Exciting and also fascinating! The topic of "core values" has come up before and was "decided upon". I use quotes like that because the fact that you are bringing it up again illustrates how even simple things like this are much trickier with a group as diverse as us. For reference, Alex put them up on coworking.com. They are also referred to as the 5 tenants of coworking.
This could be written off as poor organization or as basic human nature. Large groups often have a wide range of things they consider "core" to the name they choose to describe "their people". Some good examples are: Democrats, or Catholics. This is a lot for a discussion that has the heading "Happy Thanksgiving". Jacob P.S. I'm excited to meet you next week and check out The Cube! On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 11:59 AM, Araceli Camargo-Kilpatrick < thecubelon...@googlemail.com> wrote: > I completely agree, since learning we had set-up a coworking space it gave > us direction and innovation...etymology plays a huge role in our brains as > it gives us the capacity to comprehend abstract concepts. > > If i had continued to think of our space as a conceptual office space i > would have been limited by old patterns associated to office space. Knowing > what we were unlocked tons of ideas as i knew that i could be as > experimental as i wanted. > > The industry is still at infancy, in regards to mass adoption. I think the > next stage would be to establish core values as the interpretation should be > as varied as possible. At the end of the day, the more experimental we all > are the more it is going to feed the possibilities of what a coworking space > can be. > > By core i mean things like, create a conscience space, rather than just > clapping desk together in your spare office space, having a clear focus, > providing tools, etc. > > See you soon > > Araceli > > On 25 November 2010 10:45, Jacob Sayles <ja...@officenomads.com> wrote: > >> Araceli, >> >> This speaks to one of the major themes that is coming up on my Coworking >> Europe tour. There is a lot of discussion of associations, or networks >> different spaces and I've been speaking quite a lot about how much we have >> with the simple word "coworking". For instance the Coworking Europe >> Conference wouldn't have existed without the word. It would be hard to have >> common a mailing list if we all described our spaces with different >> terminology. We are united with this word, even if it seems that word gets >> diluted with all the different definitions. >> >> Jacob >> >> --- >> Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation >> http://www.officenomads.com - (206) 323-6500 >> >> >> On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 10:37 AM, Araceli Camargo-Kilpatrick < >> thecubelon...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hello All, >>> >>> Just wanted to wish you a Happy Thanksgiving, despite its trials and >>> tribulation, we are grateful for all the opportunities coworking has given >>> us. We are also grateful for the coworking google groups, which has shown us >>> what coworking is, because otherwise we would still be calling THECUBE a >>> conceptual office space! >>> >>> Best regards, >>> >>> Araceli >>> >>> -- >>> Araceli Camargo-Kilpatrick >>> Founder >>> >>> THECUBE >>> Studio 5 >>> 155 Commercial Street >>> E1 6BJ >>> London >>> >>> 0207 377 9279 >>> www.thecubelondon.com >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Coworking" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<coworking%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >>> . >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Coworking" group. >> To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<coworking%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. >> > > > > -- > Araceli Camargo-Kilpatrick > Founder > > THECUBE > Studio 5 > 155 Commercial Street > E1 6BJ > London > > 0207 377 9279 > www.thecubelondon.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<coworking%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
