Maker Nexus Makerspace
(Information about the Maker Nexus organization's makerspace will be provided here. If you register with this wiki you can click the star at the top left to "watch" this page. If you do this then you will get an email whenever this page is updated.)
On January 19, 2018 we held an open town hall meeting. (Thanks to Hacker Dojo for hosting us.) About 90 people attended - the room was packed with some people sitting on the floor. The 6 member MN board has been working on this plan for the last 9 weeks; we started the day TechShop closed. We've had the help of several other people. Now is the time to find out if the community wants what we have all been working so hard to create.
At the end the crowd was upbeat and very positive about the plans we presented. To get the shop open we need a minimum of 125 members and $150,000 in donations. We asked the attendees to
- sign up to become a member
- spread the word to help us attract more members
- make a donation to get the shop open
- help us find corporate donors
- sign up to join one of the operating committees
You can review the slides we presented here.
If you're a Facebook user you can see the live stream of the presentation. Unfortunately the first 13 minutes are sideways...
The slides are packed with information, but for those who need the quick summary:
- Non-profit organization
- Shop between Redwood City and San Jose
- Targeted April opening
- Limited machines, adding more as quickly as money allows
- Paid staff members for support & maintenance
- $150/month membership & $1,000 donation
- Everyone has to pitch in to make this work
We hope that you, the reader, will join us in making this shop a reality.