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.
At the point where we have reciprocity agreements isn't this sort of
talking about a cooperative? It seems to me that this could be as easy
as making a list of co-working spaces that pledge to work together,
and then a link to a "members" page for that space. I know in my case
it matters less since we're free for drop-ins. But if we want to talk
about simplifying things why not push as much of the complexity onto
the end of the providers as possible.
~ Anders
>
>
>
> 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
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