All - Been having a load of conversations in the past week and wanted to keep you up-to-date on our progress. You can see most, if not all of this on the PBWiki we are using (http://cooperBricolage.pbwiki.com) and please feel free to comment when/if you have an inspiration.
1. Due to telecoms and electric - we have to delay the launch by a week (we should have telecoms handled by them minimally). 2. The space (located on St Marks between 3rd and 2nd Ave) can seat 40+ people comfortably. We also have a bar space that can also handle an additional 8 people. 3. The space will be dedicated to startups, entrepreneurs and freelancers - though vendors and service providers (and guests) are welcome. The primary usage of the space is work, not for hawking services (not a shuk <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuk>). We will have space for meetings to happen away from the workspaces and friends can come in as your guest in the common area. 4. There will be a cover fee for coming in - to offset staff costs, telecoms and other expenses. 5. We would like to make this a community group effort - so we would like to have people who would be interested in being part of the operations governance to consider becoming "charter members" and help with the social norms of the space. If you are interested in being part of this, please send an email. 6. The space will be broken up into three parts (initially) - common area, private tables, community/programming space - with a single "conference space" (a booth). We are also investigating a "developers-only" space at Cooper Union in the Engineering Bldg. I have had a number of people ask if: - Are you competing with <fill-in-the-blank-incubator-space>? No. The purpose for the space is to foster a "fertile environment for people who wish to grow companies". Making it low-cost and a community space focused on startups/entrepreneurs should help make it viable for companies to evolve into the other spaces which offer greater services at a higher rate. Additionally, some companies do not need a dedicated space, but do need JIT space. If you are an incubator space, please put your company/website on the sidebar of the wiki. - Can we have <fill-in-the-blank-service>? Not sure. We are negotiating with a company to provide a printer and a wireless print server for community usage (and a print jar for supplies) with a deal with Cooper for some initial startup supplies. We are discussing with a service provider to allow for temporary US mail delivery for companies who need a NYC address. And we have to discuss with the space owner about *small* locker storage and/or whiteboards. - Can I have my company staff be here? Yes and no - this is a coworking space - not ACME's HQ for all 20 staffers. The goal is to support all of the fledgling startups/entrepreneurs we can, which usually number 1-3 people at a time. If things get bigger, we are happy to help with finding better space for your company. Any other thoughts? Please send them to me at this email or discuss it on the wiki. Thanks for your help and support - we truly appreciate it! Sanford --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
