FYI - made some changes to the cooperBricolage wiki - including photos and a signup list for the Charter meeting on (either) Tuesday or Wednesday. Please take a look:
http://cooperBricolage.pbwiki.com On Jul 12, 12:42 pm, "Sanford Dickert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
