Hey everybody! I thought it would be a good idea to let everyone know my opinion on these matters.
On Jan 1, 2013 7:56 PM, "Trever Fischer" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Howdy, all. > > At today's meeting we were discussing possibly restructuring the > membership perks again. > > First: Creating another higher level called Sponsor, with monthly dues > of $250/mo. Nothing exciting there; It can be used as a way to entice > corporate sponsors. We basically already have this. In my opinion, this is a great advertising move. I fully support this. I want to remind everyone that these amounts are the minimum to be at that level. You are more than welcome to pay more if you want to throw us some extra cash one month. > > Second: Bumping the requirement for a key from any member rank up to > serious geek ($55/mo). I'm on the fence with this. I want to hear the opinions of people who are budding members and those who are not members. Budding nerds (those paying $35/month): Is this something that seems unfair to you? Was eventually getting a key to the space at this price a deciding factor to becoming a member? What can we do to encourage you to upgrade to serious geek? Nonmembers: Would this change affect your decision to become a member in the future? I support this because it's common for other hackerspaces to have $50 be their price for 24/7 access. Noisebridge's (San Francisco's hackerspace) equivalent to our budding nerd membership is $45. HSL's is $50 for 24/7 acess. I'll say that we are running on a barely sustainable budget and we simply can't afford things that make a hackerspace great like new tools, new machinery and materials for projects. I'm against anything that discourages new members. I worry this would do just that. It's better for us to have a lot of budding nerds than a few serious geeks. Serious geek is only an extra $20 and a new member is $35. Also, the more members we have, the more people we have talking about us. Word of mouth has been our best advertisement. Long story short: I want to hear from you guys!! -Penny Golightley [email protected] _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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