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Comment by taylorbuley | Hacker News Reader

I have been on the Dojo mailing list since well before launch but unfortunately the $100/month membership fee has prevented me from being able to enjoy in person. I resolve, however, that my business to at some point make enough to pay for this some day!

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The Dojo offers hardship memberships, and accepts work donations instead of money: https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=d...

Contact any of the email addresses on the hacker dojo web page and it will most likely get to the right person.

You can drop in at Hacker Dojo for a $10/time suggested donation before you maybe become comfortable enough and affluent enough to afford it on a monthly basis ;)

I did not know that. I respect and understand operating costs too much to beg for exemption so it's nice to hear there's a codified way to go about it.

There's also exceptions (financial hardship), special arrangements made on a case by case basis

http://wiki.hackerdojo.com/w/page/25447/JoinTheDojo

Noisebridge.net is cheaper -- and donation based - you can stop by for free, drop a $20 in the bucket and get right to hanging out and seeing whats going on.

The soldering on mondays is really cool.

Will definitely check it out. I'm SoMa-based anyways, so it'd be a lot closer than the Valley

The Dojo is a little bit more expensive so that we can improve the space for coworkers -- stuff like buying spare monitors, desks, chairs, heating & cooling, etc.

There's no overhead -- 100% of the member's cash goes into rent & improving the space. We have bi-weekly meetings where members can see how their money gets used.

Yes, I recognize they are differnt -- was posting it as an alternative.

BTW- I had a thought today after reading your post; why dont hackerspaces, like NoiseBridge and The Dojo partner with Techshop.ws -- It would be great to see if each membership could get you access, or partial access to each space.

Techshop is amazing.

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