Membership Experience Discussion 201207

Membership Experience

• General sense that membership situation is not ideal

Problems

• Weak Member retention
• Growing exclusivity
• Lack of understanding of what to do, how to get involved

Solution Proposals

Workshops

• Do more serious workshops in general
  • At old space, more workshops being done

• Mini Workshops - Do Mini Workshops
  • Lower work for staff
  • Potentially similar upside as full workshop

Research Members

• Surveys: Survey members, fill out questionnaires
• Interviews: Call them to ask what Xinchejian can do
  • JIA QI to take first step

Staff Behavior

• More staff introductions (not clear)
• Make it easier to contact staff for visitors and new members

Mentorship

• Mentorship (potentially paid to mentors)

Materials

• Offer learning materials (books, magazines)

Active Project Recruitment

• More recruitment for active projects
• On Wednesday -- More presentations on Xinchejian ongoing Projects

TODO

• 31 July 2012 - More proposals for making this more concrete

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Membership Payment Compliance

• How to enforce membership compliance?

• Lanyard / Badge Compliance in space
  • All members must wear the lanyard
  • Non-members must be accompanied by members
  • TODO: Min Lin has to buy film (tomorrow)