I like the idea from the whiteboard that there will be a space for the nascent groups to have a discussion (a la meetup.com's feature for groups that don't exist, minus the paywall).
Also, being able to tag yourself - as an organizer, a casual participant, or someone who just likes to be social. I think folks on the list often fall into the catalyst/organizer/thought leader realm, but there are a lot more people out there who just want these spaces to exist so they can get to work in the right environment. Also, is there a "Coworking Planet" right now? Sometimes watching an aggregated feed is much easier than maintaining your own list of blogs. How about http://friendfeed.com/rooms/coworking for a start? If there's going to be some sort of an IRC brainstorm or Skype chat I can sit in on for the coworking site, please put me on that short list. I would be overjoyed to be a part of such a noble project as selling the world on coworking and connecting people who want to work together. Peace, Ryan Price ryanpricemedia.com @liberatr On Nov 6, 2008, at 10:12 PM, nickf wrote: > > > > On Nov 6, 6:27 pm, "Tony Bacigalupo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> As I understand it, a couple of people like Tara and Chris and >> others have >> direct control over things like the blog and the wiki's design and >> structure, and they're people I think we would largely trust to >> continue to >> do right by the movement in implementing a new design (with, of >> course, our >> input along the way), but, they're also probably the least likely >> to have >> time to allocate for doing so :-) >> >> So we'd need someone to step up and take leadership on it. > > I think you hit the nail on the head, Tony. > > If there is one thing I have learned through being involved in large > collaborative groups of people its that every group needs a leader of > sorts. They may not be the person who rolls up their sleeves and does > the heavy lifting, they just need to be the decision maker. > > Even if Tara, Chris, and whoever else who may be administrating the > sites and tools don't see themselves as the leaders, the perception of > this community seems to tell me we see them as the individuals in > charge. It doesn't me we need to have a hierarchy to our structure, > but we need someone to be the decision makers. W > > e also need people to lead various efforts, someone who has time to > properly lead them if we want them to get done. The people that do the > heavy lifting can look to the project leads for direction, and the > group leaders for making the tough decisions. > > My 2 cents anyway. > > - Nick > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
