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 ====== Spending Money ======
-This page is loosely about the process of spending Hackspace money.
+This page is loosely about the process of spending Hackspace money. There are some parts of the [[https://github.com/hackerdeen/articles/blob/master/hacklab_articles.pdf|Articles]] that related to expenditure, but perhaps some general guidelines and thought beyond that are useful, as a reference point for people's expectations.
+We're generally quite cautious on spending hackspace funds, but that's a fair responsibility to the membership, which is, of course, where the money comes from.
+This page probably needs to be updated as and when the financial situation of the organisation changes, in either direction.
-Some examples
+===== Starting point =====
-- https://lists.57north.org.uk/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/57north-discuss@lists.57north.org.uk/thread/APMKOZGLU7DTOQJJWCKOYB6HUE2RQSTA/
-- https://lists.57north.org.uk/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/57north-discuss@lists.57north.org.uk/thread/VYOPSMYSOGWY6DNF3BWKKUQPOFAEHJTR/
+Email the discus list with a useful amount of detail about what you have in mind, like...
+  * What it is
+  * Where we'd buy it from
+  * Why it'd be good to buy
+  * Any time-frames in mind
+This gives everyone opportunity to provide feedback and offer ideas and support in an open way.
+Obviously more detail is good when more money is proposed to be spent.
+===== Small amounts of money =====
+Expenditure of less than £20 would typically be classed as a small amount of money.
+Typically this sort of spend would just be OKed by 2 directors.
+Examples of this sort of thing would be...
+  * Cable ties
+  * Tape
+  * ...add more examples here
+===== Medium amounts of money =====
+Expenditure of between £20 and £100 would typically be classed as a medium amount of money.
+Typically this sort of spend would just be OKed by 2 directors, after a brief discussion on the mailing list.
+Examples of this sort of thing would be...
+  * A couple of boxes of Mate for the tuck shop
+  * Some new hand tools
+  * Re-stock of electrical components
+  * Vinyl
+  * PLA
+  * ...add more examples here
+===== Large amounts of money =====
+Expenditure of over £100 would typically be classed as a large amount of money.
+Typically this sort of spend would require consensus from members via the mailing, with the majority sharing a view that it ticked boxes for usefulness and value.
+Examples of this sort of thing would be...
+  * A new 3D printer
+  * A set of metal working equipment, welding gear etc
+  * ...add more examples here
+===== Refs =====
+Some examples on the mailing list...
+  * https://lists.57north.org.uk/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/57north-discuss@lists.57north.org.uk/thread/APMKOZGLU7DTOQJJWCKOYB6HUE2RQSTA/
+  * https://lists.57north.org.uk/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/57north-discuss@lists.57north.org.uk/thread/VYOPSMYSOGWY6DNF3BWKKUQPOFAEHJTR/
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