I love the idea of reciprocation. Although I've never been a member of a yacht club or country club I know that they do have reciprocity of some sort with other clubs. I think it's perfect for us in the coworking world.
Interestingly, our doppelgänger, Regus Group, is just promoting something similar at http://regus.chtah.com/a/hBItFxDB3XauzB7Smby$RgC0JoD/cardse2 Anthony On Aug 26, 11:31 am, Gregory Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was just figuring that the "visa" would be what a particular coworking > space offers members of another space. each space could bascially > figure out how they wanted to keep track of usage. > > But, for example, a Girafflabs visa might look like: Free daytime usage > of the space with another glabs member present, up two 3 days in a week, > no more than 6 in a month. (THIS IS ONLY AN EXAMPLE). At glabs we would > be responsible for 1) verifying that someone "applying for a visa" is > indeed a member of the space they say they are (if we really care) and > b) keeping track of their usage. > > Some spaces might develop "bi-lateral" agreements that are very > accommodating based on reciprocation. For example two spaces in 2 > different cities may say that each spaces members are entitled to full > day time access when in the other city. > > The "visa terms" might be maintained on a particular space's website, or > in a central location, like the coworking wiki. > > > > Kelli Franklin wrote: > > 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 > > >> -- > >> ---- > >> Gregory Heller > >>http://www.GregoryHeller.com > > -- > ---- > Gregory Hellerhttp://www.GregoryHeller.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
