I agree, as much as we would love to have the honor system, members
are far too busy to worry about tracking their own days. The honor
system in our space would not work given our hours and access, while
MiamiShared employees arent here. Plus, they really dont mind when we
track and weve noticed when we invoice members for additonal days, they
actually upgrade, because they realize they use the office more than
they thought.
On 6/16/2011 7:00 AM, Marc Harrison wrote:
/"Even as we approach 150 active members, Indy Hall can't be the only
place that values a human interaction as the foundation of a
transaction. Who else is actively avoiding swipe card systems and
looking to introduce efficiency in other ways?"/
Interesting. I don't think of such automated systems in this way at
all. For me, even though we don't have such a system, I regard them
as a service to members, not a hindrance or lack of human interaction.
If I put myself in the position of a space member and I was given a
choice between (a) an automated system and (b) the ultimate honor
system whereby I am just asked each month to tell the space owner how
many days I came in and pay the correct amount, I would chose the
former without a doubt.
My thinking is... would I rather just get a correct invoice each
month and just pay it, or would I rather have to keep my own diary of
attendance, worry that I forgot to record a day and bug people about
whether than can remember if I was in on day X, and then pay hoping I
got it right because I don't want to unintentionally take advantage of
my wonderful trusting space owner even if they promise me they don't
care? I would MUCH rather have the automated system that takes care
of such a trivial thing (even taking the money straight from my bank
account if that could be arranged) so I can spend my time and energy
on working on projects with other members or playing our pinball
machine and the attendance and fees just take care of themselves by me
doing nothing more than touching a button as I come in each day! But
that's just me, and I understand I often see things differently to
others. :-)
Marc
www.six8bromham.com
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Sincerely,
Bianca Rico
Client Services
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Tel: 305-929-8688, ext. 143
Fax: 305-397-1250
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