Sent! ᐧ On Thu, Nov 27, 2014 at 11:19 AM, Nicole Vasquez <[email protected] > wrote:
> Hi Adam, > > Please add me to the manager's group. Thank you! > [email protected] > > > On Thursday, November 13, 2014 1:25:25 PM UTC-6, Adam Teterus wrote: >> >> You're invited! :) >> ᐧ >> >> On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 6:28 PM, Gretchen Bilbro <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> I would love an invite as well! >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >>> 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? I want to meet 'em. >>>> >>> -- >>> Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >>> Google Groups "Coworking" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ >>> topic/coworking/TKWCKxHlHE0/unsubscribe. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Adam J. Teterus >> *Prodigious Point-Man!, Indy Hall* >> indyhall.org >> > -- > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "Coworking" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/coworking/TKWCKxHlHE0/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Adam J. Teterus *Prodigious Point-Man!, Indy Hall* indyhall.org -- 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.
