<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jul 4, 2016, at 9:17 PM, Joshua Pritt <<a href="mailto:ramgarden@gmail.com" class="">ramgarden@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Our setup at Melbourne Makerspace seems to be working ok:<div class="">We have new members fill out the google form for contact info and emergency contact info as well as digital signature for understanding the dangerous tools, etc.</div><div class=""><a href="http://melbournemakerspace.org/contact/" class="">http://melbournemakerspace.org/contact/</a><br class=""></div><div class="">Then they use the WooCommerce wordpress plugin for their dues/donations: <a href="http://melbournemakerspace.org/donations/" class="">http://melbournemakerspace.org/donations/</a></div><div class="">We also make sure they visit our open house, show n tell, or classes at least 3 times (so we get to know them and they get to know us).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Finally we put their info into Seltzer and assign them an RFID key card via our ACON (Access Control) system.</div><div class=""><a href="https://github.com/elplatt/seltzer" class="">https://github.com/elplatt/seltzer</a><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://wiki.melbournemakerspace.org/projects/RFIDDoorLock" class="">https://wiki.melbournemakerspace.org/projects/RFIDDoorLock</a><br class=""></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div>Thank you - that description is helpful. </div><div>—Shirley</div><div><br class=""></div><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Then our treasurer just runs the monthly billing in Seltzer and imports all the payments from Paypal to keep everyone's balance updated in the DB.</div><div class="">Our treasurer will also manually enter cash, check, etc. payments each month.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Our ACON system will automatically deny someone's RFID key if they miss 3 months of payments.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We also ask how people find out about us and a little over 50% seem to find us through our <a href="http://meetup.com" class="">Meetup.com</a> page:</div><div class=""><a href="http://www.meetup.com/Melbourne-Makerspace-Florida-USA/" class="">http://www.meetup.com/Melbourne-Makerspace-Florida-USA/</a></div><div class="">A good chunk of the rest find us with a google search for local makerspaces.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Most of our classes have been taught by just 3 or 4 of our core members that are also board members.</div><div class=""><a href="http://melbournemakerspace.org/category/events/classes/" class="">http://melbournemakerspace.org/category/events/classes/</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We advertise our classes on our <a href="http://meetup.com" class="">Meetup.com</a> page and our website. We also have our graphic artist member make flyers and we post them in coffee shops, restaurants, libraries, etc.</div><div class="">We are about to try asking the local pizza places if they will put one of our mini flyers on every pizza they deliver to help advertise our events.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We are thinking about doing another retro gaming night since that seemed to attract a lot of attention!</div><div class=""><a href="http://melbournemakerspace.org/2015/11/retro-gaming-night-2015/" class="">http://melbournemakerspace.org/2015/11/retro-gaming-night-2015/</a></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 4, 2016 at 9:03 PM, Shirley Hicks <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:shirley@velochicdesign.com" target="_blank" class="">shirley@velochicdesign.com</a>></span> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word" class=""><br class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jul 4, 2016, at 5:32 PM, Christopher Agocs <<a href="mailto:chris@agocs.org" target="_blank" class="">chris@agocs.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class=""><div class=""><p dir="ltr" class="">The South Side Hackerspace: Chicago is clearly the best.<br class="">
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SSH:Chicago </p><p dir="ltr" class="">For real, though, what are some problem areas RMM is seein</p></div></blockquote></div><div class="">Implementing next version of membership management system has been slower than I would like - currently stuck on the PayPal IPN integration (have waved at our local WP devs, but haven’t yet sat down with the one I’ll be working with to get past this one thing. This is the biggy - the people with the skills haven’t had the time, and while I’ve been learning as fast as I can go, I’ve gotten stuck on a couple of things). And as a result, our onboarding of new members is not completely smooth, and we’ve had a lot more member churn than we would like. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Finding instructors for classes. (we pay them). Getting word out about events in a fractured media environment. We’re building email lists, but it’s taking time. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">Getting good safety practices documented and in place. </div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Because we didn’t move into an industrial space, we had about an 18 month delay in getting a higher level of activity going. We had to do significant work to the space to get it adapted. That took more time, money and energy than anticipated. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">None of our current crew has grant-writing experience. We’re working through that, but it seems like a big task. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Also, working with a local social entrepreneur to work a makerspace into a local city studio/workshop proposal - so being able to compare what we’re doing now to what management tools other spaces are choosing would be useful. Our city arts and tech leaders aren’t strong in this area - we are the subject matter experts. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Shirley HIcks</div><div class="">Red Mountain Makers</div><div class="">Birmingham, AL</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On Jul 4, 2016 5:26 PM, "Dominic Canare" <<a href="mailto:dom@makeict.org" target="_blank" class="">dom@makeict.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution" class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr" class=""><ol class=""></ol></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr" class=""><ol start="1" class=""><li class="">You'll need to define "best"</li><li class="">Every single market is different, so even with a well-defined metric for what you're seeking to achieve or demonstrate, it probably won't be that generalizable</li></ol></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><b class="">Dominic Canare</b><div class="">Immediate Past President, MakeICT</div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 4, 2016 at 5:11 PM, Shirley Hicks <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:shirley@velochicdesign.com" target="_blank" class="">shirley@velochicdesign.com</a>></span> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hey everyone,<br class="">
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For those of you who visit other hackerspaces, who has the best financial and operational model? What organizational models have you looked at/borrowed from in order to improve your space? Looking for a couple to study in an effort to improve how the Red Mountain Makers is operating.<br class="">
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