[D-Space] Contributing

[Paul Campbell]

On Sat, 04 Dec 2010, Alex King wrote:
> How about if we reserve it (pay deposit etc if necessary), but don't 
> actually start renting it until we have enough members signed up?  When 
> you join you maybe pay a joining fee and commit to the monthly fee, but 
> don't actually start paying the monthly fee until we reach the target 
> membership number and start the room hire?

I think we're going to do that anyway - I talked about this with the woman at 
Tech yesterday, they'll only really let us do that for a month - they don't want 
the room sitting idle forever - that takes us past xmas/holidays into the 
early/mid January - that gives us a month or two to try and outfit a useful 
space and then start to attract members

> That way we are all focused on finding enough members and the stop-gap 
> solution (some people paying more) doesn't end up dragging on...
> 
> My suggestion for membership fees:
> 
> Regular: $20/mo
> Family/Flat: $30/mo
> Supporter: $40/mo (someone who is prepared to pay more to make it 
> happen, no extra benefits)
> Tertiary student: $100/yr
> Secondary Student: $60/yr

Those seem reasonable - except that the student prices may be beyond many, 
especially as a lump sum - I don't want to turn anyone away - I can imagine a 
'gold coin donation every time you come' sort of thing being more workable - I 
want that geek kid whose parents don't have a lot of money to be able to come 
and be welcomed

More likely we'll have to set some paper tiger sorts of fees to start with with 
the knowledge that 6 months down the road we'll look at our finances and 
membership and adjust them to suit reality (which sort of goes against any 
annual options at least short term)

	Paul