Thanks everyone, did any of you start with a template or just knock up you main points?
I don't want to re-invent the wheel, so if anybody has one they don't mind sharing that would be perfect, otherwise, I will post on the wiki whatever I come up with. James The Werks Brighton, UK On Feb 21, 9:40 pm, Derek Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Our space is an ever changing work-in-progress so we didn¹t want to spell > out too many terms if things could change later. Hours change. Services > change. Our tour and interview pretty much lays out the community side of > the space and the ³don¹t be an A$$hole² if you want to feel comfortable here > part. > > We needed some sort of contract per our lease. Later, our insurance company > smiled upon it as well. The basics are simply 1. Don¹t do anything illegal > here 2. Don¹t fall down the stairs. Or if you do, it¹s not our fault. 3. > Don¹t blame us if somebody takes your computer. 4. Confidentiality. There¹s > other legalese in there, but those are the main points and nobody has ever > cared to argue with us over the fine points. It¹s two pages long. It looks > official. Folks sign it. Our lawyer, insurance company, and landlord are > happy. They go into a file drawer. > > Actually, given the work that folks do here, the confidentiality point is > quite important to people, and to some organizations we work with, and > pointing it out in our master agreement seems to make people more > comfortable working here. We frame it in a mutual respect way when > explaining why it¹s there. > > Issues like abuse of network resources, printers, etc. have been dealt with > via the member community and settled at happy hour. ³I¹m sorry I hogged the > printer. Have another marguerite on me.² It happens. Nobody seems shy about > sharing their opinions here. The community grows. > > I hope this helps. If you have any questions, send them our way. > > Derek > Suite133 > Tacoma, WA > > On 2/21/08 11:59 AM, "Alex Hillman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > This is a case by case basis. Generally speaking, a "don't be an a$$hole" > > clause covers most issues. > > > This goes back to the core values of coworking, the pillar of which is > > community. A community breeds respect, and when members/users respect one > > another as well as the space they spend all of their time in, they simply > > *know better*. This is the sort of thing you can sort out in your interview > > process as well. > > > It's simply my (and others) opinion that keeping things low to the ground > > and > > "casual, but understanding" is mostly in tune with the ethos of what goes > > on. > > > Again. Case by case, and do what makes the most sense for your space and > > your > > members. Just our (IndyHall and my own) 2 cents. > > > -Alex, IndyHall, Philadelphia > > > On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 2:36 PM, 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 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. 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