Rosie, Don't feel bad. This blitz went MUCH faster than anyone expected, especially me.
I look forward to have you on board for the next time we need to raise some money for a community resource! -Alex /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 6:16 PM, Rosie Sherry <[email protected]>wrote: > 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]<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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