<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Hey Nathaniel,<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Thank you for your reply! - That's quite what I was looking for as an answer.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">If we get into details:<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">I was interested to know, when you let people occupy some floor-space, how do you decide for how long you can let them use it, what are your limits (ofc depends on the space) and why? <br>Have you ever let members or non-members (some specific community project) occupy some floor-space for a whole month and did that cause any problems, what are your experiences?<br>(Let's assume) How about a two weeks long occupation of the whole floor-space with maybe a a big tech-art project, or a sound engineering workshop or something that would be noisy....? <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br>I see these kind of activities would be problematic for maybe half of the people (members) frequenting the space in daily basis, but on the other hand they're very beneficial for the community to happen, as maybe there are no cultural centers in your city despite your hackerspace that could potentially play that role as well.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">I hope I was clear this time! :)<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Thanks a lot in advance for your input.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Cheers,<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Altin<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>--<br></div><b style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" color="#333333">Altin Ukshini</font></b><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><i><font color="#999999">President of the Executive Board</font></i><br></font><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><b><font color="#3d85c6"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"></font></font></b></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><b><font color="#3d85c6"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" size="1">FLOSSK (Free Libre Open Source Software Kosova)<br><br></font></span></font></b></div><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">+386 (0) 49 199 992 | <a href="mailto:altin.ukshini@gmail.com" target="_blank">altin.ukshini@gmail.com</a> | <a href="http://about.me/altinukshini" target="_blank">about.me/altinukshini</a></span><br><font color="#999999"><br></font></div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><font color="#999999">Latest project:<br><br></font></div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><a href="http://wikilovesmonuments.al/" target="_blank"><img alt="http://wikilovesmonuments.al/" src="http://wikilovesmonuments.al/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/wlm_logo1.png" height="50" width="300"></a><br>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 2:33 AM, Nathaniel Bezanson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:myself@telcodata.us" target="_blank">myself@telcodata.us</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div>That's vague enough that it's hard to be sure my answer even applies. But I'll try: </div><div><br></div><div>We have a perpetual activity in our space, which is "making interesting stuff". That's done by members and non-members alike. Only members have keys, so non-members do it when they're signed in as a member's guest.</div><div><br></div><div>We sometimes have sizable groups in our space, for a span of 2 or 3 months, pursuing an activity like "building a competition robot". Sometimes they get floor-space dedicated for that activity, decided by the membership. Sometimes they get almost-dedicated time, like "know that the space will be crawling with robot folks on monday nights", also accepted by the membership.</div><div><br></div><div>We frequently have individual members or small groups, for spans of a few days to a few weeks, reserving a small chunk of floor-space to work on individual projects, and this happens so often and is so important that there's a designated process for it with forms to make sure it goes smoothly. Form: <a href="https://www.i3detroit.org/wiki/File:Permit-table-final.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.i3detroit.org/wiki/File:Permit-table-final.pdf</a> </div><div><br></div><div>In all cases, there must be a member involved with the activity, to act as point-person in case there's a problem, etc. Members can reserve space, non-members can't. If a non-member wants to do that stuff, they should join, or befriend an existing member until they feel comfortable acting on their behalf. </div><div><br></div><div>If none of those things sound similar to the sort of activity you're asking about, please give more details!</div><div><br></div><div>-Nate B-</div><div><div class="h5"><br>Altin Ukshini wrote:<br><blockquote style="margin-left:8px;padding-left:8px;border-left:1px solid lightgrey">
<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Hey everyone,<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">How do your hackerspaces handle requests (from members, or non-members) to host a month long (or more) activity in your hackerspace?<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">What are your experiences with such requests and/or events?<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Thanks,<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Altin<br><br clear="all"></div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>--<br></div><b style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" color="#333333">Altin Ukshini</font></b><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><i><font color="#999999">President of the Executive Board</font></i><br></font><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><b><font color="#3d85c6"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" size="1">FLOSSK (Free Libre Open Source Software Kosova)<br><br></font></span></font></b></div><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><a href="tel:%2B386%20%280%29%2049%20199%20992" value="+38649199992" target="_blank">+386 (0) 49 199 992</a> | <a href="mailto:altin.ukshini@gmail.com" target="_blank">altin.ukshini@gmail.com</a> | <a href="http://about.me/altinukshini" target="_blank">about.me/altinukshini</a></span><br><font color="#999999"><br></font></div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><font color="#999999">Latest project:<br><br></font></div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><a href="http://wikilovesmonuments.al/" target="_blank"><img alt="http://wikilovesmonuments.al/" height="50" width="300"></a><br>
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