I'm in personal agreement that having a crying baby would not only be distracting, but detract from the aspects of professionalism that we at least *try* to conduct, loose as they may be, at our office.
I think the last time we talked about this, someone suggested when planning an office try to find a location near an existing, reputable childcare center and work out a deal where members of the space get a preferred rate. This is good for both businesses, and could be helpful for parents who want to check in on their child during the day. If you search the google group for childcare/daycare, I'm sure you'll find our previous discussion interesting and valuable. Cheers, Alex, IndyHall, Philadelphia On Jan 9, 2008 11:20 AM, Design ICU <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm just at the start of the process of getting something off the > ground but, already, this has come up for me. It's a very touchy > subject. I wonder if some of it is simply that people interpret the > word 'coworking' differently. Down the road, I'm looking to set up a > professional space with 6-8 regulars and a lot of drop-ins. A communal > office for writers and designers/coders. Crying babies? No way. (And I > have 2.5 year old so I'm fairly inured to the sound.) Others maybe see > the word 'coworking' as something a little less office-like, maybe > concentrating on the community aspect of things a bit too much. > > One suggestion has been to find a space with an extra room and work > out a childcare arrangement. To be honest, this doesn't appeal to me > at all. Getting a co-working space off the ground is going to be > complex and onerous enough. Maybe it could be a Phase II sort of > thing. Maybe we'll find a great space that's just perfect--but I > wouldn't want to reject a good space on the basis that it didn't have > a room for childcare. > > My feelings on the topic are probably going to alienate a lot of > people but I agree with Chris that you can't be all things to all > comers. > > > > -- ----- -- ----- Alex Hillman web.developer.innovation.consultant vocal: 484.597.6256 digital: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | skype: dangerouslyawesome visual: www.weknowhtml.com | www.dangerouslyawesome.com local: www.indyhall.org --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
