Identify a replacement, a destination, and a store
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A member chosen through a weekly rota would supplant the founder as the person assigning tool-exchange duties once the initial trial ended. Volunteers would consign damaged equipment to a clearly marked repair bench, handing it to the people responsible for checking its condition. A locked communal cabinet served as a repository for the exchange's maintained tools between borrowing sessions. The coordinator wrote these arrangements into the service guide, identifying who would take over a role, where a particular set of items would be sent, and where usable equipment would be preserved.
To supplant the founder in the scheduling role meant taking her place in that responsibility, not merely helping her while she retained every decision. To consign equipment to the repair bench was to hand it over for that destination and purpose, rather than necessarily discard it. The repository held tools ready for the exchange, while the repair bench separated items still awaiting inspection. A volunteer walked through the sequence with one sample tool, checking that the guide made the change of responsibility and the different storage locations easy to follow.
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