An events space and a design studio for Hacker Dojo

I am one of the Directors. Hacker Dojo is a non-profit community center--a hacker space. It has a Board of Directors to keep the lights on and the IRS happy, and its members vote on operating policies. The Dojo is currently running a campaign to raise money for expansion. Part of the money has already been raised. We are located in the same neighborhood as Y Combinator's HQ, but are unrelated.

For one membership is quite cheap compared to other co-working spaces. It also has the potential to host very large group meetings outside of a corporate setting.

I would agree with this completely. I just walked away confused from this whole post.

Contrasting information, too much information, no focus (from a crazy quick glance) on anything but space pics. The founder plaque actually bugged me, because your name will be on the wall while contributor's won't.

My two cents on why I didn't dig in more.

We are only raising $154K because we have people actively fundraising corporate sponsorships, and we are leaving the rest to them. Additionally, this portion of the funds will make sure the Dojo continues to exist, while reaching the rest of the way to the goal will open all four buildings.

Why did I get downvoted? Did I offend someone? I think my questions were valid and I'm glad that someone stepped up and answered them. I meant no harm otherwise.

The hacker dojo is more of a computer club than a co-working space. (I wanted to call it "the mountain view computer club" but was outvoted. The people on the board seem to be pretty competent; certainly way more socially competent than I am, so I'm not complaining.)

People use it for workspace, sure, but I know when I go there, I'm going to socialize as much as I'm going to work, but I'm going to socialize with interesting people. I ended up buying a (very small) company from someone I met there. I've learned a lot from those people.

It's also an event venue for small conferences and technical talks.

But yeah; it's much more 'community space' and much less 'cheap place to rent an office' - I mean, the membership fee is $100/month, which isn't really sustainable with their model for renting desks. (I mean, you could rent cubes for $100/month, I think, but you'd need a cheaper warehouse, and the whole operation would have to be setup to ensure full occupancy.)

Me, I find it's a useful place to meet businesspeople that are also technical. It's been good for me, I think, as I generally don't have a lot of respect for business types, and I regularly meet semi-business types at the dojo who are more technically competent than I am.

Zomg. I'm so sad I didn't realize that myself, and even sadder that I can't change the funding goal.