Starting in 2017, new members should go through an onboarding process that ensures they have the tools and access they need to be a good Chattlab member, understand the culture as well as our general policies.

The following member and administration items need to be performed as part of new member setup:

• Fill out the membership application (or the groupspaces account)
• Sign the Adult Liability Waiver .
• Complete the Recurring Paypal Payment.
• Fill out your name tag form. This is optional, but recommended.
• Provide a copy of your state id to Chatt*lab.
• Sign up with meetup (optional, but recommended)

• Assign a member number, enter information into groupspaces database.
• Verify payment received.
• Record state id number
• Assign a member storage bin.
• Add user to chattlab-members email group.
• Collect signed waiver and put in file.
• Assign member their RFID.
• Schedule a time for member orientation.

• Go over our Policies
• There is no uptime guarantee on equipment - we all work on it.
• Ways to help out. Trash, vending machines, etc.
• Email list, what's involved; slack; be active.
• No discussion of politics or religion.
• We're a 501©3 educational non-profit. Nobody makes a profit.
• Don't use pallets in the woodshop
• Various managers for respective labs.
• go through the wiki
• Amazon smile
• Orientations
• Don't go to Jeff every time
• Don't store materials in a corner.
• Don't paint/stain in space with high VOC materials - Use paint booth.
• Wifi password is buildstuff, provided by EPB.
• Fridge rules.
• We also request that each new member within a one year's time, produces a creation to display at our space. Some examples are here: Maker Marks
• Always return your bin to the shelf, or your stuff can be lost.
• There are ways you can lose your membership, as defined here: How to Lose membership Privileges
• Members can see additional policies here: https://wiki.chattlab.org/policies