[Coworking] Re: International Coworking Day: The Closest Friday to August 9th

2013-07-25 Thread Fabrizio Tarará
I seem to be on the side of keeping it a pure thing that is always celebrated on August 9th...it just feels more right to me! That is what we will be doing at Frontal Lobe this year opening up our space for free and planning some wonderful events to celebrate the day. Thanks, Fabrizio

[Coworking] Re: Space Operators, Managers, Co-Founders, etc: What the hell should we call ourselves?

2013-07-25 Thread Jeannine
I had a card once with the title Non-Specific Special Effects Logistics . But for the mo I just have manager. On Wednesday, July 24, 2013 7:44:36 PM UTC+2, oren.s...@gmail.com wrote: Hey all, I ran into this problem a few months ago when creating a business card, but still haven't come

[Coworking] Re: International Coworking Day: The Closest Friday to August 9th

2013-07-25 Thread Cristina Santamarina
Agree - I already have a coworking day reminder for each 9th of august of the next 20 years in my GCal. Partywise - We have our Summer Party at Co-Up on the 9th - very very convenient :). You're all welcome to come if you're around Berlin! On Friday, July 19, 2013 3:17:13 PM UTC+2, Felix

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

2013-07-25 Thread Barbara Sprenger
Hi Sean, We've developed a web app that ties in with an off-the-shelf access system. We really like Paxton at the moment. It's a battery-powered and wi-fi RFID doorlock w/scanner built in. All you have to do is remove the existing handle on the door, and replace it with this one -- no wiring.

[Coworking] What are you using for your website?

2013-07-25 Thread Markus Manley
WE Labs is going to be switching over to a Customer Relationship Management website Have any of you ever considered a CRM before? Coming out of political organizing I immediately saw the potential for NationBuilder for something like a CoWorking space. Contact me if you would like to have a

[Coworking] Re: Pay It Forward Wall at the last GCUC

2013-07-25 Thread Lindsey Rima
Hi Deborah! Contact Brian McMahon - b.macma...@yourofficeagent.com He organized coworking Pays It Forward at GCUC. Best, Lindsey On Friday, June 7, 2013 12:09:14 PM UTC-5, Deborah Reese wrote: Does anyone have info about how to replicate that? I'd like to start one here at Convivium

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

2013-07-25 Thread Barbara Sprenger
Sean, As always, Jerome's comments are great. I've interspersed a few ideas below, too. Barbara On Saturday, July 20, 2013 3:50:25 AM UTC-7, Sean Qian 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

Re: [Coworking] What are you using for your website?

2013-07-25 Thread Alex Hillman
I've tried using CRMs several times in our history and have been disappointed every time...until recently.  We adopted Streak (streak.com) which embeds itself into gmail/google apps mail. My entire team uses it to manage a bunch of workflows, from onboarding to membership changes and soon

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

2013-07-25 Thread Sean Qian
Hi Barbara, Thanks for your detailed responses! Completely agree with your first 2 pointers. I will be offering days per month and not putting a restriction on which days members can choose to come in. I've also been playing around with different layouts and I think the best way to utilise

[Coworking] Re: Space Operators, Managers, Co-Founders, etc: What the hell should we call ourselves?

2013-07-25 Thread Nicolas Bergé
Leader ! Along with founder, that's what I say when I'm asked about my title, role in here. It would make sense, I suppose, to have it written on a card. Nicolas Bergé Les Satellites -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are

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

2013-07-25 Thread Barbara Sprenger
I'm so glad, Sean! The Sharp can be put on a lease -- in fact it's advisable. It becomes a monthly cost/profit center, and you just turn it over to a new one in 5 years -- or get a great deal on keeping it. We get them able to take ledger size for architects/drafters/accountants on bypass. Not

Re: [Coworking] Re: Space Operators, Managers, Co-Founders, etc: What the hell should we call ourselves?

2013-07-25 Thread rachel young
I don't have anything on my business card, but I have a few titles that I use depending on what it's for. Most of the time it's Founder or Co-founder and members and prospective members never bat an eye to it. Though sometimes I joke that I'm Owner/Janitor/Marketing Rep/Bookkeeper. For government

Re: [Coworking] Coworking Trend vs Weather Trend

2013-07-25 Thread Alex Hillman
Cool question! I love these kinds of patterns. Would be neat to see some of the coworking space management tools export aggregate data so we can do analysis like this - anonymous occupancy averages by day of week, week of the month, month of the year, etc would be really cool to overlay on things

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

2013-07-25 Thread 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

[Coworking] Re: Coworking Values - Sustainability

2013-07-25 Thread Jeannine
We were so inspired by your post on the Wiki Team, we made a new page! No, really. The Values of Coworking.http://wiki.coworking.com/w/page/67817489/The%20Values%20of%20Open%20Coworking Because we wanted to add more thoughts ont he values. And it gave me a cheap excuse to link to

Re: [Coworking] Coworking Trend vs Weather Trend

2013-07-25 Thread Jacob Sayles
We have data in Nadine going back to 2008 and have seen that people stay home when the sun comes out. One year we had a very wet summer and the sun didn't come out until around September and you can see the corresponding dip in membership. It's hard to say how that trend is going this summer

[Coworking] Tell us some more about your values!

2013-07-25 Thread Jeannine
We on the Wiki Team were inspired by Julia Frederick's post on Sustainabilty to make a new page. Yes we did. The Values of Open Coworking.http://wiki.coworking.com/w/page/67817489/The%20Values%20of%20Open%20Coworking Because we wanted to add more thoughts on the values. And it gave me a

[Coworking] Re: What are you using for your website?

2013-07-25 Thread Jeannine
Thanks for the tip! I have been using Boomerang, but it isn't quite the right thing. I like it for other things, it gives email a reminder function, but not quite there. I also like it in conjunction with Rappportive, which is SO GREAT for my work with the Wiki. Because *some people* have

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

2013-07-25 Thread Jeannine
I also have a small space and started in an even smaller one. 1. So far, I think I'm going to have 3 membership packages - an all access pass, 3 days a week, and the casual 1 day a week. How can I keep a track of who comes in and when? Is the only solution to purchase/create some kind of

Re: [Coworking] Re: Pay It Forward Wall at the last GCUC

2013-07-25 Thread Eric Y.F Lim
Another way to do Pays It Forward (could be equally applicable to co-working facilities): http://bit.ly/14EVknz On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 4:03 AM, Lindsey Rima lindseyr...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Deborah! Contact Brian McMahon - b.macma...@yourofficeagent.com He organized coworking Pays It

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

2013-07-25 Thread Sean Qian
Thanks for all the responses. Everyone has be so helpful and insightful! I get more and more excited about opening up the space every day. There are a lot of renovation plans I want to implement at the place before I open it to the public but in the meantime my core group of friends want to