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Employees may sponsor their spouse and family members into the Maker Hub. This means that employee spouses and family members may accompany the employee within the facility. The employee sponsor assumes full responsibility for ensuring that his or her guests adhere to the proper safety protocols, cleanliness, and professionalism required in the Maker Hub. If the family members have signed a waiver, they are permitted to use [[tools]] under the direct supervision of their employee sponsor. Employee family members are prohibited from using Maker Hub [[equipment]]. However, employee spouses are an exception. If desired, employee spouses may achieve [[equipment]] certification through the Maker Hub's standard wiki/quiz/training/demonstration process. The first step in connecting the employee's spouse with the Maker Hub is for the employee to initiate a background check with HR. CC <span style="color:blue">makerhub@georgefox.edu</span> in your email correspondence with HR to keep the Maker Hub staff in the loop. HR will pass their information to the IT department so they can create a GFU ID and the proper computer accounts. Once the computer accounts are created, the employee spouse may read the wiki and enroll in the Maker Hub Introduction Canvas Course. Employee spouses may also serve as a Maker Hub volunteer (see the Volunteers section).

Employees may sponsor their spouse and family members into the Maker Hub. This means that employee spouses and family members may accompany the employee within the facility. The employee sponsor assumes full responsibility for ensuring that his or her guests adhere to the proper safety protocols, cleanliness, and professionalism required in the Maker Hub. If the family members have signed a waiver, they are permitted to use [[tools]] under the direct supervision of their employee sponsor. Employee family members are prohibited from using Maker Hub [[equipment]]. However, employee spouses are an exception. If desired, employee spouses may achieve [[equipment]] certification through the Maker Hub's standard wiki/quiz/training/demonstration process. The first step in connecting the employee's spouse with the Maker Hub is for the employee to initiate a background check with HR. CC <span style="color:blue">makerhub@georgefox.edu</span> in your email correspondence with HR to keep the Maker Hub staff in the loop. HR will pass their information to the IT department so they can create a GFU ID and the proper computer accounts. Once the computer accounts are created, the employee spouse may read the wiki and enroll in the Maker Hub Introduction Canvas Course. Employee spouses may also serve as a Maker Hub volunteer (see the Volunteers section).

===High School and Middle School Students===

===Minors, High School, and Middle/Elementary School Students===

High school and middle school students may coordinate with Admissions or the College of Engineering to take a tour of the Maker Hub. Outside of the family member guidelines explained above, high school and middle school students may only use Maker Hub [[equipment]] and [[tools]] during specific events such as our High School Maker Camp in the summer. All minors (under 18) are prohibited from using any Maker Hub equipment or [[tools]] until they have signed a liability release form.

 

Minors may only use [[equipment]] under the supervision of the Maker Hub staff. 99% of the time, the only opportunities for minors to use equipment will be during the Maker Camps in the summer, official tours, or school visits to the Maker Hub. At this time, the Maker Hub does not allow non-staff-members to supervise a minor's usage of [[equipment]] unless specifically delegated. High school, middle school, and elementary school students may coordinate with Admissions or the College of Engineering to take a tour of the Maker Hub. In all cases, all minors must deliver a waiver with both their signature and parent/guardian's signature before they are permitted to use any Maker Hub [[equipment]] or [[tools]].

 

If all criteria has been met, here is the breakdown of equipment available to minors under the proper supervision:

*Ages 8 - 17 (typically elementary, middle, and high school students) may use equipment in [[The Hub]], the [[Prototype Lab]], and [[The Vault]]

*Ages 14 - 17 (typically high school students) additionally may use equipment in the [[Machine Shop]], the [[Welding Shop]], the [[Wood Shop]], and the [[Finishing Room]]

===Tours===

===Tours===