Looks like I've missed out :( I should check in here more often. On the positive note it is super-fantastically-awesome that the money has been raised.
I'd happily contribute a personal contribution in the future, there is so much value in the group, movement and wiki. On 15 February 2010 22:52, Alex Hillman <[email protected]>wrote: > WOW. In under 24 hours, we've raised pledges for over $9000. Over $6000 of > that has been paid via paypal. > > *That said, I'm putting new sponsorships ON HOLD.* I think that we will be > able to come up with new, shared value propositions to allow more spaces to > find themselves sponsor links on the coworking.com homepage. If you feel > like you missed out, PLEASE DON'T. > > This is NOT the end. It's only the beginning! I promise I won't be running > off with your money :) > > If you've pledged, or attempted to fill out the form and did not pay via > paypal at the end, I'll be sending you a paypal money request. I'd like to > ask that pledges are paid by end of business day tomorrow. > > Once again, this has been incredible, and went much much much faster than I > thought it would. I'm so proud of this community, and look forward to > sharing the value of our new domain together! > > > /ah > indyhall.org > coworking in philadelphia > > > On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 5:32 PM, Alex Hillman < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Awesome, Raines. Thanks for your support! >> >> I said this to Mike Schinkel, offline: >> >> This isn't buying a membership to an association. This is contributing to >>> a specific cause, and being a sponsor. >> >> I think that we're on the path to form something more organic and >>> accurately representative of what this community needs instead of bucketing >>> it into a co-op or any other organization just because we know what that >>> looks like. >> >> I think we're getting more organized, and there's no doubt about >>> that...and I'm happy to lead the charge and have the community's support :) >> >> >> Hang tight, everybody. Talleying everything up now, in terms of pledges >> and actual payments. A few people have requested paypal invoices, they'll be >> coming shortly. >> >> -Alex >> >> /ah >> indyhall.org >> coworking in philadelphia >> >> >> On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 3:52 PM, Raines Cohen <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I'm in. *Coworking Coaches* is now a $1K sponsor (*does that put us over >>> the top? Don't stop the pledging*), and I'm looking forward to a >>> collaborative process of building a sustainable, resilient virtual home base >>> for the coworking movement. >>> >>> I consider my investment here a downpayment on building the community >>> infrastructure and helping coworking stand on its own two feet as a peer >>> with cohousing, worker/business cooperatives, incubators, and similar >>> ventures -- to be celebrated, understood, and appreciated for its uniqueness >>> but also for what it can share, in history, education, tools, and >>> philosophy. >>> >>> Perhaps we can structure what we do as we build collective capacity and >>> set up an organization so that after the domain is covered, others can step >>> up in other ways to match the initial effort, for the work that follows. >>> >>> Raines Cohen, Coworking Coach <http://www.CoworkingCoach.com/> >>> *Planning for Sustainable Communities* (Berkeley, CA) >>> Founding Member, Hub Bay Area <http://BayArea.the-hub.net/> coworking >>> for social entrepreneurs >>> <http://BayArea.the-hub.net/> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. > -- Rosie Sherry www.schux.com www.rosiesherry.com www.leweswerks.org.uk Twitter/Skype: rosiesherry -- 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.
