These are things we intend to offer to member Hackspaces, some are already agreed in principle, others are aspirational
- Pre-negotiated Hackspace insurance policy (liability and contents)
- Help and moral support from other spaces who've been there/done that
- Case studies of what's worked, or not, at other spaces (e.g. access control, accounting)
- Reference designs for common systems (e.g. access control, member management)
- Gratis CAD Suite licenses
- Gratis CAM Software (which?)
- Support sourcing free/surplus materials (e.g. networking kit)
- Supplier discounts:
- Rapid
- Farnell (?)
- mes3dfilaments.co.uk (via mailto:[email protected])
- CandyHero.com (discounts for bulk orders)
- http://www.technobotsonline.com/
- Centralised hosting for websites, etc
- Federation network for websites and applications:
- Diaspora/gnu social/mediagoblin nodes for interspace social media:'anybody know how a atomic force microscope works'(similar to rework network)
- API booking visitors pass for a certain equipment. 'You have granted access to another space just to use this machine for 1 day'
- email, xmpp, ...
- 'trackable' Specialized and seldomly used tools that travel the spaces. E.G. 200mm spanner.
- Supplier discounts:
- Avnet
- Mouser
- RS Components
- Digikey
- Arrow
- Igus