[sudo-discuss] [omni-discuss] Donation box at CCL raided

[Eske]

That's ridiculous. I really hate to hear that CCL has been getting pooped on so much recently. 
I completely concur with you, Patrick; I think we'd all love to think that the Omni, as a whole, was much much safer for people, and things. 
Unfortunately, as we've seen with the handful of recent incidents, it's not (yet) as good as it could be.
Until we iron out some of the safety/accountability kinks, maybe a temporary keypad on the Sudo/CCL room entrances *should* be implimented... 
It's a shame to think we would ever need that, but as it stands, I feel like 2141 might have been far less susceptible to some of these issues; in that, at least, it is much easier for random people to wander into Omni and thusly Sudo/CCL. 
That's great for the community aspect of Omni, but currently, there is just too much abuse by non-members, for the comfort of being able to leave our precious machines, resources, and donation boxes  around, unattended, willy,-nilly.

I propose that Sudo and CCL meet up officially, at some point soon, to discuss the idea of better security practices within our shared space.
Some aspects that have been floating around discussion are: keypad entry, system closed cameras on our most important resources (server, toolshed, labratory, etc), members-only hours (e.i. 10pm to 10am, w dependencies, can easily be implimented in conjuction with keypad).

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On Jan 19, 2015, 5:53 PM, at 5:53 PM, Ryan <yandoryn at gmail.com> wrote:
>Coming to the conclusion that sudoers should actively try and keep a
>better
>awareness of their surroundings, including CCL. I know I often let CCL
>just
>be at the boundary of my awareness and have no idea who's in the space,
>although it would be easy for me to know.
>
>On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 4:45 PM, Patrik D'haeseleer <patrikd at gmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>> Just noticed that some thief emptied the donation box at CCL. I'm
>guessing
>> they got away with around $50 or more. I hadn't noticed it was
>missing
>> because they stuffed the box under a table somewhere. The little door
>with
>> the lock for the donation box is missing as well, so the box is
>useless
>> right now - that's another $30. Right now we're actively losing money
>on
>> our donation box...
>>
>> Perhaps not surprising with all the random drunk people roaming
>around.
>> And yeah,  guess we shouldn't have left it sitting around unattended.
>But
>> I'd rather live in an environment where I do not have to worry about
>> vandalism and theft for everything we leave out.
>>
>> Grumpily yours,
>>
>> Patrik
>>
>>
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