The battle against those who care about nothing more than to pump dry any term or trend that could up their profits is going to be an endless one, but by securing this domain we give ourselves a much better chance of successfully defending our word from being co-opted and robbed of its meaning.
This is an important step in the evolution of this movement and a unique opportunity for us to come together and make coworking even stronger and better positioned to help more people than ever before. NWC is in for $1k. Let's rock this. Tony --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Work City - Work with, not for. Web: http://nwcny.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/nwc Email: [email protected] Phone: (888) 823-3494 On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 1:32 PM, Alex Hillman <[email protected]>wrote: > All, > > If you're able to contribute on ANY way, please go to this form: > > https://indyhall.wufoo.com/forms/help-buy-coworkingcom/ > > <https://indyhall.wufoo.com/forms/help-buy-coworkingcom/>Fill it out, and > "check out" using paypal to send the funds. > > If for some reason Paypal's checkout doesn't work as intended, which seems > to be happening to some, you can send the money to us directly, > [email protected]. > > Thanks again for all of the incredible community support. > > -Alex > > /ah > indyhall.org > coworking in philadelphia > > > On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 1:29 PM, Ashok Nare <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> 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. >> 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. > 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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