Hi Very Good initiative.
Personally, I think a kind of a world coworking manifesto is especially useful if it's written in a way that make local adaptations easy. e.g. You mention : "In the Valley". Someone in Dublin could keep the same framing just replacing "Valley" by "Dublin". The same for someone in Croatia attempting to promote coworking in his/her country and trying to get the local community involved. Beside, I really enjoy the sentence : "This new economy cannot thrive without engaging the larger business, creative, entrepreneurial, governmental, and technical communities together" Best Jean-Yves Huwart Coworking Europe 2010 conference Entreprise Globale On Jan 22, 6:33 pm, Tony Bacigalupo <[email protected]> wrote: > (Moderated Melverick) > > On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 8:40 AM, Nolan <[email protected]> wrote: > > Wonderful! It absolutely captures the spirit and the underlying > > reasons. > > > I might suggest changing "comprised of" to "composed of". > > > On Jan 21, 5:54 am, KSY - Jokkolabs Dakar SN <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > We are working on a manifesto for our coworking space/initiative to > > > resume our vision & value...and find the Gang plank manifesto > > > terrific! Great job guys! > > > > I think it resume the principles and the spirit of coworking. We will > > > adopted it (to be more universal) and translate it (in french) if you > > > don't mind naming the reference (like with creative common license) > > > but is there some folks interested in a world coworking manifesto? > > > > Best regards, > > > KSY > > > > ------ For those who haven't read it yet (http://gangplankhq.com/ > > > vision/manifesto/) : > > > > Manifesto > > > > We are a group of connected individuals and small businesses creating > > > an economy of innovation and creativity in the Valley. We envision a > > > new economic engine comprised of collaboration and community, in > > > contrast to the silos and secrecy left by the dependence on tourism > > > and land development. > > > > We have the talent. We just need to work together. Different > > > environments need to overlap, to connect and to interact in order to > > > transform our culture. In order to create a sustainable community > > > based on trust, we value: > > > > * collaboration over competition > > > * community over agendas > > > * participation over observation > > > * doing over saying > > > * friendship over formality > > > * boldness over assurance > > > * learning over expertise > > > * people over personalities > > > > This new economy cannot thrive without engaging the larger business, > > > creative, entrepreneurial, governmental, and technical communities > > > together. > > > > We believe that innovation breeds innovation. We will transform the > > > Valley culture into one supportive of the entrepreneurial spirit, of > > > risk taking, of pioneering into the unknown territories as the > > > founders of our municipalities once did. This requires education, > > > entrepreneurship and creative workspaces. > > > > We are Gangplank. > > > -- > > 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.
