Definitely helps, Randy. Thank you for posting. Lol! That's awesome, Jeannine! Thanks for sharing.
Job On Friday, February 21, 2014 8:29:25 AM UTC, Jeannine wrote: > > If I can just add the voice of experience here: I changed the name of a > space after it already had members, about a year ago. I did it because the > name was just not catching on, nobody was using it except actually in the > contract. > > So I changed it. I don't think I even announced the change, I just > started using a different name. And as Alex predicts, apparently nobody > noticed. They just started using the new name. > > That's not totally true: the government noticed. They called me up and > told me to file form whateveritis to register a trade name. > > That was the total net response. > > It's just like adopting a kitten: eventually it will tell you its True > Name if you are patient. Don't worry about that. :-) > > Cheers, > > Jeannine > On Thursday, February 20, 2014 7:06:57 AM UTC+1, Job Sonnentag wrote: >> >> About a year ago I decided to start a coworking space here in Alaska. I >> figured it needed a name, so that it could grow and be referenced. That >> name is CrankSpace. As luck would have it, one of the first things I >> realized, was that I actually didn't want to start a space, I wanted to >> build a community. And eventually, when our community needed it, we would >> find a location to house it. >> >> So a year has gone by and we have a name which presumes we have the one >> thing we actually don't - space - and, I feel, vocalizes a value I don't >> see in that one thing. At least not direct value. >> >> My question is this: Does it matter? I would love for it to be a >> community decision, but despite being at it for almost a year, we don't >> have much of an active one yet. I feel I'm losing connection with the name >> because it promotes values I don't believe in and fear it having a negative >> impact. My fear in changing it is loss in recognition, perceived flakiness >> or lack of viability. Not sure what to do with this one. >> >> *TL:DR* - I feel our name doesn't fit our goals anymore. Does it matter? >> >> Job >> > -- 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.
