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It's pretty clear that Hacker Dojo isn't the strictest about accounting. Just look at their membership fee -- $100 / month, pay if you want. That said, Hacker
by calcsam 11y ago
It's pretty clear that Hacker Dojo isn't the strictest about accounting. Just look at their membership fee -- $100 / month, pay if you want.
That said, Hacker Dojo doesn't work because recurring revenue > expenses. They work because of the tremendous goodwill they've built up in the community and a devoted base of supporters who are willing to help.
Organizational controls should be aimed to strengthen that support -- too much formalization around process risks killing the goose that laid the golden egg.
- dahdum 11y agoThe goodwill was a huge part of why I continue to pay the membership despite hardly ever going. Finding out my dues were embezzled have certainly soured my opinion. I think transparency is more important than formalization.
- striking 11y agoKeeping it informal and keeping it transparent aren't even related in my opinion. You can keep goodwill payments while being transparent about how the payments are being used.
- erikpukinskis 11y ago> Finding out my dues were embezzled have certainly soured my opinion. I think transparency is more important than formalization. Doesn't the fact that you know your dues were embezzled mean that they have in fact succeeded at being transparent? Seems like this is the best outcome. The alternative is that your money was embezzled and you never found out.
- diskcat 11y agoIt is exactly the tremendous goodwill that attracts the thieves and scammers.