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{{Box.Warning|Follow the procedure, or your project may be considered abandoned and thrown out or claimed by other members!}}


==Overview==
Members get personal storage shelves to store their personal projects and tools. However, many times, members temporarily need more storage space to work on larger projects. Taking all items home every night is inconvenient.


Members get a personal storage shelf to store their personal projects and tools. Many times, members temporarily need more storage space to work on larger projects. Taking all items home every night is inconvenient.
[[Storage Policy|The current storage policy]] was passed at the July 2013 Extraordinary General Meeting to enable large projects to be stored at Protospace. This is allowed only if the project, deadline and storage location are approved by the membership.


A new storage policy was passed at the July EGM meeting to enable large projects to be stored at Protospace. This is allowed only if the project, deadline and storage location was approved by the membership.
==Current large project storage assignments==


For more details, read: [[Storage Policy]]
There are certain designated storage shelves built for Large Project Storage. Each one has a unique identifier according to the table below; they are also physically labeled with these identifiers. Additionally, some projects may be stored outside these areas, if such storage is approved in the pitch process.


To find out if a storage shelf is in use or empty, see the table below. Please keep this table up to date when projects are approved, updated, and concluded. (Remember that weekly updates for large projects are required by the policy.) You may find the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Tables#HTML_colspan_and_rowspan table editing reference] useful.


==Assignable Storage Bays==
Red: Problem. Should be moved/properly pitched to use the shelf/etc.<br>
 
Orange: Needs attention.
There are certain designated storage bays built for Large Project Storage. In addition, some projects may be stored outside these areas, if also approved.
 
To find out if a storage bay is in use or empty, see list below:
 
(Warning - Currently a placeholder until more bays are made/measured)
 


{| border="1"
{| border="1"
|-  
|- style="background: lightgray;"
! Location Name !! Deadline !! Last Updated !! Sponsor !! Project link
! Location !! Status !! Deadline !! Start Date !! Last Updated !! Sponsor !! Project, or current contents
|-
| LPS-1 (left 2/3) || rowspan=3 style="background: gold;" | Some in use /<br>Some unclaimed but occupied ||  ||  ||  ||  || Junk? Lots of cables in spool boxes; UPS
|-
| LPS-1 (in front of left end) ||  ||  ||  || PS Admin / Robb L? || Line array speakers
|-
|-
| Bay A || End of November|| 8 Nov, 2013 || Evan Gillespie || [[Taz Printers]]
| LPS-1 (right 1/3) || style="background: darkorange;" | Ages ago but we still want it finished || [https://groups.google.com/d/topic/protospace-administration/Dv_fTjX7YQg/discussion <2014-10-03 <i class="fa fa-key"></i>] || [https://groups.google.com/d/topic/protospace-discuss/HFXdKqEnbm8/discussion 2015-03-04] || Jamie F || [[Cash kiosk]]
|-
|-
| Bay B || Available || N/A || N/A || N/A
| LPS-2 || style="background: aqua;" | In use || style="background: lightcoral;" | Unspecified || 2015-08-14 || 2015 || Matt F || [[CD destroyer]] parts; plaster cloth (?); Ian O's balances and temperature chamber
|-
|-
| Bay C || Available || N/A || N/A || N/A
| LPS-3 || style="background: gold;" | Unclaimed but occupied || || ||  ||  || Junk? Some cable spools. Motor with wooden mount is Matt F's.
|-
|-
| Bay ?? / Cart || 01 Nov, 2013 || 09 Oct, 2013 || Matt F || [[Magnetic Tumbler]]
| LPS-4A || style="background: gold;" | Unclaimed but occupied || || ||  ||  || UPS; box of cables; orange Razor scooter (Stan's)
|-
|-
| Bay ?? / Cart || 01 Nov, 2013 || 09 Oct, 2013 || Matt F || [[Laser Vacuum Table]]
| LPS-4B || style="background: gold;" | Unclaimed but occupied ||  || || || || Common-use items moved from other nearby shelves during cleaning?
|-
|-
| Woodshop || 01 Dec, 2013 || Halted Pending Mezzanine || Matt F || [[Woodshop Rebuild]]
| LPS-5 || style="background: gold;" | Unclaimed but occupied ||  ||  ||  ||  || Junk? Duct fan might be Peter's. Mats might be Byron's.
|- style="color: white; background: gray;"
| LPS-6 || colspan=6 | ''Not currently used as large project storage. Common-use items: box of fans, etc.''
|-
| LPS-7 (right corner) || style="background: aqua;" | In use || None: de-facto indefinite ||  ||  || Danny P || [[Can crusher]] (finished; stored here when not in use)
|-
| LPS-7 (right side) || style="background: aqua;" | In use || style="background: lightcoral;" | Not pitched || style="background: lightcoral;" | Unknown || style="background: lightcoral;" | Unknown || Matt F || [[Matt's small air compressor repair]]
|-
| LPS-7 (left side) || style="background: gold;" | Unclaimed but occupied ||  ||  ||  || Nobody || Junk? Broken vacuum cleaner, box of stuff, etc.
|-
| LPS-8 (right side) || style="background: aqua;" | In use || style="background: lightcoral;" | None: claims waiting for Kevin to vacate another shelf ||  ||  || Danny P || [[Basszuka]] parts, BMX lights, some of Danny's tools
|-
| LPS-8 (left side) || style="background: gold;" | Unclaimed but occupied ||  ||  ||  ||  || Junk?
|-
| LPS-9 || style="background: aqua;" | In use || None: de-facto indefinite || Years ago || Unknown || Danny P || [[Basszuka]] and its transport box.
|-
| LPS-9 (left side) || style="background: gold;" | Unclaimed but occupied ||  ||  ||  ||  || Currently contains some blue foam sheets that are now common-use material. If you want to use this shelf, find them a better home.
|-
| LPS-10 || rowspan=2 style="background: aqua;" | In use || style="background: darkorange;" | Was 2015-11-16; extended through summer 2016 as long as there's activity || 2015-11-02 || [https://groups.google.com/d/topic/protospace-discuss/auWI1gWO96U/discussion 2015-05-20 (Matt F)] || style="background: darkorange;" | Nobody (formerly Kyle K). Looking for new builders—see update. || [[Large metal-melting furnace/foundry]]
|-
| LPS-10 (right side) || None: de-facto indefinite || 2015-08-14 || 2015 || Matt F || [[CD destroyer]] ([https://groups.google.com/d/topic/protospace-administration/c1wUw26v8Xw/discussion geekoration pitch <i class="fa fa-key"></i>])
|-
| LPS-11 (right side) || style="background: aqua;" | In use || None: de-facto indefinite ||  ||  || PS Admin / Byron H || Monitor mounts for digital signage use at the space
|-
| LPS-11 (left side) || style="background: gold;" | Unclaimed but occupied ||  ||  ||  || Just James for Solarbotics Dave ||PCB etching equipment and supplies? Maybe other chemicals too. Forfeited according to the policy. Maybe we should ask Dave if he wants it back. If you want to use this shelf, find the stuff a better home.
|}
|}


==Creating A Project Link==
Feel free to subdivide, combine, and renumber as may be necessary in the future. (Shelves can be taken out of service, etc., by writing on their labels with a dry-erase marker.) '''Just make sure the numbers here match the numbers posted on the storage shelves! Everyone will be confused otherwise!'''
 
==Procedure==
# Pitch your project on the administration mailing list as instructed on the [[Storage Policy]] page.
# Update the above table to reflect where you will be storing your project, and the deadline. Please enter an edit summary. (Something like "Added project" is fine.)
#* Don't worry about color-coding or any other fancy features if you don't know how to do those things. More experienced wiki editors can handle those for you after you put in the information.
# Create a page for your project as described below, and add a link to your project page to the table in the ''Project, or current contents'' column.
# Be sure to post updates on your project page weekly, and update the date in the ''Last updated'' column when you do. (If you do not, your project may be considered abandoned under the storage policy.)
 
===Creating a project page===


# Create a new page in the wiki
# Create a new page in the wiki. This can be done by either of the following methods:
# In the editor enter: <code><nowiki>{{subst:Template:ProjectStorage}}</nowiki></code>
#* First add a link to your nonexistent page to the table. Then, after saving or previewing the page, click the link—you will get the form to start your page.
# Save
#* Navigate to your desired page title (e.g., by using the search box). The wiki will tell you it doesn't exist, and offer to let you create it. This will also get you to the form to start your page. Then you can come back here and add the link afterward.
# Edit to add the appropriate information, decorate as you see fit
# In the editor enter this code: <code><nowiki>{{subst:Template:ProjectStorage}}</nowiki></code>
# If this is too confusing or isn't working the way you want, just ask for help
# Save the page.
# Edit the page (which will now have the template added) to add the appropriate information. Decorate your new project page as you see fit.


'''If this is too confusing or isn't working the way you want, just ask for help on the admin list or via the [[designated wiki editors]] page.'''


==Transition To New System==
==History of large project storage==


New storage rules come into effect September 1, 2013. Currently there are dozens of projects unclaimed and unsponsored in the space. See brief transition list below for details:
At the June 2013 EGM, the [[storage Policy|current storage rules]] were approved, after many members were greatly inconvenienced by other members' projects being left out in common work areas. They came into effect September 1, 2013. Back then, there were dozens of projects unclaimed and unsponsored in the space. See [[Transition Project List]] for details of those projects.


[[Transition Project List]]
In May 2016, Ian O found that this page had not been updated since November 2013, and that the shelf labels were all gone with the exception of one reading "BAY B" whose referent was not clear, and decided to update both.
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