[Themaintainers] Themaintainers Digest, Vol 62, Issue 16
Heidi Overhill
overhill at rogers.com
Tue Apr 20 10:48:52 EDT 2021
Your hoarding associates might benefit from reading Barry Lord's The Cost of Collecting (1989), based on a review of British museums, and revealing the sometimes-unexpected effects of keeping everything.
Best wishes,Heidi
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1. Re: Big question - but looking for practical solution
(Jan Dittrich)
2. Tim Hunkin's enthusiasm for mending (Melle Zijlstra)
3. Re: Big question - but looking for practical solution
(Varun Adibhatla (ARGO))
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Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2021 22:04:52 +0200
From: Jan Dittrich <dittrich.c.jan at gmail.com>
To: themaintainers at lists.stevens.edu
Subject: Re: [Themaintainers] Big question - but looking for practical
solution
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Hi Erin,
So just to understand you correctly:
The people you work with store a lot of broken equipment that is too old
to be used efficiently anyway.
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 :) )
You also write:
> They do "ad-hoc" maintenance [?]
> [?] resource allocation for preventative maintenance and repair
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?
Kind Regards,
?Jan
Am 16.04.2021 um 17:47 schrieb Erin Richardson:
> Hello, maintainers!
>
> I normally work in the museum space where I work with maintenance and
> preservation?of cultural objects and associated metadata and systems.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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?
>
> Thank you!
> Erin
>
>
> ?Erin Richardson, PhD
> /?Founder and Principal/
> ? C ? 518.577.0186 | FrankAndGlory.com <http://frankandglory.com/>
> (formerly Erin Richardson Consulting)
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Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2021 19:14:17 +0100
From: Melle Zijlstra <info at mellezijlstra.com>
To: themaintainers at lists.stevens.edu
Subject: [Themaintainers] Tim Hunkin's enthusiasm for mending
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Hi all,
After I watched the latest episode of the brilliantly funny Tim Hunkin
<https://timhunkin.com/>'s new series The Secret Life of Components
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JAgXz6xO0s&list=PLtaR0lZhSyANYB0Xxb9OSp47pHuQmj3Ol&index=1>,
YouTube suggested a 2019 video
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUZpZ2-5Ow0> of Hunkin giving a rather
enthusiastic talk about the joys of mending, and design for maintenance.
I enjoyed it very much and I'm sure some of you will too! (He has
another YT channel <https://www.youtube.com/user/thinkins/videos> which
is definitely worth checking out as well if you like his work.)
All the best,
Melle
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phd researcher | department of computer science
teaching fellow | department of mechanical engineering
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dublin ireland
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Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2021 20:26:25 -0400
From: "Varun Adibhatla (ARGO)" <varun at argolabs.org>
To: erin at frankandglory.com
Cc: themaintainers <themaintainers at lists.stevens.edu>
Subject: Re: [Themaintainers] Big question - but looking for practical
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Erin,
My suggestion is to replace the "ad-hoc" culture of maintenance with a
regular cadence of upkeep but also MAKING IT FUN!!!
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.
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)
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)
I'd be happy to make a maintenance oriented youtube playlist for your
mysterious science people working with what appears to be interesting
equipment :)
Hope this helps,
Varun
On Sat, Apr 17, 2021 at 2:43 PM Erin Richardson <erin at frankandglory.com>
wrote:
> Hello, maintainers!
>
> I normally work in the museum space where I work with maintenance and
> preservation of cultural objects and associated metadata and systems.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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?
>
> Thank you!
> Erin
>
>
> Erin Richardson, PhD
> * Founder and Principal*
> C ? 518.577.0186 | FrankAndGlory.com <http://frankandglory.com/>
> (formerly Erin Richardson Consulting)
> ?????
> Follow us on Linked In <https://www.linkedin.com/company/frank-glory/>
> Download my Contact Card
>
> <https://www.dropbox.com/s/dbj1inhmg27822n/ErinRichardson-FrankandGlory-vcard.vcf?dl=0>
> ?
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Thank You,
Varun Adibhatla
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