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* The building is owned by one of members – Tom – who is not just understanding about our needs, but positively incites us to ‘hack the space’
* Nonetheless, Tom has a mortgage to pay and the monthly rent on the building is £1200
* With only ~30 members when we first moved in, we were not covering the rent, and some members were dipping into their own pockets to make ends meet so we own a big debt of thanks to those early members
* Fortunately, with over 150 members we are now in a much stronger position – we can fully cover our costs
* We do not receive any grants, and although we do accept no-strings-attached donations sometimes we are not a charity, and therefore we are masters of our own destiny – we can do what we want
== Governance ==
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* We are light on governance and have a level structure. There are no committees, no officers, and fundamentally no member is any more important than any other.
* Three of our members are directors of a limited company - Reading Makerspace Ltd - that has been set up solely to provide us with sufficient legal identity to pay the rates, energy bills (which you can imagine are quite large), and buy things such as insurance
* Our current directors are Ian, Tony and Andrew [point
* Members often describe our governance arrangements as a ‘do-ocracy’ – things get done by people on the basis of consensus
* This is important – we are obviously happy to be financially self-sufficient, but we only achieved this position though the hard work of members
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* Please be conscious of the fact that some of our members have hidden disabilities eg.. partial sightedness, and therefore if you leave things on the floor they might trip. Similarly, if you drop screws and nails on the floor downstairs, please try and find them and pick them up because we also have members who are wheelchair users.
* Please play your part in keeping the place clean
* This is a non-smoking site, you are not allowed to smoke anywhere inside the building or immediately outside the entrance. For the moment we allow vaping so long as it doesn't trigger the fire alarms, but we're keeping that under review in case it becomes annoying to other members.
'''Sharing your skills and experience'''
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* Please be aware that it is an open mailing list that can be read by anyone on the internet (strangely, whilst we have only ~180 members, there are nearly a 1000 people who follow the group)
* As you will find with any 1000-strong cross-section of society, there are a couple of contributors who can come across as a bit 'troll'-like. Please try not to take offence, and give people the benefit of any doubt you have about their intent when reading their messages. More often than not, people are not setting out to be rude or disrespectful.
* Throughout the induction I'm going to mention things that can be found on the mailing list or the wiki, I'll be sending you a one-off email with a set of useful links including those when we're done here.
'''The mailing list'''
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* Taking responsibility for your Health and Safety while you are here means the following
* ''' Do not use a tool unless you are confident that you know, not just how to turn it on and off, but also how it might fail.'''
** The example that I normally use is an angle-grinder –
** Best advice is to stay mindful – ‘in the moment’ – when you are using power tools
** If you are at all uncertain, stop
*''' Do not use a tool that could
** We have a wide range of tools, including some that could seriously harm you
** Make sure there is someone in the building to hear your screams and call an ambulance if necessary
** ambulance station is nearby, maybe mention
** The same thing applies to working with mains electricity
*''' Be aware of the impact that your work may be having on other members'''
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== Health and Safety tour ==
* I will now take you on a brief tour of the space and point out some of the hazards and highlight how some of the more important things work around here.
* As we walk around you may find that there is a cumulative effect of us point our all the different ways that you could hurt yourself while you are here. Our intention is not to scare you
* The thing to remember is that we have members who can show you how to use our equipment safely. Nothing here is especially hazardous if you know what you are doing.
=== Kitchen ===
* This is the main social area for the Hackspace
* It needs to be kept clean, you'll find cleaning materials under the sink and in the cupboards, if we've run out of any cleaning materials then just go buy more and give your receipt to one of the directors for reimbursement.
* Tea and coffee are kept in the drawer here, they're free but make sure you check the date on the milk!
* Cans and sometimes chocolate are kept in the fridge, they're 50p each and you put the money in the honesty box on the wall
* The tuck shop is run separately from rLab's main finances and all the money is recycled, so if people don't pay for their drinks, soon there won't be any!
=== At front door ===
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* [If they volunteer that they have previously had a different name, ask if content to store as a secure note, and if yes, add as a note afterwards]
* [Take their picture and upload afterwards]
* [Head outside] While we're out here I'll just mention the parking situation. Officially we have one space in front the main roller door there, and 2 more by the fence here. We've come to an arrangement with the garage over there that during the day when they need the space more than us they can use our parking spaces and in the evening when they don't need them we can use theirs.
* If you do need access to more parking during the day then check if the cars in our spaces belong to people in the space (if they do you're out of luck) and if not then you can ask the garage to move one of theirs to make room for you. They have additional offsite parking just around the corner so it's no big deal for them to move one and they're normally very good about doing it quickly when needed.
* [Take member to front door. In very quick (<2 seconds) succession, place your card, their card, and then your card against the reading zone. Test their card has been activated by putting it in zone again]
* [If successful, close door, give card to member and invite them to open it with their card. If unsuccessful, repeat from step 1 and email directors with details of faulty card]
* Congratulations, and welcome to Reading Hackspace. Your card will give you 24/7 access to the space. Please treat as you would your keys – so not write rLab or our address on it! Keep it safe, and since cards do sometimes get left inside the space by mistake, maybe write your initials on it so we can get it back to you.
== Text of post-induction email ==
Hi and Welcome to rLab, We're glad you've decided to sign up and as I promised during your induction here's a few links you may find helpful. This is a one-off email and you won't get spammed because of us. You may sometimes be sent a "director's email newsletter" when something very important happens or there's big decisions to make but that's usually only 3 or 4 times per year. Other than that you won't hear from us directly unless there's a problem.
Useful links
Our Website https://rlab.org.uk/
Our Mailing List https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/reading-hackspace
Our Twitter https://twitter.com/rdghack
Our Facebook https://en-gb.facebook.com/readinghackspace/
Our Wiki https://rlabwiki.legionelectronics.co.uk/wiki/Main_Page
Thanks for joining and we hope to see you in the space again soon!
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