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Thanks & God Bless, Joel Bennett Chief Dreamchaser Veel Hoeden 641-780-7858 veelhoeden.posterous.com Join Us on <https://www.facebook.com/veelhoeden> Facebook! <http://ink1003.com/p/tp/3ee1a6d9cb9fb511/url> Follow us on Twitter From: coworking@googlegroups.com [mailto:coworking@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Angel Kwiatkowski Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2012 3:03 PM To: coworking@googlegroups.com Subject: [Coworking] Re: Anthony and Kevin at The Freelancers Union I would just like to add that I don't want this group to become a "public" forum to bash service providers no matter an individual's opinion or perception of the services they provide. I've done my fair share of executive center hatin' (my general dislike of ECs where there's not a specific person I can air my feelings with) but I draw the line at the tone of the above post especially when the grievance could have been settled privately with Anthony and Kevin. *takes mom hat off* Angel of Cohere. On Wednesday, April 18, 2012 10:31:16 AM UTC-6, anothergain wrote: I attended the monthly meeting of the New York Freelancers Union last night and was disgusted by the speakers for "Loosecubes" Anthony and Kevin. Anthony and Kevin were bragging that there are 50 spaces in NYC that offer desks for "free" and were encouraging the Freelancers Union members to bounce around and "pay no money" as the best way to get their cowork on. Coworking is about building a community of individuals, sharing resources and through that becoming a unit that is stronger than its parts. What Loosecubes seemed to be doing is encouraging people to use as many desks as possible for free without a sense at all of contributing or creating value for themselves or for the spaces. Even the Freelancers Union members were uncomfortable with their line: "Nobody gets paid? Great business model!" I can see a successful business offering up a desk that they're not using for free but any person who has found investors and opened a coworking studio as a means of community building should be appalled at Loosecubes undercutting the value of what these studios are trying to put together. It is obtuse to assume that an established business with spare desks offered for free just for the hell of it and a studio that opened simply for coworking sake could possibly be in the same position as far as what they can offer for what price. Encouraging people to use the New York spaces as if money were no object to any of us is a gross misrepresentation. The Loosecube representatives came off as a con man and it was disgusting to know they've been entrusted with the stewardship of so many coworking spaces. Thank God the Freelancers Union also had Frank from Colab speaking. Frank spoke as a member who pays a monthly membership fee, is obviously a huge, contributing member of the community at Colab and spoke of the the value and benefits in the use of that space. As Loosecubes an organization that is perched on the coworking industry for its existence I would expect a much better understanding of coworking model and a much better representation of the coworking communities needs by its representatives. Rent in NYC is NOT free. Contribute. Collaborate. Share resources and as such become a stronger. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/coworking/-/Fwgef8YABEUJ. 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.
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