Ratified Policies

The following are a list of policies that have been ratified at general meetings.

Members can propose new policies too! Just follow these helpful proposing a policy guidelines.

Code of Conduct/Anti-Harassment/Grievance Procedure

TL:DR - Be excellent to each other. Or else.

Committee Policy

TL:DR - Members can form committees, those committees can make rules around specific things or tools, everyone has to follow those rules.

Committee Policy - May 25, 2019

Expense Approval

TL:DR - you pay for your own parking tickets/fines/damage

Expense Approval - March 15, 2015

Member Fees and Vouching

TL:DR - $75/month, 1 month wait before you can apply for keyholder, application takes a week and needs 3 vouches.

Member Fees and Vouching - July 14, 2024

Member Storage Bins

TL:DR - you can have a bin, it has to be the right kind of bin

Member Storage Bins Policy (as adopted April 3, 2016)

Garbage and Recycling

TL:DR we have a bin and a tote, there are rules, violators will be shamed.

Garbage and Recycling

VHS House Rules

TL:DR - Be excellent to each other.

VHS House Rules (as adopted March 19, 2023)

Tool Access Policy

TL:DR - If a tool needs training, training must be available to all members.

Tool Access Policy - March 19, 2023

Former / Informal Policies

The following are not necessarily officially ratified, but may still represent a good baseline for ways to uphold the house rules:

wiki/admin/policies.txt · Last modified: 2026/05/26 13:00

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