> > ...to be honest almost everyone gets in who wants to be in and those that > don't fit actually realize it themselves on their first visit and don't > pursue membership. >
I'm curious to find out a little more. Given the above, and noting your own cringing toward the application process, *why* do you use an application? Beyond that, too, what makes someone unworthy of joining? On Tuesday, September 23, 2014 12:44:27 PM UTC-4, Erynn Lyster wrote: > > Hi Everyone > > I've seen some discussion here about selecting members and being > transparent with your criteria if you are accepting applications, but > I'd like to know how some of you have handled turning down members. > > I know some spaces use the method of self-selecting - ie: anyone can > join and those who don't fit eventually phase out. And I can see the > merits of that. However, we still find that having an application > process works well for us. We have everyone fill out an application and > on their space tour we let them know that we are looking for good > personality fit, similar work styles, community/coworker expectations > and we try and have a wide diversity of businesses. We stress we are a > boutique space so we are small and therefore all of these factors are > even more important in choosing members. > > We cringe a little at all of this because it does sound elitist, but to > be honest almost everyone gets in who wants to be in and those that > don't fit actually realize it themselves on their first visit and don't > pursue membership. > > However, there are a few who don't and I am wondering how others turn > down these people who you know just aren't going to fit, but do it in a > way that is polite and considerate. We find the conversation is just > awkward! However it's necessary as we have found in the past, ignoring > our gut instinct and having them become members isn't very nice in the > long run either ... > > ~Erynn > > -- > -- > Erynn Lyster > The Commons Calgary > a cowork apothecary > > www.thecommonscalgary.com > (403) 399-1716 (cell) or (403) 452-7938 (office) > > -- 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.
