[hackerspaces] question about hackerspace hourly rate, what do you think

[matt]

one of the things nyc resistor tried is basically reducing membership rates
for members that taught x number of classes at the space.  this lead to the
space getting money from classes, the member getting money, and there being
more classes.

wins all around.

-matt


On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 3:43 PM, David Francos <me at davidfrancos.net> wrote:

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> 2013/12/19 Florencia Edwards <floev22 at gmail.com>
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>> Thanks dave for your answer . Alan, I agree on the community, but i'm
>> thinking this hour rates for a virtual community we have but don't have the
>> money to spend on a whole month in the makerspace, but for sure would do it
>> if it was for hours (less money and time).  to use some tools. So the
>> community exists, we have  a forum  and we are friends, but they just don't
>> have the money. I don't know what to do to include them
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> Why not simply doing a special price for people with less resources?
> If you've got a strong community, consult with them, most probable thing
> is they'll be ok paying more than people who couldn't affor the hackerspace
> otherwise.
> We at Dlabs Hackerspace (Spain) did that for a while, and those members
> ended up paying the full wage when they could. We've got even a
> free-comunity member that donates material and hours of his time to the
> hackerspace instead of money.
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> Things are a bit different, we've got 450€ of full outcome (and 330 of
> regular income + donations + beer + paid talks / events, that are given /
> organished by volunteers). Remember that there are more ways to provide for
> a hackerspace than just memberships =)
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