Agreed! And flying Virgin is the *best* way to fly across the country. /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia
On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 11:56 AM, Jerome Chang <[email protected]>wrote: > Our goal is to switch cities every year, so we had to start somewhere. LA > is also quite warm in Oct! :-D > > Virgin Airlines often has <$300 airfares from JFK and other East Coast > cities. We hope more East Coasters join us! > > > Jerome > ______________ > BLANKSPACES > "work FOR yourself, not BY yourself" > > www.blankspaces.com > ph: 323.330.9505 | 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) Los > Angeles, CA 90036 > ph: 310.526.2255 | 1450 2nd Street (@ Broadway), Santa Monica, CA 90401 > > On Aug 4, 2011, at 1:50 PM, Joann Kim wrote: > > > I was super exited to hear about a coworking weekend but was swiftly > > disappointed to see it taking place in CA. I'm the community manager > > at Projective Space, a co-working space in SoHo, NYC and I'd love to > > support/organize/help produce a similar event here in NY. I look > > forward to hearing feedback from the weekend. > > > > Cheers, > > Joann > > > > On Aug 3, 5:58 pm, Anne Kirby <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> Totally agree Veel! > >> > >> Thanks Alex for clarifying and I hope you can make it out to our big > >> one year anniversary party on Friday. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Anne > >> > >> On Aug 2, 2:51 pm, Alex Hillman <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>> Mika, > >> > >>> This is awesome. I visited Israel a couple of years back and realized > how > >>> prime Israel is for coworking. The Kibbutz model as a community > workspace is > >>> remarkable, and coworking feels like an updated version of something > already > >>> native to Israeli culture. I'd love to talk more about this, just out > of my > >>> own personal interest. > >> > >>> We don't currently have plans to ustream the event, but that's mostly > >>> because we haven't talked about it very much. I don't think its so much > a > >>> physical/technical limitation as it does change the attention of the > >>> participants. If we can figure out a good way to do it and keep > everyone > >>> focused, I'd be game. > >> > >>> Regarding international events: I'm going to be at the Coworking Europe > >>> conference in November, in Berlin -http://coworkingeu.wordpress.com. > >> > >>> This is the 2nd event they've done, and while last year was > international > >>> attendance, I believe that the focus is on European countries. Someone > who > >>> attended last year would be better to speak to that than me. I'm pretty > >>> pumped to visit Berlin myself. > >> > >>> -Alex > >> > >>> /ah > >>> indyhall.org > >>> coworking in philadelphia > >> > >>> On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 2:37 PM, mika josting <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>>> Hi Guys , > >> > >>>> This is the first time I am writing to this group and very excited! > >>>> I am an Israel entrepreneur planning to open in the next month a > coworking > >>>> for web users in Tel aviv. > >> > >>>> I feel this group is a great gift so thank you very much for sharing > and > >>>> organizing this event. > >>>> please let us know what you came up with - maybe ustream it? > ustream.com > >> > >>>> are there any international coworking annual conferences? > >> > >>>> Thankyou! > >> > >>>> Mika Josting, Tel Aviv. > >> > >>>> On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 10:30 PM, Alex Hillman < > >>>> [email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>>>> Hey Everybody, > >> > >>>>> I'm writing on behalf of a group of coworking leaders including (but > not > >>>>> limited to) Jerome from BlankSpaces, Susan and Jacob from Office > Nomads, > >>>>> Angel from Cohere, Iris from Nextspace, Rachel from Camradarie, and > of > >>>>> course myself representing IndyHall. > >> > >>>>> We have been thinking for a long time that there should be an > opportunity > >>>>> for people who invest a great deal of time into not just their > individual > >>>>> spaces, but helping coworking as a movement and a community advance. > At the > >>>>> prompt of Jerome, we decided to take a weekend at the beginning of > October > >>>>> and convene in LA to get beyond "talking shop" and look for > opportunities to > >>>>> advance the movement. > >> > >>>>> This working group was decided to keep small - we know how quickly > large > >>>>> group discussions can get, especially with all of the varying > opinions. In > >>>>> the interest of keeping a weekend productive, we decided to designate > time > >>>>> for a small "working group", representative of the coworking > community, to > >>>>> start sifting through some of the more challenging topics. > >> > >>>>> Our initial registration is limited to *only 30 people*, but there > are a > >>>>> few caveats. > >> > >>>>> In order to participate in this weekend, we are asking that: > >> > >>>>> 1. You have owned or managed your coworking space for a minimum of > one > >>>>> year by October 1, 2011 > >>>>> 2. You are eager walk away from the weekend with some homework to > help > >>>>> bring the weekend back to the entire coworking community > >> > >>>>> No more than 2 individuals from one particular space (or network of > >>>>> spaces) may register, we want a broad spectrum of representation in > our > >>>>> limited attendance numbers. > >> > >>>>> *These conversations are NOT happening behind closed doors* - this > >>>>> "working group" is going to help provide some structure for ongoing > public > >>>>> conversations, here on the list and at other events, to be more > productive. > >> > >>>>> We want everybody to get more out of ALL discussions, so we'll be > sharing > >>>>> as much as possible from the weekend. > >> > >>>>> *This is not a replacement for the SXSW coworking unconference, or > any > >>>>> other coworking events throughout the year.* Our hope is for this > more > >>>>> focused event to be complimentary, and provide information to help > those > >>>>> larger events be better and more effective. > >> > >>>>> Also, If there are topics that you'd like to inspire conversations > >>>>> regardless of your ability to attend, please share them here: > >>>>> https://indyhall.wufoo.com/forms/i-have-an-idea-for-discussion/ > >> > >>>>> Jerome is generously donating room at Blankspaces in Santa Monica, > and the > >>>>> $100 fee covers food and snacks while we're working as well as some > basic > >>>>> working supplies. Everything else will be largely BYO (bring your > own) and > >>>>> DIY (do it yourself). > >> > >>>>> Particpants are responsible for their own airfare and accommodations, > >>>>> though we're looking into some options that'll let the group reside > together > >>>>> and nearby Blankspaces in Santa Monica. > >> > >>>>> I'm looking forward for this opportunity to push the boundaries of > what > >>>>> we're used to discussing about coworking, and coming back from LA > with TONS > >>>>> of awesome information and ideas for how to make this remarkable > movement > >>>>> even more amazing. > >> > >>>>> If you intend to participate, you can register for the event on > >>>>> Eventbrite:http://coworkingweekend.eventbrite.com/ > >> > >>>>> Remember, there's only 30 spots. We've enabled a small waitlist in > case > >>>>> anybody needs to drop out. > >> > >>>>> Peace, love, and coworking, > >> > >>>>> Alex > >> > >>>>> /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. > >> > >>>> -- > >>>> 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. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. 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