+1 on this: The coworker library is a great idea. Seems simpler to refer people a central repository rather than "just search the Google Group; this has already been discussed." Making the Coworking Visa a real program that we can promote within and without our spaces would be excellent. Developing real, valuable discounts, alliances, partnerships etc. (or guidelines or a toolkit to do so) that will benefit spaces and their members would be cool.
I also think that from the perspective of people just looking at coworking as an option, membership in something more definable than "this Google Group" would be more confidence inspiring. May I add, again, though, that as a practical matter, pinning progress on SXSW will leave those of us in "the rest of the world" :-) somewhat outside the discussion. The time shift to Austin is seven hours, so you are starting your day when we are finishing ours. And 9 am in Austin is midnight in Japan. So either we have to have seperate discussions or we have to work something else out or both -- possibly the folks who cannot get to SWSX can be assigned a SWSX buddy, who they can get to know now and who can then present their perspective on their behalf? Just a thought. Jeannine On Jan 20, 6:22 pm, "todd@c4workspace" <[email protected]> wrote: > I think it's kind of interesting that a movement that thrives on > community is somewhat resistant "making it official." I second Jacob's > idea and would like to be more involved in it. > > There is no coworking space that operates successfully without some > level of organization and/or management. Without the cooperation and > collaboration between a space's members the space simply is not viable > or sustainable. > > And so goes coworking as a movement. "We" are too big now to continue > to sustain the viabilty and development of this movement without some > level of official organization. It's not about "dues" or "chapters" or > somesuch. It's simply about doing things that benefit every coworking > space. The Map is a good example of good intentions gone wrong. I HATE > reinventing the wheel. We are at a point where we are too large as a > movement to be able to be in touch with everyone to avoid duplication > of effort. > > The coworker library is a great idea. Seems simpler to refer people a > central repository rather than "just search the Google Group; this has > already been discussed." Making the Coworking Visa a real program that > we can promote within and without our spaces would be excellent. > Developing real, valuable discounts, alliances, partnerships etc. (or > guidelines or a toolkit to do so) that will benefit spaces and their > members would be cool. > > So, Jacob, put me down. > > Let's talk, communicate, whetever and flesh this out some more and > maybe present a draft construct at SXSW. > > Cheers! > > Todd > C4 Workspace > San Antonio, TX -- 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.
