I personally agree with the student discount, being a student myself. I would not decrease my membership dues but I know this is a concern and/or deterrent for other students.
On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 2:28 PM, Ron <[email protected]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hey guys, > > I'm forwarding along a suggestion from David Stewart, who's not > currently a member but is interested in SkullSpace. Based on what he > says, and some reading I've done, I think we should re-visit the idea of > student memberships. > > I was traditionally against it, but I'm starting to come around. It > helps that I re-read the hackerspace design patterns and it includes > this one: http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/The_Membership_Fees_Pattern > > Which includes the text, "Collect fees regularly. Make no exceptions, > ever. Choose an appropriate amount. Have discounts for students. Have at > least three months of rent on your account, all the time, no exceptions. > Elect a totalitarian treasurer." > > The issues I've had in the past with it - keeping everybody equal, etc - > I think we can set aside for the purposes of getting more members / more > interest / more events / etc. Another issue was how we manage it - and I > think honour system is fine. If you're going to school full-time, and > you tell us you are, that's good enough. If we don't believe you, then > you probably shouldn't be a member anwyays. > > It would create extra work for Jay - to switch members from student to > regular when necessary - so he definitely has a say in this. > > Students could, of course, choose to pay the full amount, if they'd > like. :) > > Thoughts? > > Ron > > - ----- Forwarded message from David Stewart <[email protected]> > ----- > > Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 14:15:37 -0500 > From: David Stewart <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Skullspace student/casual memberships > > Hello Ron, > > Over the past year I have sporadically attended various events at > Skullspace (Most notably Mak's C course) and while I would like to become a > full member, there has always been a few things that have held me back > (mostly due to lack of time). Compounding my existing lack of time problem > is that since have I started school full time at the U of M, the amount of > free time I have has taken a dive off a cliff. Furthermore, being a full > time student, has rendered me more or less broke. > > I would like to contribute to the success of Skullspace, but $40 a > month is beyond my reach financially for now, and quite frankly with my > dwindling free time I could hardly spend any time at all at the space > anyways. > > I'm sure you see where I am going with this, but I will ask the > question directly.... Has there ever been discussion about memberships for > student/casual members? - Perhaps key less if need be, and/or based on > hours at the space per month, non-voting (or 1/2 of a vote), without a > dedicated storage spot etc. ? I realize that this has the potential to be > a slippery slope of "special treatment", but could a fair system be hashed > out? To me it seems that this could help to open up membership to a wider > audience and increase the amount of membership dues collected each month > without causing a significant increase in operating > costs.......Additionally, this could help to make Skullspace a more > inclusive community. (Not that it is particularly exclusionary at the > moment!) > > Anyways it's just a thought, I'll leave it to you and the Skullspace group > to make the decisions on this, but feel free to ask me questions and I'll > do my best to get back to you asap. > > Regards, > > David Stewart > > - ----- End forwarded message ----- > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEARECAAYFAlB8Y94ACgkQ2t2zxlt4g/QmTQCg3asSucA+sQ7tmhyg3OZmEgDn > P+oAn0uoAcEd3CF8plbHAAwB5h0jbcPe > =ju56 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >
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