<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Erin,<div><br></div><div>My suggestion is to replace the "ad-hoc" culture of maintenance with a regular cadence of upkeep but also MAKING IT FUN!!!</div><div>Maybe every Friday is Maintenance Day! where the scientists can take a break from their routines and socialize around maintaining the machines that serve them. </div><div>Maybe they could extend the theme so that every Friday, they invite a Maintainer to teach them how to repair and maintain all sorts of stuff? (machines, body, mind)</div><div>In the absence of local maintenance talent, maybe they can binge on some youtube videos that show how to repair and maintain all sorts of stuff? (machines, body, mind)</div><div><br></div><div>I'd be happy to make a maintenance oriented youtube playlist for your mysterious science people working with what appears to be interesting equipment :) </div><div><br></div><div>Hope this helps,</div><div>Varun</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Apr 17, 2021 at 2:43 PM Erin Richardson <<a href="mailto:erin@frankandglory.com" target="_blank">erin@frankandglory.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hello, maintainers!<div><br></div><div>I normally work in the museum space where I work with maintenance and preservation of cultural objects and associated metadata and systems.</div><div><br></div><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 anything because someone might be able to fix it some day. </div><div><br></div><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much of which has been in purgatory so long that it wouldn't be redeployed even if repaired because it has been superceded by something better.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><div><br></div><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><div><br></div><div>Thank you!</div><div>Erin<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:14px;font-family:Avenir"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:14px;font-family:Avenir"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:14px;font-family:Avenir"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1mHwG2Q-dw2v5fTkuBRkLZz-vK95bzqyv&revid=0B6YoHZ4XNWXvTjMrWTNlK3I5ai9sc1RNZERDVEN3RDRFN0hrPQ" width="200" height="37"></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:14px;font-family:Avenir"><span style="color:rgb(11,83,148);font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large"> Erin Richardson, PhD</span><br></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#0b5394" size="4"><i> Founder and Principal</i></font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#0b5394"> C — 518.577.0186 | <a href="http://frankandglory.com/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">FrankAndGlory.com</a></font></div><div><span style="color:rgb(11,83,148);font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">(formerly Erin Richardson Consulting)</span></div><div><font color="#0b5394" face="tahoma, sans-serif"> —————</font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#0b5394"> Follow us on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/frank-glory/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Linked In</a></font></div></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"> <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/dbj1inhmg27822n/ErinRichardson-FrankandGlory-vcard.vcf?dl=0" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Download my Contact Card<br></a></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div hspace="streak-pt-mark" style="max-height:1px"><img alt="" style="width: 0px; max-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;" src="https://mailfoogae.appspot.com/t?sender=aZXJpbkBmcmFua2FuZGdsb3J5LmNvbQ%3D%3D&type=zerocontent&guid=4c6d4d1a-a6b3-422d-b684-8647e7a185f0"><font color="#ffffff" size="1">ᐧ</font></div>
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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Thank You,<div>Varun Adibhatla</div><div>Applied Research in Government Operations - <a href="http://argolabs.org">argolabs.org</a></div><div>347-815-3383</div></div></div>
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