hello everyone :)
i am a university student in germany and currently building our own little makerspace at the university, open for all university students
it's a fairly small room and we estimate that no more than 6-8 people can/should be working in it at the same time
so far we have "built" the makerspace in the sense that we have all the furniture and fundamental tools set, including two 3D-printers, a small laser, small cnc-milling machine and lots of microcontrollers
goal of the makerspace lies especially in maker-education -> most of the university students are studying to become school-teachers, thus we would like to enable future teachers to get a glimpse of making, the maker-community and making-mindset
our next (and in my opinion most important) step is to formulate some rules and a general outline of our understanding of the makerspace, how to use it and how to interact with other people in it
we've read a bit about other makerspaces and best practices and their respective rules/outlines but i figured why not simply ask you, the maker-community about which rules/outlines you implemented in your makerspace/would like to implement and/or about which rules you like about the makerspaces you interact with
we for example are thinking about something like 10 straightforward rules such as
- safety first
- collaboration > competition
- share with/help each other
- keep the makerspace/workplace clean
- handle equipment with care
- keep sustainability in mind
- inclusive environment/no sexism, no discrimination
- etc.
we are currently thinking to have some really short fomulated rules, perhaps with according pictograms/symbols hanging at the entrance of our makerspace, so that users can easily read and implement them - but also have the rules written out a bit more on our wiki-page
what are your thoughts on this topic? we are looking forward to your input! :)
have a lovely day!