Skill Exchange part two

While there are still a few workshops to be added to the schedule, I am happy to share some of our newest collaborators, along with a few old friends. Our eventbrite page has a sneak peek at a few of our workshops coming up in February and March. I'll be adding more workshop dates and descriptions throughout this week and next.

After our fall workshop series, we surveyed over 100 people who had participated in our fall events. We received a lot of great feedback, particularly from those who couldn't get a ticket for their favorite workshop, and a lot of sad emails from people, wanting more tickets. Sad emails guys, really sad emails.

In response to the popularity of our events, and our small workshop size, we have decided to institute a $10 ticket reservation fee. Offering skills through free workshops has always been an essential part of this project, since I believe very strongly that these skills are valuable, and should be available to everyone.

This $10 ticket reservation fee doesn't mean we're changing our free workshop model, but we are working hard to ensure that we are able to serve as many people as possible.The goal of this fee is to cut down on no-shows, and late cancellations, to ensure that our classes are comfortably full and we can share these workshops as many participants as possible. There is nothing sadder than a waiting list full of people, and a class only 2/3 full.

This $10 fee is fully refundable when you attend the workshops. Simply pay the $10 ticket reservation fee on eventbrite, then check in at the workshop, and you'll be refunded online within 24 hours. No-shows, and late cancellations will unfortunately, not be refunded. Yep! We're calling any no-shows "kind investors" in our project, and we'll put that money towards supporting our workshops with printing and other costs associated with giving valuable things away for free.

Every workshop listing on eventbrite will now include all the details about our policy change, including an explanation on how to get your refund, so this will hopefully be an easy transition for everyone. Donna and I are very excited to share our next round of workshops, and we're looking forward to meeting more of you through these events!