Most of France's 150 bike cooperatives have a membership fee system (if not all of them). The price scale is 5 to 35 € (my bike co-op is a student run one, we ask for 5 euros). I haven't heard of any workshop where a time based fee system would be applied.
We charge for spare parts but even this depends on thhe kind of co-op.

Roman

2015-12-02 1:03 GMT+01:00 Jim Sheehan <jim@ohiocitycycles.org>:

OCBC is in the process of eliminating membership -- gave false perception of exclusivity, and pains to administer. Read more about why in our first strategic plan summary here. 

Jim

Jim Sheehan
Director, Ohio City Bicycle Co-op
1840 Columbus Rd
Cleveland, Ohio 44113
216 830 2667
OhioCityCycles.org

jim@ohiocitycycles.org

On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 6:06 PM, Reno Bikes <renobikeproject@gmail.com> wrote:

Reno Bike Project has a tiered yearly membership program:

Pedaler ($20) - membership packet with stickers, a card, and a pin; access to after hours workshops on T/W and nine-week Bike Repair Class on Th

Velo ($50) - all of the above + free use of public workstations (usually $3/hour)

Commuter ($100) - all of the above + RBP t-shirt

Randonneur ($250) - all of the above + 10% off all regularly stocked new items/used parts from the shop (special orders excluded)

Maillot jaune ($2,500/lifetime) - all of the above + free entry to all RBP events, personalized head badge on display in shop, free tune up once each year (excluding cost of parts)

Business ($500 cash or in kind) - recognition thru social media, website, and newsletter; certificate and sticker for display in business, five Velo membership cards for owners/employees

On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 2:13 PM, Kieran O'Neill <oneillkza@gmail.com> wrote:

The Bike Kitchen/Bike Co-op has an annual membership fee of $15 for
students, $20 for community, or free after six hours' volunteering.
Benefits include free shop time on Fridays, two hours' free shop time
(which would cost $7.50/hr, so basically the cost of membership), plus
discounts on workshops and parts. We're also in a weird situation of
being technically a student club, ie an organ of the students'
representative body at the university, which is itself a registered
non-profit. Mostly we have the membership fee because it gets people
to sign the indemnity form, which the overarching student body
requires we do. It's far from our main source of income.

http://bikecoop.ca/get-involved/members/


Another co-operative in BC, Hub City Cycles, has a $5 membership fee
for life, then options of hourly, monthly or yearly fees for  tool
use. You can see their fee structure here:

http://www.hubcitycycles.ca/co-op/member-benefits/usage-fee-structure/

Note: all amounts are in CAD$

On 1 December 2015 at 09:47, Andrew Shooner <ashooner@gmail.com> wrote:
> Broke Spoke does annual memberships (I want to say it's $50) which pays for
> a year of open-shop stand access (usually $4/hour). We don't really promote
> it and it's mostly a way for some community members to donate and simplify
> their transactions with the shop.
>
> -Andy
>
> On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 10:10 AM, LaBikery <labikery@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hello! Could you all send me some structures on how your membership fees
>> work please? Ours is currently a $5 lifetime membership, and we're looking
>> into other options and trying to weigh the pros and cons of yearly
>> memberships!
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mallory at La Bikery :)
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