Re: [Coworking] Made it to the front page of the newspaper

[Glen Ferguson]

Thanks Alex. Two things really helped this time: sticking to the story we
want told instead of just answering the questions we were asked, and having
the reporter spend the rest of the day working around our members.

On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 9:27 AM Alex Hillman 
wrote:

> This article rules, Glen. One of the best space profiles I've seen in a
> while. Congrats!
>
> Alex
>
> On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 3:14 PM Glen Ferguson 
> wrote:
>
>> It took us six years, but we made it out of the inner local section and
>> on to the front page of our local paper. The online version omits a photo
>> of the two members the story leads with so it seems a bit disjointed at the
>> start.
>>
>> Despite us downplaying the telework aspect, as that's only a small
>> percentage of our members, that was the story she wanted to tell before she
>> ever came in to see us. But that's the only major flaw this time around,
>> so... progress!
>>
>>
>> https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/economy_and_business/employment/cowork-frederick-provides-a-sense-of-community-for-teleworkers/article_fdde2821-a150-5c7e-ba2a-8b7826be90fd.html
>>
>> *Glen Ferguson*   Tummler, Cowork Frederick
>> Phone: 301-732-5165
>> Email: g...@coworkfrederick.com
>> Website: https://coworkfrederick.com
>> Address: 122 E Patrick St, Frederick, MD 21701
>> <https://maps.google.com/?q=122+E+Patrick+St,+Frederick,+MD+21701=gmail=g>
>> <http://facebook.com/CoworkFrederick>
>> <http://twitter.com/CoworkFrederick>
>> <http://www.yelp.com/biz/cowork-frederick-frederick>
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[Coworking] Made it to the front page of the newspaper

[Glen Ferguson]

It took us six years, but we made it out of the inner local section and on
to the front page of our local paper. The online version omits a photo of
the two members the story leads with so it seems a bit disjointed at the
start.

Despite us downplaying the telework aspect, as that's only a small
percentage of our members, that was the story she wanted to tell before she
ever came in to see us. But that's the only major flaw this time around,
so... progress!

https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/economy_and_business/employment/cowork-frederick-provides-a-sense-of-community-for-teleworkers/article_fdde2821-a150-5c7e-ba2a-8b7826be90fd.html

*Glen Ferguson*   Tummler, Cowork Frederick
Phone: 301-732-5165
Email: g...@coworkfrederick.com
Website: https://coworkfrederick.com
Address: 122 E Patrick St, Frederick, MD 21701
<http://facebook.com/CoworkFrederick> <http://twitter.com/CoworkFrederick>
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Re: [Coworking] Legal Services

[Glen Ferguson]

Falling under the cliché of "eating your own dogfood", our lawyer is one of
our members. Easy access to him and it saves us a lot of time in not having
to explain our business. Bonus points: he hates lawyerspeak and writes
contracts that humans can read.


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On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 10:19 AM Alex Hillman 
wrote:

> I'm with Brian - having a local attorney who you can build a relationship
> with is HUGELY helpful.
>
> Especially with businesses like ours that often have nuance missed by
> corporate/bulk service attorneys, I've always been thankful for the ability
> to go to a specific person that I know I can trust and who understands my
> business values and goals and priorities.
>
> Bonus: ours also have joined with memberships, and have found that they
> gain a TON of business from being a part of our small business community.
>
> -Alex
>
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>
> On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 9:56 AM Brian Burgett 
> wrote:
>
>> I would suggest you find a local attorney to review your membership
>> agreement. My real estate attorney put together my LLC and reviewed the
>> lease and membership agreement. Spending a couple hundred dollars to review
>> documents is cheaper than $480 year on a service. It's also nice to have an
>> attorney to make a quick call if you have any questions. He doesn't charge
>> me for those.
>>
>>
>>
>> *Brian Burgett*
>>
>> 513-609-4777
>>
>> www.QueenCityCoworking.com <https://www.queencitycoworking.com/en>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 9:01 PM  wrote:
>>
>>> We are looking for a lawyer to review our membership agreements which
>>> we’ve cobbled together from other spaces. Has anybody used the Legal Shield
>>> services? They are a large group of Lawyers that you pay about $40 a month
>>> for. Also thought it would also be a nice offering for our members if they
>>> are any good
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Re: [Coworking] Accepting mail --Approved by USPS... But..

[Glen Ferguson]

5 years of doing CMRA mail service for us. Talking to the post office and
our mail carriers (they seem to change carriers pretty often) was a big
help for us. The understanding they have now, and that works for us, is
anything with our street address gets delivered to us. Period. It's up to
us as a CMRA to sort and distribute the mail, or to reject it and give it
back to the post office with the appropriate rejection wording on it.

As far as the form to get listed as a CMRA, when we started doing this the
postmaster knew nothing about it, checked with a larger office, and then
took the form. I have a copy of it in my files, but nothing else. Now a few
years later we have a new postmaster and she is a stickler for the 1583
forms being filled out correctly. So I figure the safest path is to follow
their rules in case a new postmaster ever decides to audit us. If they want
to be lax with adherence to their own rules, good for them - it's their
rules, they can do that. But if I do it, they have a reason to shut me down
if the boss is having a bad day. It's not worth the risk.

Every member gets a PMB# as that gives them a unique address. It helps to
keep the businesses separate not only for Google Business and SEO reasons,
but also in the event anything questionable (or even just unusual) happens
with one of them. For example, we have a few lawyers here and have had
court officers do the "you've been served" thing you see on TV. (In case
you're ever wondered, that's what box #5 on the PS-1583 form is about.
Restricted delivery is when mail is physically delivered to the addressee
or an authorized agent).

Having to submit the quarterly updates to the post office only takes a few
minutes, and if you ask your postmaster in advance who the forms should go
to, you can mark it to their attention on a post-it when you hand it to the
front counter staff. It saves a lot of confusion as they've never seen
these forms, but they understand "Please give this report to Harry Smith."


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Email: g...@coworkfrederick.com
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On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 7:23 AM Jana Greer  wrote:

> From the experience I had, the CMRA complicated things and the post office
> doesn’t know what to do. Operated years without it and then questioned if
> we needed it and we were told to not open that can of worms 路‍♀️
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Re: [Coworking] Re: Ideas for flexible mail delivery?

[Glen Ferguson]

Yes, the local post office folks, sometimes even the postmaster, typically
don't know what to do with the CMRA form because they're pretty rare. We
ran into that too and we're in the second-largest city in the state. In our
case, he contacted the larger post office in Baltimore. Now, a few years
later and with a new postmaster, she checks every PS-1583 form we submit
and has rejected one for a couple discrepancies we missed. So yes, we're
very aware of the possibility of an audit. We're also across the street
from the post office, which makes us a convenient target if they want to do
an audit of a "random" CMRA.

I find the front desk staff never knows what to do with the quarterly
reports, so once I found out who they should go to, I mark all the reports
to his attention.

We're using a small fire safe for hanging file folders as our mailboxes. It
locks, and I can keep it in a closet, so we're still in compliance, albeit
barely. We're planning on getting some mailboxes though as it would allow
for self-service when picking up mail. This is more important for the
non-members with mailboxes than it is for members. Since we (any CMRA) are
responsible for sorting the mail, we can get "mailboxes for private
delivery" instead of "mailboxes for USPS delivery" which reduces the cost
quite a bit. We're in a historic building so we're looking at something
like these as they fit the decor better.
https://www.mailboxes.com/shop-by-department/commercial-mailboxes-for-private-distribution/brass-style/


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On Sat, Oct 27, 2018 at 9:40 PM Jerome Chang  wrote:

> For years we provided these virtual offices w/o filing a CMRA w/ the USPS,
> but we complied w/ the requirements should we get audited.
>
> We are in the process of filing now.
>
> So the answer is
> - it’s not critical, but it’s ideal
> - no individually locked mailboxes required. We put all of our “mailboxes”
> in a locked room.
>
> *JEROME CHANG*
>
>
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> On Oct 27, 2018, at 6:38 AM, AK  wrote:
>
> Hi everyone--time to get serious about mail delivery.  I wonder how
> critical it is to have USPS approved locking mailboxes.  I have applied
> for  CMRA status and my local PO has no clue what to do - I even printed
> out the form for them.  This really took me by surprise since we're in a
> suburban location, not in the country so there is alot of businesses out
> here
>
> Nevertheless, I want to be approved and wonder if those of you who collect
> mail for members or just "virtual" actually have locked mailboxes for
> them.  Thoughts?  I will not but the boxes until approved.
>
> Al
>
>
>
> On Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at 1:55:11 PM UTC-6, Megan Holcomb wrote:
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I am exploring options for a flexible mail delivery system. Currently we
>> have small, square, stacked mailboxes with member names on labels
>> (alphabetized). We sort the mail ourselves into the member's mailbox and
>> they (members) are responsible for checking their box. But every time we
>> get a new member the labels have to be shifted. Some members have
>> overflowing mail or rarely check their box. Often mail arrives for
>> past/non-members. For reference we have between 100-200 members.
>>
>> Maybe there are some creative mail management solutions out there?! New
>> to this google group so thought Id ask. Haven't seen it in previous topic
>> threads.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
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Re: [Coworking] Projector VS TV/ LED Screens

[Glen Ferguson]

[Resurrecting this thread instead of starting a new one]

Does anyone have any experience with the Samsung Flip? It's a 55"
touchscreen whiteboard/flipchart/monitor. They're on sale for the next few
days and we're considering it for some meeting rooms.
http://samsung.com/flip

On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 12:27 PM Jerome Chang 
wrote:

> I'll add on to what Alex said: most of how people will use your projectors
> is for displaying text, or screenshots, which will require larger projected
> images than what most people use projectors for which is graphics or, say,
> movies. Therefore, an 8' diagonal image will seem huge, but not for seeing
> text, icons, and menus from the back row.
>
> As for tv's vs. projectors...I'm on the fence and kind of agree w/ Caner.
> Maybe you can get 60-65" screens for 6-8 ppl at a decent cost, and forego
> the projectors...until the 70" screens come down in price.
>
>
> *JEROME CHANG*
>
>
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> On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 9:10 AM, Alex Hillman <
> dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> TVs are great for meeting rooms - they're almost always on sale. I think
>> we got 42" TVs for our meeting rooms for like...$250/each.
>>
>> But TV's but aren't great for groups larger than 8-10 peopleunless
>> you're buying giant 70" TVs, which generally start at more than $1500 each
>> to get decent quality.
>>
>> With projectors, the thing to look out for is the lumens. A lot of cheap
>> projectors only work in rooms that are dark, and in most presentation
>> settings you want something that can be seen easily without turning off all
>> of the lights. We upgraded our primary presentation space earlier this year
>> and I ended up finding this gem for less than $600 US. It's super bright
>> (3200 lumens), and has amazing picture quality:
>>
>>
>> https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01EAPUHYY/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8=1
>>
>>
>> Also with a projector, you *definitely* want to project onto a real
>> screen. Early on we had white walls so I figured we could just project onto
>> them but the picture quality was almost always distorted (especially for
>> any kind of text). Screens aren't just white, they're also *smooth* and
>> *reflective* which improves how bright the picture appears, and makes
>> sure that nothing gets distorted.
>>
>> -Alex
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 11:28 AM  wrote:
>>
>>> my coworking space have been contemplating on which solution to use for
>>> display during seminars, workshops etc. which solution do you think is
>>> better and why  ?
>>>
>>> Projector or Screens ?
>>>
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Re: [Coworking] Re: Nonprofit Memberships

[Glen Ferguson]

Here's what some might call the Scrooge perspective: there are 29 different
IRS classifications for non-profits. Only one, 501(c)3, is a charity.
Sports clubs, credit unions, farmers associations, groups against animal
cruelty, etc. are all non-profits. For practical purposes, and at the risk
of oversimplifying, these 28 operate like any other business. So should
they be treated differently than any other business?

An acquaintance from a local non-profit (not a charity) asked us about a
discount. The really short summary is I explained that we're not and we
need to make a profit to stay in business, I mentioned that I knew what
"non-profit" really means. He replied, "Oh I know, but most people don't,
so I always ask because it works to get a discount pretty often." If you
ever worked as a freelancer, I guarantee you've had potential clients ask
if you can do better on the price, and I bet they weren't non-profit
businesses. No one wants to pay more than they have to, and the worst that
can happen by asking for a price break is they'll be told "sorry, no" so
why wouldn't they ask?

Don't feel guilty if you say no. If there's a non-profit that works for a
cause or goal you believe in and you want to donate to them by way of a
discounted membership for their organization, or maybe day passes or
meeting room rentals as prizes for their fundraiser, go for it if it makes
sense.

I suppose for credibility I should add that we have 3 different non-profits
working at Cowork Frederick. 2 are remote employees and the third uses us
as their main office. We also have 2 different church
leaders/pastors/ministers here. None of them get a discount, in part due to
the first one (a church minister) refusing an offer of a discount because
he knew the value of what we offered and he wanted to make sure we stayed
around. He had also previously worked out of a cowork space on the west
coast, so he definitely "got it" when it comes to coworking.


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Phone: 301-732-5165
Email: g...@coworkfrederick.com
Website: https://www.coworkfrederick.com
Address: 122 E Patrick St, Frederick, MD 21701

On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 7:20 AM, Alex Hillman 
wrote:

>
>
> *“If they are chosing you because you are the cheapest, the relationship
> is based on exploitation and that's no way to start a relationship.” *10%
> this. Nonprofits or not, people who want special treatment (startups are
> notorious for this too) are not a healthy target for a sustainable
> community or business.
>
> If you’re already cheap and people won’t join unless they get a discount,
> consider raising your rates so that you have something to discount ;)
> On Aug 30, 2018, 10:36 AM +0200, Jeannine van der Linden <
> flexkantoorkame...@gmail.com>, wrote:
>
> I do not have a blanket discount for anything except businesses structured
> with multiple entities.
>
> We have in the past had a sponsored nonprofit: this is like the artist in
> residence program, we give a nonprofit a free membership for a year.  They
> submit an application for the membership and the coworkers decide who gets
> it.  It's fun to do and a lot more engaging than a flat policy.
>
> There are several ways to approach this, so that it has added value for
> your space and for your coworkers, and I would think about those things
> before making a policy.  If they are chosing you because you are the
> cheapest, the relationship is based on exploitation and that's no way to
> start a relationship.
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Re: [Coworking] Stationery desk

[Glen Ferguson]

We have a bookshelf of shared office supplies. It's grown over the past 6
years as members bring in their supplies to contribute. I think we have
enough staples and staplers to last for at least a decade. I think the only
thing we have to restock is binder clips and paperclips. When we get low on
pens we ask members to pick up a few at the next trade show, conference, or
networking event they attend. Not strictly an office supply item, but we
have a few loaner charging cables for iOS/Android phones. They get used
surprisingly often.

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On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 4:30 PM, Steve Suard  wrote:

> Thank you for your advices. Great feedback. I will figure out how not to
> get office supplies not to be stealed or mayby they can share theirs like a
> community desk.
>
> On Sunday, July 29, 2018 at 9:44:38 AM UTC-10, Joshua Webb wrote:
>>
>> We do this in a seperate room called The Project Room. It is where our
>> printer, office supplies,  shredder, laminator, paper cutter, and because
>> we do a lot of training we also have a spiral binding punch and spines for
>> everyone to use.
>>
>> Over time this is what we have learned:
>> The office supplies (pens, pads of paper, postits, and such) can
>> disappear fast.
>>
>> Having it seperate was essential to not bothering others with noises from
>> shredders, copiers, and punches.
>>
>> All in all everyone loves and uses it alot so it will be a good add to
>> your space.
>>
>> Joshua Webb
>>
>> Founder at Growthli
>>
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>> On Sun, Jul 29, 2018, 2:17 PM Steve Suard  wrote:
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>>> Do you have a space in your coworking that host a stationery desk?
>>> I plan to have that.
>>> A desk with office supplies with basics like paper shredder, staplers,
>>> paper clips, pens, scissors, that will be free to use on site.
>>> This space also have printers available.
>>>
>>> What are your opinions?
>>>
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Re: [Coworking] Self bar

[Glen Ferguson]

We told members we have a budget amount for snacks and when that's gone,
there isn't more until next month. If they want more and/or better snacks,
they are encouraged to put some money in the snack fund jar. We have a
sticker on the jar with our Square Cash ID if members want to contribute
electronically. We also have an iPad kiosk running Square for members to
pay for extra days or for guests. Our members asked to have an item added
to the Square kiosk for snacks so they can contribute there without having
to get the Cash app. Having payment options for everyone helps keep the
snack fund stocked.

Being transparent with how much we were spending on snacks helped get
members into the habit of contributing for what they take. When they didn't
know where the money went, they assumed we were spending way less than we
actually were.


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On Thu, Jul 5, 2018 at 10:45 AM, Wendy  wrote:

> I thought about having a self bar, but didn’t know how to handle the cash
> flow part of it where I didn’t come out on the loosing end.  What I have
> done is included snacks/fruit into the membership fees. So far so good.
>
>
>
> Wendy
>
>
>
> Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for
> Windows 10
>
>
>
> *From: *Andrea Di Lascio 
> *Sent: *Tuesday, July 3, 2018 2:57 PM
> *To: *Coworking 
> *Subject: *[Coworking] Self bar
>
>
>
> Hi everybody, how many of you have within the coworking a small self-bar?
> how do you manage it? is it profitable? because we have one in our
> coworking space but actually the bills at the end of the month are never
> found. we always have a shortfall in considerable cash, a clear sign that
> many of our customers do not pay what they take. How many of you have the
> same problem? proposals to try to solve without being too demanding in the
> eyes of customers?
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Re: [Coworking] Re: Mail for your members

[Glen Ferguson]

I'd definitely be interested too. The system we're using now is ok, but I'm
always trying to improve things.

I've been using a direct message in Slack, and providing the name from the
return address is enough for most folks. People know who their clients are,
and an envelope from "payment processing center" is a dead giveaway that
they've just been paid. Those envelopes don't hang around very long. The
only time I've wished for a photo/OCR solution is trying to enter the
tracking numbers from UPS (easy) and FedEx (hate those things, the font is
like 8pt).


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On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 2:47 PM, Brian Burgett 
wrote:

> Good info guys.
>
> What do you think about a *paid* service that will include texting a
> picture of only first class mail and packages? Most people will be looking
> for checks and important documents.
>
> I will have everyone's name in my phone in alphabetical order anyway.
>
> How much time could that take? ...(He says cringing.)
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> Brian Burgett
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 1:15 PM, Jerome Chang 
> wrote:
>
>> FYI, from my experience, there’s a psychology of the customers that can
>> tip the scale for the business decision on how to manage mail. Issue:
>> - If you provide mail notification to presumably everyone, you open the
>> door to committing to process 100% of the mail to 100% of your members.
>> - If you have members pay more to get notified, then you limit the amount
>> of work to process mail, outside of just sorting it (my recommendation).
>>
>> That said, how many or what % would pay to be notified? We’ve learned
>> from managing literally 100’s of mail recipients at a time, that it’s
>> faster and simpler for us to manually notify people thru email:
>> “You’ve received mail from
>> ABC
>> XYZ
>> Etc.”
>> Done. No other tech required.
>> Why? There’s really only a handful (anecdotally ~10%) of our members who
>> get mail regularly enough or urgently enough to require weekly, let alone
>> daily, notifications.
>>
>> *JEROME CHANG*
>>
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>>
>> On Jun 19, 2018, at 9:31 AM, Alex Hillman 
>> wrote:
>>
>> I'm also very interested in an app that helps us notify/remind our
>> members when they get mail. Our biggest problem is people not knowing (or
>> knowing and then forgetting) that they have mail or packages to pick up.
>>
>> I've tried the other mailroom management apps for coworking spaces and
>> apartment buildings and they're either buggy, expensive, or both!
>>
>> My "dream" app would be very simple:
>>
>> 1 - take a photo of the label and OCR the name/address.
>> 2 - attempt to match the name to a name on our membership roster.
>> 3 - if it's a direct match, fire off an email with the photo attached. If
>> there are multiple potential matches, let us pick the correct one and fire
>> off the same kind of notice.
>>
>> Special bonus if there's a way for us to go back and tag items that
>> haven't been picked up yet to send a reminder of some sort.
>>
>> OCR is the hardest part of the whole stack, so I'd be okay with manual
>> entry if it's fast (minimal number of taps/clicks/steps to find *and*
>> notify).
>>
>> IMO the person who builds this as an app and integrates it with multiple
>> coworking platforms is going to make a ton of money, this is a very painful
>> problem for a lot of spaces.
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>>
>> On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 11:47 AM Joshua Webb  wrote:
>>
>>> Customer data so no rekeying but also 

Re: [Coworking] Re: Do I need to get a commercial dishwasher?

[Glen Ferguson]

It sounds like some random Joe Citizen told you this is necessary. What did
your city's regulatory department say when you asked them about the
requirement? Without that knowledge, your concern is hand-wringing based
only on hearsay. Talk to the city. Most times, these departments want to
see businesses succeed and are happy to help when you're being proactive
and responsible to make sure your business complies with code. Ask for a
URL to the section of code they cite so you can review it and make sure it
really applies to you and not a restaurant.

If I had to guess, I'd say the initial comment to you was made by someone
confusing a "break room in a commercial building" with a "commercial
kitchen". In my city/state, there's a very different set of requirements
for each - health code inspections being one. YMMV. As Jaques offers, they
may have been referring to a water temp requirement. We raised the temp for
our "residential" dishwasher and passed inspection with no problem.


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On Mon, Jun 11, 2018 at 7:56 AM, Jacques Paquin 
wrote:

> When I look for ADA dishwashers it seems that lots of residential
> dishwashers list ADA compatibility. ADA just seems to be about control
> accesibility.
> But looking here: https://www.consolidatedfoodservice.com/
> guide/commercial-vs-residential-dishwashers-guide the implication is that
> commercial washers operate at higher temperatures and sanitize, whereas
> residential dishwashers do not.
>
> Did the building specify exactly what they meant by "commercial"? Or did
> they just mean, "not cheap"?
> The dishwashers I've seen (and used) in bars and restaurants are not
> something I've ever seen in an office setting.
>
>
> On Sunday, June 10, 2018 at 11:26:15 AM UTC-4, VillageOne wrote:
>>
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> I am thinking buy a dishwasher in my co-working space, my space is in 7th
>> floor of a office building. I was told I need to get a commercial
>> dishwasher because this is the regulatory department's requirement by a
>> shopper, but my dishwasher will only be used to wash the mugs, so I am
>> little concerned, does anyone know this? or could anyone had the same
>> experience? I'd appreciated any advices, thanks!
>>
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Re: [Coworking] Customers asking for discount or "gracious price" or free on space rental for events

[Glen Ferguson]

What Patrick and Alex said. It's the phrase freelancers hear all the time -
"Do this for $xxx discount, it'll be good exposure for you." We have over
240 non-profits registered in our zip code, so the variation we hear is
"Can't you give us a discount, we're a non-profit?" I explain that our
prices and amenities are already priced to be affordable by everyone.
Sometimes I'll add that we're not a non-profit that accepts donations, so
we have to price as we do if we're going to be sustainable.

The other plea we hear, and I'm sure you will too, is "give us a discount
now and there will be repeat business." I flip that around and let them
know these are our rates, but we appreciate repeat business and can discuss
a discount on those later bookings.

As one acquaintance said, after dropping his "we're a non-profit" pitch on
me and I told him I knew what that really meant, and it doesn't mean they
don't have any money, he was honest and told me "I always ask because
sometimes it works". You shouldn't stress over it or feel guilty. In the
end, it's just business and everyone wants to spend as little as they have
to.

If you want to show a little flexibility, consider the other freelancer
adage: never lower your price, increase your value. You can offer some
small amenity (coffee, free use of a projector, etc) so they feel like
they've "won".


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On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 10:12 AM, Joanne Gerussi  wrote:

> Thank you, Patrick. That's how I feel too. As I am new to this, I was a
> bit lost on how I should respond to these requests. Now I know.
>
> On Wednesday, 30 May 2018 15:22:54 UTC+2, Pat Manley wrote:
>>
>> Don’t do it. Once you lower your prices, it’s impossible to raise them
>> again. Determine your costs as best you can, research what others charge
>> and stick with it. Events and meetings will not bring you future business,
>> only more events at prices you can’t afford.
>>
>> If any money you receive from events are over and above the revenue you
>> based your business model on, then the first question you ask yourself is
>> whether you want or need the events? Keep in mind that events can hurt your
>> business if they are disruptive to your members, which they are in must
>> cases.
>>
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>> On May 30, 2018, at 8:01 AM, Joanne Gerussi  wrote:
>>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> My name is Joanne and I am a new owner of a women coworking space in
>> Switzerland. I just opened my space on Monday - 28th May. As I have gotten
>> a space which is spacious and full of charms, I have several requests from
>> people asking to rent the space to host workshops and events. The problem
>> is, people are always asking for discounts or gracious pricing. Their
>> reasoning is that my space is really new and they would be doing me a
>> favour by bring people to my space and in return I should be charging at a
>> really low price or free.
>>
>> I am hesitant on this idea of extreme discount as at the end of the day,
>> I still have bills to pay.
>>
>> What is your advice on this?
>>
>> Thank you in advance!
>> Joanne
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Re: [Coworking] Variable Costs

[Glen Ferguson]

As usual, the answer is "it depends." There's going to be incremental, or
variable, costs associated with every additional member you have.

There's going to be an increase in demand for utilities (electric,
water/sewer) and internet load. Those are likely to be in small increments,
but they're still going to bump your bills a little.

If you have to maintain your own bathrooms, more people means additional
consumption of hand towels, toilet paper, soap. Do you include
complimentary coffee as part of membership? Coffee, tea, sugar, milk usage
will go up. Any snacks included? More people eat more. Beer for happy
hours? Ditto. Unless you charge for printing you'll have increased costs
for paper, ink, toner. I'm sure there are others I haven't covered.


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On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 5:41 PM, Chi-chi <xchichi0...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey,
>
> Out of curiosity, I was wondering if there are any variable costs
> associated with operating a coworking space. I'm trying to calculate
> breakeven point and I can't really think of any.?
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Re: [Coworking] Re: WiFi HW recommendations

[Glen Ferguson]

Notifications are still in beta, but I was pretty psyched too to see it in
there.

Yeah, I can identify most member devices from the UniFi controller,
typically the Clients screen. The most cryptic devices are Android phones
and the Windows machines that get names like DESKTOP-xx. Those I have
to track down and ask members if it's theirs. Making the lookup table was
about an hour of copy/paste between apps. Once done, it's pretty static
content. I try to make IDing their devices part of the new member
onboarding, since seeing new stuff on the network the same day we have a
new member makes it easy.

The devices I don't have IDed are members' new phones or meeting attendees
and I'll delete those. Bear in mind I started this on Monday, so there are
still rough edges.

Eventually, I'll turn on the LDAP/RADIUS network so I can get a single
member login to network and website tools like meeting room reservations.

Oh, don't forget to set up a rule/filter to delete the alerts that come to
your mailbox, unless you want an extra 80+ emails a day.


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On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 5:17 PM, Alex Hillman <dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Well that's cool - I didn't realize they had such granular control over
> notifications. That's awesome.
>
> From the "not yet" is it safe to assume you collecting/linking Mac
> addresses to members in that other tab manually?
>
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> On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 4:31 PM, Glen Ferguson <g...@coworkfrederick.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I forgot to mention that I usually find pricing on the Ubiquiti web store
>> (store.ubnt.com) generally beats Amazon.
>>
>> o. Can you share how you set up Unifi to send that email?
>>
>>
>> Alex, you made me actually do some work on a snow day, darn you. (Insert
>> usual disclaimer for neglected website appearance.) Here's a step-by-step
>> guide: https://itconcierge.co/email-notifications-in-unifi-controller/
>>
>>
>> *Glen Ferguson*
>> Phone: 301-732-5165
>> Email: g...@coworkfrederick.com
>> Website: https://www.coworkfrederick.com
>> Address: 122 E Patrick St, Frederick, MD 21701
>> <https://maps.google.com/?q=122+E+Patrick+St,+Frederick,+MD+21701=gmail=g>
>> <http://wiseintro.co/glengferguson.com>
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 12:43 PM, Michael Williams <mich...@portalsoft.io
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> If you're looking for a local contact who can help, Akshay of Airowire
>>> Networks. He can be reached at +91 9880-773-484 <+91%2098807%2073484>.
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at 5:07:43 AM UTC-7, Ramesh Agarwal wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hello Everyone,
>>>>
>>>> New to the group but I saw similar posts earlier and hence posting.
>>>>
>>>> I am setting up a 2000 sqft space in Bangalore and I am lost trying to
>>>> get an optimum WiFi solutions for the space. The space can accommodate a
>>>> max of 45 people so I am thinking a total of 90 Wifi devices (laptops and
>>>> phones) will hook on to the network. I intend to put 3 access points, a
>>>> router and a switch (have about 16 ports of LAN) to run the network. If I
>>>> can get recommendations on the equipment to use that would be really
>>>> appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> Also there are some managed WiFi solutions that are available (
>>>> http://griggi.com/) but would like to get feedback on the usefulness
>>>> of such solutions and feedback if anyone is using it.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>> Ramesh
>>>>
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Re: [Coworking] Re: WiFi HW recommendations

[Glen Ferguson]

I forgot to mention that I usually find pricing on the Ubiquiti web store (
store.ubnt.com) generally beats Amazon.

o. Can you share how you set up Unifi to send that email?


Alex, you made me actually do some work on a snow day, darn you. (Insert
usual disclaimer for neglected website appearance.) Here's a step-by-step
guide: https://itconcierge.co/email-notifications-in-unifi-controller/


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On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 12:43 PM, Michael Williams <mich...@portalsoft.io>
wrote:

> If you're looking for a local contact who can help, Akshay of Airowire
> Networks. He can be reached at +91 9880-773-484 <+91%2098807%2073484>.
>
> On Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at 5:07:43 AM UTC-7, Ramesh Agarwal wrote:
>>
>> Hello Everyone,
>>
>> New to the group but I saw similar posts earlier and hence posting.
>>
>> I am setting up a 2000 sqft space in Bangalore and I am lost trying to
>> get an optimum WiFi solutions for the space. The space can accommodate a
>> max of 45 people so I am thinking a total of 90 Wifi devices (laptops and
>> phones) will hook on to the network. I intend to put 3 access points, a
>> router and a switch (have about 16 ports of LAN) to run the network. If I
>> can get recommendations on the equipment to use that would be really
>> appreciated.
>>
>> Also there are some managed WiFi solutions that are available (
>> http://griggi.com/) but would like to get feedback on the usefulness of
>> such solutions and feedback if anyone is using it.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Ramesh
>>
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Re: [Coworking] Re: WiFi HW recommendations

[Glen Ferguson]

I should pile on as a UniFi fan too. Want a separate guest network with 1
hour free for member meetings with clients, and an option for daypass users
to pay online via Stripe to get access? No problem, that's built-in.
There's even a phone/tablet app to manage the network, which comes in handy
when I forget to turn on our Events WiFi network for special events.

Tying in with Tony B's post a couple days ago, I just set up UniFi to send
an email when a member device connects to the network. Zapier cleans up the
email and puts the results in an AirTable-like service. Now I have stats so
I have answers to questions like "How many people are here on an average
day?" and "What are your busiest/slowest days of the week?" and I don't
have to do manual head counts to get the numbers.

Adding to Alex's comments, the Security Gateway also has a RADIUS server
built-in which you can get access to via the controller or Cloud Key.


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On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 11:34 AM, Angel Kwiatkowski <fccowork...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Unifi has changed my life. I do an even simpler setup in my 2,500 ft2
> spread over 4 floors. We have just 3 of the unifi AP pros sprinkled around
> and they go to a PoE switch (off brand) I got for $50 on amazon. I don't
> use any of the analytics or dashboard or cloud stuff unless I'm adding
> another access point. They JUST WORK. Any issues we have with our internet
> trace back to comcast ALWAYS. The unifi APs never fail. Sometimes I unplug
> them and replug them every few months just b/c and that seems to keep us
> humming along.
>
> I just ordered another 3 to add in for our upcoming expansions and I love
> knowing that I'll be able to set them up and have them going in about 10
> minutes/AP. I am as non-technical as you can get.
>
> Angel
>
> On Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at 6:07:43 AM UTC-6, Ramesh Agarwal wrote:
>>
>> Hello Everyone,
>>
>> New to the group but I saw similar posts earlier and hence posting.
>>
>> I am setting up a 2000 sqft space in Bangalore and I am lost trying to
>> get an optimum WiFi solutions for the space. The space can accommodate a
>> max of 45 people so I am thinking a total of 90 Wifi devices (laptops and
>> phones) will hook on to the network. I intend to put 3 access points, a
>> router and a switch (have about 16 ports of LAN) to run the network. If I
>> can get recommendations on the equipment to use that would be really
>> appreciated.
>>
>> Also there are some managed WiFi solutions that are available (
>> http://griggi.com/) but would like to get feedback on the usefulness of
>> such solutions and feedback if anyone is using it.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Ramesh
>>
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Re: [Coworking] do you pro-rate mid-month membership changes (upgrade or downgrade)? how do you calculate it?

[Glen Ferguson]

Normally we'll make changes effective at the start of the next month, but
if someone starts mid-month, we'll pro-rate. Ready for the ugly formula?
This works for a "days per week" type of membership better than a "days per
month" membership.

(price difference between plans / business days in month) * business days
remaining in the month = pro-rated amount to charge.

Business days is defined as the days we're open or days the member will
have access.

If they're starting as a new member, the price difference between plans is
the regular monthly rate.


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Email: g...@coworkfrederick.com
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Address: 122 E Patrick St, Frederick, MD 21701

On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 12:35 PM, Alex Hillman <dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com
> wrote:

> Hey gang!
>
> How do you handle billing to mid-month membership changes? If somebody
> upgrades before their billing cycle, do you calculate an "upgrade" charge
> to cover the difference?
>
> Bonus points if you have a formula you can share :)
>
> -Alex
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Re: [Coworking] Music

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We've done something similar with Sonos at Cowork Frederick. We found that
most streaming services get repetitive after a couple hours, so we use
Sonos alarms to change the station every 2 hours, plus have music
automatically start at 7am and end at 7pm M-F. The iPad app is better than
the phone app, in my opinion. For some streaming services like Pandora,
they will time out after a few hours if you're on a free plan, pretty
rarely on a paid plan. I find Tune-In stations run into network congestion
(theirs, not ours) around 3pm for some reason and start to stutter or
timeout. Switching stations every few hours also helps prevent the idle
timeout. And going back to my Philly roots, we end our Fridays with the
5-7pm Funky Friday programming on XPN. You might want to check out kxt.org
from Dallas/Ft Worth for an interesting mix as well. They're listener
supported like XPN, so send them a few bucks to keep them on the air if you
listen.

Sonos timer hack if you want hands-free music on one station all day: the
alarm interval has a "no limit" setting, plus people sometimes manually
choose stations throughout the day. To make sure it turns off at 7pm, we
have an alarm set with a "15 minute" duration (the shortest interval
offered) that plays at 6:45pm. The station and volume are different enough
that it works like a pre-closing heads-up to let people know it's getting
late. We thought about creating a playlist of closing-time themed songs
just for fun, but haven't followed through with it yet.


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Email: g...@coworkfrederick.com
Website: https://www.coworkfrederick.com
Address: 122 E Patrick St, Frederick, MD 21701

On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 10:30 AM, Alex Hillman <dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com
> wrote:

> We have this issue too, though we play all of our music through Sonos
> which is hands down the best investment I've made in playing music at Indy
> Hall. It hooks into just about every streaming service I've wanted to use,
> and even lets you link multiple accounts from the same service so members
> can contribute playlists & such. The mobile software to control it is
> pretty bad, but the desktop software works great.
>
> That said - the issue you're describing though is often less with the
> device, and more with the source. Even if you set up timers and alarms,
> most "streaming" services like Spotify, etc is that they use playlists
> which eventually end, or they have licensing that is designed to turn off
> automatically so they don't pay for plays of the music that a typical
> consumer-style customer isn't listening to cuz it kills their margins.
>
> Even if you create custom playlists that last the full stretch from
> 8am-6pm, there's a good chance that the service will stop paying at some
> point if the software thinks the device is idle.
>
> One of the best alternatives I've found is using a digital radio stream,
> like any of the channels at http://somafm.com which are all listener
> supported so commercial-free. Another similar option is to find a local
> public radio affiliate that has limited commercials and plays variety mixes
> throughout the day. Our local favorite is http://www.xpn.org but you
> likely have something similar - ask around your community to see what
> people like!
>
> -Alex
>
>
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> On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 9:11 PM, Jeran Fraser <surfra...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Question for some of you technical guys/gals out there. We use music in
>> our space and currently run the music off Apple TV. We've tried Amazon
>> music, Spotify, etc. We are trying to figure out a solution to put music on
>> a timer and then pick up where it left off, i.e. ends at 6pm and starts at
>> 8am. Problem is every tablet I use and app seems to have a mind of it's own
>> and eventually the music stops and needs someone to manually put it back
>> on. Does anyone have constant music playing and if so what technology do
>> you use, i.e. app, tablets, etc. Thanks in advance!
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Re: [Coworking] Making the local press

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>
> *Prepare to be a broken record. It's okay - most people haven't heard your
> story yet, so get used to the feeling of "haven't I said this enough
> already?"*


This sums up your marketing plan for the next 5, even 10+ years. No matter
how many times you think you've told your story, no matter how many ads
you've run, cards you've handed out, networking events you've attended, you
are always - ALWAYS going to hear "I just heard about you. Are you new? How
long have you been open?" even after 5 or more years.

There's a marketing maxim that says you have to tell people 7 times before
they hear you. I think that's a bare minimum these days.

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Address: 122 E Patrick St, Frederick, MD 21701

On Tue, Aug 1, 2017 at 8:10 PM, Alex Hillman <dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> This is about as good as coworking press gets. Excellent quotes and it's
> especially good that member voices dominate.
>
> I would do a lot of signal boosting, and go out of your way to thank the
> journo for what they did well.
>
> Why? Because relationships matter (duh). And more importantly, one piece
> of press generally won't have much impact.
>
> My experience and philosophy is that press is good for two things: *getting
> more press, and community morale*.
>
> But that's about it.
>
> It CAN help with your credibility. It's valuable to have people other than
> you telling part of your story. It's valuable to be in the zeitgeist.
>
> But in terms of growing your community, press needs to be just one of MANY
> touchpoints for somebody before they walk in the door, and often, is one of
> the least influential. Celebrate it, but don't over-weight it.
>
> * So with that in mind, I would focus now on getting to know this writer,
> and other local writers. Use this press to get more press. Prepare to be a
> broken record. It's okay - most people haven't heard your story yet, so get
> used to the feeling of "haven't I said this enough already?"*
>
> My approach to building press relationships is long-view. I don't pitch
> stories until I know what stories they WANT. I do my homework to find out
> their take & their worldview (aka what do the pieces they write have in
> common? Do I fit that narrative, and how?)
>
> Find out what kinds of stories do they WANT to cover, or do they think
> their editor wants to print? I like to make it clear to any journo that I'm
> working with that I view my job as making them look good with a great story.
>
> I also use this as an opportunity to give them background context that
> they might not have, or be able to think about, during a normal "interview"
> setting.
>
> Use this experience to figure out how your story connects with their
> audience.
>
> Oh, and frame your first piece of print. You'll be glad you did 10 years
> later, trust me ;)
>
> And whatever you did to get that first piece, keep that up!!
>
> -Alex
>
> On Aug 1, 2017, 12:15 PM -0400, wa...@renewacycle.com, wrote:
>
> Hey there;
>
> Couple things. Out third Pop-Up coworking day in our town of Hinesburg
> made the front page of the local paper. Wow! http://www.
> burlingtonfreepress.com/story/money/2017/07/26/co-working-
> country-hinesburg-church-hosts-digital-nomads/509298001/
>
> So, any tips on making the most of this? Right now, I'm concurrently
> working on the biz plan and connecting with possible location owners /
> co-developers, and building an active community of people that want to help
> make this happen.
>
> Our next event is 8/22. So, if anyone happens to be in the Burlington, VT
> area then, come and visit! http://vermontcoworking.eventbrite.com.
>
> Kindly,
> Wayne Maceyka
> @hinesburgHUB
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Re: [Coworking] Member and room reservation software

[Glen Ferguson]

Hi Melissa,

You might want to look at Square (squareup.com) as a starting point.
They've added invoicing, recurring invoicing, and auto-payment with stored
credit cards so that would cover much of your membership needs for the
moment. For events, create the event as a product and specify # of items in
inventory if you need to limit attendance. Systems like Eventbrite are
great for free events or the occasional paid event, but their transaction
fees are higher for the paid events.

On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 7:31 AM, Melissa Gibson Smith 
wrote:

> Hi friends! We are a non profit and are needing a new way to capture and
> manage member and event data including whether members have paid.
>
> Any suggestions on super affordable or free software?
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Re: [Coworking] Unisex Toilets

[Glen Ferguson]

We have 3 separate bathrooms, all with sinks, and all are shared/unisex.

Cian asked about building reguations, and of course the answer is “it depends 
on your local regulations.” For example, one of the bathrooms has a shower in 
it (we remodeled the building for flexibility in case someone wanted to revert 
it to a residence in the future). I was informed that building code does not 
permit us to have a unisex bathroom with a shower. However, changing the sign 
to indicate it is a “Family Restroom” brings everything up to code. It’s a 
funny world we live in these days.


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On May 4, 2017, 10:54 -0400, Angel Kwiatkowski <fccowork...@gmail.com>, wrote:
> We have the same setup. 3 individual rooms each with a toilet. I have never 
> really thought about or labelled them as men's/women's. Yes, men splash pee. 
> Yes, women leave the toilet seat down EVERY SINGLE TIME. Ugh.
> I've had the most success with cleanliness by introducing our cleaning person 
> to the members. As soon as there's a face attached to the hand that wipes the 
> pee, everyone suddenly becomes more hygienic.
>
> Angel
>
> On Wednesday, May 3, 2017 at 7:41:01 AM UTC-6, Harald Amelung wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Am 03.05.17 um 15:35 schrieb Angel Kwiatkowski:
> > > Can you clarify? Are these large bathrooms with multiple stalls or just 
> > > single user rooms?
> >
> > Sure. These are separate single user rooms, each with a toilet and a
> > small sink. We have three of them in our space.
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Re: [Coworking] Member Mail

[Glen Ferguson]

Since we filed the CMRA paperwork with the USPS and we're located across
the street from the Post Office, we make an effort to play by their rules.
I had a small fire safe for hanging file folders collecting dust somewhere,
so we use that. Their folder is their mailbox. It's locked but the key
stays in the lock. It *can* be self-service when I'm not around, but we're
managing mailboxes through SphereMail so I have to log the mail as picked
up. It's easier to do that if I get their mail when they ask. And yes, I'm
considering eliminating the SphereMail management for members to make it
even easier for me.


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Email: g...@coworkfrederick.com
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On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 4:03 PM, Ehmandah R. <ehman...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Friends!
>
> I have a boutique Coworking space and I was wondering how smaller spaces
> provide members mail pickup. Do you a location in the communal where they
> can pick up their mail (mail slots) or is stored in a location for the
> community manager to give when requested?
>
> Thanks Everyone
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Re: [Coworking] Problem with Power Usage in Open Offices

[Glen Ferguson]

>
> Also not cheap, is floor coring. But the most durable of the options.


We were lucky. We have wooden floors with basement access. We added floor
boxes with electrical outlets, phone and network jacks in the middle of the
floor in several places. On the second floor, we were able to add a floor
box in the center of our conference room when we replaced the 1st floor
ceiling.

Whatever solution you go with, consider having network jacks too.


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Email: g...@coworkfrederick.com
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On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 8:35 PM, Jerome Chang <jer...@blankspaces.com> wrote:

> Ahh, true.
> Not cheap, but it is elegant:
> http://www.steelcase.com/products/computer-support/thread/
> I’ve seen hanging, re-coilable cords. If colorful, it could be aesthetic.
> Also not cheap, is floor coring. But the most durable of the options.
>
>
> *JEROME CHANG*
>
> *CENTRAL: Mid-Wilshire*
> 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) | ph: (323) 330-9505
>
> *EAST: Downtown*
> 529 S. Broadway, Suite 4000 (@Pershing Square) | ph: (213) 550-2235
>
>
> *NORTH: Hollywood (Opening May 2016!)6600 Sunset Blvd. (@Vine)*
>
>
> *NORTHEAST: Pasadena (Opening 2016 Q2!)600 E. Colorado Blvd. (@Los Robles)*
>
> On Mar 7, 2016, at 11:44 AM, Alex Hillman <dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Even with quad outlets, getting power to the middle of the room requires
> some thoughtful design & tools.
>
> I, for one, welcome more creative options to solve this problem! :)
>
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> On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 2:38 PM, Jerome Chang <jer...@blankspaces.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Try installing quad outlets as a standard. Duplexes are rarely
>> appropriate in a coworking space
>>
>> Jerome, architect
>> www.BLANKSPACES.com <http://www.blankspaces.com/>
>>
>> On Mar 7, 2016, at 11:15 AM, Andie Grace <andie.gr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Jerome,
>>
>> I suspect that our situation is what others face, too: it's not the
>> capacity, it's the paucity of outlets in a very large space.
>>
>> -AG
>>
>> Andie Grace
>> http://thefactory510.com
>>
>>
>> On 3/6/16 2:20 PM, Jerome Chang wrote:
>>
>> Can you elaborate the power usage issue? Computers and office devices
>> shouldn’t consume much power…
>>
>>
>> * JEROME CHANG*
>>
>> *CENTRAL: Mid-Wilshire*
>> 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) | ph: (323) 330-9505
>>
>> *EAST: Downtown*
>> 529 S. Broadway, Suite 4000 (@Pershing Square) | ph: (213) 550-2235
>>
>>
>> *NORTH: Hollywood (Opening May 2016!) 6600 Sunset Blvd. (@Vine)*
>>
>>
>> *NORTHEAST: Pasadena (Opening 2016 Q2!) 600 E. Colorado Blvd. (@Los
>> Robles)*
>>
>> On Mar 6, 2016, at 1:30 PM, Tamara Payne < <trp...@gmail.com>
>> trp...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I am interested as well. We are finishing out our space now and have this
>> concern in two areas.
>>
>> Tamara Payne
>> Ensemble Coworking
>> Opening April 4th, 2016
>> www.ensemblecoworking.com
>> tam...@ensemblecoworking.com
>> 817.703.7952
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Re: [Coworking] Re: Ideas for flexible mail delivery?

[Glen Ferguson]

We did the CMRA thing about 3 years ago. The local postmaster had to call the 
major USPS branch for the state to find out what a CMRA was, so don't be too 
surprised if you encounter something similar.

Overall, it hasn't been much work at all, even with filing the quarterly 
reports. I made up stickers with the approved wording for the mail that gets 
rejected - it was cheaper than getting a stamp made.

Glen FergusonTummler, Cowork Frederick

On Dec 10, 2015, 2:10 PM -0500, Jeannine van der 
Linden, wrote:
> Well hell.Screwed up the embed code.And it was such fun, too.Sorry.
> 
> On Thursday, December 10, 2015 at 8:09:34 PM UTC+1, Jeannine van der Linden 
> wrote:
> > Hi, Oren,
> > 
> > I think the King has the answer for you my friend:
> > 
> >  > src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YUWMSVDPdGQ; frameborder="0" 
> > allowfullscreen>
> > 
> > Aanyway.
> > 
> > Whether you are a CMRA depends on the A it seems to me.That is to say, 
> > whether you are an agent and handle your coworkers' mail.There was a dustup 
> > about thisover Regus and similar at the USPS some years ago, and my 
> > recollection is that they published some amendments to the regs defining 
> > how you know whether youa are a CMRA (which is a mail drop) or an OBC.And 
> > it amounted to whether you are or are not the agent of your coworkers, whch 
> > then amounts to, do they actually have space or are they primarily 
> > receiving business services.See thePostal Service Mail 
> > Manual(http://pe.usps.com/cpim/ftp/manuals/dmm300/508.pdf), on this link 
> > you can start at page 10 to get to the meat of it.
> > 
> > The Global Workspace Association reccommends becoming one, they explan it 
> > andgive their reasons 
> > here(http://www.globalworkspace.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Virtual-Office-Best-Practices-International.pdf).
> > 
> > I had a big (I mean big, large, like in, Texas size) ol' rubber stamp made 
> > which says (in Dutch obviously), "No Longer Coworking in Kamer52".It was 
> > big enough to cover the bar code at the bottom becuse all these things are 
> > automated now and (here) if you do not cover the bar code the damn thing 
> > turns up again like a bad penny.
> > 
> > I think the very best thing to do is to wander on down to your local Post 
> > Office and have a chat with the Postmaster.OR send them an email if they 
> > don;t have those any more.
> > 
> > Cheers
> > 
> > Jeannine
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Thursday, December 10, 2015 at 6:51:25 PM UTC+1,Oren.S...@gmail.comwrote:
> > > Hi Megan,
> > > 
> > > Thanks for raising the question and thanks for the colorful responses 
> > > everyone, especially Jeanine's photo-narrated reply.
> > > 
> > > There's one point Megan raised that we face a lot of as well, which is, 
> > > what to do with mail for past/non-members.
> > > 
> > > So far our solution has been to end up stashing it, but it's beginning to 
> > > pile up and some people have moved or are unreachable with current 
> > > contact info.
> > > 
> > > Does anyone have a good solution for that?
> > > 
> > > Thanks!
> > > Oren
> > > 
> > > On Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at 1:55:11 PM UTC-6, Megan Holcomb wrote:
> > > > Hi All,
> > > > 
> > > > I am exploring options for a flexible mail delivery system. Currently 
> > > > we have small, square, stacked mailboxes with member names on labels 
> > > > (alphabetized). We sort the mail ourselves into the member's mailbox 
> > > > and they (members) are responsible for checking their box. But every 
> > > > time we get a new member the labels have to be shifted. Some members 
> > > > have overflowing mail or rarely check their box. Often mail arrives for 
> > > > past/non-members. For reference we have between 100-200 members.
> > > > 
> > > > Maybe there are some creative mail management solutions out there?! New 
> > > > to this google group so thought Id ask. Haven't seen it in previous 
> > > > topic threads.
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks!
> > > > 
> 
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Re: [Coworking] Help me: How did you set up your coworking space?? LLC, C-corp, S-corp? (& other questions)

[Glen Ferguson]

Hi Eli,

Let me tackle the last one first:

We did a fairly small amount of paperwork to register at the US Post Office
as a Commercial Mail Receiving Agency (CMRA). We've been using Spheremail
<https://spheremail.co/> to simplify billing and mail notification.

As an aside, I found out over coffee with an ex-manager of our local Regus
that they don't formalize their mail service with that extra step. She told
me a few stories about complications from that arrangement; one included a
visit from undercover DEA agents investigating one of her client
businesses. As a CMRA, I can refer folks like that across the street to the
Post Office since all the client information is filed with them. Fingers
crossed that I won't ever have to do that.

So whatever type of company you register as, make sure you do choose one to
insulate your personal assets from situations like this.

My advice for your first question is: Everybody has a different situation.
Different countries, states, taxes, economic development incentives, etc.
all play a part in how you choose to be structured. Talk to your accountant
and/or business tax planner. They know the laws for your locale and are the
best qualified to give you the best answer for your circumstances.


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On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 10:57 PM, Eli <elias.xio...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all!
>
> As stated on the subject line, how did you set yours up? LLC, S-corp,
> C-corp?
>
> Moreover, did you set it up as a service company?
>
> Even moreover, how did set yours up to save on taxes, etc.? Words from the
> experienced would be greatly appreciated!
>
> As for book-keeping, I have experience with Quickbooks. Is this what you
> are using?
>
> This last question I REALLY been thinking on. Say I have 70 full time
> desks with 70 different registered companies. How to I legally make it so
> that we have one address with 70 different unit numbers? Do I contact an
> agency to make this 'change'?
>
> Thanks ahead! :D
>
> Eli
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Re: [Coworking] Software for room booking with additional resources?

[Glen Ferguson]

youcanbook.me has an option for services that could work. Set the service
length to zero for each equipment entry and click the option to allow
booking multiple services.


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On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 8:07 AM, Geoffrey Badner <geoffbad...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I know conference room booking is a hot topic on here. I've searched
> through the archives and looked at many of the suggestions. Unfortunately,
> I cannot seem to find a tool that fit my specific needs.
>
> I'm opening a collective photo studio where members can book space to
> shoot in for the day. A lot of the meeting room management tools cover this
> functionality, but I also allow members to book equipment to use within the
> space during their shoots (lights, stands, props, etc.). This is the part I
> can't seem to figure out. I have an equipment inventory from which people
> can select the items they want, but I need to ensure inventory items are
> not overbook.
>
> It seems the logical office space parallel here would be things like
> projectors or rolling whiteboards, but I cannot find a tool that does this
> well.
>
> Any suggestions?
> ~ Geoffrey
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Re: [Coworking] Re: Music in your coworking space?

[Glen Ferguson]

Without any music to mask other noises, all I'd hear all day is people
typing and chewing plus street noise. Music pushes those sounds into the
background. We have Sonos for music on our first floor, which includes our
larger community area, and I try to have a different type of music each
day. For example, on days when I know several of our writers are in, they
don't want to hear music with words because it's distracting. They'll pick
stations that are just instrumental, classical (although those tend to also
do opera, which I personally can't filter out) or some station in a foreign
language.

Overall, people usually like the assorted programming on WXPN via TuneIn to
the point that new members have specifically commented how varied and
refreshing it is.

Members aren't shy (finally!) about changing the station if it's bugging
them. Some folks use headphones, others head to one of the 2nd floor rooms
for quiet. We do have phone rooms for privacy and when people don't want
background noise during a call.

And thanks Sergey, I'll have to check out coffeepoint.

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On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 9:02 AM, Elizabeth Trice <liztr...@gmail.com> wrote:

> We have music at the front desk ambassador's discretion, with the
> understanding that it should never impeded phone calls. We also have
> excellent white noise in both our "noisy" area and our "quiet zone". I
> highly recommending having at least two sound zones. I visited one place in
> Boston that had 5, including a "deadline room" and a room full of people on
> the phone.
>
>
> On Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at 1:26:27 PM UTC-4, Kaylyn Gelata wrote:
>>
>> Hi all !
>>
>> I am getting mixed member opinions about music in the coworking space.
>> Some members LOVE it, and some find it "unprofessional" to have music on in
>> the background and use headphone to block it out.
>> Personally, I find it way too quiet without some music on in the
>> background, making it feel like a library... which we are not.
>>
>> Do you have music in your coworking space?
>>
>> Has anyone else had this difference in opinions? If so, what did you do
>> to try to resolve it?
>>
>> I know you can't please everyone.. I want to do what's best for the
>> majority! Thoughts?
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Re: [Coworking] Google calendars for reserving conference rooms

[Glen Ferguson]

It all depends on your membership perks. We started using YouCanBookMe this 
year and it's made my life much simpler. We have 3 meeting rooms. We have 3 
public pages for reserving and paying for the rooms. We then have a single 
password protected page for members that gives access to reserve any of the 
rooms without paying. We don't have a # of hours quota for members, so there's 
nothing more to track.

It's taken care of my 2 biggest time-sucks: chasing non-members for payment, 
and having members email me to make changes or cancellations. Now it's all 
self-service and the members like it.


On Oct 10, 2015, 11:53 PM -0400, Jerome Chang, wrote:
> Doesn’t having these meeting room apps end up requiring you to have manage a 
> list of members/clients in these apps PLUS your membership management app?
>  
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> On Oct 9, 2015, at 12:10 PM, Keith 
> Yangwrote:
> > At BizHaus in Los Angeles, we've been 
> > usingwww.getaroomapp.com(http://www.getaroomapp.com)and our members like 
> > it.It's able to put limits on how many hours each member can use the room 
> > monthly.And the owner of the app, Rich, is super-responsive.
> >  
> > On Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at 1:48:40 PM UTC-7, Aloma Loren wrote:
> > > We've been using Google calendars to allow our members to reserve the 
> > > conference rooms and it has worked really well so far.
> > > The only issue we've run into is user based with people who aren't 
> > > familiar with Google calendars. It is really nice because members can 
> > > just get on and see what's available and add their event.
> > >  
> > > I'm curious how other people manage their conference room reservations?
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Re: [Coworking] Coworker Conduct, Mutual Respect, Anti-Harassment and what to call it

[Glen Ferguson]

Hi Oren,

Addressing your questions about consequences and how you arrive there, in a
former life I found McGregor's Hot Stove Rule to be useful in being fair
and impartial. Everyone knows/has access to the rules & consequences,
everybody knows what the consequences are. McGregor compared touching a hot
stove and its consequences to breaking any workplace rule and the
consequences. The summary of the key points are:

   - You had a warning (rules/guidelines are posted) – you knew what would
   happen if you touched the stove
   - The penalty was consistent – everyone gets the same treatment
   - The penalty is impersonal – a person is burned not because of who he
   or she is, but because the stove was touched
   - The penalty is not delayed (within reason)

link to a full article here
<http://www.whatishumanresource.com/hot-stove-rule>

Especially with harassment issues, being very transparent and consistent is
important. And yes, it's important to include the consequences.

As for the overall policy, and with no snark or sarcasm intended, something
based on Robert Fulghum's *All I Really Need To Know I Learned In
Kindergarten *might be a good foundation to start with that doesn't sound
very intimidating:

ALL I REALLY NEED TO KNOW about how to live and what to do and how to be I
> learned in kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate-school
> mountain, but there in the sandpile at Sunday School. These are the things
> I learned:
>
>- Share everything.
>
>
>- Play fair.
>
>
>- Don’t hit people.
>
>
>- Put things back where you found them.
>
>
>- Clean up your own mess.
>
>
>- Don’t take things that aren’t yours.
>
>
>- Say you’re sorry when you hurt somebody.
>
>
>- Wash your hands before you eat.
>
>
>- Flush.
>
>
>- Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you.
>
>
>- Live a balanced life—learn some and think some and draw and paint
>and sing and dance and play and work every day some.
>
>
>- Take a nap every afternoon.
>
>
>- When you go out into the world, watch out for traffic, hold hands,
>and stick together.
>
>
>- Wonder. Remember the little seed in the Styrofoam cup: The roots go
>down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows how or why, but we are
>all like that.
>
>
>- Goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even the little seed in the
>Styrofoam cup—they all die. So do we.
>
>
>- And then remember the Dick-and-Jane books and the first word you
>learned—the biggest word of all—LOOK.
>
>
> Everything you need to know is in there somewhere. The Golden Rule and
> love and basic sanitation. Ecology and politics and equality and sane
> living.



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On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 1:56 PM, Randall Arnold <randall.arn...@texrat.net>
wrote:

> It's good that you're addressing this before it gets ugly, Oren (and
> congrats on the growth!).  It's also good that you're benchmarking.  Mature
> orgs have already tackled these issues!
>
> I agree with you on naming being important-- how you set that tone will
> largely determine constituent buy-in.  You definitely don't want to name it
> "Anti" anything, because you want to emphasize the behaviors you're looking
> FOR.  People tune out "Antis" right off the bat.
>
> Maybe "Expectations of Civility" or somesuch.  "Mutual Respect" is
> definitely a good starting point.
>
>
> Randy
>
> On September 8, 2015 at 12:42 PM "oren.salo...@gmail.com" <
> oren.salo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Dallas Fort Work is going through some growing pains and we're being
> forced to address issues of conduct, courtesy and mutual respect in an
> organized fashion.
>
> When we had 15-20 members, it was easy to work things out through
> conversation or as they came up. Now at 70 members and growing, behavioral
> issues are commonplace enough that we feel we need a policy to outline
> expectations of behavior.
>
> As a 24/7 space, we also have issues when staff is not present and for
> that reason alone, we feel a policy is required. There are other reasons
> too, such as the fact that staff isn't in every context even when they are
> on the job or that as the community grows, expectations for
> behavior/conduct will diverge from any standard unless that standard is
> established.
>
> So with that in mind, what are the important things to consider with such
> a policy? What behavior are worth calling out? Is it important to delineate
> consequences? Process for arriving at conse

Re: [Coworking] East Coast Coworking Space Road Trip Suggestions?

[Glen Ferguson]

If you want to avoid I-95 from Baltimore to Philly (and believe me, you do)
you're welcome to swing west and visit Cowork Frederick
http://www.coworkfrederick.com/contact-us/. From there you can head north
to PA, check out CoWork155 http://www.cowork155.com/contact.html in York
and the several Candy Factory http://www.candyissweet.com/contact/
locations in Lancaster. (obviously, check with those folks first, but
they're on the way to Phila.)


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On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 8:26 AM, car...@loadingdockraleigh.com wrote:

 Hi All,

 We're opening up a new space in Raleigh this winter and are planning a
 small road trip along the east coast from Mon., 8/24 - Wed., 8/26 to look
 at spaces. We'll be coming from Raleigh up to Philly, passing through
 Richmond and D.C. on the way. Any recommendations on which spaces to stop
 by? Better yet, anyone open to us stopping by for a cup of coffee/tour? :)

 Thanks,
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Re: [Coworking] Re: Want to offer entrepreneurship classes at your space..?

[Glen Ferguson]

Hi Matt,

We've been looking at what we could offer and would love to see what you've
presented. We keep hearing that our city and county Eco. Dev. groups are
working on something, but they're going to be taking a long time before
they have anything ready. We'd rather not wait.


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On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 9:21 AM, David Evans d...@digicraft.com wrote:

 I was just looking for a list of online resources/classes. Our space is
 called Coworking Plus. The Plus stands for things like accelerator classes
 and courses.

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Re: [Coworking] Who has agreements w/ outside groups?

[Glen Ferguson]

Thanks Tatjana,

The question of non-profits has come up before. There's an inordinate
amount of them in our smallish city, over 430 at last count. I think your
Friends of idea could work well and is a natural evolution of what our
early brainstorming conversations were proposing. You certainly have helped
that conversation along.


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On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 4:28 AM, TatjanaRose tatj...@coworkingbath.co.uk
wrote:

 Hi Glen,

 Just to jump in here, when we first opened we had a number of large
 established meetups contact us about using the space for free - we heard
 the same phrase over and over again about how we would gain exposure etc.
 however, we quickly worked out that this simply wasn't true and I later
 discovered that some of these same networks had paid venues in the past and
 also had venue sponsorship coming through. After that we decided no free
 event space - our members receive up to 50% room hire discount and we
 quickly found that there were groups and individuals who are happy to pay,
 and who value your space.
 That been said about six months ago we decided to take another look at
 this approach, our front room area was being used more and more as a
 meeting space by our members and we also had some established not for
 profits booking space with us. As a CiC we decided to create a 'Friends of
 the Guild' membership where we invited 20 not for profits to become
 members, we didn't charge and they got access to our front space where they
 could meet a guest for free and 50% room hire discount. Of the 20 invited
 about half took up the offer and we now see many of them using the front
 space, which helps create a buzz in there, we also noticed more importantly
 that they were booking our charged rooms more and more as they felt
 encouraged, supported and a certain amount of loyalty in doing so.

 We did check and this is something that our members supported, in fact
 they recently suggested widening the offer to students.

 In regards to meetups and networks we have a policy where if they are ran
 by one of our members then they can use the front space for free - no
 staffing is provided and a member needs to be on site at anyone time. Again
 as a result we have noticed an increase in bookings from those attending.

 Hope that helps.

 Tatjana

 On Thursday, July 30, 2015 at 8:43:13 PM UTC+1, Glen Ferguson wrote:

 Thanks Tony  Alex, and thanks for some new ideas I can offer. I'll see
 how they go over.




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 On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 7:38 PM, Alex Linsker alexl...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi Glen, I can totally relate to what Tony wrote about costs and valuing
 a place. At Collective Agency, we started out with a no charge option, and
 that worked great until many unintented consequences happened.

 I'm very happy to rent out conference rooms for meetups and user groups.
 Members get 3 hours per day in conference rooms. Non-members pay. Event
 space rental is always paid, for up to 45 or up to 125 people, and only
 after hours.

 I do not think groups or boards or companies can be responsible for an
 event. I think individuals can be responsible. If one person isn't
 responsible for something, no one is responsible, is a belief I have. But
 individuals can work together, and responsible decisive responsive leaders,
 and setting assertive limits, and systems and processes, is the best.

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Re: [Coworking] Who has agreements w/ outside groups?

[Glen Ferguson]

Thanks Tony  Alex, and thanks for some new ideas I can offer. I'll see how
they go over.




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On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 7:38 PM, Alex Linsker alexlins...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi Glen, I can totally relate to what Tony wrote about costs and valuing a
 place. At Collective Agency, we started out with a no charge option, and
 that worked great until many unintented consequences happened.

 I'm very happy to rent out conference rooms for meetups and user groups.
 Members get 3 hours per day in conference rooms. Non-members pay. Event
 space rental is always paid, for up to 45 or up to 125 people, and only
 after hours.

 I do not think groups or boards or companies can be responsible for an
 event. I think individuals can be responsible. If one person isn't
 responsible for something, no one is responsible, is a belief I have. But
 individuals can work together, and responsible decisive responsive leaders,
 and setting assertive limits, and systems and processes, is the best.

 Alex Linsker, Collective Agency, Portland Oregon

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[Coworking] Who has agreements w/ outside groups?

[Glen Ferguson]

I've been scouring the group archives but I can't find the right search
terms, so time for a new question.

Who has an arrangement/agreement with an outside group (meetups,
organizations, non-profits, etc.) to use your space for recurring meetings?
And can you share some details (you provide x, they provide y)?

Background for those that are interested:
We've been hosting several meetup groups for some time now as well as
another group that is a non-profit organization for designers/graphic
artists. This group charges its members dues and at least one of their
meetings each month has a token $5 charge for non-members.

The current President of the group is a member of Cowork Frederick, so
holding their meetings has been a perk that was tied to her membership. She
wisely thinks that something should be in place that doesn't tie this to a
member, but to the organization, so there's stability and an agreement in
place when a new President takes over.

We're working out the terms, and there's some resistance from a few people
on their board. I've offered a viable and hugely discounted rate, but the
pushback is along the lines that I should let them meet here for free in
exchange for exposure. (Right now, every freelancer reading this is
either laughing or groaning). In the two years we've been doing this, we've
gained zero new members from them, so that's not helping us any.

If you have any sort of arrangement with a group to meet at your space,
could you share some details of the terms? What are you doing for them and
what are they doing for you?

   *Glen Ferguson*
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 Email: g...@coworkfrederick.com
 Website: http://coworkfrederick.com
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Re: [Coworking] room temperature for members?

[Glen Ferguson]

We have central air but heat is by steam radiators. It's generally not a
problem except for the temperate days when the heat *almost* should come
on. On those days, and for the one or two members that are always cold, we
recommend leaving a sweater here for the times they need it.


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 Address: 122 E Patrick St, Frederick, MD 21701

On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 4:21 PM, Alex Linsker alexlins...@gmail.com wrote:

 For people who have ideal room temperature with heat and air conditioning,
 how do you accommodate people who prefer a warmer or cooler temperature
 than the average person at your location? At Collective Agency, we have
 central heat and air conditioning, with pipes on two sides of the building.
 Each of the 6 conference rooms has its own temperature control, and there
 are mini quiet fans in the big shared room for people who prefer it cooler.
 People who prefer it warmer often work on the side of the building closer
 to the sun, but do you have a good way to localize/personalize heat? It
 came up today and I'm trying a local floor heater that blows hot air
 towards a person, and am wondering if you have favorite models, or other
 solutions?

 Alex Linsker, Collective Agency

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Re: [Coworking] Unifi Basic/Pro and Meraki

[Glen Ferguson]

I recently replaced our Meraki gear with Ubiquiti UniFi Pro. I think I'm in
month #2 with the new gear. My Meraki licenses were coming up for renewal
and it was obvious the MR12 they used to give out for free was going to
have to be replaced. It had trouble handling even 3 users. Licensing fees
were higher than getting the Ubiquiti UniFi and their EdgeMAX PoE router.

Doing WiFi mapping I'm seeing a stronger signal than with Meraki and the
handoff between access points has been seamless. I put the controller on a
small form factor PC that came loaded with Windows 8.1. If I was doing it
again I'd consider putting it on a Raspberry Pi.

Maybe not something you would want, but even out of the box the UniFi
controller has the ability to act as a hotspot. Our guest network has a 2
hour limit on it (something the Meraki could do too) but UniFi can also
take credit card transactions through Stripe for daypass purchases. I was
using Square for those, and the idea of getting all our financial
transactions into a single place (Stripe) makes reporting easier and makes
our accountant smile. I haven't gone live with that part yet, but in test
mode it's working well.

Echoing Alex's comment about the router, I have essentially the same router
but it has power over ethernet (PoE) built in to make it easy to power the
access points. I grabbed one on Amazon for $179 (EdgeMAX PoE). A tip on
configuring it: before you do anything else, upgrade the firmware to the
latest version. It includes a setup wizard that covers most scenarios a
cowork site might want, including load balancing/sharing Internet from 2
different providers.

I did find Meraki has better stats and usage tracking out of the box, but
it wasn't something we really needed, and the Ubiquiti forum community can
be a good resource. That's something that was lacking with Meraki - not
much in the way of documentation.

Realizing I'm straying from the original request - what do people think of
Meraki, let me get back on topic. I started off with their complimentary
MR12 unit you get for attending a webinar. Insert drug dealer joke about
the first one is free. Sure enough, due to a 12 thick brick wall, I
needed a second unit for proper coverage. Now the Meraki rep tells me how
the MR12 is just a demo unit and should never be used in a real production
environment. This doesn't jive with the listed specs, btw. I got an MR16
with 2 year license from eBay. For comparison, the MR12 and UniFi are
similar - both 2.4GHz radios. The MR16 and UniFi Pro are both dual band
2.4GHz and 5GHz radios, so this may help your comparison shopping. The MR16
worked fine, and maybe if I had two of them the handoff as people moved
between floors would have been better. Unfortunately, upgrading hardware
and renewing licenses would have been out of budget, so I moved to Ubiquiti.



   *Glen Ferguson*
  Phone: 301-732-5165
 Email: g...@coworkfrederick.com
 Website: http://coworkfrederick.com
 Address: 122 E Patrick St, Frederick, MD 21701

On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 3:06 PM, Alex Hillman dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com
wrote:

 I don't have much to say about Meraki other than that I was underwhelmed
 by the hardware during the test run we did. Obviously, based on other
 people's experience, your milage may vary! Wifi is complex, and performance
 depends on lots of things..from density of the walls/floors to the number
 of other wifi networks in your proximity and how well/poorly they're
 configured.

 In terms of Unifi, you want the UAP Pro access points. The basic ones are
 single band, are slower, have much worse range and capacity. We currently
 put a couple on our network to see if they could help improve some of our
 weaker areas but most devices would prefer to connect t the dual band Pro
 access points.

 You def want to run the controller software, it makes a huge difference.

 One more thing - I've been meaning to post here but we recently upgraded
 to Unifi's EdgeRouter Lite
 http://www.amazon.com/EdgeRouter-ERLite-3-512MB-Ethernet-Router/dp/B00CPRVF5K/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1434996297sr=8-1keywords=ubiquiti+routerrefinements=p_85%3A2470955011
  and
 it's AMAZING. It's incredibly fast, even when our network has a few hundred
 devices on it. I honestly cannot believe it's less than $100. It's a little
 complicated to get up and running, but worth the effort!

 -Alex


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 On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 2:30 PM, Jeran Fraser surfra...@gmail.com wrote:

 Thank you all, especially Alex for all the helpful info on just about
 every aspect of putting a cowork space together.

 I have read several threads about Unifi and also some that chose Meraki.
 It sounds like the overwhelming majority agree that Unifi is the best
 solution from a cost perspective. I would love to hear what some people
 think about Meraki, as GCUC

Re: [Coworking] Re: Beer supply in hubs

[Glen Ferguson]

Here's a refrigerator conversion kit http://mrfizz.com/fridgetap.html for
your consideration. The rather silly website name (mrfizz.com) is their
eComm site; they're really a commercial/industrial supply company. We've
been using them for CO2 and seltzer bottles for a few years now.

   *Glen Ferguson*
  Phone: 301-732-5165
 Email: g...@coworkfrederick.com
 Website: http://coworkfrederick.com
 Address: 122 E Patrick St, Frederick, MD 21701

On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 4:13 AM, Tom Lewis t...@coworkinc.co.uk wrote:

 Thanks all- I'm now looking into both the kegerator option, and the
 homebrew approach- if nothing else they're a great idea for a Cake
 Wednesday talk (our weekly mid afternoon get together)


 On Tuesday, 19 May 2015 13:57:53 UTC+1, Tom Lewis wrote:

 This is a question which has been bugging me ever since I got back from
 NYC a few months back.  I noticed during a tour of hubs over there that
 some had beer taps on counter tops in kitchen areas (including NWC I
 think?).  I've asked around and looked at products  back here in the UK and
 the equipment and installation required to do the same over here seems
 insanely complex and expensive.  I'd be really interested to know how you
 guys have done it, and whether I'm missing a trick as it's a feature our
 members would love if we could make it work.

 Cheers

 Tom

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Re: [Coworking] Re: Unifi AP users - to controller or not to controller

[Glen Ferguson]

I'm about to go the opposite direction as Aaron did. In the next week or so
I'll be swapping out my Meraki APs for Ubiquiti. I've had issues with the
Meraki cloud controller not being accessible and, despite being configured
otherwise, the APs prevent anyone from getting on WiFi when that happens.

Back to the UniFi question, I'd like to know what model of the UniFi APs
you're using to see if the problem is on a specific model or if it's across
their entire product line.

As a way of troubleshooting situations where WiFi is up but Internet
connectivity appears to be down, I have our music system connected to the
Internet via ethernet cable. This lets me do a quick check when someone
asks if the internet is down. If I can hear music, the problem isn't with
our router, modem, or our ISP. That narrows it down to WiFi or their
machine.


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   Phone: 301-732-5165
 Email: g...@coworkfrederick.com
 Website: http://coworkfrederick.com
 Address: 122 E Patrick St, Frederick, MD 21701

On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 8:43 AM, Aaron Schaap aa...@elevatorup.com wrote:

 Yea, we had that same problem here at The Factory (workthefactory.com).
 There's some discussion that happened earlier over at
 https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/coworking/e8lywtX02h8 as well.

 I was a huge fan of Ubiquiti until I started experiencing this problem and
 ended up switching to http://meraki.cisco.com. I wasn't able to narrow
 down the problem but most people end up rebooting on a schedule (which
 seems lame).




 --
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 @schaapy and @coFactory


 On Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at 6:00:39 PM UTC-4, Bryan Boyer wrote:

 Hi all-

 Apologies for the hyper specific question, but I know a lot (some?)
 people here also use Ubiquiti Unifi access points like the ones we run at
 Makeshift Society Brooklyn. I'm hoping a similar installation at another co
 working space may lend clues.

 We have a simple network with four APs providing wireless service. A
 Sonic Wall creates the network and hands out IPs.

 We've had issues every so often, but seems more frequent now, where the
 APs go offline for a few minutes. Eventually the APs come back and are
 adopted again. During the outages there's no drop in Wifi signal but the
 connectivity to the internet disappears.

 We don't have a permanent controller and don't use any of the features
 that require one. Could the lack of controller be the problem? Other ideas?

 I've been searching the Ubiquiti forums until my fingers bleed and have
 yet to find any good answers, so I appreciate any insights.

 -bryan

 +1 805 712 0311
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Re: [Coworking] Re: How would you take advantage of this?

[Glen Ferguson]

Thanks Remi and Jerome,

You both mentioned a couple ideas I hadn't thought of. I really appreciate
the help.

This will be an interesting but slow project. Marriott has to integrate
their new building with the existing historic building, formerly the local
newspaper building, before that it was a trolley station. The concept
drawings look promising, and it should bring more foot traffic to this side
of town. I agree, it's a good thing.

I recently found out the state didn't include in this year's budget the
requested money for infrastructure improvements in the city - the road
we're on is considered a state road and their responsibility. As a result,
the hotel project will not even break ground until January 2016 at the
earliest. So, more time for me to make connections with the hotel owners.

Thanks again,
   *Glen Ferguson*
 Phone: 301-732-5165
Email: g...@coworkfrederick.com mailtog...@coworkfrederick.com
Website: http://coworkfrederick.com
Address: 122 E Patrick St, Frederick, MD 21701

On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 11:14 AM, Remi Boissonnas remi.boisson...@gmail.com
 wrote:

 Hello Glen,

 I would work with the hotel to try to retain participants before/after
 their conventions (more nights for the hotel, more transient members for
 the coworking space). I'd offer organizers of conventions to introduce the
 town and local community in Frederick and direct participants to Cowork
 Frederik just across the street to learn more. I'd make Frederick the
 easiest interface for visitors staying at the Mariott to get in touch with
 local professionals, businesses, etc. (would involve cityhall if they show
 interest?).

 In those deals, Cowork Frederick are those most knowledgeable about the
 local market / opportunities / conditions.

 By the way, I read this post because we have this sort of similar great
 opportunity or a terrible threat thing over here in Tbilisi, Georgia (the
 country). A large group is renovating a factory not far from us to create a
 budget hotel/hostel (400 beds). The project includes shops, cafés, art
 galleries  workshops, etc. and a 300 square meters coworking space. We
 could bid to set-up  run that space (assuming we can fund this) or see it
 opened by someone else (... knowing that nobody has yet demonstrated the
 viability of coworking in this country - we're first to try).

 In any case: good luck!

 Rémi.
 http://cospot.ge

 Le mercredi 4 février 2015 00:10:28 UTC+4, Glen Ferguson a écrit :

 I have either a great opportunity or a terrible threat coming my way. I
 see it as an opportunity, and I want to get ideas from you to see how you'd
 take advantage of this situation.

 Quick background set up: We're located in a 70,000 person city and in the
 main part of the historic district downtown. Lacking in downtown for over a
 decade is any hotel. We do have a couple bed and breakfasts though. The
 city has been exploring the idea of putting a convention center and hotel
 in the downtown. Not huge, around 200 rooms and 14,000 sq ft
 meeting/convention space. The studies have been conducted, recommendations
 made and the project was awarded to the local Marriott franchise.

 Here's where I come in: The spot they chose for this project is across
 the street from Cowork Frederick.

 I had a brief meeting with the Marriott owner, explained what Cowork
 Frederick is, and welcomed him to the neighborhood with hopes that our
 businesses will compliment each other.

 My question to you is: what ideas do you have for creating a win-win
 relationship with my new neighbors? I'm exploring the somewhat obvious
 ideas of day passes, perhaps at a discount, or rental of our meeting
 spaces. I think I'm too close to the situation, so I'd like to know what
 you'd do or if any of you had similar experiences?

 Thanks,

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 122 E Patrick St
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Re: [Coworking] Purchasing real estate for coworking space

[Glen Ferguson]

We bought and renovated our building. I cc'd my wife who can give you more
details as that's her area of experience (I'm the IT guy).

Keep in mind that while the loan payments may be less, you'll also have to
figure in property taxes, repairs/improvements and other items that
wouldn't be a part of a commercial lease (depending on the lease type, of
course). Just make sure you do an apples to apples comparison when you're
calculating the costs involved.

That being said, it does have the upside of not having to worry about
things like a landlord tripling your lease because WeWork artificially
inflated commercial property values in your area.


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On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 11:59 AM, Jacob Sayles ja...@officenomads.com
wrote:

 Sounds like a great idea!  I don't have a lot to add as I've never
 purchased a commercial building.  We lease the building that Office Nomads
 is in although we would love to buy it.

 Jacob


 On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 7:05 AM, Stephanie Miles 
 stephanietmi...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hello all. I'm new to the group, at the very beginning stages of opening
 a coworking space in Redding, CA. (pop. 90,000)

 I'm considering buying a commercial space for my coworking business,
 rather than leasing. Obviously it's a big financial investment up front,
 however based on looking at the market here, it seems like the monthly
 payments on a commercial real estate loan would be less than the cost of a
 lease on a similarly sized space. (I'm looking at pretty run down
 industrial spaces, with the plan to renovate.)

 Wondering if anyone else has done that and what unexpected issues,
 challenges, or even benefits you faced by doing so?

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Re: [Coworking] Re: Coworking in cities under 100,000

[Glen Ferguson]

Hate to be the me too guy, but me too for the Slack group. 68,000
people in town here.


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On Fri, May 1, 2015 at 9:53 AM, Jeannine flexkantoorkame...@gmail.com
wrote:

 I think you are absolutely right.  I'm in.  Jeannine @ kamer52.nl. :-)


 On Friday, May 1, 2015 at 1:15:55 AM UTC+2, Jason Rohlf wrote:

 I'm interested in connecting with other space owners/operators in cities
 with a population under 100,000. I currently run a space in Loveland, CO
 with a population of 70,000.  I think this size cities present unique
 circumstances that differ from metro areas. I have a few questions I would
 like to ask via email as I consider the next phase for our coworking
 community in Loveland, CO.

 Thank you
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Re: [Coworking] Re: Locking doors system

[Glen Ferguson]

I've been interested in the Honeywell NetAXS-123 system. I only need a 1
door solution right now, but this can take expansion boards to support up
to 3 doors if we remodel. TCP/IP connectivity lets me put it on our
internal network for programming, supports power over ethernet (PoE) or can
use AC and a backup battery. It runs a built-in webserver for browser-based
configuration so everything is locally controlled, but you have an option
for remote access too. I can tie it in with our alarm system so that will
disarm when a user swipes. I'm finally seeing some reviews on Amazon and
the biggest criticism is the web server is slow and the setup isn't
intuitive.

It has a lot of nice features. One supported scenario I want, like when I'm
at GCUC, is for the door to be unlocked M-F 9a-6p, but it won't unlock
automatically until the first cardholder swipes in after 9am. They refer to
it as a snow day feature. Obviously, you can set up 24/7 access for some
members, but the building wouldn't be open for business until a member
shows up during regular hours.

Downside is it looks like it would run around the $700 - $1K mark with the
magnetic lock we'd need. Also, Honeywell doesn't support DIYers, so it
might be wise to get a professional install the system. Probably a good
idea anyway, since fire code compliance has some requirements on ease of
exit if someone is working at 2am and wants to keep the doors locked for
their security.

   *Glen Ferguson*
 Phone: 301-732-5165
Email: g...@coworkfrederick.com mailtog...@coworkfrederick.com
Website: http://coworkfrederick.com
Address: 122 E Patrick St, Frederick, MD 21701

On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 12:44 PM, Jacob Sayles ja...@officenomads.com
wrote:

 Yeah most of these systems are far less expensive and are residential not
 commercial level hardware.  For commercial doors you need an electric
 strike in the door frame and it should be installed by a professional
 locksmith.  We have a commercial system at Office Nomads using ISONAS
 readers but it was $5K and many people find that too expensive.  The system
 I built at The Red Victorian Hotel also uses an electric strike and I'm
 hopeful it could be a suitable replacement, but I need more time/money to
 develop it in to something solid.

 What other commercial systems are in use here?  Anything I should have my
 eye on?  Anything that is less then $1K/door?

 On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 9:17 AM, Bryan Boyer bryanbo...@gmail.com wrote:

 Does anyone have experience with a lock system for storefront style
 doors? Most of these wifi-locks seem to only work on a basic wooden door.

 -bryan


 On Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at 9:36:58 AM UTC-4, Ahoy! Berlin wrote:

 Hi everyone,

 we are Ahoy, coworking space from Berlin - Charlottenburg.
 We are planning to open a new coworking space and at the moment we are
 trying to find the best solution/system for locking doors of the offices
 and main entrance. We want to provide 24/7 entrance. Currently we are using
 keys, but this is a big mess:)

 We are thinking about magnet cards for locking doors (the same most of
 hotels have) and also that would be possible to purchase with them at our
 bar.
 Do anyone have any experiences what is the best system and maybe which
 company can provide us this kind of products, solutions?

 Thank you
 Cheers!

 *Tjaša Jarc*

 Ahoy! Berlin
 Windscheidstr. 18
 10627 Berlin
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Re: [Coworking] Bandwidth questions for new coworking venture

[Glen Ferguson]

If you shorten the DHCP lease time to 2, 4, or even 8 hours, that should
address the problem of running  out of leases.

   *Glen Ferguson*
 Phone: 301-732-5165
Email: g...@coworkfrederick.com mailtog...@coworkfrederick.com
Website: http://coworkfrederick.com
Address: 122 E Patrick St, Frederick, MD 21701

On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 12:40 PM, Alex Hillman dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com
wrote:

 Oh yeah my experience matches Stuart's, the dual band is *much* better.

 I thought we could get away with the single band $99-per-unit versions
 when we expanded our initial cover and...yeah, they're just not as good.

 Definitely spring for the Pro units - this 3 pack:
 http://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-Networks-Enterprise-System-UAP-PRO-3/dp/B00DJERLFG


 Or this single unit:
 http://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-Enterprise-System-AP-Pro-UAP-PRO/dp/B00HXT8T5O/ref=pd_sim_pc_6?ie=UTF8refRID=1SYSFCBY9V4T4H5TW0P1

 -Alex


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 On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 12:16 PM, Stuart Lambert stu...@cohub.co.uk
 wrote:

 +1 to the Unifi recommendation.

 We found that the dual band versions work far better. It seems a lot of
 users in the building our space shares are using 2.4Ghz only routers so we
 have the 5Ghz band to ourself...

 Something we've bumped into very recently is exhausting the DHCP pool on
 our router (a Draytek) which only supports 254 DHCP total address, no
 matter what size subnet you configure. The symptoms are people being unable
 to connect to the network because there is no spare DHCP address for them.
 We have one of these on order which will fix this issue, and provide us
 with better throughput from our network to the internet -
 http://linitx.com/product/linitx-apu-1d-3nicusbrtc-pfsense-embed-firewall-kit-red/14094


 On Thursday, 2 April 2015 14:02:24 UTC+1, Alex Hillman wrote:

 I've never seen a resource that organizes bandwidth usage that way -
 even within our individual respective spaces I think that would be tricky
 data to acquire!

 But two things that aren't obvious about Internet usage (and how
 bandwidth is just a tiny part of the equation) until you've had
 hundreds of people piping through a shared connection every day:

 1) bandwidth is important, but latency is more important. Without
 getting super duper technical, latency is the speed that the network
 responds, which is different from how fast files download.

 MOST people spend a lot of their day clicking around the Internet, or
 using internet connected apps. With some rare exceptions like game
 developers and video editors, the files we move around in our daily work
 are relatively small.

 But when the latency is bad - everyone feels it because clicking to load
 a page, or refresh email, or live typing on Google docs etc feels like it
 has a lag. Our network (internal wireless + gigabit) plus our 50mb
 down/10mb up almost always has more than enough bandwidth for 120+ people
 working hard every day. And that includes streaming videos, music, etc.

 Where things go haywire is when latency ratchets up. This can happen in
 our network because wifi coverage is interrupted, or because our internet
 provider is having issues, or most often because someone on the network is
 uploading a huge file (offsite backup like a Dropbox sync or uploading a
 video to YouTube) and our ISP starts to throttle latency because it thinks
 something is wrong. This tool is FOREVER to figure out!

 Our normal network latency is 20-30ms response time from a popular site
 like google.com when it goes above 100ms, you start to notice things
 slowing down. 200ms and the network feels like it's crawling.
 Interestingly, though, you can still download big files quickly they just
 take a few extra moments before they start.

 It's a rough experience to explain to people, and they don't care if
 it's latency or speed they just want to work. So understanding that more
 speed without an improvement in latency is important.

 2) the network itself is just as important as the Internet connection.
 There's been a bunch of great discussions on this list about network design
 and what hardware to get before, but Jon Markwell's post sums up the
 majority of the best of it: http://jonathanmarkwell.
 com/2014/11/22/best-coworking-wifi/

 We upgraded to the Unifi system that he mentions in this post and it's
 been a MASSIVE improvement over everything else we tried. I
 heartily endorse this recommendation now from first hand experience!

 -Alex

 On Wednesday, April 1, 2015, Cassidy bartolomei.contract...@gmail.com
 wrote:

 Hi everyone!

 do you recommend any websites or databases for researching average data
 consumption by industry and/or company size?

 or do you have any insights to share regarding how your ventures
 provide internet services?

 thanks :)

 Cassidy

 --
 Visit this forum on the web

Re: [Coworking] Standard for sq ft required per person

[Glen Ferguson]

After many meetings with our architect and making sure he knew our usage
plans - for example, our community room would be used for events and might
only have chairs or standing room only - he dumped the project on one of
his staff and told him draw up this office. We were pretty surprised to
discover the plans they submitted to the city stipulated 100 sqft/person
with a max occupancy of 19 people for the entire building. Needless to say,
we won't ever be using that architect again.

We met with the city fire inspector several times and he wasn't an out of
the box type of thinker, so we hired our own fire safety engineer to
design a solution to present to the city. Part of the solution was as
simple as adding a bookshelf/serving table in our community room to reduce
occupiable space, the rest were relatively inexpensive modifications to the
sprinkler system - far less expensive than the city's suggestion that we
dig up the street and put in a larger water line.

The end result was the city fire inspector could save face by accepting a
plan another licensed engineer had signed off on, we can have up to 47
people in our event space and that's not including the other rooms, and we
kept the costs low enough that we didn't abandon the project completely.


   *Glen Ferguson*
 Phone: 301-732-5165
Email: g...@coworkfrederick.com mailtog...@coworkfrederick.com
Website: http://coworkfrederick.com
Address: 122 E Patrick St, Frederick, MD 21701

On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 8:32 PM, Jerome Chang jer...@blankspaces.com
wrote:

 Building code inspectors are typically different from fire code inspectors.
 They also typically have different requirements.
 How/when a fire inspector visits is less likely after passing initial
 certificate of occupancy.
 So my guess is that few coworking spaces and few any spaces are flagged,
 unless you typically have a lot of very large events.
 I realize that coworking spaces do have events, but fire inspectors
 typically visit more typical event venues - not “office spaces”.


 *JEROME CHANG*

 *WEST: Santa Monica*
 1450 2nd Street (@Broadway) | Santa Monica CA 90401
 ph: (310) 526-2255

 *CENTRAL: Mid-Wilshire*
 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) | Los Angeles CA 90036
 ph: (323) 330-9505

 *EAST: Downtown*
 529 S. Broadway, Suite 4000 (@Pershing Square) | Los Angeles CA 90013
 ph: (213) 550-2235


 http://www.yelp.com/biz/blankspaces-los-angeles
 https://twitter.com/BLANKSPACES
 https://www.facebook.com/pages/BLANKSPACES/132257631339
 https://www.facebook.com/pages/BLANKSPACES/132257631339
 http://www.linkedin.com/company/blankspaces?trk=top_nav_home
 http://vimeo.com/blankspaces
  http://vimeo.com/blankspaces
 On Mar 30, 2015, at 4:46 PM, Brian Ahmes bahme...@gmail.com wrote:

 Interesting, so have any coworking spaces been flagged for too many
 occupants by the fire marshall?

 thanks for the response.

 On Monday, March 30, 2015 at 6:30:56 PM UTC-5, Jerome wrote:

 City codes and even landlords are still catching up to understand how we
 use our space.
 So in the meantime, you should submit to them whatever they need to
 certify that your drawings comply w/ codes.
 Does this mean showing/not showing furniture? Possibly. Note that city
 codes are more concerned about permanently affixed items like walls - not
 typically furniture that can be moved/relocated.


 *JEROME CHANG*

 *WEST: Santa Monica*
 1450 2nd Street (@Broadway) | Santa Monica CA 90401
 ph: (310) 526-2255

 *CENTRAL: Mid-Wilshire*
 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) | Los Angeles CA 90036
 ph: (323) 330-9505

 *EAST: Downtown*
 529 S. Broadway, Suite 4000 (@Pershing Square) | Los Angeles CA 90013
 ph: (213) 550-2235


 http://www.yelp.com/biz/blankspaces-los-angeles
 https://twitter.com/BLANKSPACES
 https://www.facebook.com/pages/BLANKSPACES/132257631339
 https://www.facebook.com/pages/BLANKSPACES/132257631339
 http://www.linkedin.com/company/blankspaces?trk=top_nav_home
 http://vimeo.com/blankspaces
  http://vimeo.com/blankspaces
 On Mar 30, 2015, at 2:53 PM, Brian Ahmes bahm...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hey there,
let me continue with asking about the building occupancy amount.
 Based on the city, a building with a Business or Mercantile Use type has a
 square footage per occupant defined?  My city states 100sf per person, even
 though I can have a space zppx 50sf with a chair and desk.  How are
 coworking spaces getting around city codes and occupancy?  Just not show
 the furniture in the city permit plans and add later?  Any insight would be
 great, because 100sf per person in a coworking space significantly reduces
 the # of members.

 thanks, brian

 On Monday, March 30, 2015 at 4:37:10 PM UTC-5, Piper Hood wrote:

 Thank you Aaron and Jerome.  That is helpful.  Any input on what
 percentage you can sell over the spaces you have accounting for people not
 using the space regularly?

 On Monday, March 30, 2015 at 12:38:48 PM UTC-4, Aaron Cruikshank wrote:

 Hi Piper,

 40 sqft per desk seems

Re: [Coworking] Standard for sq ft required per person

[Glen Ferguson]

 I'm not sure if this was discussed but a simple 2nd door would've
 typically allowed occupancy to be above 49 people.


Jerome, it was, I just omitted some of the details to keep from being too
wordy. We also looked at an auxiliary pump with 1500 gal storage tank in
the basement to supplement sprinkler water flow, but that was too out there
and unheard of for the city.

We only have a single exit door to a public area. We're landlocked on the
other 3 sides by private property. That's also a limitation that keeps us
from solving our lack of handicap access. Well, that and being in the
historic district both present an interesting set of constraints to work
with. Though in all, we're really pleased with our location and the
solutions we've come up with.


   *Glen Ferguson*
 Phone: 301-732-5165
Email: g...@coworkfrederick.com mailtog...@coworkfrederick.com
Website: http://coworkfrederick.com
Address: 122 E Patrick St, Frederick, MD 21701

On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 10:43 AM, Jerome Chang jer...@blankspaces.com
wrote:

 I'm not sure if this was discussed but a simple 2nd door would've
 typically allowed occupancy to be above 49 people.


 Jerome

 On Mar 31, 2015, at 7:35 AM, Glen Ferguson g...@coworkfrederick.com
 wrote:

 After many meetings with our architect and making sure he knew our usage
 plans - for example, our community room would be used for events and might
 only have chairs or standing room only - he dumped the project on one of
 his staff and told him draw up this office. We were pretty surprised to
 discover the plans they submitted to the city stipulated 100 sqft/person
 with a max occupancy of 19 people for the entire building. Needless to say,
 we won't ever be using that architect again.

 We met with the city fire inspector several times and he wasn't an out of
 the box type of thinker, so we hired our own fire safety engineer to
 design a solution to present to the city. Part of the solution was as
 simple as adding a bookshelf/serving table in our community room to reduce
 occupiable space, the rest were relatively inexpensive modifications to the
 sprinkler system - far less expensive than the city's suggestion that we
 dig up the street and put in a larger water line.

 The end result was the city fire inspector could save face by accepting a
 plan another licensed engineer had signed off on, we can have up to 47
 people in our event space and that's not including the other rooms, and we
 kept the costs low enough that we didn't abandon the project completely.


*Glen Ferguson*
  Phone: 301-732-5165
 Email: g...@coworkfrederick.com http://mailtog...@coworkfrederick.com
 Website: http://coworkfrederick.com
 Address: 122 E Patrick St, Frederick, MD 21701

 On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 8:32 PM, Jerome Chang jer...@blankspaces.com
 wrote:

 Building code inspectors are typically different from fire code
 inspectors.
 They also typically have different requirements.
 How/when a fire inspector visits is less likely after passing initial
 certificate of occupancy.
 So my guess is that few coworking spaces and few any spaces are flagged,
 unless you typically have a lot of very large events.
 I realize that coworking spaces do have events, but fire inspectors
 typically visit more typical event venues - not “office spaces”.


 *JEROME CHANG*

 *WEST: Santa Monica*
 1450 2nd Street (@Broadway) | Santa Monica CA 90401
 ph: (310) 526-2255

 *CENTRAL: Mid-Wilshire*
 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) | Los Angeles CA 90036
 ph: (323) 330-9505

 *EAST: Downtown*
 529 S. Broadway, Suite 4000 (@Pershing Square) | Los Angeles CA 90013
 ph: (213) 550-2235


 yelp-s.png http://www.yelp.com/biz/blankspaces-los-angeles
 twitter-bird3-square.png https://twitter.com/BLANKSPACES
 facebook-logo-square.png
 https://www.facebook.com/pages/BLANKSPACES/132257631339
 https://www.facebook.com/pages/BLANKSPACES/132257631339
 linkedin-logo-square2.png
 http://www.linkedin.com/company/blankspaces?trk=top_nav_home
 vimeo-s.png http://vimeo.com/blankspaces
  http://vimeo.com/blankspaces
 On Mar 30, 2015, at 4:46 PM, Brian Ahmes bahme...@gmail.com wrote:

 Interesting, so have any coworking spaces been flagged for too many
 occupants by the fire marshall?

 thanks for the response.

 On Monday, March 30, 2015 at 6:30:56 PM UTC-5, Jerome wrote:

 City codes and even landlords are still catching up to understand how we
 use our space.
 So in the meantime, you should submit to them whatever they need to
 certify that your drawings comply w/ codes.
 Does this mean showing/not showing furniture? Possibly. Note that city
 codes are more concerned about permanently affixed items like walls - not
 typically furniture that can be moved/relocated.


 *JEROME CHANG*

 *WEST: Santa Monica*
 1450 2nd Street (@Broadway) | Santa Monica CA 90401
 ph: (310) 526-2255

 *CENTRAL: Mid-Wilshire*
 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) | Los Angeles CA 90036
 ph: (323) 330-9505

 *EAST: Downtown*
 529 S. Broadway, Suite 4000

Re: [Coworking] Standard for sq ft required per person

[Glen Ferguson]

Really, there isn't a second exit solution short of buying one of the
adjacent buildings and having the lots combined or joining the structures.
The only place a second door could be located is on the same facade as the
current door, which is a 21' wide row house.

Jerome, I always appreciate your architectural insights, be it structural
or sound-reduction or a myriad of other areas, but I think we're veering
away from the message thread a bit. My anecdote was hopefully to illustrate
that fire code can still be adhered to and occupancy levels increased
beyond the 100 sqft/person, but it might take some creativity that isn't
natively found in the code department at city hall.

I owe you a drink when I see you at GCUC as a small thanks for all the help
you've provided me over the years.  :)

   *Glen Ferguson*
 Phone: 301-732-5165
Email: g...@coworkfrederick.com mailtog...@coworkfrederick.com
Website: http://coworkfrederick.com
Address: 122 E Patrick St, Frederick, MD 21701

On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 11:47 AM, Jerome Chang jer...@blankspaces.com
wrote:

 There's another potential detail, that the 2nd door be certain 1/3
 diagonal distance away from the 1st door. Was that considered?

 Jerome

 On Mar 31, 2015, at 8:38 AM, Glen Ferguson g...@coworkfrederick.com
 wrote:

 I'm not sure if this was discussed but a simple 2nd door would've
 typically allowed occupancy to be above 49 people.


 Jerome, it was, I just omitted some of the details to keep from being too
 wordy. We also looked at an auxiliary pump with 1500 gal storage tank in
 the basement to supplement sprinkler water flow, but that was too out there
 and unheard of for the city.

 We only have a single exit door to a public area. We're landlocked on the
 other 3 sides by private property. That's also a limitation that keeps us
 from solving our lack of handicap access. Well, that and being in the
 historic district both present an interesting set of constraints to work
 with. Though in all, we're really pleased with our location and the
 solutions we've come up with.


*Glen Ferguson*
  Phone: 301-732-5165
 Email: g...@coworkfrederick.com http://mailtog...@coworkfrederick.com
 Website: http://coworkfrederick.com
 Address: 122 E Patrick St, Frederick, MD 21701

 On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 10:43 AM, Jerome Chang jer...@blankspaces.com
 wrote:

 I'm not sure if this was discussed but a simple 2nd door would've
 typically allowed occupancy to be above 49 people.


 Jerome

 On Mar 31, 2015, at 7:35 AM, Glen Ferguson g...@coworkfrederick.com
 wrote:

 After many meetings with our architect and making sure he knew our usage
 plans - for example, our community room would be used for events and might
 only have chairs or standing room only - he dumped the project on one of
 his staff and told him draw up this office. We were pretty surprised to
 discover the plans they submitted to the city stipulated 100 sqft/person
 with a max occupancy of 19 people for the entire building. Needless to say,
 we won't ever be using that architect again.

 We met with the city fire inspector several times and he wasn't an out
 of the box type of thinker, so we hired our own fire safety engineer to
 design a solution to present to the city. Part of the solution was as
 simple as adding a bookshelf/serving table in our community room to reduce
 occupiable space, the rest were relatively inexpensive modifications to the
 sprinkler system - far less expensive than the city's suggestion that we
 dig up the street and put in a larger water line.

 The end result was the city fire inspector could save face by accepting a
 plan another licensed engineer had signed off on, we can have up to 47
 people in our event space and that's not including the other rooms, and we
 kept the costs low enough that we didn't abandon the project completely.


*Glen Ferguson*
  Phone: 301-732-5165
 Email: g...@coworkfrederick.com http://mailtog...@coworkfrederick.com
 Website: http://coworkfrederick.com
 Address: 122 E Patrick St, Frederick, MD 21701

 On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 8:32 PM, Jerome Chang jer...@blankspaces.com
 wrote:

 Building code inspectors are typically different from fire code
 inspectors.
 They also typically have different requirements.
 How/when a fire inspector visits is less likely after passing initial
 certificate of occupancy.
 So my guess is that few coworking spaces and few any spaces are flagged,
 unless you typically have a lot of very large events.
 I realize that coworking spaces do have events, but fire inspectors
 typically visit more typical event venues - not “office spaces”.


 *JEROME CHANG*

 *WEST: Santa Monica*
 1450 2nd Street (@Broadway) | Santa Monica CA 90401
 ph: (310) 526-2255

 *CENTRAL: Mid-Wilshire*
 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) | Los Angeles CA 90036
 ph: (323) 330-9505

 *EAST: Downtown*
 529 S. Broadway, Suite 4000 (@Pershing Square) | Los Angeles CA 90013
 ph: (213) 550-2235


 yelp-s.png http://www.yelp.com/biz/blankspaces-los

Re: [Coworking] Pet Friendly

[Glen Ferguson]

We're in a very dog-centric town (most merchants have water bowls on the
sidewalk, restaurants have puppy patios so people can dine while out
walking their dogs, etc.) so it was always planned that we'd be pet
friendly. We have two 13-year old chihuahuas - the quiet, non-yappy ones,
and the members have adopted them and miss them when I leave them home
during cold/foul weather. They mostly sleep or greet whoever comes in the
door.

We have two floors and no dogs allowed on the upper floor. We also have an
enclosed courtyard, so that's another place any visiting dogs can hang out.
I've only had one member actually bring her dogs and it was uneventful.

One of our permanent desk members delayed joining because his dog was quite
old and wasn't going to be alive much longer. I offered that he was welcome
to bring his dog in while he worked. He never did, but he cited that
flexibility as one of the reasons he joined us.


   *Glen Ferguson*
 Phone: 301-732-5165
Email: g...@coworkfrederick.com mailtog...@coworkfrederick.com
Website: http://coworkfrederick.com
Address: 122 E Patrick St, Frederick, MD 21701

On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 9:32 AM, rachel young rac...@camaraderie.ca wrote:


 We have always been dog-friendly, but our community came up with a short
 list of caveats that the human friend must consider when they bring in
 their dog:

- if it barks, pees/defecates, damages the property, bothers other
members, it has to be removed from the space
- if another member has an allergy or fear of dogs, it has to be
removed from the space
- the human is responsible for the dog at all times, including during
meetings, lunch runs, going to the bathroom, etc

 We've had several dogs here on occasion, and most dogs are nervous and
 want to explore their first one or two times in the space, and then sleep
 most of the day any other time they've been in. We have not had more than
 one dog here at the same time, but some of our members are trying to
 schedule a day when they can bring in their dogs to socialise and see how
 they interact, keeping the list above in mind. Most of those with dogs that
 do bring them in on occasion live nearby (within a 20min walk).

 The impact of a friendly dog in our space is tremendously positive. Most
 members like the casual interruption of curiosity and unconditional love
 and don't mind the break in concentration.

 Thankfully we have not had an unfriendly dog in the space, so we haven't
 had any issues, but all members know the collaboratively written list above
 and members and their comfort and safety come first.
 r.







 *rachel young*rac...@camaraderie.ca

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Re: [Coworking] Fourth Friday Slackathons!

[Glen Ferguson]

One more me too
g...@coworkfrederick.com

Thanks.

On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 11:16 AM, Jerome Chang jer...@blankspaces.com
wrote:

 me too. jer...@blankspaces.com


 *JEROME CHANG*

 *WEST: Santa Monica*
 1450 2nd Street (@Broadway) | Santa Monica CA 90401
 ph: (310) 526-2255

 *CENTRAL: Mid-Wilshire*
 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) | Los Angeles CA 90036
 ph: (323) 330-9505

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 529 S. Broadway, Suite 4000 (@Pershing Square) | Los Angeles CA 90013
 ph: (213) 550-2235


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Re: [Coworking] Legality of having alcohol on site

[Glen Ferguson]

One of the issues we ran into involves when money is involved. It appears,
at least as far as our insurance company is concerned, that providing
alcohol to members is covered in our policy.

On the other hand, the liquor control board had issues with us having a
birthday party, complimentary drinks and a ticket price that was going to a
local charity. Once any sort of monetary charge was involved (and I'm not
sure membership fees would be excluded from this. Check with a lawyer) and
providing alcohol, a liquor license was required or I was going to be
charged with a felony. The legal workarounds were: 1) BYOB or 2) have the
charity pay $10 to get an event liquor license. Now I know for next time.

Our members stepped up and carried our beer and wine around the block,
then returned with their BYOB drinks they happily shared with others.
Still, not a scare I want to have again.

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On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 10:33 AM, Aaron Cruikshank aa...@cruikshank.me
wrote:

 We went though this at the HIVE. It's more an issue of your local
 liability rules. Where we live, if you serve someone alcohol, you're
 partially responsible for their actions afterwards.

 For example, there was a couple here that went to a restaurant, had a few
 drinks, went to a bar, had a few more drinks then went to a different bar
 and had three more drinks. They drove drunk afterwards and caused a major
 accident causing significant property damage. They successfully sued all
 three establishments for $1 million each for serving them and not ensuring
 that they were not driving. I'm not saying these individuals are not
 complete douce bags but I tell this story to illustrate that the liability
 lies partially with the person serving alcohol.

 So, in the case of self - serve alcohol, you could get in a lot of trouble
 AND you have no way of validating how much they had. Eg. Someone could
 leave the coworking space with the self serve keg (we used to have one
 before I started running the place) without actually having touched any
 booze, go drink their face off at a bar, do something similar to the couple
 I mentioned above and then come after the coworking space saying that you
 guys served them alcohol without checking to make sure they were okay to
 drive.

 They don't need to prove that they drank at your space - it's your word
 against theirs because you're not controlling their access to alcohol.

 In our jurisdiction, the way we get around this is BYOB. If someone serves
 themselves alcohol and does something stupid, no one is liable except
 themselves.

 Hope that helps. We did a lot of research into this because we were
 thinking about getting a beer vending machine.

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 On Feb 25, 2015 7:24 AM, Jensen Yancey jensen.yan...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hey Everyone,

 Quick question for those of you with a little more experience with the
 law. I know lots of coworking offices will stock the fridge with beer or
 have a keg on site, but I'm trying to figure out if this is something
 that's actually legal to do or if it's just a law that isn't really
 enforced. My understanding is that it's legal as long as anyone who's over
 21 could walk in off the street and ask for a beer. Is that correct?

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Re: [Coworking] Anybody have a trash compactor in their kitchen?

[Glen Ferguson]

Hi Alex,

Knowing you, I'm sure you've explored this option, but have you looked at
reducing the source of the trash? You mentioned a lot of food-related
events as contributing to the situation. Any possibility of using
plates/cups you can run through a dishwasher instead of using disposables?
Granted, if you have 100+ attendees, it may not be feasible to have that
many conventional plates on hand, let alone running 3-4 dishwasher loads to
get them all clean. We picked up used Corelle plates at Goodwill; light,
nonbreakable, consistent sizes.

I'm always amazed at the amount of food-related trash generated by an
all-day 12 person meeting. Places like Panera that provide catering via
individually boxed lunches and include cups, plates and plasticware, then
the organizers that bring a case of bottled water on top of this. We've had
a few events where it finally registered with the organizers that we'll
provide cups, plates, silverware and filtered water as well as coffee  tea
and it really cut down on the trash.


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On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 7:07 PM, Alex Hillman dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com
wrote:

 Oh yeah we already have a composting service! They haul away a few buckets
 per week but we’re dealing with a LOT more non compostable trash than that
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 No trash compactor, but we did implement some composting measures for food
 waste  coffee grounds. Can be pretty simple and effective when coupled
 with solid recycling program, but we have the luxury of being in a small
 town with a compost pile (and vermicomposting capabilities) a few minutes
 away. May not be as feasible in urban Philly.

 Joel
 On Feb 23, 2015 1:52 PM, Alex Hillman dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com
 wrote:

 We've been looking for ways to improve the trash situation that's
 generated at Indy Hall - general waste is exacerbated by an active kitchen
 and lots of food events. Great for the community, but the new challenge is
 getting rid of the trash :)

 Does anybody have a trash compactor in their kitchen/space? Pros/cons?
 Make/model that works well for you?

 Recommendations welcome :)

 -Alex

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Re: [Coworking] What kind of Coffee?

[Glen Ferguson]

We took our members on a field trip to the local roaster/coffee shop and we
had a coffee tasting. We picked two types of coffee to use, so we could
switch around and keep from getting jaded with just one type. We were going
to have a custom blend made - one of the perks (sorry for the pun) of using
a local roaster, but folks seemed happy with what they picked. Every now
and then someone brings a pound of something new back from a trip.

As for hardware, we have a donated french press which is hardly ever used,
a donated consumer-type espresso machine which is almost never used, and we
finally graduated to a Newco http://newcocoffee.com commercial coffee
machine. Best decision yet and well worth the investment. Due to space
limitations we got a 12-cup pour-over model in their ECO line (AKH-TC) and
even the devout tea drinkers have been able to make coffee without messing
it up.

We thought about the pod-type coffee makers. While it's convenient, all the
pods going into the landfill didn't fit with our business practices, and
the thought of filling the reusable pods made me cringe at the level of
effort needed.

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On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 9:56 AM, Michaela Anchan michaela.anc...@gmail.com
wrote:

 I got a good deal on a reconditioned expresso machine which is doing
 great, we then we are a relatively small, new space.
 Then I have a bunch of 'French press' plungers and ground coffee which
 members can use and we also use to make up insulated jugs for workshops/
 meeting rooms etc.
 I have an aversion to both Nestle and to the millions of little plastic
 pods going into landfills so didn't go the nespresso route but I wish there
 was a Eco-version as its damn convenient!
 All coffee/tea is free for our members.

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Re: [Coworking] Who is coming to SXSW 15?

[Glen Ferguson]

I'll be there for Interactive as well. My 3rd year; I'm hooked. Here's my SXSW
social link http://social.sxsw.com/users/1627

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On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 8:06 AM, Pauline Thomas paulinealap...@gmail.com
wrote:

 Hello everyone,

 I'm the founder of Le Laptop http://www.lelaptop.com a coworking space
 in Paris created 3 years ago.

 I'm super excited to go to Austin this year, and I was wondering if you'll
 be there to meet up!

 If you want to connect with me, I have subscribed to Interactive badge.
 Here is my SXSW social page  http://social.sxsw.com/users/80598.

 See you soon,

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Re: [Coworking] Re: Infuriating article on the high premiums charged by coworking spaces in Bloomberg

[Glen Ferguson]

Since Will beat me to the send button, I needn't point out the math. I'll
share my personal experience: I left a $100k+ job to open Cowork Frederick.
I have yet to draw a salary and am doing part-time consulting while growing
 our cowork community, which slows down the growth of both efforts.


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On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 10:38 AM, Marius Amado-Alves amado.al...@gmail.com
wrote:

 Thanks for more first hand information.

 /*
 Personally I found this part particularly interesting.

 Even if you're talking about a space that has 100 full-time members at
 $200 per member in a big city, you are very likely not looking at a
 coworking space where the owners are making what they could make as an
 employee, given their level of expertise.

 I cannot help wonder which expertise might that be. I had the impression
 cowork owners have all kinds of backgrounds. Say a big city cowork owner
 cuts $5000 for themselves from the $2+ cake, 100k per annum. They're
 missing out on what, a 200k annum job? What jobs are those? CEO, CTO, CFO,
 VP? Wow, I had no idea owners came from these positions.
 */

 In my analysis of the article I tried to be objective, impartial. (I don't
 get which great deal I've missed, but no worries there.)

 Maybe the fuel of this discussion is the relatively infrequent negative
 reviews of coworking. We've all seen lots of articles praising the unending
 niceties of the new way to work. Many such articles are also
 sensationalist and lacking. This negative article touches some points that
 are seldom addressed in the positive ones, but still some information,
 albeit partial, is of interest and, well, true. Same as in the positive
 reviews.

 All this is still new and a comprehensive view is still building--but it
 must integrate the good as the bad.
 Finally, this is probably just philosophy and maybe off topic so please
 feel totally free to just ignore me.

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Re: [Coworking] My morbid curiosity with Coworking Space Closings

[Glen Ferguson]

 * Looking at our own membership levels (we have full time, 3 days/week, 1
 day/week, 1 day/month), far and away the highest churn rates are in that 1
 day/week level. 40% of all cancelations we’ve had are from that level. *
 1 day a week churns *more* than 1 day a month. That’s a pretty HUGE clue
 about what the problem is.


I'm curious what percentage of your membership is on that 1 day/week plan.
When we opened, we didn't have that level, but people wanted to join at
that level, so we created it. We've consistently had between 40-50% of
members on our 5 days/month level (it's easier to bill as days per month,
and more flexible for the member). I'd expect the percentage of churn to
reflect the percentage of membership, but now you're giving me homework to
do this weekend and further break down my churn stats by membership tier to
see if that holds true.

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 * Looking at our own membership levels (we have full time, 3 days/week, 1
 day/week, 1 day/month), far and away the highest churn rates are in that 1
 day/week level. 40% of all cancelations we’ve had are from that level. *

 1 day a week churns *more* than 1 day a month. That’s a pretty HUGE clue
 about what the problem is.

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 On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 4:29 PM, Andy Soell aso...@gmail.com wrote:

 I think there's a great deal of truth here, and I'm really curious about
 other space's approaches to different membership levels (we're getting way
 off topic here, but whatever). I think Jerome is absolutely right that it's
 much harder to keep a part timer on board, probably due to their lack of
 commitment and the fact that they just by nature of their membership aren't
 around very much. At the same time, I also completely believe that a good
 community is a diverse community, and that includes an even distribution of
 people across different membership levels.

 Looking at our own membership levels (we have full time, 3 days/week, 1
 day/week, 1 day/month), far and away the highest churn rates are in that 1
 day/week level. 40% of all cancelations we've had are from that level. I'm
 not sure what—if anything—is to be done about it, but I'm curious what
 people have found useful in keeping people coming back who aren't coming
 every day. I like offering once-a-week memberships, because I really think
 everyone needs to get out of the house at least once a week, but it seems
 like that's the level at which people eventually forget about the coworking
 space and just drop off the face of the earth.

 On Friday, January 30, 2015 at 11:18:22 AM UTC-5, Jerome wrote:

 I think the below typically applies to smaller coworking spaces.
 Well, let me rephrase:
  the below is required for smaller spaces
  larger spaces does not need to follow the below rule; BUT, should
 they, yes, I agree that the below would be ideal.

 That said, from my experience of being in the trenches for now, 7 years,
 I can comfortably say that recruiting full-timers is MUCH easier than
 part-timers.
 Part-timers have to me, seem only part-ly motivated to join, whether due
 to
  (1) they don’t want to spend $;
  (2) they’re so attached with their status quo of their home office;
  (3) their interest is so 50/50 fickle, any little thing can wane their
 interest.
 Also, if you were to spend, say, 1 hour per new part-timer member,
 between the tour, follow-up(s), onboarding…to yield $100, and your goal is
 10 members, then you’ll spend 10 hours for those “sales”.
 If you were to spend, say, the same 1 hour per new full-timer to yield
 $300, then you’d only need to spend a little over 3 hours for those “sales”.
 The spread worsens if you seek $10k, or $20k. The very same many
 DIY/automated billing and other admin procedures you’ve focused to
 minimize, is being offset by exponentially more labor time to sell, or
 “cost of sales”.

 Is that the reason why exec suites probably only ‘rent’ full-time office
 spaces? Yes. Same efforts that yield way more $ revenue.
 Is there a better mix between the below strategy and exec suites? Yes.
 And that will depend upon how you operate, your demographics, your size
 space, etc.


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 *WEST: Santa Monica*
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 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) | Los Angeles CA 90036
 ph: (323) 330-9505

 *EAST: Downtown*
 529 S. Broadway, Suite 4000 (@Pershing Square) | Los Angeles CA 90013
 ph: (213) 550-2235


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[Coworking] How would you take advantage of this?

[Glen Ferguson]

I have either a great opportunity or a terrible threat coming my way. I see
it as an opportunity, and I want to get ideas from you to see how you'd
take advantage of this situation.

Quick background set up: We're located in a 70,000 person city and in the
main part of the historic district downtown. Lacking in downtown for over a
decade is any hotel. We do have a couple bed and breakfasts though. The
city has been exploring the idea of putting a convention center and hotel
in the downtown. Not huge, around 200 rooms and 14,000 sq ft
meeting/convention space. The studies have been conducted, recommendations
made and the project was awarded to the local Marriott franchise.

Here's where I come in: The spot they chose for this project is across the
street from Cowork Frederick.

I had a brief meeting with the Marriott owner, explained what Cowork
Frederick is, and welcomed him to the neighborhood with hopes that our
businesses will compliment each other.

My question to you is: what ideas do you have for creating a win-win
relationship with my new neighbors? I'm exploring the somewhat obvious
ideas of day passes, perhaps at a discount, or rental of our meeting
spaces. I think I'm too close to the situation, so I'd like to know what
you'd do or if any of you had similar experiences?

Thanks,

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Re: [Coworking] Need recs for a scheduling app for sxsw

[Glen Ferguson]

I was just looking at tools for meeting room scheduling, although for a
different use case. Try youcanbook.me or acuity scheduling.com

Group messaging: there's a mobile app called GroupMe and there's Gather by
MailChimp that uses SMS (https://gather.mailchimpapp.com)

Hope to see you at SXSW.

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On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 3:26 PM, Angel Kwiatkowski fccowork...@gmail.com
wrote:

 Hi!

 I'm coordinating a specialized venue at sxsw and I need an app or a tool
 that will help.


- I need multiple people (25 or so) to be able to see and schedule 2
resources (rooms) for appointments.
- I need to be able to send the entire group notifications about
special things that are happening either in the house or at our other 
 venue.
- Needs to work on mobile devices obv.
- Free or under $50 for 1 week of use.


 Thanks!
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Re: [Coworking] Re: How I'm using workflows and automation to improve our member onboarding

[Glen Ferguson]

Hey Alex,

I've been using Zapier enough to finally move into a paid account. It's
hooking together a lot of differnet services. I have it:

   - tying together website room reservation forms with Freshbooks for
   invoicing non-members plus Google calendars to make an event entry/send the
   invitation email.
   - onboarding our new members: Freshbooks for the recurring
   invoicing/payments, addition to a Mailchimp list, addition to our member's
   Google group. (side note: I'm now using MailChimp automation to drip send
   info/tips to new members over their first 2 weeks so they're not overloaded
   with info the first day. It seems to help remind folks that they're members
   now, so they should come in and work. Changing old habits, you know)
   - do the calendar addition when someone signs up for a tour and through
   Twilio I get an SMS alert so I can check on the tour email to see if there
   are any questions I can answer ahead of time.


I just started exploring using Zapier to send reservation reminders,
generally to outsiders that are renting our conference room.


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On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 8:42 AM, dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com wrote:

 Very welcome :)

 Trello's blog is worth scoping out too, they show it being used in all
 kinds of ways I had never imagined...definitely part of what inspired this
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 Great post, thanks! I use Trello all the time for my marketing business
 but haven't really used it in this way for our coworking space. I'll have
 to try it :)

 On Friday, January 30, 2015 at 12:33:58 AM UTC-5, Alex Hillman wrote:

  We’ve been working on a lot of workflows and streamlining at Indy Hall
 recently…and today had a bit of a breakthrough that I wanted to share
 because I’m already stoked about what it’s going to let us do and hope that
 more people use these tools.

 Anybody here use Trello?
 How about Zapier?

 Sidetone: aren’t those ridiculously silly names for anything, let alone
 *business* products?

 Trello is…a project management too? A task management tool? A workflow
 management tool? Honestly it could be any of those things…it’s super
 flexible and adaptable.

 Zapier sort of turns the world of your favorite internet tools into
 legos that you can snap together and combine in fun and useful ways. It’s a
 way for you to have actions in one piece of software trigger a result in
 another piece of software.

 I use both Trello and Zapier quite a bit but not as much for Indy Hall
 until recently. Today I started using BOTH of them, together, to create
 some automated workflows for my team.

  The 6 workflows that we automated are:

1. Adding new tour sign-ups to a Trello board for better post-tour
follow ups
2. Adding new drop-ins to a Trello board for better post drop-in
follow ups
3. Adding new interested members to a Trello board to better prepare
them for sign up
4. Connecting Trello to Trello (TRELLOCEPTION), creating a seamless
connection between the 3 previous workflows into our Member Onboarding
workflow
5. Adding cancelled members to a Trello board to make sure we remove
people from GroupBuzz, Slack, etc.
6. Adding failed credit card charges (via Stripe) to a Trello board
so we don’t lose track of reminding people to update their cards

 I got so psyched about it that I recorded a video so others might be
 inspired to try it, and even create their own workflows and share them back.

 Check it!
 http://dangerouslyawesome.com/2015/01/6-automated-workflows-that-make-our-coworking-space-better-every-day/

 -Alex

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[Coworking] Frederick Dept. of Economic Development at Cowork Frederick

[Glen Ferguson]

We've just worked out the details. If any of you would like free help with
your business, the City's Department of Economic Development will hold open
office hours at Cowork Frederick starting February 6. Walk ins are welcome;
appointments can also be made by contacting the DED office. Here's their
announcement.

“The City of Frederick’s Department of Economic Development will offer
office hours at Cowork Frederick on the 1st and 3rd Friday of each month
from 12-2 p.m. Staff will be on hand to discuss starting a business in the
City of Frederick, growing your business, and other business tools and
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Re: [Coworking] Frederick Dept. of Economic Development at Cowork Frederick

[Glen Ferguson]

Thanks, but my apologies; I meant to send that to our Google member group.
Darn browser auto-complete!

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 with your business, the City's Department of Economic Development will hold
 open office hours at Cowork Frederick starting February 6. Walk ins are
 welcome; appointments can also be made by contacting the DED office. Here's
 their announcement.

 “The City of Frederick’s Department of Economic Development will offer
 office hours at Cowork Frederick on the 1st and 3rd Friday of each month
 from 12-2 p.m. Staff will be on hand to discuss starting a business in the
 City of Frederick, growing your business, and other business tools and
 resources.”
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Re: [Coworking] Re: Conference room presentation equipment.

[Glen Ferguson]

Agreed on wired. We have 2 rooms with projectors mounted to the ceiling.
Wiring gives VGA and HDMI which pretty well covers anything people want to
hook up, with the exception of tablets/phones. It's definitely the most
reliable.

But options are good too. Our 20 person conference room also has an Apple
TV in conference mode hooked to the projector. This came about from
watching the way people presented in meetings. They wanted to be at the far
end of the room and the projector wall jacks were at the front. We have a
member that teaches a class every week and not having to mess with cables
is a timesaver for her. It's handy for iPhone/iPad presentations too. For
Windows and older Macs, I think I paid $49 for 5 licenses for AirParrot
software which lets these machines make the wireless connection.

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On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 2:00 AM, Ramon Suarez ra...@betacowork.com wrote:

 Definitely wired,  as Alex said. All you really need is a screen or a
 projector,maybe a small speaker for some videos in the presentations. Our
 largest room is for 80 people and we only use a PA  system when we have to
 record the talk. Always keep a spare cable: people tend to drop them after
 their presentations and some pics become loose or bend which ends up making
 it difficult to connect and you loose colours.

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Re: [Coworking] Re: Google Location Verification

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From what I'm told by a member that does SEO for NYSE and Rolling Stone
Magazine, Gretchen is correct. That member was the motivation for me to go
through the paperwork with the post office to be listed as a Commercial
Mail Receiving Agency (CMRA) so we could offer unique addresses for the
members that want them.

Technically, you can't use the term Suite for a mailbox any longer unless
there's a physically space (office). The current approved USPS format is
the number/pound sign (e.g. 122 E Patrick St #105) or PMB for Personal Mail
Box (e.g., 122 E Patrick St PMB 105). Either of those should allow Google
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On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 11:17 AM, Gretchen Bilbro 
cultivatecowork...@gmail.com wrote:

 I think I read somewhere that it would affect you unless you use suite
 numbers for your members.


 On Tuesday, January 27, 2015 at 8:51:02 AM UTC-6, Kelly Fitzgerald wrote:

 Hi Everyone-

 I searched among the topics and didn't see anything about this (so
 forgive me if the topic is buried somewhere).

 We provide business address options for our members. Just this week a
 member had a google location verification sent to our address (for search
 reasons, obviously). We already have the address on google and I'm
 wondering if the member verifies their location as the same as ours if that
 will create conflict? Maybe it's not a big deal- but I'm not sure how this
 works. Do we just need to slightly vary everyone's addresses?

 Thoughts and/or how you've dealt with this would be helpful!

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Re: [Coworking] Re: Wired vs Wireless?? Does anyone use wired anymore?

[Glen Ferguson]

 Bandwidth and coffee beans - the two things that coworking spaces should
 pay for the best you can afford to provide.


Now there's a quote destined for the wiki.

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On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 2:10 PM, Alex Hillman dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com
wrote:

 Ouch. ADSL. *Shudders*.

 :)

 Bandwidth and coffee beans - the two things that coworking spaces should
 pay for the best you can afford to provide.

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 On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 2:02 PM, Aaron Cruikshank aa...@cruikshank.me
 wrote:

 At the HiVE, we have a 100/100 Fibre connection. We upgraded to that from
 ADSL and the main reason why was the poor upload speed we were getting
 before (5 mb/s up max). When we'd get 2-3 people trying to make Skype or
 Google Hangout video calls, the whole network would brown out due to the
 upload bandwidth getting loaded down.

 Once we moved to a 100/100 account, we had no more problems but the up
 speed over wired was easily double that of the wireless connection.

 - Aaron

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 I do want to make people aware of asynchronous bandwidth like 50
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 Connectivity can be much less reliable in the days of dropbox and other
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 I did a quick test of wired vs wireless speeds at AltamontCowork.
 Interesting results...

 http://techymike.com/2014/07/18/internet-speed-testing/

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 On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 1:59 AM, Alex Linsker alexlins...@gmail.com
 wrote:

 I agree with all of the above.

 Having a backup network is good for your brand, too, even if your main
 provider goes down for 1 minute per every 6 months, it's a relief to know
 there is a backup. And if one network blocks someone, the backup often has
 different settings that work for them.

 For wired, I have jacks along the wall, and hubs on some desks. Keeping
 the cords orderly can be solved by keeping the cords extended towards each
 seat.

 To get the ethernet to the hubs from the wall, you can use gaff tape or
 buy a cover.

 I keep an ethernet cord accessible in each conference room to give
 people the option.

 Power cords are very similar in terms of accessibility with floor
 routing and hubs. I love the 'hub-and-spoke' model for many things.

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Re: [Coworking] The best wireless routers for a 3500 sq. ft. space

[Glen Ferguson]

Thanks for the review Alex. It's nice to see a field report talking about
the pros and cons. My license with Meraki is up in June and I've already
started building a shopping list. Ubiquiti has been high on the list for
some time. I'm also looking at their routers.

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On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 1:36 PM, Alex Hillman dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com
wrote:

 I just wanted to bump this thread by saying that back in December I
 hunkered down and picked up a 3 pack of the Unifi AP Pro's from Amazon.

 It took me more time to find the drill and the move our ladder than it did
 to actually install them (we already had ethernet run, and a Power over
 Ethernet switch installed), since it was just swapping them in place of our
 old Ruckus APs.

 Setting up the controller software on the same Mac Mini that runs our
 music server wasn't hard, though if you've never done any sort of network
 or web service setup it might seem a *little* confusing. Nowhere near
 impossible though.

 Once adopting the new access points to the configuration and updating
 the software on the access points, the controller software spent the first
 afternoon appearing to tune the network. It detected signal and channel
 interference, automatically choosing optimal configurations. It was
 actually pretty amazing to see it Just Work(tm). Within a day, the wireless
 was noticeably faster and more stable than it had been in a long time.

 The only issue we've run into is that the coverage isn't as good as the
 Ruckus APs, so we're going to end up needing a few more of the UnifiAPs for
 our space. I already added one more to an especially troubled area, my
 guess is that we'll end up with 6-8 total devices to cover 10k square feet
 on 2 floors without any dead zones. The good news is that a) adding a new
 AP is INSANELY easy thanks to the controller software and b) the devices
 are really affordable.

 Overall, I'm a very happy customer, and really appreciate Jon's
 recommendation to take these wireless APs for a spin.

 Next step is that we're considering a router upgrade, and have been
 looking at Unifi's options for that as well given how great the APs are. :)

 Oh, and happy new year, everyone!

 -Alex

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Re: [Coworking] Selling merchandise for non-profit members

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We considered having the option to sell physical goods and decided not to.
Naturally, your location may have different local laws and requirements,
but there were a bunch of things we had to consider as we were getting
started:

   - zoning would have to be changed from office to retail and required
   several public hearings at the zoning board.
   - Insurance rates would have increased for retail, as storing inventory
   was considered an additional fire risk.
   - By providing only a service, we didn't need a business license (City
   requirement). Retail would require city and state licenses.
   - Providing only a service also meant not having to worry about
   collecting and reporting sales tax each quarter.

If members are holding a class/seminar and they have something tangible to
sell, there's two options, which we leave up to them:

   1. Get a special event vendor permit from the city. The city normally
   offers these for craft fairs and art shows, but it would apply in this
   scenario too and keep them out of trouble if anyone were to complain.
   2. Take orders for future delivery, even if the future date is the
   next day. Just one of those fun loopholes.

And yes, there are too many regulations and requirements in this city and
state. Funny how they're marketing themselves as being business friendly.


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 Hi All,
  Do any of you sell merchandise for your members? How do you have that
 system set up? I am hoping to open soon (the remodel is taking a very long
 time) and have a local non-profit that wants to go ahead and sign up. They
 would like to have their shirts on display and for sale even when they are
 not in the coworking space (they will be part time). How have you all set
 something like this up? Do you have a storefront for your space or keep
 each members merch separate? For just starting out I was thinking of them
 setting up their own Square account that I have access to and can sign
 into. I have no employees  at this point, just me.
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Re: [Coworking] Re: Optimal Desk Sizes / Dimensions

[Glen Ferguson]

Jacob,

Could you provide measurements for that desk? Searching the IKEA US site
for Vika Amon doesn't return any matches. I've tried a few spelling
variations too.

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On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 2:30 PM, Jacob Sayles ja...@officenomads.com
wrote:

 Not the small ones.  They are only big enough for one person.  We situate
 them face to face in rows of 2-4 to make our pods of 4-8 desks.  We then
 have 12 of these pods spread around the space.  I wonder how many
 individual ikea legs we own... boggles the mind.

 On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 11:13 AM, Farhan Abbasi findfar...@gmail.com
 wrote:

 Thanks Jacob!

 So would one Vika Amon desk fit 2 people across from each other, or
 possible 2 on each side?

 On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 2:04 PM, Jacob Sayles ja...@officenomads.com
 wrote:

 We have the basic Vika Amon tables from Ikea arraigned in pods of 4-8
 desks.  In larger areas we have the larger ones arranged like one big
 table.  Key is flexibility and the pods are spread out so that you are
 always around people, but you can change the noise/heat/activity level by
 switching pods.

 We've also made a few of these standing desks by extending the legs with
 black PVC pipe design requires a wall though as they are not very
 stable w/o it.

 We have 10K sqft and  something like 125 desks.  I'm happy with them
 although we had to create a piece in the center of the pod to keep them
 relatively straight.  Keeping wires tidy is an ongoing battle.

 On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 3:03 AM, Will Bennis, Locus Workspace 
 wmben...@locusworkspace.com wrote:

 Very cool! Thanks for sharing that.


 On Wednesday, November 19, 2014 5:11:07 AM UTC+1, NODO Cowork wrote:

 Do you know about open furniture? https://www.opendesk.cc/

 El martes, 18 de noviembre de 2014 14:41:35 UTC-6, Farhan Abbasi
 escribió:

 Hi folks,

 I run a coworking space in Boston called Coalition and this community
 provided great info for me when launching. Thank you!

 I'm wondering if you folks have experience with an ideal desk
 dimension that optimizes seating (ie getting the most chairs out of the
 table setup)? I have a wide open floorplan (imagine 10,000+ SF) and able 
 to
 connect many tables and chairs together, with people sitting on both 
 sides
 of each table. Looking to get the most out of the space to meet my
 financial hurdles.

 I would love to hear:

 - The optimal desk size that allows for people to sit side by side
 and across from each other. (Multiple of these tables will be setup next 
 to
 each other or across from each other).
 - Examples of actual desks that you think works? (I would purchase in
 bulk).

 Thanks for any of your valuable time!
 Farhan

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Re: [Coworking] Re: Getting rid of the co-working hyphen

[Glen Ferguson]

The hyphenation battle is a tough one to win because of the AP stylebook
challenge. I find I'm encountering camel-case more often though, and
usually on city/county documents where they don't duplicate form data the
same way I've entered it. CoWork is fairly annoying, particularly when it's
part of our name (Cowork Frederick), but when they give us the
double-whammy and make us Co-Work Frederick, I start to think they're just
doing it to mess with me. It reminds me of a comedy video about Starbucks
baristas deliberately misspelling names on the cups.

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Cowork Frederick
122 E Patrick St
Frederick, MD 21701-5630
+1 (301) 732-5165
www.coworkfrederick.com


On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 2:27 PM, Tony Bacigalupo t...@nwc.co wrote:


 they did not hyphenate Coworking Visa as that is a name of a program but
 they did hyphenate the word everywhere else in the article.


 This illustrates the issue perfectly. If Brad had invented something that
 sounded more proprietary, like Bradworking, then there'd be no issue. But
 by calling it something so simple that anyone who saw it could immediately
 understand what it was, he made something that could more easily blossom
 into a global movement.

 The fact that neither he nor anyone else retained control over the word
 further allowed for that blossoming, but at a cost. If there's no authority
 on the word, issues like this become difficult to overcome.

 The only way I could see us making headway would be if some subset of us
 formed a sufficiently powerful coalition that could wield some kind of
 authority over the word, without violating the decentralized spirit of the
 movement.





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 On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 9:41 AM, Jacob Sayles ja...@officenomads.com
 wrote:

 I haven't heard any movement on it but I'd love to see us take another
 stab at it.  Lauren, our newest employee, had some great ideas on what we
 could do to grease the skids for the AP but she's only worked here one week
 so she may need some time to settle in.  :)

 Sometimes you just have to let it go.  For the NYTimes article on the
 Coworking Visa recently I went to bat just like you did and got a similar
 response.  Funny though they did not hyphenate Coworking Visa as that is
 a name of a program but they did hyphenate the word everywhere else in the
 article.

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 On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 10:09 PM, oren.salo...@gmail.com 
 oren.salo...@gmail.com wrote:

 There hasn't been any movement on this in 3 years. Anyone have an
 update? Liz? Alex? Tony? Jacob? Anybody?

 I had no idea how bad this issue was.

 I encountered this today with some press being written on Fort Work in
 the Dallas media today.

 When I saw the article posted, I saw a few misquotes about coworking
 statistics as well as the misspelling of coworking  (hyphen included, not
 the cowering autocorrect).

 When I requested that both be corrected, the writer told me she could
 change (or omit) the quotes, but that AP style guides forbid her from
 changing the spelling of coworking.

 Here's her actual response (C+P'ed below):

 Hi Oren,

 I’ll take a look at the microsite — thank you! I’ll also rework your
 quote, or take it out entirely to make to correct the statement.

 On the word co-working, this is an AP style that’s out of our control.
 Again, I’ll take a look at the details first thing in the morning and will
 make the changes immediately.

 Thank for the email. I really appreciate it.

 Take care,



 On Thursday, September 1, 2011 4:29:20 AM UTC-5, sop...@deskwanted.com
 wrote:

 Hi everyone,

 For a while now we've been annoyed about the resurgence in the use of
 the hyphenated version of the word coworking. As you all know, most
 major media outlets these days write it as co-working.
 Deskmag recently published an article explaining why this is
 happening: it's because the AP Stylebook has decided that co-working
 is the correct form.
 However, we'd like to ask

Re: [Coworking] Re: Getting rid of the co-working hyphen

[Glen Ferguson]

Are there other approaches that could be used to standardize and legitimize
the spelling? My first thought was registering cowork or coworking as a
trademark/servicemark, but ownership issues seem to rule that out as an
option. Is there a GPL equivalent that we could explore?

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Cowork Frederick
122 E Patrick St
Frederick, MD 21701-5630
+1 (301) 732-5165
www.coworkfrederick.com
@CoworkFrederick http://twitter.com/CoworkFrederick

On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 11:50 AM, Will Bennis, Locus Workspace 
wmben...@locusworkspace.com wrote:

 Hi Oren,

 I really appreciate your thoughtful reply about this. And it's definitely
 pushed me in the direction of greater support for the cause. Two
 particular points that I can agree with: (1) the name is being spelled in
 two different ways for no very good reason. We might be able to solve that,
 and get it spelled in the way most people using the word want it to be
 spelled, so why not do it? (2) The way it's spelled matters to a lot of
 people in ways that are not specifically about language clarity and are
 more about identity and community support. And for those people, the
 preferred spelling tends to be coworking, so why not respect that?

 I'm in. I can respect that.

 Best,
 Will

 On Saturday, September 20, 2014 9:41:49 PM UTC+2, oren.s...@gmail.com
 wrote:

 Hi Will,

 I know what your name is, I was just trying to make a point. :)

 I respect and value your points about no horse in the race and that the
 indifference of the co-working fans would never lead them to debate this
 to such an extent and that clearly this is something the coworking fans
 are pushing here. I also see your point about the flexibility of language
 and I agree no entity can stop language from changing and adapting and
 being interpreted differently in different contexts.

 All that being said, I find co-working to be disrespectful. There is a
 distinct difference between your example of personal computing and
 computing and co-working and coworking. One refers to a rapidly adapting
 industry where the nature of what was being described changed over time.
 While coworking is rapidly expanding and comes across new variants all the
 time, I don't think anyone is claiming a full transformation is happening
 like in your computing example.

 Nobody in journalism misspells kibbutz in writing and nobody just started
 calling them collective agricultural communities either. Kibbutz means
 something because it staked out the term and owned it. I see the exact same
 thing happening with coworking except that spelling it co-working means a
 distinct unfamiliarity with the subject matter.

 Maybe I'm making some assumptions here, but this was one of the first
 things I learned about coworking. I don't know a single major organization,
 association, product, content hub, group or otherwise large group of
 coworking people identifying under the co-working banner. We're all
 squarely organized under the coworking banner. So what if some space
 operators choose to spell it co-working? Obviously that's their choice as
 an operator and they're welcome to do so, but to me it's always been a red
 flag that they're disconnected from the global community. Maybe I'm wrong
 in assuming so, but in my experience it's been validated pretty
 consistently.

 Even if there is little ambiguity in co-working vs. coworking (because
 there's nothing currently called co-working), it's still very undignified
 not be regarded as important enough to have a consistent spelling. That's
 the core issue at hand from my perspective and maybe you disagree, but
 that's why I think we're talking about entering the dictionary and the
 style guides. It's for the same reason that a apple is in appropriate but
 an apple is ok. If I said I'm going to eat a apple, you'd understand me but
 look at me funny. We're just trying to get the journalists to realize that
 from our perspective, co-working = a apple.


 On Friday, September 19, 2014 5:19:38 AM UTC-5, Will Bennis, Locus
 Workspace wrote:

 Hi Oren,

 I appreciate your reply about this!

 Actually, my name is Will, not William, damnit!!! :

 But I don't think this is really the same.

 First, coworking isn't a company name or a given name / proper noun.
 It's not your name or my name. It's not even the movement's name. If
 personal computing became just computing, what would you think if Apple
 or Microsoft or a handful of influential early players in the personal
 computing industry campaigned against the change and said that we can't
 change their name, and that it was as though their given names were being
 mis-spelled? I'd personally think they should leave the English language
 alone and that it wasn't the role of people in an industry to try to manage
 what have become common nouns in the English language. I have run a
 coworking space for more than 4 years now. I care what you call my space or
 what you call me and I care about coworking, but the idea

Re: [Coworking] Address/Mail service

[Glen Ferguson]

Katherine,

We did the CMRA thing with USPS. There's a section in the CMRA code that
talks about Office Business Centers (OBC) which would include Regus.
However, they still have the same addressing requirements. Actually, the
code states that you cannot use a suite number. You have to use PMB or
#, which allows complex combinations like 123 Main St STE 11 #213. I
recall something from years ago about disallowing the use of suite numbers
because their were too many scams and suite was implying a physical
office address when it was just a mailbox, so it was deemed deceptive.

One of our members that works in SEO told me that there's an advantage to
using the PMB or #. This gives each business a unique address which (I'm
told) Google prefers over 20-odd businesses sharing the same address.

By the way, we use spheremail.co for the mailbox management service when
the mailbox isn't included in a membership level. They've been very
responsive to any problems, and there's no charge to us if we don't have
any active mailbox clients.

Glen
Cowork Frederick http://www.coworkfrederick.com



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kather...@comradity.com wrote:

 Thanks guys. Most members don't have much mail. But this team does. (They
 are moving from an office into the Resident Studio) So I think I better
 stick to the rules. And the forwarding issue is a good rationale.

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Re: [Coworking] Furniture - Any recommendations on sourcing?

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We bought these training tables by Balt:
http://www.amazon.com/Balt-Mentor-Seminar-Table-Black/dp/B005CHY2HS/ref=pd_sim_sbs_op_1?ie=UTF8refRID=1FAYC2GYCB3F2RKY2R84

We ordered the first batch through globalindstrial.com but when we needed
an additional one we discovered the Amazon link above. As it turns out,
free shipping via Amazon Prime saved us more than the cost of Prime
membership on just that one item alone.

The table have worked well for the past 1+ years. We usually have them
pushed together to make a sectional conference table (3 72 tables in the
middle with a 60 table on each end). The only oddity is the pencil trough
molded in to the top at each seating position. We get a lot of flashback
to grade school comments, but no one really objected to it.

Glen
Cowork Frederick


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wrote:

 I used to work for a contract furniture dealer - we often went to Versteel
 and Falcon for folding training tables, however I don't think their price
 will beat those.  You may check out Uline, its not contract but they have
 some surprising prices.  Also, depending on how many training tables you
 plan to store, sometimes using ones without casters but storing and moving
 on a dolly made to move them can be a great space-saving.


 On Jul 19, 2014, at 12:00 AM, Melissa Geissinger wrote:

 We are thinking about buying these training tables from Costco:

 http://www.costco.com/Iceberg-OfficeWorks-18%22-x-72%22-Mahogany-Mobile-Training-Table.product.1167.html

 We need to be able to fold up the tables and move them out of the room
 into storage for events, so unfortunately we're limited a bit for what we
 have to choose from. If anybody else has found anything better (cheaper?)
 that fits those unique needs then let me know!

 Thanks,
 Melissa Geissinger
 WIMPspace
 www.wimpspace.com

 On Thursday, July 10, 2014 8:28:26 AM UTC-7, Katy Moses Huggins wrote:

 Hi All! I'm new to the group as of yesterday and love the amount of great
 info and sharing in this group.  I'm in the process of building out a
 coworking space at the moment and am researching options for furniture.
 I've been looking into all the secondhand stores, but everything seems
 pretty junky and I'd like to have the space be fresh, bright and clean (no
 old lacquer finish chipping off on our forearms, please!).

 Have any of you been able to make connections with someone who will sell
 desks, chairs at wholesale?  Any other recommendations?

 Thanks!

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Re: [Coworking] Best Printer Models Thread

[Glen Ferguson]

At Cowork Frederick http://www.coworkfrederick.com we been using a Canon
imageClass D1350 MFP (with fax) for almost 2 years. Real world numbers are
$140 for the toner/drum cartridge rated at 5000 pages. We get 5400+ pages.
Adding in a case of paper, resource cost is $0.038/page.

Plus: it will support accounts so you can track usage per member if desired.
Minus: driver install is needed for both Mac and Windows.

For color, we have an Epson WorkForce 1100 wide carriage inkjet that a
member donated. Small ink cartridges but I get them through monoprice.com
for under $5 each. Drivers are needed for Windows but included in OS X. It
hasn't seen enough use to accurately calculate per page costs.



On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 4:09 PM, oren.salo...@gmail.com 
oren.salo...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hello and happy Friday to the coworking people of the world,

 I've seen this topic raised many times, but I'm yet to see a thread that
 focuses specifically on Printer Make/Model suggestions.

 Our printer just crapped out and I've had enough of shitty printers.

 I'd like to take this opportunity to ask the community, what make/model of
 printer do you use in your spaces and do you find that printer
 recommendable?

 Thanks and happy printing!
 oren

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Re: [Coworking] Industry Churn

[Glen Ferguson]

Since we're the industry, I guess it's up to us to determine average by
some means. At Cowork Frederick we're 7%.


On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 9:53 AM, Alex Hillman
dangerouslyawes...@gmail.comwrote:

 I haven't been able to get any quality industry statistics, mostly because
 people aren't tracking figures or aren't willing to share them.

 We fell into the former category until recently, but I can happily report
 that ours is between 2% and 5% :)

 -Alex

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 Hi All,

 Any ideas of industry average on churn rates?  I've researched that for
 gyms its ~25%.  Curious about what people are experiencing at coworking
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Re: [Coworking] Green friendly Printer/Copy vendors/policies

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At Cowork Frederick we bought a multi-function printer that will allow me
to turn on account-based or department ID printing if things get out of
hand. A year and a half after opening, our printer usage is one case of
paper (recycled) and one toner cartridge per year. So around 5000 pages and
a $200 cost per year.

Frankly, I figured the lawyers would be the biggest users, but it turns out
to be the writers, then web designers and then the lawyers.

I think paper towels are our biggest waste. There's a great TED talk about
how to dry your hands using a single sheet (I swear, there's a TED talk for
everything). I've been thinking about putting it on a digital picture frame
and letting it playback in the restroom.



On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 3:53 PM, Jamie Henderson ecosys...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hello fellow collaborators!

 I am looking for vendors of green printers/copiers that others may have
 come across that they can recommend.  As we are trying to be as green
 friendly as possible I know that printing can be one of the biggest wastes
 but necessary evils in a coworking space.  Does anyone have any
 recommendations?

 Also, I'm looking for policies that you have implemented to keep paper use
 down in your space.  What cap did you put on printing per month? How do you
 encourage a paperless culture?

 Any advise would be uber helpful!

 Thanks!

 Jamie Henderson
 Community Manager
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Re: [Coworking] Who's tracking their membership churn?

[Glen Ferguson]

I recently started calculating average monthly recurring revenue, average
member lifetime, average lifetime of past members, member lifetime value, %
renewal rates (which is the opposite of churn, but its a more emotionally
positive metric) and cost to acquire new members.

How? A lot of sweat and tears plugging formulas into spreadsheets.

I was nudged into measuring these metrics after running across a blog
posthttp://torquemag.io/the-four-things-subscription-businesses-have-in-common/
about
subscription websites and another
posthttp://blog.asmartbear.com/bootstrapped-cpc.html about
Google AdWords that the first post linked to.


Glen




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dangerouslyawes...@gmail.comwrote:

 As the business aphorism goes, it's a lot easier to keep an existing
 customer than it is to get a new one.

 I know there are a variety of systems out there that people are using, I'm
 wondering if anyone is actively keeping track of things like churn and
 member lifetime value?

 I know that most people are more focused on attracting new members, but I
 wonder who is tracking member lifetime lengths, and how?

 -Alex








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Re: [Coworking] Re: Strategies for showing which members are on-site on a given day?

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Hi Alex,

We've got that part covered. Like at a hotel or coffee shop, our members
have to log in on a splash screen before they get access to the internet.
So, no problem getting them into the habit and it helps me log attendance
data.

My current challenge is taking that info and having it published on the
website. Thanks Angel for sharing how you're doing it. You've given me some
ideas.


On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 3:53 PM, Alex Hillman
dangerouslyawes...@gmail.comwrote:

 Hey Angel, how consistently do people use this form? Any tips?

 We've played with something like this and found that it's really, really
 hard to help people create this habit.

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 On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 3:50 PM, Angel Kwiatkowski 
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 One of our members designed a simple check-in page from our website so
 you can be at home and see who's in the space on a given day. It also flows
 over into my google analytics so I can see what kind of use we're getting
 and if any patterns are emerging. This helps with knowing how many of what
 types of memberships I can continue to sell. Here's a link
 http://coherecommunity.com/checkin-form

 Angel


 On Thursday, January 30, 2014 4:36:15 PM UTC-7, Eli Malinsky wrote:

 Hey all

 Wonder if anyone has novel ways of showing which members are in the
 space on a given day. Do you use table signs? flags? Pictures? Anything?
 I'd love to hear any creative ideas.

 We've tried a few things in the past but nothing's really stuck. I'd
 love to hear your experiences, see pics, etc.

 thanks!

 Eli Malinsky
 Centre for Social Innovation
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Re: [Coworking] Strategies for showing which members are on-site on a given day?

[Glen Ferguson]

Hi Anca,

We're using Meraki managed access points and they've been pretty flexible
for our needs.



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 Hi Glen,

 What are you using to meter the internet access? I'm in the midst of
 upgrading our network and this would be a very useful thing to set up.

 Anca.

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 On Feb 8, 2014, at 1:31 PM, Glen Ferguson wrote:

 Hi Alex,

 We've got that part covered. Like at a hotel or coffee shop, our members
 have to log in on a splash screen before they get access to the internet.
 So, no problem getting them into the habit and it helps me log attendance
 data.

 My current challenge is taking that info and having it published on the
 website. Thanks Angel for sharing how you're doing it. You've given me some
 ideas.


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  wrote:

 Hey Angel, how consistently do people use this form? Any tips?

 We've played with something like this and found that it's really, really
 hard to help people create this habit.

 -Alex



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 On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 3:50 PM, Angel Kwiatkowski 
 fccowork...@gmail.comwrote:

 One of our members designed a simple check-in page from our website so you
 can be at home and see who's in the space on a given day. It also flows
 over into my google analytics so I can see what kind of use we're getting
 and if any patterns are emerging. This helps with knowing how many of what
 types of memberships I can continue to sell. Here's a link
 http://coherecommunity.com/checkin-form

 Angel


 On Thursday, January 30, 2014 4:36:15 PM UTC-7, Eli Malinsky wrote:

 Hey all

 Wonder if anyone has novel ways of showing which members are in the space
 on a given day. Do you use table signs? flags? Pictures? Anything? I'd love
 to hear any creative ideas.

 We've tried a few things in the past but nothing's really stuck. I'd love
 to hear your experiences, see pics, etc.

 thanks!

 Eli Malinsky
 Centre for Social Innovation
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Re: [Coworking] Looking for a New Ticketing Vendor for GCUC

[Glen Ferguson]

We've been using Eventbrite also. The iPhone/iPad apps for check in and at
the door ticket sales have been pretty handy at our weekly lunch  learn
sessions.


On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 5:20 PM, Sharon Schanzer sha...@rldgroup.com wrote:

 Also, I've used Event Espresso and Event Manager Pro, both excellent
 WordPress plugins.

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 HelixNYC.com
 Connecting and coworking on the Upper West Side.
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 On Oct 6, 2013, at 17:04, Lindsey Rima lindseyr...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hey guys!

 We are ramping up for GCUC 2014 and are looking to move away from
 TicketLeap for this years ticket sales.

 Who do you use for event ticketing?  Why?

 cheers!
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Re: [Coworking] Re: On/In desk power solutions

[Glen Ferguson]

I was looking for a surge protector that I could put in the center of a
table for 4 people, but I didn't want to put any holes in the table.
I bought a Powramid http://www.kreativepower.com/ with an 8 foot cord for
each table and have been using them for a year. The newer ones also have
2.1A USB power ports. So far, the only complaint I've heard is you need a
bit of an extra push to seat the plug completely. Otherwise, they're
working out great.


On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 10:51 AM, colleenk...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi Sean,

 I'm sorry that I didn't see this earlier!  We use a couple of different
 products in our space.  This PowerPod by Coalesse (
 http://store.steelcase.com/products/power-pod/) is a nice option if you
 have a round table with an open center.  We also use these power clamps (
 http://www.steelcase.com/en/products/category/worktools/power-data/power-data/pages/power-data-with-c-clamp.aspx);
 they're great for almost any type of table/desk.

 I notice that most people want to have the option to plug in at least one
 of their devices at any given time.  We usually have four outlets per desk
 (4-5 seats) and people seem happy with that!

 Let me know if you have any questions.

 Best,

 Colleen
 Center Lead @ Workspring http://workspring.com

 On Tuesday, September 17, 2013 11:33:57 PM UTC-5, Sean Qian wrote:

 Hi everyone,
 It's been a while. Hope you've all been well.

 Collins Collective http://www.collinscollective.com.au is coming along
 and we're in the final stages of furnishing the space. I don't EVER want to
 paint one of those lumpy, old school ceilings ever again. The things just
 soak up the paint like crazy. Other than that, what a blast it's been! If
 you're interested in the renovation progress you can check us out on
 facebook. http://facebook.com/collinscollective
 ETA till open = 1 week. Whew, time flies.

 I wanted to get some feedback on power solutions for the desks. My
 original idea was to cut a hole in the middle and then to thread through a
 power board. Looks a bit tacky, but it's effective, cheap, (and I've seen
 Hub Melbourne do it just quietly).

 Then I came across these - http://elsafe.com.au/**
 products/power-and-data/**indesk/pluto-desktop-power-**and-data.htmlhttp://elsafe.com.au/products/power-and-data/indesk/pluto-desktop-power-and-data.html

 Cool looking things, but only come with 3 heads. The main kicker is the
 price though. $125 each... I've searched and searched but being in
 Australia (and requiring Australian heads) means my options are somewhat
 limited. Are there any other options I haven't considered? For a 5 man
 desk, how many power plugs should I ideally have?

 Thanks for your time everyone!

 Cheers,

 Sean


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Re: [Coworking] G'day from Melbourne, Australia

[Glen Ferguson]

Hi Sean,

Not wanting to sidetrack the discussion, but here's the gist of the
peer-based vetting from a discussion you can find in this group archives.
This is what Alex had to say:

All that said, we've had two thefts take place inside of 4 years, with
over 100 members and thousands of people through our doors. Both were
inside jobs, and we responded by improving our social awareness instead
of locking things down. In the most recent case, we instituted a three
signature rule for new full time members. After 1 month of waiting
period, a new member needs to get 3 signatures from existing full time
members that they trust them with a key. This creates a simple structure
for getting to know each other a bit better over lunch, drinks, coffee,
etc.

Somebody called it the Circle of Trust, a reference to the Ben Stiller /
Robert De Niro movie Meet The Parentshttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0212338/
and it stuck, at least for some of us.

Tying this back to security, we liked this approach and so do our members,
plus it's simple and inexpensive to implement.

We like to keep our systems simple and use them until they no longer meet
our needs. For example, we don't meter printing because we don't have any
heavy users. The few that are moderate users are balanced by those that
never print anything. If there comes a time when printer use grows, then
we'll turn on the per user metering in the printer (we're using a Canon
D1350 multifunction printer, by the way).


On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 1:24 AM, Sean Qian chenny...@gmail.com wrote:

 Thanks for the reply Glen.

 I've just placed an order for the SHS-3320. I'll update here on how it
 goes. There's a good installation video on youtube which I'm glad to
 discover.

 Starting off there will only be 5 of us and we're all friends. I'm going
 to give them all discounted rates to use the space any time they want
 during business hours. Less admin for me whilst the space gets going.

 Where can I learn more about Alex's Circle of trust? It sounds interesting.


 On Thursday, July 25, 2013 1:39:52 AM UTC+10, Glen Ferguson wrote:

 Hi Sean,

 I've looked at the Samsung locks and considered the deadbolt version for
 our space (I can't change the door handle, but can change the
 deadbolt/nightlatch). It seems pretty versatile and the cost is decent.
 Unfortunately for us, having a second lock violates fire code, so for now
 we just give keys to the members with 24/7 access and tell them to keep the
 deadbolt unlatched when they're in the building. We adopted Alex's Circle
 of Trust vetting method which is working well. When we get more 24/7
 members, we'll look at a swipe card solution. I'm leaning towards a
 Honeywell NetAXS-123 which has a web interface, but it's rather pricey.


 On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 1:01 AM, Sean Qian chen...@gmail.com wrote:

 I've been doing research on access and security options and have come
 across a range of digital locks made by Samsung. They are called the SHS
 range.

 Has anyone come across these or used them in their place?

 The one I'm looking at (SHS-3320) accepts digital pass code, RFID, NFC
 or key card. It can even accept up to 70 users which will be more than
 enough for my space.

 The only downside I can see so far with this system is that it isn't
 networked so it can't tell me who or when someone has used their keypass to
 enter the office.

 Any other solutions I should look into?



 On Tuesday, July 23, 2013 12:21:02 PM UTC+10, Sean Qian wrote:

 Hi Jerome,

 Cheers for the detailed responses. I've had a few days to think things
 over since posting and agree with most of your feedback.

 I like the idea of using google calendar to manage things, at least
 initially. I can have it so that members can access the calendar themselves
 to book things such as the meeting room correct?

 How do space operators usually manage access? Keypad access with
 individual code for each member? Or Keypass cards where members get a card
 each?

 Btw Blankspaces looks amazing!

 Cheers,

 Sean

 On Tuesday, July 23, 2013 7:22:04 AM UTC+10, Jerome wrote:

 Hi.  See below.


 Jerome
 __
 BLANKSPACES
 work FOR yourself, not BY yourself

 www.blankspaces.com
 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) Los Angeles, CA 90036
 323.330.9505 (office)

 On Jul 20, 2013, at 3:50 AM, Sean Qian chen...@gmail.com wrote:

 HI All,

 My name's Sean and I'm planning on starting a co-working space for my
 colleagues and I in a few months. We're all newly registered migration
 agents and are hoping to get our own businesses up and running. We've been
 meeting at least once a month, usually at a restaurant, to talk over cases
 and to catch up but I figure we'd be a lot more productive working 
 together
 a few days a week.

 Through a family connection I've managed to secure a premises on
 Collins Street, which is one of Melbourne CBD's (Central Business District
 ie Down town) premier street locations at a very reasonable rental rate.
 I've also

Re: [Coworking] Cart before horse

[Glen Ferguson]

Hi Peter,

I'm another voice in Alex's chorus. You mentioned you're not in a
freelancing or creative occupation. Does that mean you're going to the
office (or on the road) and not able to be there build a community through
jellies or other means? That was my hurdle, and it's been a tough one to
get over.

There's lots of reasons to get the community first. Let's say you secured
the space right now. Without input from your community to tell you what
they want in that space, you're guessing and going by what you think people
want. Odds are very high that you'll guess wrong in at least a couple
areas, and that means spending more money to make changes. Get the people
first. Get their input on where to locate and what to decorate with and
you'll have a much smoother start.

I see you're in Baltimore. If you make it out to the western side of the
state, drop by Cowork Frederick anytime. I'll gladly share my stories of
showing an empty cowork space to potential members. It's not fun.

Glen
www.coworkfrederick.com

On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 10:03 PM, Peter Wertheimer
pwertheim...@gmail.comwrote:

 I've been following this group for several weeks now and find the thoughts
 and insights extremely valuable.

 I've been exploring opening a Coworking space in an under served (no
 existing coworking), yet notoriously creative and entrepreneurial
 neighborhood in my city.  I have a great space in a great location lined up
 already and now I'm seeking to build a cohesive coworking community to
 utilize the great space I've found.

 I understand that it is best practice to establish the community before
 the physical space, but in my situation, the space I just stumbled upon is
 screaming for this kind of use.  I do not currently have a freelancing or
 creative type of occupation but I am very interested in fostering a
 Coworking community in the centrally located commercial space that I've
 found.

 Does anyone have any tips or thoughts about establishing a community after
 locating the perfect space?  I will be attending a few entrepreneurial
 Meetups in the coming weeks, and I am currently discussing with one of the
 Meetup organizers about hosting one in our space, once it's up and running.

 If anyone can share experiences I would greatly appreciate it.  Thanks in
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Re: [Coworking] process for evicting a member for non-payment

[Glen Ferguson]

A couple of things from prior roles as a manager have stuck with me over
the years, in part because it helps me keep clear in my own mind that I'm
not the bad guy here.

What everyone else has said is very true: it sucks to be the one to do
this, but it's far, far worse to put it off.

Do it in person, but do it in private. This shows respect for his dignity
and doesn't make the rest of your members an uncomfortable audience.

It almost always goes better than you think it will. That rehearsal you're
doing right now in your mind is worse than how it will really play out.

Remember that you've been fair. You provided reminders, probably a lot of
them. The person you're asking to leave has made a conscious choice not to
pay you. You've given him several opportunities to talk to you about the
situation, and he hasn't responded. Don't let now be the time to get
dragged into negotiations, excuses or explanations.

While tailored for a traditional workplace, McGregor's Hot Stove
Rulehttp://www.whatishumanresource.com/hot-stove-rule is
a good model to keep in mind in the future. Basically, members are aware of
your policies and violations are addressed promptly, privately, fairly and
consistently. No surprises and no favoritism.

Glen

On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 11:30 AM, Tom Brandt twbra...@gmail.com wrote:

 What Alex said. Unfortunately, I've had to do this a couple of time, and
 it is never easy. But it is much worse to let the situation drag on. All of
 Alex's points are spot-on.


 On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 7:15 AM, Alex Hillman 
 dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com wrote:

 I've thankfully only had to do this twice in 6 years, but it sucked both
 times.

 Here's some tips:

 1) Do it in person whenever he next comes in. Don't do it over the phone
 or email, or wait.
 2) Don't do it alone. If you have a business partner, or another senior
 member who is willing to be present for the conversation, it will help a
 lot.
 3) Be firm and clear. Remember that he's the one who's done something
 wrong, not you.
 4) You're not asking him to leave, you're telling him. Avoid giving
 options, that opens the door for questions and more abuse.
 5) Through all of this, do your best to remain calm and most of all,
 human.

 In my experience there's not much that can shake your confidence as much
 as this process, but NOT doing something is 10x worse.

 Keep the fact that your good, upstanding members have your back in mind
 at all times. You're doing this for them.

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 On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 9:49 AM, Robert Petrusz 
 rob...@bullcitycoworking.com wrote:

 Hi all,

 We have a member who is way behind on his membership dues and is not
 interested in making payments to catch up. I think I need to evict him from
 the space. (This is a very sad duty, btw.)

 He seems to keep coming by and has left a lot of stuff here in the
 past that has cluttered up the space to an extent that we got complaints
 from other members.

 Anybody have advice/experience with the process of evicting or kicking
 out a member?

 Thanks,
 R

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Re: [Coworking] Need phone number that is portable

[Glen Ferguson]

You beat me to it Alex. I've used Grasshopper before and have had very
personalized service from them.

Glen

On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 1:18 PM, Alex Hillman
dangerouslyawes...@gmail.comwrote:

 Have them check out grasshopper.com for pro business numbers that can
 be forwarded wherever they need.

 Grasshopper may even do specials for coworking spaces, I know that they're
 very supportive of entrepreneurs in general.

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 wrote:

 Need help. For one whole year, we only had 1 member that ever requested a
 land line. We now have a very high profile agency and they need a land line
 and I'm doing everything I can but Comcast is taking way, way too long to
 get this installed.  There's an unusual union contract in place in the area
 in Chicago where we're located.. The agency needs a number they can print
 publicly and it can go to their cellphones for now until they get a land
 line but it can't be a cell number. Or a google voice number. It has to be
 forwardable to a landline as soon as we get one. This is ideal anyway
 because eventually they'll want to get their own office outside of
 Enerspace. Does anyone know how to get this done? I googled and see some
 possibilities but if anyone is doing this now, can you please share?
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Re: [Coworking] Re: Coworking as a category in Google Places

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I received a call from Google just now to clarify my Places listing since I was 
listed as Other. After I answered the question What is coworking?, the rep 
tried a keyword search and turned up coworking.regus.com as a paid ad under 
Coworking Space To Rent. I mentioned that several thousand coworking space 
owners are asking Google to add us as a category, but I doubt if she'll pass 
that up the chain of command.

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On Friday, March 15, 2013 at 11:45 PM, Tony Bacigalupo wrote:

 Nada :(
 
 
 On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 6:53 PM, oren.salo...@gmail.com 
 (mailto:oren.salo...@gmail.com) oren.salo...@gmail.com 
 (mailto:oren.salo...@gmail.com) wrote:
  Speaking of which, any word from your contact at Google Places team Tony?
  
  
  On Wednesday, March 13, 2013 11:02:53 AM UTC-5, Ramon Suarez BetaGroup 
  Coworking Brussels wrote:
   
   I second Tony's request. There are over 2000 coworking spaces right now 
   and at the current rate they will be 4000 by this time next year. 
   
   Other related categories that are not showing up: offices, shared 
   offices, business center, professional community, etc. 
   
   
   On Monday, January 14, 2013 6:25:04 AM UTC+1, oren.s...@gmail.com wrote:
Hey y'all, 

I just wanted to reach out and share a concern of mine regarding Google 
Places and see if we might be able to solve this together as a 
community. 

It would appear (see attached screenshot below for context) that no 
combination of coworking, coworking space, cowork space, cowork, etc. 
was available as a pre-existing category. 

I think this is something we should work to fix ASAP since a lot of 
services scrape Google Places to aggregate lists of places by category. 
If coworking were actually a category in their system rather than being 
a custom category, we might actually have a really solid self-curated 
list of coworking spaces everywhere. In general, this would help to 
raise visibility of all coworking spaces and make them more 
discoverable.  

So now I'm going to ask does anyone on these boards know anyone on the 
Google Places team that can make this happen?









Also while on the subject, I'd like to ask, given the current 
constraints of the Google Places system, what categories and custom 
categories space operators have been using to market yourselves? 


Also, I tried looking up in the annals of this Google Group a unified 
map of coworking spaces worldwide and only found the following dead 
link (http://www.coworking.info (http://www.coworking.info/)) on this 
thread: 
https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!searchin/coworking/google$20places/coworking/wSjlp2mBm58/03EQEA2PhI8J

Does any one know if this has been migrated somewhere else or possibly 
know if a new project has taken its place?

Thanks,
Oren
  
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Re: [Coworking] Re: Call to Action: Coworking Community to respond to Yahoo! memo - we need your signatures

[Glen Ferguson]

Not a major network, but the timing might be good: Today PBS radio aired
Midday with Dan Rodricks and the topic was Marissa Mayer and Yahoo. Link is
to the Baltimore/Washington DC station and podcast of the
episode.http://www.wypr.org/podcast/telecommuting-and-yahoo-edict-tuesday-march-19-1-2-pm-0
Perhaps
sending the letter in response to the show would be helpful?

Glen

On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 10:25 AM, rachel young rac...@camaraderie.cawrote:


 Too bad about the exclusives, but our efforts pushing it out through our
 networks might make even more of an impact.

 Does anyone know Ms Mayer personally? Or other Yahoo! executives?  They
 should be sent a copy directly.
 r.

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 On 19 March 2013 10:07, julianne juliannebecke...@googlemail.com wrote:

 Update everyone:

 Text has been changed a bit as per comments that have come in during the
 last few days.


 We are going public with it today - Let's use the momentum we have, and
 show our strength in voice.

 I am sending out to y own press contacts - would be great if you do the
 same
 Please be in touch if you have any questions!
 Julianne(at)deskwanted.com


 We did not get a pick up at the Times, but I am still working on the
 Guardian - no more exclusives though - so I am pushing out to my contacts
 now.

 Cheers!

 Julianne


 On Thursday, March 14, 2013 6:12:55 PM UTC+1, julianne wrote:

 Hello everyone,

 I had the pleasure to attend GCUC last week - and it was electric!

 We had quite a discussion over the recent Yahoo! memo asking all of the
 workers to come back to the office in order to build community within the
 company.
 We realized that we agreed with most of the reasoning - though not all -
 and would like to make a joint statement in response. To join the
 international dialogue in a big way!

 I have worked with a group of coworking geniuses to draft this letter.

 Goals:
 To make coworking more known to the 1 billion independent and mobile
 workers around the world.

 To get this letter into exclusive articles with the NYTimes and the
 Guardian.
 After this opportunity - we would ask all of you to help push out the
 statement to your own press contacts in a wonderful public way (I would
 imagine mid next week)

 http://www.change.org/**petitions/international-**
 coworking-community-backs-**marissa-mayerhttp://www.change.org/petitions/international-coworking-community-backs-marissa-mayer

 What we need from you:
 Read the letter and sign! (if you agree with what we say of course)
 If you would like to endorse the letter as a group, network,
 organization, or company - please reach out to me to be added to the body
 of the text. julianne (at) deskwanted.com

 I would be more than happy to answer any questions you may have about
 the letter and its purpose.

 Thanks a lot!!

 Julianne
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Re: [Coworking] Coworking is not a Cyber Café (Zoning Absurdities)

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I also agree with the others - check the rules  regs, and ask the city
rather than get secondhand info.

If all else fails, use the term incubator a few times in non-specific ways.
The economic development departments love a business that will bring more
businesses to the city. Go talk to them and get their support. They can be
your advocates if there's any resistance from other city departments.

Glen

On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 2:50 AM, Ivan Pope ivan.p...@gmail.com wrote:

 I would be very wary of believing that the original information is true.
 As someone said - first they would have to define a 'cyber cafe'. Second,
 they would have to have a reason to 'ban' them. But why? Are they banning
 cafes or workspaces or internet connections or what? What are they trying
 to achieve? I can't believe it's a blanket ban rather than some rules on
 types of use in types of building.
 Phone up and ask the city!
 Ivan


 On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 4:54 AM, Step by Steppe stepbyste...@gmail.comwrote:

 Sounds like it may be the Middle Kingdom.

 If it is I am particularly interested in what the response will be.


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 wrote:

  On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 7:04 PM, Sam samspur...@gmail.com wrote:
 
  ... and since the city doesn't allow cyber cafés ...
 
  IANAL, but if a government entity is regulating a class of activities,
  doesn't it (theoretically) have to explicitly define that class?
 
  Where is the law in your jurisdiction that defines 'cyber cafe', and
  what exactly does it say, and does that description cover what you
  want to do?
 
  An hour with a local attorney might be money well spent :-)
 
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[Coworking] Member Agreement… Sort Of

[Glen Ferguson]

Last week we rolled out our member agreement, which we tried to keep light 
hearted. A couple members (now I know who were class clowns in school) decided 
to have some fun with it. One of them whipped up a mobile app/page which I have 
to share with you. It's best on a phone, but it seems to work ok in other 
browsers. http://rocketdc.com/therules

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Re: [Coworking] showers

[Glen Ferguson]

We provide towels but ask members to bring their own soap/shampoo. We've also 
asked all members to donate any hotel bottles of shampoo/conditioner/etc they 
pick up during their travels. We don't have any real rules, other than please 
squeegee the glass doors after you finish. We have 3 bathrooms and the shower 
is in one of them, so there's really no present need for us to limit when it 
can be used. We opened this past fall, so there hasn't been anyone using the 
shower yet, although we have a few triathletes that I expect will make use of 
it in warmer weather.

One interesting experience: During our final plumbing inspection, the inspector 
pointed to our unisex bathroom sign and said that even though he wasn't going 
to fail us, according to code we couldn't have a unisex bathroom with a shower. 
However, if the bathroom was a family bathroom, then it was ok. Two minutes 
with a label maker and we were back in compliance. :)

We have a few members that joke that with WiFi, a full kitchen, and a shower, 
they could just live here. If they find out our couch is also a sofa bed, we 
might be in trouble. 

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On Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at 8:40 AM, rachel young wrote:

 
 Of those spaces that have showers within the boundaries of your coworking 
 space (as opposed to something that may be out in the hall shared by other 
 commercial tenants in the same building, or some such) do you have any 
 general usage rules for who can use it and when? And do you provide anything 
 (soap, shampoo, towels, etc)? 
 
 We'll have a shower in our new space and I'm sure they come with their own 
 set of pros and cons.
 r.
 
 
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Re: [Coworking] Re: I'm coming to GCUC 2013!!! Are you?!?!?

[Glen Ferguson]

Julia  Glen from Cowork Frederick in Frederick, MD will be there again this 
year.

On a related note, I'm staying on for SXSWi and have scored a two-room suite at 
the Embassy Suites - Downtown. If anyone (male) is interested in sharing the 
room and costs, please email me off-list. 

-- 
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On Sunday, January 13, 2013 at 4:13 PM, Kristin D wrote:

 I'm going! I'm Kristin, from The Work Spot in Atlanta, GA, USA :) 
 
 On Saturday, October 27, 2012 4:39:50 PM UTC-4, Angel Kwiatkowski wrote:
  Many of you on the list probably don't know me. I used to be on here all 
  the time but had a baby which caused me to miss GCUC last year. I'm very 
  excited to share that I'm coming to Austin in March (with my whole family) 
  AND staying at an airbnb on South Congress so I'll be close to those of you 
  shacking up in Alex's hotel. I. Am. So. Excited.  Who else is going to be 
  there?
  
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Re: [Coworking] Re: Regus doth protest too much, me thinks...

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I actually consider myself lucky that a Regus just opened 2 miles away. A lot 
of that has to do with the manager; she gets the difference between our spaces. 
We opened 2 months ago, Regus opened 1 month ago. Even before our opening, 
Regus had visited ALL the local real estate offices to describe their 
offerings. By the time we opened, visitors would say something like oh, you're 
like that Regus that's about to open which gave me a perfect opportunity to 
explain how coworking was different.

The Regus manager and I talked at a business expo shortly after my opening. She 
invited me to their grand opening for a tour and to sit down  for a chat about 
what they offered vs. what we offered. Fortunately, whether because of their 
square footage limits or because we already had a presence, this Regus does not 
offer their coworking/shared office product. She came out to Cowork Frederick 
for a visit and two steps inside the building commented that we're nothing like 
Regus. After her tour, she had a much better idea of what we are, and now has a 
place she can refer people to that aren't a good fit for Regus. We also have 
larger meeting and conference room space than they do, so I get a few referrals 
from them when some business needs a place to hold an offsite meeting. On the 
other hand, I have a place I can steer folks to that aren't a good fit for us.

When talking about the two businesses as competitors, the analogy that seems to 
work well is comparing a sushi restaurant to a steakhouse. Once you refine your 
needs/wants any deeper than food or work, there's enough differentiation 
that there isn't any real competition. 

-- 
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On Monday, November 5, 2012 at 11:08 AM, Steve King wrote:

 One of the first forms of coworking may have been the chambers used by 
 English barristers, a system that started in the 13th century and still 
 exists today.  According to Wikipedia:
  
  Barristers are not employed in a law firm but associate fraternally with 
  each other, sharing the burden of costs, in a set of chambers. They are 
  legally considered to be self-employed.
 
 Some of the guild systems also look a fair amount like coworking.  They 
 started around the 13th century in Europe, but similar groups were common in 
 China at least as far back as 200 BC.  
 Cavemen probably coworded too.  It's human nature to work together.
 
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Re: [Coworking] Re: Let's fix the stupid job crisis ourselves

[Glen Ferguson]

Tony, your post yesterday was strangely prescient. Walking home  Tuesday
night, I had a conversation with a young homeless woman I chat with most
mornings. I suspected, but didn't know for sure until that night what her
situation was. She had checked out a Cowork Frederick flyer and wanted to
confirm she understood what coworking is. She just found out that with
winter coming, she's not getting a spot in any of the shelters in town.
She's also resigned herself to the situation that no business is willing to
hire her, so she's going to have to find a way to make money on her own,
and could she join us (and pay, btw) so she'd have a real workplace.

Now, I don't know if she's going to follow through with this, or if the
methods she used a few years ago to make money online are still viable
today, but I know if she's going to make an honest effort to be
self-employed, I'm going to share some books, knowledge and encouragement
and we'll see where it goes from there.

Thanks for making me feel like I'm not a lone idealist.

Glen



On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Tony Bacigalupo t...@nwc.co wrote:

 Miles, fair points-- there are obviously huge forces at work when we talk
 about jobs and the global economy. I'm interested in focusing on that which
 we can do right now to help move things forward. Perhaps we can't
 singlehandedly fix everything, but I'm betting we can put a serious dent in
 things.

 Joel, awesome. I'd posit that coworking space owners, simply by
 internalizing this perspective, can use it to guide the decisions they make
 about how they manage their spaces and the programming that takes place in
 them. If a space owner happens to also be interested in organizing
 something around this topic, great-- but they should also be up for
 accommodating others who'd be interested in doing the same.

 There are a lot of ways of looking at this-- part of why I'm sharing this
 now is to explore all the different ways we might approach the issue.

 Sabrina, thanks! Let's keep the conversation rolling :)



 On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 9:15 AM, Alex Hillman 
 dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com wrote:

  They have to pay the rent and worry about filling their desks,
 connecting the wifi and selling coffee.

 Delegation, baby. *Delegation. *

 If you're more than a year into running your coworking space and you're
 still the *only* person doing these things (I'm not just talking about
 hired staff), you're right - there's no way you have the bandwidth to take
 on a role like this.

 But I'd argue that if you're more than a year into running your coworking
 space and you're still the *only* person doing these things (again, I'm
 not just talking about hired staff), there's a much deeper problem present.

 -Alex

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 On Thursday, October 25, 2012 at 4:57 AM, Joel Dullroy wrote:

 *I'm curious to see what kind of damage we could do if we made this an
 explicit part of our agenda. Not just to do what we do, but to do what we
 do with a shared ambition help more people work for themselves.*

 Tony, this is exactly the question I want to ask the coworking community!

 I also believe there is a huge role for coworking space to play in what I
 call the freelancer rights movement. Coworking spaces can be:

 - The gathering points for independent people to find a shared identity
 - The information distribution points for sending out important messages
 and starting campaigns
 - Nodes in a network of independent communities, bound by mutual economic
 and social interest

 BUT
 Coworking space managers also have a lot of other jobs to do! They have
 to pay the rent and worry about filling their desks, connecting the wifi
 and selling coffee. Are they ready and willing to take on an extra job ---
 a quasi-political role of organizing independent workers to fight for their
 rights and build new community structures?

 I honestly want to know! Are coworking space managers up for this extra
 job?

 By the way, I talk more about how coworking spaces can play a major role
 in the freelance rights movement in this short video:
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAsULd8q8yk

 Joel
 PS: I've recently helped form the Verband der Gründer und Selbständigen
 Deutschland, Germany's freelance rights group

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Re: [Coworking] Why do you love Coworking? Share your Coworking story on GoodCoworking

[Glen Ferguson]

I have to agree with Alex; this is a great format for our directory. The
stories will really help newcomers to understand what coworking is, and
also get an idea of what to expect in a space they're interested in
visiting/joining.

Good job Matthias.

Glen

On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 6:46 PM, Tom Brandt twbra...@gmail.com wrote:

 Very nice!

 On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 10:46 AM, Matthias Wiemann mat3...@googlemail.com
  wrote:

 I'm glad to announce that we just launched GoodCoworking - the website
 that allows Coworkers to tell their story - why they love Coworking.

 Not only can people say why they love Coworking, but also at which
 Coworking Space they love to cowork. This allows Coworking Space operators
 to collect these testimonials which can be shared on social networks and
 embedded on your blog and websites. It can be used as a powerful tool to
 educate people about why Coworking is great.

 It's great fun to see the stories already posted, and we're looking
 forward to many many more.

 Love Coworking? Share your story on https://goodcoworking.com

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Re: [Coworking] Re: What percentage of your membership is made up by women?

[Glen Ferguson]

That's ok, Sasha. You reminded me of this conversation and now I have a chance 
to offer something as well. Thanks for that.

We've been open for 5 weeks and at present have 20 members, 75% are women. 
We're about to start a campaign to let more people know we exist, so we'll see 
if the ratio changes. 

-- 
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On Friday, October 12, 2012 at 3:00 PM, Sasha- Muses  Visionaries, WPB FL 
wrote:

 I know I am entering the conversation a bit late, but we are a coworking 
 space for women based in West Palm Beach, Florida and we have about 20 
 members.
 
 On Friday, July 1, 2011 3:44:13 PM UTC-4, Angel Kwiatkowski wrote:
  Just curious as I've seen it vary widely and I plan to put some mental 
  energy towards figuring out why. Cohere is 45% women right now. How 
  about you? 
  
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Re: [Coworking] Re: Background Music in a Coworking Space

[Glen Ferguson]

We installed in-ceiling speakers during our remodel for background music
and to be used for presentations and talks. We have an Airport Express
hooked up to the system as an Airplay device people can stream to. We also
looked at options like SiriusXM and Pandora. We decided not to run the risk
of any copyright problems and are going with Pandora for
Businesshttp://www.pandora.com/everywhere/business.
I figure we can always drop the subscription and let folks use headphones
and do their own thing. Sadly, the only over the air radio we can receive
is Top 40 with plenty of ads, so that's out.

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Cowork Frederick http://www.coworkfrederick.com


On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 12:02 PM, John Wilker john.wil...@gmail.com wrote:

  We use a central mac mini running Pandora and have a seed station request
 form on one of the white boards

 Works well, it's quieter farther back into the building and of course
 headphones come out when Rick Astly comes on.



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 On Tuesday, August 14, 2012 at 10:00 AM, Craig Baute - Creative Density
 Coworking wrote:

 We have speakers that carry music through two of the rooms, which is the
 lounge and energy room (group high tops), and doesn't play throughout the
 rest of the space. This helps gives each of our rooms a different feel
 based on how people want to work for the day. The music is not very loud
 but it seems awkward when the music stops.

 We have an iPod touch connected to the speakers so we can play their
 playlist through it or commonly pick a Pandora playlist. Any member can
 pick the playlist and I usually start it each morning and then someone may
 change it after lunch.

 Craig
 Creative Density
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[Coworking] Nice blog post about our open house

[Glen Ferguson]

And a new founding member. She's now signed up prior to our official opening. 

http://storiesandideas.com/cowork-frederick/ 

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Re: [Coworking] Who else is celebrating Coworking Day?

[Glen Ferguson]

We're having an open house to celebrate, and it also provides an
opportunity for a bit of publicity in preparation for our grand opening on
September 4.

Glen Ferguson
Cowork Frederick
Frederick, MD

On Tuesday, August 7, 2012, rachel young wrote:


 Yep, we're having an open house (free coworking day) and potluck lunch
 with new and familiar faces. We celebrate things with pie here at
 Camaraderie, so I'll be bringing in pie on Thu.

 Other Ontario events: CO:WORK and Foundery in Toronto and Outlet Powered
 in Thunder Bay are all having free days too, and Treehaus Collaborative
 Workspace in Kitchener are having an open house to celebrate their new
 location. (That's what I call a celebration!)
 r.

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 Hi, Susan.

 This is Kyo from PAX Coworking, Tokyo.
 We are going to celebrate Coworking Day on August 9, by havnig
 big Jelly and discussion about future of Coworking. And we also ask
 other coworking spaces in Japan to celebrate at each place.

 And at night we will have a big party at paxi house tokyo, a downstair
 restaurant of PAX Coworking. August 9 is a paxi (coriander) day,
 so we enjoy coriander cuisine with lots of kinds of beer from all over
 the world.


 Happy Coworking Day!



 Kyo paxi
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 http://coworking.jp/


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  The Seattle Collaborative Space Alliance is hosting a celebration of
  Coworking Day this Thursday, August 9th. Anyone else out there
 celebrating?
  If so, let us know! It'd be fun to tweet along with one another. :)
 We'll be
  coworking and then BBQing together at one of our awesome neighborhood
  coworking spaces in Seattle - Collective Self.
 
  If you're in Seattle, please get in touch and we'll send you the
 details!
 
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Re: [Coworking] Insurance

[Glen Ferguson]

I want to chime in here with my experience. We've been extending buy
local to include more than farm produce. It took a couple of phone calls,
but we located a local agency (only 4 blocks away) that handles multiple
insurance companies. They took the time to get what coworking is, were
able to work with our (also local) bank which needed proof of insurance for
improvements were were doing, and they did the shopping for us among
multiple insurance companies. After pricing Zurich, MetLife and who knows
what else, they came back with a policy from Erie that was comparable on
coverage, but better on price.

Don't forget the local guy.

Glen
coworkfrederick.com

On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 1:46 PM, Tom Brandt twbra...@gmail.com wrote:

 Another insurance resource that gets coworking is Jeff DiCenzo, of Hylant
 Group http://www.hylant.com/ in Ann Arbor. Jeff's number is 734-741-0044.
 We went through a couple of agents before we found Jeff, but he's been
 great for us. I don't know if he only works with people in Michigan or can
 work with people outside the state.

 On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 1:37 PM, Alex Hillman 
 dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com wrote:

  Yep, they've worked with people outside of the area.


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 indyhall.org
 coworking in philadelphia

 On Friday, July 20, 2012 at 1:34 PM, Cody Sullivan wrote:

 Hi Alex,
 My partner and I saw your recommendation for The Hartford in an older
 post. Do your reps deal beyond Philly? We found an agency that works with
 The Hartford in NYC, but unfortunately they just did not get coworking. By
 the way, a lot of your information has been extremely useful. We've been
 extremely busy since we just started, but we intend to give proper thanks
 to everyone on our site when we catch our breath.
 Cheers,
 Cody
 batha.us


 On Monday, July 16, 2012 11:43:47 PM UTC-4, Alex Hillman wrote:

  In addition to everything that Tom said (which is spot on with our
 arrangement), I strongly recommend speaking with an insurance agent that
 understands coworking, lest your policy costs go sky high.

 I've referred our agent for The Hartford to people all over the US and
 they've been able to help or make recommendations.

 Preston-Patterson Co., Inc.
 P.O. Box 244
 Conshohocken, PA 19428
 Phone: (610) 834-0090

 You can ask for Stuart or Diane and let them know that Alex from
 Independents Hall recommended you. We don't get any kickbacks on this, I
 just love recommending great people that get it.

 -Alex


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 coworking in philadelphia

 On Monday, July 16, 2012 at 11:39 PM, Tom Brandt wrote:

 Your landlord will likely require that you provide liability insurance
 insuring them against anything that might happen to someone while in the
 space. This is a pretty standard lease requirement. You will want similar
 coverage in case someone injures themselves or, God forbid, dies for some
 reason. We are insured up to $1,000,000 per occurrence, with a $2,000,000
 cap.

 Beyond that, you will want to investigate insuring your assets against
 theft and damage. This is pretty much adding up the value of the assets and
 insuring for that amount. We insure Workantile property, but not members'
 property.

 Your example of a electrical surge damaging someone's computer is, I
 think, their problem. Electrical surges are a power company issue, not one
 of yours and I don't think you can be held responsible for it.

 You might consider insuring against the revenue loss that would occur if
 the space is unusable due to fire or some other catastrophe. Typically, you
 would insure up to some number of months of revenue loss.

 On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 9:58 AM, Andrew Harben rigsby...@gmail.comwrote:

 We are just setting up for 40 seats and are thinking about insurance, one
 of those subjects that can be a chore but is very necessary.

 The coworkers will be aware of, and sign their acknowledgment to the
 fact, that they remain responsible for their own property at all times -
 easy enough. We are intending to have small lockers to rent, if they are
 staying or a week or month and don't want to carry their stuff to lunch or
 home every evening - they are still solely responsible.

 But the site will have machines for printing, servers for data and the
 like, so we need to cover these items for loss or damage. And we intend to
 provide 24/7 access to VIP members but there won't be sitestaff here all
 the time (there'll be an magswipe access door system, camera's etc.).

 And what if their are charging their notebook and there is a major spike
 in the power supply.

 So have you got any tips from your own experiences?

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Re: [Coworking] What do you call your coworking community members?

[Glen Ferguson]

Happy. I think calling ourselves happy sums it up pretty well.

They're closing the boarding doors on my flight to Austin for GCUC. I
expect I'll be meeting many other happy people there.
See you soon.

Glen

On Wednesday, March 7, 2012, Jeannine flexkantoorkame...@gmail.com wrote:
 Oh, please, I will agreee to referring to ourselves as the sneetches
 if necessary but please, please please not Mobile Workers.  I have
 finally begun making some tiny bit of headway in the idea that
 coworking also is for somebody other than the folks who are constantly
 on the road.  Argh.

 But otherwise, not that I am aware of.

 I *have* been threatening today (on Titter) to do a T shirt campaign
 with Cow Orking Oosterhout with a Dutch cow nose with one of those
 silly hats on top, and a Cow Orking Milan with, I dunno, a Milanese
 cow nose, and so on down the line.

 But I think it's just a joke.  Unless you see such a t shirt, it was
 just a joke.

 Jeannine

 On 6 mrt, 19:36, Jeska Dzwigalski je...@coffeeandpower.com wrote:
 Thanks for the thoughts everyone.

 It totally makes sense to have the community within one physical space
 or network name themselves (and the term members seems easiest for
 referring to them until then). I love the idea of being playful with
 the name amongst the members (comrades is awesome btw).

 Thinking more broadly, and I know we as humans tend to resist names,
 so there might not be agreed upon term. This is a coworking email list
 for the global community of people dedicated to the values of
 Collaboration, Openness, Community, Accessibility, and Sustainability
 -- Does that make us all members of the coworking community or would
 we call ourselves Coworkers or Mobile Workers? I think what I was
 trying to get at in my original question was whether or not there had
 been a larger conversations among this community of coworking
 aficionados for agreed upon terms to refer to ourselves?

 Thanks again,
 Jeska

 On Mar 6, 6:18 am, Alex Hillman dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com wrote:







  Maybe the right question is: what do they call *themselves*?

  /ah
  indyhall.org
  coworking in philadelphia

  On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 9:08 AM, rachel young rac...@camaraderie.ca
wrote:

   We don't call our members comrades, but it does come up from
outsiders
   once in a while who think they are being clever.
   r.

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   On 6 March 2012 08:58, Alex Hillman dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com
wrote:

   Agreed with Rachel. A lot of communities have clever names based on
the
   name of the larger community. We've got indies, Office Nomads has
Nomads,
   etc.

   There's also the factor of perspective: individuals are members,
but to
   each other, could be coworkers.

   -Alex

   /ah
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   coworking in philadelphia

   On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 8:39 AM, rachel young rac...@camaraderie.ca
wrote:

   I don't think that I've seen enough examples to determine a
pattern,
   other than members. All of those terms work, though, if that's
what suits
   the folks in each space, but members is consistent no matter
what the
   structure of the space is.
   r.

   *
   rachel young
   *rac...@camaraderie.ca

   *Find us in person:*
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   Toronto, ON  M5C 1K9
   (647) 861-4350

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   *
   *
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   *Try the Coworking Toronto Passport Program
http://bit.ly/CTOPassport2012
   *
   *for a day pass to seven spaces for one price.*
   *
   *

   On 5 March 2012 14:40, Jeska Dzwigalski je...@coffeeandpower.com
wrote:

   Hiya!

   Jeska from Coffee  Power here, I've been lurking for a bit, first
   (hopefully not-too-controversial!) post.

   I've got a question about words/terms. I've determined that it's
   coworking (not 

Re: [Coworking] Coworking Spaces and ADA (American with Disabilities Act) ?

[Glen Ferguson]

I've been dealing with this as well, rehabbing a building in a historic
district to make it a coworking space. We had to redo a bathroom, which
also meant making it ADA compliant. Sometimes it seems unnecessary, as the
building itself has no wheelchair access, but the intent is that as the
building is repeatedly remodeled over time, it eventually becomes fully
accessible. And, as was pointed out to me, ADA covers more than
wheelchairs. Vision impairment, fixtures that can be operated with one
hand, less than 6 pounds of force and without requiring a strong grip all
are part of compliance as well.

In short, if you don't change it, you don't have to make it accessible, but
always check the local codes first to be sure. And Jerome's comment about
the 20% of budget also applies, supporting the intent of accessibility
evolving over time.

Glen

On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 9:36 AM, Aliza aschlab...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi everyone,

 I'm searching for real estate for Coworking with Parents, and have found a
 place that I love... a converted barn with wood floors, exposed beams, and
 a high ceiling with skylights on the third floor... there's even outdoor
 space... and it's got lots of parking with nearby restaurants and a grocery
 store. However, it is an older building with no elevator, so all coworkers
 would have to climb 2 flights of stairs, and kids would have to climb 1
 flight of stairs for the play space.

 What I need to find out is... is this space a possibility for me, legally,
 without having to make expensive modifications such as adding an elevator?
 And if it is... is this the *right* decision.

 Would love to hear your thoughts and experiences... and find out which of
 your spaces are, or are not, accessible.

 Thanks!

 *Aliza Schlabach*
 Founder | Coworking For Parents http://www.coworkingforparents.com/
  (Philadelphia)



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Re: [Coworking] Fw: Activate your complimentary Regus membership today!

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Yeah, they've been offering this for a year now. Every time they send it to
me I consider getting the membership just so I can use their spaces in some
of the airports I frequent. Ultimately, I decide I don't have THAT much
urgent work to do that I can't wait until I get to my hotel.

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Re: [Coworking] Re: Pop-Up/Temporary Coworking Spaces

[Glen Ferguson]

the locations, members and times will always be a surprise.

So, a coworking flash mob?

Glen
www.coworkfrederick.com
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On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 11:51 AM, Angel Kwiatkowski
fccowork...@gmail.comwrote:

 As a solution to our overflowing space, we're going to be trying
 something new and it's not AT Cohere. We're going to be experimenting
 with coworking when we have no set physical space. You might think
 this sounds like a Jelly and maybe it is a little bit but the
 locations, members and times will always be a surprise. Read more on
 what we're up to on the Cohere blog today

 http://coherecommunity.com/blog/coworking-what-happens-when-the-location-changes-daily
 .

 Angel

 On Jun 22, 6:03 pm, Beth Buczynski bethbo...@gmail.com wrote:
  It's taken me a few days, but I just wanted to thank everyone who
  replied to this thread...you've given me so many great examples to
  work with. For those who have photos of the spaces in question and are
  willing to share them: please forward the images to
  gonecowork...@gmail.com, and be sure to include the desired
  attribution.
 
  Many thanks!
  Beth
  @gonecoworking
 
  On Jun 16, 10:53 am, salim sosa...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Hello All,
 
   I'm in the process of putting together a coworking space and have been
   playing with the idea of doing a
   coworkingpop upfor 40 days as a way to prototype coworking in the
   community.
 
   For those of you who have done it, what are some of the ways you
   financed thepop up?
   Did you charge?  Find Sponsors?  I'm curious to know. I would
   personally like to make it free.
 
   Thank You.
 
   Salim Mhunzi |
   Organizer | Harlem CoWorkingwww.harlemcoworking.com
   @iamsalim
 
   On Jun 16, 5:07 am, Moseley Exchange market...@moseleyexchange.com
   wrote:
 
Hi Mark,
 
It was great to hear about your SXSWpop-upcoworking.
 
I am planning something similar for London Design Festival in
September. There will be about 350,000 visitors for a week long
 series
of exhibitions and events from 17-25 September.
 
Can you send me a link to your photos please? It would be really
helpful to get some ideas and inspiration!
 
Kind regards
 
James Rock
email: james.rock @ cultivar.co.uk
 
On Jun 15, 8:49 pm, Mark Gilbreath mfgilbre...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 Hi Beth
 
 We think thepop upstore concept is very exciting and relevant.  In
 fact,
 the manypop upstore examples in NY and LA  were the inspiration for
 the
pop upcoworking fun that we (LiquidSpace) had at SXSW (South by
 Southwest)
 in March this year.  We partnered with our friends at
 Steelcase/Turnstone
 (who know a ton about how to design great spaces) and also with Liz
 at Link
 Coworking, to create a network ofpop upand permanent spaces around
 Austin
 Texas (Liz at Link Coworking joined us for the fun) for people at
 SXSW to
 actually get work done amidst the chaos and frenzy of that crazy
 event.
  To make it fun and thought provoking for everyone, we sprinkledpop
 up
 workspaces in a handful of novel places including an art gallery, a
 hotel, a
 bar and even a bus (I know that more than a few folks on this list
 logged an
 hour or more on the Turnstone Bus...the portable AC unit worked
 hard that
 week). People at the show that week, used LiquidSpace to
 locate, book
 and check in to the venues.
 
 We've got a ton of photos from the event... happy to fwd if you'd
 like.
  We certainly are NOT in the space business, but we can definitely
 see a
 world, hopefully soon, wherepop upspaces become a common occurence
 in the
 growing ecosystem of awesome, authentic new/alternative spaces
 where work
 really happens.
 
 Cheers
 Mark
 
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 On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 11:04 AM, Beth Buczynski 
 bethbo...@gmail.comwrote:
 
  Hello All!
 
  You might have heard aboutpop-uprestaurants and clothing stores
 in
  big cities like NYC or LA.. These temporary establishments
 generate
  buzz via social media, open for a night or two in a surprise
 location,
  and then disappear for a while just to do it all over again.
 
  I'd love to know if anyone has had experience combining this
 concept
  with coworking. Here's an example I found here in Colorado:
 apopup
  

[Coworking] Re: Print Server

[Glen Ferguson]

Do you need one? What would you gain by having one? You have a printer which 
can connect to your network either by WiFi or Ethernet. I'd say that until you 
have enough printing going on that you need to manage a network print queue, 
hold off on the print server. If it's a question of where to store the printer 
drivers and software people might need to install, think about using network 
storage, a link on your website, or a physical CD or USB stick velcroed (is 
that even a word?) to the printer for easy access.

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On Tuesday, February 1, 2011 at 5:17 PM, Jes wrote: 
 Now that I have decided on the printer...does anybody have a good
 print server to recommend?
 
 Thanks!
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