This does seem to be a sticking point for a number of hackspaces, so much so that when I saw a reddit thread (https://www.reddit.com/r/hackerspaces/comments/60ooc0/setting_up_hull_hackspace/) a person linked to, and recommended forking of this github repo which appears to be a guide at starting a hack(er)space that reflects on this issue: GitHub - 0x20/hackerspace-blueprint: The Hackerspace Blueprint