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=== Recommended Reading ===
=== Recommended Reading ===
Key Hackspace texts:
* UK Hackspace Foundation wiki [http://www.hackspace.org.uk/view/Starting_a_Hackerspace Starting a hackerspace]
* Russ Garrett: [http://russ.garrett.co.uk/2009/10/25/starting-a-non-profit-in-the-uk/ Starting a Non-Profit in the UK]
* Mailing list discussion: [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/london-hack-space/K6uTZgSoCb0/e8yd9JM2LAAJ LHS won't benefit from reduced business rates]
Inspirational:
* [http://runningahackerspace.tumblr.com/ Running a Hackerspace Tumblr]  
* [http://runningahackerspace.tumblr.com/ Running a Hackerspace Tumblr]  
Literature:
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_ethic Hacker ethics], which inform many of our key values: decentralisation as default organisation principle, the hands-on imperative, merit before status, mistrust of authority, etc.
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_ethic Hacker ethics], which inform many of our key values: decentralisation as default organisation principle, the hands-on imperative, merit before status, mistrust of authority, etc.
* Jo Freedman's [http://www.jofreeman.com/joreen/tyranny.htm The Tyranny of Structurelessness], on the practical implications of running a structureless organisation
* Jo Freedman's [http://www.jofreeman.com/joreen/tyranny.htm The Tyranny of Structurelessness], on the practical implications of running a structureless organisation