Dear Liza, Chris, Mark, Lui and everyone interested, I am Simone, Co-founder of a Co-working place in Brussels/Belgium, which is part of a family of spaces called The Hub www.the-hub.net. I am also a guardian of a very special rural place called Axladitsa in Greece (nearest airport Thessaloniki). This May 25-28 there will be a gathering happening which I though could interest you, especially as regars to this conversation thread. It is about The Art of Hosting Meaning in Place. I post some information below, more can be found at http://www.axladitsa.org/calendar.htm ro write directly to [email protected]
The core question of this gathering is: What do we know - as hosts of places and initiatives - about the relationship between the powers of place and cultivating our collective capacity to create a life- affirming world? We invite you into a collective inquiry of Hosting Meaning in Place – exploring why more and more of us - whether in urban or rural locations - are being called to: • Host physical places such as learning & retreat centres, hubs, eco villages, etc. • Convene people in our organisations and communities to meet our complex issues systemically, • Bring greater meaning into our close relationships, contexts and family systems. There are three lines of inquiry that we wish to focus on: - Hosting Meaning in Learning/Retreat Centres, etc.: How to bring forth and capture what people know, who are deeply connected with a particular place as stewards, about how the process of hosting impacts the powers of place and how the place impacts the people - Initiatives/Connection in Communities of Location: How does being conscious of the place strengthen the meaning of these initiatives and our ability to work with complexity? - Work/Innovation Spaces or Hubs: How do these places and the space they provide impact our urban environments and the way we live and work in cities? Hosting Meaning in Place is intended for hosts of places /spaces, leaders, consultant, managers, mothers, fathers, young people, and pioneers You can download the Registration Form here: http://www.axladitsa.org/calendar.htm to find out about Standard, Non-profit/Independent Fees, including Early Bird rates. To Register: please send completed form to [email protected] Remember: Hosting Meaning in Place is the third and final collective inquiry of the Axladitsa Immersion – 11-28 May 2009. For further information – see http://www.axladitsa.org/calendar.htm Who we are - Your Hosting Team We are a group of practitioners who work in places of learning, organisations and communities, hosting newness that creates resilience and sustainability. We are curious about how hosting meaning in place – individually and collectively – impacts what we practice, how we practice and where, so we can transform the contexts we are in. If you have any quesrtions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Economy should never be the reason for not coming. We work with the principle "pay what you can and a little more" and we do have a few scholarships available. Please start a conversation with us. Warm regards, Simone On Apr 14, 5:34 am, Liza Loop <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Chris, > > Here are some answers from one of the Fiber High partners, myself. > > 1. We have not been able to rent our cubicles during the last 6 > months. Although we had not been familiar with the term "coworking" > when we started we believe it is compatible with the intent of our > facility. > > 2. The coworking folks seem to have a vibrant network we are tapping into. > > 3. Many "coworkers" have extensive experience on university campuses > and in creative companies. When they go out on their own, either > voluntarily or because they are pushed, they miss having colleagues to > collaborate with close at hand. Coworking may fill in this gap > (depending on who else shows up at the facility). > > 4. Many digital natives (as compared with us older digital > immigrants) enjoy working in noisy, somewhat chaotic venues. They > understand how to work without paper and can, therefore, be quite > productive with just their brains, their laptops and some ingestable > stimulants. The rest of us benefit from the restricted visual and > auditory field created by cubicle or office walls. We need our desks > full of pens, paper and filing cabinets. Although we may be unhappy > with the enforced isolation of working at home, coworking at a commons > table in a large room doesn't appeal either. > > 5. As an educator, I am especially interested in how to create > environments that support learning for a wide variety of folks, both > young and old. For me, a coworking space is a laboratory for > observation of learning within a population of geeks. > > Hope this is helpful to you. > > Cheers, > > Liza Loop > > On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 1:46 PM, Chris Conrey <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm doing some writing research here and I'm curious as to why those of you > > who have started/are starting coworking spaces are motivated to do so? > > Some high level motivations would be great for my article. > > Thanks, > > Chris Conrey > > chrisconrey.com > > Human->Geek Relations at Integrum > > Outspoken Voice at Gangplank > > @conrey on Twitter --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. 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