Everything Joel said, yes. Sorry bout my cranky Monday contributions. Let's try again tomorrow.
Love you all. :) -Alex On Monday, August 1, 2011, Veel Hoeden <[email protected]> wrote: > First off, I've been recovering from knee surgery and have had more "sitdown time" than I usually do, so I've been voraciously devouring the posting here as of late. Overall, thanks for the excellent and motivating posts. > > > > I will, however, echo some concerns about a couple of posts from today. The first in regards to the "smelly coworker", and the other in regards to the weekend retreat. > > > > Let me be the first to say, in the words of one of my favorite movies, that we're all experiencing a decent "case of the Mondays" today. If you have no idea what I mean, search YouTube or go here < http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=md_dg8B8tmk>. I'll be happy to put this day in the books a bit later today. > > > > On the topic of how we conduct ourselves here, if we believe what we say (that sooner or later the rest of the world will grab hold of this as passionately as we do), we need to cultivate something they're going to want to be part of. When I decided to open my own space, I jumped on here first and read, read, read. Many of my coworking "heroes" may have no idea on how much their words shaped my perception of what coworking was and what it could be. And when my space opened and people asked "what is coworking?" I sent more than a handful of them here as well. For that reason, let's remember that the next person to walk into your space trying to get your head around the concept of coworking there may be reading your comments on this group tomorrow. > > > > At some point in my research I ran across this picture from either a coworking space or a startup weekend of some type (sorry I can't put credit where it is due). It' been how we approach discussions at our space, and how I'll suggest we consider framing our discussions here. For those who can't view the file, the text says, "This is a solutions playground. If U have complaints, you need to provide solutions... simple ones. Ones we can execute on this weekend." There is nothing wrong with spirited discussion, and even disagreement, but let's do it in the spirit of working toward a shared solution. > > > > Lastly, with great passion comes great emotion. Sometimes we say things in a way that comes across different than we intended, or our case of the Mondays clouds how we say it. In that case, let's be quick to forgive our coworking brethren and get back to making this the coolest freaking thing anyone has ever seen. > > > > > > Thanks & God Bless, > > > > Joel Bennett > > ________________________________ > > Veel Hoeden Chief Dreamchaser http://veelhoeden.posterous.com <http://veelhoeden.posterous.com/> @veelhoeden <http://www.twitter.com/veelhoeden> > > ________________________________ > > > > > > > > -- > 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] < coworking%[email protected]>. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia -- 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.
