Shared Values

Shared Values

Most commonly found words in our Shared Values (https://worditout.com/word-cloud/create)

On September 4th 2019 at the first General Business Meeting held in the new Singh Sandbox Makerspace, all present participated in an exercise to begin the creation of shared values for all members of our makerspace community. The list below was transcribed from the post-it notes generated during that exercise.

Values Suggested by our Managers

A community

A place where everyone is welcome and there isn’t a dumb question.

A place where all ideas are considered

Where people with passion inspire people looking for passion

A place where I can try things I have never done before

A place to collaborate with people you wouldn’t normally talk to

Hub for creatives

A place where you can come in with no knowledge and become an “expert” in something later on.

A place where I can make mistakes

Open space for teaching

A place to get new ideas

An inclusive area where creativity can flourish

A place that acts as a major influence and inspiration to the community

When you say ‘Sandbox’ people know what you’re talking about

A place that makes you go: WOOOAAAHH!

Learn things not taught in class

Public & easily available knowledge.

Innovative

Anyone can use Anything

Never mess with tools that can chop a finger off

Clean / organized space

Functional space

Available tools / resources

Lots of learning opportunities

Creativity

Artistry

Friends

[a place to] learn about topics outside area of interest or comfort

Plan, Produce, and Present scheduled events (e.g. Movie Night, Jam Session, Hackathon, Build Nights, etc.)

Teach others without knowledge or specialized skill set

Educational opportunities

Sharing of resources ‘Open Source’

Collaboration

Non-Intimidating

Beginner Friendly

Documented

Free and Open for Everyone

Available

Anyone can come and work

Encouraging and challenging

Intra-Communication

Agile & Flexible

Welcoming

Inviting

Inclusive!

Respect

Outreach to the wider population

Exchange & distribution of skill sets

Have fun

[Display] project examples

Not just for engineering / science students

Educational to all!

Free exchange of ideas

A space where there is equal opportunity for all to learn about projects they are unfamiliar with.

Distribution of knowledge

Playfulness

Creative & inviting artistry