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-===== Personal & Project Storage =====
+====== Storage ======
-The Project Storage Area in The Main Room is provided for the storage of stuff relating to your current projects. This is the only part of the Hackspace you should keep your stuff in. **Ad-hoc storage elsewhere makes harder to use, less accessible, and more dangerous.**
+We have two storage systems at Hackspace. If you want to leave something at the space between visits, you can use one of these systems to do so. You *must not* leave anything at the space outside of these systems.
-In the Project Storage Area, there are a few storage options:
+==== Storage System 1: Storage Slots ====
-|**Where**|**What**|**Sticker to use**|
+Storage Slots are spaces on racking which you can book for a short time. They are intended for materials or assemblies related to your current active project, or as a place to lay up your work while the glue or paint dries.
-|Project Boxes|For smaller parts and materials|"Do Not Hack"|
-|Sheet Material Rack|For plywood, acrylic, etc. Designed to take up to about A0 (laser bed size) or 1/3 sheet of ply |"Do Not Hack"|
-|Long Material Rack|For timber, metal stock, etc. We intend to build a rack here in the future. Watch for the lights when manoeuvring long materials!|"Do Not Hack"|
-|Short Stay Rack|For larger projects or assemblies that don't fit in a project box, and need to hang around for a few days until you can come finish them.|"Short Stay"|
-{{ :manual:project-storage.jpg?600}}
+Storage Slots come in a variety of shapes and sizes. You can find them in the Storage Room downstairs.
-==== Stickers ====
+You can book a slot for up to 4 weeks, and can only have 1 slot booked at a time.
-Stickers for your project materials can be found in the Sticker Holster, in the Project Storage Area.
+During the last 10 days of a booking, you have the option of extending it once by another 2 weeks.
-**Do Not Hack Stickers** - These should be used to protect project boxes and any materials stored in the sheet and long material racks. They only offer protection to items stored in the right place!
+When you're done with the slot, you can release your booking so someone else can use the slot.
-These stickers are printed with a date between 6 and 9 months in the future on them. Once the date on the sticker has expired, the item becomes fair game for hacking or disposal. You can extend the protection by updating the sticker with a new one.
+Once a booking expires or is released, there is a two week period where you can't book the same slot again. This is to prevent people hording a slot indefinitely, and to make sure slots remain available for everyone.
-Make sure you write your name on the sticker - it offers no protection otherwise.
+Use the Membership Portal to see which slots are currently available to book, to book a slot, to extend your booking, or to release your booking.
-**Short-Stay Stickers** - These should be used to protect stuff on the short-stay rack for a maximum of around a week.
+We will warn you by email when your slot booking is going to expire, and again when it expires. Stuff left in a slot after a booking has expired could be disposed of without further warning.
-Anything that has been hanging around on a 'short stay' for conspicuously long is fair game for hacking or disposal.
+==== Storage System 2: Project Boxes ====
-Write your name and the date you left the item on the sticker - it offers no protection otherwise.
+Project Boxes are small plastic tubs you can use for a longer period.
-==== Donating Materials ====
+You can find Project Boxes on the box racking the Storage Room downstairs and in the Long Room upstairs.
-Please don't abandon materials you don't want anymore in the Project Storage. Instead donate it by putting it in the right place, dispose of it, or take it home.
+You are only allowed to have 1 Project Box at a time. A box booking lasts for 90 days, but you can renew it as often as you want.
-==== Other Storage ====
+To book a Project Box, you first need to find one with an expired sticker (or no sticker). If you find one, you can book it by using the Membership Portal to print a sticker to put onto the box. To extend your booking, print a new sticker.
-If you have a short-stay item that absolutely wont fit on the rack, and you have no choice but to leave it briefly somewhere else in the space, please ensure that you:
+The contents of your Project Box must fit inside with the lid fastened, and all Project Boxes must be kept on the box racking.
-  * Ask forgiveness on the forum, with the details of what, where, and how long.
-  * Do your best to put it somewhere where it will cause the minimum of inconvenience to others (eg: Try not to block a workspace).
-  * NEVER leave it in the Woodshop or Metalshop - The machines in here are simply too dangerous to share an environment with ah-hoc storage.
-  * Ensure it does not create a hazard (eg: by blocking the fire escape).
-  * Remove it as soon as possible.
-  * Place a 'Short Stay' sticker on it, giving the date it was left there, so others know that it's not just random junk.
-==== Fair Use of Storage ====
+==== Fair Use of Storage: ===
-**Storage Space is at a premium in Hackspace, so please be thoughtful in what you store, and for how long. **
+Storage space is at a premium in the Hackspace, so please be community-spirited when storing stuff, and bare in mind the following:
+  * Book the smallest slot that your stuff will fit in.
+  * Release your booking once you are finished with it.
+  * Empty the slot or box when you're done with it. Don't leave your junk for someone else to deal with.
+  * Only claim a Project Box if you actually need one.
+  * Only use the storage systems for their intended purpose.
+  * Never store your stuff anywhere else. Doing so is anti-social and potentially dangerous.
-If the directors feel you are taking up more than your fair share of our limited storage space, we may ask you to remove some stuff, or remove it for you.
+There are some things you must never store in the space, even in a booked slot or a box. These include:
+  * Lithium batteries, unless they are undamaged and currently part of a consumer device (like a laptop or phone).
+  * Flammable liquids such as petrol or white spirit.
-Everything left at Hackspace is done so entirely at your own risk.
+Storing stuff outside of these systems could result in a formal complaint, and a risk your membership. It also risks your stuff being mistaken for abandoned rubbish and being disposed of without warning.
+**Hackspace accepts no liability whatsoever for anything stored on our premises. Do not store high value items at the space.**