Update: IndyHall Membership Drive 2009
Filed under: Announcements, Community Support, From the Business Side, In The News, Independents Hall, Kudos, coworking
Last weekend, Geoff and I put out a call for new, upgraded, and pre-payment of IndyHall Membership in order to show the level of commitment from the community needed to grow IndyHall to the next stage of it’s evolution.
We put a very short deadline on this, since our efforts are moving quickly, and asked that people step up by the end of the day on Monday, March 9th.
That was yesterday. And everybody want’s to know how we did.
The Results
We did pretty well.
13 New Members (all levels)
4 Upgrades (all to full time…are there any basic members looking to go lite?)
9 Pre-paid current members
Many members, existing and new, also pledged their support for the move by prepaying anywhere from 2 to 12 months!
This is all in three days. It’s all thanks to every one of you. Well done.
But it’s not over.
Now What?
You said you wanted IndyHall to grow. You proved it to us by opening your wallets, which really means a lot to us and this community. We welcome all of the new members, and look forward to having you joining us very soon.
Geoff and I are going to be taking the next steps towards the new space, and making each step forward with your backing and support to guide us. We’re also thinking carefully about the use of 32 Strawberry St, and a variety of models to continue to make it a community resource and sustain the property there.
Most Importantly:
The membership drive isn’t over. We’re still signing members at all levels, and the more commitments we have before May 1st, the better off IndyHall will be. We’ve got a lot of work ahead of us, and we need as much support as we can to make it happen.
Keep your eyes peeled here (and on twitter) for more news as it comes forward. We’ll keep you updated at every turn.
And thank you.
Important! – Membership Drive for Monday March 9th: IndyHall v2.0
Filed under: Announcements, Community Support, From the Business Side, Independents Hall
As you may have heard by now, we’re considering moving IndyHall into a new, larger office on the other side of Market Street, 20-22 N. 3rd St and will be discovering some alternative uses for the community better suited for the space we will continue to occupy at 32 Strawberry Street.
Geoff and I called a Town Hall meeting on Tuesday, and had lots of positive response.
If you haven’t seen yet, some of those responses are posted online:
http://www.indyhall.org/2009/03/04/the-state-of-indyhall-march-3rd-2009/
http://technicallyphilly.com/news/indy-hall-to-expand-add-educational-element/
http://www.imouttaherethebook.com/2009/03/big-changes-coming-indyhall-raises-the-bar-again/
Now What?
What we need now is commitment from the community that we embrace, encourage, empower, and completely love.
Much like the membership drive we held in August of 2007 to open 32 Strawberry Street, we’re looking for member commitment to help us verify the sustainability of a move into this new office.
We’re turning to three core audiences:
- Our Current Membership
- Our Waiting List
- The Extended IndyHall Community
We’ve already contacted our current membership, and are working with our waiting list to manage upgrades and new members that have been waiting patiently for news about our expansion.
We’re looking to the phenomenal community of businesses, entrepreneurs, creatives, freelancers, startups, telecommuters and remote workers in Philadelphia, the people we consider the extended IndyHall Community, for their interest as well.
Open Membership
In fact, membership is re-opening at all levels immediately, and will become active on May 1st.
Now, what we need from you.
We’re looking for folks who haven’t had a chance to come meet the IndyHall community and experience our work environment now. If you’ve never worked at IndyHall, we’re certain that working here for a day will help you determine if this alternative office is the right thing for you. Normally, its $25/day for non-members to work here. For a limited time, we’ll be offering free dropin days for visitors who sign up for multiple months at any level of membership.
Space is limited, so you must reserve a desk in order to take advantage of this offer. You can contact us for information on how to make a reservation.
Not familiar with how IndyHall works? This website is admittedly outdated and needs a refresh. Our bad. More on that coming.
In the mean time, Full Time IndyHall member Jonny Goldstein put together this excellent video to explain who we are, what we do, and how it works.
Please don’t hurt yourselves
What we’re NOT looking for is for you to overextend yourself. Our decision is based on how sustainable this move is, so if your upgraded membership is not sustainable, it’s misrepresentative of the entire goal.
At the same time, if you have the ability to pre-pay for any number of months beyond the usual month-to-month commitment we offer to IndyHall, that will also help us plan for this move and have some cash in the bank to work with. While we haven’t decided to raise our membership rates, if you have the ability to pay ahead, we’ll honor that rate for the duration of your pre-payment.
Whatever upgrades we’re taking will go into effect on May 1st, which is our proposed move-in day for the new office.
Deadlines. Comin’ up fast.
This is going to happen very, very quickly:
Geoff and I are going to be making our decisions based on how many commitments are made between now and End of Day on Monday, March 9th.
Yes. That’s this upcoming Monday.
Finally, and maybe most importantly: you are our front lines recruiters. Nearly everyone who works at IndyHall was referred by somebody other than myself, which is what makes this community so strong. If you have friends, colleagues, business partners, etc that you think would benefit from working at IndyHall, let them know that we’re looking for new members to join our community. Encourage them to come work at IndyHall soon for a day and see if they like it. If you’ve got questions about how to go about this, please drop us a line. Share Jonny’s video above. Let them know about the free drop in days (and that they have to reserve!).
Thanks for enduring this lengthy post, and for your ongoing support of IndyHall. If you have questions, or simply want to let us know what you’d like to do, our door is open and so is our inbox.
Thank you so, so much. This is so much excitement, we don’t know what to do with ourselves.
