I didn't have any exclusive vision on geographic locations, keeping in mind that this list is global and I'd love to be able to dialog and interact more with those outside of U.S. borders. Cross-border interaction is key to anything fostering collaboration (in my opinion) and by cross-border I mean it in the widest sense: from Philly to Seattle, Rochester to East London or Miami to Goa (India).
If the usual suspects are the first to show up, great. If others get involved from the start, even better. There's always got to be a place to begin with, no? In fact, it seems that there are a few regular voices on this list and some of their thoughts have clearly drawn in others to connect that might usually stick to quiet observation (that's usually me, really!). I believe Co-working is shaped by the vision and efforts of its actors at large and will maintain that as I develop initiatives directly in line with it or at least parallel to it. With that said, I am less interested in fussing over titles, catch-phrases and whether something is actually "Co-working" or not. I'm much more interested in the results of folks working together (or not) to benefit their communities, whether it is simply providing a good space to work from or a bit more. d On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 9:12 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm with Tony, Alex and Tara (nothing new there) on the first reaction > to Karen's post, starfish please. The parallel services approach seems > interesting though and Karen's precisions do seem more in line with my > thinking than the original understanding I had. > > As for the potential non profit and the salon, I'd like to remind > everyone that although people from spaces in the US are VASTLY more > numerous and active here, this is still an international movement and > non profits based in the US and salons held there are either > (depending on structure) not useful (different laws/requirements and > such) for others and wayyy more expensive to get to. The salon idea is > interesting but will gather largely the same few people who are > already traveling a lot and can match their travels with meetings or > travel on points or whatever. I don't mind per se, I'll use the stream > and keep an eye on northeast action in case I can make it but I just > thought I'd throw it in there to keep in the back of your mind ;). > > In the same vein, I'd encourage international coworking spaces to pipe > up more often on the list, I know for those on different timezones on > other continents it might feel like the discussion is over and > everything's been said by the time you get to the messages but please, > throw in your opinions and "votes" more often. > > > Patrick > station-c.com > > > -- "We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, but we are spiritual beings having a human experience."--Pierre Teilhard de Chardin --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
