OH JEEZ I left out the most important amendment to the model: Funds will be accepted from, and thanks will be provided to: *people. * * * *NO businesses, ONLY individuals.* * * If a business wants to contribute, it will need a single human being's name associated with it in order to receive public thanks.
But why, Alex!? * * This will reduce the expectations that this is a "sponsorship", and that any one coworking space has a competitive business advantage over another coworking space...now and in the future. That is not the point of this acquisition. The point is to associate the word coworking with the core values of coworking, and point to the primary resources currently available for people interested in coworking. This shift is largely inspired by the SpreadFirefox campaign from 2005, one component of which included a large-scale fund raise from LOTS of sources, but the very visible New York Times advertisement that was run with a portion of those funds included the names of individual micro-contributors rather than the corporate macro-contributors. * * *We do something different here*: we run businesses, and focus on people. After the results of the last round of discussion, I think it is *absolutely critical* that this revised fund raise reflects that. -Alex /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 10:26 AM, Alex Hillman <[email protected] > wrote: > Some more clarifications: > > - If you are new and haven't already read this > post<http://dangerouslyawesome.com/2010/02/coworking-com-the-next-generation/>, > I recommend you do so. > - The former owners of coworking.com have been paid, in full, their > asking price. > - The kind of money we're talking about raising from individuals this > time around is not in the $250/$500/$1000 range like last time, because > last > time, we had a limited time window to achieve the goal. This time, there's > a > much more open window, so we could do something like 200 x $50 donations. > Possibly even less if more people get involved. > - There is NO REASON to stress your financial situation, personally or > your business. > - Again, not being able to contribute does not make you any less of a > member of this community, and contributing does not make you any more. It > is > simply an opportunity to *be a part of a snapshot in time, a single > event.* Please do not over-think it. > - This process doesn't explicitly include everyone in the future, but > it also doesn't explicitly EXCLUDE people, either. Again. Snapshot in time. > There will be other projects/needs/initiatives in the future related to > coworking if it continues to grow the way that it has, and my hope is that > they're organized by someone other than me, and that whoever's around then > can be a part of it. > - There's no boat to be missed. Relax. *Focus on making your coworking > communities awesome, not on some theoretical future fate of an internet > domain. * > > -Alex > > /ah > indyhall.org > coworking in philadelphia > > > On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 9:25 AM, Angel <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I agree with Jodi, >> I couldn't participate in the first round of collection b/c all my >> capital was tied up starting my space. The 2 week period to >> contribute is great for all of us who have a little extra cash laying >> around. I don't understand how this process allows for the explosive >> growth and inclusion of new space owners that will occur now through >> infinite. #didimisstheboat? >> >> On Apr 17, 6:24 am, "[email protected]" >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I would love to participate, but I am in same situation as Arne! >> > >> > Thanks, >> > >> > Jodi Dean, Founderwww.ourspacfw.com >> > Fort Wayne, IN >> > >> > -- >> > 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 athttp:// >> 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. 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.
