I have a dirt cheap membership (20 - 40 euros a month depending on whethr you want me to handle yoru mail and visitors) available for folks who want to stay members or be in some way associated with us, but aren't using the space itself. It's the "can't let go" membership. :-) Several who have actually moved on to a full time office are nevertheless still members on this plan.
It's also often an entry level membership, it's right up there with the punchcard for people who want to kick the tires. As the businesses growm they generally move on to other kids of membership. If folks want to leave their stuff here and so forth -- I have a member now who is off for a Habitat-like-thingie in Nepal for three months -- I give them half off or something similar. I have one member who is regularly out of country he sends his bookkeeper here to do his work while he is gone. Our philosophy is that you pay for what you use, and not for what you don't. So each situation is different but we have these options available. Jeannine On Monday, September 30, 2013 5:11:39 AM UTC+2, Alex Linsker wrote: > > Do you get requests from members to "pause membership" at your coworking > place? Many of our members at Collective Agency travel a lot, some for > several months or more at a time. What policies do you have with members > quitting and rejoining, or pausing membership? > > Do any coworking places require a year lease, or is everywhere > month-to-month, some with two months payment required up front? > > What do you do to increase the amount of time people stay members? > Expressing appreciation to people for who/how they are, and having a vision > for the place that's something big people can be part of and contribute to > somehow, are two ways that work for us. > > I'm also interested in how much your members like variety in their life? > Ours tend to like a lot. > > And how long your average member stays a member for less than 3 months? We > get a percentage who are between jobs, or just moved to Portland and are > looking for jobs. > > And for more than 2 years? We've had 16 people stay members for the past 2 > years, out of 50 members currently. > > What are the main reasons people stop being members? Ours is members > travel to another city, and after that, the top reason is getting a job at > another company. > > Thanks, > > Alex > -- > Alex Linsker > Collective Agency's Community Organizer / Proprietor > (503) 517-6900 http://collectiveagency.co > Tax and Conversation's Statewide Community Organizer > (503) 369-9174 taxandconversation.com > (503) 369-9174 mobile (503) 517-6901 fax > 322 NW Sixth Ave, Suite 200, Portland, Oregon 97209 > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
