Re: [Coworking] Re: Basic elements for a definition of coworking

2014-09-16 Thread Ramon Suarez
Let's hear it for you definition Randy! -- 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

Re: [Coworking] Re: Basic elements for a definition of coworking

2014-09-16 Thread Ramon Suarez
Let's hear it for you definition Randy! -- 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

Re: [Coworking] Re: Basic elements for a definition of coworking

2014-09-16 Thread Jon Stever, The Office RW
Re: clients vs. members. I would definitely agree on the philosophical distinction. Essentially,it's trying to tease out whether the space exists to build a community (members) or to earn a margin on real estate (clients). This is an important dichotomy, but it's also strictly false as we

Re: [Coworking] Re: Getting rid of the co-working hyphen

2014-09-16 Thread Jacob Sayles
I haven't heard any movement on it but I'd love to see us take another stab at it. Lauren, our newest employee, had some great ideas on what we could do to grease the skids for the AP but she's only worked here one week so she may need some time to settle in. :) Sometimes you just have to let

Re: [Coworking] Re: Getting rid of the co-working hyphen

2014-09-16 Thread Tony Bacigalupo
they did not hyphenate Coworking Visa as that is a name of a program but they did hyphenate the word everywhere else in the article. This illustrates the issue perfectly. If Brad had invented something that sounded more proprietary, like Bradworking, then there'd be no issue. But by calling it

Re: [Coworking] Re: Getting rid of the co-working hyphen

2014-09-16 Thread oren.salo...@gmail.com
Sounds like something Open Coworking could undertake if y'all aren't opposed. After all we do already operate coworking.com and coworking.org. I think the first order of business is figuring out who makes this call. Does anyone have any place where to start on discovering who's in charge

Re: [Coworking] Re: Getting rid of the co-working hyphen

2014-09-16 Thread Aaron Cruikshank
I asked a professional editor friend of mine and this is what she had to say: I think usually the style guides follow the dictionary, and the dictionary is descriptive, not prescriptive. I just had Roma check Webster's, and she says there's no entry for coworking, just coworker, which of course

[Coworking] Coworking as summer camp?

2014-09-16 Thread Alex Linsker
At Collective Agency in Portland Oregon we're starting to look at vision and values again, we update every now and then. I'm trying to find an overall metaphor/unifying theme of what most members want -- in the past it was cozy fireplace (which worked great for years) and small democratic city

Re: [Coworking] Coworking as summer camp?

2014-09-16 Thread Alex Hillman
I don't know of a particular summer camp vision statements, but I've had several of our members describe their experience/impressions this way (each one qualifying, in the best way possible).  They described a bit more detail, including the generational aspect of the community (the seniors