Changes

As Pumping Station: One has expanded, it has experienced an increase in tool theft. Surveillance cameras, first installed in 2015 to monitor the building entrances and exits, have limited use in preventing many thefts. A January 2019 revision to the Membership Agreement permitted expansion of cameras if approved by the Board, paving the way for recording members working inside the space (“Membership Agreement,” 2019).  In response to theft, proposals on the organization’s e-mail list have ranged from expanding camera usage to instituting criminal background checks. This vote uses an evidence-based approach to reduce tool theft by taking the following actions:

As Pumping Station: One has expanded, it has experienced an increase in tool theft. Surveillance cameras, first installed in 2015 to monitor the building entrances and exits, have limited use in preventing many thefts. A January 2019 revision to the Membership Agreement permitted expansion of cameras if approved by the Board, paving the way for recording members working inside the space (“Membership Agreement,” 2019).  In response to theft, proposals on the organization’s e-mail list have ranged from expanding camera usage to instituting criminal background checks. This vote uses an evidence-based approach to reduce tool theft by taking the following actions:

* Updating the surveillance camera policy to prohibit cameras from monitoring internal workspaces. More cameras will only waste time and money, will create privacy issues, and will only serve to distract the organization from implementing real solutions. '''This is part of this vote.'''

* Updating the surveillance camera policy to prohibit cameras from monitoring internal workspaces. More cameras will only waste time and money, will create privacy issues, and will only serve to distract the organization from implementing real solutions. '''This vote achieves this outcome.'''

* Budgeting $1000 to allow a team of members to prototype and experiment with anti-theft solutions. '''This is the [[2019 Anti-Theft Budget Vote]].'''

* Budgeting $1000 to allow a team of members to prototype and experiment with anti-theft solutions. '''This is the [[2019 Anti-Theft Budget Vote]].'''