Hi Nancy, I hear you! I hope to cover the issue of rural cowork spaces in future #Cowork + Chat. Care to be on the pane of speakers to share obstacles/solutions?
Your Cowork Space Rural Neighbor, - Andrea Cook On Feb 9, 2012, at 8:15 AM, Nancy wrote: > Thanks for the thoughts, everyone. I really appreciate them. I guess, > however, my question runs deeper -- or at least along different lines. For > example, I am a member of Rotary, the Chamber of Commerce and the downtown > business district. We are not allowed to talk business at Rotary meetings (I > have been a member of other Rotary groups and THIS ONE is NOTHING like > anything else!). The Chamber sees me as a threat because I hold meetings that > they should be doing and refuse to work with me in co-running things. And the > downtown merchants group doesn't think that I am a beneficial part of the > "community" as I'm not retail. > > We hold mastermind/referral group meetings 2x a month. I have been a member > of BNI in the past but there are none here and I'm not a big follower of > them, anyway. > > I have signs up at the local library, but I do like the idea of heading over > that way every few days or so. > > I write articles weekly in the local Internet based news journal and > periodically in the offline paper as well. I just think that there's a > mindset in place here unlike what I'm used to. I ran this type of business > (although it was more considered an executive suites in Washington, DC since > 1990) and had a great program with people waiting to get in. Now that I'm > back home however, it's an entirely different critter. I guess I need help > getting into the psyche of the people here. I do have faith that it will > happen; it's just I hate to sit back and "wait". I want to be an active > supporter, proponent and activist. > > Thanks, again for the suggestions! > > Nancy > Chief Everything Officer > @Business Success Unlimited > we support businesses through connecting, motivating, and collaborating > http://success4biz.biz > > -- > 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.
