We also communicate ourselves as staffed during biz hours. Members are almost always there before and after we are "open" but we can't guarantee it.
We set up a process for earning trust and getting a key, which allows for re-entry after hours. The important part with our process is that it clearly shifts 24:7 access from being a perk to a responsability, akin to a neighborhood watch. https://dangerouslyawesome.com/2014/07/the-neighborhood-watch-method-for-coworking-space-security/ But your question wasn't about member, it was about meetups and events. In my experience most Meetup organizers don't want to pay a rate (there's always cheap or free space somewhere else) that would justify late night staffing. So we link this to our neighborhood watch keyholder setup. It goes like this: - meetups and groups organized by trusted keyholder are easy, since someone in the group knows what to do at the end of the night. - if a group doesn't have a keyholder, it's their responsibility to connect with a keyholder who is interested in their event and willing to "co-host" with them. That helps ensure some internal member buy in too, instead of just having randos using the space. This way, there is always at least one trusted member around who is invested in the event AND the shared space, and can help make sure end of night procedures are followed. Hope this helps you, Miles! Alex On Sep 26, 2018, 7:53 PM -0400, Miles Fidelman <mfidel...@meetinghouse.net>, wrote: > What small business moves into a space that closes at 6pm? Certainly nobody > who has deadlines that merit the occasional all nighter. > Miles Fidelman > > On 9/26/18 6:03 PM, jessievill...@gmail.com wrote: > > Hi All! > > > > Our space is currently only open from 8am - 6pm. I am about to start moving > > in to a system where folks can leave after 6pm and our space will just be > > unstaffed. > > > > I have been receiving many inquiries about after hours events (ending later > > than 6:30) and wanted to know what your typical protocol is. Since these > > aren't always members looking to host late night meetings, I can't decide > > if the space needs to be staffed until they are done. Does anybody else > > staff the space for specific events or do you trust these non member users > > to leave at the end of their time? > > > > Thanks! > > -- > > 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. > > -- > In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. > In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra > -- > 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. -- 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.
