I think the Unconference in Austin on March 10th is a good milestone. There is a lot of work to be done to get something like this started and deadlines can be very helpful. Don't worry Jeannine and everyone else who can't make it. There will be many more discussions and plenty of opportunities to participate.
Jacob --- Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation http://www.officenomads.com - (206) 323-6500 On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 1:59 AM, Jeannine <flexkantoorkame...@gmail.com>wrote: > +1 on this: The coworker library is a great idea. Seems simpler to > refer people a > central repository rather than "just search the Google Group; this > has > already been discussed." Making the Coworking Visa a real program > that > we can promote within and without our spaces would be excellent. > Developing real, valuable discounts, alliances, partnerships etc. (or > guidelines or a toolkit to do so) that will benefit spaces and their > members would be cool. > > I also think that from the perspective of people just looking at > coworking as an option, membership in something more definable than > "this Google Group" would be more confidence inspiring. > > May I add, again, though, that as a practical matter, pinning progress > on SXSW will leave those of us in "the rest of the world" :-) somewhat > outside the discussion. The time shift to Austin is seven hours, so > you are starting your day when we are finishing ours. And 9 am in > Austin is midnight in Japan. So either we have to have seperate > discussions or we have to work something else out or both -- possibly > the folks who cannot get to SWSX can be assigned a SWSX buddy, who > they can get to know now and who can then present their perspective on > their behalf? > > Just a thought. > > Jeannine > > > On Jan 20, 6:22 pm, "todd@c4workspace" <oneill.t...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I think it's kind of interesting that a movement that thrives on > > community is somewhat resistant "making it official." I second Jacob's > > idea and would like to be more involved in it. > > > > There is no coworking space that operates successfully without some > > level of organization and/or management. Without the cooperation and > > collaboration between a space's members the space simply is not viable > > or sustainable. > > > > And so goes coworking as a movement. "We" are too big now to continue > > to sustain the viabilty and development of this movement without some > > level of official organization. It's not about "dues" or "chapters" or > > somesuch. It's simply about doing things that benefit every coworking > > space. The Map is a good example of good intentions gone wrong. I HATE > > reinventing the wheel. We are at a point where we are too large as a > > movement to be able to be in touch with everyone to avoid duplication > > of effort. > > > > The coworker library is a great idea. Seems simpler to refer people a > > central repository rather than "just search the Google Group; this has > > already been discussed." Making the Coworking Visa a real program that > > we can promote within and without our spaces would be excellent. > > Developing real, valuable discounts, alliances, partnerships etc. (or > > guidelines or a toolkit to do so) that will benefit spaces and their > > members would be cool. > > > > So, Jacob, put me down. > > > > Let's talk, communicate, whetever and flesh this out some more and > > maybe present a draft construct at SXSW. > > > > Cheers! > > > > Todd > > C4 Workspace > > San Antonio, TX > > -- > 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 > 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 coworking@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.
