<p dir="ltr">At vancouver HackSpace, we have two levels of members. Supporting members and key members. To become a full members you need to be a supporting members for 3 months and show up for most of the meeting. After three months you can apply become a full member. If anyone has an objections they don't get a key... </p>
<p dir="ltr">Technically you do not have to give your name or any name to become a member. Practically it has not happened. </p>
<p dir="ltr">You can be anonymous at our space. Back ground checks would be universally rejected at our space. </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Sep 17, 2012 3:47 PM, "Roland Hieber" <<a href="mailto:lists@rohieb.name">lists@rohieb.name</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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On 18.09.2012 00:26, Edward L Platt wrote:<br>
> At i3 Detroit, we're pretty much open to anyone who wants to be a<br>
> member. We just record their home address and check their ID, and<br>
> we don't require new members to be sponsored. We've never had any<br>
> serious problems.<br>
<br>
What Ed says. At Stratum 0 in Braunschweig, Germany, we don't even<br>
have an "application form", anyone who wants to be a member just<br>
writes an e-mail to the board stating that she or he wants to be a<br>
member, and more thatn 50% of the board members have to agree. The<br>
only things we need are the applicant's real name and a valid e-mail<br>
address. I must admit that we have only existed for a year now, and<br>
have a rather small hackerspace (60m²), so we're very open to any<br>
support we can get, given that about 80% of our members are local<br>
students who might leave the town in a few years ;-) But despite this<br>
very open policy there were never any problems with members, and we<br>
didn't have to reject anyone (yet).<br>
<br>
Concerning member vetting or even police checks, there was never even<br>
the slightest discussion in our community to introduce that. We have<br>
however an (unwritten) rule that only good-known members are given<br>
access to a key.<br>
<br>
- -- Roland<br>
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