[hackerspaces] New Member Vetting

[Roland Hieber]

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On 18.09.2012 00:26, Edward L Platt wrote:
> At i3 Detroit, we're pretty much open to anyone who wants to be a 
> member.  We just record their home address and check their ID, and
> we don't require new members to be sponsored.  We've never had any
> serious problems.

What Ed says. At Stratum 0 in Braunschweig, Germany, we don't even
have an "application form", anyone who wants to be a member just
writes an e-mail to the board stating that she or he wants to be a
member, and more thatn 50% of the board members have to agree. The
only things we need are the applicant's real name and a valid e-mail
address. I must admit that we have only existed for a year now, and
have a rather small hackerspace (60m²), so we're very open to any
support we can get, given that about 80% of our members are local
students who might leave the town in a few years ;-) But despite this
very open policy there were never any problems with members, and we
didn't have to reject anyone (yet).

Concerning member vetting or even police checks, there was never even
the slightest discussion in our community to introduce that. We have
however an (unwritten) rule that only good-known members are given
access to a key.

- -- Roland
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