Nice! Alex that's a great point about calling ahead - I think adding in a little bit of lingo about calling ahead to make sure there's room is a groovy idea. And great call about adding a page to the wiki - that way anyone who wants to join in can add themselves and any particular notes about reservations and what is available...
S On Aug 27, 3:26 pm, Jerome Chang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
