Angel, I think there are 2 cases here: - Greeting and onboarding a new member (most spaces I know set up times to do that and don't really allow walk-ins) - Giving members who are already onboarded access to the space
To do the first task I think Ruth is correct, she doesn't need someone sitting at the front desk. However I do see the need for someone at the front desk in higher end environments or if you think it is a community function. In spaces I've worked in we've had both. What I would say though is: Anyone who sits at the front desk has to be able to help you and build community. It can't be "just" a receptionist otherwise that will be counter productive. On Wednesday, September 21, 2016 at 11:32:52 AM UTC-4, Angel Kwiatkowski wrote: > > Hi Ruth, > I have so many questions for you! Who will greet members as they arrive? > Why don't you want a receptionist? Is it cost? What is driving your desire > to be unstaffed at the door? > > I REALLY believe in having someone near the door to greet members/visitors > when you are a new community. Nothing and I mean NOTHING is more > frustrating to me than when I visit a coworking space and I can't find > anyone to help me. > > Angel > > On Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at 11:49:00 AM UTC-6, Ruth Rosengren wrote: >> >> Hello! I'm working on a business plan to start a coworking space. >> >> I don't want to hire a receptionist, and will have a couple different >> part-time packages that will limit usage to x number of days within a given >> month. >> >> Both for security, access, and monitoring use, I would want a system that >> "counts" the number of times a certain user accesses the building, or has a >> date/time stamp of when accessed. Is anyone using a tool like this, and if >> so, what are you using/what do you recommend? >> >> Thanks! >> Ruth >> >> -- 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.
