[Imc] help! 7-9 shift tonight (and locks)

[Jay Morris]

Two things:

1) Can anyone take my staffing shift tonight, 7-9? Sorry for the late
notice, but I'm a lot sicker than I thought I would be by now.  Better
the rest of the IMC not be exposed to this haitian voodoo virus.


2) The front door ...
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ARGUMENT

When someone becomes an IMC member, what does that entitle them to?

a) access to the imc when it's open.
b) access to the imc when it's open, and also whenever a staffer with
a key happens to be there.
c) access to the imc any time.

or a modified version of b)

d) access to the imc when it's open, and also whenever a staffer with
a key happens to be there ***AND that staffer is comfortable letting
the person in***.

I think it should be 'd' for members, and 'a' for the public.  This
requires that we get a lock on the front door.  That is the advantage
of staffing: you get a key.

Right now, it's basically (b) for everyone with no way to control it.

Many staffers are comfortable with the door unlocked while they're
working off-hours, but some are not.  A lot of the IMC members know
eachother, but even if someone is a member, I think some people would
feel uncomfortable letting them into the imc in the middle of the
night if they don't know them (and rightly so).

upside: people with keys will be able to work at the IMC off hours.

downside: people without keys may not be able to get in when the imc
is closed and a staffer is there who doesn't feel comfortable letting
people in.

but: if that staffer is uncomfortable letting people in when the imc
is closed, they aren't going to go to the imc when it's closed anyway,
because there's no lock.

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COUNTER-ARGUMENT

If you have a key, and you want to work during closed hours, the price
you pay is that you have to keep the front door unlocked.

upside: the imc is open to everyone (public or member) whenever anyone
is in there.

downside: people who aren't comfortable with this, won't come in
during closed horus, and so the door won't be open anyway.

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These arguments both make some sense.  Seems like the only real
difference between a lock and no lock is whether or not members will
end up being locked out when someone is in the imc.  But it looks like
if we don't get a lock, those people will be locked out anyway,
because the uncomfortable people won't show up during closed hours
anymore.

If we get a lock and some sort of doorbell rigged up, whoever is in
there, can make a decision about whether or not they want to let the
person in.

Just my 2 cents,
Jay