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You could maybe deal with the “hangout” issue by having a participation requirement. Unless you mean that such a place has a permanent facility? In that case you’d need staff to ensure members only–which doesn’t necessarily mean a fee, though facility and staff (not to mention materials) would have to be paid for somehow.

Some bookstores offer community spaces, too. (In fact, one of the Science on Tap gatherings meets at Third Place.) Perhaps that would be an option?

I just get the sense that your idea is less about the physical facility and more about what happens in it–sort of a salon, in the old sense of a place to discuss ideas. You can have one of those almost anywhere it’s quiet enough for people to hear each other.

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You could maybe deal with the “hangout” issue by having a participation requirement. Unless you mean that such a place has a permanent facility? In that case you’d need staff to ensure members only–which doesn’t necessarily mean a fee, though facility and staff (not to mention materials) would have to be paid for somehow.

Some bookstores offer community spaces, too. (In fact, one of the Science on Tap gatherings meets at Third Place.) Perhaps that would be an option?

I just get the sense that your idea is less about the physical facility and more about what happens in it–sort of a salon, in the old sense of a place to discuss ideas. You can have one of those almost anywhere it’s quiet enough for people to hear each other.

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