Tara pretty much nailed it: screen for what you want. An essential part of coworking, by definition, is developing and maintaining productive and happy relationships with members of the coworking space.
As in any kind of relationship, screening for the kind of people you want to share the space with mitigates a vast amount of potential problems. Contracts are good, and important, but relying on the letter of a contract is setting yourself up grief and loss of profit (however you define profit). All this being said, it's usually handy to screen for someone with the cojones to be the Bad Cop when necessary. ;) -d On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 11:36 AM, davidmoffitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The only stuff I'm spelling out specifically is my contractual > obligations of what's provided (internet, power, when and where > stuff). While I _am_ running my membership agreement by a lawyer, > it's going to be very specific only on things like usage (hours, > amenities) and vague / loose / flexible / open-to-interpretation on > the whole ethical deal. I won't spell out "and doing XYZ will result > in you being asked to leave" but simply reserve the right to make a > judgement call. It's a common space, but MY space at the end of the > day. I won't "rule with an iron fist" but I also see no real need for > "rules" to begin with - common sense will prevail and if not, those > without it won't be around :) This even extends to the 'net thing - > people will be asked not to BitTorrent and the defaults blocked, > doesn't mean they couldn't disobey that or work around it, but on the > other hand, if it doesn't rack up a huge bandwidth bill or interfere > with other's usage of the space / network / etc it shouldn't matter. > If you accidentally left your client downloading something when you > left home and it pops up when you wake your laptop I'm not gonna come > running and screaming if you get my drift :) > > -dm > > > > On Feb 21, 1:26 pm, J2M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I know there was a discussion on this a while ago, but I am trying to > > work out what to do here as the numbers grow. > > > > I think we need to get something in place that acts as an agreement > > with our regular coworkers but don't want some onerous legalspeak > > document but rather something that embodies the attitude and ethos > > whilst ensuring people are clear about things like security and abuse > > of wifi etc. > > > > What do other coworking sites do? > > > > Thanks > > James > > > > -- http://tinobox.org/wordpress/ linkedin, facebook, twitter, etc. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
