I <3 the new meetup everywhere. We've jumped on to Seth Godin's Linchpin day via this new platform http://www.meetup.com/Linchpins-are-everywhere-raise-the-flag/ . As for hopping on holidays, good idea but lots of people are vacationing or out of town etc during the actual holiday. I propose June 15th (selfishly) because we've already set up a free coworking day here on that date :)
On May 26, 3:25 pm, mark gilbreath <[email protected]> wrote: > Both "Independence Day" (July 4) and "Labor Day" (Sept 6) have connotations > that we could play off of for a worldwide recognition of the CoWorking > movement. My only concern would be that these are both US holidays. Are > there any other days of global relevance? > > Once a day has been targeted, it would be exciting to promote this as a > global "cowork day", with open houses at current CoWork facilities and > perhaps Jelly-like congregations of interested individuals in communities > that do not YET have a local CoWork facility. > > There are interesting strategic partnership ideas that we could explore to > bring more credibility/impact to the movement. For example, we could > approach a company like Starbuck's and have them provide a promotion on that > given day and open their doors to the informal gatherings. I've also been > working with a large furniture company and a large IT company both of whom > are interested in the movement and might be compelled to lend support to > such an event-day, as means to put a toe in the water and establish > relationships with all of us operators. > > Mark Gilbreath > > On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 2:23 PM, Cadu de Castro Alves < > > > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > Very nice, McKellar. > > > Could be fun to do something around July 4, "Independence Day" or > >> something, or is there a date that's significant to the movement? > > > Good question. Is there a date to celebrate the coworking movement? If no, > > we could choose one. What do you think? > > > []'s, > > > Cadu de Castro Alves > > BeesOffice Espaço de Coworking @ Rio de Janeiro > >http://www.beesoffice.com > > > “The guy who invented the first wheel was an idiot. The guy who invented > > the other three, HE was a genius.” - Sid Caesar > > > On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Campbell McKellar <[email protected]>wrote: > > >> Hi everyone, > > >> Meetup just announced a new platform for doing "Meetups everywhere." > > >>http://www.meetup.com/everywhere/ > > >> I'm not sure exactly how it works, but it looks like you set up a > >> "Coworking Meetup Everywhere" page and set a date for simultaneous > >> meetups for coworkers around the world, and then individual organizers > >> can promote their meetup locally. Meetup everywhere then gives you a > >> page like: > > >>http://www.meetup.com/Etsy-Craft-Party/ > > >> I'm pretty new to the coworking community, but I saw this and > >> immediately thought that it would be a really fun way to meet people > >> and show our support for the coworking movement. > > >> I'm happy to organize if people are into the idea, but also just > >> thought I'd throw it out to the group to get some feedback. > > >> Could be fun to do something around July 4, "Independence Day" or > >> something, or is there a date that's significant to the movement? > > >> Hope all is well...we're melting here in NYC today, 91 degrees F! > > >> Cheers, > >> Campbell > > >>www.loosecubes.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]<coworking%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups > >> .com> > >> . > >> 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%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups > > .com> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > -- > Mark Gilbreath > > PO Box 2830 > Ketchum, ID 83340 > > mobile 208-720-8107 > skype mfgilbreath > twitter markgilbreath -- 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.
