One of the many things we thought about...we ended up with "cubbies" rather than lockers. Seems to be a popular addition :-)
Mike Alex Hillman wrote: > What sorts of things do people want to lock up/leave? > > We've added lockers (found on craigslist twice now for VERY cheap). > They get used for various things, but I've noticed for the most part, > they're not actually being locked (which I find interesting) and just > being used for bags, binders, etc. > > Without the ability to have permanent desks, I see that people would > want a place to leave things like desk supplies, but what of those > needs to be locked? > > -Alex > > > > -- > ----- > -- > ----- > Alex Hillman > im always developing something > digital: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > helpful: www.unstick.me <http://www.unstick.me> > visual: www.dangerouslyawesome.com <http://www.dangerouslyawesome.com> > local: www.indyhall.org <http://www.indyhall.org> > > > > On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 9:54 PM, Muskie <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > So cowork...@bob is moving along. We keep showing the space and we > have our first paying customer, but we have obsticals, we will be the > first coworking space with an official Olympic art installation, this > sounds impressive but what it means is our coworking space is > basically a mess for a month or more. We plan to just let people have > that month free and if they need to work badly we'll accomodate them, > but for a variety of reasons we had to say yes to the Olympics... > > But that isn't what this post is about. I'm showing the space and one > of the things people ask for is lockable storage. We have some desks > and cabinets that lock, but I thought we'll just buy enough lockers > for one per coworker, not even knowing how many coworkers our space > can fit. 20 is our cashflow positive number and the space is easily > big enough for that. People who have seen our space and the > competition note our size, what we can't offer in this location is > dedicated desks or private meeting rooms. To solve the last one will > require expanding the space. > > Before we expand we need paying customers and in order to get paying > customers we may need to provide them with lockers. We're offering a > flat rate, cheaper than most competition, though more competition > seems to emerge every week in Vancouver. Luckily for BOB we're a non- > profit and though our location isn't ideal, we have some goodwill and > allies in the community and we're all for there being more than one > coworking space, we just think our mandate can be expanded to include > providing coworking, meeting, and event space as part of our economic > and business development services. > > Anyway long story short should we add yet another start up expense and > provide every potential coworker with their own locker, requiring us > to buy 20+ lockers soon. Or should we just buy one rack allowing us > to potentially get bargains and then charge as other coworking spaces > I've researched do, an additional monthly fee for dedicated lockable > storage space? > > We have storage space, lots of room for bikes or coats, just nothing > that locks beyond a few drawers and file cabinets, which I'm currently > offering on a first come first serve basis... > > Cheers, > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > <mailto:coworking%[email protected]>. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > > > -- > > 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. -- Mike Pihlman TracyVirtualOffice "A Coworking Community" 95 W. 11th Street, Suite 203 Tracy, CA 95376 Mobile: 209-608-4340 Web: TracyVirtualOffice.com Twitter: @TracyVirtOffice Skype: tracyvirtualoffice1 -- 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.
