what is the cost of running an group like hackspace
Roshan Mishra
danny staple
editions (#28) - I think it was worked out to come to around $25k or
similar, based on memberships and other contributions. This includes
rental of a space, acquisition of tools, maintenance and so on. It was
an article suggesting that a number of public libraries should be
converted to hackspaces.
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Ben Barwise
I imagine renting is a little different in the uk to us
When renting a premesis ontop of actual rent you have to consider
Service charges ( they can be very high or non existent )
Business rates ( small business rates currently is at 100 % off also some councils give discretionary discount )
Gas electricity water ( large business places can be very leaky in terms of heat )
What your landlord is responsible for ( I think this depends on contracts and the type of property )
You will find a lot oflandlords are open to negotiation on price, be confident about it ... Talking it down is not easy.
And remember if you spot anything broken or needs doing up you get them to sign an agreement that they will do it up ... I have got a landlord to write this into the deposit agreement before.
Finally if you have to build temporary Walls , it is not as cheap as it seems!
Roshan Mishra
phil jones
low minimum and a reasonable "norm" for those who want to pay a fair
rate. There's an informal expectation that you pay the minimum either
if you can't afford more or you are an infrequent user of the
facilities. Heavy users who can afford it would be expected to pay
something closer to the high-end of the range, but here's no attempt
to waste everyone's time by making explicit "plans" offering different
rates for different guaranteed levels access. (At least, not that I've
heard.)
This feels very fair to me.
I'm not involved in running the London Hackspace, but as a member and
observer, I'd suggest that one of the reasons the London Hackspace
works is because there are a *lot* of members, relative to the actual
number of people you may see in the space at any one time. The
Hackspace, as is, couldn't work if it only had 20 or so members.
One thing to bear in mind if you're interested in starting something
like this is that the hackspace were working together and growing
their community a couple of years BEFORE they began renting premises.
The community made the space; the space didn't make the community. If
you're starting the other way around then the LHS may not be a good
model for you.
phil
Amran
The community made the space; the space didn't make the community.
Roshan Mishra
to answer your question the city that i would like to start is kolkata ( calcutta), west bengal.
The community made the space; the space didn't make the community.
Amran
Roshan Mishra
Amran
Anish
Do pop into ISI (indian statistical institute) u might find interesting folks there too ... I spend some time in Cryptology Research Group there as a visitor :)