Zone Information
Zone Name	Storage Zone
Status	Active
Zone Slogan	"Label your stuff or we'll come for you"
Zone Committee Heads(s)	Aj H
Zone Slack	#storage
Zone E-mail	storage@i3detroit.org
Zone Color	Coral
Paypal Button	Pay money to Storage Zone

The Storage Zone includes Member Project Storage (all claimable member storage plots), Large Project Storage, and the B-side mezzanine between Wood Shop and Ceramics.

Many Zones have storage options for projects and materials applicable to that Zone. Zone Coordinators set the rules for their Zones.

All property at i3Detroit must be stored in a way that is safe and shows respect for members and guests in the space; view the Standing Rules for the member-defined rules governing storage.

Member Project Storage includes all numbered storage plots: the wood pylons, the plots on the pallet rack between Leather and Laser Zones, and the lockers. There are currently 132 plots.

Note: more plots are being added, as the darker grey lockers that serve as a table base have been added to Storage Zone. These have not been numbered yet.

If you claim a storage plot, you agree to follow all Storage Zone rules. If you do not agree with any of the rules, do not claim a plot -- contact the Storage Zone Coordinator. Rules can be updated, but no one will be given exceptions to the rules.

All claimable storage plots are numbered and have an index card holder + business card holder. Plot locations include the Wood Storage Pylons, Laser Pallet Rack, and Lockers.

• Only active members can claim a storage plot
  • If a previously active member becomes inactive, their plot claim is forfeit the day their membership is no longer active
• Active members can have one (1) member storage plot claimed
• Claimed plots must be labeled with the owner's name and contact info -- email is REQUIRED
  • Email is our main form of contact. If there are any problems with your storage plot, you will be contacted via email. It is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to provide up-to-date contact info; if proper contact info is not given, you will lose your plot without being notified
• If a storage plot is not claimed, it must be EMPTY. Do not keep anything in an unclaimed plot, it will be moved to the Graveyard
• Member Storage is intended for active use. Please take home anything you are not actively using for project(s)
• Do not storage flammables in Member Storage. They belong in the flammable cabinets

• Check the plot you want to claim
  • Does it have anything in it? Is there an index card with contact info?
  • Is the plot claimed on the Storage Plot Assignments google sheet?
• If the plot is unlabeled and unclaimed, you can claim it
  • If the plot is claimed, contact the owner and ask if they're still using it
• Place an index card with your name, email, and slack handle in the plot's index card holder
  • You can also include your phone number, but email is REQUIRED and our main form of contact. If there's a problem with your plot, you will be contacted via email
• Claim the plot on the Storage Plot Assignments google sheet
  • You must be a member of the i3detroit google group to edit this sheet. Edit access will NOT be given directly to individual emails, do not request direct access
  • Note: We are currently switching over to our new CRM, so plot claiming methods may change to use the new CRM

• Best practice is to use a tote bin or other container to hold everything within your plot, and to label it with your contact info (name, slack handle, email)
• If you choose not to use a container, make sure all items stay within the limits of your plot and do not extend into the hall or your neighbor's plot, and label them
• Every few months, review the contents of your Storage Plot. If you are not using something, take it home or dispose of it
  • Ask yourself: are you really going to use that scrap of wood, or the piece of acrylic that looks like swiss cheese?

This is part of Standing_rules#Handling_Forfeited_Space_and_Property_in_Member_Storage, and is only being repeated here to make it very easy to find.

• In order to ensure storage usage, every storage plot will be issued a yellow tag by the Storage Zone Coordinator on a tag month
  • Tag months: March, June, September, and December
• To keep your storage plot, you must remove the yellow tag. If a plot has a yellow tag by the following tag month (ex: issued in September, still there in December), that plot will get a red tag, which is equivalent to a parking ticket
• To resolve a red tag, you must talk with the Storage Zone Coordinator and explain why you need a storage plot you haven't touched in ~90 days. You have 7 days to vacate the storage plot from the day the red tag is issued

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