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1. I'm presently paying $100/month, per the recommended $60 + some
additional to cover folks who are in difficult economics. I'm one
month behind but will be catching up as soon as more of my clients'
payments come in. In any case this is about as much as I can afford
to pay as regular monthly dues. <br>
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2. I'm satisfied with any degree and type of access that lets me in
without generating data that are mined by outside entities.
Physical keys, digital keys of various kinds on in-house systems,
intercoms, contraptions, etc., are all good. I do believe in
selectivity and trust before giving new members unlimited access
(see 4). <br>
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3. Spending money on re-branding: YES. We need a consistent logo
and graphic symbols, and they should be truly aesthetic and
expressive rather than a make-do. Now that we have someone with
expertise in branding, we should be able to come up with something
that everyone likes, and start using it. <br>
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4. If I was a burglar, robber, rapist, etc., I'd be utterly
thrilled at getting a keycard for unlimited access the moment I
joined. I'll "hard block" on giving unrestricted 24/7 access to new
members the moment they join. Principle: safe space. Anyone who
has a real interest in membership in the community ought to be
willing to wait for some reasonable period of time, and demonstrate
a reasonable level of participation, before they get a keycard.<br>
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5. Free T-shirts: Yes for people who are in economic difficulties;
yes for everyone if that's part of a plan to gain higher visibility
and attract new members. Other than those two cases, we can pay for
T-shirts, and that will ensure that every T-shirt goes to someone
who is actually going to wear it. Just giving them to everyone the
moment they join, might end up with some number of them going unworn
and thus going to waste. This applies generally to various branded
items: it's good to give them away where they'll be visible, but not
so good to give them away if they aren't appreciated and won't be
visible.<br>
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Relationships of all kinds, including community, mean more when you
have to make some effort for them. "Open" isn't the same thing as
"easy." "Easy" is "easy to take for granted," and is also perceived
as "oh SudoRoom must be pretty boring if they're that desperate for
new members." People value what they have to work for. <br>
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Another thing we should do for fundraising and for publicity: open
public events. The lockpicking thing generated huge publicity. We
can create other events to publicize, and those can be free to
members but with a requested donation by nonmembers who attend. <br>
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-G.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 13-04-03-Wed 8:52 PM, rusty lindgren
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<div dir="ltr">Hey Everyone,
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<div>I am writing because it was discussed at the meeting
tonight that we don't really have an idea of how much people
want to pay for the space ,and also if people think the
current payment approach is good based on some alternatives
that were brought up. I'd also like to ask about basic
productizing to see if people would be interested in using
some of our funds to get t-shirts and stickers, and maybe even
decorated key-cards like hacker conferences do for hotel
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<div>So, can everyone answer these questions(below)? I know
it's not perfect research, but I think it covers most of what
came up in the meeting. </div>
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<div style="">Questions:</div>
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<li style="">How much would you pay for current membership,
with access as planned? </li>
<li style="">How much would you pay for current membership
with 24/7 access to the space(i.e. new door cards on next
payment)?</li>
<li style="">
Would you be okay with spending some money on re-branding
of the space(even if it doesn't mean changing our logo),
by getting more t-shirts and stickers? </li>
<li style="">Do you think it would it be more attractive to
you to have a lower fixed price if you were joining the
space, and you got 24/7 access at that moment with a
keycard? </li>
<li style="">Would it be more attractive to you if you were
joining the space, and you got a free t-shirt and cool
looking keycard upon joining or giving some sort of
donation "gift" like kickstarter projects give? </li>
</ol>
<div style="">This is only an attempt to get at some of what
we talked about, and I'm hoping that it will kind of shine
some light on the amount of money people want to pay et
all. </div>
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Please help out! </div>
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