[hackerspaces] A Month long events in your Hackerspaces?

[Altin Ukshini]

Hey Nathaniel,

Thank you for your reply! - That's quite what I was looking for as an
answer.

If we get into details:
I was interested to know, when you let people occupy some floor-space, how
do you decide for how long you can let them use it, what are your limits
(ofc depends on the space) and why?
Have you ever let members or non-members (some specific community project)
occupy some floor-space for a whole month and did that cause any problems,
what are your experiences?
(Let's assume) How about a two weeks long occupation of the whole
floor-space with maybe a a big tech-art project, or a sound engineering
workshop or something that would be noisy....?

I see these kind of activities would be problematic for maybe half of the
people (members) frequenting the space in daily basis, but on the other
hand they're very beneficial for the community to happen, as maybe there
are no cultural centers in your city despite your hackerspace that could
potentially play that role as well.

I hope I was clear this time! :)

Thanks a lot in advance for your input.

Cheers,
Altin


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On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 2:33 AM, Nathaniel Bezanson <myself at telcodata.us>
wrote:

> That's vague enough that it's hard to be sure my answer even applies. But
> I'll try:
>
> We have a perpetual activity in our space, which is "making interesting
> stuff". That's done by members and non-members alike. Only members have
> keys, so non-members do it when they're signed in as a member's guest.
>
> We sometimes have sizable groups in our space, for a span of 2 or 3
> months, pursuing an activity like "building a competition robot". Sometimes
> they get floor-space dedicated for that activity, decided by the
> membership. Sometimes they get almost-dedicated time, like "know that the
> space will be crawling with robot folks on monday nights", also accepted by
> the membership.
>
> We frequently have individual members or small groups, for spans of a few
> days to a few weeks, reserving a small chunk of floor-space to work on
> individual projects, and this happens so often and is so important that
> there's a designated process for it with forms to make sure it goes
> smoothly. Form: https://www.i3detroit.org/wiki/File:Permit-table-final.pdf
>
>
> In all cases, there must be a member involved with the activity, to act as
> point-person in case there's a problem, etc. Members can reserve space,
> non-members can't. If a non-member wants to do that stuff, they should
> join, or befriend an existing member until they feel comfortable acting on
> their behalf.
>
> If none of those things sound similar to the sort of activity you're
> asking about, please give more details!
>
> -Nate B-
>
> Altin Ukshini wrote:
>
> Hey everyone,
>
> How do your hackerspaces handle requests (from members, or non-members) to
> host a month long (or more) activity in your hackerspace?
>
> What are your experiences with such requests and/or events?
>
> Thanks,
> Altin
>
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