I don't think we would need to suffer the disruption of trying to move a large group like this. It seems to me we could achieve many of the results people are looking for by building on top of the existing Google Group. I also just got put in touch with the Groups Project Manager over at Google and there is an opportunity to work with them to make it a better tool for us.
Jacob --- Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation http://www.officenomads.com - (206) 323-6500 On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Alex Hillman <dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com > wrote: > This is a great expression of why I think we should consider something more > versatile than the Google Group. > > I know this was shot down once before, but having "sub-forums" will allow > for more focused discussions to emerge without people needing to wonder or > worry about who's listening - or not interested - in their > idea/inquiry/post. > > I really don't think a "social network" is the solution to this, since they > become TOO fragmented. But some light construct for things like job/business > opportunities, industry-specific questions, coworking newbs, coworking vets, > marketing questions, space questions, etc...could each have their own > sub-forum. This would also allow the "general forum" to be more of a casual > meeting place for all of us rather than a place with several dozen new > threads every week, many repeating. > > I'd be willing to go back to Zoho again since they were interested in > providing the service free to us as a "community" or Open Source Software > style project. The only cost would be in moving the existing coworking > google groups' contents into it. > > Unless someone gives me a specific reason NOT to, I'm going to pursue it > again and report back. > > -Alex > > > > /ah > indyhall.org > coworking in philadelphia > > > > On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 1:39 PM, Blair Gordon > <blairjamesgor...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> i like this idea of collaboration, after all its what we are all about. >> Maybe a website, a social network of sorts for co-working and >> collaboration. Allow fellow co-workers and entrepreneurs to find like minded >> people with the skills they seek. >> I am opening my first co working facility in columbus soon and I would >> love to be able to offer my people the connection to a dedicated social >> network >> >> -- >> 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<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.
