Duplication is going to happen regardless, it's unavoidable. The alternative is constant stalemate due to disagreements. That's why there's no "one" entity that makes sense.
So long as people are still communicating and sharing, plenty will be captured and accomplished! -Alex -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Monday, October 1, 2012 at 9:44 PM, Alec Grant wrote: > All, > > I'm all in favour of there being multiple groups or associations to help > drive the coworking movement. But what I'm afraid of is the unnecessary > duplication of effort that might occur because of this. If multiple groups > are all doing exactly the same thing then it will take longer for us all to > get closer to whatever the end goal is. There will clearly be localised or > regional issues and these would clearly make sense to be dealt with a > specific group. But for common issues I think we should probably try to deal > with them together. > > Regards, > Alec > > On 2 October 2012 01:14, John Saddington <johnsadding...@gmail.com > (mailto:johnsadding...@gmail.com)> wrote: > > steve, > > > > thanks for this. great post! very interesting findings about corps allowing > > their employees to work at coworking spots. > > > > > > On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 8:00 PM, Steve King <sk...@emergentresearch.com > > (mailto:sk...@emergentresearch.com)> wrote: > > > I was at the Global Workspace Association Annual Conference two weeks ago > > > in Baltimore. It was quite good. I wrote a blog post on what I felt > > > were the key learnings. It's at: > > > http://www.smallbizlabs.com/2012/09/learnings-from-the-global-workspace-association-conference.html > > > > > > > > > The coworking world was represented with Nextspace, Workbar and a few > > > others attending. > > > > > > I was very impressed with the group and the level of interaction. A lot > > > of smart folks were in the room. And a lot of the business centers are > > > doing interesting things. > > > > > > Steve > > > > > > -- > > > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > John Saddington > > http://john.do > > -- > > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > > > > > > > > -- > > -- > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com
