It's something we struggle with. We do not charge members to meet with guests in the lougne areas or their cubicle. Most of our members' guests are quite considerate. There are, however those who abuse our hospitality. We try to deal with this individually when it comes up.
--David David Kominsky [email protected] 503-206-3500 CubeSpace 622 SE Grand Avenue Portland, OR 97214 On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 4:49 AM, Nia <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, everyone! > My name is Nia and I am writing a business plan for a coworking place > in Istanbul. > In my discussions with potential partners, we stumbled over the > question of how to deal with guests of the members. We plan on having > a lounge area that will serve coffee and snacks. We cannot agree on > whether > 1) if a member invites a friend over for a chat but has not booked a > conference room, we should charge the guest at the daily rate (or an > hourly rate, or a guest rate, etc...) OR > 2) guests should be allowed in for free as long as they are invited by > a member, only sit in the lounge and do not use the internet. > > Because the lounge is meant for the members, we do not want to get the > reputation of a cafe with internet that is open to everyone, but on > the other hand, we do not want to restrict members from inviting > people for informal meetings. > > What is the policy of your respective coworking places? What do you > think makes most sense in the context of a coworking place? > > Thanks a lot! > > Best, > Nia > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
