20130404 Hackerspace Brainstorming

~ 13 people, 19:00 - 22:00

What do we want to do at the space?

-> Collecting ideas wih PostIts. (I'll upload a picture later)

• Can be grouped in 5 categories ( + misc.)
• Work
• Learn & Teach
• Workshop (Shared equipment)
• Art
• Community

• What do we miss in the other spaces in Munich? -> FabLab, muCCC, Werkbox, Heji

Build a community

• Weekly meetings
• Short introductions of everyone (GDocs?)
• Vivid about project kickoffs at frog: Who am I? What are my superpowers? What do I expect? What do I want to learn? What do I have to offer?
• Chicken/Egg? -> Community? Making?

Space/Room

• Quick and temporary? There are many places that are supposed to be torn down in 1-2 years, and can be used temporarily for very little money. Finding a space like that might be a lot easier than finding something "stable" (people know people). However, we might have to move out on short notice.
• Build everything movable. (compared to gardening project in Schwabing)
• Take a time
• Buy a place?
• Go bold and start big? Start small, and grow?

Money

• For free?
• Membership fees
• Experience from other spaces: expenses (rent, heating, electricity) should be covered by membership fees.
• Sponsoring? (Goverment/Companies) -> maybe on a project basis
• Sell stuff?
• Workshops?

Leadership

• Necessary? Desireable?
• Only temporarily? (see hackerspace patterns)
• Facilitators instead of leaders

Next steps

• More meetups
• Which day? -> Wednesday seems to work best
• Weekly "small" meetings, bigger meetings every once in a while (monthly?)
• Build a core group -> foundation
• Get to know each oher.
• Introduction GDoc (see above)
• Spread the word
• Find our Unique Selling Proposition (or at least ideas for that)
• Knowledge collection

Thanks to the Wayra Academy for letting us use their awesome meeting space.