Hear, hear, Patrick. I think the definition of "working + being social" is FAR too generic to "define" coworking. I don't really care if it's a noun, verb, or an adjective -- Geoff said it best, that the *spirit* of coworking is what's unique and has ultimately drawn us all to this concept and movement.
Coworking is a movement that has taken several forms -- and I've made my qualms with some of those forms public. But as long as you are fostering and preaching the core values (collaboration, openness, community, accessibility, sustainability), I don't care how, where, or why you are doing it. And on that note -- we should probably put those core values on the main page of the wiki. Tara summed them up nicely for the Citizen Space web site here: http://citizenspace.us/about/our-philosophy/ I removed most of Patrick's email, and left the two paragraphs that really get to the heart of it for me... Hillary [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Jelly and Cream Cheese, not being location based were making the act > of coworking be the community event. The secret sauce is/was the act > of going there together and working and more. When you have a space, > you can hold other events, foster community in more ways. Whatever the > model the fact remains that we are doing more than just working and > randomly talking with people who are there. > > I think making it a verb and trying to make it "individuals working > and interacting" is reductive, it takes away from what a coworking > space wants to / should be building; a group, a community. Working > next to someone and socialising is being a normal human with human > contact needs. Working together and building something more together > is coworking. The "place" can be a permanent physical place, it can be > a place the group swarms to but the ulterior motives are more than > just socializing because you happen to be next to each other. > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
