Re: Bristol calling - advice about moving to a new space?

[matthew venn]

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On Saturday, December 1, 2012 4:15:32 PM UTC, matthew venn wrote:

Hi all,

we at Bristol are interested in moving to a larger (more expensive) space.  I heard on the grapevine that Leeds hackspace had some money issues at some point (with your last space?), but I don't know the full story.

I'd really appreciate any advice you could offer us so we can make a smooth transition?

Thanks!

Matt

[Stuart Childs]

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[Paul Brook]

> we at Bristol are interested in moving to a larger (more expensive) space.
> I heard on the grapevine that Leeds hackspace had some money issues at
> some point (with your last space?), but I don't know the full story.
>
> I'd really appreciate any advice you could offer us so we can make a smooth
> transition?

I suspect we're not really the right people to ask. I wasn't directly
involved, but AFAICT our trasition was a bit of a disaster. I wish I could
say it's all sorted now, but it still isn't.

It's much the same as moving house. Make sure anyone you need to communicate
with had your new address. Remember to cancel the phone/electricty/milk, etc.
Otherwise six months later you discover thet you're saddled with a large
unpaid bill for a service you haven't been using, and didn't know about
because the bills were sent to someone who no longer comes to the hackspace.

Many of our problems may have been exacerbated because we didn't just move
spaces, we pretty much rebuilt the whole organisation.

Paul

[matthew venn]

Thanks Paul. Trying to do due diligence! Doesn't seem to be much written up on the net about this. It would be great to have a howto! I'll collect everything I find in one place and try to find an obvious place to post it.

Matt

[Jon Stockill]

On Mon, 17 Dec 2012 14:18:50 -0800 (PST), matthew venn wrote:
> Thanks Paul. Trying to do due diligence! Doesn't seem to be much
> written up on the net about this. It would be great to have a howto!
> I'll collect everything I find in one place and try to find an
> obvious
> place to post it.

The best advice I can think of would be:

1. Stay on top of all the boring bureaucratic stuff.
2. Ensure whatever you go for you can afford (if you have a firm
commitment to membership and some savings that will cover you for 12
months then you're you should be ok).
3. Don't go for somewhere out of the way - a nice central easily
accessible space will pay dividends in new members.
4. If you can get somewhere small with current membership and there's
room to expand if membership explodes then that will be a major plus -
moving SUCKS.

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[matthew venn]

Thanks Jon! I've added your points to our wiki:

http://bristol.hackspace.org.uk/wiki/doku.php/advice_before_moving_a_hackspace