Related: if anyone in the central Silicon Valley that wants to start a corpo-free hackerspace where we favor learning and building over buying, hit me up.

@lrvick I’m wish coooperative membership maker spaces were a common occurrence. Shared studios. Expensive equipment none could afford on their own but could as a co-op, printers scanners laser cutters vinyl cutters 3-d printers wondering station, kilns, tools.

@Chancerubbage @lrvick The CCC is a "Verein". That is like a non-government, non-profit organisation. We have members and members pay membership fees. There are local groups organised under an umbrella org. And we have membership meetings with democratic elections for board members and actions and distribution of money. Apart from that the Congress and Camp are organised by volunteers, people who have attended before and now have ideas about how to make it even better. It's a thriving community.

@Chancerubbage I was explaining to @lrvick the community and structures that enable us to host the Congress and make it a great event even for visitors from abroad. It's organised and run by the community for the community.