Hackspace 2.5/Fundraising/Meeting 2015-12-09

Meeting 2015-12-09

Fundraising Methods

One-time Fundraisers

Note: * means "new"

One-time fundraising

• Pledge drives
• Loans from members
• Selling kits
• Commercial loans*
• Lottery grants*
• Accessability grants*
• Arts council grants*
• Creative quarter grants*
• Crowd funding campaign*
• Sponsorship
  • Kitronik
  • Ragworm
  • Games Workshop
  • Princes Trust
• Fundraising party (Jan 22/)
• Band packing in Morrissons

Regular Income

• Membership dues
  • Increasing average
  • Grow membership
    • Recruiting at events
    • Adverts in Left Lion, Nottingham Post
    • Make an effort to get media coverage for events
    • Mayoral visit
    • Robert Lewellyn
• Workshops
  • Tutorials
  • Lectures / talks
  • Renting out the classroom
• Events (selling badges etc)
• Snackspace
• Donations boxen
• Materials shop*
• Member marketplace*
  • HS branded clothing
  • Patches / stickers etc.
  • Sales of member-made things

Tasks/Volunteers

• Lottery grant application
  • Sue Dickinson already did most of the paperwork!
  • Applying for £9974
  • Four month lead time to get money, in which time we might not be able to start work
  • For: lighting, electric, int. doors, security, accessibility
  • TO DO: send application to trustees for review / completion / sending!
• Accessibility grant:
  • Mouse: Ask David Hayward how it works as he was confident we wualify at the AGM
  • Russell: to ask friend who knows about that sort of thing
• Arts council grants
  • Mouse: Ask Becky B about the process & document
  • John Bell: Ask a friend who knows
• Creative quarter grants
  • James Hayward: To investigate with creative quarter people
• Mouse: Arrange meeting to discuss sponsorship
• Fundraising party
  • Kirsty: Events team to organise
• James Hayward: Raising average dues
• Growing the membership
  • Joe Naber & Froggy to co-ordinate membership Team / comms team / events team
• More workshops
  • Events Team already on it
• Toby, Ian D: Make new fancy donations boxen
• Materials shop & Marketplace
  • Resources team?
  • Daniel S: to add to agenda for member meeting
• Put into the Xmas newsletter:
  • Rewards pledge request
  • Awareness raising about fundraising
  • Get involved

Crowdfunding details & tasks

• Strapline: "Blank space to Hackspace"?
• Toby: Look at crowdfunding blurb
• Mouse: Which service to use
  • Indiegogo
  • Go Fund Me
  • Just Giving
• Rewards
  • All: Want volunteers - edit wiki page
• When: Launch at fundraiser party? (many ayes)
• Mouse: What durations are permitted by different crowdfunding services? 3 months seems desirable
• Mouse: Contact computerphile guy & setup meeting
• Crowdfunding campaign as a recruiting campaign for "country members"?
• Daniel & Froggy: Call meeting to decide layout / goals for new space
• Rob: Timelapse of Saturday work