<br>I'm very interested in the TechShop / for-profit model and finance structure, and would enjoy reading more discussions about it. <br><br>I think the two models have potential for borrowing from each other, and may end up using the same finance tools, have some similar membership / customer recruiting issues, etc.<br>
<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 8:04 PM, Leigh Honeywell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:leigh@hypatia.ca">leigh@hypatia.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On 10-10-28 07:20 PM, Grant Henninger wrote:<br>
> I don't intend to build a hackerspace with the only intention of making<br>
> money. I work for a non-profit now and am very involved in my<br>
> community. I'm fairly passionate about helping people. My focus here<br>
> on the budget was simply because this is the finance mailing list. I<br>
> thought that this was where these types of discussions were suppose to<br>
> happen.<br>
><br>
> -Grant<br>
<br>
</div>This is indeed what this list is for. But it sounds like you're<br>
intending to run something quite different from the spaces most of us<br>
run... so I'm not sure why you're asking on here :)<br>
<br>
To put this in context - last week I had a long conversation with a<br>
friend who's in the process of setting up a similarly-structured space<br>
to ours, but which is going to have a completely different crowd with<br>
different interests. For his music studio co-op, the way we do things<br>
in hackerspaces was relevant. For what you're describing, the common<br>
interests (technology/hacking) don't overcome the different structures,<br>
and the conversation is less productive :/<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
-Leigh<br>
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