Recently VHS voted to update the VHS Principes of Unity with something called One Minute for VHS. See details here.
One Minute for VHS: Every time a member is at the space, in addition to cleaning up after themselves, they are asked to spend at least one minute on tasks that help the space run. All these minutes add up and help VHS run and be more awesome. Doing more than one minute is not necessary but very much appreciated!
Examples of minutes (they can be anything that helps the space):
sweeping
taking out garbage
tidying an area
cleaning a tool or machine
emptying out Dustin the Roomba
Taking a photo and posting it to Instagram to promote VHS
Posting on the VHS website
anything else that helps VHS
No one is monitoring who-does-what, doing a minute for VHS is just a good faith thing. Feel free to post what you’re up to in this thread or what things at VHS you think needs some minutes. Thanks for keeping VHS great!
I was down at VHS this week so I took a few minutes to break down cardboard and take it to the loading bay. Then I watered Peter Parker and Black Widow (our resident spider plants). I’d love to see more air-cleaning plants at the space if people have some to bring in.
@xquared just scored a great new sewing machine for the space. Woo. I had a quick look at it this week but had no time to clean and oil it. Just posting here in case anyone has some time and wants to check it out. The handwheel is hard to turn so the washer in it may need to be turned a little to move the worn spot on it.
It’s sitting on the counter in the sewing machine area and has black tape on the handwheel.
If you are reading this and going to be in the space today or tonight - please remember to do your one minute for VHS - tidying, getting an open-night visitor to sign the waiver, giving a tour, answering the door phone, anything that helps us run etc…all these things are super helpful and keep VHS going. It’s amazing we do all we do as a 100% volunteer-run organization! Woo!
I took a minute and made this poster about minutes.
See download links below with and without crop marks.
spent more than 1 minute (but less than 10) trying to put away some of the small plastic drawers that have been piling up in front of the wall of hardware…
looks like we have some drawers that don’t have a place to go so will start trying to sort through and perhaps get rid of the mixed up probably never get used bits…
Cleaned the shop vacuum thoroughly today. This thing really needs to be emptied often, and the filter shaken/tapped over a garbage can. Emptying the vacuum but not touching the filter is about half the job done.
By the way do we have a policy on how to dispose of all the sawdust in the big vacuum (the one with the cloth bags)?
It was overflowing a couple weeks ago and I emptied it partially into a big used garbage bag I found, partially straight into the dumpster (no more garbage bags). BTW, emptying this thing when it’s more than full is really no fun.
I vacuum the front of the air filter above the workbench every time I run it. It really takes 1 minute. It seems to be a good habit because I always find it covered in dust the next day, meaning it builds up fast, and it actually does filter the air…