[Administration] Proposed policy available for comment: Member-Owned Equipment

[Gretchen]

@RFisher

I dont have an opinion towards the policy but I do have some confusion. Can someone please help? Ive seen multiple post referring to getting the donors permission to remove or sell something. If it was donated it is no longer the donors property so why is their permission needed?

The Donation and Hackables policy says:

Because of MakeICT’s growth, we are running out of space. In an effort to cut down on things that prevent working in the space, as well as a few cases where things which may cost to be disposed of have been left at MakeICT, we are instituting the following policies at MakeICT:

Donation Policy

We encourage the donation of equipment and other material to the space in order to full fill the needs of our membership, however, we do want to limit the need to dispose of items that are not needed at the space. If you would like to donate something to the Makerspace, please contactl the appropriate Area Lead or the Inventory Committee with information on donations. The Lead and/or Inventory Committee will determine if the item can be utilized at the space or not. Items we don’t have any use for can also be donated to be sold by MakeICT and the proceeds will contribute to the betterment of the space. In the event that a donation has conditions, it must be approved beforehand, please contact the Inventory Committee to discuss the conditions. The donation will be tracked by utilizing the Equipment Donation Receipt which a copy will be given to the donor to utilize for tax purposes if they desire.

I think we should probably take out the part in bold.

[Gretchen]

And like Sean, I didn’t intend to stir something up. My intent was “Something’s not working here. Let me write up an alternative. If people like it, great. If they don’t, maybe they can help write up a new version.”

But as they say, intent ain’t magic. So, apologies from me as well.