[Coworking] Great Coworking Events coming up in March 2012

2012-03-06 Thread Felix Schürholz
We are very happy that more and more people use the “Open International Coworking Calendar” http://www.coworking-news.de/coworking-kalender/ to promote and join coworking events. Following our article “List your coworking events by city or date”

[Coworking] What do you call your coworking community members?

2012-03-06 Thread Jeska Dzwigalski
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 co-working) but I can't seem to find an agreed-upon term to describe those who work alongside me within

Re: [Coworking] What do you call your coworking community members?

2012-03-06 Thread rachel young
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

Re: [Coworking] What do you call your coworking community members?

2012-03-06 Thread Jim Matuga
Hi Everyone! In Morgantown, We started West Virginia's first Coworking space in November 2011. Our space is called SBASECAMP It stands for small business base camp. LOL It is pronounced Space - camp And we refer to all of our members as Campers. Here is a link to out Facebook page and our

Re: [Coworking] What do you call your coworking community members?

2012-03-06 Thread Alex Hillman
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 indyhall.org coworking in

Re: [Coworking] What do you call your coworking community members?

2012-03-06 Thread rachel young
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. * rachel young *rac...@camaraderie.ca *Find us in person:* Camaraderie 102 Adelaide St E 2nd Floor Toronto, ON M5C 1K9 (647) 861-4350 *Find us online:*

Re: [Coworking] What do you call your coworking community members?

2012-03-06 Thread Alex Hillman
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

[Coworking] AltamontCowork in the Stockton Record

2012-03-06 Thread Mike Pihlman
FYI... http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20120306%2FA_NEWS%2F203060312 -- Mike Pihlman AltamontCowork / ForCarol.com, Inc. 95 W. 11th Street, Suite 203 Tracy, CA 95376 Phone: 209-757-8862 Web: http://AltamontCowork.com http://altamontcowork.com/ Twitter: @AltamontCowork

[Coworking] crowdfunding and your members

2012-03-06 Thread rachel young
Hi folks, I know that some of you have used Kickstarter and Indiegogo and other crowdfunding platforms, but I'm specifically looking for examples and introductions to members of your spaces (or even former members) who have used crowdfunding platforms, either successfully or not, and even those

[Coworking] Free Coworking at the Public Library

2012-03-06 Thread Felix Schürholz
link to article: http://bit.ly/zEArzC Article without links: I like to pick up the great ideas of Phil Shapiro (PC World) and SELC (Policies for a Shareable City #13: Public Libraries). Phil Shapiro suggests a very interesting “Free Coworking” model for public libraries which the SELC supports:

Re: [Coworking] Free Coworking at the Public Library

2012-03-06 Thread Randall G. Arnold
response below On March 6, 2012 at 12:56 PM Felix Schürholz calen...@coworking-news.de wrote: link to article: http://bit.ly/zEArzC Article without links: I like to pick up the great ideas of Phil Shapiro (PC World) and SELC (Policies for a Shareable City #13: Public Libraries). Phil

[Coworking] Re: The Coworking Wiki Upgrade Project

2012-03-06 Thread Jacob Sayles
Wow! I can't believe it's only been 24 hours. Thank you for the positive feedback and a very big thank you to Andrew Cole, Jessie Rymph, and Kaan Aksay for donating on the first day! This is only the beginning and we have a long way to go. The first step was the big announcement yesterday.

[Coworking] Re: What do you call your coworking community members?

2012-03-06 Thread Jeska Dzwigalski
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).

Re: [Coworking] Re: The Coworking Wiki Upgrade Project

2012-03-06 Thread Alex Hillman
Curious, Jacob, is there a place for us to see the progress of the donation drive? /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Jacob Sayles ja...@officenomads.com wrote: Wow! I can't believe it's only been 24 hours. Thank you for the positive feedback and a

[Coworking] Re: The Coworking Wiki Upgrade Project

2012-03-06 Thread Jacob Sayles
Not yet, but there will be. We'll make a spot when we get back from Austin. Keep an eye on the site and on our twitter feed (coworkingwiki). On Tuesday, March 6, 2012, Alex Hillman dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com wrote: Curious, Jacob, is there a place for us to see the progress of the donation

[Coworking] How to Hangout at GCUC without actually being there

2012-03-06 Thread Claire Rodriguez
We have an awesome way, for those of you who can't make it, to get involved in the GCUC discussion. We will be doing Google Hangouts for both the Unconference and Conference content. - To join in a discussion with our panelists you can hangout with the GCUC