Re: [Coworking] Re: Caribbean Coworking spaces

[Jorge Vargas]

Hey Guys and Gals,

I got one of our interns (Hamlet) to do some research on this and this is
what he came up with. Thanks :)

I'll appreciate it if you could add some more spaces there as you find
them. (Just ask for edit rights and we'll grant them.

About mexico, I know several spaces there as well. Although I think Mexico
is a bit out of scope here (as well as Miami, but he added them anyway)

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tW44DMIk-YeG1HLVgOTt3TN_1cwe7dm5KM_QOV7F-aA/edit?usp=sharing

On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 11:46 PM, NODO Cowork  wrote:

> I know two in mexico. One is NEST coworking located in Playa del Carmen
> and the other one is the coworking space I opened three months ago called
> NODO Cowork located in Mérida. Here is our webpage www.nodocowork.com It
> has been very difficult as it is the first coworking space and nobody has
> ever listened the word but we are starting the movement here =)
>
> El miércoles, 27 de agosto de 2014 13:46:36 UTC-5, Erynn Lyster escribió:
>
>> Hi Everyone
>>
>> I'm helping a non-profit in the Caribbean open a coworking space and was
>> doing a cursory search on the different coworking spaces in the
>> Caribbean currently, but not a lot are popping up.
>>
>> Does anyone know the names of some? I know that there must be quite a
>> few!
>>
>> ~Erynn
>>
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Re: [Coworking] Caribbean Coworking spaces

[Jorge Vargas]

I already replied to you in Private but in case someone finds this in the
future. WE are located in the Dominican Republic.


On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 2:46 PM, Erynn Lyster 
wrote:

> Hi Everyone
>
> I'm helping a non-profit in the Caribbean open a coworking space and was
> doing a cursory search on the different coworking spaces in the Caribbean
> currently, but not a lot are popping up.
>
> Does anyone know the names of some? I know that there must be quite a few!
>
> ~Erynn
>
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>
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Re: [Coworking] Membership Agreements/Contracts

[Jorge Vargas]

I may be reading this too late but I'll advice you against it. You want to
have *free* day passes when you open so when other people come they will
see that your space is not empty. That worked marvelously for us. You will
be surprise how many people love it and sign up for the monthly plans even
before the free day passes are over.

Also agreed 100% with Alex, you need to get them to fell like they belong
not charging them a fee. To this day we do that as well. If you are new
stick around enjoy the vibre, wanna pay your day pass sure, we'll take your
cash.


On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 11:49 AM, Alex Hillman  wrote:

> Jessica,
>
> Are you looking for something specifically for drop ins, or for
> memberships?
>
> For people who drop in/tour Indy Hall, we focus on making them feel
> welcome and understand what they’re experiencing rather than worrying about
> “agreements”. Bombarding them with legal jargon and rules doesn’t really
> send the message of “hey, this is something you can participate in!”
>
> Everybody gets this:
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/agh11gnvbwvl9yl/%5BWEB%5D%20NewMemberHandout.pdf?dl=0
>
> which provides some basic information but also sets some expectations with
> our “House rules”:
> Look after yourself, Look after each other, Look after this place.
>
> When members actually *join *Indy Hall, they get this membership
> agreement which explains, in plain english, the expectations of being a
> member.
>
>
> http://dangerouslyawesome.com/snaps/screencapture-hello-indyhall-org-join.png
>
> -Alex
>
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 11:25 AM, Jessica Hill <
> jessicarenee.h...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>  *Hello  Everyone, *
>>
>>
>>  *Our coworking space is opening up on September 2nd. We are only doing
>> a walk in daily rate for the month of September; no monthly or weekly
>> plans. We'd like to have some sort of loose membership agreement.  Does
>> anyone happen to have an agreement they would like to share? Or any
>> suggestions. It would be helpful. *
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>  *Jessica Hill*
>> *Co-Owner of Rise Center*
>> *Facebook: www.facebook.com/NLRiseCenter
>> *
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Re: [Coworking] Re: IdeaPaint versus Rustoleum white board paint versus physical white boards

[Jorge Vargas]

Over here we tried both the paint and vinil stickers. We got a good
contractor to give us a big roll of vinyl and those where very cheap. We
did a whole wall for around 300USD. It's also great because you can print
of top of it. Our events calendar is one big sheet and it looks great. We
pretty much covered every call on that stuff.

I'm also wondering about the chalkboard dust isn't that annoying and gets
everything to be super dirty ?


On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Angel Kwiatkowski 
wrote:

> I find the clear boards easier to keep looking clean than a trad white
> board. Windex and a paper towel does wonders. You will have issues with the
> dry erase "dust" getting on the surrounding walls and falling to the
> carpet. You could build a simple frame around the clear board to offset
> that a little or just know that you'll need to repaint around the board at
> some interval.
>
> Angel
>
> On Monday, August 11, 2014 1:18:43 PM UTC-6, Anca Mosoiu wrote:
>>
>> Ooh neat! How hard is it to keep them clean? And do you have carpet in
>> your space?
>>
>> Anca
>>
>>
>> On Monday, August 11, 2014, Tom Brandt  wrote:
>>
>>> At Workantile, we have shifted to old-fashioned chalkboards. They are
>>> relatively inexpensive, chalk is relatively inexpensive, and they are
>>> easier to clean. If you leave dry erase marker on a whiteboard for a long
>>> period of time, it can get difficult to erase. That is never an issue with
>>> chalk.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 7:40 AM, Angel Kwiatkowski <
>>> fccowork...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
 Reviving this old thread as I take the Cohere blog back to the basics.
 I finally wrote down the step by step instructions for making your own
 clear/whiteboards.
 http://coherecommunity.com/blog/diy-coworking-office-
 furniture-whiteboards

 Coming soon--DIY furniture, DIKEA, how I won craigslist and more :)
 Angel

 On Thursday, April 14, 2011 10:34:13 AM UTC-6, J. Scheine wrote:
>
> Attn. Coworkers:
>
> I'm wondering if anyone here has any experience with IdeaPaint or
> Rustoleum White board paint. I have 2 isolated back offices which will
> be additional free space for coworkers when my facility The Business
> Corners opens in June. I plan on covering at least one wall with a
> whiteboard. If I use a paint solution then 3 walls (one floor to
> ceiling) would probably be covered in each office. I'm wondering the
> pros and cons of each solution. (ease of erasing/ghosting, size,
> price, install/prep work, multi-use as a projection surface, etc)
>
> I checked internet prices for a 6' high by 12' whiteboard and it would
> run me close to a thousand + tax for each. (and it is 3 panels so I'm
> not sure how seamless it would appear)
>
> Ideapaint seems to be significantly more expensive then Rustoleum so
> anyone with experience with either one please let me know your
> experience.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Sincerely,
> John Scheine
> Executive Director
> The Business Corners
> www.thebusinesscorners.com

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Re: [Coworking] Re: Introduction: Jorge Vargas from coworking.do

[Jorge Vargas]

hehehe thanks. We were like that's awesome as well and then we were like
ummm are we really gonna do that? then it was like lets try and it has
sticked around.

It's weird how we get either this reaction or people totally hate it. :p



On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 12:29 AM, Erynn Nicole Lyster <
er...@thecommonscalgary.com> wrote:

>  Hi Jorge
>
> Can I just say I LOVE the names of your membership types! So great :-)
> http://coworking.do
>
> ~Erynn
>
>
> On 2014-07-27, 9:34 PM, Jorge Vargas wrote:
>
> Hello, first of all so sorry to not replying sooner.
>
>  To answer both of your questions. We have been way too busy which means
> things are going great here. We are around 50-60 members now and growing by
> 2-3 weekly which is great. We are having events almost every night. It's
> crazy out here. But overall great.
>
>  Imanol, How's your space going? We can keep talking off-the-list about
> some regional stuff if you guys are interested.
>
>  Oren, actually we are not this was the first space
> http://pulsocolectivo.com/ However they closed down. They were in part
> inspiration for us to open up and well that's a long story but currently we
> are the only coworking space in the city. I have heard of one in Jarabacoa
> (which is a city in the mountains but I haven't been to it yet)
>
>  It's been over 2 months I'm embarrassed but just today I managed to
> clean up my inbox from the groups emails.
>
>
> On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 12:38 AM, Imanol Aranzadi 
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Jorge,
>> My name is Imanol. I am from Puerto Rico and I am building a coworking
>> here in Puerto Rico.
>> Still don't have a web but I think we will be able to open in one month.
>> I would like to know
>> how this is going there in D.R., here there is just one coworking, still
>> building the community.
>>
>>  Good luck with yours,
>>  Imanol
>>
>> On Wednesday, May 7, 2014 8:22:10 PM UTC-4, Jorge Vargas wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>>  I realized I joined but didn't introduce myself.
>>> I'm rather new to this scene and learned about the group at GCUC.
>>> I run coworking.do together with Laura, Luz and Guillermo in the
>>> Dominican Republic. We attended GCUC this year and ended up being
>>> fascinated by the community. And you'll be hearing more about us :)
>>>
>>>  My background is in software development and I also own a software
>>> shop that specializes in python, so any questions from that area fell free
>>> to email me off list. I also organize several of the local programming
>>> communities and am more than willing to share any tips and tricks I have
>>> come up with. I'm also very involved in startupweekend if you don't know
>>> what that is google it and if you need anything from there I'm here.
>>>
>>>  For those I met at KC you rock! lets keep things rolling and for those
>>> that couldn't made it hope to meet you in person at the next conference.
>>>
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Re: [Coworking] Coworking Management Tool

[Jorge Vargas]

We are migrating to cobot as we speak and so far it's been good. Their
customer support is great and they have given us a good solution for all
our "quirks" so far. So I'll say that even though it looks a little bit
restricted they are actually very flexible. You just need to learn a bit of
"the cobot way".


On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 3:24 AM, Ramon Suarez  wrote:

> We have built our own because we don't fit in and of them,  but my
> favorite services out there are Cobot and Nexudus.
>
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Re: [Coworking] Re: Coworking Week 2014

[Jorge Vargas]

Hey, We at coworking.do are having a full week of free coworking for
non-members as well as a party on Saturday night for everyone that came
during the week.


On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 9:52 AM, Harold Maduro  wrote:

> Hello!
>
> CascoStation in Panama will be joining the Coworking Week Celebration with
> activities everyday:
> http://cascostation.com/coworking-week-2014/
>
>
> Regards!
>
>
> H
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Re: [Coworking] Has anyone experienced this in finding a place to lease?

[Jorge Vargas]

Sighly off topic but haven't you all tried to get the landlord to invest in
the coworking space. I know our case was weird as he happens to be very
interested in entrepreneurship and owns a lot of office space.
On Jul 30, 2014 4:44 PM, "Angela Samuels" 
wrote:

> Last Friday, I was supposed to sign a lease for my future coworking space.
> I have been working with this owner for 6 months to get the lease right. I
> even hired a lawyer to take a look at it and make sure it wasn't favoring
> the landlord. I come to the lease signing and I still had a question about
> the last item that we changed which was the (personal) guaranty. The real
> estate said oh we changed it back to the original terms (initial term
> guaranty). I ask him did he email us, he said no. With the suggestion of my
> real estate agent, I took the weekend to think about it and talk to my
> lawyer. My lawyer said before hand that he wouldn't accept the terms that
> is why he recommended we change it.
>
> Now I have to try to find another place, but it was really disturbing and
> discouraging someone would do that. What if we didn't ask the questions,
> would he allowed me to signed it and not know the changes were there? He
> came back wanting to bargain but I don't trust him and wouldn't dare want
> to work with him. It's crazy but maybe it was meant to be, maybe there is a
> better place and this is why it happened. Anyway, would love to hear your
> stories.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Angela
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Re: [Coworking] Re: Introduction: Jorge Vargas from coworking.do

[Jorge Vargas]

As for business model we are still trying to set that in stone but we have
three memberships 100,50,25 (fulltime, partime and 1/4) we also get a very
good revenue from events we have both organized by us and plain old
rentals. We still don't have closed offices but there is a demand there we
haven't exploited due to lack of infraestructure. We have plans of
expanding into that soon TM. We also own a small coffeeshop where we sell
snacks and drinks for both the members and other people in the building.

But as I have read in this list it's a lot about your community and what
works


On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 2:14 AM, Imanol Aranzadi 
wrote:

> Hola,
> Our co-working just start a soft-opening few weeks ago, and I plan to
> fully open the place this week or the next. Can you share your business
> model with us, and give us some lessons you have learned?
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 8:34 PM, Jorge Vargas  wrote:
>
>> Hello, first of all so sorry to not replying sooner.
>>
>> To answer both of your questions. We have been way too busy which means
>> things are going great here. We are around 50-60 members now and growing by
>> 2-3 weekly which is great. We are having events almost every night. It's
>> crazy out here. But overall great.
>>
>> Imanol, How's your space going? We can keep talking off-the-list about
>> some regional stuff if you guys are interested.
>>
>> Oren, actually we are not this was the first space
>> http://pulsocolectivo.com/ However they closed down. They were in part
>> inspiration for us to open up and well that's a long story but currently we
>> are the only coworking space in the city. I have heard of one in Jarabacoa
>> (which is a city in the mountains but I haven't been to it yet)
>>
>> It's been over 2 months I'm embarrassed but just today I managed to clean
>> up my inbox from the groups emails.
>>
>>
>> On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 12:38 AM, Imanol Aranzadi 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Jorge,
>>> My name is Imanol. I am from Puerto Rico and I am building a coworking
>>> here in Puerto Rico.
>>> Still don't have a web but I think we will be able to open in one month.
>>> I would like to know
>>> how this is going there in D.R., here there is just one coworking, still
>>> building the community.
>>>
>>> Good luck with yours,
>>> Imanol
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, May 7, 2014 8:22:10 PM UTC-4, Jorge Vargas wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I realized I joined but didn't introduce myself.
>>>> I'm rather new to this scene and learned about the group at GCUC.
>>>> I run coworking.do together with Laura, Luz and Guillermo in the
>>>> Dominican Republic. We attended GCUC this year and ended up being
>>>> fascinated by the community. And you'll be hearing more about us :)
>>>>
>>>> My background is in software development and I also own a software shop
>>>> that specializes in python, so any questions from that area fell free to
>>>> email me off list. I also organize several of the local programming
>>>> communities and am more than willing to share any tips and tricks I have
>>>> come up with. I'm also very involved in startupweekend if you don't know
>>>> what that is google it and if you need anything from there I'm here.
>>>>
>>>> For those I met at KC you rock! lets keep things rolling and for those
>>>> that couldn't made it hope to meet you in person at the next conference.
>>>>
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Re: [Coworking] Re: Introduction: Jorge Vargas from coworking.do

[Jorge Vargas]

Hello, first of all so sorry to not replying sooner.

To answer both of your questions. We have been way too busy which means
things are going great here. We are around 50-60 members now and growing by
2-3 weekly which is great. We are having events almost every night. It's
crazy out here. But overall great.

Imanol, How's your space going? We can keep talking off-the-list about some
regional stuff if you guys are interested.

Oren, actually we are not this was the first space
http://pulsocolectivo.com/ However they closed down. They were in part
inspiration for us to open up and well that's a long story but currently we
are the only coworking space in the city. I have heard of one in Jarabacoa
(which is a city in the mountains but I haven't been to it yet)

It's been over 2 months I'm embarrassed but just today I managed to clean
up my inbox from the groups emails.


On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 12:38 AM, Imanol Aranzadi 
wrote:

> Hi Jorge,
> My name is Imanol. I am from Puerto Rico and I am building a coworking
> here in Puerto Rico.
> Still don't have a web but I think we will be able to open in one month. I
> would like to know
> how this is going there in D.R., here there is just one coworking, still
> building the community.
>
> Good luck with yours,
> Imanol
>
> On Wednesday, May 7, 2014 8:22:10 PM UTC-4, Jorge Vargas wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I realized I joined but didn't introduce myself.
>> I'm rather new to this scene and learned about the group at GCUC.
>> I run coworking.do together with Laura, Luz and Guillermo in the
>> Dominican Republic. We attended GCUC this year and ended up being
>> fascinated by the community. And you'll be hearing more about us :)
>>
>> My background is in software development and I also own a software shop
>> that specializes in python, so any questions from that area fell free to
>> email me off list. I also organize several of the local programming
>> communities and am more than willing to share any tips and tricks I have
>> come up with. I'm also very involved in startupweekend if you don't know
>> what that is google it and if you need anything from there I'm here.
>>
>> For those I met at KC you rock! lets keep things rolling and for those
>> that couldn't made it hope to meet you in person at the next conference.
>>
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Re: [Coworking] Nuevo Espacio de Coworking en Ensenada Baja California Mexico

[Jorge Vargas]

Hola Michel,

Esta lista normalmente es en ingles y talvez por eso la gente no te haya
respondido. El problema es algo comun con los espacios nuevos. Si revisas
hay muchos posts muy buenos al respecto. El super resumen, aunque te
recomiendo que vayas y los leas es:
- Trata de que siempre haya gente en el espacio. Ten un mes de prueba si
puedes, asi vas a tener gente cuando las primeras personas lleguen.
- Organiza eventos y/o trae a los organizadores de eventos. Son un
excelente trafico de personas un buen ingreso y la mejor forma de darte a
conocer.
- Ten una meta, arma bien tu perfil de miembro y dile a la gente que es lo
que quieren ser.
- Y sobre todo y lo mas importante enfocate en que estas creando una
comunidad y no simplemente una oficina compartida.



2014-06-25 2:54 GMT-04:00 Michel Martinez :

> hola me llamo Michel Martinez tengo un mes que abrí un espacio coworking
> en Ensenada Baja California, www.hubcenter.com.mx me esta costando mucho
> empezary jalas miembros, casi no conocen el concepto y siento que tienen
> miedo que me recomiendan hacer para que la gente conozca mas el sistema de
> coworking y pueda sumas mas miembros
>
> un Abrazo
>
> Michel Martinez Esparza
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Re: [Coworking] Re: Conference room rental contracts

[Jorge Vargas]

That looks pretty extensive. Thanks :)


On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 3:14 PM, HQ Raleigh  wrote:

> Here is a link to our conference room application. Hope this works!!!
> https://docs.google.com/a/hqraleigh.com/forms/d/1hJM8WOJjXh5vJRfPDud8AykN-_Ym9HBwdUOZcoavtEw/viewform
>
>
>
> On Tuesday, June 24, 2014 11:06:24 AM UTC-4, Angela Samuels wrote:
>>
>> Does anyone have any sources for conference room rental contracts. I'm
>> going to need one for conference room rentals and I don't know where to
>> start. Thanks
>>
>> Angela Samuels
>> Visionary Meetings
>>
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Re: [Coworking] Who's shopping for electronic door locks?

[Jorge Vargas]

Hey Andy,

We have that same problem here our front door is glass. Our solution is
good and works however it's terrible software. ok not terrible but outdated
well not outdated but I"m a techy so it's bad for me. Anyhow the whole
installation was about 1500USD and the keycards go at about 2-3USD each, we
got 100 so that's like 1200 for the hardware plus installation. I'm sure
you can get your local distributor to make a quote
http://rbh-access.com/products/integra32/software. With proximity readers
and a

the good
- We don't have to deal with access.
- New staffer can greed people by their name cause the software says so and
so logged in.
- You can set access times for everyone
- can grow A LOT. It's what's used in our building (16 stories about 50 or
more readers and this is an small installation)

the bad
- if there is a power outage (no matter how minimal) your door will be wide
open.
- Some members leave and never turn down their key which is a lost.
- It's desktop software that works only on windows. Although I just noticed
they have a web something... will look into that.
- No API of any kind, data is stored in access YUK.



On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 1:23 PM, Andy Soell  wrote:

> As long as we're back on electronic locks, we're looking for a good
> solution for our new location. The existing door is glass with a narrow
> stile
> 
> frame that won't accommodate a standard deadbolt sized solution. If you
> search for door-code style locks for door like this on Amazon, you get a
> lot of results but none of them with enough purchases to figure out if
> they're good or not. Angel mentioned one earlier in this thread that would
> work, but it wasn't very favorably reviewed by her. Does anyone have any
> tips on a door code lock like this that they would recommend? I definitely
> want something with easily programmable codes we can give our members and
> not fobs or smartphone integration.
>
> andy
>
>
> On Monday, July 14, 2014 1:17:49 PM UTC-4, Jacob Sayles wrote:
>
>> I'm down here in San Francisco now, knee deep in renovations for The Red
>> Victorian  and working on their door lock
>> solution.  We don't want to use any smart phone systems (Kevo, Lockitron,
>> August, etc) because we can't know for sure what kind of phone our guests
>> will have, if they will even have phones, or if they are charged when they
>> arrive.  We want to go with a personalized key code that can be generated
>> and emailed to them using the reservation system we built.  For that we are
>> hooking up the existing electric strike on the front gate to a raspberry pi
>> and a wiegand keypad.  The next bit of magic will be to hook up each room
>> with a Kwikset SmartCode lock and push the generated code to the given
>> room, and turn off the previous occupants code.
>>
>> The advantages of going with the Kwikset are that it can use the existing
>> lock tumblers so we can keep the large amount of room keys we already have.
>>  Also at around $120-$150 the price is right for outfitting 20+ doors.
>>  People have been getting really excited about the idea of outfitting each
>> door with a raspberry pi but by the time we get power, servos, and a
>> durable enclosure hooked up it's going to be a lot more expensive.  One pi
>> at the front door calling all the shots is all we need.  Of course I have
>> to figure out how to send the key codes to each door so there is more R&D
>> needed.  I'm also working to figure out the Wiegand protocol to hook up the
>> keypad.  If anyone has played with this, please reach out.
>>
>> Jacob
>>
>> ---
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>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 6:34 AM, rachel cline 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Good info, I saw the fobs cost about $25, I didn't notice you had to pay
>>> for each virtual key also.
>>>
>>> Rachel Cline
>>> 702-577-8627
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On Jul 14, 2014, at 6:30 AM, Andy Soell  wrote:
>>>
>>> The one thing I would recommend, if you’re looking at Kevo, is to make
>>> sure you understand how their “ekey” pricing model works. Unless I’m
>>> grossly misunderstanding, it looks like the way it works is that you have
>>> to pay for packs of virtual “keys” to give to people before they can unlock
>>> it with their phone. It seems a bit ridiculous to me that you have to pay
>>> for the hardware and *then* pay again for each user you want to be able
>>> to unlock the hardware. If you have a lot of members, the cost for the Kevo
>>> system could end up being quite a bit higher than expected if you were only
>>> looking at the cost of the hardware.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jul 12, 2014, at 11:43 PM, Rachel Cline 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Kevo looks great!  thanks for sharing.  Have you found any additional
>>> information or reviews?
>>>
>>> On Friday, June 6, 2014 2:49:10 PM UTC-7, Andy Soell wrote:

 Love all these reviews,

Re: [Coworking] Security

[Jorge Vargas]

Really awesome commenting Alex, learned a lot thanks!
I love the idea of having three people sign up on your behalf for 24/7
access. We may implement that.

A little bit of our experience regarding security.
For us 24/7 access wasn't a question, our reality is that startups work at
night and on weekends so we are open until late every day. (Hey it's sunday
and we had 4 people here without me, I'm here well reading the list :)
We hand over keycards and explain to people they should clean up after they
leave. There is a part of the space where people drop the stuff that should
stay here over night. Nothing has keys.
We have a lost and found box where everything you don't know goes to.
Got security camara's we barely remember they are there and the moments we
have used them is to find out if someone was here with a friend and didn't
pay for the day pass :p
Keycard access with logs and everything, we use this mostly for billing and
tracking attendance.
We got a label printer and we label pretty much anything that you shouldn't
take home with you. Water bottles, special pens, phone chargers, etc.
Everything else is up for you to use and sometimes take (like swag pens and
stuff)
In contrasts the tower were we are at has the rest of security and the same
keycard access.
We own a small coffeeshop which has a lock because it's outside of the
keycard area however the Coca Cola Machine has no locks and so far we
haven't sense any lost of inventory. Members even store their stuff in it
from time to time and some even grab a soda and when the girl that runs it
comes by pay her for what they grabbed.


Bottomline it's up to what Adam pointed out if your community is composed
of people you trust there is no need to lock down anything.


On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 11:15 PM, Kenton Hansen 
wrote:

> Dropcam is easy to deploy and relatively cheap video monitoring.
>
>
> On Monday, July 14, 2014 9:37:29 PM UTC-5, Jerome wrote:
>
>> Lock down each desktop w/ one of those cable and lock things. We did this
>> back at the GSD studios.
>> Then password protect each computer even when idle for 10 min.
>> Add cameras to monitor off-hours.
>>
>> Yes, have some legal wording to waive liability.
>>
>>
>> *JEROME CHANG*
>>
>> *Mid-Wilshire*
>> 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) | Los Angeles CA 90036
>> ph: (323) 330-9505
>>
>>  *Downtown*
>> 529 S. Broadway, Suite 4000 (@Pershing Square) | Los Angeles CA 90013
>> ph: (213) 550-2235
>>
>>
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>  
>> On Jul 12, 2014, at 5:07 PM, Rachel Cline  wrote:
>>
>> Good afternoon,
>> I am new to the group and looking for some advise on security.  My
>> husband and I have shared an office for the last three years, he has an
>> architecture firm and I do art consulting/brokerage.  We are doubling our
>> office size and will have 8 extra large work stations plus conference and
>> gallery space as well as casual breakout ares and a work room, so we have
>> decided to offer a small number of co-working memberships.
>>
>> The one thing we are struggling with most is security, both for our
>> members and our business belongings, we both have some pricey computers and
>> I often have some valuable artwork in the space.  We would like to offer
>> access to the space during hours outside of normal business hours to higher
>> level members but haven't figured out a way to secure our computers etc
>> since the area our employees work in is shared with the area we plan to use
>> for co-working.
>>
>> Has anyone out there dealt with similar conditions and what was your
>> solution?  If no solution, does it seem to restrictive to only offer access
>> 8-6?
>>
>> Also, should we have an attorney look at our contract to make sure we are
>> not liable for actions of others in the space or to and from the street
>> parking they will be using.
>>
>> Thanks for your time and advise.
>>
>>
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Re: [Coworking] Furniture - Any recommendations on sourcing?

[Jorge Vargas]

Sharing a little secret we learned from a previous coworking space and used
in ours. If you go to the kitchen area of IKEA you can buy the full plank
of kitchen counter tops. Then go to the desk area and buy the cheap legs.
Not only you get very cheap tables but they can be easily stacked in case
you need to store them away. This is a pic of ours
https://www.flickr.com/photos/110536945@N07/11200762236/


On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 3:29 PM, Glen Ferguson  wrote:

> 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=UTF8&refRID=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
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 5:03 PM, rachel cline 
> 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!
>>>
>>> www.CoworkEvergreen.com
>>>
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[Coworking] Introduction: Jorge Vargas from coworking.do

[Jorge Vargas]

Hi,

I realized I joined but didn't introduce myself.
I'm rather new to this scene and learned about the group at GCUC.
I run coworking.do together with Laura, Luz and Guillermo in the Dominican
Republic. We attended GCUC this year and ended up being fascinated by the
community. And you'll be hearing more about us :)

My background is in software development and I also own a software shop
that specializes in python, so any questions from that area fell free to
email me off list. I also organize several of the local programming
communities and am more than willing to share any tips and tricks I have
come up with. I'm also very involved in startupweekend if you don't know
what that is google it and if you need anything from there I'm here.

For those I met at KC you rock! lets keep things rolling and for those that
couldn't made it hope to meet you in person at the next conference.

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Re: [Coworking] ECO-SYSTM - New Eco-conscious coworking space in SF!

[Jorge Vargas]

Hey Jamie, I talked to Paul a lot at GCUC awesome stuff you are doing
there. Hope you have a blast!


On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 1:44 PM, Jamie Henderson  wrote:

> Hello-
>
> My name is Jamie Henderson and I am the Community Manager for ECO-SYSTM, a
> new coworking space launching in June in SOMA - 540 Howard St - in the
> heart of San Francisco.  I am really excited to be a part of this group and
> learn from all the members who are veterans in the coworking ecosystem.
>
> I look forward to contributing to and interacting with the group!
>
> Best,
>
> Jamie Lyn Henderson
> @ECOsystmSF
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