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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 26/03/2013 09:24, Gerrit Niezen
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If we take a guesstimate of 20 permanent members, 20 x £5 x 12
months = £1200 per year. Even in a very severe depression that
would not pay for a space, equipment, bills etc. As Paul already
said, Bristol Hackspace charges a minimum of £10/month. Makerspace
in Cambridge charges £40/month. They did have an interesting way
to bootstrap the hackspace: "Founder Members paid £250 upfront
before Makespace was open, in exchange for 6 months of membership
including early access to the space and involvement in planning
and building the space and community."
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<div>According to London Hackspace, they require an average of
£20/month per member to survive. Makerspace Newcastle charges a
minimum of £10/month, but encourages members who use the space
more to pay more. Cardiff Hackspace also charges £20/month, and
hopes to bring that down to £15/month once they have more
members. <br>
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<div>On the Swansea Hackspace Facebook page (<a
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href="https://www.facebook.com/SwanseaHackspace">https://www.facebook.com/SwanseaHackspace</a>)
I've posted an opinion poll where you can vote on how much
you'd be willing to pay.</div>
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<div>Cheers,</div>
<div>Gerrit<br>
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PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE can we NOT use Facebook for making decisions.
This is one of the reasons why we need physical meetings . This is
the second time, ( the first was the awful meeting venue) when
someone has created a problematic fait acompli. These things are I
accept done with the best of motives, but there are problems.<br>
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A lof of very serious IT people are averse to using Facebook for
good reasons. This is Richard Stallman's take on the issue. Yes THE
RIchard Stallman.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://stallman.org/facebook.html">http://stallman.org/facebook.html</a><br>
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Most serious amongst the stories is Facebook making up "likes", such
as the person in a committed relationship who is supposed to "Like"
internet dating!<br>
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Before anyone calls me "Paranoid" again, I have very very good
reasons for saying what I do, and a degree of specialist knowledge.
I cannot tell you, however, because this is a publicly archived
list. :-)<br>
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Neil<br>
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