Oh, please, I will agreee to referring to ourselves as the sneetches if necessary but please, please please not Mobile Workers. I have finally begun making some tiny bit of headway in the idea that coworking also is for somebody other than the folks who are constantly on the road. Argh.
But otherwise, not that I am aware of. I *have* been threatening today (on Titter) to do a T shirt campaign with "Cow Orking Oosterhout" with a Dutch cow nose with one of those silly hats on top, and a "Cow Orking Milan" with, I dunno, a Milanese cow nose, and so on down the line. But I think it's just a joke. Unless you see such a t shirt, it was just a joke. Jeannine On 6 mrt, 19:36, Jeska Dzwigalski <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the thoughts everyone. > > It totally makes sense to have the community within one physical space > or network name themselves (and the term "members" seems easiest for > referring to them until then). I love the idea of being playful with > the name amongst the members (comrades is awesome btw). > > Thinking more broadly, and I know we as humans tend to resist names, > so there might not be agreed upon term. This is a coworking email list > for the "global community of people dedicated to the values of > Collaboration, Openness, Community, Accessibility, and Sustainability" > -- Does that make us all "members" of the coworking community or would > we call ourselves "Coworkers" or "Mobile Workers"? I think what I was > trying to get at in my original question was whether or not there had > been a larger conversations among this community of coworking > aficionados for agreed upon terms to refer to ourselves? > > Thanks again, > Jeska > > On Mar 6, 6:18 am, Alex Hillman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Maybe the right question is: what do they call *themselves*? > > > /ah > > indyhall.org > > coworking in philadelphia > > > On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 9:08 AM, rachel young <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > We don't call our members "comrades", but it does come up from outsiders > > > once in a while who think they are being clever. > > > r. > > > > *____________________ > > > rachel young > > > *[email protected] > > > > *Find us in person:* > > > Camaraderie > > > 102 Adelaide St E 2nd Floor > > > Toronto, ON M5C 1K9 > > > (647) 861-4350 > > > > *Find us online:* > > > Website/blog <http://camaraderie.ca> and > > > Newsletter<http://bit.ly/camaraderienewsletter> > > > Google+ <http://bit.ly/CamaraderiePlus>, > > > Twitter<http://twitter.com/camaraderie> > > > , Facebook <http://bit.ly/9zv3Fx>, and > > > LinkedIn<http://bit.ly/CamaraderieGroup> > > > > *Be in business for yourself, not by yourself! * > > > *Mar 25, 2012 is the next FLCTO. * > > > *Stay in the know at **http://bit.ly/freelcancecampTO* > > > * > > > * > > > *Are you a coworking commitmentphobe? * > > > *Try the Coworking Toronto Passport Program<http://bit.ly/CTOPassport2012> > > > * > > > *for a day pass to seven spaces for one price.* > > > * > > > * > > > > On 6 March 2012 08:58, Alex Hillman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Agreed with Rachel. A lot of communities have clever names based on the > > >> name of the larger community. We've got indies, Office Nomads has Nomads, > > >> etc. > > > >> There's also the factor of perspective: individuals are members, but to > > >> each other, could be coworkers. > > > >> -Alex > > > >> /ah > > >> indyhall.org > > >> coworking in philadelphia > > > >> On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 8:39 AM, rachel young > > >> <[email protected]>wrote: > > > >>> I don't think that I've seen enough examples to determine a pattern, > > >>> other than "members". All of those terms work, though, if that's what > > >>> suits > > >>> the folks in each space, but "members" is consistent no matter what the > > >>> structure of the space is. > > >>> r. > > > >>> *____________________ > > >>> rachel young > > >>> *[email protected] > > > >>> *Find us in person:* > > >>> Camaraderie > > >>> 102 Adelaide St E 2nd Floor > > >>> Toronto, ON M5C 1K9 > > >>> (647) 861-4350 > > > >>> *Find us online:* > > >>> Website/blog <http://camaraderie.ca> and > > >>> Newsletter<http://bit.ly/camaraderienewsletter> > > >>> Google+ <http://bit.ly/CamaraderiePlus>, > > >>> Twitter<http://twitter.com/camaraderie> > > >>> , Facebook <http://bit.ly/9zv3Fx>, and > > >>> LinkedIn<http://bit.ly/CamaraderieGroup> > > > >>> *Be in business for yourself, not by yourself! * > > >>> *Mar 25, 2012 is the next FLCTO. * > > >>> *Stay in the know at **http://bit.ly/freelcancecampTO* > > >>> * > > >>> * > > >>> *Are you a coworking commitmentphobe? * > > >>> *Try the Coworking Toronto Passport > > >>> Program<http://bit.ly/CTOPassport2012> > > >>> * > > >>> *for a day pass to seven spaces for one price.* > > >>> * > > >>> * > > > >>> On 5 March 2012 14:40, Jeska Dzwigalski <[email protected]>wrote: > > > >>>> Hiya! > > > >>>> Jeska from Coffee & Power here, I've been lurking for a bit, first > > >>>> (hopefully not-too-controversial!) post. > > > >>>> I've got a question about words/terms. I've determined that it's > > >>>> "coworking" (not co-working) but I can't seem to find an agreed-upon > > >>>> term to describe those who work alongside me within a coworking > > >>>> spaces. > > > >>>> Is there an agreed upon term within the larger coworking community? > > >>>> What do you use? Coworkers? (seems the best, but could be > > >>>> confusing...) Collaborators? Neighbors? > > > >>>> Thanks for help! > > > >>>> Cheers, > > >>>> Jeska > > > >>>> -- > > >>>> 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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