Paul, Tony makes some great points about noise reduction which depending on the materials of your walls and floor can be a problem. Situations which require discussion aloud are perfect for a conference room setting but some spaces just don't have that ability.
We were able to secure a donated conference table from a company called Icestone (http://www.icestone.biz/) and a local metal working shop in Houston created legs for us (http://mergestudios.com). IceStone is extremely happy with the table and it's great marketing for them to have a functional showroom of sorts in a coworking space. In case anyone else would like to contact them, their rep is Guthrie Jones ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). We have been getting a large number of requests for use of the conference room from our tenants and the community. The model that we're currently trying out is that Tenants and Coworkers may use the space as long as needed, reserved in advance with a google calendar specific to the conference room. Non-paying community members may rent out the conference room for $25/hour. Flat screens are nice but you might want to focus on portability and finances by instead having a projector and a portable screen for events that may not need to take place in the conference room. Matthew On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 11:45 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > All, > > Looking for some feedback. Since we opened we have been flooded with > requests for use of our conference room. As we are a small space, the > conference room is one of the primary gathering areas. Yes we have a > few private offices and 1 office with multiple desks, and the lounge, > but the conference room is the big area. > > I have no problems renting out the space on weekends/evening as member > useage will be low then....but I'm looking for feedback from those of > you with only 1 conference room like we have. How have you managed > it? > > I'm guessing that this is a good problem to have, that being more > interest then space. There is space available behind us, and we're > considering taking that over which would allow us the ability to have > a "dedicated" conference room. > > So.... if you only have one conference room how have you manged it? > If you have more than one conference room have you seen a significant > ROI on it? What kind of rate are you charging to non-members for use > of the conference room? > > And lastly those of you that have Direct TV or something similar and a > Flat screen is it good or bad? Does it provide a good vibe, or bad? > Response from your members, etc.... > > Thanks so much! > > Paul > > > > -- Matthew Wettergreen coFounder - Caroline Collective http://carolinecollective.cc cell: 713.825.4613 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] twitter: organ_printer http://matthewwettergreen.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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
