how would u control the "visa" within the space? Would it be a login  
feature?

Kelli Franklin
Architectural Design


On Aug 25, 2008, at 7:47 PM, Gregory Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  
wrote:

>
> I've got to imagine that Girafflabs (in seattle) would be keen to
> participate.
>
> Reading the original email and the rest of this thread, it is almost
> more like a "visa" system than simply a passport.  With each coworking
> space offering different "visas" which allow for dfferent types of  
> usage
> or terms of use
>
> Julie wrote:
>> In my opinion, the more global, the better!
>>
>> Julie Duryea
>> http://www.soukllc.com
>>
>> On Aug 24, 2:10 am, Tijs Teulings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>> Is this something you would want to expand to a worldwide scale? We
>>> would love to be in as well, Nomadz is located in The Hague, The
>>> Netherlands. An area with a lot of expats, so US workers looking for
>>> temp space do probably come by here now and then. Like  
>>> Citizenspace we
>>> already offer free drop-ins so we would not have to change any rules
>>> on our side.
>>>
>>> Tijs
>>> nomadz.nl
>>>
>>> On 22 aug 2008, at 21:06, Julie 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
>>>>
>>>> Julie Duryea
>>>> owner, souk
>>>> 322 nw 6th avenue, suite 200
>>>> portland, oregon  97209
>>>> p  |  503.517.6900
>>>> f  |  503.517.6901
>>>> skype julieduryea
>>>> http://www.soukllc.com
>>>> tweet julsd
>>>>
>>> --
>>> Tijs Teulings
>>> tel: +31645004824http://tijs.org
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
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> Gregory Heller
> http://www.GregoryHeller.com
>
>
> >

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