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-===== Donations and Stuff for Hacking =====
+===== Hackracks and Donating =====
-==== Tools and Equipment ====
-A donation of a tool or piece of equipment to be adopted for ongoing use at the Hackspace requires prior approval through our [[manual:proposals|proposals process]].
+Hackracks are spaces for members to donate useful or interesting things for others. They comprise an ever-changing collection of items that anyone can use in their projects.
-==== Stuff for Hacking ====
+Our Hackracks are:
+  * The Main Hackrack, in the upstairs workshop.
+  * The Woodshop Hackrack, for timber and wood fixings.
+  * The Metalshop Hackrack, for metal stock and metal fixings.
+  * The Electronics Room Component Drawers, for labeled, sorted components.
+  * The Textiles Room Scraps Bins.
-Donated Stuff for Hacking is our ever-changing collection of stuff that anyone can use in their projects, however they see fit.
+==== Using Items on Hackracks ====
-This stuff is stored in the following places:
+You are welcome to take anything from a Hackrack and use it however you see fit.
-  * On the Big Hack Rack on your left as you enter the Main Room.
+==== Donating items to Hackracks ====
-  * On the Materials Hack Rack, immediately on your right as you enter the Main Room (behind the door).
-  * In the following places in the Electronics Area:
-      * The component drawers.
-      * In boxes under the benches
-      * On the cable reel rack.
-  * On the screws and fixings rack in the Wood Shop.
-Our stock of assorted useful stuff is one of the things that makes Hackspace special, so we encourage everyone to donate surplus stuff for others to hack.
+We appreciate donations of genuinely useful or interesting stuff to our Hackracks, it's one of the things that makes Hackspace special, but you must follow the donation guidelines below.
-**Please remember: Donating things for others to hack is as an opportunity to support other members’ projects by giving them cool and useful stuff. Don't treat it as an opportunity to get rid of your rubbish!**
+We encourage donations of:
+  * Sorted useful parts, hardware, components, and materials.
+  * Unusual or interesting stuff.
-Thus, we encourage donations of:
+Things you should not donate:
-  * Sorted common parts, hardware, components, and materials.
+  * Cheap or broken consumer electronics.
-  * Weird or interesting stuff.
+  * Unusable scraps of materal.
+  * Unsorted unlabelled jumbles of components, fixing, parts, etc.
-We don't want:
-  * Junk, cheap consumer electronics, scrap materials, etc.
-  * Tubs of unsorted parts, hardware, or components.
   * Stuff we already have lots of.
+  * Printers. Seriously, no more printers.
-When you donate something hackable, you should store it in one of the areas listed above. These areas are partly organised into labelled boxes, drawers, and bins, so try and put your donation in the right place, if that place exists.
+You should also not donate anything on our banned item list, which includes:
+  * Explosive materials.
-If there is no room for your donation, or it doesn't fit on the shelves, please take it away again. You can offer it to other members via the forum instead.
+  * Highly flammable materials including motor fuels.
+  * Biohazaderous materials
+  * Pressurised containers, except domestic products such as WD40.
+  * Lithium Batteries, except in the original consumer device and undamaged.
-**Never leave donations anywhere else in the space, especially the Woodshop or Metalshop**
+Please don't leave donations anywhere other than on or in a Hackrack. If there's no space, take your donation home and offer it on the forum instead.
+**Remember: Donating things is as an opportunity to support other members’ projects by giving them cool and useful stuff. It is not a way to avoid taking your waste away or a solution to your hoarding crisis!**