Re: [Fsuk-manchester] Co-working, access / community space, and turnkey LTSP.

[Paul Robinson]

On 22 Aug 2008, at 21:01, Richard Smedley wrote:

> Last Tuesday's rather interesting meeting (Thanks, Mick)
> ended with some discussion on combining access space
> with co-working space - giving a role in the access space
> admin for one of the co-working space users, possibly in
> exchange for rent-free use?



You should be aware of this group (yes, it's come out of the the idea  
I kicked off ages back, but now there are lots of people involved in  
setting it up):

http://www.flythecoop.co.uk/

Nothing much up there now, but the I&PS paperwork is going through so  
we become a fully-fledged co-operative and it looks like the first  
space we take on will be at the science park.

In future we're looking at holding the tenancy on multiple places in  
multiple formats: basically if there are sufficient tenants willing to  
co-work/collaborate to cover the costs of a space, the co-op will  
consider holding the tenancy agreement to mitigate various issues that  
come with co-working.

Within three years the rough goal is to have at least one space in the  
science park, one space in the northern quarter with a more "bohemian  
feel" and a.n.other - if you guys are interested in getting involved,  
please drop a mail over. address@hidden goes to Ben Gibbs atm,  
I think.

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