At Workantile, all members have 24/7 access. We have electronic locks on the doors and all members have an rfid key that lets them in. When members join, they first do a trial membership during which they do not have keys. We ask them to get to know the community, and the community to get to know them, during that trial, and to get the signatures of three members who will vouch for them as good fits for membership. Assuming they do, they get an rfid key like everyone else. Since going to this method of onboarding members, we have had no problems with members using the space after hours. Typically, people who are not good fits will select themselves out, and very occasionally we have asked a trial member to not come back. The last time I did that was last year, when a trial member was watching hard-core porn on his laptop right in the middle of our big open area where everyone could see what he was watching (srsly dude, wtf?).
So rather than doing expensive, intrusive, and frequently unreliable background checks, you might want to try other methods of building trust between your members. On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 7:45 PM, Aaron Cruikshank <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm going to echo the sentiments of Tom and Susan. The HiVE has been going > for years with 24/7 access for the majority of our members and we only ever > had one issue with a tenant that was (unknown to us) technically homeless > and was kind of living out of the space. We nipped that in the butt and > everything was fine. Background checks sounds heavy-handed, not to mention > expensive. > > Aaron Cruikshank > Principal, CRUIKSHANK > phone: 778.908.4560 > e-mail: [email protected] > web: cruikshank.me <http://www.cruikshank.me> > twitter: @cruikshank <https://twitter.com/cruikshank> > book a meeting: doodle.com/cruikshank <http://www.doodle.com/cruikshank> > linkedin: in/cruikshank <http://www.linkedin.com/in/cruikshank> > > > > > On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 3:46 PM, Lindsey Rima <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> We are exploring the possibility of giving members after-hours/keyholder >> access at Link Coworking. We would like to run a background check on new >> members looking for access during unstaffed hours. Does anyone have a >> vendor they recommend? >> >> Thanks, >> Lindsey >> >> -- >> 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/d/optout. >> > > -- > 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/d/optout. > -- twb member, Workantile <http://workantile.com/> @twbrandt -- 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/d/optout.
