Hi We have not done our own currency but its come up a dozen times. We've hesitated because we didn't want to treat 'niceties' as something that required/was worthy of 'payment'. We worried that it would make the vibe dependent on these currency exchanges. that said, we see a ton of benefits too. I'd love to hear from others and also hear how it works out in the weeks/months ahead.
Eli Malinsky Centre for Social Innovation Toronto // New York City On Wednesday, October 23, 2013 6:05:40 AM UTC-4, Will Bennis, Locus Workspace wrote: > > Hi All, > > Our coworking space just introduced it's own cuurrency, Locus Laughs > (LOL). Members can earn it for anything they do to contribute to the > community, they can use it to pay for any products or services in the > space, and they can trade it to one another for services and then use their > Laughs to pay for membership or whatever. The idea was to have some way to > show some kind of thanks to those who give the most back to the community. > It also just seemed like a fun experiment. Though I do worry a little that > it will make giving to the community a commodity and take away from the > less selfish motives of giving. > > We've also just started accepting Bitcoin. Also largely as an experiment > and to add some spice to the space. > > Any other spaces experimented with this? Any ideas about what works well > or badly with local currencies or with Bitcoin? > > Here's our blog post about it with more details about both: > > http://blog.locusworkspace.cz/2013/10/locus-accepts-bitcoin-and-its-own-new.html > > Would love feedback and to hear other stories! > > Best, > Will > Locus Workspace > > -- 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.
