One thing I would love to 'regulate' is that coworking does not have a hyphen. ;) Just a joke, but I do try to correct ppl when possible - especially reporters. Not that I'm the queen of naming or anything. It's just consistent. :) T
On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 6:47 AM, Dawn Hayes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > > > > > -- -- tara 'missrogue' hunt Book: The Whuffie Factor: Using the Power of Social Networks to Build Your Business ( http://www.amazon.com/Whuffie-Factor-Capital-Winning-Communities/dp/0307409503?ie=UTF8 ) Company: Citizen Agency (http://www.citizenagency.com) Blog: HorsePigCow: Marketing Uncommon (http://www.horsepigcow.com) Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/missrogue phone: 415-694-1951 fax: 415-727-5335 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
