[hackerspaces] FAMiLab is trying(begging) for a Laser Cutter :)

[Andreas Schreiner]

On Thu, Sep 09, 2010 at 03:06:30AM -0400, Matt Joyce wrote:
> NYCR had members give an interest free loan to NYCR, with the terms that
> they be repaid by laser profits.  If the laser could not repay the funds...
> they lost em outright.

Metalab did a similar thing. Members donated betwenn a few hundred and about
1500 Euros each and now enjoy lower fees per minute of usage (or maybe none, 
I'm not completely familiar with all the details) until their funds are repaid.
Technically the Laser Cutter still belongs to the people who paid for it!

It's quite a big amount of money for a lot of people and it's probably a couple
years before everything is paid back but I'd say it's worth every Cent.

We even have a highly sophisticated accounting scheme using OpenOffice Spreadsheets
in critical places ;-)

-AndiS-

> 
> Members donated between 500 and 1000 usd a piece.
> 
> I am not sure all spaces have the membership or the means for such a thing.
> 
> I would hesitate to suggest any course of action without further knowledge
> of your space's legal structure an membership stats.
> 
> -Matt
> 
> On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 1:23 AM, tetsu yatsu <tetsuharu at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > We've been tossing our flyers up on every pole we can find in Central
> > Florida, but still haven't found quite enough support to purchase our laser
> > cutter, and I'm afraid we may have lost $1300 of funds raised and a month
> > worth of effort, and I'll have to retry from the start again.
> >
> > So, I hate to be a Friday Demola, but here's my shameless panhandling:
> >
> > KickStarter page:
> > http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/211646812/laser-cutter-for-familab-fl-hackerspace
> >
> >
> >
> > Any advice on good flyering / fundraising is also appreciated.
> >
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