Hackerspace membership

Being a space member has benefits but of course also some responsibilities.
– With great power comes great responsibility.

Benefits

24/7 access
- Every member always has access to the space.
Member storage
- Every member can get a member shelf AKA a drawer, to store personal stuff.
- A personal Nextcloud account with 1GB storage space by default
nextcloud access
- there is a nextcloud instance managed and hosted by the hackerspace, an account on it is included in the membership

Responsibilities

There are no passengers on this ship, only crew members.
We are explorers, no pirates.
Upon leaving the ship, clean your spot, and the spot next to you.
Drinks are in the fridge, they are cool, cheap and help us stay afloat.
Respect fellow members, their privacy and hardware.
Communication generally works better than conflict.
The guy/girl mopping the deck deserves more respect than the non-existing captain.

Tip:

Sharing is good, share your knowledge, creativity, hardware and code.
Respect is not enforced, it is earned.
Parrots have no original thoughts. Think, don’t be a parrot.
Truth is usually somewhere in the middle. Most issues aren’t binary anyway. Requantize.
Last but foremost: Be excellent to eachother.

– From https://wiki.hsbxl.be/Patterns

Steps on becoming a member

Come over for TechTuesday a few times. Get to know some members, talk about your interests.
Fill out the membership form.
Find 2 sponsors to sign your membership form.
Once processed, you will receive a welcome mail with paying instructions.
Once we receive your payment, will get access to the .

Paying instructions?

Yes. As much as we would like otherwise, we need to pay bills to keep the ship afloat (rent, electricity, heating, etc.).

That’s why we ask a membership fee of minimum €30 a month. In reality we need about €40 a month to break even, so feel free to give more or to donate to the space when you visit.

What are our fixed costs?

Rent: €903/month
Heating/electricity/water: +- €429/month
Insurance: ?/year
Legal costs (ex. statute changes): +- €100/year

Further we have nice tools and spend money at keeping it that way.

Just stating the obvious

a hackerspace is not a meetup place for criminals (don’t ask us to hack the account of your ex).
local law is also applicable here. Don’t break it.

2025-04-02: Run lint:fix (Adrian Pascu)
2025-02-11: The books page has been broken for a few years now. Let's remove it (Bert Van de Poel)
2024-07-10: corrected some numbers on the membership page (wouter simons)
2024-05-03: Format files (Adrian Pascu)
2024-04-10: added the nextloud to the membership bennefits (Wouter Simons)
2023-11-07: update membership page (Jurgen Gaeremyn)
2019-03-26: company membership page (betz)
2019-03-26: company membership page (betz)
2019-03-12: membership page update (betz)
2018-12-23: Spelling & grammar (Vincent Baggerman)
2018-12-12: typo (Jurgen Gaeremyn)
2018-12-12: membership fee (betz)
2018-12-12: membership fee (betz)
2018-12-11: space membership page (betz)

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For any questions you can reach out to us over Matrix at #hsbxl:matrix.org.