Happy. I think calling ourselves happy sums it up pretty well. They're closing the boarding doors on my flight to Austin for GCUC. I expect I'll be meeting many other happy people there. See you soon.
Glen On Wednesday, March 7, 2012, Jeannine <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > 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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