Sorry y'all - I tend to be wordy and therefore can be slightly confusing in what I say. Thanks to Jacob for summing up a similar stance I have nice and quickly.
Todd, I meant the exact opposite of protectionism - you CANNOT draw hard lines around coworking which is what I think is so beautiful about it. Good stuff, all. Susan On Feb 17, 7:38 am, "t...@c4workspace" <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree that as soon as money changed hands the world changed, whether > we like it or not. That's done. To other's point, so now what do we > do? Nothing is not an option. As we've all seen, similar ideas keep > popping up on the list over the past few years and we have to work > them through as a community. > > I'm not sure I understand Susan's reference "As Tony so eloquently > reminded us, the beauty of coworking lies in our inability to create > walls around it." I couldn't find the context for that statement/idea > but at face value it scares the shit out of me. Sounds VERY > protectionist. Can someone help me understand? > > As noted all before coworking is defined differently everywhere so > keeping it to ourselves is not an option. It's in the wild, hence the > executive suite folks interest, and we just have to deal and > understand that coworking is not ours. The sooner we come up with a > VERY general description (not definition) the better. If the movement > continues to get press it will seem odd if every interview is > COMPLETELY different. A story requires a common thread. What is ours? > > Ya gotta love chaos because eventually the dust settles and something > new emerges. > > Cheers! > > Todd O'Neill > Catalyst/Partner > C4 Workspace -- 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.
