Bi-monthly Community Co-working Thursdays

Posted by malcolm8 on April 5, 2011 at 7:41am

Start:

2011-04-14 11:00 - 17:00 America/Vancouver

Organizers:

malcolm8

humble

Event type:

Related event (ie. not Drupal specific)

Scott Nelson and I, Malcolm van Delst, would like to invite you to join us at a bi-monthly co-working event.

Bi-monthly Community Co-working Thursdays will take place on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month, from 11 am to 5 pm, starting on Apr. 14, 2011. Bi-monthly Community Co-working Thursdays will take place at DharmaLab, 1814 Pandora St. (about 2 blocks east, and 2 blocks north, of Commercial Drive and Hastings Street - see map at bottom).

Who should come? Just about anybody. We're not limiting this to the Drupal community but since we both work with Drupal, this is where we're starting.

Why come? As home-based freelancers, we understand the need to share ideas, techniques, job and contract leads, marketing and business intelligence and a host of other information and real space data a person working in an office shares on a day to day basis - but we don't want to work in traditional offices! By attending Community Co-working Thursdays, freelancers, small business people, craftspeople and anyone looking for a fresh perspective can get that in an environment that has new faces, new ideas and new projects built into it's structure.

What's it cost? Nothing, though if you are willing to help others, and ask for help, that would be awesome.

Anything else? If you are working on a computer, you might want to bring extension cords or powerbars, but these are not required. If you are working on a non-computer-based project, you should bring any supplies and tools that you will need. Bringing snacks to share is encouraged, though not required. Lastly, coffee, tea and refreshments will be available for purchase.

Hope to see you soon!

Scott and Malcolm

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Comments

Awesome!

Posted by arianek on April 5, 2011 at 6:07pm

I was just lamenting last week, that the bit of effort I gave to starting some coworking never took off, so this is awesome!!! I often work from home on Thursdays, so perhaps I will be able to join on occasion, if I don't have client calls scheduled! ;)

ps. (The date on this event has the 15th entered, but I think it's supposed to be the 14th?)

Date fixed - thanks!

Posted by malcolm8 on April 6, 2011 at 12:39am

Thanks for your eagle eyes! It would be awesome if you could join us when you can!

Can you do your client calls via skype? I remember sitting under a tree on Cortes Island, talking to a client in Georgia (US), on a beautiful summer day, via skype. That was cool!: P

I totally can (and do!), as

Posted by arianek on April 6, 2011 at 1:53am

I totally can (and do!), as long as there's somewhere relatively quiet to sneak to, and bandwidth!

Quiet and bandwidth

Posted by malcolm8 on April 6, 2011 at 4:44pm

There's def. quiet places to go; bandwidth has never been a problem before. Scott?

Bandwidth, etc.

Posted by obinine on April 12, 2011 at 9:06pm

Yes there is my private office space in the back you're welcome to use if need be. It has multiple ethernet ports and is kept toasty warm from a pair of bitcoin miners.

I supply multiple wifi signals that are connected to a Shaw business (15down/1up) account. I've never had in trouble using skype.

~ http://noosworx.com

good to know! i'll see how

Posted by arianek on April 12, 2011 at 9:35pm

good to know! i'll see how crazy things are thursday (bout to do a launch), maybe i can come by for a bit!

It'll be great to see you if

Posted by malcolm8 on April 13, 2011 at 6:37am

It'll be great to see you if you can make it! If not, best with launch! <3

delete me from the mailing list please...

Posted by irishgringo on April 13, 2011 at 11:54am

I am not a member of your group, and I have tried to change my email status, but I am on your distro list. could someone please get me off the email list... thanks

My account --> Notifications

Posted by obinine on April 13, 2011 at 5:45pm

My account --> Notifications --> Subscriptions won't let you make the desired change?

~ http://noosworx.com

i am not even a member of the group....

Posted by irishgringo on April 13, 2011 at 8:49pm

The group has the "Join" selection and I can not find anything about Vancover in my My account --> Notifications -- Subscriptions.

I also have all of my notifications set to weekly... but I am getting every email. Perhaps its just this thread, but I don't remember sending anything to get these emails.

not that I don't enjoy chatting with my northern friends.. ;)