David, I had exactly the same concern as you when we were approached by a respected design agency and told that they would like to rent half of our coworking space. Luckily they started by organizing a few meetings in the space first so that we could secretly observe their attitude toward the our existing community, what we have learnt is rather disappointing: it seems that most of these people are under stress and very demanding at the same time. They didn't care much about our rules and social norms, either.
So I would strongly suggest that you take your own space. 2010/3/29 Ryan Price <[email protected]> > David, > > If you can get your community excited about colocating in an available > office space, I say go for it. > > Ultimately, your members may decide that the space won't work long-term, or > other factors may arise, but working there may give you and your coworkers > the opportunity to develop some history with each other, preferences, social > norms, etc that will help make your future home(s) even better. > > The fact that you're worried about protecting the ethos, and asking the > question, is probably a good sign. > > Peace, > Ryan Price > [email protected] > @liberatr > 407-484-8528 > > FloridaCreatives.com > Orlando Happy Hour: Apr 19th @ Crooked Bayou > Next Likemind: Apr 16th @ UrbanThink! > > BarCampOrlando.org > Saturday, April 3rd, 9-6 @ Wall St Plaza > Flash Mob Pillow Fight to follow @pillowlando > > > On Mar 26, 2010, at 9:37 AM, CoWorker wrote: > > Fellow co-workers, >> >> I'm in the throws of opening a space and have been knocking around >> this group for a while now. I've looked at prospective buildings, >> done some community building and created a website for people to >> register their interest. >> >> Recently, I was approached by a respected local design agency with a >> potential offer to share their existing office. >> >> It sounds like an interesting idea but I'm concerned that it might >> feel like we are just 'lodging' in their vacant desks, as opposed to >> creating and nurturing an independent movement where the core values >> are collaboration, openness, community, accessibility and >> sustainability. >> >> Has anyone here found themselves in a similar position and if so, were >> you able to find any middle ground? >> >> Am I being over protective of the co-working ethos? Maybe this is a >> good thing to be closely linked with a respected and long standing >> agency. >> >> Any thoughts on this would be very welcome. >> >> David. >> >> -- >> 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. > > -- Liu Yan 刘妍 CEO/Co-founder Xindanwei 新单位 4C,Bld 4, Dingxi Rd 727, Shanghai,CHINA 中国上海定西路727号四栋4C (+86) 135 2429 5509 @theliuyan @xindanwei http://xindanwei.com -- 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.
