[hackerspaces] Classes and costs

[Silence Dogood]

if you pay your teachers for their time above a certain amount you are
required by law to file a 1099.  if your teachers are teaching for your
organization and you intend to protect them with the corporate veil... this
is how you do that.

class attendees pay your org for the class the org offers.
the teacher gets paid by you.

if you are just a room for some teacher to use... you are offloading all
the liability onto the teacher, while also assuming all the liability you
already had.

at least that's my understanding of it.

-Matt

On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 1:07 PM, Pete Prodoehl <raster at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> There are no 1099s involved. We are a 501(c)3 with no employees,
> completely volunteer run. If you teach a class you can choose to charge for
> it, and then encouraged to donate to the space, but it is not required. (We
> use donations to cover equipment maintenance and consumables.)
>
> Pete
>
>
>
> On 7/21/16 11:40 AM, Silence Dogood wrote:
>
> I can't imagine this is really a huge issue for most classes.  Waivers
> help.  Binding arbitration for the lulz.  But I am pretty sure that if you
> are filing 1099s for your teachers there is a corporate veil in place, so
> they shouldn't be personally liable... of course such a situation would be
> a huge hassle and likely cost some cash for personal counsel, if something
> truly terrible did occur.
>
> On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 12:00 PM, Pete Prodoehl <raster at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Because my space sometimes has gloom and doom people, someone brought up
>> the idea that if you charge for a class, you could be held responsible if
>> someone in the class gets injured. This would be different than if you did
>> *not* charge for a class because there is no (or less?) expectation of
>> responsibility if you are not charging for your services/expertise.
>>
>> I think the thought is that a student would try to sue you personally
>> versus the space, and there was a suggestion that individuals who teach
>> should get their own personal insurance that would cover the teaching they
>> do. (The space has its own insurance and waiver/disclaimer forms that
>> everyone signs.)
>>
>> I am definitely not a lawyer, but I'd love to hear what others think of
>> that idea. (And yes, I am in the overly-litigious United States.)
>>
>> Pete
>>
>>
>> On 7/21/16 10:42 AM, Silence Dogood wrote:
>>
>> one side benefit of charging for classes is allowing the class teachers
>> to profit.  this can be particularly important for space members who need
>> supplemental income to afford their dues or to get them by between
>> contracts / gigs / what have you.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 6:24 AM, webmind <webmind at puscii.nl> wrote:
>>
>>> On 20/07/16 17:48, Chad Elish wrote:
>>> > Here’s a question for everyone,
>>> >
>>> > What do you normally charge for your classes?
>>> > I know its a big cash cow for spaces to make up income.
>>>
>>> Hmm, not here. I think most Dutch spaces mostly run on membership-income.
>>>
>>> Both spaces in Amsterdam do not have a set price, LAG generally asks
>>> donation Technologia Incognita mostly the same or people ask cost-price.
>>> IJHack (a "space" without a space) has been doing workshops to generate
>>> some income, I think they did twice the cost price to have a buffer of
>>> components or be able to share kits.
>>>
>>> > We’re currently at $40.00 for a learn to solder class which you take
>>> > home an arduino you soldered together. We recently noticed tech shop
>>> > charging $99 for soldering a blinking badge together.
>>>
>>> Do a lot of spaces elsewhere use workshops/services as a way of
>>> providing basic-income for the space? Do spaces have other models
>>> outside of services or membership to generate base-income?
>>>
>>> At LAG we're currently looking at alternative ways of generating income
>>> for the rent/etc.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> webmind
>>>
>>>
>>
>
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