Oh Angel. You always have the perfect words. I love it!
S __ Office Nomads officenomads.com 206-484-5859 On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 6:24 AM, Veel Hoeden <[email protected]> wrote: > Angel- I love this! Plan to do something like this in our space in the very > near term. > > > Thanks & God Bless, > > Joel Bennett > Chief Dreamchaser > Veel Hoeden- Where Many Hats Meet > http://veelhoeden.posterous.com > http://www.twitter.com/veelhoeden > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Angel Kwiatkowski > Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 12:10 AM > To: Coworking > Subject: [Coworking] Re: Coworking values list - draft from the > Unconference! > > Liz took Carsten and I to a sweet little local restaurant in Austin > called Galaxy(thanks, Liz!) and they had the most spectacular values > poster that you could look at while you waited to order your food. > Here are the first lines of it: > > If you opened your own restaurant wouldn't you... > Open it in your hometown in your own neighborhood > Serve breakfast til 4pm on weekends > Always choose quality over price > and on and on > > I propose a similar format for coworking > > If you created your ideal workplace/community wouldn't you... > > Open it in your favorite neighborhood > Fill it with happy, bright, creative people > Make it comfortable > Encourage people to collaborate, socialize and be productive > Be kind and helpful to one another > Have fun > Enjoy going there > Manifest true balance in your life > > Thoughts? > Angel > > > > On Mar 13, 2:06 pm, thilo <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I think the manifesto style, that gankplank is using, is a great why > > to express our core values better. > > > > Let me try this with the current one... > > > > Openness over knowledge lead > > Sustainability over profit > > Community over agendas > > Accessibility over exclusiveness > > Collaboration over competition > > > > What do you think? > > > > As of defining co in coworking, we should give us some room here. > > Although I understand the need to clarify things, I don't think it > > will help our course if we try to box things in as I thing most of the > > fascination for coworking is the fact that it has so many different > > faces. So core values are great to give a direction and the rest > > should be up to every space and coworker. Of course this is just my > > opinion. > > > > It is great to meet many of you in Austin at the unconference and > > around SXSW. > > > > If you want to get a intro into cobot or just to meet each other get > > in touch with me via mail or twitter (@freaklikeme) I am at SXSW all > > the time. > > > > Cheers > > Thilo > > > > -- > > coworking:http://co-up.de > > coworking management:http://cobot.me > > > > On Mar 12, 5:57 pm, Tony Bacigalupo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It would be cool if we had a roughly agreed-upon set of core values, > but > > > also had a vacant spot for additional value(s) that groups could > > > self-identify with. > > > > > That way we could communicate the things we have in common but also > > > distinguish what we focus on. > > > > > Thanks for writing this up Susan! > > > > > PS if you're at SXSW and we haven't caught up yet, hit me up! > > > > > On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 12:58 PM, Susan Evans > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > Thanks to everyone who came to the coworking values session at the > > > > Coworking Unconference! I took some basic notes during the session > and > > > > promised to share them once I got back to my desk. Well, I'm back at > my desk > > > > so here they are! > > > > > > The general purpose of the conversation was to see if there might be > need > > > > to adjust/edit/add/remove/clarify our current coworking core values. > As they > > > > stand NOW, the values are: > > > > > > Openness > > > > Sustainability > > > > Community > > > > Accessibility > > > > Collaboration > > > > > > Here were some of the values/points brought up during the discussion: > > > > > > Lifestyle > > > > Community > > > > Respect > > > > Trust > > > > Kindness > > > > Collaboration > > > > Participation > > > > People > > > > Energy > > > > Productivity > > > > Synergy > > > > People being people (being themselves) > > > > Social > > > > > > The crew at Gangplank also had a great recommendation for us to take > a > look > > > > at their current manifesto and possibly work the coworking values in > as a > > > > "_____" above "_____" style. Check out their manifesto here: > > > >http://gangplankhq.com/vision/manifesto/ > > > > > > Another question worth pondering that came up was: "What is the co in > > > > Coworking?" > > > > > > I'll let the group take the conversation from here. Please discuss! > > > > > > Susan > > > > > > __ > > > > Susan Evans > > > >www.officenomad > > > > __ > > > > Office Nomads > > > > <http://www.officenomads.com>officenomads.com > > > > 206-484-5859 > > > > > > .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]. > > > > 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. > > -- > 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. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. 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