Re: [57north-discuss] Cheers and requests for comments

2019-03-13 Thread Iain R. Learmonth
Hi, On 13/03/2019 11:56, Edward Watson wrote: > Good to restart this but we may need to check the boxes are actually > full of trash - some items might be useful. From what I recall, the > rotation was done to make sure at least one box was empty - otherwise > it was left as a bits-box. If there

Re: [57north-discuss] Cheers and requests for comments

2019-03-13 Thread Iain R. Learmonth
Hi, On 13/03/2019 11:20, Robert McWilliam wrote: > Specifically on network cables: please don't bin them. No one is planning to bin all the network cables. I would like to make sure that: * network cables have a place to live * that place is easy to find * the cables in the box are working and i

Re: [57north-discuss] Cheers and requests for comments

2019-03-13 Thread Andy Gaskell
Hi Er... the network cables... that was me. When we were tidying up last week, later on, on Tuesday evening, I put the cables in that box. Although I'd heard of the vortex-of-doom concept, I didn't realise it was a gear recycling box, or anything like that. So, the cables were really not put th

Re: [57north-discuss] Cheers and requests for comments

2019-03-13 Thread Tony Travis
On 13/03/2019 12:20, Robert McWilliam wrote: [...] Specifically on network cables: please don't bin them. They are definitely useful. If they don't spark joy with anyone else and the space collectively really does want rid of them I'll take them away rather than see them binned (even broken ones

Re: [57north-discuss] Cheers and requests for comments

2019-03-13 Thread Edward Watson
On Wed, 13 Mar 2019 at 10:02, Iain R. Learmonth wrote: > As the vortex has not been regularly rotated, I would like to restart > the rotation on the 2nd April. Any items that have not been claimed by > the 2nd April will be thrown out *regardless* of when they were placed > into the vortex. Good

Re: [57north-discuss] Cheers and requests for comments

2019-03-13 Thread Robert McWilliam
On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 10:01:51AM +, Iain R. Learmonth wrote: > Please note: items in the vortex of doom are not listed here as someone > has already decided they should be trashed, you will have to check the > vortex yourself if you want to see what is in there. > > As the vortex has not bee

Re: [57north-discuss] Cheers and requests for comments

2019-03-13 Thread Iain R. Learmonth
Hi All, On 10/03/2019 12:34, Edward Watson wrote: > Secondly, at least one member is keen to draw attention to large items > that are stored in the space. It does not need to be a secret that this is me. I am proud to want a clean and tidy space. > Finally, Trashing. If something that takes up s

[57north-discuss] Cheers and requests for comments

2019-03-10 Thread Edward Watson
Hi all Thanks to folks who donated time around Tues to help sort and tidy. That includes wiki-tidying thats taken place also. A number of 'requests for comments' have surfaced since, so I thought I would pass them on the mail list for membership consideration. Firstly, there was general feeling t