[Imc-makerspace] Nutshell Makerspace Mission Statement

[Stewart Dickson]

I still like this one:

http://fab.cba.mit.edu/about/charter/
The Fab Charter
> Mission: fab labs are a global network of local labs, enabling 
> invention by providing access for individuals to tools for digital 
> fabrication.
>
> Access: you can use the fab lab to make almost anything (that doesn't 
> hurt anyone); you must learn to do it yourself, and you must share use 
> of the lab with other uses and users
>
> Education: training in the fab lab is based on doing projects and 
> learning from peers; you're expected to contribute to documentation 
> and instruction
>
> Responsibility: you're responsible for:
>
> safety: knowing how to work without hurting people or machines
> cleaning up: leaving the lab cleaner than you found it
> operations: assisting with maintaining, repairing, and reporting on 
> tools, supplies, and incidents
>
> Secrecy: designs and processes developed in fab labs must remain 
> available for individual use although intellectual property can be 
> protected however you choose
>
> Business: commercial activities can be incubated in fab labs but they 
> must not conflict with open access, they should grow beyond rather 
> than within the lab, and they are expected to benefit the inventors, 
> labs, and networks that contribute to their success.
I think that we can easily adapt it to fit the Makerspace.

-Stewart, http://us.imdb.com/Name?Stewart+Dickson 
http://www.ifp.uiuc.edu/~sdickson
http://emsh.calarts.edu/~mathart/MathArt_siteMap.html 
http://delicious.com/MathArtSPD
http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/author.html?author=Stewart+Dickson
http://community.ovationtv.com/MathArtSPD

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