Membership and access
DoESLiverpool needs cash-money to pay for room rent, machines, materials, cleaning, a part-time administrator and "free" coffee. As we are independent we raise this money from our membership rates. That's the plan which has worked for us since 2012.
You are welcome to come for free during any Maker night (usually Thursday nights) or MakerDay (Saturdays once a month, see calendar for details). Here's a map of where we are in Liverpool: Drop by any time for a look around if you can't make it on Maker night.
Address: Fourth floor Gostins Building on 32-36 Hanover Street, Liverpool L1 4LN -- turn left out of the elevator and look for the open door at the end of the hallway.
Opening Hours: Mon-Fri: 9:30 - 17:30 (core hours)
Nearest Stations: Liverpool Central (5 mins walk), Liverpool Lime Street (10 mins walk)
By Bus: 5 mins walk from LiverpoolONE bus station
Parking: There are plenty of car parks in the city center but we don't have any recommendations for long term parking and highly recommend using public transport where possible.
Cycling: Visitors to DoES Liverpool are welcome to park their bikes in the corridor just outside, we provide no guarantees but visitors regularly do this and have no problems. During events we may try to offer more secure space for bikes.
Full membership fees are £150 per month for a hot-desking access or £10 for a day rate (first day free if you bring cake), and £50 per month for workshop access, which gets you everywhere except the main room.
Core hours are 9:30am-5:30pm. Your keyfob will work outside of those hours as long as the front door of the building is open (8am to 9pm weekdays, 9 to 5 on Saturdays). Some people have keys to the building so you can stay later if they are around. But please no sleeping in the hackspace.
Members get the benefits of an automated monthly invoice through their email (good for claiming off their expenses if you doing paid work). Payment is usually done by direct transfers to the DoESLiverpool bank account and cleared by Sean our administrator.
Members can use an RFID-card or keyfob that gives them access from the hallway into each room. The list is administered by hand until we work out a more automated method.
Keep up to date by joining the Email list.
The simple answer is "everyone!" In practice there are Organisers Meetings with minutes and agendas, which you can go to if you like (or email them at [email protected] ).
For the most part we are a Do-ocracy. So we "Do" stuff rather than talk about it (this applies to the washing up).
Our main organising hub is the somebody-should list, where we have used a computer software bug-tracking system to keep track of all the stuff that is/isn't/should be going on. Please post up issues there as you encounter them -- or browse it for ideas for what you could do to make things better.