I prefer Andy's idea - Yeah I understand of the costs but even so I think we should be able to pay what we want to a minimum.
-- Dom On 11 May 2012 16:28, Andy Smith <a...@strugglers.net> wrote: > Hello, > > On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 03:13:48PM +0100, Jan Henkins wrote: > > On 11/05/12 14:40, Freaky Clown wrote: > > >Anyway a few of us folks are looking at a possibility of a Hackspace > > >based in aldershot - working on the basis that membership would be > > >about £20/month to start with how many people would be genuinely up for > joining? > > I am nowhere near Aldershot but once you've got a location, if you > need a web presence then BitFolk will be happy to provide you with a > VPS for free, as we already do for: > > - London Hackspace > - HAC:Manchester > - fizzPOP (Birmingham) > - Reading Hackspace > - One more that's still setting up and doesn't want to be named yet > > > Just in case people balk at the £20 per month idea, that is what the > > London Hackspace needs in order to exist. > > Rent in London is probably a lot higher than rent in Aldershot > though. London Hackspace's expenses are hinted at here: > > http://wiki.london.hackspace.org.uk/view/Budget > > I am not sure that a large industrial unit¹ in Aldershot is going to > cost anywhere near £3,750/month. > > But like London Hackspace, I recommend saying "the hackspace needs > an average of £x per member to survive. We ask that you pay what you > think the space is worth to you, to a minimum of £5/month". That way > you get free money from all the people who like the idea but > couldn't justify £20/month or whatever. > > Cheers, > Andy > > ¹ LH has two units next to each other. > > -- > http://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEAREDAAYFAk+tMAUACgkQIJm2TL8VSQv5jQCgxIT2/EqUlFT2j7bouZrP+fIv > l50AoKuPqEMpT8pRu5r0IG+G78Hs9yOi > =TxNc > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > -------------------------------------------------------------- >
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