[hackerspaces] question about workshop strategy

[Florencia Edwards]

If they teach once a month but all the time? You think they should be
members?


2013/10/11 john lunger <justj1915 at yahoo.com>

> This possible idea came to my mind:
> How about workshop fees are cheaper if you are a member:  Member fees vs
> nonmember fees. I know a lot of museums/zoos do that.
>
>  Maybe members can showcase what they learned/did on a Membership board
> -can be a online board or an actual pin up board with pictures etc to
> create more of a community.
>
> I think if teachers are teaching one class/workshop, no requirement to be
> a member but if they are there a lot teaching then they should be members.
>
>
>   On Friday, October 11, 2013 8:53 AM, Florencia Edwards <
> floev22 at gmail.com> wrote:
>  Hi all, I wanted to ask you how do you do it with the workshops.
>
> 1. How do you divide the winnings between the makerspace and the teacher
> by percentage?
>
> 2. Are all the teachers members? Is it a requirement?
>
> 3. Are workshops for members only?
>
> 4. If teachers are not members and workshops are not members only, how do
> the people that go to the workshop relate to the makerspace. How can they
> make community if they only go for some classes.
>
> 5. Last question, how can one establish a relationship between workshops
> and memberships or members, so they are not two separate things. Sometimes
> people who come to our workshops think this is just a building the teacher
> is renting, they go to class and never come back to the makerspace. We give
> them tours and we even talk about the makerspace when there is a workshop
> but they don't have the need to become members, because they can just come
> to the workshop and never come back. It's difficult to create a community
> that way
>
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