This is a translation for comprehension. The German original is the binding version.
Below are the rules that apply in the rooms of Starship Factory and at its events. These rules were put into force at the founding assembly on 25 August 2013 and amended at the general assembly of 12 September 2014.
Using the space & access
- Minors may enter and use the clubroom under the supervision of adults.
- If you want to book the clubroom for events or large projects, please do so well in advance and announce it as widely as possible.
- The club cannot be reserved on the official weekly meeting day.
- If you want to take a cool product into mass production, that is great and very much worth pursuing; just take care not to occupy Starship Factory’s resources permanently. Remember: you are one of many people who want to create something, and everyone matters equally!
Safety
- Some of our machines are dangerous. Before using any machine, tool or workshop equipment, you therefore need an introduction to the relevant work area from a qualified member. A list of qualified members is posted in the space.
- Guests may only use machines together with a member who has already had an introduction. That member is responsible for the machine being operated properly.
- Food and open drinks are a hazard to our machines and must be kept away from their immediate surroundings.
- People who are obviously under the influence of mind-altering substances (alcohol in particular) can be refused entry to, or asked to leave, the association’s rooms. Around the machines there is zero tolerance.
Tidiness
- Keep your workspace clean and tidy; switch machines off where possible and do not leave them running overnight needlessly or carelessly.
- Objects left standing around the clubroom should carry a barcode label pointing to the relevant project page or usage instructions.
Conduct & respect
- Treat each other with respect: racist, sexist or otherwise discriminatory behaviour, and sexist, racist or otherwise discriminatory jokes, will not be tolerated. For a definition of sexism and racism see the Conference anti-harassment policy in the Geek Feminism Wiki (archived copy; the wiki was shut down in 2021).
- Respect other people’s property. Ask permission before using someone else’s tools. Put things back where they belong after use.
- Please keep films, video games and music quiet or use headphones. In exceptional cases, when several people want to listen to something, please ask everyone present whether that is welcome.
- Do not clear away or block other people’s projects without asking.
- If you find new members or visitors wandering around lost or asking questions, it is everyone’s honour to give them a tour and answer their questions.
- Out of consideration for fellow makers and for those who want to use the space after you, we ask that you smoke only outside the building and not directly in front of the windows. Anything inside the makerspace that emits smoke without being explicitly meant to will be extinguished immediately.
Repeated failure to observe the rules can be met with warnings, mandatory training, and temporary or permanent exclusion from the association and its premises.
Knowledge
- We all want to learn, so passing your own knowledge on to interested people is encouraged.
- Please document your finished work in the wiki as far as possible, so that everyone benefits. Please do this even if it is to be sold commercially — you still hold the rights to it.
- If you have worked on something, it would be great if you wrote a post about it on the Starship Factory blog.
Be creative and keep making!
Discussion rules
For the monthly plenary there are further, more specific rules of conduct, to make sure we can work together productively.
- One person takes on moderation and one takes the minutes.
- Stay on topic.
- Topics discussed should have substantial technical relevance to the project (for example whether a bike rack is covered, but not whether it is painted green or blue).
- Let people finish. Anyone with something to contribute signals with a hand sign.
- Keep to a reasonable speaking time per topic, so that others can contribute too.
- Observe the hand sign rules.
- Votes must always offer the options of abstaining and of voting against.