After discussion with @jabelone and @Garry_G we’ve narrowed these requirements down to:
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monthly meetings for all working groups - not just woodworking. (Steph to set up a recurring working group meeting event for after the social night, once a month.)
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completed safety induction and documentation for at least one tool - say, the drill press. More ASAP, ideally 3 soon. (Steph to do, or @Pommygirl if available.)
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Garry to run inductions until we have other experienced woodworkers available to do so.
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a soft launch of the workshop to just experienced woodworkers initially, to help ‘debug’ inductions and documentation. Then, an announced opening to all other interested members. (Exec committee to announce once all stakeholders are happy.)
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a tiered system of trust for working solo/unsupervised. Experienced woodworkers can do so immediately, if another experienced woodworker agrees they’re capable of safe work solo. Otherwise, a process of demonstrating competence while (initially) supervised, then less and less supervision until some threshold of hours of experience/trust in competence is gained. (Garry to oversee initially.)
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an alternative to the buddy system for less experienced woodworkers: some way to call for help if something goes wrong. Say: falls monitoring equipment (smart watch or belt clip), an intercom, and/or regular video camera observation by someone upstairs. (Steph to research, for approval by an experienced woodworker.)
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safety tagging for equipment. (Ask @nog3 to do/arrange?)
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improvements to workshop power wiring so that tools aren’t daisy-chained (optional, ask @jabelone to arrange?)