Policy

XinCheJian Membership

Change Log

• Updated to include price levels for 1month/3month/6month (paul) - 3rd/April/2013
• Updated to include the small blue box (paul) - 3rd/April/2013
• Updated where we make money + workshops + memberships (paul) - 3rd/April/2013
• Enforcement - warning about it needs updating (paul) - 3rd/April/2013
• Updated Staff gets section to remove the free membership as this has long not been the case (paul) - 3rd/April/2013
• updated to membership policy to include cleanup and public junk. (paul) - 3rd/April/2013
• updated to include cleaning up to members, also storing projects (paul) - 3rd/April/2013

Policy

• 100RMB/month: membership (entitle only to being in the space and use the equipment)
• 250RMB/3 month: membership (entitle only to being in the space and use the equipment)
• 450RMB/6 month: membership (entitle only to being in the space and use the equipment)
  • to kick out members and staff, a staff meeting with majority vote must support this (kicked out member is reimbursed)
  • members must clean up after themselves, projects can only be stored in designated areas in allocated boxes.

• membership + 30RMB/month: for a small blue box
• membership + 200RMB/month: for a standard locker
  • no membership paid or membership that has expired for 3 months means that your stuff in the space is considered a donation.

• 12000/year commitment for stakeholder
  • stakeholders: full privileges, no limit on the unused lockers usage

• Staff gets
  • can speak at staff meetings
  • Duties for the space
  • to represent the space and formal acknowledgement
  • XinCheJian email if desired
  • staff@xinchejian.com mailing list subscription

• We make money to pay for the space on the following...
  • selling kits and electronics (preferably on consignment)
  • all components, drinks and consumables are priced
  • workshops, we take 50% revenue
  • memberships

• Every visitor must be accompanied by a member; can only look and stay short-term

Enforcement

[warning: this needs updating]

• Photoboard with members pictures
• A spreadsheet that tracks membership expiry date with weekly cleanups.
• A large poster explaining these rules will be put on the wall; members are asked to point it out to potential members and visitors.
• Stickers or hand stamp for workshops on payment. People without stickers or hand stamp are asked to pay or leave.
• A unique password per user on the XinCheJian wifi with special temporary visitors passwords.
• Neck badges to be worn at all time: members/pink, visitors/red, staff/gold
• All members SHOULD enforce this policy.