Policies/Donations

Please see Treasurer for all donation questions.

• treasurer@makerslocal.org

Policy #1: No CRT Monitors

• Makers Local 256 does not accept CRT Monitor donations.

(Proposed) Policy #2 Contacting the Facilities Director After a Donation

(Proposed 10/3/2016 in Email Thread "Policy to help get donations sorted and put away" )

• If a donation is received and cannot immediately be sorted and put away, the receiving member should contact the facilities director before leaving.
• If the donor desires a donation receipt from the Treasurer, the donor should provide a list of what was donated.

Proposal was challenged and dropped

(Proposed) Policy #3 Donations to Decline

The following items are no longer accepted as donations at Makers Local 256:

• Wireless AP’s without 802.11 G or later (No 802.11 B only WAPs)
• Corded computer keyboards, wireless keyboard without receiver
• Home Office Printers
• Computers:
  • Any computer with a 3.5 inch floppy drive
  • Laptops with “WindowsXP Ready” stickers on them
  • Computers with Intel Core I-series of the 4xxx Chip vintage or earlier (look for a sticker)
• Computer Parts
  • IDE Hard Drives (Hard drives with connectors like the one on the bottom in the following image).
  • Disc Drives (CD\DVD\Etc)
    • CD\DVD Drives not capable of burning discs
  • Monitors
    • No CRTs
    • Anything we already have three of
• Any AV equipment that makers local already has
• Wires\Cables
  • Only ethernet cables 5e and later
  • No ethernet cables that have the tabs missing from the connectors