Wow, Derek it sounds like you all are working on some awesome projects! Can't wait to hear more about how they turn out - definitely keep us all in the loop.
Susan On Aug 30, 8:46 am, Tony Bacigalupo <[email protected]> wrote: > Super cool Derek! I am very much looking forward to learning more as you are > able to share. > > On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 12:57 AM, Derek Neighbors > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > Tony, > > > I suppose I should blog more. We have been running > >http://gangplankhq.comas a community centered model for almost two > > years. That is, no one pays rent or membership and it's open to > > everyone. I hope to announce some additional goodness to the list in > > the next few months. If all goes well we should be announcing a major > > public partnership to fund co-working as well as a major university > > sponsorship to announce publicly funded co-working on a major > > university campus. By the end of the year we hope to have two working > > publicly funded models that fit the "community center" or "library" > > model. > > > I don't know who mentioned it before, but a conference or meetup on > > Co-Working would be pretty cool. Im too opinionated so generally > > don't talk much on the list as I think real estate models are actually > > counter to the spirit of co-working and membership models are > > difficult to do right. Just wanted to validate your thoughts Tony and > > say that it's entirely possible. > > > -- > > Derek Neighbors > > Gangplank > > > On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 9:13 AM, Tony > > Bacigalupo<[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello all! > > > > So rarely do I start a thread! On the occasional Saturdays when I am not > > > traveling, I often end up thinking-- which sometimes winds up resulting > > in a > > > blog post. > > > The basic gist of my thinking lately has been centered around public > > > libraries, and the fact that they're tax-funded community centers where > > > people gather to learn, work, go to events, and more. The overlaps with > > our > > > coworking spaces are obvious-- but what about their models? What might > > > coworking have to learn from how libraries came to be? > > > Much much more here:http://bit.ly/kZFJF > > > What thoughts have you had on coworking as a public service? > > > Hope you are all enjoying your Saturdays! > > > > Tony > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > New Work City - Coworking NYC style. > > > Phone: (888) 823-3494 > > > Email: [email protected] > > > Web:http://nwcny.com > > > Twitter:http://twitter.com/nwc --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
