Thanks for the thoughts everyone. It totally makes sense to have the community within one physical space or network name themselves (and the term "members" seems easiest for referring to them until then). I love the idea of being playful with the name amongst the members (comrades is awesome btw).
Thinking more broadly, and I know we as humans tend to resist names, so there might not be agreed upon term. This is a coworking email list for the "global community of people dedicated to the values of Collaboration, Openness, Community, Accessibility, and Sustainability" -- Does that make us all "members" of the coworking community or would we call ourselves "Coworkers" or "Mobile Workers"? I think what I was trying to get at in my original question was whether or not there had been a larger conversations among this community of coworking aficionados for agreed upon terms to refer to ourselves? Thanks again, Jeska On Mar 6, 6:18 am, Alex Hillman <dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com> wrote: > Maybe the right question is: what do they call *themselves*? > > /ah > indyhall.org > coworking in philadelphia > > > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 9:08 AM, rachel young <rac...@camaraderie.ca> wrote: > > > We don't call our members "comrades", but it does come up from outsiders > > once in a while who think they are being clever. > > r. > > > *____________________ > > rachel young > > *rac...@camaraderie.ca > > > *Find us in person:* > > Camaraderie > > 102 Adelaide St E 2nd Floor > > Toronto, ON M5C 1K9 > > (647) 861-4350 > > > *Find us online:* > > Website/blog <http://camaraderie.ca> and > > Newsletter<http://bit.ly/camaraderienewsletter> > > Google+ <http://bit.ly/CamaraderiePlus>, > > Twitter<http://twitter.com/camaraderie> > > , Facebook <http://bit.ly/9zv3Fx>, and > > LinkedIn<http://bit.ly/CamaraderieGroup> > > > *Be in business for yourself, not by yourself! * > > *Mar 25, 2012 is the next FLCTO. * > > *Stay in the know at **http://bit.ly/freelcancecampTO* > > * > > * > > *Are you a coworking commitmentphobe? * > > *Try the Coworking Toronto Passport Program<http://bit.ly/CTOPassport2012> > > * > > *for a day pass to seven spaces for one price.* > > * > > * > > > On 6 March 2012 08:58, Alex Hillman <dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> Agreed with Rachel. A lot of communities have clever names based on the > >> name of the larger community. We've got indies, Office Nomads has Nomads, > >> etc. > > >> There's also the factor of perspective: individuals are members, but to > >> each other, could be coworkers. > > >> -Alex > > >> /ah > >> indyhall.org > >> coworking in philadelphia > > >> On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 8:39 AM, rachel young <rac...@camaraderie.ca>wrote: > > >>> I don't think that I've seen enough examples to determine a pattern, > >>> other than "members". All of those terms work, though, if that's what > >>> suits > >>> the folks in each space, but "members" is consistent no matter what the > >>> structure of the space is. > >>> r. > > >>> *____________________ > >>> rachel young > >>> *rac...@camaraderie.ca > > >>> *Find us in person:* > >>> Camaraderie > >>> 102 Adelaide St E 2nd Floor > >>> Toronto, ON M5C 1K9 > >>> (647) 861-4350 > > >>> *Find us online:* > >>> Website/blog <http://camaraderie.ca> and > >>> Newsletter<http://bit.ly/camaraderienewsletter> > >>> Google+ <http://bit.ly/CamaraderiePlus>, > >>> Twitter<http://twitter.com/camaraderie> > >>> , Facebook <http://bit.ly/9zv3Fx>, and > >>> LinkedIn<http://bit.ly/CamaraderieGroup> > > >>> *Be in business for yourself, not by yourself! * > >>> *Mar 25, 2012 is the next FLCTO. * > >>> *Stay in the know at **http://bit.ly/freelcancecampTO* > >>> * > >>> * > >>> *Are you a coworking commitmentphobe? * > >>> *Try the Coworking Toronto Passport Program<http://bit.ly/CTOPassport2012> > >>> * > >>> *for a day pass to seven spaces for one price.* > >>> * > >>> * > > >>> On 5 March 2012 14:40, Jeska Dzwigalski <je...@coffeeandpower.com>wrote: > > >>>> Hiya! > > >>>> Jeska from Coffee & Power here, I've been lurking for a bit, first > >>>> (hopefully not-too-controversial!) post. > > >>>> I've got a question about words/terms. I've determined that it's > >>>> "coworking" (not co-working) but I can't seem to find an agreed-upon > >>>> term to describe those who work alongside me within a coworking > >>>> spaces. > > >>>> Is there an agreed upon term within the larger coworking community? > >>>> What do you use? Coworkers? (seems the best, but could be > >>>> confusing...) Collaborators? Neighbors? > > >>>> Thanks for help! > > >>>> Cheers, > >>>> Jeska > > >>>> -- > >>>> 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. > > >>> -- > >>> 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. > > >> -- > >> 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. > > > -- > > 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. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. 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