Hi, Like other commenters already, I'm of two minds on this. Sounds interesting initially but then do we want to officialize things like that? Really not sure. You're right, a more appropriate place to discuss this is needed. Maybe more a Camp on the side in Austin than a panel though?
A couple of things: - I've mentioned this in other similar threads but the whole providing services aspect probably wouldn't work internationnaly, different laws, different needs. I think that aspect is more US centric because of the number of spaces and, well, we just don't need some of those things in Canada and Europe. I know Tara mentioned previously that it could simply be optional but I think it should be investigated in a bit more details before anything is even organized and maybe it's a more structured US group for common services and a larger, more starfishy group for international awareness and collaboration? - On the group aspect, I don't know about international regulations and how it could work but for another project I've been investigating COOPs here in Québec/Canada and there is a format for a member owned COOP that offers services. Members who own the organizations + members who subscribe to services. Again, I'm still uncertain about the need for such a thing but a COOP model might be an interesting avenue if people want to go in a more structured direction. Patrick station-c.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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
