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 ##Clean, Maintain, Organize, Improve. Always leave the space better than you found it.
 ##Don’t be afraid to ask questions. Answer them kindly; eventually you’ll have to ask for help too.
+##Remain civil, even when you disagree.
 ##Tools/resources must stay on the premises so that other members may use them. Removing tools/resources from the space without a successful pitch is theft.
 #Everyone must sign a liability waiver.
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 #Don’t catch fire, set others on fire, or set anything on fire which has not been designated or designed to be on fire.
 #Harmful behavior, harassment, stalking, theft, hazing, and otherwise being the opposite of excellent is unacceptable.
+==Non-Discrimination Policy==
+Protospace does not promote or discriminate against any person, population group, or organization with regard to categories protected by applicable Canadian law. These include, but are not limited to race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family status, genetic characteristics, disability and conviction for an offence for which a pardon has been granted or in respect of which a record suspension has been ordered.
+==Anti-Harassment Policy==
+Harassment is prohibited and will not be tolerated. Any person who feels they have been the victim of harassment should ask the harasser to cease the behavior, if they feel safe doing so. Members or guests asked to stop any harassing behavior are expected to comply immediately. Harassment includes the following, without limitation:
+#Offensive comments related to race, religion, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, or physical appearance
+#Gratuitous sexual or obscene images or behavior in spaces where not appropriate
+#Unwelcome physical contact or sexual attention without consent or after a request to stop
+#Threats or incitement of violence towards any individual, including encouraging a person to engage in self-harm
+#Deliberate intimidation by words, gestures, body language, or menacing behavior
+#Stalking
+#Harassing photography or recording, including logging online activity for harassment purposes
+#Continued one-on-one contact or communication after requests to cease
+#Deliberate “outing” of a sensitive aspect of a person’s identity without their consent
+#Deliberate misgendering. This includes deadnaming or persistently using a pronoun that does not correctly reflect a person’s gender identity
 ==Guests==
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 #Members are responsible for their Guests and their actions.
-==Young Members==
+==Minors==
+===Young Members===
 Protospace has traditionally welcomed children and youth to the Maker culture. Young people have participated individually, in organized groups, and with their families. Some have been members since near the beginning, and some now hold adult memberships of their own.
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 #If the young person does not apply to be a member, but attends as a guest of their parent/guardian, a "Release of Liability, Waiver of Claims, Assumption of Risks and Indemnity Agreement" must be signed by the parent and include the child.
 #Groups of young people participating in organized activities (such as FLL, Robotics Teams, School Tours, etc.) must still provide a signed "Release of Liability, Waiver of Claims, Assumption of Risks and Indemnity Agreement" that names each young person. The amount of supervision required can be established on a case-by-case basis, depending on the number of young people, ages, and type of activity.
+===Unaccompanied Young Persons===
+This policy should be read along with the Young Members section.
+Some of our older youth members have expressed an interest in working in the space when it is not possible for their parent or guardian to accompany them.
+Under this policy, a young person who is over 16 years of age, may apply to have the restriction of parental accompaniment waived, under the following conditions:
+#Young People under 16 years of age are not eligible and must be accompanied by a parent, guardian or designate while at Protospace.
+#A Young Person who is 16 or 17 may apply for a waiver of this condition. A written application must be submitted to the Directors.
+#The Young Person and a parent or guardian must sign a document understanding the conditions that apply. In the absence of a formal agreement, a copy of this policy and a list of any specific conditions may be used.
+#The Young Person’s membership must be kept current and paid. A Young Person who has been granted a free or reduced rate membership must continuously comply with the conditions of that sponsorship.
+#The Young Person must have a current Indemnity and Liability Release form on file that has been signed by a legal guardian and the Young Person.
+#The Young Person must have completed the New Member orientation and General Safety course. If more than four months have passed between when the Young Person has taken the orientation and their application for unaccompanied access, the Young Person shall attend the orientation again as a refresher or meet with a Director, Trainer or designate to ensure that expectations are clearly understood.
+#The Directors may require that the Young Person have been an active member for a period of time in order to get to know the Young Person and their abilities.
+#Upon approval:
+##Clause 5.1 of the Young Person Membership Policy shall not apply to this Young Person. All other conditions of that policy remain in effect.
+##The Directors or the Young Person’s parent/guardian may set restrictions on hours that the Young Person may be at Protospace (such as: Until Midnight on weekends, 10pm on Weekdays)
+##The Directors or the Young Person’s parent/guardian may require that the Young Person use a "buddy system" with another member; or participate only in a group setting (such as a robotics team build).
+##The Young Person may not use large stationary power tools (such as the lathe, the table saw, etc.) without the supervision of a guardian or an adult member willing to do so. Stationary Power tools may not be used by a Young Person who is alone in the space.
+##In rare circumstances, exceptions to the previous paragraph may be granted to qualified Young People, and confirmed in writing.
+##In rare circumstances, the Directors may refuse to approve the applications. In such cases, the Young Person and their parent/guardian shall be advised of the reasons.
+##The name of a Young Person who has been approved shall be posted to the membership and/or noted on the membership list on the web portal.
+#Conditions set by the Directors or a declined application may be appealed by the Young Person to the membership as a whole (Note: doing so cannot be done confidentially).
+#It is the responsibility of the Young Person to understand and abide by these conditions and all safety and security rules and clean-up standards without being reminded. Rules and conditions may also be enforced by access controls and lockouts based on PINs, passwords, or the Member’s keycard, including time-of-day restrictions. Behaviour may be investigated by reviewing the camera recordings.
+#It is recommended that a Young Person attending without a guardian not work alone, and be equipped with a mobile telephone.
+#If the Young Person disregards any of these conditions, or is observed by the Directors or Members to be acting unsafely or foolishly, the Directors may revoke the approval of unaccompanied access, or require the Young Person and/or their guardian to meet with one or more directors.
 ==Emergency Suspensions and Formal Complaints==
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 Emergency suspension powers are designed to deal with very rare but immediately harmful situations.
-#A Director may immediately suspend anyone who violates the Code of Conduct from the premises, online systems, or at sponsored events provided that the member presents a serious, immediate threat to health or safety, engages in illegal or threatening behavior, disturbs the peace, is forcibly removed from the premises by law enforcement, or other behavior that presents a major risk to the organization.
+#A Director may immediately suspend anyone who violates the Code of Conduct from the premises, online systems, or at sponsored events **provided that** the member presents a serious and immediate threat to health or safety, engages in illegal or threatening behavior, is forcibly removed from the premises by law enforcement, or other behavior that presents a major risk to the organization.
 #The member being suspended, and the other Directors must be informed in writing as soon as possible.
 #An email sent to the email address on file in the Members’ Portal (SpacePort) shall be considered sufficient written notice. It is the member’s responsibility to keep this email address up to date.
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 ##Such suspensions will be handled according to the procedures outlined in the Emergency Suspensions procedures.
 #Complaints will be added to the agenda of the next meeting and posted on the forum, without identifying information. Complaints occurring within 72 hours of the next Members’ Meeting will be deferred to the following Meeting to give the membership sufficient time to review it.
-#Minutes for the meeting will not be scrubbed of identifying information.
+#While the complainants name will not be used without consent, minutes for the meeting will not be scrubbed of identifying information.
 #Any disciplinary action for which one or more of the Directors are involved require that a written record of the action, reason(s) for the action, and acknowledgement of the accused be sent to the Directors for keeping.
-==Non-Discrimination Policy==
-Protospace does not promote or discriminate against any person, population group, or organization with regard to categories protected by applicable Canadian law. These include, but are not limited to race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family status, genetic characteristics, disability and conviction for an offence for which a pardon has been granted or in respect of which a record suspension has been ordered.
-==Anti-Harassment Policy==
-Harassment is prohibited and will not be tolerated. Any person who feels they have been the victim of harassment should ask the harasser to cease the behavior, if they feel safe doing so. Members or guests asked to stop any harassing behavior are expected to comply immediately. Harassment includes the following, without limitation:
-#Offensive comments related to race, religion, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, or physical appearance
-#Gratuitous sexual or obscene images or behavior in spaces where not appropriate
-#Unwelcome physical contact or sexual attention without consent or after a request to stop
-#Threats or incitement of violence towards any individual, including encouraging a person to engage in self-harm
-#Deliberate intimidation by words, gestures, body language, or menacing behavior
-#Stalking
-#Harassing photography or recording, including logging online activity for harassment purposes
-#Continued one-on-one contact or communication after requests to cease
-#Deliberate “outing” of a sensitive aspect of a person’s identity without their consent
-#Deliberate misgendering. This includes deadnaming or persistently using a pronoun that does not correctly reflect a person’s gender identity
 ==Commercial Use==
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 ==Member Storage==
+===Large Project Storage===
+#Projects worked on or stored in the common area, whether personal or for Protospace, require approval from the membership.
+#For approval consideration, projects must state a timeline with milestones that its sponsors commit to.
+#Projects must state or be given a work/storage location that the membership approves and the sponsors commit to.
+#Projects must be documented and at minimum weekly updates given on the wiki, even if no progress is made, or else sponsors are tacitly confirming their project is abandoned.
+#If timeline/milestones have failed to be met, sponsors are required to remove their project without being asked. If not removed, this is the sponsor confirming for everyone that it’s now garbage or free-for-all.
+#After 1 week physically removed from Protospace, projects may be re-pitched to the membership with a new timeline and brought back if approved.
+#Timelines may be adjusted with a new pitch at the 50% mark, based on success of updates/progress, but no floating deadlines.
+#If contact information is left, a 1 week grace period is allowed for contact and actual removal in the case of a failed milestone, timeline, or weekly update. A parking ticket will be placed and signed by the person who has contacted the project owner. This is not an extension; it’s a removal period.
+#No grace period is given for things left without approval.
+#One week debate period for uncertain, sudden donations brought to the space.
+#All items in common areas must be tagged to identify item and owner, donations included. Unlabelled things are considered common items.
+===Personal Storage===
 #The Protospace is not a storage facility, personal property left at the space that does not follow these rules, will be considered donations and/or disposed of.
 #Personal property can only be stored in designated Member Storage Shelves.
 ##Member shelves must be labeled with a name and a phone number or email address.  Other methods of contact are not acceptable.
-#Personal property stored elsewhere must be successfully pitched on the Members’ Forum ([https://forum.protospace.ca/ Spacebar]).
+##Members may only use a single free shelf.
-##The pitch must include a description of the item, proposed location, date of arrival and approximate date of departure.
+##Members can choose to pay for additional lockers.
-##This personal property must be labeled with the name of the member, date of arrival, estimated date of departure and a phone number or email address.
+#Personal property stored elsewhere must fall under the "Large Project Storage" policy.
-##Members acknowledge that if their property is in the pitched location substantially past the estimated date of departure, it may be considered a donation or disposed of.
-#Personal property left outside of designated storage areas for more than 24 hours without a successful pitch will be considered abandoned and will be dealt with how Protospace sees fit. Please ask for permission rather than forgiveness for storing unusual items.
 #The designated storage areas must be used in a safe manner.
 ##Personal property cannot be stored on the floor or obstruct a hallway or egress.
 ##Personal property cannot be leaning or piled up by a wall, or work or storage area.
 ##Personal property cannot present a hazard to other members including but not limited to falling, fire, chemical or biological.
-#Members finding items stored improperly are encouraged to use Parking Tickets to inform the offender of their infraction.  Items not removed after 14 days may be considered donations and/or disposed of.
+#Members finding items stored improperly are encouraged to use Parking Tickets to inform the offender of their infraction.  Items not falling under the "Large Project Storage" policy that are not removed after 14 days may be considered donations and/or disposed of.
 ##Parking tickets must have the name and signature of the finder, the date of the infraction, along with the reason for the parking ticket.