[Coworking] Re: Smelly People

2011-08-02 Thread dr.ron
In the 1980's (yes I am older than you folks), I was part of a coworking group (although we did not use the term coworking - we called ourselves small systems guild). Anyway one of our members was a bit smelly. But we were open in our group and did not have problems discussing it with him.

Re: [Coworking] Smelly People

2011-08-02 Thread Gunasekar Rajaratnam
i live in a warm humid place where body odors are quite common and deodorant penetration/usage is low. It becomes worse in the heat and when people come into closed air-conditioned spaces. People have a high tolerance here as we are used to crowded jammed public transport where you are literally

[Coworking] Re: Podcast/Video for coworking.

2011-08-02 Thread Cari
I'd be interested in helping with the videoconferencing part of it (for instance, having 2 coworking experts from 2 different cities called in to the same podcast). You can email me at soc...@lifesize.com and we can discuss more. On Aug 1, 10:44 pm, john.wil...@gmail.com john.wil...@gmail.com

Re: [Coworking] Helping Coworking Move Forward - A Weekend Retreat in October

2011-08-02 Thread mika josting
Hi Guys , This is the first time I am writing to this group and very excited! I am an Israel entrepreneur planning to open in the next month a coworking for web users in Tel aviv. I feel this group is a great gift so thank you very much for sharing and organizing this event. please let us know

Re: [Coworking] Helping Coworking Move Forward - A Weekend Retreat in October

2011-08-02 Thread Alex Hillman
Mika, This is awesome. I visited Israel a couple of years back and realized how prime Israel is for coworking. The Kibbutz model as a community workspace is remarkable, and coworking feels like an updated version of something already native to Israeli culture. I'd love to talk more about this,

[Coworking] Coworking Bloggers?

2011-08-02 Thread Tm Mahdi
Hey All, I don't want to come of as soliciting this group in anyway shape or form. Especially when all of you have been an amazing resource for one of my future coworking initiatives. For the some of you who know me and have engaged with me, are aware that we are effortlessly trying to

Re: [Coworking] Smelly People

2011-08-02 Thread Rob Hudson
On a related note, I'm mildly allergic (headache) to most aftershaves and perfumes (I discovered this one day when a coworker told me he was wearing lady killer after I told him I had a splitting headache). I'm certainly not going to bust into the space and start demanding people not do what

[Coworking] Re: Podcast/Video for coworking.

2011-08-02 Thread Jonathan Yankovich
I can't believe its been 8 months since the last episode of TheCoworkers! I'm also interested in keeping this alive. I have fairly extensive experience in media production including large, complicated web projects and experience in AV and production. I could take the role of Producer and do

Re: [Coworking] Re: Podcast/Video for coworking.

2011-08-02 Thread Alex Hillman
Alex, would you be interested in recording one more session to introduce the idea that the podcast is going to start featuring people from around the coworking community? I personally would like to see an Alex/Jacob podcast, or another Alex/Tony podcast. Or an Alex/Angel episode. Or an

Re: [Coworking] Re: Podcast/Video for coworking.

2011-08-02 Thread Jonathan Yankovich
In to doacratic spirit (do being the active word), I've started a Google Spreadsheet to plan future episodes (link at end of post). I propose we stick with current format but do it monthly instead of weekly, ie: - 2 people on the podcast, either 2 hosts or 1 host 1 guest (interview format) -

Re: [Coworking] Re: Podcast/Video for coworking.

2011-08-02 Thread Iris Kavanagh
Jonathan- I love this idea! It's almost as brilliant as you are :) ~ iris @iriskavanagh nextspace.us On Aug 2, 2011, at 1:09 PM, Jonathan Yankovich wrote: In to doacratic spirit (do being the active word), I've started a Google Spreadsheet to plan future episodes (link at end of post).

Re: [Coworking] Re: Lease prices vs. member income

2011-08-02 Thread Evan Willms
InHub Coworking in Victoria, British Columbia is officially launching this week and I'm just preparing our first rent cheque for our landlord. Much as Alex has discussed, we found a landlord with a vacancy he wanted filled and could grasp the business model. We worked with a very experienced

[Coworking] Re: Lease prices vs. member income

2011-08-02 Thread Craig Baute - Creative Density Coworking
David, You can't use the general rule of 10% of your income being in rental income since this is your greatest expenses compared to most businesses where employees are their biggest expenses (excluding certain special manufacturers). You have to ask yourself a few questions when developing the

Re: [Coworking] Re: Lease prices vs. member income

2011-08-02 Thread Mark Gilbreath
Hey Y'all On the topic of sliding rent programs, in real estate parlance these are known as *participating leases, *wherein the landlord participates in the income stream of the property as part of their total compensation. Participating leases often consist of some base amount plus a

[Coworking] Re: Podcast/Video for coworking.

2011-08-02 Thread Craig Baute - Creative Density Coworking
Wow. There is a lot of interest in this topic. I would like for several people to be the host of the show much like TWIT show. There is a one constant host but several different experts contribute, like a total of 4 hosts for each episode. I think our coworking communities have different needs

Re: [Coworking] Re: Podcast/Video for coworking.

2011-08-02 Thread Liu Yan
Jonathan, This is a great initiative. Xindanwei community and myself would love to be part of it! cheers, Liu Yan On 2011-8-3, at 上午3:55, Jonathan Yankovich wrote: I can't believe its been 8 months since the last episode of TheCoworkers! I'm also interested in keeping this alive. I