Open Coworking Help
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Jacob Sayles
Jul 2, 2013, 2:55:29 PM7/2/13
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Hello World!
Things continue to move forward here in the land of Open Coworking and I figured it's time to send an update out. I know it can be difficult to see what's going on because I haven't been great about keeping everyone informed. That's one area that is clear to see we need some help with. There are many opportunities to get involved and I want to throw out a general invitation for anyone that wants to participate. Please let me know if you are interested and we can find a role for you.
At a high level, we have two big projects on the table right now (and always more in the works). Our primary project is the Coworking Wiki, lead by Cristina Santamarina, and we are also launching the Coworking Map project soon, lead by Oren Salomon. These both bump into the Coworking Visa so that's getting a lot of attention as well. I also need help with the organization as a whole to build it into something sustainable... that is not propped up by my passion, good will, and volunteer hours. If you have non-profit experience and time to contribute, I'd love to hear from you.
So that's where we are at! I've been at this two years now although technically the non-profit was formed in March of 2012. I'm very excited about what this can grow into and what we can accomplish together. Can you help?
Felix Schürholz
Jul 3, 2013, 5:40:05 AM7/3/13
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Hi Jacob,
I am happy to collaborate. Open Coworking and Free Coworking have the same aim. The core coworking values of collaboration, openness, community, accessibility, and sustainability. The tools we have set up until now for Free Coworking are open and easy to lock into. The Free Coworking Map http://bit.ly/FreeCoworkingMap is based on Google Docs. The Coworking Visa programme for example could easily be linked into it and vice versa.
The Coworking Calendar http://www.coworking-news.de/coworking-kalender/ is also open , not only by name, also by being a Google Calendar. I think it would be wonderful, if we could collaborate for the benefit of everybody involved and the coworking community as a whole!
Looking forward to discuss this in detail!
Greetings,
Felix
Ashley Proctor
Jul 2, 2013, 3:08:07 PM7/2/13
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Jacob
First of all, let me say thank you to ALL of you who have been the driving forces behind this project to date.
We do appreciate your passion, good will and volunteer hours :)
I would love to help out, although I'm still not sure in which capacity I'd be most helpful to the organization.
I've been really busy with the Coworking Toronto & Coworking Ontario collectives lately (we are about to launch COHIP across the province - Coworking Health Insurance Plan),
but I've been thinking a lot about sustainability on a global scale lately.
The Wiki, the Map and the Visa program all interest me.
I'd be happy to explore the potential for collaboration on these projects.
Let me know what I can do,
Ashley
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Jacob Sayles
Jul 7, 2013, 4:18:18 PM7/7/13
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Thank you everyone for the offers to help. I realize I sent that out right before a long holiday weekend and I apologize for not getting back to everyone promptly. I'll send individualized, personal, responses as soon as I'm back at the office and dig through my inbox but wanted to let everyone know that I appreciate the support. The answer is YES! If you want to help, we'll put you to work. :)
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