Citizen Space is always free for drop-ins, but our issue is that the door is locked if the keyholders aren't in. The only thing that would solve it is a ZipCar like card key system. :( T
On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 2:59 PM, ruyoung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > julie, > > i *love* this idea if it becomes a north american or global scale. and > if so, when camaraderie is up and running in toronto, count us in! > r. > > > On Aug 22, 3:06 pm, Julie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Space Owners, > > > > Susan of Office Nomads in Seattle and I (in Portland) have been toying > > with the idea of letting our members work in the other's space if/when > > they travel between Portland & Seattle (spurred by a few member > > requests + some frequent traffic between our two PNW cities). > > > > I know I've gotten many member requests about where to work when I'm > > in in fill-in-the-blank city. Example: Just last week, one of souk's > > repeat meeting room users was looking for a meeting room in San > > Francisco and called me saying, "I need a souk in SF!". I hit the > > wiki list and checked for spaces with meeting rooms and referred her > > to a couple. > > > > If you are experiencing this and want to expand upon it, Office Nomads > > and I have come up with some simple terms to start communicating to > > our members that while we're not 24 hour fitness all-club, our mobile > > workers have options. > > > > SIMPLE. Repeat, SIMPLE. For simplicity's sake, and lack of real > > data, and taking into account how each space varies from drop-in and > > meeting room availability (O.N. and souk offer both) and tracking > > systems, we've decided to allow members of our spaces to do up to 3 > > daily drop-ins to each other's space. Again, to keep it simple, we'll > > leave it up to the space what they offer after 3 daily drop-ins, as > > well as leave it up to the space whether that drop-in may include > > meeting room usage and/or discounts on meetings - and certainly caveat > > to our respective members that spaces vary in terms of offerings (not > > cookie cutter). Can we agree though, that those first 3 drop-ins are > > free? At least Susan and I have ;) > > > > Side note: If there are any questions as to whether that person is > > actually a member of the space they claim, we believe we should all > > feel free to email each other to verify. Though, it's difficult to > > imagine this would be abused. > > > > Of course, we're certainly not looking to make this exclusive to the > > west coast by any means. At the same time, we recognize that Seattle > > and Portland are not a hotbed of cross-country and international city > > hoppers. Non-west coasters & USA space owners though, please chime > > in. Please! > > > > At the very least we see this move and "offer" to our existing and > > future members as a message for how coworking spaces are connected, > > and that mobile workers (mavericks) can have "home bases" when they > > travel, not to mention a move to formalize some great cross marketing. > > > > If you want to be included, just holler here. If you're in, Susan and > > I will communicate that out to our members. We recognize that there > > may be many t's to cross and i's to dots here, but aim to get this > > simple move underway asap between the two of us. You too? > > > > Cheers, > > > > Julie Duryea > > > > > -- tara 'missrogue' hunt coFounder Citizen Agency (www.citizenagency.com) blog: www.horsepigcow.com phone: 415-694-1951 fax: 415-727-5335 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
