[Coworking] Coworking and Beer?

2010-10-19 Thread Willie Morris
Hey all, At our coworking space, the White Table Foundation, we do a weekly wind down on Friday...beer, chatting, drinking games - we have a lot of English so we usually play US vs. England. Anyways, we just were informed by someone that the Bureau of Alcohol and Firearms was going to swing by

Re: [Coworking] Coworking and Beer?

2010-10-19 Thread TelBitConsulting
Yupwhen I first started and had lined up insurance, I posted on the web site "beer tasting" along with a hundred other fun ideas "ice cream socials", "book signings", High Def Movie nights", etc.. I was dumped immediately by the insurance (they did not even talk to me...creeps)and I had to

Re: [Coworking] Coworking and Beer?

2010-10-20 Thread Scott Tillitt / BEAHIVE
This doesn't make sense to me. We've had some pretty big parties, sponsored by a winemaker, a beer company and a local wine show, and heavily promoted as such. At the last one, along with the sponsored beer, we had a group of local home-brewers serving their concoctions. (I actually got arrested

Re: [Coworking] Coworking and Beer?

2010-10-20 Thread Willie Morris
Yeah it didn't make sense to me either and I'm thinking whoever called and told the bureau probably made up some things that didn't actually happen...charging for alcohol, etc...The one-time license is a good idea, I'll have to look into that in Florida :) Cheers, Willie Sent from my iPad On

Re: [Coworking] Coworking and Beer?

2010-10-21 Thread Alexander Lang
I guess that heavily depends on the country/state you live in. Here in germany we actually have a bar in our space and our coworkers can just grab any drinks they want (including beer) if they drop a € into a jar. i think in most places there's also a big difference between offering alcohol to t

Re: [Coworking] Coworking and Beer?

2010-10-21 Thread Alex Hillman
So, a couple of things. But first: 1) I am not a lawyer 2) Your milage may vary. First, Mike brings up a good point: know the rules you're abiding by, not just local liquor control laws. Our insurance policy was built knowing full well that alcohol WAS a part of our business's culture, and so our

Re: [Coworking] Coworking and Beer?

2010-10-21 Thread Kyo Satani
In Japan, there's no problem bringing beer to anywhere. And our space (PAX Coworking) allows coworkers to bring whatever he/she wants. We have coriander cuisine restaurant at 2 Floor, and everybody just went downstairs and buy mugs of beer. Kyo paxi http://coworking.jp/ 2010/10/22 Alexander Lang

Re: [Coworking] Coworking and Beer?

2010-10-21 Thread Jacob Sayles
You have bar in your space Alexander?!? I'm looking forward to meeting you soon and checking out Co.Up! Office Nomads hasn't had problems and we regularly have beer/wine/whiskey in the office. For large events, with a wider invite audience, we get a banquet permit. Jacob --- Office Nomads - In