Ramon, that group is actually specifically for organizing OpenCoworking (http://opencoworking.org/) related efforts. That certainly could (and should!) include space managers, owners, and members, but I think that its goals are broader than space managers helping each other.
-Alex On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 11:21 AM, Ramon Suarez <[email protected]> wrote: > The existing group for managers is at https://opencoworking.groupbuzz.io/ > Ramon Suarez > Serendipity Accelerator, Betacowork > Author: http://coworkinghandbook.com > email & hangouts: [email protected] > Phone: +3227376769 > GSM: +32497556284 > Twitter:http://twitter.com/ramonsuarez > Skype: ramonsuarez > Try coworking: http://betacowork.com > <http://betacowork.com/free-coworking-tryout/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=468x60_banner&utm_content=girl-home&utm_campaign=ramon-signature> > On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 5:14 PM, Adam Teterus <[email protected]> wrote: >> So glad this resonates, Lindsey. I'm *really* looking forward to having a >> network of folks to talk with on a more regular basis. We all have so much >> to learn from one another just by sharing war stories, as it were. I'll get >> you on into the Slack team! >> >> >> On Wednesday, September 10, 2014 10:27:27 PM UTC-4, Lindsey Rima wrote: >>> >>> Hey Adam! >>> >>> Thank you for putting this out there. I'm the operations manager/ >>> community foster-er/ coffee maker/problem solver/ non-owner at Link. I'm >>> part of the Austin Office Managers group. The collective wisdom and >>> experience in the group is amazing, but a coworking oriented group would be >>> the bees knees. Please invite me to the Slack group and google hangout. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Saturday, September 6, 2014 8:47:49 PM UTC-5, Adam Teterus wrote: >>>> >>>> Hey, all. I'm Adam. >>>> >>>> So I've been running Indy Hall as the Point Man for just shy of 3 years, >>>> looking over this place and these people on a daily basis from January of >>>> 2011 to right now (and well beyond right now, I should hope). 3 years of >>>> facilitating relationships between new and old members, introducing >>>> newcomers to our community, saying goodbye to longstanding members who came >>>> before me, bumping into very *human* obstacles and guiding members >>>> through sometimes tough social situations, always toward a place in which >>>> we're much tighter and stronger and better than where we came from. >>>> >>>> I recently had a really great conversation with a friend about what it >>>> is that I do here at Indy Hall. Given that coworking is relatively "new" in >>>> the scheme of things, and given that it's a burgeoning meta-community and >>>> industry in its own rite, she asked me who I turn to when I have questions, >>>> when I encounter something new. >>>> >>>> That's a long, winding answer. My reference points are ALL OVER the >>>> place, there's not really anyone one, particular role model. Not really a >>>> coworking space manager that I look to for parallels or direct reference. >>>> Many of you on this forum are among reference points, but there's a >>>> contingent missing from the Google Group: the person that most closely >>>> reflects me and what I do here at Indy Hall. I know that person and those >>>> people exist, but...where are they? >>>> >>>> My friend, she's a researcher type, and she points out that I've got >>>> this wealth of domain knowledge >>>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_knowledge>, this set of skills and >>>> attributes that I reflexively understand and act on every day to keep this >>>> community up and running. Things that I often take for granted, admittedly. >>>> Things I rarely think about because I'm not talking about them out loud >>>> with other people who do it, too. >>>> >>>> She goes on to say that it sounds like I'm lacking a field >>>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discipline_(academia)>, a network of >>>> people who share the same domain knowledge. A group of people like me. >>>> Where are those people? >>>> >>>> I know the Google Group is primarily for/frequented by owners and >>>> prospective space owners, but where do the space managers go to talk to one >>>> another? The daily, boots on the ground, hired to be here community >>>> leader - where does she go for answers? Where do they go to learn and talk >>>> and share? Hell, where do they go to debrief and unwind after a long week >>>> of weird social situations? Who teaches them how to do what they're doing? >>>> >>>> Further, for owners and prospective owners: when you're hiring for a >>>> coworking space manager, who are you looking toward and thinking, "yeah, I >>>> need *that* person"? When you do hire someone, who do you refer that >>>> person to in terms of a role model for the gig? >>>> >>>> Where are the people like me? Who are they? 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