Theft has become an issue for the Dallas Makerspace. Specifically equipment usage and material fees going unpaid. For example the wide format printers in the creative arts room are not cost effective to run given their track record over this last year. There’s other evidence of shrinkage in multiple areas of the space but that’s the most obvious and discussed right now.
There are a few ways the organization could handle this that I’d like to point out. This is just for discussion, nothing is binding, nothing is changing day to day. My goal is to raise awareness and get people thinking.
- Throw the book at thieves and report all thefts to the police
- Ban thieves and leave the police out of the matter
- Abandon equipment and activities that result in loses from theft
- Something you think would be a better idea (please share)