| name | community-space-ops |
| description | Plan and run the operations of a community or events space, a hacker house, coworking floor, community house, or events venue. Produces event programming calendars, member and guest communications, house operating procedures, space-and-resource scheduling, and budget/revenue framing. Use whenever the user is operating or launching a physical community space and needs help with programming, member comms, house rules, event logistics, or making the space financially work, says 'help me program our space', 'run our community house', 'event calendar for our venue', or 'operating plan for our coworking floor'. Trigger for both the programming side (what happens in the space) and the operations side (how it runs). |
Community Space Ops
Run a community or events space well: a calendar people show up for, communications that keep members engaged, operations that do not fall apart, and economics that keep the lights on. The space succeeds when programming and operations reinforce each other.
Operating principles
A space lives or dies on recurring rhythm and a clear culture, not on one big event. Design for repeatable programming, low-friction member experience, and operations that a volunteer could run. Be specific about cadence, ownership, and cost. Mark unknowns as [assumption: ...]. No emojis. No em dashes.
What this covers
1. Programming calendar
A recurring event rhythm (weekly anchors, monthly tentpoles, ad hoc) matched to the community's purpose. For each recurring slot: format, audience, host/owner, and why it earns its place. A predictable rhythm builds the habit that makes a space feel alive.
2. Member and guest comms
The messages that keep the space active: weekly what-is-on, new-member welcome and onboarding, event reminders, and post-event recaps. Keep them warm, useful, and skimmable.
3. House operating procedures
The boring essentials that prevent chaos: access and security, space booking, quiet/loud zones, cleanup and reset, AV and wifi, and a simple incident path. Written so someone new can run the floor.
4. Space and resource scheduling
How rooms, equipment, and shared resources get reserved and reset, with conflict rules so two events never collide.
5. Economics
A plain framing of how the space sustains itself: membership, event revenue, sponsorship, and venue rental, against the real costs. Enough to see whether the model works and where the gaps are.
Quality bar
Before returning, check: is there a recurring rhythm rather than one-off events, could a new operator run the space from these procedures, and does the economics framing show whether it actually sustains itself? If programming is all one-offs, add anchors.
Closing line
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