Yes - basically create coworking-europe, coworking-africa, coworking-northamerica, etc groups.
They'd each have their own subscriber base and their own moderators. It's a LITTLE clunky because you'd have to manage multiple subscriptions, but so long as all of the groups run basically the same join/moderation policies it'd be pretty easy. And of course if it doesn't work, we can kill off the "dead" groups and let the growing ones thrive. -Alex -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia building a community? http://masterclass.indyhall.org On Tuesday, October 2, 2012 at 11:52 AM, Anni Roolf wrote: > @Alex: Do you mean continental & country groups for the mailing list? I would > support it. > Could be a strong accelerator. > > I'm interested to include not only the classical coworking regions. > > > Am 02.10.2012 17:37, schrieb Alex Hillman: > > I love what Anni has done with the continental Coworking groups on Facebook > > and that she's taken the reigns. > > > > Part of my vision for http://discuss.coworking.com is a similar effort for > > longform discussion, where we can "fake" sub-forums. I can add additional > > google groups to the nav easily, so we could have regional groups with > > their own moderation, etc, shown along side this global and more general > > group. It's additive, not duplicative. > > > > I'd need to know that the regional lists are going to be tended to and not > > just left to rot - we all know that communities need gardening - but I'd > > love to accelerate and add more "sub-groups" alongside this one on the > > Discuss site. > > > > Thoughts? > > > > -- > > /ah > > indyhall.org (http://indyhall.org) > > coworking in philadelphia > > > > > > On Tuesday, October 2, 2012 at 11:18 AM, Anni Roolf wrote: > > > > > @Jacob: Beautiful statement. > > > > > > @Jeannine & all: > > > > > > Do you all already know all the continental groups on facebook (for sure > > > also for Asia)? > > > > > > Coworking Asia: https://www.facebook.com/groups/cowoasia/ > > > Coworking Africa: https://www.facebook.com/groups/cowoafrica/ > > > Coworking Australia Oceania: > > > https://www.facebook.com/groups/cowoaustraliaoceania/ > > > Coworking Europe: https://www.facebook.com/groups/coworkingeurope/ > > > Coworking Northamerica: https://www.facebook.com/groups/cowonorthamerica/ > > > Coworking Southamerica: https://www.facebook.com/groups/cowosouthamerica/ > > > Coworking Worldwide: https://www.facebook.com/groups/cowoworld/ > > > > > > Let's continue to weave global coworking networks ... :-) > > > There are so different ways to do it. Fascinating to observe this process. > > > > > > Best, Anni > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Am 02.10.2012 16:38, schrieb Jacob Sayles: > > > > Yes we do have a global organization and a very effective > > > > "association". We all associate with the word "coworking". For such a > > > > vastly diverse group of people this is more then enough. This is > > > > beautiful. Our success in Seattle is amplified because of our > > > > association with all of you. We express our appreciation for this > > > > group by giving back in every way we can. > > > > > > > > Can we collectively do more? Yes, but it can't be all in the same > > > > direction. We have exploded on the world because we are going in all > > > > directions, and quickly. It is also important to note that there is > > > > more then enough energy in this movement to overcome any need for > > > > efficiency. > > > > > > > > We have many tools to work with and we can be most effective if we use > > > > and appreciate each one for its strengths. Globally we are bridging > > > > the connections between all of us. Locally we bond together and get > > > > things done. We are united. We are Coworking. Each one of us can > > > > take that home and set a damn good example of what we personally > > > > believe that means. > > > > Jacob > > > > > > > > --- > > > > Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation > > > > http://www.officenomads.com - (206) 323-6500 > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 7:02 AM, Jeannine <[email protected] > > > > (mailto:[email protected])> wrote: > > > > > I think we have a global organization already. I think we need more, > > > > > as Anni says, networking. > > > > > > > > > > I also think that we should have, as Alex says, a europe-centered > > > > > coworking group, as part of the Global group. The closest we have so > > > > > far is a Facebook group. Which is a good start, but we can do better > > > > > than that. > > > > > > > > > > I would also like to see much more from Asia: but Asia is also an > > > > > entire continent with many languages and cultures and so forth to > > > > > contend with. > > > > > > > > > > In the US, they don't have language issues and so forth to contend > > > > > with, at least not on the same scale. So it all goes easier, there > > > > > is more interation, more gets done faster. This means we have to > > > > > have some more effort from our side. Not to separate; but to bring > > > > > together in its fullness. > > > > > > > > > > That's my goal, anyway. > > > > > > > > > > Jeannine > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tuesday, October 2, 2012 1:02:51 PM UTC+2, manuel zea - > > > > > coworkingspain.es (http://coworkingspain.es) wrote: > > > > > > I just take a look globalworkspace.org > > > > > > (http://globalworkspace.org). > > > > > > It looks nice, but there is not any location listed in europe. > > > > > > I think we should make our own global association with coworking > > > > > > philosophy and that means that the association has to be born from > > > > > > the differents coworkings countries community. > > > > > > Not just USA > > > > > > I think a great step to make it possible, its starting talking with > > > > > > those who are reference in their own countries and make this > > > > > > association possible with all this people. > > > > > > > > > > > > El lunes, 30 de julio de 2012 17:33:31 UTC+2, Toni Hogan escribió: > > > > > > > Has anyone ever heard of this organization? If so, do tell... > > > > > -- > > > > > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > > > > > > -- > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com
