Station C

Bon, entre le boulot et plus de boulot, et de confirmations en questions, voilà déjà une semaine que notre 5 à 7 a eu lieu, c'est donc temps pour une mise à jour.

Le 5 à 7 a été un succès, beaucoup de gens sont passés pour confirmer leur implication et pour poser des questions. Plusieurs autres sont passés pour montrer leur appui ce qui est très apprécié. Résultat; nous avons maintenant assez d'inscriptions pour passer à l'étape suivante qui consiste à signer le bail pour notre superbe espace. La semaine prochaine nous rencontrerons donc le proprio pour finaliser notre entente et prendre les clés.

Au cours des prochains mois nous avons encore un paquet de choses à faire, nous allons vous faire part du processus ici et aussi vous consulter sur quelques sujets en cours de route. Des étapes à venir:

• Janvier : Rénos, installation du mobilier, etc.
• 1^er Février : Party d'ouverture (à confirmer)
• 4 Février : Ouverture

  Je vous montre la liste de membres sous peu mais je peut déjà dire : super belle gang, domaines assez variés et 1/3 de femmes.

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We are actively looking at spaces, the latest and possibly greatest looks something like this:

Pics from previous visits.

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A nice photoset of the gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous The Hub, London.

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Over the past year or two, these co-working spaces have been sprouting up around the country in recognition of individual entrepreneurs who have taken to working out of coffee shops but who still desire the kind of human interaction that they can't really get there.
-- Co-working: The Ultimate in Teleworking Flexibility

Commercial "desk share" spaces have been around for awhile, providing a professional setting for independent contractors to meet clients and get things done. But coworking is a different animal, one that draws inspiration from open source software precepts and the lessons of the dot-com boom and bust. For atomized freelancers sick of Starbucks and longing for human interaction, coworking offers plug-and-play collegiality.
-- Coworkers of the World, Unite!

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[Cross posted from i.never.nu. If you have comments please post there]

Ok, so, it's been months, probably since July that I haven't given a proper Coworking update. A small disclaimer before I do, the following events and explanations could seem like excuses, they are not. I'm aware that lack of time and my general prudence in setting projects up are to blame for the slow advance, not what I'm about to list but still, it's worth showing some of the process so people interested in the space know what's going on.

Last "official" updates were about the small business plan/ mission statement I was writing to present to investors. I did write it, sent it to a few investors (where "investors" are not banks or huge outfits but rather people who want the project to exist and happen to have a bit of money) and awaited feedback. Let me note here that yes, we could simply have decided to just go with a bootstrap project, like most coworking projects but we had/have a vision of what it should look and feel like an for that we need a bit more money.

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