Re: [Coworking] Re: Coworking Values: Differentiating Openness and Accessibility

2019-07-04 Thread Alex Linsker
I'd encourage you to find the values that are core to your community, and values that are core to you, and be aware of the two sets, and write it publicly. For example: https://collectiveagency.co/who-we-are/ An answer to your question is in the last two sentences of that page (I wasn't sure

Re: [Coworking] Re: Coworking Values: Differentiating Openness and Accessibility

2019-06-27 Thread Jerome Chang
This behavioral discussion translates well to the physical realm. In architecture, accessibility is a legal term and is about barrier-free design, to allow disabled bodies of all types to use the space as with anyone else. The converse is inclusive design, which also translates well back to

Re: [Coworking] Re: Coworking Values: Differentiating Openness and Accessibility

2019-06-27 Thread Alex Hillman
> > The two go hand in hand. Being open, but not accessible does little good > because people can't take advantage of the openness. Being accessible but > not open is just rude. I think this is a very keen observation, and quite right. The key context for *open* when it was being attributed

[Coworking] Re: Coworking Values: Differentiating Openness and Accessibility

2019-06-27 Thread Julia Ferguson
As follow up to my original post, I'm hoping some who have been doing this coworking bit longer than I can also clarify what was meant when those values were identified. On Thursday, June 27, 2019 at 1:10:47 PM UTC-4, Julia Ferguson wrote: > > Hello all. > > We're updating our website, which