At CS, we treat events as open houses, but sometimes put the 'cost' on the organizers (who can collect $$ if they want). We charge the organizers a convenience fee (ours is ridiculously low = $25)...if they want to recoup it, they can ask attendees.
T On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 11:42 AM, Lisa Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not being an owner YET these are instinctual thoughts, but I would think > the event could also be a venue for getting more customers and limiting it > to paid members would prevent that whole angle. On the other hand, if the > event is rather expensive and you are seeking to reward your members and > don't want freeloaders.. then you limit it. > > Just my .02.. > > Lisa > > On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 2:27 PM, Tony Bacigalupo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > Coworking space owners! > > > > I was wondering how you handled running events vis a vis your > > membership systems. If you're running a lunchtime or evening event for > > a couple of hours, do attendees need to have paid memberships and/or > > pay for admission that day? > > > > It seems to me to be a bit of a tricky gray area between being an open > > community space versus being a membership-based business. > > > > Thoughts? Tips? > > > > Thanks! > > Tony > > CoworkingNY > > > > > > > -- > Lisa Thompson > > Media PA CoWorking Meetup > http://socialnetwork.meetup.com/964/ > Blog: http://theoffice.tumblr.com > Tweeter: @lithompson friendfeed: http://friendfeed.com/theoffice > > > > > -- tara 'miss rogue' hunt coFounder Citizen Agency (www.citizenagency.com) blog: www.horsepigcow.com phone: 415-694-1951 fax: 415-727-5335 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
