Membership Information

Hive 76 Membership Levels

Membership

Core Membership

Core Members are people that have a lot invested in the space, and use it often for personal or (case by case allowed) small business or event use.

What you give

• $100 a month
• 4 hours a month working on a Hive76 project/event.
• 2 Class,Events, or skill-shares managed/hosted/run a year

What you get

• 24/7 access to Hive76 for personal
• Automatic permission to have group events (5+ people)
• Core Members have priority on equipment and tools
• The right to vote on and can block organization decisions*
• A private footlocker for storing personal items at the space.
• At-Cost use of tools and consumable parts (MakerBot, etc)
• Permission to use all space equipment and tools (once trained)
• The ability to check out some tools.
• First dibs schwag and stuff.

Basic Membership

Basic Members want to help run and make the space work, and use it often, but maybe are not around as often, or are not as active on the current set of projects.

What you give

• $50 a month,
• 2 hours a month working on Hive76 Project/Event.
• 1 Class,Event, or skill-shares managed/hosted/run a year

What you get

• 24/7 Access to Hive 76 for personal projects (sign-in *required*)
• Minimum overhead cost for classes or events run at Hive.
• The right to use any/all equipment when a Core Member is not using it
• The right to vote on organization decisions*
• 1/2 of a shared locker for on site storage.
• Can request the space for group events (5+ people)
• Permission to use all space equipment and tools (once trained)

Lite Membership

Lite Members use the space once in a while, or just drop by during open hours. The don't want to help run the space too much, they just want to use it. These are close to just 'customers' of the community.

What you give

• $15 a month & 2 hours a month working on a Hive76 project/event.
  • $30 a month and 0 project time

What you get

• Access to the space During:
  • classes or event (related or unrelated) is going on
  • A Core member is at the space
  • All Open Hours (Wednesdays and 1 Saturday a month)
  • Private contact info for one Core Member to help coordinate access/use at other times
  • Permission to use most space equipment and tools (once trained)
  • The right to be involved in organization decisions*

Joining

First, go join the mailing list, and drop by for a few Wednesday night scrum and open houses. This is a shared space, and to make it run well, we need to know personalities mesh well. After you've been to 2-3 open hours, send out an email to the mailing list introducing yourself, and (if you have one) mention what existing member is going to be your sponsor to join. If you don't have an existing member to sponsor you, no worries, we'll get someone to sponsor you. For Lite Membership, once you've have sponsor and they've given you a 'how to use the space' tour and talk, you have to wait a week (for any objections to you joining) and then you are a member. For Core/Basic members, you can get Lite Membership type access as once you get your 'how to use the space' tour and talk, but you won't get keys until you are officially approved by a vote at the next monthly meeting.

Voting

For major space decisions, Core Members + Basic Members vote. A proposal is passed by 2/3 majority. Core Members can block if they absolutely can't live with the outcome. A 'block' can be overridden if everyone else (except that one core member) votes to override it. Lite members are encouraged to be part of decision making, and can participate in discussion. Their votes are recorded and announced, but don't count towards the 2/3 majority. More on our voting process can be found here.

Meetings

Hive runs based on a simplified SCRUM system. Every Wednesday is a 10-15 min 'scrum' meeting which is a quick update on the past week, and quick plan for the next week. Members are encouraged to come or call in to hear what is going on, share their news, and catch up. Every 4-5 weeks is a 'Monthly meeting' where we wrap up the month and vote on topics that need a vote. This is also where we discuss new Members and Memberships, and plan in more detail. All members are strongly encouraged to come, or at least call in for discussion and votes. Once a year we have a 'Board Meeting' (which will be required once we're a nonprofit), followed by a BBQ or Party. The 'Board Meeting' will probably take all day, and will be planning for bigger things to come. This is where we BS, dream big, and remember how awesome the past year was.