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