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=== In One Sentence ===
=== In One Sentence ===
Pumping Station Is a community of hackers and makers that work together to become greater than the sum of our parts.
Pumping Station Is a community of hackers and makers that work together to become greater than the sum of our parts.
=== 2 Rules ===
=== Two Rules ===
We have 2 primary rules: Be Excellent, and JFDI, Just Fucking Do It. In a community of over 300 members where we are run entirely on other hackers choosing to sacrifice time and energy on the continued growth of the organization, we occasionally have to clarify what be excellent means through policies that democratically voted on by the Full Membership. Once being excellent has been satisfied: JFDI remains. There is no to ask permission to hack the space or change it some way.
We have 2 primary rules: Be Excellent, and [[JFDI]], Just Fucking Do It. In a community of over 300 members where we are run entirely on other hackers choosing to sacrifice time and energy on the continued growth and awesomeness of the organization, we occasionally have to clarify what be excellent means through policies that democratically voted on by the Full Membership. Once being excellent has been satisfied: [[JFDI]] remains. There is no to ask permission to hack the space or change it some way.
=== Member Driven ===
=== Member Driven ===
There is a Board of Directors. Most of the Board's decision making power is not special, it is member decision making power being applied. The majority of our large equipment is purchased via vote of member's who are not board members, and are not area hosts: Just regular members,
* Pumping Station: One has no employees, only members.
* The majority of our large equipment is purchased via votes proposed by members who hold no title or position at PS:One
* Policies, and member agreements on what [[Be Excellent]] means are voted on my the membership.
* There is a Board of Directors. Most of the Board's decision making power is not special, it is member decision making power being applied.
** Members become board member's because they get things done in the org, and not the other way around.
* Any Full member may propose a vote.
* Anything may be voted on, given that it is legal.
=== Volunteer Driven ===
=== Volunteer Driven ===
Pumping Station: One has no employees.
No one has any obligations other than [[Be Excelent]]. Those who do things, do things because they want to, and are free to stop or change doing the rings at any time. This does mean that some tasks fall by the wayside. It also means that any member is free to pick them up and carry them out.
We actively encourage people to stop volunteering once it is not longer fun or fulfilling. This is to prevent burnout. Excellent people have a tendency to stay excellent if given the freedom to choose his or her area of excellence.
== What Pumping Station: One Is not ==
== What Pumping Station: One Is not ==
Frequently new member have an expectation that Certification is on demand. We are more interested in respecting the time and talents of our valuable Certifiers and community of collective expertise than on rapid certification. Most are area hosts coordinate Certifications on popular equipment to happen no more than twice a month.
Frequently new member have an expectation that Certification is on demand. We are more interested in respecting the time and talents of our valuable Certifiers and community of collective expertise than on rapid certification. Most are area hosts coordinate Certifications on popular equipment to happen no more than twice a month.
The majority of our equipment requires certification, and preferential treatment is often given to those with more interesting projects than those with more urgent projects.
The majority of our equipment requires certification, and preferential treatment is often given to those with more interesting projects than those with more urgent projects.
=== We are not consistent ===
=== We are not consistent ===
The ebb and flow of the spaces culture changes over time. Rules change, the needs of the space change. Even on the same day, different members see and describe the organization in different ways. Pumping Station: One is a lot of things to a lot people. This causes a collection of skills and abilities that we would not otherwise be able to collaborate with.
The ebb and flow of the spaces culture changes over time. Rules change, the needs of the space change. Even on the same day, different members see and describe the organization in different ways. Pumping Station: One is a lot of things to a lot people. This causes a collection of skills and abilities that we would not otherwise be able to collaborate with. It also makes a lot of public information about the organization stale.
