That's a killer t-shirt. I'll be adding it to my collection. /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia
On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 4:43 PM, Kevin Ciesielski <[email protected]>wrote: > Thanks Alex, > > To make you feel better about the chaos, the lord of chaos is already a CC > t-shirt made by barcamp milwaukee :) So embrace chaos, but you cannot be the > lord of it. > www.flickr.com/photos/rohdesign/1583760021/ > <http://www.flickr.com/photos/rohdesign/1583760021/>Oh, and you method > sounds like a fair idea too. > > Kevin Ciesielski > Bucket Brigade > > @KeVroN > http://bucketb.com/kevron > 608-695-5453 > > Bucketworks > 706 S 5th St > Milwaukee, WI 53204 > > > On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 6:35 PM, Alex Hillman < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> No, I have not run off with the donated money. Nice try >> Steven<http://twitter.com/foxbane/status/11343846302> >> . >> >> And you're all *very lucky* that I didn't get around to execute my >> planned April Fools joke of redirecting http://coworking.com to >> http://www.regus.com/ for the day, just for kicks. But after the last >> Regus-related stunt I >> pulled<http://www.indyhall.org/blog/2008/04/01/a-perfect-partnership/>, >> I thought better :) >> >> But, now, 2 months later, the dust has settled around one of the more >> chaotic discussions in the coworking group. >> >> Chaos isn't a bad thing, mind you. One of the most important things I ever >> learned from Tara Hunt was about the importance of embracing chaos, since >> most things aren't in your control anyway. I think we all came out stronger >> from that discussion, learning a lot about this group, and ourselves. >> >> Where we last left off: >> >> In the span of 30 some hours, nearly $10,000 was raised by around 30 >> contributors<http://dangerouslyawesome.com/2010/02/coworking-com-the-next-generation/>from >> around the world to go towards the purchase of the >> coworking.com domain. The move was abrupt, mostly because it had to be, >> and in the heat of the discussion one of the issues that we agreed to sort >> out was a better way of distributing the visible contributorship so that it >> didn't look like the domain was purchased by the fastest 5% of the >> community. Furthermore, the old way left out the opportunity for more people >> to gain access to the same benefits. >> >> Bottom line, we needed to rethink, and make things simpler. All of the >> confusion was rooted an unnecessary complication. >> >> I put out a request for proposals on how we could re-collect the money in >> a more democratic way, and then redistribute the originally paid funds back >> to the entities that contributed. >> >> It looks like there are some common themes in the suggestions about how to >> redistribute the funds gathered to buy the coworking.com domain. >> >> With the help of Jacob Sayles from Office Nomads, I have compiled them >> into a plan and are ready to move forward. >> >> *Here we go:* >> >> 1. We'll have an open enrollment period for two weeks where we'll be >> taking pledges from everyone who would like to contribute. >> 2. At the end of that time, we'll find the lowest amount commonly pledged >> that meets the goal. (simple arithmetic, yay!) >> 3. Everyone who pledged under that amount will be contacted and given an >> opportunity to *adjust* the amount they would like to give, or >> *withdraw*from the process. >> 4. When that is settled people who haven't sent in money will be prompted >> to (we'll use paypal) and those who have already donated will be refunded >> any amount over the final amount determined by this exercise. >> 5. We'll write up a page documenting the event and thanking all the >> contributors. >> >> *Reminders*: >> >> - Pledging money does not indicate any legal ownership of the domain. >> It provides you an opportunity to be a *part of something big*, the >> community acquisition of coworking.com. >> - Until an ownership structure makes sense for everybody, the domain >> remains in my Godaddy account, which I will bestow authorization to one >> other person (unrelated to the contributions, and to be named) to relieve >> the concerns of "what happens if Alex gets hit by a bus". Which, by the >> way, >> I hope does not happen. >> - There will be more opportunities to associate with and utilize the >> domain in the future, this is to handle a single snapshot event in >> history. >> There isn't any gate closing. This isn't the end of time. That comes in >> 2012, according to a recent John Cusack movie. So we have plenty of time. >> - Not pledging money in NO WAY indicates that you are not a member of >> this community. Conversely, pledging money ALSO in NO WAY indicates that >> you >> are a member of this community. *The only measure of membership in >> this amazing global community is** participation**.* >> >> I'm going to set up the form to collect pledges on Monday, April 19th. Any >> discussion between now and then will happily be factored into the plan, but >> after the 19th, we're pressing forward! >> >> Thanks everyone, I look forward to the sealing of this chapter so that we >> can move on to even bigger and better things! >> >> Cheers, >> >> 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. >> > > -- > 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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