<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>one more idea, from noisebridge ( also seen at hackerdojo )<br><br></div>build a neat interactive art piece that incorporates a bill collector, or a credit card reader system. people give a donation... art piece reacts. skies the limit on how.<br>
<br></div>result is people will donate money just to see the thing react.<br><br></div>-matt<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 4:01 PM, Florencia Edwards <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:floev22@gmail.com" target="_blank">floev22@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">thanks matt, we are doing this with some members! OTher members are not intrested in doing classes, so it's just a few</div>
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2013/12/19 matt <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:matt@nycresistor.com" target="_blank">matt@nycresistor.com</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>one of the things nyc resistor tried is basically reducing membership rates for members that taught x number of classes at the space. this lead to the space getting money from classes, the member getting money, and there being more classes.<br>
<br></div>wins all around.<span><font color="#888888"><br><br></font></span></div><span><font color="#888888">-matt<br></font></span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
<div><div>On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 3:43 PM, David Francos <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:me@davidfrancos.net" target="_blank">me@davidfrancos.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>2013/12/19 Florencia Edwards <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:floev22@gmail.com" target="_blank">floev22@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
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<div dir="ltr">Thanks dave for your answer . Alan, I agree on the community, but i'm thinking this hour rates for a virtual community we have but don't have the money to spend on a whole month in the makerspace, but for sure would do it if it was for hours (less money and time). to use some tools. So the community exists, we have a forum and we are friends, but they just don't have the money. I don't know what to do to include them</div>
</blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>Why not simply doing a special price for people with less resources?</div><div>If you've got a strong community, consult with them, most probable thing is they'll be ok paying more than people who couldn't affor the hackerspace otherwise.</div>
<div>We at Dlabs Hackerspace (Spain) did that for a while, and those members ended up paying the full wage when they could. We've got even a free-comunity member that donates material and hours of his time to the hackerspace instead of money. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Things are a bit different, we've got 450€ of full outcome (and 330 of regular income + donations + beer + paid talks / events, that are given / organished by volunteers). Remember that there are more ways to provide for a hackerspace than just memberships =)</div>
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