Many full-time members with permanent desks is absolutely a problem.
We limit to a maximum of 40% of desks for full-timers. If you go too far above that there are at least three common problems: 1) Part-time / flexible members don't feel like they have a significant sense of ownership of the space. They are more inclined to feel like second class citizens using spare desks. They then don't participate in the community as much and that magnifies all sorts of other problems. 2) Revenue becomes less predictable. I'd rather have 100 people paying $100 per month than 35 people paying $300. 3) The space becomes less flexible. It's much more difficult moving a permanent member's desk for a weekend or evening community activity. Hope that helps, Jon — Jonathan Markwell Follow my adventures in space, time and code: http://jot.is/sustainablyindy The Skiff: Brighton Coworking Community http://jot.is/sharing-space Coder Founders: Digital Product Consultancy http://jot.is/investing-time CoGrid: Meeting Room Booking Software http://jot.is/writing-code +44 (0)7766 021 485 skype: jlmarkwell | twitter: http://twitter.com/jot On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 10:05 AM, Marius Amado-Alves <amado.al...@gmail.com> wrote: > "Too many full time members, not enough flex (or some variation on flex)." > Er... many fulltimers is a *problem*?!?!? > -- > 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.
