Pumping Station 1 provides 24/7 access to all their paying member levels even starving hackers, and in my opinion this is how it should be. Paying members regardless of level need access to the space at all times, it's about access to the space on the member's time table. Anything above a regular full member (budding member is actually a name a very much disagree with) should be valuable perks, but not the abolition of base member rights. We are small community and want to keep the entry level hurdle relatively low. Even for me paying $20 extra for 24hr access would be a deal breaker.
Best Markus From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf Of Penny Golightley [[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2013 9:46 PM To: SYN/HAK discussion list Subject: Re: [SH-Discuss] Proposals for tweaking membership ranks 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]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[email protected]> _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > http://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
