[Discussion] Getting a skip

[Cheng Eu Chew]

On 6 January 2012 11:34, Robin Paulson <robin at bumblepuppy.org> wrote:
>  On Thu, 5 Jan 2012 06:16:23 -0500 (EST), jeremy at pyrosoftware.net wrote:
>> Cursory look suggests that if we had a skip for a week it'd cost
>> about
>> 240, or 280 if we wanted it for two.
>>
>> Depends how large we need it as well.
>>
>> I think this is a critical thing we've got to get sorted out so we
>> can get
>> the place tidied up; as if Cheng is correct and it's affecting our
>> ability
>> to gain/retain members this is a critical issue.
>
>  this also brings up the following questions:
>  how did we get into such a problem?

I suspect it had something to do with when we first opened, we
accepted almost anything and the mentality continued.

>  who is bringing all the stuff to the space - is it one or two people,
>  or everybody?

No idea, things just seem to show up and no one can or wants to
claim/own it - like the big bag of cans recently.

>  how do we stop it happening again?

This is what we're currently discussing, see above emails. It has also
been discussed at some length at the last two meetings.

>  what limits/controls do we put on things brought into the space?

Refer to above.

>  making the bringer/accepter of the stuff responsible doesn't seem to
>  work, do we need to vet everything at a bigger level?

Refer to above.

>  i'm not happy with the idea of spending cash on getting rid of crap -
>  it feels like people are wilfully using the space as a dumping ground
>  for things, under the pretext of 'donations'. so, we definitely need to
>  make sure we aren't continuously shelling out and driving people away

We can be as unhappy as we want but we have this problem now and
people want it fixed ASAP. Feel free to make other suggestions which
the majority are happy with and are willing to carry out. Otherwise,
objecting for the sake of it is a little fruitless.

Cheng Eu Chew
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