There's been a number of great discussions around a "passport" concept: http://groups.google.com/group/coworking/search?group=coworking&q=passport&qt_g=Search+this+group
The consensus is that it should likely be a low-tech, space-to-space agreement. A number of spaces have listed interest here: http://coworking.pbwiki.com/CoworkingVisa -Alex, IndyHall, Philadelphia -- ----- -- ----- Alex Hillman im always developing something digital: [EMAIL PROTECTED] visual: www.dangerouslyawesome.com local: www.indyhall.org On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 2:54 PM, Mike Schinkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > Hi all: > > In doing our planning for an Atlanta Coworking space we are finding that > the > Atlanta geography doesn't lend itself to one central location where > everyone > is wiling to be. That is probably true anywhere, but in Atlanta with poorly > planned public transit and no natural boundary (i.e. no mountains, big > rivers, or oceans) it is especially bad because we are spread out all over > the place. > > Fortunately there is somewhat of a concensus on Midtown (which doesn't both > me because I live in Midtown :-) but there are factions vying for other > locations. We briefly entertained the idea of multiple concurrent spaces > but > it will be hard enough to launch one space let alone two or three. > > However yesterday I met with a former entrepreneurs and current mayor of a > town east of Decatur called Avondale Estates and he has a ~2000 sqft house > that he bought to turn into an incubator and is now considering making it a > coworking space. The problem is that from our list of people who are > interested almost nobody would travel to Avondale Estates although I'm sure > there could be people in Decatur I don't know cultivated to use it. > > During our discussions the idea of federating came up, i.e. making it > possible for "members" of either facility to be able to go to the other > facility kind of how like members of the YMCA when they were independent > could go to any YMCA. > > So how are those of you in cities with a large number of people handling > this? Have you thought of any kind of federation within a city? > > -Mike Schinkel > President; NewClarity LLC > Organizer: Atlanta Web Entrepreneurs > http://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeschinkel > http://mikeschinkel.com > http://atlanta-web.org > > P.S. And while I'm on the subject, have any of you thought about federation > across cities, i.e. to allow members from one city to use space in other > cities? > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
