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Pumping Station: One is a member-organized, member-run, all-volunteer operation. Sometimes people don't understand how they can help out.

Pumping Station: One is a member-organized, member-run, all-volunteer operation. Sometimes people don't understand how they can help out.

=Be a Good Member=

==Be a Good Member==

Just cleaning up after yourself, being helpful and considerate towards others, and being mindful of the shop type of environment goes a long way.

Just cleaning up after yourself, being helpful and considerate towards others, and being mindful of the shop type of environment goes a long way.

==Participate==

=Participate=

Taking any role in ongoing activities. There will be shop clean-up days announced, parties, and meetings. Come to those. Coming to Tuesday night member meetings or various working group meetings will let you know what needs to be done.

Taking any role in ongoing activities. There will be shop clean-up days announced, parties, and meetings. Come to those. Coming to Tuesday night member meetings or various working group meetings will let you know what needs to be done.

==Formally volunteer==

=Formally volunteer=

Two ways to formally volunteer for things are to apply to the board to be a volunteer authorizer if you are skilled in teaching one or more tools, to be nominated and accept the nomination to run for board positions (elections are in January) or to volunteer to be on board-appointed jobs like the Dispute Resolution Committee

Two ways to formally volunteer for things are to apply to the board to be a volunteer authorizer if you are skilled in teaching one or more tools, to be nominated and accept the nomination to run for board positions (elections are in January) or to volunteer to be on board-appointed jobs like the Dispute Resolution Committee

*https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!forum/pumping-station-one

*https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!forum/pumping-station-one

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*&https://airtable.com/shrcJKNAiCcyBfvZC

==Create Your Own Role==

=Create Your Own Role=

There is room at PS1 for creativity in every facet of operation. You could adopt a tool; that might mean talking to an Area Host. You could fix, clean, maintain, install, or improve something. How do you find out if that's cool or not? A big part of how things happen at this kind of space requires understanding things that aren't immediately obvious. You might want to ask a friend, raise your hand at a meeting, read the Google Groups or Slack for conversations that have already happened about the topics you're interested in. There's no one correct way.  

There is room at PS1 for creativity in every facet of operation. You could adopt a tool; that might mean talking to an Area Host. You could fix, clean, maintain, install, or improve something. How do you find out if that's cool or not? A big part of how things happen at this kind of space requires understanding things that aren't immediately obvious. You might want to ask a friend, raise your hand at a meeting, read the Google Groups or Slack for conversations that have already happened about the topics you're interested in. There's no one correct way.  

What can you do? Well, that's a trickier question...Read on

What can you do? Well, that's a trickier question...Read on

===Task project===

==Task project==

I've been getting lots of questions aimed at helping out in general, trying to help get the Epilog fixed when it's down, get the big laser up and running, and CNC preparations (but applies in general). All of these things are happening (at their own hacker-pace [see what I did there?]), and the more help we can get to accomplish those tasks the better. BUT there are lots of decisions that go into actually doing all of those things so it requires a bit of coordination. I don't have a box of 100 well defined 30-min tasks spelled out in enough detail anyone can do them, but I'd appreciate the help in creating any semblance of that.

I've been getting lots of questions aimed at helping out in general, trying to help get the Epilog fixed when it's down, get the big laser up and running, and CNC preparations (but applies in general). All of these things are happening (at their own hacker-pace [see what I did there?]), and the more help we can get to accomplish those tasks the better. BUT there are lots of decisions that go into actually doing all of those things so it requires a bit of coordination. I don't have a box of 100 well defined 30-min tasks spelled out in enough detail anyone can do them, but I'd appreciate the help in creating any semblance of that.

                                                                  

                                                                  

If you are still encouraged and motivated to help out awesome, here are some...

If you are still encouraged and motivated to help out awesome, here are some...

===Suggestions===

==Suggestions==

*Read, post, be active on the google groups* - You have to sign up because it's not automatic. I highly recommend getting the daily digest version (check out the second-to-the-right hand column of your subscription page <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!myforums>) of the google groups. This is where events and such get posted, since PS1 generally does not sent out mass emails.

*Read, post, be active on the google groups* - You have to sign up because it's not automatic. I highly recommend getting the daily digest version (check out the second-to-the-right hand column of your subscription page <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!myforums>) of the google groups. This is where events and such get posted, since PS1 generally does not sent out mass emails.