True, You're not going to mimic everything location to location. But I bet you can distill the physical parts to some very basic elemental needs. Building, Internet connectivity, restroom, some variety of interior space.
As you say, everything else comes with community need & involvement. Haven't seen the term cargo cult. My first thought was it described avid fans of the old furniture chain. :-) Cheers! Pat On Apr 22, 2011, at 1:53 PM, Alex Hillman wrote: > I think, though, that there's danger in setting expectations of the pure > physical replication of the obvious infrastructural elements. > > See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult > > There's also the creation of things that you don't actually need. Having a > blank canvas allows you to create something other than what's expected. > Allowing members to have a hand in solving some of those seemingly obvious > infrastructural elements have known and proven benefits. > > -Alex > > /ah > indyhall.org > coworking in philadelphia > > > On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 2:44 PM, Pat Ramsey <[email protected]> wrote: > Ding ding ding... > > Alex is thinking the right thoughts. Or at least he's thinking thoughts > similar to those we've had. > > It's the question of how do you replicate your community model in various > places? Physical pieces: building, location, parking, IT, etc. is easy to > model over & over. The human aspect is what's difficult. > > Cheers! > > Pat > > -- > Pat Ramsey > Resident Geek - Web Design and WordPress Specialist, Cospace > @pat_ramsey > > Cospace... Meet Here > http://cospaceatx.com > > > On Apr 22, 2011, at 1:22 PM, Alex Hillman wrote: > >> I agree with Rachel that this doesn't really worry me and just looks like a >> larger scale of the sorts of mistakes we've seen repeated. Most people will >> sniff test this and walk away. >> >> But for the sake of an interesting conversation: >> >> Could something like this allow people like us - the people who DO care >> about community, collaboration, celebration, and the things that make >> coworking uniquely valuable - focus on just that, rather than have to ALSO >> answer the questions that we've all seen asked here over and over and over - >> Where do I find the money? Where do I find space? What scheduling software >> do I use? >> >> So the question this raises is: Is there value in a system that lets us >> focus on the important stuff, only? And what does that system take away from >> the important stuff? >> >> I'm not saying that this McCoworking thing is that system, but it does make >> me curious what elements of coworking "infrastructure" can (or should?) be >> commoditized without taking away from the valuable parts, or how possible >> the entire process is. >> >> -Alex > > > -- > 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.
