We're happy to support such a great project, keep up the wonderful work!!
Anne Kirby The Candy Factory www.candyissweet.com www.facebook.com/candyissweet On Tuesday, July 24, 2012 11:20:53 AM UTC-4, Kevin Skiena wrote: > > If you’ve been thinking about > donating<http://www.opencoworking.org/coworkingwiki/participate/#donate>, > now is the time. A donation in any amount helps offset the cost of > community outreach and education efforts as well as project oversight. Some > of us signed on to the project knowing it was quite possible we would > receive no compensation for our work. Several team members offered to > forfeit any pay after it became clear that we’d be unable to go forward > without additional revenue. We’ve spent hours on the phone educating > coworking space managers and catalysts about the resources available on the > wiki. We’ve identified the wiki’s key functions and resources in order to > produce a better, more intuitive structure for it, and we’ve begun > delegating the task of transferring pages accordingly. Last week, we > migrated the entire wiki from wiki.coworking.info to wiki.coworking.com, > and managed to preserve all of our SEO and link continuity in the process. > Most importantly, we’ve recruited a full > team<http://www.opencoworking.org/coworkingwiki/project/team/>of talented, > dedicated, experienced professionals who will be responsible > for the wiki’s ongoing maintenance. We hope to thank our project > coordinators with more than just a handshake. > > Donating <http://www.opencoworking.org/coworkingwiki/participate/#donate>to > the Upgrade Project is a great way for spaces and individuals to > demonstrate their commitment to the coworking movement and its values: > openness, collaboration, accessibility, sustainability, and community. We > will recognize all of our donors on the wiki as Founding Partners. > > Just the Beginning > > In many ways, the real work of the project starts now. We invite you to > review and provide feedback on our proposed draft for the wiki’s Content > Structure<http://wiki.coworking.com/w/page/55313141/Coworking%20Wiki%20Content%20Structure>. > > You can respond to this blog post or contact > us<http://www.opencoworking.org/coworkingwiki/contact/>with your thoughts. > There is already a wealth of information available on > the wiki, and we expect the task of managing this valuable resource will > only grow more formidable going forward. We need your help in order to > ensure the site’s hierarchy will be as simple and intuitive as possible for > newcomers. > > Are you an expert or highly experienced in something coworking-related? Do > you see a section on the wiki you could improve upon? Is there a relevant > topic that’s completely absent? Maybe you want to get involved, but aren’t > sure of the best way to help. Consider > volunteering<http://www.opencoworking.org/coworkingwiki/participate/#volunteer>with > us. We’ll talk to you about your experience and talents in order to > identify the task best suited to your interests, and then we’ll provide any > assistance you may need. > > Though active fundraising will conclude on July 31, we will continue to > provide you with project updates and news about the wiki, posting > information on the blog and Twitter <http://twitter.com/coworkingwiki>. > > For Our Donors, We are Misty-Eyed > > We’ve accomplished a lot, but the majority of our work is yet to come. > It’s all possible only because of the tremendous amount of financial and > logistical support we’ve received. The vast majority of this support comes > from people in the coworking community who recognize the benefits of having > a Coworking Wiki that’s more organized, up-to-date, and carefully > maintained. We will all benefit from the generosity of these individuals > and organizations. Everyone who contributes before July 31 will be > recognized as a Founding Partner. Our thanks will never be enough. > > Coworking Wiki Founding Partners: > > > - Andrew Cole (Seattle, WA, USA) > - Anne Kirby - The Candy Factory <http://www.candyissweet.com/> > (Lancaster, PA, USA) > - Aurelio Balestra - Toolbox Office <http://www.toolboxoffice.it/>(Torino, > Italy) > - Boon-Teck Tan - MakeSpace > <http://www.facebook.com/makespace.sg>(Singapore) > - Cat Koehn (Seattle, WA, USA) > - The COOP <http://coworkchicago.com/> (Chicago, IL, USA) > - Cospace <http://cospace.co/> (Austin, TX, USA) > - Deskmag <http://www.deskmag.com/> (Berlin, Germany) > - Steve King - Emergent Research <http://www.emergentresearch.com/>(San > Francisco, CA, USA) > - Gangplank <http://gangplankhq.com/> (AZ, USA) > - Geoff Mamlet - Cambridge Coworking > Center<http://www.cambridgecoworking.com/>(Cambridge, MA, USA) > - Gerard Sychay - Cincinnati Coworks <http://cincycoworks.com>(Cincinnati, > OH, USA) > - Ingy döt Net ( Seattle, WA, USA) > - Jamie Wright - Seed Coworking <https://www.seedcoworking.com/>(Toledo, > OH, USA) > - Jessie Rymph - Purple Rain > Coats<http://purpleraincoats.wordpress.com/>(Seattle, WA, USA) > - Jen Moon (Seattle, WA, USA) > - Jennifer Mincar - Office Squared > <http://www.officesquaredvt.com/>(Burlington, VT, USA) > - Joel Bennett - Veel Hoeden <http://veelhoeden.posterous.com/>(Pella, IA, > USA) > - Jonathan Yankovich (San Francisco, CA, USA) > - Kaan Aksay (Turkey) > - Kamer52 <http://www.kamer52.nl/> (Oosterhout, Holland) > - LiquidSpace <https://liquidspace.com/> (Palo Alto, CA, USA) > - Loren Tripp (Pasadena, CA, USA) > - Mimi Graney - Union Square Main <http://unionsquaremain.org>(Somerville, > MA, USA) > - Patricio Victorica (Punta del Este, Uruguay) > - Neal Gorenflo – Shareable > Magazine<http://www.shareable.net/tag/coworking>(Mountain View, CA, USA) > - Rebecca Brian - NextSpace <http://nextspace.us/> (CA, USA) > - Shift Workspace <http://shiftcoworking.com/> (Austin, TX, USA) > - Susan Evans - Office Nomads <http://officenomads.com> (Seattle, WA, > USA) > - Thilo Utke - co.up <http://co-up.de/> (Berlin, Germany) > - Tony Bacigalupo – New Work City <http://nwc.co> (NYC, NY, USA) > - Will Bennis - Locus Workspace <http://en.locusworkspace.cz/>(Prague, > Czech Republic) > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. 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