I love the community lunch thing. Nothing better than sharing a meal and spreading what each knows about different foods. Tom, how did your lunch thing evolve? Who initiated it?
I was thinking of honor system for snacks -- also for the hotel guests. And maybe having incentives for free snacks -- motivate the guests to participate more in the ongoing culture. I'm so excited for when we finally get going -- so much goodness to build together! Thanks everyone for the support and info! and Hi Anca! I love when worlds spiral and recollide! On Aug 3, 2012, at 9:12 AM, Tom Brandt wrote: > We have a weekly community lunch at Workantile, and it has been a great asset > to us. Sometimes we have a salad potluck where people bring in salad fixings > and everyone assembles their own salad, sometimes we bring in pizza, one time > our former community manager taught us how to make sushi, sometimes someone > make tacos or something, etc. It's a great way to integrate new members into > the community because there is nothing like sharing a meal to get to know > someone. > > On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 7:23 AM, Mojo <cr...@mojocoworking.com> wrote: > Hi Shel, > > I grew up in Detroit area and was just back there this summer looking for a > coworking space to explore. Congrats on getting started. I now run Mojo > Coworking in Asheville, NC and have been open for 1.5 years. Similar to > Workantile, we are at about $30 - $50 in supplies each month in a smaller > space (1625 soft). I also run a marketing agency out of Mojo and so I keep > minimal office supplies on hand for that operation. I'll get infrequent > requests from other members for batteries, manila folders, envelopes, etc. > but everyone pretty much takes care of their own office supplies. (Note: > Although as we expand later this month to a larger 4500 sqft space, I'm > considering approaching Staples/Office Max to offer them some type of > presence in exchange for either a membership fee or member discounts. We're > downtown Asheville and the closest office supply is out of town.) > > We offer free coffee,cream, sugar, etc. ... but no snacks. Again, in the new > space - we are looking into the idea of a community lunch one day per week > for something like $5 per person. On and off in the past we have offered > Cliff MOJO Bars for $1 each on the honor system. > > Best of luck. > > > On Wednesday, August 1, 2012 4:29:27 PM UTC-4, shel kimen wrote: > Hi All -- > > I'm new to this list and community and feel really warm about both. I'm > starting a space in Detroit (anyone else here in Detroit?). It's actually a > combination/mixed use building that will also contain a co-working space > (with small arty hotel, art space, event space, mentoring program). We are > going through a rebranding now but the current website is > DetroitHotelProject.com and facebook.com/Detroithotelproject > > New name and identity in september!! > > I just had a tactical question about operational costs -- most I understand > (utilities, tax, insurance, part time staff, etc) and I have that folded into > the overall numbers of the project. But I wonder here what people might spend > on a space for 15-20 people on things like > > Office Supplies (do people have experience getting local support from office > supply stores?) > Software subscriptions > Coffee, tea, simple snacks > Cleaning supplies > > I saw Alex's really helpful breakdown on Quora but it didn't separate out > these important misc items from an overall operational budget of $3600 for > 1800 square foot indy hall. > > Also, I'd like to add -- as a newcomer to this list and a longtime community > builder/participant, I have not seen this kind of collective energy since the > early internet culture of the mid 90's. I have so much respect for what you > are all building together and I hope to become a valuable member as I also > learn and grow in this project. > > Thank you and many sparkles! > ./s > > > > -- > 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/-/KSeviRI1cwUJ. > > 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. > > > > -- > twb > member, Workantile > @twbrandt > > > -- > 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.
