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<p>Hi Erin, <br>
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<p>So just to understand you correctly:</p>
<p>The people you work with store a lot of broken equipment that is
too old to be used efficiently anyway. </p>
<p>Does it, aside of probably looking messy have negative effects?
Like, that the space that is used is needed for something else?
(Asking, since some people might like it to look like the IT crowd
basement. Having hung out in some hack spaces, it sometimes seems
to be an aesthetic choice, I guess :) )<br>
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<p>You also write: <br>
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<p>> They do "ad-hoc" maintenance […]<br>
> […] resource allocation for preventative maintenance and
repair</p>
<p>This implies to me that, while the tech runs it is not
necessarily taken care of, only if it breaks – is that correct or
did I read to much into it?</p>
<p>Kind Regards, <br>
Jan<br>
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<div>I normally work in the museum space where I work with
maintenance and preservation of cultural objects and
associated metadata and systems.</div>
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<div>This time I have a project that involves equipment in use
(or supposed to be in use) and I'm looking for a maintenance
plan framework for a very small nonprofit organization without
any kind of maintenance plan for their equipment. They do
"ad-hoc" maintenance and are very loathe to officially retire
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<div>However, their boneyard is impinging on their ability to
fulfill their public mission - a whole lot of square footage
is consumed with broken equipment, much of which has been in
purgatory so long that it wouldn't be redeployed even if
repaired because it has been superceded by something better.</div>
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<div>So, I'd like to direct them to some philosophy about
maintenance that focuses on planning and resource allocation
for preventative maintenance and repair, but also something
that will help them know when it is ok to enter equipment into
hospice and let it die. These are science people, but I'd
prefer something not-too-technical. They're a fun and very
smart bunch with a basement full of what can only be described
as recyclables at this point. Help please?</div>
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<div>Thank you!</div>
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