Curious, Jacob, is there a place for us to see the progress of the donation drive?
/ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Jacob Sayles <[email protected]> wrote: > Wow! > > I can't believe it's only been 24 hours. Thank you for the positive > feedback and a very big thank you to Andrew Cole, Jessie Rymph, and Kaan > Aksay for donating on the first day! This is only the beginning and we > have a long way to go. The first step was the big announcement yesterday. > Next we'll be heading down to Austin and talking up a storm at the > conference. By next Monday we'll be back home and we'll be digging in and > getting to work. *We've set a deadline of April 1st* to raise the funds > needed to do this project. I know there are a lot of questions, and I look > forward to connecting with each of you and discussing this further. > > One of the biggest questions is: "How is this different then the > coworking.com project from last fall, the coworking registry, the > coworkingdb, the coworkign library, etc.?" The thing is, it's not! This > is all those projects wrapped up into one cohesive plan/timeline/budget. > I've learned a lot over the past few years working on each of these > projects and they have all lead us here. > > If you haven't watched the video <http://vimeo.com/36873380> yet, please > do. It explains everything. I'm excited to talk about this more down in > Austin! > > See you soon, > Jacob > > --- > Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation > http://www.officenomads.com - (206) 323-6500 > > > > On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 10:46 AM, Jacob Sayles <[email protected]>wrote: > >> The Coworking Wiki Upgrade Project >> >> <http://www.snipurl.com/coworkingwiki> >> >> Hello, >> >> I'm excited to announce a big initiative to clean up, revamp, upgrade, >> organize, structure, and just generally over-all *improve the coworking >> wiki*. I've had many conversations with many individuals over the years >> and I've coalesced everything into a *comprehensive plan*. When we got >> together in LA in the fall we talked about finding a platform that can >> handle a community as big and diverse as ours. The key isn't to find the >> right software, though, (the current platform is actually a good fit), it's >> finding *the right team*. >> >> Metaphor time! Software is like an office and offices are boring. The >> people in the office are what make it interesting and we have amazing >> people here. Of course it takes *a little coordination and structure* to >> get everything to flow just right as we all know from running our coworking >> spaces. This is what I'm looking to add to the coworking wiki and *I >> can't do it alone*. >> >> I'm starting things off with a fundraiser. The plan is to *raise money* to >> pay a few part-time coordinators for one year. This will give us time to >> get everything set in motion so this system can continue past when the >> money runs out. The key to make this work is the *Wiki Team*. We are >> looking for five to ten spaces to donate approximately five hours of time >> per week from a paid staff member eager to be more involved in the >> movement. These positions will also be for *one year* so there is time >> to try things out and make changes when things don't seem to stick. >> >> The Wiki Team will put our *best face forward* by having real, live, >> human people available to answer questions, find information, and organize >> all the collaborative gold we share every day. They can connect >> conversations on the google group with information on the wiki and help >> keep track of our cumulative experience as we *share and grow together*. >> >> Please watch the video <http://vimeo.com/36873380> and read about the >> plan <http://opencoworking.org/coworkingwiki/plan.html> to learn more. >> >> Jacob Sayles >> Office Nomads <http://officenomads.com/> >> Seattle, WA, USA >> >> > -- > 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.
