Hi Everyone, As many of you know, I do a lot of work in maintaining the VCF Warehouse at InfoAge in Wall, NJ. I want to address some changes in process in the Warehouse. 1. As you know, we are more frequently varying the "Featured Artifact" in the museum. These changes are by Steering Committee decision (and you, please make suggestions!), not just me, but I store the unused featured artifacts in the Warehouse. We had a Canon Cat on display, we now have a BeBox on display and I am pleased to share that the Canon Cat is now safely stored in a double sealed plastic container in the Warehouse and the BeBox also has an equivalent plastic container. All featured artifacts will be stored in this manner for safety, cleanliness, and ease of more frequent rotation. 2. Going forward, if you donate an item that can fit in a reasonably sized plastic container, we will provide one. If you donate an IBM/360 (please!), we make no promises about plastic containers but are looking at other solutions. 3. There will be a new policy for checking out items from the Warehouse to work on them. Please understand, we are not able to just hand out anything to anyone, but there will be a process in place to request items and the decision will be made by the Steering Committee (again, not just me). Related to point 2, if you clean one of VCF's computers, it will be put back in the warehouse in a *sealed* container (big iron not necessarily included). The inaugural item for this new policy is our Atari MEGA STe which has been checked out for repair by member Bill Lange. Speaking of which, does anyone have a keyboard for said Atari they want to donate to us? We hope it will be a very near future Featured Artifact when we get it working! 4. Remember that Canon Cat? It will shortly be going on loan for display by mutual agreement at Bill Degnan’s Kennett Classic Vintage Computer Gallery <https://www.kennettclassic.com/> in Kennett Square, PA. Any organization will now be able to request a loan of an artifact for display and all loans will be assessed and approved by Steering Committee vote. It is our goal to get the amazing artifacts in the Warehouse out for public viewing in both our museum and other locations. 5. We are working on plastic bins in the Warehouse to both organize and protect artifacts and will be shortly asking for assistance in various sections to make this a reality. The Apple section is almost complete thanks in large part to the assistance of Tony Bogan. We will also be assessing all artifacts including removing any previously missed dreaded batteries as necessary as part of this process. Any and all suggestions about the Warehouse can be sent to me and/or the entire Steering Committee. Best wishes, -Adam adam.michlin@vcfed.org amichlin@swerlin.com amichlin@gmail.com