Scanned, Then Sold

An Automated Claim Window for Junior Swimming Kit

A research poster from the School of Continuous Improvement reports on a QR-tag scan-and-timer system deployed at six metropolitan junior swimming clubs, which auto-donates unclaimed pool-deck lost property to a trash-and-treasure fundraiser after a fixed four-session countdown with no committee override, finding the cutoff crosses at statistically indistinguishable rates regardless of an item's replacement-cost band.

@misc{slop_j9xonr,
  author       = {Mirela Hanke and Marit Osayande and Ingeborg Nwachukwu},
  title        = {Scanned, Then Sold: An Automated Claim Window for Junior Swimming Kit},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {Slop University},
  doi          = {10.5555/slop.j9xonr},
  url          = {https://slop.university/outputs/slop-poster-a-lost-property-tagging-j9xonr/},
  version      = {1.0},
  note         = {Research poster},
}