+1 what Jacob said. Just use the current setup to customize your specs for the Visa program. I think that lots, if not all, of the owners would be flexible and helpful with any visiting members who had specific needs.
On Jun 16, 10:19 am, "Will Bennis, Locus Workspace" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I was just talking to another space owner in Prague, and we agreed > that there might be an easy way to improve the coworking visa program > without much cost and with a great deal to gain. > > Speaking for myself, the main thing I'd want to change would be to > make the default length longer than three days. Why not have the > default be two weeks (or at least talk about what we think the ideal > time period would be)? For myself at least the initial great appeal of > the program loses *a lot* of its value when it becomes clear that it's > only for three days. If I go somewhere for a week, that means that I > have to buy a weekly membership or just not have a coworking space, or > pay a lot of money for a week membership even if I'm surrounded by > spaces that are visa members? > > Let me preface this with two points: > > First, this is not meant to be critical of the way it is now. The > initial setup was clearly in large part successful because it was so > simple and no one could argue with the terms. But now that it's an > established success, it seems like it might not be a bad idea to think > about how it might be improved. > > Second, I realize there are very large discrepancies in how much > coworking spaces charge. People who regularly work in two cities could > *potentially* work the system by buying the cheaper membership and > using it to cowork on a regular basis at the more expensive location. > But it seems to me that we could deal with this (probably rare event) > pretty easily by just adding a few simple caveats: > 1) you must have a membership at a coworking space in a different city > from the place you're using the visa. > 2) use of the space is contingent on space availability: local members > get precedent. > 3) coworking space managers reserve the right to refuse service to > members of other spaces who seem to be working the system. > > Thoughts? > > To me the knowledge that becoming a member of a coworking space in one > city would allow me to travel, even for an extended period and to > multiple places and work while on the road would add great value to a > membership. > > Will > > -- > Will Bennis > > Locus Workspace > Krakovská 22, 110 00 Praha 1http://www.locusworkspace.com > Tel: +420 223 017 593 > Mob: +420 604 776 440 -- 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.
