Ian is asking some good questions here. What are SkSp's goals re: membership?
When we first moved to Dolan, we were very keen to increase membership significantly, primarily to cover the increased monthly costs. Since then, it has been stated that we are financially stable, when we looks at our finances broadly, and include not only dues, but recurrent and one time fundraisers (I.e. drink sales and a one social per year). As such, perhaps it's time to stop actively soliciting new members, and get back to personal and group projects, classes, and other events. Historically, it seems to me that SkSp has been more interested in attracting the right sort of people, not just anyone off the street. Since this is a shared space where members do bring in both things to share with others (such as the board game collection) but also personal items for projects (that may be fragile &/or valuable), this may be a good time to consider capping membership. Alternately, designated (and possibly secured) storage units may suffice. Regardless of whether we reduce recruitment or not, it would not be a bad idea to extend the time before a new member receives a key. Calgary, for example puts new applicants on probation for a month, and then requires that two existing members vouch for the new member before a key is issued. This allows new members to apply without knowing a current member, but means that they've interacted positively with two current members over the course of a month, which isn't very difficult. :-) On Jan 21, 2014 10:40 PM, "Ron" <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2014-01-21 18:43, Benjamin Bergman wrote: > > *** Probation period for new members, not just two week delay (other > > spaces have this) > > **** Should this impact privelages, ie. voting? > > **** Should they be required to be at a minimum number of events? (eg. > > 3 regular meetings and 3 other events) > > **** Should members need to be vouched for by n number of full members > > by the end of their probation period in order to be a full member? > > ***** Execution could be complicated > > ***** Could be combined with complaints > > ***** Ian's perspectives (food for thought, perhaps need more > > discussion at a future meeting) > > ****** Is it in our best interest to make it harder to become a member? > > ****** Are we looking for people to improve our cash flow? > > ****** Are we looking to be just sustainable? More than sustainable? > > Should there be a membership cap? We are the most expensive technology > > group (other than AssentWorks) in the city > > Did anybody volunteer to manage the *ton* of extra work that would be? > :) > > Are we actually having an issue with bad members to bring this about, or > is this just a random way to solve a non-existent problem? Our strategy > has always been not to solve problems that don't exist, but maybe in my > absence that's become an issue? :) > > Ron > _______________________________________________ > 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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