Alot of us work as hard as we play and alcohol can be a part of that. The considerations that should be made for alcohol in your space need to be that of proactivity and safety. The proactive measures (as mentioned by Alex) are to make sure that your insurance includes the ability to consume on premises, and having a respectful community, both measures are some of the basic tenants of a successful coworking space anyway.
A safety standpoint might not apply to most spaces depending on the size of the coworking space, type of events held, number of those in attendance and amount of alcohol consumed. Caroline Collective has held very large events since opening, some have been composed of our tight knit respecting community who watches out for each other. Others have been purely money plays, with those in attendance looking to get free drinks and see a show. If you are going to hold a large event with possible underagers in attendance, make sure to at least give the impression that you're trying to control the drinking by having someone ID at the door and either stamp or use wristbands. We too have never sold alcohol due to the additional legal issues that come with that (as mentioned by David). However, this doesn't completely cover you so my recommendation would be to consider the type of people who will be attending your events and refer back to the proactive measures instead. Matthew Caroline Collective On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 5:27 AM, Daniel Fiker <[email protected]> wrote: > I totally agree, we had three french here last month that were working > for afeganistan on communication projects and most of the times, 6 o´clock > was beer time. > > > *DANIEL ZIERZ FIKER*** > > *PTO DE CONTATO|--|(11) **3063-2049*** > > * www.ptodecontato.com.br* > > > ------------------------------ > *De:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *Em > nome de *Alex Hillman > *Enviada em:* terça-feira, 6 de janeiro de 2009 19:40 > *Para:* [email protected] > *Assunto:* [Coworking] Re: Alcoholic Bev. > > After all, we're their office, and they get to set their own "corporate" >> drug and alcohol policy. >> > > Bingo. I agree wholeheartedly! > > -Alex > > -- > ----- > -- > ----- > Alex Hillman > im always developing something > digital: [email protected] > visual: www.dangerouslyawesome.com > local: www.indyhall.org > > > > On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 2:31 PM, David Kominsky <[email protected]>wrote: > >> At CubeSpace we have a BYO policy, except for certain occasions when we >> provide it. We never charge for it, because that gets into all sorts of >> regulations we want no part of. Generally, it only appears for events, >> parties and other celebrations, but sometimes someone will bring in some >> beer on the random afternoon. After all, we're their office, and they get to >> set their own "corporate" drug and alcohol policy. ;-) >> >> --David >> >> -- >> David Kominsky >> [email protected] >> 503-206-3500 >> CubeSpace >> 622 SE Grand Avenue >> Portland, OR 97214 >> >> >> >> > > > -- Matthew Wettergreen, Ph.D 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
