[Coworking] Re: Interested in establishing a space in Claremont, CA
Francisco, Saw this post from back in 2010. Did you ever get it going? Is there still interest? On Sunday, November 7, 2010 11:24:47 PM UTC-8, Fran wrote: Hi everyone: Just wanted to introduce myself as a new potential coworking catalyst. I’m interested in establishing a space in Claremont, California, a wonderful college town at the eastern edge of Los Angeles County. The downtown “Village” area is ripe for a new coworking space, with public transit links to Los Angeles, Pasadena, and the Inland Empire; a walkable and bike-friendly layout; lots of cafes, restaurants, and services; close proximity to the Claremont Colleges (Pitzer, Scripps, Pomona, Claremont McKenna, and Harvey Mudd), and many attractive buildings with vacant commercial and office spaces. Most of my professional experience, including my current day job, is in the environmental policy area–both government and academic. Therefore, I have a lot to learn about running a small business and addressing the needs of coworkers in less institutional careers. On the other hand, I do have a strong background in the ins and outs of sustainability. I am drawn to this project as a committed telecommuter, strongly supported by my agency employers, but constrained by an imperfect work-at-home setup. I am also a newly minted Ph.D. looking for a new project to lose sleep over. :) I envision a hybrid space with both offices and a communal environment, and perhaps one or two conference rooms. If possible, I’d ideally like to offer discounts for community and environmental nonprofit groups. The space will probably start small and develop on a “grow as we go” basis, since I do not (yet) have much startup capital to work with! Anyway, I’ll be monitoring this group with interest, and coming back with lots of questions. Looking forward to talking with you all. Best, Francisco “Let him who cannot be alone beware of community… Let him who is not in community beware of being alone.” –Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together (New York: Harper Row, 1954), 77. -- 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 coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[Coworking] Coworking visa
Hi every one... I'm looking for real informations and explications about the coworking visa, how you can get it what is it where you can use it…. Thanks a lot… -- 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 coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[Coworking] Re: Questions about creating a Space with Childcare
Hi, Gretchen! Just curious if you've started this! Almost 5 years later??? I live in Chicago and would love to know more about your progress! Thanks, Nikki nikki.ri...@gmail.com On Tuesday, August 4, 2009 9:42:35 AM UTC-5, gret...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi Jodie, you might also want to contact Soma Vida in Austin, TX. They have child care a few days a week on the premises. My husband, Jason, and I are also looking at starting a coworking center with child care here in Chicago. Our local business development center has been very helpful...they filled us in on all the requirements. Here in Chicago opening a day care where the children are dropped off and the parents can leave the premises is very involved, but if you require the parents to be present and available (in the next room, for example) the certification process is way simpler. We're thinking of starting with that and then upgrading to day care if there is a need for it. We're just in the beginning stages as well...feel free to contact me if you want to co-work or just bounce ideas around. I don't know about you, but every work-at-home parent I have talked to about this gets very excited about the idea of having a place to work where their kids are involved in something other than the Disney Channel! Gretchen Goodrich Chicago, IL On Jul 31, 5:47 pm, jodiegrace jodiegr...@hotmail.com wrote: Hello. I am new to this group. In the process of starting a co-work space for parents with small children in my city here in Canada. Does anyone have any experience incorperating childcare into the space. I am thinking about having a play room that could be unsupervised at times, with a paid babysitter in for scheduled times during the week for more supervision. Not too sure about the legalities of this. Is it better to have members volunteer? Looking for feedback. I know there is a great need for this as it is next to impossible to find part-time childcare and really costly when all you may have to do is just a few hours of phone interviews and work without childcare for the rest etc. Can't wait to hear any comments. -- 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 coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [Coworking] Coworking visa
Hi, The visa isn't a thing you get, but rather a thing you do. If you have a membership at your coworking space that is part of the program and plan to travel, you can look on the list to see what other spaces in the city you'll be travelling to that participate in the program and enjoy one or a few days in their space. It's a handshake between the two spaces who want to support our travelling members. There is a list of participating spaces at http://wiki.coworking.com/w/page/16583744/CoworkingVisa and there was an article published just the other day about the visa program: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/18/business/at-the-next-stop-an-office-and-co-workers.html?_r=0 r. *rachel young*rac...@camaraderie.ca *We're located at 2241 Dundas St W, 3rd floor* *(between Bloor and Roncesvalles)* Gift cards now available http://bit.ly/GiftCardsviaSMAKK via SMAKK! *Find us online:* Website/blog http://camaraderie.ca and Newsletterhttp://bit.ly/camaraderienewsletter , Twitter http://twitter.com/camaraderie, Facebook http://bit.ly/9zv3Fx, Google+ http://bit.ly/CamaraderiePlus, Yelp http://bit.ly/CamaraderieYelp, and LinkedInhttp://bit.ly/CamaraderieGroup We're a proud member of CoworkingToronto http://www.coworkingtoronto.ca/, CoworkingOntario http://coworkingontario.ca/, and CoworkingCanadahttp://www.coworkingcanada.ca/ ! On 19 February 2014 08:42, clement.brun...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi every one... I'm looking for real informations and explications about the coworking visa, how you can get it what is it where you can use it Thanks a lot... -- 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 coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- 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 coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[Coworking] Re: Solution for lots of people streaming music
At New Work City, we found that the upstream bandwidth on our TWC cable modem was being maxed out at times, and that was causing problems for everybody on the downstream side. TWC only offers 5 Meg upstream Max, so we had to add a second cable modem and a load balancing router. That seems to have taken care of the problem for the time being. I was able to find this out through the bandwidth monitoring built into our Meru wireless controller. The best solution would be to get fiber into the building, but that is cost prohibitive at this point, even though we are just one block away from 32 Avenue of the Americas, one of the central NAPs in NYC. Best, Craig On Monday, February 17, 2014 12:27:21 PM UTC-5, Angel Kwiatkowski wrote: Looks like about everyone is streaming music while at Cohere so it's putting a strain on our bandwidth. Has your space had this issue and what are some solutions? Angel -- 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 coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [Coworking] Re: Solution for lots of people streaming music
At New Work City, we found that the upstream bandwidth on our TWC cable modem was being maxed out at times, and that was causing problems for everybody on the downstream side. FWIW, this is identical to the problems that we had with Comcast. Took us FOREVER to diagnose though! -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 11:07 AM, Craig Plunkett craig.plunk...@cedx.comwrote: At New Work City, we found that the upstream bandwidth on our TWC cable modem was being maxed out at times, and that was causing problems for everybody on the downstream side. TWC only offers 5 Meg upstream Max, so we had to add a second cable modem and a load balancing router. That seems to have taken care of the problem for the time being. I was able to find this out through the bandwidth monitoring built into our Meru wireless controller. The best solution would be to get fiber into the building, but that is cost prohibitive at this point, even though we are just one block away from 32 Avenue of the Americas, one of the central NAPs in NYC. Best, Craig On Monday, February 17, 2014 12:27:21 PM UTC-5, Angel Kwiatkowski wrote: Looks like about everyone is streaming music while at Cohere so it's putting a strain on our bandwidth. Has your space had this issue and what are some solutions? Angel -- 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 coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- 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 coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[Coworking] Growing our coworking space
Hey All, I've been following this group thread and see that everyone is totally immersed in the coworking world and running successful, member-filled spaces. As I've checked most of your sites, I'm wondering how you gained so many members in the short, yet successful time your space has been around? I work for ThincSavannah, Savannah's first coworking space, and we have a strong core of members, about 50-60, but are having a challenging time growing beyond that. Any advice and insight is appreciated! www.thincsavannah.com http://thincsavannah.com (still working on updating the member page with some of our newest additions). Thanks a bunch! -- Elise Colcord 678-467-9328 LooseLeafDiarieshttp://elisecolcord.wordpress.com/category/a-day-in-the-life/ RunningHealth http://twitter.com/#!/ecolcord LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=69001866trk=tab_pro -- 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 coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[Coworking] Growing our coworking space
Easy! Working our asses off... There is no magic bullet. You have to organize events for kind of clients you want and get the word out through social media, contacts, etc. At the begining it is fundamental to have people in the space every day, so invite some friends over and get to work. Good luck! -- 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 coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [Coworking] Growing our coworking space
I've been following this group thread and see that everyone is totally immersed in the coworking world and running successful, member-filled spaces. I wish this were true across the board. I work with spaces around the world every week that continue to struggle. One of the weaknesses of this community is that it IS so pro-coworking, and not much data is available about the real challenges and failures. Coaxing out real stories of failure is really hard, and often only happens behind closed doors. I work for ThincSavannah, Savannah's first coworking space, and we have a strong core of members, about 50-60, but are having a challenging time growing beyond that. Can you describe this core membership more? Who are they, what makes them a strong core in your eyes? -Alex -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 2:06 PM, Ramon Suarez ra...@betacowork.com wrote: Easy! Working our asses off... There is no magic bullet. You have to organize events for kind of clients you want and get the word out through social media, contacts, etc. At the begining it is fundamental to have people in the space every day, so invite some friends over and get to work. Good luck! -- 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 coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- 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 coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [Coworking] Re: Call Volume in a Coworking Space
Also, please keep in mind that the key to reducing sound leakage is eliminating all cracks and openings. You could have a very thick door, but if the edges around the door isn't sealed, you might as well have a thin door. Sound is just persistent like that. JEROME CHANG Mid-Wilshire 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) | Los Angeles CA 90036 ph: (323) 330-9505 Downtown 529 S. Broadway, Suite 4000 (@Pershing Square) | Los Angeles CA 90013 ph: (213) 550-2235 On Feb 18, 2014, at 4:03 PM, Barbara Sprenger bspren...@thesatelliteinc.com wrote: Oren, we actually build in phone cubes during the construction phase of a site. They're about 4' x 5', 2x6 top and bottom plate with 2x4 staggered studs for better sound insulation. Then they're insulated and sheetrocked. We put something soft on the walls for absorption, and the light/ventilator in the ceiling provides enough background sound. The door has insulated glass, there's a window, and a 12 - 14 shelf across for phone and laptop. We put in a tall stool. Barbara Sprenger Satellite Telework Centers, Inc. 6265 Hwy. 9 * Felton, CA * 95018 bspren...@thesatelliteinc.com * www.thesatelliteinc.com phone: 831222-2100 * cell: 831 345-6529 Untitled1.png Please consider the environment before printing this email. On Feb 18, 2014, at 3:55 PM, oren.salo...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Alex and Jerome for your suggestions on how to better integrate the member. Today was vastly improved and I noticed him controlling the volume of his voice better. Also a few members personally introduced themselves to him today as a way of bridging the gap. That seemed to help as well. We don't have a formal onboarding process, so stuff like this can really go a long way. Thanks Ramon for your sound suggestions and I'm going to explore the white noise one a bit. Barbara - I like the way you subdivided your space! Can you share more details on the materials you used to construct your phone booths? Thanks! On Monday, February 17, 2014 4:31:18 PM UTC-6, oren.s...@gmail.com wrote: Hi there everyone, I know this is a topic that's come up again and again and been handled many different ways, but I'm curious how to handle this socially moreso than from any other dimension. Members have to take phone calls. This is a fact of life. Most people just find a quiet corner or take up the conference room for a call whenever they need. This was a pretty self-regulating problem. Until recently when a member signed up that seems to be on the phone all day long in the main coworking area. Other members are complaining specifically about this one member because he's ruining their ability to focus. He refuses to take up in one of the side rooms or corners because they don't have a table big enough to fit his computer and monitor and he doesn't seem too keen on moving his stuff around either. I've never asked a member to leave the community and I'd hate to do it because of a workstyle issue, but I don't see a way around this. Any ideas? -- 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/SNVZkjGqHX4/unsubscribe. To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- 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 coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- 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 coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. inline: yelp-s.pnginline: twitter-bird3-square.pnginline: facebook-logo-square.pnginline: linkedin-logo-square2.pnginline: vimeo-s.png
[Coworking] It's all in a name. Or is it?
About a year ago I decided to start a coworking space here in Alaska. I figured it needed a name, so that it could grow and be referenced. That name is CrankSpace. As luck would have it, one of the first things I realized, was that I actually didn't want to start a space, I wanted to build a community. And eventually, when our community needed it, we would find a location to house it. So a year has gone by and we have a name which presumes we have the one thing we actually don't - space - and, I feel, vocalizes a value I don't see in that one thing. At least not direct value. My question is this: Does it matter? I would love for it to be a community decision, but despite being at it for almost a year, we don't have much of an active one yet. I feel I'm losing connection with the name because it promotes values I don't believe in and fear it having a negative impact. My fear in changing it is loss in recognition, perceived flakiness or lack of viability. Not sure what to do with this one. *TL:DR* - I feel our name doesn't fit our goals anymore. Does it matter? Job -- 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 coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [Coworking] It's all in a name. Or is it?
Its an interesting topic to me, Job, especially since it hits home. Over a year ago I started to pull together a local maker community in my area. After many coffee shop meetups, severalpeople settled into a collection of leaders. At initial meetings that subject of identity came up, and I had thoughts similar to yours: I felt we needed to build community first, then start a physical makerspace once we had an organization established. I also believed our org name should identify the community first, space(s) second. I was outvoted at first and we came to be Fort Worth Makerspace. Over time, as our purpose evolved more to favor community education powered by partnerships, everyone realized we wouldnt be just one physical space ultimately but many. In fact we are working on two now, partnering with a library and university respectively. And so everyone else changed their mind to abstract the organization from physical spaces-- our organization became Tarrant Makers, named after our county to identify our physical reach. So I can understand your dilemma. Your name, brand, identity-- whatever you call it, it creates an image in the minds of your community, customers, partners and sponsors. You have to think deep about who and what you are, what needs you intend to fill going forward, how you wish to be perceived. It sounds like you already have a good idea which way youre going to go. Hope my rambling helped. Randy Tarrant Makers On February 20, 2014 at 12:06 AM Job Sonnentag j...@alaskazone.com wrote: About a year ago I decided to start a coworking space here in Alaska. I figured it needed a name, so that it could grow and be referenced. That name is CrankSpace. As luck would have it, one of the first things I realized, was that I actually didnt want to start a space, I wanted to build a community. And eventually, when our community needed it, we would find a location to house it. So a year has gone by and we have a name which presumes we have the one thing we actually dont - space - and, I feel, vocalizes a value I dont see in that one thing. At least not direct value. My question is this: Does it matter? I would love for it to be a community decision, but despite being at it for almost a year, we dont have much of an active one yet. I feel Im losing connection with the name because it promotes values I dont believe in and fear it having a negative impact. My fear in changing it is loss in recognition, perceived flakiness or lack of viability. Not sure what to do with this one. TL:DR - I feel our name doesnt fit our goals anymore. Does it matter? Job -- 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 coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Randall (Randy) Arnold Developer and Enthusiast Advocate http://texrat.net +18177396806 -- 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 coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
