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The hackspace is run by volunteers.  A board of seven give some of their spare time to ensure the space continues to run. Each board member takes responsibility for a particular area listed in the table below. Additionally, each role has a deputy who also exercises some oversight in that area. Either of these can be your first port of call if you want to discuss a particular issue.
The hackspace is run by volunteers.  A board of seven trustees give some of their spare time to ensure the space continues to run.


Just because board members handle a particular area, please don't assume that means you can't do things. Plenty of members care and want to help out with stuff, and the hackspace is fundamentally quite a permissive space. The reason these roles exist is just to provide a level of awareness and coordination between different aspects of the space.
Just because a trustee seems to have an interest in a particular area, please don't assume that means you can't do things. Trustees are first and foremost members, and any work or space-wide projects that they take part in they do so as members.
 
To maintain consistency and direction, each trustee has an area that they have a particular interest in.  This doesn't mean that they will complete all (or even any) work in that area, or that any other member can't take on a task.  But it might mean that someone has already started on the task you're interested in, so it might be a good idea to check in.
 
== Current Board ==
 
The area's of responsibility have fallen by the wayside a little, but will be set soon.


The original board up to the 2012 elections was:-
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| [http://wiki.nottinghack.org.uk/wiki/User:Dominic Dominic Morrow] || Events and promotion || Matt Little
| [http://wiki.nottinghack.org.uk/wiki/User:Dominic Dominic Morrow] || Events and promotion ||  
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| [http://wiki.nottinghack.org.uk/wiki/User:Chunky Matt Little] || Tools and Consumables || Michael Erskine
| [http://wiki.nottinghack.org.uk/wiki/User:Gmjhowe Jake Howe] || ||  
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| [http://wiki.nottinghack.org.uk/wiki/User:Davidhayward David Hayward] || Membership  || Dominic Morrow
| [http://wiki.nottinghack.org.uk/wiki/User:Davidhayward David Hayward] || Membership  || Dominic Morrow
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| [http://wiki.nottinghack.org.uk/wiki/User:Lwk Matt Lloyd] || Hackspace Infrastructure || David Hayward
| [http://wiki.nottinghack.org.uk/wiki/User:Lwk Matt Lloyd] || Hackspace Infrastructure, Treasury and Accounts || David Hayward
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| [http://wiki.nottinghack.org.uk/wiki/User:MichaelP Michael Procter] || Treasury and Accounts || Dominic Morrow
| [http://wiki.nottinghack.org.uk/wiki/User:Dclarke David Clarke] || ||  
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| [http://wiki.nottinghack.org.uk/wiki/User:Msemtd Michael Erskine] || [[Commercial Interests]] || James Hayward
| [http://wiki.nottinghack.org.uk/wiki/User:Kate Kate Bolin] || ||  
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| [http://wiki.nottinghack.org.uk/wiki/User:James James Hayward] || Web Services || Matt Lloyd
| [http://wiki.nottinghack.org.uk/wiki/User:James James Hayward] || Web Services || Matt Lloyd
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Current Board:-
 
The area's of responsibility have fallen by the wayside a little,
== Elections ==
 
Board elections take place each May, and any member can stand for election.
 
== Related ==
 
There is currently a [[Board/Expenses Policy|expenses policy]] under consideration.
 
== Historical ==
 
=== 2011 - 2012 ===
The original board up to the 2012 elections was:-
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| [http://wiki.nottinghack.org.uk/wiki/User:Dominic Dominic Morrow] || Events and promotion ||  
| [http://wiki.nottinghack.org.uk/wiki/User:Dominic Dominic Morrow] || Events and promotion || Matt Little
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| [http://wiki.nottinghack.org.uk/wiki/User:Gmjhowe Jake Howe] || ||  
| [http://wiki.nottinghack.org.uk/wiki/User:Chunky Matt Little] || Tools and Consumables || Michael Erskine
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| [http://wiki.nottinghack.org.uk/wiki/User:Davidhayward David Hayward] || Membership  || Dominic Morrow
| [http://wiki.nottinghack.org.uk/wiki/User:Davidhayward David Hayward] || Membership  || Dominic Morrow
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| [http://wiki.nottinghack.org.uk/wiki/User:Lwk Matt Lloyd] || Hackspace Infrastructure, Treasury and Accounts || David Hayward
| [http://wiki.nottinghack.org.uk/wiki/User:Lwk Matt Lloyd] || Hackspace Infrastructure || David Hayward
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| [http://wiki.nottinghack.org.uk/wiki/User:Dclarke David Clarke] || ||  
| [http://wiki.nottinghack.org.uk/wiki/User:MichaelP Michael Procter] || Treasury and Accounts || Dominic Morrow
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| [http://wiki.nottinghack.org.uk/wiki/User:Kate Kate Bolin] || ||  
| [http://wiki.nottinghack.org.uk/wiki/User:Msemtd Michael Erskine] || [[Commercial Interests]] || James Hayward
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| [http://wiki.nottinghack.org.uk/wiki/User:James James Hayward] || Web Services || Matt Lloyd
| [http://wiki.nottinghack.org.uk/wiki/User:James James Hayward] || Web Services || Matt Lloyd
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Sometimes, the board are called The Seven Dorks. Board elections take place each May, and any member can stand for election.
====Draft expenses policy====
Drafted by David Hayward in response to actions given at 2012 board meetings. This is not ratified at the moment.
Sometimes, an opportunity arises for a board member to get something the space needs. Usually, board members text or phone other board members to get a quorate vote in favour of expenditure, but in some cases there isn't time. So:
Draft hackspace board expenses policy:
*Limit. £50? £30?
*Only pertains to items for the hackspace.
*Special cases only.
*Board members should not expect to be repaid quickly. Making impulse buys puts you last in line to be repaid, and if cashflow is too tight, you have to wait as long as it takes.
*Being able to buy things for £[LIMIT] Not a default position. When time and circumstance allow, which they almost always do, you should email or call other board members to get approval.
*James: Board members can't club together and spend extra money by combining their limits.
*Can't do it more than once in a month.
Good example: A wood lathe was going for £40 at auction. It's a good tool at a low price, and one that many members had expressed an interest in having.
Bad examples: "I happened to be in Homebase, and I picked up a dozen extension leads and some two-by-fours because I thought the space would need them one day".
"A man offered me some speakers from a van in the street".etc. Expenditure should be planned and voted on wherever possible. Even if there is a limited opportunity, you should try to contact the rest of the board. Sometimes, other board members are aware of implications you may not be.


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Revision as of 13:00, 28 January 2013

The hackspace is run by volunteers. A board of seven trustees give some of their spare time to ensure the space continues to run.

Just because a trustee seems to have an interest in a particular area, please don't assume that means you can't do things. Trustees are first and foremost members, and any work or space-wide projects that they take part in they do so as members.

To maintain consistency and direction, each trustee has an area that they have a particular interest in. This doesn't mean that they will complete all (or even any) work in that area, or that any other member can't take on a task. But it might mean that someone has already started on the task you're interested in, so it might be a good idea to check in.

Current Board

The area's of responsibility have fallen by the wayside a little, but will be set soon.

Board Member Area Deputy
Dominic Morrow Events and promotion
Jake Howe
David Hayward Membership Dominic Morrow
Matt Lloyd Hackspace Infrastructure, Treasury and Accounts David Hayward
David Clarke
Kate Bolin
James Hayward Web Services Matt Lloyd


Elections

Board elections take place each May, and any member can stand for election.

Related

There is currently a expenses policy under consideration.

Historical

2011 - 2012

The original board up to the 2012 elections was:-

Board Member Area Deputy
Dominic Morrow Events and promotion Matt Little
Matt Little Tools and Consumables Michael Erskine
David Hayward Membership Dominic Morrow
Matt Lloyd Hackspace Infrastructure David Hayward
Michael Procter Treasury and Accounts Dominic Morrow
Michael Erskine Commercial Interests James Hayward
James Hayward Web Services Matt Lloyd
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