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'''1. Membership Fees''' (perhaps $50-$100/mo, with sliding scale available for starving students / unemployed) | '''1. Membership Fees''' (perhaps $50-$100/mo, with sliding scale available for starving students / unemployed) | ||
*From 5/16 meeting: | *From 5/16 meeting: | ||
-- | -- Should a driving principle be to '''separate membership fee-paying from perception of having influence in SudoRoom?''' Or, to what extent should financial contribution be separate from 1) governance privileges 2) access to the space? | ||
-- Should "member" be the term used? What about participant/ supporter/ Sudo-Agent? (Patrik: we can call them whatever we want internally, but for the elevator pitch we should refer to them as "members", because that is what people understand.) | -- Should "member" be the term used? What about participant/ supporter/ Sudo-Agent? (Patrik: we can call them whatever we want internally, but for the elevator pitch we should refer to them as "members", because that is what people understand.) | ||
-- Accept in-kind donations if cash not available? What would the list of acceptable trades be? | -- Accept in-kind donations if cash not available? What would the list of acceptable trades be? | ||
'''1.1 Possible membership benefits - what reason do we give people to donate on a regular basis?''' | |||
* Governance privileges | |||
* Access to the space | |||
* Access to shared tools | |||
* Maybe a substantive membership benefit would be that members get to invite speakers & have classes at the space without having to get larger group approval | |||
** would anyone pay for that privilege? | |||
* Discount for classes or other goods/services | |||
'''2. Services/ Goods Offered to Community''' (Classes/ SkillShares; Events: Speakers, Conferences, Movie Nights; Goods: DIYbio kits, repair workshops, etc) | '''2. Services/ Goods Offered to Community''' (Classes/ SkillShares; Events: Speakers, Conferences, Movie Nights; Goods: DIYbio kits, repair workshops, etc) | ||
* From 5/16 meeting: Selling goods/services can fuel and support membership (ie, members can provide goods/host events/teach classes/act as speakers + these activities can bring new members); but does charging for these opportunities run counter to the sudo open + accessible principle? | * From 5/16 meeting: Selling goods/services can fuel and support membership (ie, members can provide goods/host events/teach classes/act as speakers + these activities can bring new members); but does charging for these opportunities run counter to the sudo open + accessible principle? | ||
** Not being able to pay the rent also runs counter to the open + accessible principle | |||
'''3. Fundraising''' (Grants: city/state/federal/private; Straight Donations, ex Donate button on website; Parties; Crowdfunding) | '''3. Fundraising''' (Grants: city/state/federal/private; Straight Donations, ex Donate button on website; Parties; Crowdfunding) | ||