Wow. I'd be devastated to ask a long time and committed member to move along so that a new member could take their place. Coworking is proving that the value they get increases over time--it doesn't decrease, so there's no benefit to churning your membership if everyone is contributing and creating value in the community.
I think what your partners need to understand is that decisions should be driven by the community. If your community wants part time desks, they should have them. If your community wants churn, then let them. If not, you have to listen. Angel On Apr 7, 2:41 am, CoWorker <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all. > > It's been a few months since my last post and could really do with > some advice. So, we've been working with the local university and > government for quite a while now to get our site open and I had a > progress meeting earlier in the week. I discovered that a few odd > conditions of membership have crept in. The two that I'd like to ask > advice on are these... > > 1. If, after 12 months there is a waiting list, the first member to > join will be asked to leave to make way for a new member. So, first > one in, first one out rule. If no waiting list exists, you will be > offered a 3 month extension. > > 2. Part time membership is not an option. Instead, one person will > need to commit to a desk/office and then find others to chip in and > share the cost. There will however, have to be a single designated > person who is responsible for the payment and conditions of the > agreement. > > From what I can gather, what's driving these conditions is > accessibility and the recovery of fees. Firstly, they seem concerned > that people might not get an opportunity to experience the centre > because it will be full in the first year, so they need to make room > for more people to join. Secondly, they are not willing/able to > collect fees from a larger number of part timers. They also believe > that by letting people share a membership, they are making the centre > more accessible to a larger number of people because, by sharing the > cost of a desk/office, it becomes more affordable. > > I wanted to try and digest these revelations before asking for a > sanity check from you guys but, which ever way I look at these > conditions, they seem counter productive and flawed. Am I being > unfair? Are they actually really good ideas? Am I missing something? > Does anyone else operate a similar model? > > I'd really love to hear what you guys make of this, please. > > Cheers, > > David. -- 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.
