<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">I was one of those last night startled by the photo and massive shift. my first response was we don't have a signed lease. Then realized that if by some way the agent found out - probably not a big problem. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Today I spent several hours in the annex with the orientation. And my take after looking at everything is it hopefully will make the major task of figuring out what might stay from what should be sold - where there is value and how to get that value. And I was happy thinking that Darren and team will have a less daunting job in front of them now. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">And I can't quote the process on donations but before a member decides they want to use X item - they should and need to speak with Darren. If it is something that has value for sale - members can buy it for less than what we would be looking to sell it for. But this is Darren world and more than once some item that most of the members thought should go out with the trash had a really nice and surprising value and Darren managed it and brought in cash for <span class="" id=":1mx.1" tabindex="-1" style="background:yellow">Quelab</span>. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">So if you see something that interests you maybe put a note on it. It wouldn't be a parking ticket as it isn't actually your yet and I think that could confuse things. But let him know you are interested. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Then everything gets sorted and you will find out if that item is now yours or if there is some price for it. Or if it is something that <span class="" id=":1mx.2" tabindex="-1" style="background:yellow">Quelab</span> needs and it will be of value to the entire community. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">The donation area went through a 'perfect storm' in the last 3+ months and I don't think anyone is to blame. We have been needing more space for a while. We all tend to leave stuff around. And we all have our personal lives and families to consider. And who knew an entire camera store would basically (as the '<span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:18pt">Proverbial</span>' last straw) would give us all their equipment and resources and it all had to be moved out before end of Feb. Life happens and <span class="" id=":1mx.4" tabindex="-1" style="background:yellow">Quelab</span> continues to proverbial grow and be an awesome place filled with awesome people. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">See you all at the Potluck and meeting tomorrow. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Thanks for being awesome!</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Mar 5, 2016 at 5:08 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:drew@hardcorp.io" target="_blank">drew@hardcorp.io</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On 2016-03-05 04:08, John Benedetto wrote:<br>
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However, I can also see WHY someone<br>
moved it, since Darren & I haven't been able to make significant<br>
progress on reducing the backlog. However, this is not dealing with<br>
the problem, only moving it...<br>
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Stuff was packed and piled up in the donations area such that the only way to get to much of it was to climb on/over it and dig down into it. That made it impractical for members to find things in it. With the stuff spread out along a wall in the south space, it's much easier for members to find things in it, which makes it more likely that things will actually be used instead of just piling up, and that will help reduce the backlog.<span class=""><br>
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it all STILL needs processed & dealt<br>
with, and any semblance of order we had is now lost.<br>
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Sometimes things are donated from people or companies who want receipts for tax purposes, and these things obviously need to be left alone until the donations officer can inventory them. But that didn't apply to any of the things in the donations zone yesterday, and the donations officer doesn't need to inventory donations for which receipts aren't requested since Quelab doesn't maintain an inventory of what's here. As I understand, everything else is available for members to use for tasks/projects throughout Quelab (though not for removal from Quelab without approval). Is that correct? If so, then what other processing needs to be done?<br>
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Probably some of it needs to go in the dumpster, and some of it needs to be sold. But that can apply not only to newly-donated stuff, but also to stuff that's been at Quelab for years. To deal with that, members should be able to tag things in Quelab, both in the donations pile and everywhere else, as proposed-to-dump or proposed-to-sell, and at the next monthly meeting, all the members who show up get to vote on dumping and selling the tagged things. Having the donations pile spread out and accessible facilitates this process.<br>
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In any case, we had a deadline for clearing space for the welding class. The outside storage area was packed (even after we moved a bunch of wood and a giant desk out of it, there was still no room for welding), and the clean-out planned for Saturday morning would have been too late for the welding class. The weeks or months the board would have needed to resolve the donations pile problem would have made that too late too, since the welding class was only a few hours away. Our course of action seemed most practical; sorry if we offended anyone.<br>
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