Test Driving Grants guidelines:
Makerspace Member Dougie Doesright wants to host a macramé workshop, cause macramé is how Dougy rolls.
Dougie snags a WORKSHOP APPLICATION from the document caddy in the KMS Lounge or perhaps fills one out online (?) – Dougie ensures his application meets the attached WORKSHOP GUIDELINES, which are also available in the document caddy or online (?) and also checks the Makerspace Calendar (link and access is somehow supplied to Dougie ?).
Dougie works with a handy Board Member to get his WORKSHOP APPLICATION form approved and signed.
Dougie arranges his promotional material or information and forwards it to info@kamloopsmakerspace.com – yet another handy Board Member expedites Dougy’s post onto KMS social Media ? Dougie can then share it on his own social. (Recommend that anyone with access to KMS social media can post an approved workshop – this will reduce Board workload).
Dougie is locked in and stoked – Dougie is more likely to engage the Space and even volunteer! Dougie is chatting up his friends and network about Makerspace and sharing like crazy. Good work, Dougie!
Dougie accepts etransfers (or whatever payment method he chooses), encourages people to signup as Members and get the workshop for free, gets his documentation and materials together and whatever else he needs to do a fabulous workshop, including pre-checking the workspace he intends to use to ensure it is ready for macramé madness. Makers help Dougie, if they can.
Dougie has crushed it and 13 people have signed up, including 3 NEW MEMBERS, who are taking advantage of FREE WORKSHOPS FOR MEMBERS! Dougie has sent them an email confirming they are registered and giving them the info they need, such as where, when, what, why and who to ensure they get the most out of the workshop!
Registration and budget looks like this for Dougie:
9 non-Member, at $40/person $ 360.00
4 Members (3 of them new) at $0 $ 0.00
Materials cost minus $ 86.45
NET proceeds $ 273.55
25% of NET $ 68.38
Subtract $20/new member X3 $ 60.00
Dougie pays Makerspace $ 8.38 (and signed up 3 new Members)
Dougie pockets $205.17 (4 hours of prep, 3 hrs actual class and 1 hr cleanup - Dougie made $25.64/hr
THE BIG DAY ARRIVES and Dougie arrives early to prep the Space and get ready for his workshop – Dougy is nervous, but friendly Makers are encouraging and helpful and do what they can to support him.
Dougies students arrive a bit early and SIGN THE LIABILITY WAIVER AND SIGN-IN SHEET upon arrival. Dougie even asks if anyone wants to signup to be a Member and get the workshop for FREE – Dougie is super solid!
The class goes great, lots of photos are posted tagging Kamloops Makerspace and all is well – the new Members are stoked about the OTHER FREE WORKSHOPS that are posted!
The class finishes, Dougie cleans the Space he used, completes and signs his SIGN-IN checklist, gathers the completed waivers and leaves all the documents at the Office Door. (Dougie is smart and he makes a copy of the signin sheet for himself, so he can stay in touch with his new macramé people!)
Dougie posts, shares and enthuses about how easy it was to do a workshop at Kamloops Makerspace and how friendly everyone was –what a GREAT PLACE to tell your friends about!