[Coworking] Re: New Work City membership agreement - version 1

2008-09-29 Thread Mike Schinkel
An open source working agreement would be GREAT. I don't know how much I can contribute (legally), but would love to see one created and will provide ideas the best I can. -Mike Schinkel President; NewClarity LLC http://mikeschinkel.com -Original Message- From: coworking

[Coworking] Re: New Work City membership agreement - version 1

2008-09-30 Thread Mike Schinkel
be nice to have a open source coworking legal library. Dusty http://conjunctured.com On Sep 29, 11:51 pm, Mike Schinkel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: An open source working agreement would be GREAT. I don't know how much I can contribute (legally), but would love to see one created and will provide

[Coworking] Re: Common Coworking Software (was Co-Working Directory)

2008-09-30 Thread Mike Schinkel
That would be really, really helpful. -Mike Schinkel President; NewClarity LLC Organizer: Atlanta Web Entrepreneurs http://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeschinkel http://mikeschinkel.com http://atlanta-web.org -Original Message- From: coworking@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

[Coworking] Re: Common Coworking Software (was Co-Working Directory)

2008-09-30 Thread Mike Schinkel
for both of them with a focus on the more advanced features and modules/plugins (vs. theming; bleh, I'm not a designer! ;-) -Mike Schinkel President; NewClarity LLC Organizer: Atlanta Web Entrepreneurs http://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeschinkel http://mikeschinkel.com http://atlanta-web.org

[Coworking] Re: Common Coworking Software (was Co-Working Directory)

2008-10-01 Thread Mike Schinkel
That would be really, really helpful. -Mike _ From: coworking@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alex Hillman Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 12:15 PM To: coworking@googlegroups.com Cc: Amit Gupta Subject: [Coworking] Re: Common Coworking Software (was

[Coworking] Re: Drama at Citizen Space

2008-10-02 Thread Mike Schinkel
let them know that their officers are free to complete paperwork at your site. AWESOME idea. -Mike Schinkel President; NewClarity LLC Organizer: Atlanta Web Entrepreneurs http://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeschinkel http://mikeschinkel.com http://atlanta-web.org -Original Message- From

[Coworking] Atlanta Coworking Questions

2008-10-02 Thread Mike Schinkel
emails for each question. Thanks in advance for your help. -Mike Schinkel President; NewClarity LLC Organizer: Atlanta Web Entrepreneurs http://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeschinkel http://mikeschinkel.com http://atlanta-web.org --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received

[Coworking] Understanding Free Access

2008-10-02 Thread Mike Schinkel
? Thanks in advance. -Mike Schinkel President; NewClarity LLC Organizer: Atlanta Web Entrepreneurs http://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeschinkel http://mikeschinkel.com http://atlanta-web.org --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed

[Coworking] Considering Federation

2008-10-02 Thread Mike Schinkel
a city? -Mike Schinkel President; NewClarity LLC Organizer: Atlanta Web Entrepreneurs http://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeschinkel http://mikeschinkel.com http://atlanta-web.org P.S. And while I'm on the subject, have any of you thought about federation across cities, i.e. to allow members from

[Coworking] Management Software

2008-10-02 Thread Mike Schinkel
on federation; it would be a lot easier to federate if federated facilities were all using the same system. -Mike Schinkel President; NewClarity LLC Organizer: Atlanta Web Entrepreneurs http://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeschinkel http://mikeschinkel.com http://atlanta-web.org

[Coworking] Re: Atlanta Coworking Questions

2008-10-02 Thread Mike Schinkel
Alex: Thanks. Tessa is on our team. -Mike Schinkel President; NewClarity LLC Organizer: Atlanta Web Entrepreneurs http://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeschinkel http://mikeschinkel.com http://mikeschinkel.com/ http://atlanta-web.org http://atlanta-web.org/ _ From: coworking

[Coworking] Re: Understanding Density

2008-10-02 Thread Mike Schinkel
. I hope this was helpful, and again...as we get our trends together we want to share them! Yes it was. I look forward to your trends. Thanks in advance. -Mike Schinkel President; NewClarity LLC Organizer: Atlanta Web Entrepreneurs http://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeschinkel http

[Coworking] Re: Coworking in Atlanta!

2008-10-14 Thread Mike Schinkel
Hi Andrew: I'm currently working on a launching coworking in Atlanta. Email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] to discuss. -Mike Schinkel -Original Message- From: coworking@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 10:59 AM To: Coworking

[Coworking] Re: Impact of Financial Crisis on Coworking

2008-10-19 Thread Mike Schinkel
Steve: Your comments are interesting. Do you have any of your research you can share with those of us who need to convince financial backers to support our efforts to launch co-working in our respective cities? Thanks in advance. -Mike Schinkel Organizer: Atlanta Web Entrepreneurs http

[Coworking] Re: Impact of Financial Crisis on Coworking

2008-10-21 Thread Mike Schinkel
to a bunch of other academic studies that show that self employment and small business formation tends to move up in down economic periods. Sorry I can't be of more help. Steve On Oct 19, 3:09 am, Mike Schinkel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Steve: Your comments are interesting. Do you have any

[Coworking] Re: Newb!

2008-11-16 Thread Mike Schinkel
Hi Kia: What part of town do you live in? -Mike Schinkel Organizer: Atlanta Web Entrepreneurs http://atlantawebentrepreneurs.org -Original Message- From: coworking@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kia Taylor Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2008 4:10 PM

[Coworking] Re: Crisis management: One day to the opening and the floor is totally messed up.

2009-06-29 Thread Mike Schinkel
is their own and it goes in cycles typically differenting from what they had in the somewhat recent past.) -Mike Schinkel Organizer; Atlanta Web Entrepreneurs http://atlantawebentrepreneurs.org http://twitter.com/mikeschinkel http://twitter.com/atlantaweb - Original Message - From: Liu

[Coworking] Re: Crisis management: One day to the opening and the floor is totally messed up.

2009-07-01 Thread Mike Schinkel
Liu, That's awesome! Sounds like those in your country are really appreciating the character of old buildings. Given that, I'd say your wildest pattern design is a happy accident and could well be one of the better things that happened for your space. Good luck! -Mike Schinkel Ignition

[Coworking] Re: Coworking in North Atlanta

2009-07-01 Thread Mike Schinkel
Atlanta are you thinking? Buckhead, Alpharetta or elsewhere? We should probably meet to discuss how we can work together. Email me offline. -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Midtown Atlanta On Jun 30, 2009, at 4:39 PM, Brewinupbiz wrote: Brewin Up Business is looking for interested members

[Coworking] Re: An angel investor for coworking?

2009-07-01 Thread Mike Schinkel
Yan, Wow! This is awesome for you! But be sure to get a lawyer who understands these angel investment to protect your interests . -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta, GA - Original Message - From: Liu Yan liuyan.dat...@gmail.com To: coworking@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday

[Coworking] Re: Introduction/Mobile Coworking

2009-07-09 Thread Mike Schinkel
. They are about non-profits who typically have no money to spend on $450/mon coworking spaces. All that said, I could be wrong on all this so JMTCW. -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http://ignitionalley.com On Jul 9, 2009, at 10:59 PM, Liza Loop wrote: Thanks for your ideas, Mike

[Coworking] Re: The Centre for Social Innovation is opening its business model!

2009-09-17 Thread Mike Schinkel
Hi Alex, I'd be curious to hear an example of #1? -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http://ignitionalley.com On Sep 17, 2009, at 10:30 AM, Alex Hillman wrote: I'm curious who ends up taking advantage of this. Based on the scope of the people who I've spoken with over

[Coworking] Ignition Alley: New Coworking Space in Atlanta

2009-09-17 Thread Mike Schinkel
I look forward to participating a lot more on this list moving forward. -Mike Schinkel Co-founder; Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http://www.ignitionalley.com http://twitter.com/mikeschinkel --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you

[Coworking] Re: NEW COWORKING SPACE OPEN IN CHARLOTTE

2009-09-28 Thread Mike Schinkel
Congrats! I just emailed someone I met yesterday at WordCamp Birmingham who lives in Charlotte who lamented that coworking is unlikely to emerge in Charlotte. Hopefully he will become a member (his name is Brett!) -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http://ignitionalley.com

[Coworking] Atlanta Coworking

2009-10-03 Thread Mike Schinkel
if there will ever be any way we can work together moving forward but I sure would like to keep the door open for doing so if an opportunity arises. If you are ever in Atlanta I'd love to show you the place if for no other reason than to put a face to a voice. -Mike Schinkel Web Marketing

[Coworking] Re: Atlanta Coworking

2009-10-03 Thread Mike Schinkel
OUCH Didn't mean that to go to the list, but fortunately didn't include anything confidential. Sorry for bothering everyone. -Mike On Oct 3, 2009, at 11:04 PM, Mike Schinkel wrote: Hi Jerome, Long time, no talk. I hope BLANKSPACES is going well. Since June it's been a whirlwind

[Coworking] Re: Headphones in the office!

2009-10-06 Thread Mike Schinkel
LOL! -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http://ignitionalley.com On Oct 6, 2009, at 10:19 AM, Chad Ballantyne wrote: it's now officially adopted in our rules - thanks! On 6-Oct-09, at 10:14 AM, Daniel Fiker wrote: Incredible Simple and direct From: dangerouslyawes

[Coworking] Re: hourly packages vs days per month

2009-10-06 Thread Mike Schinkel
if it will work well long term or not. -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http://ignitionalley.com On Oct 6, 2009, at 9:10 AM, Emma Persky wrote: hello we are just putting the pricing strategy for the trampery together and this has come op what are people thoughts on this. for example

[Coworking] Re: hourly packages vs days per month

2009-10-06 Thread Mike Schinkel
I'm always watching the battery meter but with the later I almost completely forget about it and the latter makes my life so much nicer. :) -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http://ignitionalley.com On Oct 6, 2009, at 11:25 AM, Chris Conrey wrote: This is one reason why we

[Coworking] Re: hourly packages vs days per month

2009-10-06 Thread Mike Schinkel
that further helps moderate the petty behavior. Of course, we've only been doing this or a month now so I could be wrong on all this. Time will tell... Again, I don't think your model is any worse than mine - just different angles that I'm trying to share. Ditto! -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley

[Coworking] Lockers for Members?

2009-10-07 Thread Mike Schinkel
in advance! -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http://ignitionalley.com P.S. Hope this hasn't been covered on the list before... --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post

[Coworking] Re: Lockers for Members?

2009-10-07 Thread Mike Schinkel
as the price we are paying, so that's nicely inline. They are gym size, 4 high so about 1 metre high each (that's three feet to you imperial users). Am I reading that correctly? They are 4 meters/~12 feet high? -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http://ignitionalley.com On Oct 7

[Coworking] Re: Lockers for Members?

2009-10-07 Thread Mike Schinkel
! :-) Mike Mike Schinkel wrote: Hi all, We are about to order lockers for our space and wanted to first ask the experience of those on the list. Specifically: -- Do you find your members want/need lockers? -- If yes, what percent of members want/need them? -- Do you

[Coworking] Re: Lockers for Members?

2009-10-08 Thread Mike Schinkel
Alex, Awesome, I googled for used and looked on ebay but didn't think of Craigslist. I'm an idiot! Thanks. -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http://ignitionalley.com On Oct 8, 2009, at 1:49 PM, Alex Hillman wrote: We've bought lockers on craigslist twice and it's been great

[Coworking] Re: CoWorking Business Model: Profit vs. Non Profit

2009-10-15 Thread Mike Schinkel
Suggestion: Engage heavily in the local Meetup.com community and aggressively start offering your space for free to Meetup organizers. -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http://ignitionalley.com On Oct 13, 2009, at 10:53 AM, Wes Steve - Verge wrote: Hi all, my business

[Coworking] Re: Fundraising for CoWorking Space in Munich, Germany

2009-10-19 Thread Mike Schinkel
responsibility to address. Better to have 50 customers who pay 3 to 6 months in advance to enable you to make something happen that, without your effort and their money, you wouldn't be able to make happen *for them*. I hope this helps. -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http

[Coworking] Re: Mailbox services for community members

2009-10-22 Thread Mike Schinkel
can probably get $15 and $25 respectively per month rental for your boxes, maybe? Hope this helps. -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http://ignitionalley.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

[Coworking] Re: Insurance for Coworking Spaces

2009-10-26 Thread Mike Schinkel
Big thanks Alex and Jerome! -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http://ignitionalley.com On Oct 26, 2009, at 9:10 PM, Alex Hillman wrote: We have a great agent for The Hartford. They have policies specifically for shared space businesses. I recommend looking for your local

[Coworking] Visit your San Fran space, Friday Nov 6th?

2009-10-28 Thread Mike Schinkel
Hi All, I'm going to be in San Francisco all next week and have Friday free to visit some coworking spaces. Anyone available/want to suggest spaces I should try to visit? -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http://ignitionalley.com

[Coworking] Re: Visit your San Fran space, Friday Nov 6th?

2009-10-28 Thread Mike Schinkel
Tara, You are the best! -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http://ignitionalley.com On Oct 28, 2009, at 1:26 PM, Tara Hunt wrote: Citizen Space (425 - 2nd Street, #100) The Hat Factory PariSoma Sandbox Suites Cubes and Crayons Tara On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 12:24 PM

[Coworking] Re: Intro

2009-10-28 Thread Mike Schinkel
what we've done and it's been very successful in generating interest albeit I started the main meetup 3 years ago... That said, I'd love to recruit some lawyers to become members in Ignition Alley in Atlanta. Any idea how I could go about that? -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking

[Coworking] Re: Insurance for Coworking Spaces

2009-10-28 Thread Mike Schinkel
Scott/Mike/Alex: Thanks again for all the help! -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http://ignitionalley.com On Oct 27, 2009, at 12:13 PM, Alex Hillman wrote: Yeah, Preston-Patterson has been very good to us, and everyone we've referred them to. -Alex

[Coworking] Re: MBA student: Confused about Profitability of Cowroking?

2009-10-31 Thread Mike Schinkel
you got notices by the representatives in your city? I'm fearing that Philadelphia is more progressive than Atlanta in that respect... -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http://ignitionalley.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message

[Coworking] Re: MBA student: Confused about Profitability of Cowroking?

2009-11-01 Thread Mike Schinkel
to me, and I also guess I can see how we need to align it with our goals and mission. Funny how things are so obvious once someone points them out to you. :-) Thanks again, and thanks in advance. -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http://ignitionalley.com

[Coworking] Re: MBA student: Confused about Profitability of Cowroking?

2009-11-01 Thread Mike Schinkel
On Nov 1, 2009, at 1:15 PM, Alex Hillman wrote: Having people involved in the space from the get-go sets this example. We signed a lease on a Tuesday, and sent out an e-mail that day asking people to show up on Saturday with rollers to start painting. The following week, a desk-building

Re: [Coworking] Opening coworking space in Atlanta

2009-11-18 Thread Mike Schinkel
Amy, Congrats to you and Rick. Great to have another solid Coworking option in Atlanta! -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http://ignitionalley.com On Nov 17, 2009, at 2:13 PM, Strongbox West wrote: Hi everyone, my partner and I are in the process of opening a new coworking

Re: [Coworking] Coworking in Savannah, GA

2009-12-12 Thread Mike Schinkel
Congrats Tom! Great to have another Georgia-based coworking space! -Mike Schinkel Partner, Ignition Alley On Dec 12, 2009, at 9:12 PM, Tom S. wrote: Hello everyone! My name is Tom Shimada, and two partners and I will be opening up a coworking space in Savannah, GA in about two months. We

Re: [Coworking] Coworking and Crowdfunding

2009-12-14 Thread Mike Schinkel
Get idea. One thing would be to get pro bono law firm to draw up standardized legal agreements to lower costs? (not sure how that would work across jurisdictions.) -Mike On Dec 14, 2009, at 4:24 PM, BrianR wrote: From a search of our list archives I see the word 'crowdfunding' was mentioned

Re: [Coworking] Presentationmasters and coworking?

2009-12-19 Thread Mike Schinkel
a coworking space is often a labor of love and a gift to the community and that those using the space support the space financially in whatever way is appropriate. HTH. -Mike Schinkel Co-founder; Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking www.ignitionalley.com On Dec 19, 2009, at 1:12 PM, Phil Wolff wrote

Re: [Coworking] Re: Google Wave

2009-12-20 Thread Mike Schinkel
without the hassle. -Mike Schinkel Co-founder; Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking www.ignitionalley.com [1] www.getwaveboard.com On Dec 20, 2009, at 3:00 PM, Mike Pihlman wrote: When someone figures out what is so great about Google Wave, please let me know. I have worked and worked to try

Re: [Coworking] PariSoMa and Zipcar

2009-12-21 Thread Mike Schinkel
Hey Julian, We might be interested. (And hope you are doing well.) -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking www.ignitionalley.com On Dec 21, 2009, at 5:22 PM, Julian @PariSoMa wrote: Hi everyone, I wanted to let you know about a great partnership PariSoMa has started with Zipcar

Re: [Coworking] My thoughts on the private office vs public space issue

2009-12-22 Thread Mike Schinkel
. And like Tara said we try to figure out what they need. But hey, we've only be doing this 3 months so we've still got a long way to go! -Mike Schinkel Co-founder; Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking www.ignitionalley.com P.S. For another take on listening to customers there's always The Innovator's

Re: [Coworking] Re: Partnerships (was PariSoMa and Zipcar)

2009-12-22 Thread Mike Schinkel
for that tech company to do a deal for just us. Thoughts? -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http://ignitionalley.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com

Re: [Coworking] Re: Partnerships (was PariSoMa and Zipcar)

2009-12-22 Thread Mike Schinkel
this list to let others know you are (planning to be) in negotiations so that others don't duplicate efforts with the same person in the same companies? We can then work out the details as we go along? Sounds like a plan? -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http

Re: [Coworking] Leases and landlords

2009-12-22 Thread Mike Schinkel
I found someone willing to give me a building until we had met a target number of members. Of course we were not ready to expand so didn't take up his offer. You just have to find the right building owner; you might get no 100 times before you get 1 yes. So while it's not the norm a good

[Coworking] Re: Partnerships (was PariSoMa and Zipcar)

2009-12-22 Thread Mike Schinkel
On Dec 22, 2009, at 9:35 PM, Tara Hunt wrote: Count me in! Alrighty then! I've added this page as a framework for collective negotiation: http://coworking.pbworks.com/Membership-Incentives Let the games begin! :) -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http://ignitionalley.com

Re: [Coworking] Re: Partnerships (was PariSoMa and Zipcar)

2009-12-23 Thread Mike Schinkel
Thanks Julian Tara! Happy Holidays and look forward to working with everyone on this in 2010! -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http://ignitionalley.com On Dec 23, 2009, at 1:46 PM, Tara Hunt wrote: Great work on the page. :) On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 1:23 PM, Julian

Re: [Coworking] How important is having reserved/dedicated desks for members?

2009-12-29 Thread Mike Schinkel
model??? At Ignition Alley we're seeing 2/3rd get an occasional membership, 1/3rd get an unlimited membership, and 1/9th get a dedicated desk (we require an unlimited membership to get a dedicated desk.) That's with 3 months of data. HTH. -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http

Re: [Coworking] Re: Coworking on NPR

2010-01-08 Thread Mike Schinkel
Summarized into five words: There is no silver bullet. :) -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking On Jan 7, 2010, at 10:38 PM, felicity at cubes wrote: Agreed...we have gotten lots of press over the past 2 years and most of it doesn't bring in long time members. It does seem

Re: [Coworking] More coworking press out of CNN

2010-01-08 Thread Mike Schinkel
on CNN NPR[1]. Where's Tara when you need her? ;) (Kudos to WSJ[2].) -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http://ignitionalley.com [1] http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122252297 [2] http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704152804574628253322262872.html

Re: [Coworking] More coworking press out of CNN

2010-01-08 Thread Mike Schinkel
If we could rally to get coworking into the dictionary this year (it being the year of coworking and all), the problem would start to sort itself out :) I like that idea. :) -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http://ignitionalley.com On Jan 8, 2010, at 10:04 AM, Alex

Re: [Coworking] Is this a values dilemma or am I overthinking it?

2010-01-21 Thread Mike Schinkel
+1 to what Alex said. -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http://ignitionalley.com On Jan 20, 2010, at 10:39 PM, Alex Hillman wrote: You're overthinkimg it. If there's no cost to you and they create something truly valuable, rock on. I wouldn't bank on the silver bullet

Re: [Coworking] 2 Years

2010-01-24 Thread Mike Schinkel
Congrats Felicity! We look forward to being as excited about our 2nd birthday! -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http://ignitionalley.com On Jan 24, 2010, at 10:11 PM, felicity at cubes wrote: Hi Everyone, Somehow CubesCrayons' 2 year birthday came up and surprised me

Re: [Coworking] Re: 2 Years

2010-01-24 Thread Mike Schinkel
On Jan 24, 2010, at 11:21 PM, felicity at cubes wrote: Thanks, Mike - I have no doubt you will hit 2 years with a bang, and hope to come celebrate when you get there. I'll hold you to that. :) -Mike -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking

Re: [Coworking] Coworking Annual Meeting???

2010-01-30 Thread Mike Schinkel
The problem with SXSW (this year) is it's right around the corner and some of us haven't planned to attend... -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http://ignitionalley.com On Jan 30, 2010, at 11:32 AM, Alex Hillman wrote: There's already a rather significant contingent

Re: [Coworking] Re: Coworking in Savannah, GA

2010-02-03 Thread Mike Schinkel
Hey Brett, Thanks for the shout-out! All these new spaces opening it just awesome for spreading the gospel of coworking! -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http://ignitionalley.com On Feb 3, 2010, at 1:24 PM, Brett Bumeter wrote: Hey Tom, I'd agree with the other poster

Re: [Coworking] Re: Coworking Annual Meeting???

2010-02-07 Thread Mike Schinkel
markets to economic development agencies, chambers of commerce, and major corporations[1] for paid attendance -- Co-op members get their cut of the profits which help them pay to attend the event Thoughts? -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http://ignitionalley.com [1] Major

Re: [Coworking] Re: Coworking Annual Meeting???

2010-02-07 Thread Mike Schinkel
323.330.9505 (office) On Feb 7, 2010, at 7:44 AM, Mike Schinkel wrote: Hi all, The first thing I thought about when I saw this topic come through was Great, yet another expense on top of all the other expenses we have. As some of you know we operate Ignition Alley mostly as a service to our

Re: [Coworking] Re: Coworking Annual Meeting???

2010-02-07 Thread Mike Schinkel
thoughts or serious objections? Jerome On Feb 7, 2010, at 4:13 PM, Mike Schinkel mikeschin...@newclarity.net wrote: Sounds like a traditional alliance or org that services all coworking facilities. Members pitch in a monthly/yearly amount to an org that returns them benefits, etc

Re: [Coworking] Re: Coworking Annual Meeting???

2010-02-09 Thread Mike Schinkel
. Anyway. JMTCW (and not necessarily the views of my partner at Ignition Alley; he's been preoccupied lately so haven't discussed with him.) -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http://ignitionalley.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: [Coworking] Improving the Google Group

2010-02-09 Thread Mike Schinkel
://blogs.zoho.com/general/zoho-discussions-is-now-free-for-open-source-projects-jquery-deploys-discussions -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http://ignitionalley.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send

Re: [Coworking] Improving the Google Group

2010-02-09 Thread Mike Schinkel
Hmm. Will Zoho forums provide email notifications of new and updated forum threads? -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http://ignitionalley.com On Feb 9, 2010, at 12:46 PM, John Sechrest wrote: The difference between mailing lists and forums is much more complex and much

Re: [Coworking] Improving the Google Group

2010-02-09 Thread Mike Schinkel
Personally I tried NING for my own network a while back and could just never warm up to using it. JMTCW. -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http://ignitionalley.com On Feb 9, 2010, at 1:07 PM, Mike Pihlman wrote: TVO member Phil has the Coworking Cube. It may be possible

Re: [Coworking] Improving the Google Group

2010-02-10 Thread Mike Schinkel
. That may be one reason I hate Facebook so much. -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http://ignitionalley.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com

Re: [Coworking] Clarification

2010-02-16 Thread Mike Schinkel
able to come up with an answer that works well if we put our heads together on the matter. Lead us. -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http://ignitionalley.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group

Re: [Coworking] Clarification

2010-02-16 Thread Mike Schinkel
! This is all healthy and good. That said, if everyone still disagrees and wants to allow coworking to evolve without collective input on it's definition I'll acquiesce after this. -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http://ignitionalley.com -- You received this message because you

Re: [Coworking] Re: Clarification

2010-02-16 Thread Mike Schinkel
of principles? Clearly we won't argue there are not some unifying principles, right? (But I'm not the best one to submit those ideas.) But again if everyone else really thinks it's unimportant, I will demure and we'll just see were the chips fall. -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking

Re: [Coworking] Implications of Coworking.com.. and mixing it up some

2010-02-17 Thread Mike Schinkel
On Feb 17, 2010, at 12:24 PM, Jacob Sayles wrote: Putting something high up, at the coworking.com level, forces people to come to a consensus and is more fracturing then uniting. Curious, then why some much monetary interest for part of coworking.com? -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta

Re: [Coworking] Re: Clarification

2010-02-17 Thread Mike Schinkel
for the majority of the population. Frankly, I'd like to see more people get it, not less. Anyway, it seems that I'm one of the few that would prefer a bit more definition so without the majority support I'll drop it and spend my energies elsewhere. -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http

Re: [Coworking] coworking.com: the next generation

2010-02-18 Thread Mike Schinkel
is! It's got far more users than Drupal! ;-) Anyway, I'm a former Drupal guy who after 2 years finally realized how much pain Drupal was causing me and switched to WordPress, never been happier! :) -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http://ignitionalley.com p.s. OTOH, my partner

Re: [Coworking] Re: Clarification

2010-02-18 Thread Mike Schinkel
implied definition on coworking.com is a great start (isn't it?) -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http://ignitionalley.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com

Re: [Coworking] Re: Clarification

2010-02-18 Thread Mike Schinkel
involved trying to promote it, it will.) -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http://ignitionalley.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from

Re: [Coworking] Re: coworking.com: the next generation

2010-02-19 Thread Mike Schinkel
The Business of WordPress to highlight how to use it for local businesses in part because I want them to see how effective it is now. -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http://ignitionalley.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group

Re: [Coworking] Clarification

2010-02-22 Thread Mike Schinkel
/whitepaperdetail.cfm?ItemNumber=12202 -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http://ignitionalley.com P.S. I've recently looked into this issue for another non-profit I'm setting up. :) On Feb 22, 2010, at 11:47 PM, rachel young wrote: Hi all, On 16 February 2010 13:40, rachel young rac

Re: [Coworking] Clarification

2010-02-23 Thread Mike Schinkel
suggest, and why? -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http://ignitionalley.com [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_law#Conflict_of_laws On Feb 23, 2010, at 7:17 AM, rachel young wrote: Actually no, these are not ALL USA stuff, these are both valid in Canada as well (I'm

Re: [Coworking] Clarification

2010-02-23 Thread Mike Schinkel
On Feb 23, 2010, at 7:19 AM, rachel young wrote: You do have a lot of lobby groups, after all. :-P Yes. About 2 orders of magnitude more than we should! ;-) -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http://ignitionalley.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed

Re: [Coworking] Clarification

2010-02-23 Thread Mike Schinkel
, meaning you need to hire people for money to do that for you as it's awfully complicated. This, of course, is harder to get around. -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http://ignitionalley.com On Feb 23, 2010, at 8:54 AM, Tara Hunt wrote: Reminder that 501c3 or whatever non

Re: [Coworking] Clarification

2010-02-23 Thread Mike Schinkel
at SXSW should be one of the many places to discuss... not the place. I agree, since I won't be at SXSW. -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http://ignitionalley.com [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trust_(law) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Re: [Coworking] Clarification

2010-02-23 Thread Mike Schinkel
be bothered to get it right. -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http://ignitionalley.com P.S. We can define it using principles and by giving examples, it doesn't have to be a single sentence. But it we do not define it others will. -- You received this message because you

Re: [Coworking] Clarification

2010-02-23 Thread Mike Schinkel
. Having a proper entity can insulate us each from liability and do our best to protect against these types of attacks. For example, the entity could have insurance against such legal attacks to ensure we have an equivalent war chest if it get sued. FWIW. -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta

Re: [Coworking] Trusts, current state, examples and ideas!

2010-02-23 Thread Mike Schinkel
. Finally if we follow this route then country the Trust is created is key. I propose New Zealand law because everyone loves us :-) Who says everyone loves NZ?!? You guys are the worst, 2nd only to those awful Aussies! Never in NZ!!! -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http

Re: [Coworking] Clarification

2010-02-23 Thread Mike Schinkel
what happens without a legal entity, not with one. BTW, you are saying you don't have lawsuits in New Zealand? Hmm, this seems to indicate otherwise? http://www.nzlii.org/ -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http://ignitionalley.com P.S. Methinks you've got a bit of angst

Re: [Coworking] Trusts, current state, examples and ideas!

2010-02-23 Thread Mike Schinkel
! Never in NZ!!! At least we agree Aussies are worse! heh. You forgot to include my disclaimer of jest. :) -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http://ignitionalley.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post

Re: [Coworking] Clarification

2010-02-23 Thread Mike Schinkel
* don't want you to hold the domain... ;-p Whatever the case, I think this pro-vs-con on the US entity is a bit overblown for our purposes. Hell, let's put it in neutral territory: Switzerland (if we could just afford all the fees it would cost!) -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http

Re: [Coworking] Introducing myself from San Diego, California

2010-02-23 Thread Mike Schinkel
is there is no consensus. It turns out coworking means too many different things to too many different people so clearly it's impossible to define. Explain it however like; coworking means whatever you want it to mean. -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http://ignitionalley.com -- You received

Re: [Coworking] Re: Digest for coworking@googlegroups.com - 25 Messages in 7 Topics

2010-02-25 Thread Mike Schinkel
from Alex so that in case of bad fortune for Alex the domain continues to be owned and managed by its stakeholders here on the list. -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http://ignitionalley.com On Feb 25, 2010, at 10:19 AM, MaxBuck wrote: I don't like the term governance, which

Re: [Coworking] Re: Clarification

2010-02-25 Thread Mike Schinkel
describing the rights of members.) -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http://ignitionalley.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group

Re: [Coworking] A question...

2010-02-26 Thread Mike Schinkel
. But each issue can be addressed separately or some can be merged. Hopefully this list can help us identify what we are discussing in any given response on this list? -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http://ignitionalley.com On Feb 26, 2010, at 12:26 PM, Derek Young wrote: I

Re: [Coworking] Did you see this writeup?

2010-02-26 Thread Mike Schinkel
a tour. I was totally blow away. -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http://ignitionalley.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from

Re: [Coworking] Coworking.com, not an org, instead a license

2010-02-28 Thread Mike Schinkel
themselves have a bit of a holy war background to them, and that they're complicated to understand. Such is legal. As you are envisioning it, what exactly would be licensed, and who would be licensing it? -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http://ignitionalley.com -- You

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