We (at The Hacker Dojo) went with small lockers to start (for our electronics hobbyists - so they don't have to put a sensitive arduino board in their backpack - we have a lot of bike riders ) and for very small items (though that may not be as practical as we thought. We figure if you can carry it out in a shopping bag then you should (unless it's breakable like I said) So we are going to repurpose our small lockers so they are larger and offer less of them. Don't have a huge amount of demand for them at the moment.
We are getting requests for larger lockers. We charge $30 for 6 months of usage of the ones we have now. Our overall philosophy is you bring it, you take it with you. We have some items on long-term loan (from our members) available on a first come, first serve basis (monitors and keyboards primarily) Our membership knows they are taking a risk leaving their equipment but do so anyway to support the community. For our members, paying a little extra for storage is fine (vs paying extra for membership for the privilege of using the lockers). It's not always a value add - let them pay a few bucks extra if they really need it. Run a pilot program or something and just get say 5 0r 10 lockers and see what people do... I love the cubicle idea - I may suggest that to our group. Best Regards, Donna 'SnowWrite' Snow Office Manager, Hacker Dojo hackerdojo.com Owner, C Squared Enterprises illuminating your path to Open Source (relaunching 01/01/10) On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 2:05 PM, coworking <[email protected]>wrote: > We purchased rolling locking storage with a seating option on the top > from a used office furniture outlet (dual purpose storage/seating). We > currently offer storage at no additional charge, as we're in the > process of building our coworking community in Chattanooga. We have > plans to charge a modest monthly fee in the future as our space fills > and grows a waiting list. We had also thought of lockers, but didn't > want them stationary in the space. > > At your service, > Denise Reed > www.theconciergelevel.com > > On Dec 12, 4:07 pm, Alex Hillman <[email protected]> wrote: > > Awesome tip and example of prototyping and iterating in the real world! > > > > -Alex > > > > /ah > > indyhall.org > > coworking in philadelphia > > > > On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 3:57 PM, Sarah Neal (OurSpace) <ourspace.sa@ > > > > gmail.com> wrote: > > > Maybe you could add 5 lockers and 10 cubbies. See which get used more > > > and then base your decision on what your customers actually use the > > > most. > > > > > On Dec 11, 8:54 pm, Muskie <[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]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]<coworking%[email protected]> > <coworking%[email protected]<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]<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. 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