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 ==== Your Membership Fee ==== ==== Your Membership Fee ====
- +Your membership payment is paid monthly by Direct Debit. We do not accept payment in goods or services, or in cash. We have a minimum membership payment of £5pcm, and a suggested membership payment of £15pcm (consisting on a £5 membership fee and a £10 top-up donation). £5pcm is not reflective of the true costs of running the space, and offering this as a minimum is not possible without the majority of members opting for the top-up donation to our suggested payment of £15pcm or more.
-Your membership payment is a rolling monthly fee paid by direct debit or standing order. We operate a 'pay what you think the service is worth' fee structure with a suggested total figure of £15 per month. We do not accept payment in goods or services, or in cash.+
  
 Bristol Hackspace aims to be accessible to as many people as possible, including those with reduced or irregular incomes. If you need to discuss the affordability of membership, please get in touch. Bristol Hackspace aims to be accessible to as many people as possible, including those with reduced or irregular incomes. If you need to discuss the affordability of membership, please get in touch.
  
-Your monthly membership fee, and any additional donation recieved as part of your regular monthly payment, is treated as unrestricted funds and used towards the charitable aims of Bristol Open Technology Lab, which include the provision, upkeep, and improvement of the Hackspace and it's equipment.+Your monthly membership fee, and any additional donation recieved as part of your regular monthly payment, is treated as unrestricted funds and used towards the aims of Bristol Open Technology Lab, which include the provision, upkeep, and improvement of the Hackspace and it's equipment.
  
-As a member of Bristol Hackspace, we also ask that you donate some of your time towards the upkeep and improvement of the Space, proportionate to your use. This community involvement is how we are able to keep our suggested donation low.+As a member of Bristol Hackspace, we also ask that you donate some of your time towards the upkeep and improvement of the Space, proportionate to your use. This community involvement is how we are able to keep our membership fees low.
  
 ==== Becoming a Member ==== ==== Becoming a Member ====
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   * Visit the Hackspace on one of our joining events, usually run on Thursday evenings.   * Visit the Hackspace on one of our joining events, usually run on Thursday evenings.
   * Fill in our application form with your details, accept our Terms and Conditions, and provide valid proof of address and identity.   * Fill in our application form with your details, accept our Terms and Conditions, and provide valid proof of address and identity.
-  * Set up a monthly payment for your membership donation (£15 per month recommended), and make a one-off payment (£5) for your keycard.+  * Set up a membership Direct Debit, and make a one-off payment (£5) for your keycard.
   * Complete an onboarding session explaining how to use the space safely.   * Complete an onboarding session explaining how to use the space safely.
  
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   * Return your keycard.   * Return your keycard.
  
-Your membership will expire exactly one month after your last payment was received. Please remember to take any project materials you have stored at Hackspace away with you.+Your membership will expire exactly one month after your last payment was received. Please remember to take anything you have stored at Hackspace away with you.
  
 ==== Termination of Membership ==== ==== Termination of Membership ====
  
-The trustees can terminate your membership if they decide your continued participation is harmful, or likely to be harmful, to the Hackspace or other members. This may be as a result of:+The directors can terminate your membership if they decide your continued participation is harmful, or likely to be harmful, to the Hackspace or other members. This may be as a result of:
   * An investigation into formal complaints made against you.   * An investigation into formal complaints made against you.
   * You failing to respond to multiple requests to settle a significant debt to Hackspace.   * You failing to respond to multiple requests to settle a significant debt to Hackspace.
   * Your membership payments having stopped.   * Your membership payments having stopped.
  
-The trustees will give at least 21 days' notice of a meeting where sanctions such as terminating your membership is up for discussion. This is to allow you reasonable opportunity to make representations in advance. In exceptional circumstances the trustees may ask that you do not use the Hackspace until a decision has been made.+The directors will give at least 21 days' notice of a meeting where sanctions such as terminating your membership is up for discussion. This is to allow you reasonable opportunity to make representations in advance. In exceptional circumstances the directors may ask that you do not use the Hackspace until a decision has been made.
  
-A resolution to terminate a membership must have the support of a strict majority of trustees to pass. Termination takes immediate effect, unless by the grace of the trustees. +A resolution to terminate a membership must have the support of a strict majority of directors to pass. Termination takes immediate effect, unless by the grace of the directors. 
  
-A person who has previously had their membership terminated may re-join as a member only with written permission of the trustees. Notice of a decision on such a request will be given within 21 days of the request being received by the trustees.+A person who has previously had their membership terminated may re-join as a member only with written permission of the directors. Notice of a decision on such a request will be given within 21 days of the request being received by the directors.
  
 For more information about termination of membership, see our [[policies:complaints|Complaints Policy]]. For more information about termination of membership, see our [[policies:complaints|Complaints Policy]].
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 By becoming a member of Bristol Hackspace you become a voting member of Bristol Open Technology Lab, the incorporated entity that controls Hackspace. This gives you the legal right to vote at general meetings and other rights in accordance with our policies, for example putting forward or supporting purchase proposals. By becoming a member of Bristol Hackspace you become a voting member of Bristol Open Technology Lab, the incorporated entity that controls Hackspace. This gives you the legal right to vote at general meetings and other rights in accordance with our policies, for example putting forward or supporting purchase proposals.
  
-In the unlikely event the organisation is wound up due to insolvency, members are not personally liable for any outstanding debt Bristol Open Technology Lab may have.+In the unlikely event the organisation is wound up due to insolvency, members (and members who's membership has ceased within the least ten years) are personally liable for any outstanding debt Bristol Open Technology Lab may have up to a maximum sum of £1 per member.
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