I think some of this is in how you conceptualize it with your coworkers. My motto is (loosely translated) "where the space changes to suit your work, not the other way around".
Everybody has a contract which says they are renting the entire space, on the basis of sharing it with the other coworkers, and the amount they pay is based on their use of the space. More use of resources costs more; less use of resources costs less. But all the resources count, not just the desks. We don't even talk about desks or days, unless the conversation is about classes, or workshops or something similar. They are paying for membership, with all that implies, and not for days using a desk. Our part time and full time memberships are sort of loosely defined, and if somebody comes in one or two days extra in a month nobody gets excited. If it occurs structurally, then it is time to graduate to the next level membership and hurray time for a party. If somebody starts needing to exclude others from a part of the space for their work on a structural basis, it's time to graduate from a full time to a permanent establishment (this does not translate well, sorry) an hurray, another reason for a party. We like parties, :-) So you don't have to be radical like that, I have noticed that I am unusually comfortable in loosely defined relationships :-) but it is helpful to consider how you are thinking about your memberships and how you are communicating with your coworkers about them. I find that if I regularly have a problem with how people respond to somethign I do, ,the problem is usually me. On Monday, November 20, 2017 at 7:28:20 PM UTC+1, Craig Baute - Creative Density Coworking wrote: > > Ray, > > I respect your view and fully understand why a space would do that. It's > how I currently run my space. I view roll over days as a potential way of > retaining members that would otherwise just cancel. If an individual > doesn't use their days but can bank them then they are less likely to leave > completely but downgrade to a low level plan because if they cancel their > plan then they will loose all of their days banked. I think it would be > interesting model to test. > -- 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.
