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Lockers are a shared resource at Noisebridge. In this post-scarcity economy, we’ve only got a finite number of ‘em. Please be excellent to your fellow hackers by making sure that you’re not holding an exclusive lock on any of these valuable resources!
Lockers are a limited resource at Noisebridge. In this post-scarcity economy, we’ve only got a finite number of ‘em. Please be excellent to your fellow hackers by making sure that you’re not holding one of them without using it.
 
* [[New Lockers]] here! *


'''HOW TO LOCKER AT NOISEBRIDGE'''
'''HOW TO LOCKER AT NOISEBRIDGE'''


Subscribe to lockers@lists.noisebridge.net
#Subscribe to [https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/lockers lockers@lists.noisebridge.net]
#Put a lock on a locker
#Put a lock on an empty locker
#Put a note/tag/sticker/whatever on the locker and keep it up to date with a last-modified date
#Put a note/tag/sticker/whatever on the locker
#Pay attention to lockers@lists.noisebridge.net
#Join and pay attention to lockers@lists.noisebridge.net
#Party. Hard.
#Party. Hard.


The Garbage Collector periodically sweeps over the lockers to find any without external references. If no references are found, the contents will be free’d and returned to the heap, aka hack shelves.
'''HOW TO BE A GARBAGE COLLECTOR (THIS IS A LONG TERM COMMITMENT)'''


'''HOW TO BE A GARBAGE COLLECTOR'''
#Put fresh "[[still in use verification]]" sheets on each locker. The sheets should have blank name/date fields and a deadline to sign and date it by.
#Announce the upcoming garbage collection pass to lockers@lists.noisebridge.net
#Wait a reasonable period of time. For example, one month is pretty darn reasonable. Two weeks seems ok if you are extra careful to hunt people down on the mailing list and proxy sign their sheet. Some locker users might be out of town and need the extra time.
#Cut off the locks from all the lockers that have blank "still in use verification" sheets and have not been claimed in response to the announcement.
#Put the contents in an egg crate on the project shelves labeled with the Locker #


#Announce the upcoming garbage collection pass to lockers@lists.noisebridge.net
#Wait a reasonable period of time, some locker users might be out of town and need the extra time.
#Cut off the locks from all the lockers that have last-modified dates older than one month and have not been claimed in response to the announcement.
#Put the contents in the hack shelves/e-waste bins/biowaste area/whatever.


'''HOW TO NOT LOCKER AT NOISEBRIDGE'''
'''HOW TO NOT LOCKER AT NOISEBRIDGE'''
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#Go on vacation and leave it full of food
#Go on vacation and leave it full of food
#Cut a lock off a locker that isn’t yet stale
#Cut a lock off a locker that isn’t yet stale
#Get mad when your lock is cut off after a month of inactivity
#Get mad when your lock is cut off if you aren't even on the mailing list
 
 
'''SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS'''
#Locker How-To Sign: [[File:Noisebridge Locker Sign 2016.07.08.pdf]]
#Still-In-Use Verification Sheet: [[File:Noisebridge_Locker_Still_In_Use_Verification.pdf]]

Revision as of 23:14, 13 June 2017

Lockers are a limited resource at Noisebridge. In this post-scarcity economy, we’ve only got a finite number of ‘em. Please be excellent to your fellow hackers by making sure that you’re not holding one of them without using it.

HOW TO LOCKER AT NOISEBRIDGE

  1. Subscribe to lockers@lists.noisebridge.net
  2. Put a lock on an empty locker
  3. Put a note/tag/sticker/whatever on the locker
  4. Join and pay attention to lockers@lists.noisebridge.net
  5. Party. Hard.

HOW TO BE A GARBAGE COLLECTOR (THIS IS A LONG TERM COMMITMENT)

  1. Put fresh "still in use verification" sheets on each locker. The sheets should have blank name/date fields and a deadline to sign and date it by.
  2. Announce the upcoming garbage collection pass to lockers@lists.noisebridge.net
  3. Wait a reasonable period of time. For example, one month is pretty darn reasonable. Two weeks seems ok if you are extra careful to hunt people down on the mailing list and proxy sign their sheet. Some locker users might be out of town and need the extra time.
  4. Cut off the locks from all the lockers that have blank "still in use verification" sheets and have not been claimed in response to the announcement.
  5. Put the contents in an egg crate on the project shelves labeled with the Locker #


HOW TO NOT LOCKER AT NOISEBRIDGE

  1. Go on vacation and leave it full of food
  2. Cut a lock off a locker that isn’t yet stale
  3. Get mad when your lock is cut off if you aren't even on the mailing list


SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS

  1. Locker How-To Sign: File:Noisebridge Locker Sign 2016.07.08.pdf
  2. Still-In-Use Verification Sheet: File:Noisebridge Locker Still In Use Verification.pdf