We've been running for 3 years as a non profit Coworking and event space in a small village in north west England. We have a shared Coworking space wjrh 9 desks, and offices, studios and workshops most of which are leased and then shared too.
We have an interesting and surprisingly completely new situation where a wedding and lifestyle photographer is objecting / very worried about the possibility of another wedding photographer coming into the space and setting up an office in a shared space next door. We run as a cooperative and encourage members to discuss issues like this but wonder if other spaces have come across this. My ohotographer says it's a cut throat business a s he would feel threatened .... What experience do other Coworking spaces have of this issue and what's the answer ? We have always had a gut policy or not encouraging exclusivity . Recently a wedding planner wanted exclusive rights to run weddings in our space. We reluctantly agreed to it for a limited period but it felt wrong st the start and as the months went on it was worse and worse - she put out badly written brochures , she had loads of demands ... we had to set up a really complicated and draconian contract to work wjrh her envisaging the worst case situations etc ... anyway now she has pulled out due to ill health and we are telling ourselves to go with our gut in future . So we know that exclusivity is wrong. But we don't want to upset our existing workshop renter - while not wanting to limit who comes and takes empty space . Help!!! -- 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.
