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membership_rates [2017/05/28 19:03] suzuki650xsmembership_rates [2025/02/16 15:50] (current) – Updated Family Member definition mpickhard
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   * Access to all tools, including member-only tools   * Access to all tools, including member-only tools
   * The ability to host your guests here   * The ability to host your guests here
-  * 50% off workshop fees+  * Discounts on workshop fees
   * Voting rights in makerspace decisions   * Voting rights in makerspace decisions
  
  
-In addition to the normal rates, some discounted rates have been created: +In addition to the regular $50/month rate, some discounted rates have been created:
-  * Couple rates (married only, but gender irrelevant): second membership = $30/mo+
   * Senior membership (65+ years) = $25/month   * Senior membership (65+ years) = $25/month
-  * Student (Full-time) = $25/month + 2 hrs/mo of shop help +  * Student (Full-time) = $25/month 
-  Starving Hacker (financial hardship) = $25/month + 2 hrs/mo of shop help +    Must be an actively enrolled full-time student. 
-    * To be eligible, applicants must qualify for SNAP benefits[[http://www.gettingfoodstamps.org/testingstampapplication/index.cfm?ac=quickcalc|Quick calculator here]]+    * Must provide at orientation (or beforea list of classes showing full time status with a minimum of 12 credit hours from the most recent semester. 
-    * This membership level must be renewed every six months, and can only be renewed once+  * Family membership = $25/month 
- +    * Members must occupy the same household 
-Multi-month Discounts +      * A household includes all the people who occupy a housing unit (such as a house or apartment) as their usual place of residence. 
-  * Paying 6 months at once receives a 5% discount ($270 instead of $300+      * A household includes the related family members and all the unrelated people, if any, such as lodgers, foster children, wards, or employees who share the housing unitA group of unrelated people sharing a housing unit such as partners or roomers, is also counted as a householdThe count of households excludes group quartersThere are two major categories of households, "family" and "nonfamily.
-  Paying 12 months at once receives a 10% discount ($540 instead of $600+      * Household is a standard item in Census Bureau population tables 
- +    * The family membership must be set up as a separate account in the online membership system -- it's not a shared account or an add-on to an existing account
- +    * A family membership must be paid using the same payment account as the Bodgery member who has a non-family membership. 
-Handling Fees +  * Supported membership (financial hardship) = $25/month 
-  As of January 1st, 2017, all payments outside of PayPal recurring or a recurring UW Credit Union transfer will carry a $3 handling fee for collection, deposit, and tracking  +    * Must meet **one** of the following: 
 +      * QUEST Food Share Program (SNAP
 +      Medicaid (BadgerCare/Senior Care
 +      * Special Supplemental Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) 
 +      * Section 8 Housing Assistance/Community Development Authority (HUD) 
 +      * Supplemental Security Income (SSI) 
 +      Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) 
 +      * Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) 
 +      * Free or Reduced School Lunch and Breakfast Program 
 +      * Wisconsin Shares Child Care Subsidy Program 
 +      * Wisconsin Works 
 +      * Heat for Heroes 
 +      * Early Head Start/Head Start 
 +      * Board approval 
 +    * Email [[membership@thebodgery.org]] to review eligibility and get it set up.
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