Hi, I believe you're referring to Makers Local 256. We started out by the original ten members pledging what they think they could afford a month, added all of it up, and found a place that fit within that budget. Our first place was small but we made due and after a year we now have a place three times the size and have more than doubled membership. We decided to take this original idea for funding and extend it to new members. It's been working out pretty well for us so far. We get our bills paid. We're in a college town with a lot of students from out of state and so this way we don't exclude anyone and we have a pretty wide degree of skillsets because of it. People for the most part are good, and so they'll pay what they feel is reasonable. We've actually had several members increase the amount they're contributing due to getting a better job. Really shows the dedication of our members for keeping the place and the idea alive. <br>
<br>Raymond (strages)<br>Makers Local 256<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 6:41 PM, Bartosz Kostrzewa <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:zoombat@runbox.com">zoombat@runbox.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="im">nicolle wrote:<br>
> Hey all!<br>
><br>
> Here's the recording of the conference call on June 7:<br>
> <a href="http://soundcloud.com/rogueclown/june-hackerspaces-call" target="_blank">http://soundcloud.com/rogueclown/june-hackerspaces-call</a><br>
><br>
> nicky<br>
><br>
<br>
</div>Thanks a lot, that was very interesting.<br>
<br>
Could I just make a comment? I'm not trying to be an arse or anything<br>
but it would be great if the call-ins could start with a sound-check so<br>
that everyone is audible. The recording was really hard on the ears at<br>
times.<br>
<br>
I had one question: someone (can't find the spot in the recording<br>
now...) mentioned that instead of charging fixed membership fees,<br>
members "plegde" to pay a certain amount. How is that working out for<br>
you? From discussions I've had with some of our members they feel that<br>
even once we have a space they won't be able to attend more than once or<br>
twice a month. Taking this into account a self-determined fee structure<br>
might be a great idea.<br>
<br>
cheers,<br>
<br>
Bartek - syn2cat - <a href="http://hackerspace.lu" target="_blank">hackerspace.lu</a><br>
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