Founding Meeting Output
During the founding meeting we had 18 people present discussing the founding process, the board composition, and next actions.
Founding Process
The founding process of the Hub Helsinki cooperative roughly follows the Pellervo guide [Finnish], with The Hub Global providing input into the process. While we haven’t yet defined the process of becoming a co-owner of the coop, we did agree to set the joining fee to 500 €. This fee will not be necessary to be a member and user of The Hub.
The co-ownership fee is meant to be a way for people to own a piece of The Hub Helsinki and signal their commitment to building it further. In exchange the co-owners will get access to the space until the end of the year. We will limit access to the space to co-owners until Hub Helsinki opens its doors officially. We’re currently targeting a launch in March by latest.
HUB Helsinki Board of the Cooperative
We agreed to select Antti Karjalainen, Harri Juntunen, Janne Asmala, and Sami Oinonen as the members of the first board of Hub Helsinki. The board members will work actively with the other co-owners to secure the space and funding, while designing the initial service packages and keeping the communication channels open.
Next Steps
The next general assembly of the cooperative will be held on October 14th at 6pm in the Hub Helsinki premises.
In the meantime, four working groups will be preparing the next steps. If you’re interested in contributing your time to any of the working groups, we invite you to get in touch with the working group coordinators:
- Funding and partners – Antti Karjalainen (antti.karjalainen@hubhelsinki.fi)
- Product and membership – Sami Oinonen (sami.oinonen@hubhelsinki.fi)
- Space – Harri Juntunen (harri.juntunen@hubhelsinki.fi)
- Communications – Janne Asmala (janne.asmala@hubhelsinki.fi)
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