I am a space catalyst, still in the planning stages of a coworking space. While I have not been able to dedicate as much time as I would have liked to for the coworking initiatives, my interest in coworking remains very high.
I am glad to see the effort to keep this domain name community focused. I am willing to contribute $250 from my own pocket to help the cause. Regards, Ashok Nare CollabCubes Coworking (Work In Progress) http://collabcubes.com Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.ashoknare.com On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 1:09 PM, Matthew Wettergreen <[email protected] > wrote: > This is an incredible thing that Alex did by contacting the community > members to make sure the domain stays community focused. Thanks Alex. > > Caroline Collective and myself will contribute $500 for the domain. > > Matthew Wettergreen > Caroline Collective > > > On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Alex Hillman < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> A few days ago, the group received an e-mail from Gerrit at The Coworking >> Intitute, the owners of coworking.com >> >> >> http://groups.google.com/group/coworking/browse_thread/thread/5e4e84c5ef869ae >> >> As he mentioned in the e-mail, he and his partner Bernie were recently >> approached by a commercial entity with interest in buying coworking.comfrom >> them. While the offer was "one they could not refuse", they agreed to >> turn to our community first and give us a chance to counter-offer. >> >> I've been corresponding with Gerrit on the side and have had a very >> positive dialogue. We've agreed to a counter offer (which they have >> accepted) of 5000 Euros, or ~$6800 USD. >> >> I've never spent this kind of money on a domain before, so I've spoken >> with a group of some of the longest-standing contributors to the coworking >> community to see if I was off my rocker. We've agreed that this is a great >> opportunity to put a stronger stake in the ground for the brand of >> coworking, the core values that this list upholds, and a better technique of >> communicating with people who are just finding our community. >> >> What do I think should be done with the domain? >> >> *My plan is as follows:* >> >> The wiki, blog, and google group will be aliased appropriately from >> subdomains of the coworking.com domain. Coworking.com will contain a home >> page explaining those properties and their contents, as well as some curated >> press links that will be user submitted. Additional ideas are welcome, but >> this is where I'd like to start! >> >> In the last 24 hours, I've kicked off a pledge of $500 from my own pocket >> (IndyHall still has some debt to pay back from our move last spring and we >> consider that priority), and have been followed by the following pledges: >> >> $500 - Alex Hillman/IndyHall >> $500 - Tara Hunt/Citizen Space >> $250 - Felicity Chapman/Cubes & Crayons >> $250 - Steven Heath/AltSpace >> $1000 - Susan Evans & Jacob Sayles/Office Nomads >> $500 - Chris Messina >> $500 - Patrick Tanguay/Station C >> >> That means we've been pledged $3500, just about halfway to the $7k mark we >> need (including paypal fees and impending wire fees). That's enough for me >> to transfer 50% of the asking price to the sellers to begin the transfer to >> us. >> >> Now...what are these contributors getting for their hard earned money? >> I've come up with a very simple structure to encourage consistent >> contribution amounts: >> >> • *Any contributor of $250* or more will have lifetime (of the domain) >> access to a subdomain of their choice (http://yourchoice.coworking.com), >> so long as the content of the subdomain falls within the values of the >> Coworking Community Manifesto: >> >> Community >> Collaboration >> Openness >> Diversity >> Sustainability >> see Citizen Space <http://citizenspace.us/about/our-philosophy/> and >> Station-C <http://station-c.com/en/community-manifesto> for citation of >> what those values mean >> >> • *Any contributor of $500* or more will get a subdomain of their choice >> as well, and additionally up to 5 email addresses hosted at a Google for >> your Domain account set up for coworking.com >> >> • *Any contributor of $1000* will get a subdomain, 5 e-mail addresses, >> and a "sponsor" link in the footer of the coworking.com home page linking >> to the coworking community/space website of their choice. >> >> No single contributor over $1000 will be accepted to give enough fair >> chances to contributors across the community. >> >> *There's no tricks, no scams, no funny business. * >> >> Disclosure: I will be maintaining the domain name and its DNS records on >> behalf of the community until, at some point in the future, there is an >> entity that supports *this community* that can take over. I will also be >> donating web hosting, again, until an entity that supports this community >> takes over. >> >> How do you become a contributor? >> >> Go to this form: >> >> https://indyhall.wufoo.com/forms/help-buy-coworkingcom/ >> >> Everything I've outlined in this e-mail is there as well. >> >> I look forward to this rallying point for the group, and having a great >> domain name to continue the growth of this community. >> >> -Alex >> >> /ah >> indyhall.org >> coworking in philadelphia >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > > > -- > Matthew Wettergreen, Ph.D > Caroline Collective > Co-Founder // Co-Director > 4820 Caroline st // Houston // TX // 77004 > http://carolinecollective.cc > > Rice University > Engineering and Design for Art and Artifact Conservation (EDAAC) > Program Director > http://edaac.rice.edu > > e: [email protected] > w: http://matthewwettergreen.com > c: 713.825.4613 > t: @organprinter > > -- > 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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