed to clearly spell out the responsibilities
of the job.  I'm willing to help develop it.  Good.  I’d love if you’d
like to develop this!


Members meeting all of the above requirements are
also expected to contribute to the Davismakerspace
in at least one of the following ways:

Financial.  I feel that this could to be a sticking point
for the group.  There have been a couple
comments that monetary donations should not be a part of the key access process.  To help aid the discussion, could you expand
a little on why you support the fee model?   One of the criticisms was that giving money
doesn’t necessarily equal trustworthiness.

A continuing level of donation.  $30 per month
has been discussed.

Time

A minimum committment of 5 hours a month.  Board
member activity would be counted towards the
time committment as would fundraising, public
relations and educational work.  General meeting
attendance would not count.  OK

  The 5 hours number was just pulled out of the
  air.  OK

Service

At the board's pleasure, keyholder privilages
might be granted for extraordinary service in
support of the goals of the organization, the
community, or the Makers movement.  Noted.



Keyholder Approval Process

I propose the creation of a 3 member Keyholder
committee of board members and/or
current
keyholders.  The committee would meet in private
with perspective keyholders, review the pre-
requisites and either recommend or decline to
recommend keyholder privileges be granted to
the applicant.

Committee members declining a member for keyholder
privileges would be expected to explain their reasoning,
offer suggestions for remedying issues standing
in the way of keyholder status and advise when the
member can reapply.  All information and discussion
of declined keyholder privileges must remain confidential.
This seemed slightly ambiguous, so I just want to clarify,
the committee members would only need to explain their reasoning for denial,
offer suggestions for remedying issues standing
in the way of keyholder status and advise when the
member can reapply to the proposed keyholder, correct?  Otherwise, that information would be
confidential to everyone else.  Similarly, would discussion of approved keyholder privilages be public
information?

Members recommended for keyholder privilege will
be recommended to the board at the next general meeting.

 The intention here is that the board
would unanimously
  approve anyone recommended for keyholder privileges.
  Making the event public would give recogition to the
  new keyholder.  Noted



________________________________
 From: Jim Stewart <jstewart at jkmicro.com>
To: discuss at lists.davismakerspace.org 
Sent: Wednesday, October 9, 2013 9:56 PM
Subject: [dms-discuss] Key Policy thoughts
 

After reading over the Key Policy Development wiki page,
here are my thoughts...


Prerequisites for all keyholders:

Age 18 or greater.

Member in good standing

Ability and willingness to assist and/or mentor other
Makerspace members or the public in at least one skill
supported by the space.

Examples would be 3D printers, electronics,
Arduino development, art projects, carpentry
or metalworking.

Willingness to accept the role of Davismakerspace
representative to the community.

New visitors can be easily discouraged by being
ignored or treated with annoyance or condescension.
Keyholders would be expected to greet visitors,
explain the resources available, and encourage
them to attend the next meeting.

Signed Keyholder Agreement on file

Another project.  I think a Keyholder Agreement
is needed to clearly spell out the responsibilities
of the job.  I'm willing to help develop it.


Members meeting all of the above requirements are
also expected to contribute to the Davismakerspace
in at least one of the following ways:

Financial

A continuing level of donation.  $30 per month
has been discussed.

Time

A minimum committment of 5 hours a month.  Board
member activity would be counted towards the
time committment as would fundraising, public
relations and educational work.  General meeting
attendance would not count.

  The 5 hours number was just pulled out of the
  air.

Service

At the board's pleasure, keyholder privilages
might be granted for extraordinary service in
support of the goals of the organization, the
community, or the Makers movement.



Keyholder Approval Process

I propose the creation of a 3 member Keyholder
committee of board members and/or current
keyholders.  The committee would meet in private
with perspective keyholders, review the pre-
requisites and either recommend or decline to
recommend keyholder privileges be granted to
the applicant.

Committee members declining a member for keyholder
privileges would be expected to explain their reasoning,
offer suggestions for remedying issues standing
in the way of keyholder status and advise when the
member can reapply.  All information and discussion
of declined keyholder privileges must remain confidential.

Members recommended for keyholder privilege will
be recommended to the board at the next general meeting.

  The intention here is that the board would unanimously
  approve anyone recommended for keyholder privileges.
  Making the event public would give recogition to the
  new keyholder.



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