Dude, your perseverance is epic.
It sounds like you’re in good spirits about the whole thing, and as others have said, you’ve undoubtably left a mark on your local community, as well as this one here on the Coworking Google Group over the years. Thanks for being a member, and a leader, in both of those communities. -Alex On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 3:39 PM, Mike Pihlman <altamontcow...@gmail.com> wrote: > I wrote this on my Facebook page. But, before I paste it here I would like > to thank ALL of those among you who helped me TREMENDOUSLY over the years > (you know who you are from private conversations). You are my > inspirations, and, please keep up the fight for collaborative, open, work! > I became too old (at 63) to continue the fight from this direction, but, I > will continue from another (you will have to read my pasted posting to the > end!). > To all the new people here (by new those who came after May 2009)...good > luck and do not ever give up, or change the values that you believe in.... > COWORKING (without a hyphen) ROCKS!!! > ---- > AFTER 67 months of trying (65 of those at a loss), we will closing > AltamontCowork on Dec 31, 2014. > COWORKING in Tracy, CA WILL happen sometime in the future; when the CULTURE > changes sufficiently to understand the beauty of, and embrace: Open, > Collaborative, Work. > When will that happen???? I suspect 5 to 20 years. > Why that long??? > Here is the clue: Those accepting, and fully embracing, this kind of work > environment are just NOW 25 years old or YOUNGER. It will take 5 to 20 > years for the oldest of them to "grow" sufficiently (and for us old farts > to die off so they have the road ahead free of us) to have a major impact > in the world. > THEN the world of collaborative work will change, but, only then. The > circle of life. The youngsters of today will embrace collaborative work in > the future....hail to them! > Tracy, CA Residents: When you see that next COWORKING location open up > here....all I ask is that you have a fleeting memory of > AltamontCowork....as we will ALWAYS be the first! > We have met many wonderful people and made some wonderful, lifelong, > friends. There have been fun times and hard times. But, I appreciate each > and every one who supported AltamontCowork (or Tracy Virtual Office...who > remembers?) over the years. > The very very special people among you know who you are. (Yes, Tom Gardner > knew....) > BUT....Like in Harry Potter: The Phoenix rises. > On Jan 1, 2015, YeOldeTechy (does anyone remember?) will rise again as: > TechyMike > http://TechyMike.com/ > <http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2FTechyMike.com%2F&h=AAQGcO282&s=1> > Cue the music from "Jaws".....haha > ------ > -- > Buy From *Amazon* and help ForCarol.com. Click on this link: > http://smile.amazon.com/ch/45-1499304 > -- > Mike Pihlman > AltamontCowork / ForCarol.com (501c3) > 95 W. 11th Street, Suite 205 > Tracy, CA 95376 > Phone: 209-608-4340 > Web: http://AltamontCowork.com <http://altamontcowork.com/> > -- > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.