Hi, Miguel, I think this depends on what kind of a community you have. Particularly in large cities, I think the DIY mindset does prevail. I have a space in a smallish city (50K) which is attached to my house. So this space is all about the personal. My members are not asked to do much of anything; but I note that when they really feel a part of it this is marked by their starting to do things themselves -- they clean up, they buy stuff for the space, they set coffee for somebody else. It's at that point that they have made the transition to feeling that it is really theirs.
I will say that nobody volunteers to clean the bathroom but other than that..... This is also the basis of my theory of parenting, so it pleases me to see that it works for adults also, right down to (not) cleaning the bathrooms now that I think of it. :-) Anyway, just as within my family, I don't delegate things to my members because I am ultimately responsible for it and I see no sense in pretending that is not true. If your workload is uncomfortably high then it's time to have a look at that, what is it that is taking up most of your time? Laters, Jeannine On May 2, 1:55 am, Miguel <[email protected]> wrote: > I am one of the founders/managers at Coworking Evanston. Happy to > report that things are going well since we opened 3 months ago - > steady membership growth, members have started to "collaborate", > organizing meetups and other events, etc :-) I am having a great > deal of fun managing the space, but find that the workload is higher > than I originally expected. > > I started talking to a few coworking managers about ways to more > efficiently manage the space. One person mentioned that a coworking > space should really "run itself", and that the founders/managers are > just "members who moved desks in, and pays the rent". The theory is > that most of the work, if any, can/should be delegated to members. > Personally I do not agree with this, but wanted to see what the group > thinks > > Cheers, > > Miguelwww.coworkingevanston.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.
