how would u control the "visa" within the space? Would it be a login feature?
Kelli Franklin Architectural Design On Aug 25, 2008, at 7:47 PM, Gregory Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've got to imagine that Girafflabs (in seattle) would be keen to > participate. > > Reading the original email and the rest of this thread, it is almost > more like a "visa" system than simply a passport. With each coworking > space offering different "visas" which allow for dfferent types of > usage > or terms of use > > Julie wrote: >> In my opinion, the more global, the better! >> >> Julie Duryea >> http://www.soukllc.com >> >> On Aug 24, 2:10 am, Tijs Teulings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Is this something you would want to expand to a worldwide scale? We >>> would love to be in as well, Nomadz is located in The Hague, The >>> Netherlands. An area with a lot of expats, so US workers looking for >>> temp space do probably come by here now and then. Like >>> Citizenspace we >>> already offer free drop-ins so we would not have to change any rules >>> on our side. >>> >>> Tijs >>> nomadz.nl >>> >>> On 22 aug 2008, at 21:06, Julie wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> Space Owners, >>>> >>>> Susan of Office Nomads in Seattle and I (in Portland) have been >>>> toying >>>> with the idea of letting our members work in the other's space if/ >>>> when >>>> they travel between Portland & Seattle (spurred by a few member >>>> requests + some frequent traffic between our two PNW cities). >>>> >>>> I know I've gotten many member requests about where to work when >>>> I'm >>>> in in fill-in-the-blank city. Example: Just last week, one of >>>> souk's >>>> repeat meeting room users was looking for a meeting room in San >>>> Francisco and called me saying, "I need a souk in SF!". I hit the >>>> wiki list and checked for spaces with meeting rooms and referred >>>> her >>>> to a couple. >>>> >>>> If you are experiencing this and want to expand upon it, Office >>>> Nomads >>>> and I have come up with some simple terms to start communicating to >>>> our members that while we're not 24 hour fitness all-club, our >>>> mobile >>>> workers have options. >>>> >>>> SIMPLE. Repeat, SIMPLE. For simplicity's sake, and lack of real >>>> data, and taking into account how each space varies from drop-in >>>> and >>>> meeting room availability (O.N. and souk offer both) and tracking >>>> systems, we've decided to allow members of our spaces to do up to 3 >>>> daily drop-ins to each other's space. Again, to keep it simple, >>>> we'll >>>> leave it up to the space what they offer after 3 daily drop-ins, as >>>> well as leave it up to the space whether that drop-in may include >>>> meeting room usage and/or discounts on meetings - and certainly >>>> caveat >>>> to our respective members that spaces vary in terms of offerings >>>> (not >>>> cookie cutter). Can we agree though, that those first 3 drop- >>>> ins are >>>> free? At least Susan and I have ;) >>>> >>>> Side note: If there are any questions as to whether that person is >>>> actually a member of the space they claim, we believe we should all >>>> feel free to email each other to verify. Though, it's difficult to >>>> imagine this would be abused. >>>> >>>> Of course, we're certainly not looking to make this exclusive to >>>> the >>>> west coast by any means. At the same time, we recognize that >>>> Seattle >>>> and Portland are not a hotbed of cross-country and international >>>> city >>>> hoppers. Non-west coasters & USA space owners though, please >>>> chime >>>> in. Please! >>>> >>>> At the very least we see this move and "offer" to our existing and >>>> future members as a message for how coworking spaces are connected, >>>> and that mobile workers (mavericks) can have "home bases" when they >>>> travel, not to mention a move to formalize some great cross >>>> marketing. >>>> >>>> If you want to be included, just holler here. If you're in, >>>> Susan and >>>> I will communicate that out to our members. We recognize that >>>> there >>>> may be many t's to cross and i's to dots here, but aim to get this >>>> simple move underway asap between the two of us. You too? >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Julie Duryea >>>> >>>> Julie Duryea >>>> owner, souk >>>> 322 nw 6th avenue, suite 200 >>>> portland, oregon 97209 >>>> p | 503.517.6900 >>>> f | 503.517.6901 >>>> skype julieduryea >>>> http://www.soukllc.com >>>> tweet julsd >>>> >>> -- >>> Tijs Teulings >>> tel: +31645004824http://tijs.org >>> >>> >> >> > > -- > ---- > Gregory Heller > http://www.GregoryHeller.com > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
