Re: [Coworking] Re: where do people of color cowork? (Podcast?)

[Alex Linsker]

Hi all, 

Since updates were requested, here are the notes from the open weekly 
meeting. Additionally our working group on this has been doing research and 
sharing links etc. You can help out by sending links of places (workplaces, 
cafes, businesses, etc) where you think diversity is great (or good, if you 
can't find places that are great yet). Also keywords are super-helpful, to 
clue us into magazines and websites and styles and options.

To clarify (this came up in email conversations with some of you, thanks 
for participating!), by 'persons of color' I did not only mean people who 
self-identify as black. 

Also to clarify, it was *very* important to many members when we revised 
our membership page, and still is: "It’s important to members that we are 
all treated the same when we’re here, with the same access to everything. 
Everybody is worthy of being here." https://collectiveagency.co/membership 

As a community and as individuals we are not cool with segmenting 
populations by self-identities or labels, whether job title or skin color 
or age or otherwise. I've gotten some requests from people who 
self-identify as persons of color for black-only or Hispanic-only coworking 
places, and requests to not have persons of color at places where white 
people are. That is not our goal at Collective Agency although I understand 
the desire and the reasons why, and I encourage people to start their own 
coworking places in the ways you most want, to inspire all of us, and to 
give people more options.

*"Action items: *
- Allison will send us a Doodle poll for a time for future meetings on 
this. (DONE) We'll sit by the wall whiteboards in the Loft next time so we 
can be more visual.
- Allison will reach out to the podcast radio interviewer in Europe who 
wants to interview us on this, and ask for a better time than 5am (midnight 
is better for most of us, and if not then, later is better).
- Alex will send out notes from the meeting as best as he could write them 
down. (DONE)
- Alex will look at statistics for current members, and estimate 
binary/non-binary gender (by location and overall), and email the totals to 
this group. 
- Daniel will send articles. (DONE)
- Allison, Danya, Alex will do various research (it sounds like the way 
we're emailing so far is mutually interesting, let's keep doing that).

*Agenda for next meeting (time TBD by the Doodle poll Allison sent out in 
this email thread): *While there was a lot of desire to get to action items 
sooner, I wanted us to go at a slower pace and cover clarifying questions and 
then concerns and then actions, so we did that for 30 minutes (and then 
talked for a few minutes more in a less structured way, there are a lot of 
suggestions!). Thanks to each of you for expressing that you very much want 
something to happen with racial diversity! Next time we'll cover any 
clarifying questions that came up (there might not be any), then concerns 
(I could see between 5 minutes and the whole half hour for concerns), then 
suggestions for actions.

Then we can list up suggestions that at least one person very much wants. 
Suggestions where at least 3 members very much want them are definitely 
doable.

*Notes (if you want to suggest a different style of note-taking or specific 
edits with improved wording, please do!):*
*PARTICIPANTS AT THE MEETING: *Allison, Danya, Alex, Daniel. We went around 
and said our name and something we're each passionate about in 30 seconds 
or less.

*CLARIFYING QUESTIONS:*
*Why cover clarifying questions first? *

This is the first draft of the governance manual for here: [the link is 
redacted in posting to the Coworking Google Group since I don't want other 
places copying our manual without compensating us. The core of everything 
here is https://collectiveagency.co/community-guidelines/ and more recently 
https://collectiveagency.co/2016/11/19/governance-guidelines/ 
for governance.] The process for clarifying questions, then concerns, then 
suggestions, was suggested by Jeffrey, a member here years ago, at a time 
when things were a lot more divisive, and has always worked well. I'm told 
it's part of NVC (non-violent communication). It sometimes slows down the 
meeting at first, and when it does, it saves a lot of time and emotions 
later, and is good for a fun/joyful meeting, part of the process we have 
where leaders here don't fight but cooperate, and people aren't siloed but 
interact across labels. (We could change the governance process but it 
would require a formal member process.)


*What type of diversity are we talking about?*

We have at least 3 members (of us on this group) who very much want to 
focus on racial diversity, and no one in this group very much doesn't want 
to focus on racial diversity, so we did that.


*Expressing feelings/talking about experiences/venting, or 
actions/opportunities/solving any issues, what is the goal?*

Not venting/feelings, but opportunities for problem-solving 

[Coworking] Re: Membership Terms - Legal Clause about 24/7 Access

[Melissa T. Goldman]

I would love to look at this, too! Thank you so much. It's 
meli...@workshopbrookline.com.

On Monday, June 6, 2016 at 8:27:14 AM UTC-4, Raghuveer Kovuru wrote:
>
> Hey Lauren,
>
> Our legal agreements have been evolving over time through new experiences. 
> Would be glad to send a copy over for you to glance. Mind dropping me your 
> mail id?
>
> On Thursday, 19 May 2016 23:18:09 UTC+5:30, Lauren McDaniel wrote:
>>
>> Hi everyone, I'm starting a new coworking space that will allow members 
>> 24/7 access. Does anyone have tips for language we put in the membership 
>> agreement that protects use in this case, and holds members accountable for 
>> what happens in the space after-hours? We're using Kisi doorlock system, so 
>> we'll be able to see who enters the space. Thanks in advance for any 
>> guidance on specific language we should include in the membership 
>> agreement! 
>>
>

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Re: [Coworking] Re: Google Chromecast

[Tom Lewis]

Possibly- though have seen similar stuff on Reddit, and here

https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/chromecast/OIsTT3yyyKw

(mention on that link about Google not recommending the devices for shared
envorinments)



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On 8 December 2016 at 13:24, Alex Hillman 
wrote:

> I might be wrong, but the nightmare issue seems specific to the Chromecast
> Music devices and not the TV/Display devices? Maybe that's why I haven't
> run into it?
>
> Alex Hillman
> Sent from Polymail 
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 08, 2016 at 7:48 AM Tom Lewis  > wrote:
>
>> We use Meraki gear.  I have a love/hate relationship with it...
>>
>> https://chromeunboxed.com/chromecast-notifications-
>> suddenly-appear-on-android-devices-explained/ is the issue (well, less
>> issue and more new feature)
>>
>> It does have benefits- we were all just having a proper Xmas singalong
>> via my phone casting to the nearest chromecast, and then the guy I work
>> opposite had an important phone call come in, so he hit pause on his phone
>>
>>
>>
>> Tom Lewis
>> Cowork Inc
>> p: 01225 583222 m: 07920 584658 a: The Guild Coworking Hub, High Street,
>> Bath, BA1 5EB
>> s: www.coworkinc.co.uk
>> 
>> 
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>>
>> On 8 December 2016 at 12:41, Alex Hillman 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> What gear are you using, Tom? Mostly so we can all avoid it? ;)
>>>
>>> At Indy Hall we have several Chromecast TVs and HDMI devices (not the
>>> audio-broadcast ones) and haven't seen any kind of notification issues.
>>>
>>> Our music system is a WHOLE other story - but I finally feel like we got
>>> that situated this year, too!
>>>
>>> -Alex
>>>
>>> Alex Hillman
>>> Sent from Polymail 
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Dec 08, 2016 at 6:38 AM Tom Lewis >> > wrote:
>>>
 Just as a follow up to this, we've just finished adding Chromecast
 audios in to our whole hub, so we can have space-wide synched tunes, and
 it's been a nightmare due to this new Google functionality.  Everyone who
 has an android phone, from members to visitors, all get a notification on
 their phone about what's playing, and are able to pause it.  Community wise
 it's not too bad, as people leave it alone, but visitors have got
 alarmed/think they've been hacked/close the app and stop the music.  Looks
 like we're going to have to rethink it, and have an isolated network of
 some kind for the chromecasts.

 On Wednesday, 30 November 2016 19:50:42 UTC, Ehmandah R. wrote:
>
> Hello Group!
>
> Has anyone used google chromecast for meetings (mirror laptop or
> tablet - PowerPoint)?
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Re: [Coworking] Re: Google Chromecast

[Tom Lewis]

We use Meraki gear.  I have a love/hate relationship with it...

https://chromeunboxed.com/chromecast-notifications-suddenly-appear-on-android-devices-explained/
is the issue (well, less issue and more new feature)

It does have benefits- we were all just having a proper Xmas singalong via
my phone casting to the nearest chromecast, and then the guy I work
opposite had an important phone call come in, so he hit pause on his phone



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On 8 December 2016 at 12:41, Alex Hillman 
wrote:

> What gear are you using, Tom? Mostly so we can all avoid it? ;)
>
> At Indy Hall we have several Chromecast TVs and HDMI devices (not the
> audio-broadcast ones) and haven't seen any kind of notification issues.
>
> Our music system is a WHOLE other story - but I finally feel like we got
> that situated this year, too!
>
> -Alex
>
> Alex Hillman
> Sent from Polymail 
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 08, 2016 at 6:38 AM Tom Lewis  > wrote:
>
>> Just as a follow up to this, we've just finished adding Chromecast audios
>> in to our whole hub, so we can have space-wide synched tunes, and it's been
>> a nightmare due to this new Google functionality.  Everyone who has an
>> android phone, from members to visitors, all get a notification on their
>> phone about what's playing, and are able to pause it.  Community wise it's
>> not too bad, as people leave it alone, but visitors have got alarmed/think
>> they've been hacked/close the app and stop the music.  Looks like we're
>> going to have to rethink it, and have an isolated network of some kind for
>> the chromecasts.
>>
>> On Wednesday, 30 November 2016 19:50:42 UTC, Ehmandah R. wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello Group!
>>>
>>> Has anyone used google chromecast for meetings (mirror laptop or tablet
>>> - PowerPoint)?
>>>
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[Coworking] Re: Google Chromecast

[Tom Lewis]

Just as a follow up to this, we've just finished adding Chromecast audios 
in to our whole hub, so we can have space-wide synched tunes, and it's been 
a nightmare due to this new Google functionality.  Everyone who has an 
android phone, from members to visitors, all get a notification on their 
phone about what's playing, and are able to pause it.  Community wise it's 
not too bad, as people leave it alone, but visitors have got alarmed/think 
they've been hacked/close the app and stop the music.  Looks like we're 
going to have to rethink it, and have an isolated network of some kind for 
the chromecasts.

On Wednesday, 30 November 2016 19:50:42 UTC, Ehmandah R. wrote:
>
> Hello Group!  
>
> Has anyone used google chromecast for meetings (mirror laptop or tablet - 
> PowerPoint)?
>

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