Hi all. BLANKSPACES in Los Angeles is definitely listening on this thread and would like to participate. Our rates and policies are quite a bit different from most coworking spaces, but I'm sure we'll be able to accommodate somehow.
Jerome ______________ BLANKSPACES "work wide open" www.blankspaces.com 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) Los Angeles, CA 90036 323.330.9505 (office) On Aug 27, 2008, at 10:41 AM, Alex Hillman wrote: > Julie (et all), > Geoff and I would love to lead the way and break this "west coast" > passport into a bi-coastal passport, and get IndyHall in on the > action! > > I don't see any reason why we wouldn't want to get involved, and we > strongly believe that there's lots of good that can be done by our > movement leading by example bridging the coasts. > > Our only thought would be (and I don't know what the needs of other > spaces are) to add a loose "policy" that says that there needs to be > some lead time and/or reservation made, and that a space's local > members take priority. Each space has different reservation > policies, of course, so it's up to the traveler to investigate that. > We could also have a page on the wiki that lists participating > spaces and the procedure for contacting them to get a desk. > > -Alex, IndyHall, Philadelphia > > -- > ----- > -- > ----- > Alex Hillman > im always developing something > digital: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > visual: www.dangerouslyawesome.com > local: www.indyhall.org > > > > On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 11:30 AM, Julie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes, simple is key. The least burdensome is to say you have up to 3 > free work days at the following places should you be traveling there. > Here's who would like to be mentioned as offering that because they > responded to this initial thread: > Office Nomads > Nomadz > Impromptu Studio > Cubes & Crayons > Altspace > Citizen Space > Uptime once it's up > > We'll let our members know that as souk members, they are welcome up > to 3 free times in the above listed places. We'd love to list more > too! Good stuff. > > Julie > > On Aug 26, 5:56 pm, Susan Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm thinking more along the lines of what Gregory is suggesting - > > keeping things very simple and mostly up to the owners of each > space. > > Perhaps we can start out with a very simple solution - each > coworking > > space making it clear what they offer in terms of a "coworking visa" > > for members of other coworking spaces. Then if there seems to be > high > > demand, a tech solution could step in and help to smooth out the > > process? I want this idea to thrive but not as a burden to any one > > person to create a solution for everyone's needs. Well, at least > not > > yet. :) > > > > Office Nomads will likely just put something up on our website (we > are > > in the midst of some other changes/developments for our web copy > right > > now) and likely blog about what we're able to offer other coworking > > space members. I just like the idea of saying "you're a member > there, > > you're welcome here!" to those who are interested. Keeping it > simple, > > as Julie emphasized in her initial e-mail, is key. > > > > On Aug 26, 4:55 pm, "Steven Heath" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > 2008/8/26 Tara Hunt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > FYI...this is part of what coworkination.com was going to > solve. Sigh. > > > > > <deleted> > > > > > The world is full of good intentions. Having looked at this it > seems that it > > > a moribund idea after some chalk and talk and little if anything > can be used > > > by anyone that was not in the chalk and talk session. Esp as > > > coworkination.com produces a 503 error. > > > > > I emailed Julie direct with our interest in joining the > 'Passport Movement'. > > > This is not something that I think needs an app written in > > > Ruby but a concept that those SpaceOwners that agree buy in. > > > > > I tend to think that usage of the 'Passport' will be limited but > that is not > > > the point of the idea in my opinion. It is all about fostering > community and > > > sharing. > > > > > -- > > > Steven Heath > > > Director > > > Foxbane Consulting > > > Cell: +64 21 706-067 > > > > > Interested in Coworking in Wellington? Check outwww.altspace.co.nz > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
