My French speaking coworkers call me *papa poule* (hen dad), to make fun of how I protect and take care of them.
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 Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 10:38 AM, Jeannine van der Linden < [email protected]> wrote: > I call myself the Manager. My coworkers call me either baasje > (technically little boss, but untranslateable by me in its implications. > Maybe Ramon can translate it, lol), or huismoeder, (house mother). Five of > them call me Don-neen which is a complicated in joke involving my name and > the movie The Godfather. > > I call the folks we pay to look after the community Community Managers. So > of course the coworkers call them the Herders. (Translation: Shepherds. > Yes, like in sheep.) > > The coworkers who structurally help other coworkers have come to be called > *kameraad.* This is a sort of multi level pun on the name of the space > and the nature of the relationship. > > (For the English speaking I will give this a try: kameraad means comrade > or pal in Dutch. But the name of the network is De Kamer or "The room" > like a room in a boarding house, and "raad" also means advice. To make it > worse, de Kamer is also the word used when referring to the houses of > Parliament so .... anyway, it doesn't translate well. But whole lotta > punning going on). > > For Ramon who did not need that since he speaks like ten billion languages > or something: My French is not good enough to pun in it. Why don't you > run a competition for best name? The best names come from the coworkers. > And unless I misestimate them, your coworkers whould really enjoy that. > I'll send you brownies for the prize. Or I can send you my top secret > amazing brownie recipe which has been thoughtfully adjusted for the > peculiarities of European flour. :-) > > On Thursday, November 26, 2015 at 2:19:08 PM UTC+1, Ramon Suarez wrote: >> >> Thanks Tony. Tha'ts a thing we struggle to find the right word for. When >> a client comes, Facilitator is not understood. At least with host they >> understand that we are there to make them feel at home. >> >> What do you call yourselves and your colleagues in your respective >> coworking spaces? >> >> 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, Nov 26, 2015 at 1:49 PM, Tony Bacigalupo <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Congrats Ramon! I also want to say, I love that some of the members of >>> your team are called "Hosts." Makes me feel like I'm at a dinner party :-) >>> >>> Tony >>> *---* >>> *Projects: Open Coworking <http://opencoworking.org/> • Cotivation >>> <http://cotivation.co/> • Consulting >>> <http://tonybacigalupo.com/news/consulting/>* >>> *eBook: No More Sink Full of Mugs <http://nwc.co/mugs>* >>> *Connect: Personal site <http://tonybacigalupo.com/> • Twitter >>> <http://twitter.com/tonybgoode> • Facebook >>> <http://facebook.com/tonybacigalupo>* >>> *T**ravel: **NYC until 12/2 • Boulder 12/2-18 • NYC 12/18-30 • * >>> * Boulder 12/30-1/15 • Hawaii 1/15-22 • Seattle 1/22-25* >>> >>> On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 3:36 AM, Alex Linsker <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Elias, start by figuring out who you do and who you don't want to be in >>>> your coworking place. Write it down and share it -- it can be only positive >>>> wording but if it is meaningful it will exclude people who know they don't >>>> belong. You don't want everybody. >>>> >>>> If you write "We are a coworking place where everybody is worthy of >>>> love and belonging" and you truly intend that, you will exclude people who >>>> don't want everybody there, people who want cliwues or don't consider >>>> themselves worthy of love or belonging. (As an example.) >>>> >>>> Common advice on this group is, stsrt with community before you rent a >>>> place. >>>> >>>> Find people who care about many people and who have communities they >>>> will benefit by referring. >>>> >>>> Find people who have strong feelings and experiences about the place >>>> you will fent or will rent in, who actively want something. That is how I >>>> start things. >>>> >>>> If it isn't fun while doing it, don't do it. >>>> >>>> Alex Linsker, Collective Agency, Portland Oregon >>>> http://CollectiveAgency.co >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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 a topic in the >>> Google Groups "Coworking" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/coworking/0_y4eyH7WHM/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. >>> >> >> -- > 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/0_y4eyH7WHM/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. > -- 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. 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