I love what Anni has done with the continental Coworking groups on Facebook and that she's taken the reigns.
Part of my vision for http://discuss.coworking.com is a similar effort for longform discussion, where we can "fake" sub-forums. I can add additional google groups to the nav easily, so we could have regional groups with their own moderation, etc, shown along side this global and more general group. It's additive, not duplicative. I'd need to know that the regional lists are going to be tended to and not just left to rot - we all know that communities need gardening - but I'd love to accelerate and add more "sub-groups" alongside this one on the Discuss site. Thoughts? -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Tuesday, October 2, 2012 at 11:18 AM, Anni Roolf wrote: > @Jacob: Beautiful statement. > > @Jeannine & all: > > Do you all already know all the continental groups on facebook (for sure also > for Asia)? > > Coworking Asia: https://www.facebook.com/groups/cowoasia/ > Coworking Africa: https://www.facebook.com/groups/cowoafrica/ > Coworking Australia Oceania: > https://www.facebook.com/groups/cowoaustraliaoceania/ > Coworking Europe: https://www.facebook.com/groups/coworkingeurope/ > Coworking Northamerica: https://www.facebook.com/groups/cowonorthamerica/ > Coworking Southamerica: https://www.facebook.com/groups/cowosouthamerica/ > Coworking Worldwide: https://www.facebook.com/groups/cowoworld/ > > Let's continue to weave global coworking networks ... :-) > There are so different ways to do it. Fascinating to observe this process. > > Best, Anni > > > > > Am 02.10.2012 16:38, schrieb Jacob Sayles: > > Yes we do have a global organization and a very effective "association". > > We all associate with the word "coworking". For such a vastly diverse > > group of people this is more then enough. This is beautiful. Our success > > in Seattle is amplified because of our association with all of you. We > > express our appreciation for this group by giving back in every way we can. > > > > > > Can we collectively do more? Yes, but it can't be all in the same > > direction. We have exploded on the world because we are going in all > > directions, and quickly. It is also important to note that there is more > > then enough energy in this movement to overcome any need for efficiency. > > > > We have many tools to work with and we can be most effective if we use and > > appreciate each one for its strengths. Globally we are bridging the > > connections between all of us. Locally we bond together and get things > > done. We are united. We are Coworking. Each one of us can take that home > > and set a damn good example of what we personally believe that means. > > Jacob > > > > --- > > Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation > > http://www.officenomads.com - (206) 323-6500 > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 7:02 AM, Jeannine <flexkantoorkame...@gmail.com > > (mailto:flexkantoorkame...@gmail.com)> wrote: > > > I think we have a global organization already. I think we need more, as > > > Anni says, networking. > > > > > > I also think that we should have, as Alex says, a europe-centered > > > coworking group, as part of the Global group. The closest we have so far > > > is a Facebook group. Which is a good start, but we can do better than > > > that. > > > > > > I would also like to see much more from Asia: but Asia is also an entire > > > continent with many languages and cultures and so forth to contend with. > > > > > > In the US, they don't have language issues and so forth to contend with, > > > at least not on the same scale. So it all goes easier, there is more > > > interation, more gets done faster. This means we have to have some more > > > effort from our side. Not to separate; but to bring together in its > > > fullness. > > > > > > That's my goal, anyway. > > > > > > Jeannine > > > > > > > > > On Tuesday, October 2, 2012 1:02:51 PM UTC+2, manuel zea - > > > coworkingspain.es (http://coworkingspain.es) wrote: > > > > I just take a look globalworkspace.org (http://globalworkspace.org). > > > > It looks nice, but there is not any location listed in europe. > > > > I think we should make our own global association with coworking > > > > philosophy and that means that the association has to be born from the > > > > differents coworkings countries community. > > > > Not just USA > > > > I think a great step to make it possible, its starting talking with > > > > those who are reference in their own countries and make this > > > > association possible with all this people. > > > > > > > > El lunes, 30 de julio de 2012 17:33:31 UTC+2, Toni Hogan escribió: > > > > > Has anyone ever heard of this organization? If so, do tell... > > > -- > > > 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 > > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com
