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Our first community meeting was awesome; we got to all know each other a little better, give an update on how New Work City is doing, and get feedback on things moving forward.

Here are some highlights, compliments of Raines Cohen, coworking coach (with my notes in bold):

• watching @nwc community meeting live via #uStreamhttp://tinyurl.com/62otzs
• @tonybgoode sez he is thankful that enough people signed up for @nwc#coworking that he doesn’t have to go broke for the holidays
• @nwc #coworking is up to 18 members, having #Xmas party Thurs 12/18. Congrats on rapid growth rate! L:New York City, NY (corrected the date to 12/18 -Tony)
• @nwc #coworking moved its blog from #tumblr to #WordPress (feature: categories!). Also has lockers, library, calendar; #eggnog soon. (eggnog will be at Christmas party -Tony)
  
• @nwc #coworking planning #NoiseReduction sound-dampening technology so conference calls don’t sound like bathroom stall.
• @nwc #coworking is looking for a #contractor, someone good with a #sledgehammer
• @nwc sez “whenever we advertise #coworking for free, tons of people show up”
• @nwc planning a “get your act together” Saturday session for mutually supportive #coworking plate-clearing, inbox emptying, and disgorging stuff
• @nwc closes #ustream live #coworking community meeting: “Let’s get the hell out of here and have a great Thanksgiving” 

We were visited by Benoit and Anne-Marie from Coworking Joliette in Montreal today! They’re visiting NYC for the weekend and thought they’d drop by to check out our space and get some ideas for theirs (they’re opening soon!)

It’s always great to meet and share thoughts on the space and community. It’s hard to believe that I’m already in a position to be giving advice on getting a space up and running

They’re wonderful people and have already invited me to come visit in Montreal sometime soon. I would love to take that offer sometime and check out their space!

Salut to you, Benoit and Anne-Marie! Best of luck with Joliette!

Hello New Workers!

We’re going to start doing regular meetings to recap what’s going on at New Work City– what we’re working on, what needs to be worked on, and ideas for the future.

There’s a lot to do, and we’re going to continue to need your help along the way. Right now, our highest priorities are as follows:

1. Get keys and swipecards for full-time members
Waiting to get through security is a pain, especially when stepping out for just a minute to get a cup of coffee or some lunch. We’re working on finishing the necessary paperwork so we can get keys and swipecards for our members. We’ll keep you posted on that!

2. Sound absorption in the conference room and phone booth
As anticipated, noise levels and building out quiet spots to be on the phone are definitely a priority. While the echo issues in the main space have mostly subsided, the conference room and phone booth still need work. We’ve got a couple of friends who have volunteered to donate or create some art for the space, on nice sound-absorbent materials. We’re also considering inviting an artist to show off their works in the space, or even doing a weekend art event. We’ll discuss in more detail at the next meeting.

3. More stuff! Lockers, bookshelf, microwave, coffeemaker, couch, projector recycle bins, switches, and more
We’ve got a lot of errands to run! We’ll be making continuous improvements to the space, and will be looking to you to help us check everything off our list. (PS- if you have or know someone who has a couch in fantastic condition that they’re looking to get rid of, let us know!)

We’re working on several of the above items already and will be keeping you up to date. We’ll also update the Stuff We Need list so you can help us out!

The next City Council meeting will be Wednesday, November 26th, from 5-6pm.

Yes, we know it’s the day before Thanksgiving. We totally don’t expect you to come, but we’ll plan on streaming and recording the discussion and posting it here.

Also, just to be clear– there isn’t actually any formal city council, just us members and mayors

Until then!

Mayor Tony

- I’m enjoying being the first person here, working on catching up, when two guys I don’t recognize walk in. “I’m told we can work here?”

- Sebastian and Phillip from TripWolf.com, our first drop-ins out of the blue.

- I introduce Mike, who came in next, to them.

“We should talk,” he says. “What startup are you in?”
“Tripwolf”
“Oh, I know you guys! I read about you in TechCrunch!

- I try to ask the newest members for their suggestions for music for the space, and Sebastsian suggested Kruder & Dorfmeister (as what he describes as a “cultural export”). Great ambient music.

- Gathered around the LCD and watched Gary Vee prank call a beer merchandise businessowner to illustrate how to monetize a video blog on an artibrary subject.

- Whitney giving Gregory some free UI consulting on his site. “Prepopulate content… Flickr has a ‘recognized’ and ‘unrecognized’ home page…”

- Gregory considering doing a video to introduce his site.

Tony idea: Wouldn’t it be great if WTFisTwitter.com were a platform for people to post videos explaining anything? WTF is (startup name). I’d love to post a video describing Greg’s product too.

- Talking about people with booked schedules. Tony getting more and more interested in the idea of sponsoring people’s time.

- Mike brought us Financier cookies. If you haven’t had these, then you don’t know what you’re missing. They’re incredible gourmet pastry cookie things, and were a great cap off to yet another amazing day.

Today’s overall attendance: 9 people (3 FT, 2PT, 3 Drop-In, one Mayor)

After signing the letter of intent for New Work City’s space, the first purchase I made was, at first, perhaps an unnecessary one. I got a giant sticker of our logo.

Kendall Schoenrock, founder of LTLprints, has been a friend of the community for a long time— he was one our first (and only) paying customers at CooperBricolage, and introduced us to Richard at Gramstand, a fantastic cafe to work in. We ended up moving the community there and having a lot of great times over the past year there.

So when it came time to get started moving into our new space, I talked to Kendall about getting some signage for the space. Since I didn’t want a sign that was too humongous, Kendall offered to print a bunch of smaller stickers with the remaining material on the sticker sheet. These smaller stickers were indispensable in directing people to our kickoff party (sadly, no photos of this).

As you can see in the photos below, the print really brings character to the space. And thanks to some early testing from Alex at IndyHall, we now know that these suckers are virtually indestructible. If I ever needed to, I could peel this thing off the wall, roll it up, throw it on a wall elsewhere, and have no doubt that it’d work fine.

Thanks Kendall and the LTL Prints team! Best of luck on your launch and success!

Join us Monday, November 3rd and check out our new digs!

We’re still working out a few kinks, including absorbing noise, upgrading our connection, and building out a phone booth room— but in the meantime, New Work City will be ready for people to come work!

We just might spring for some breakfast and coffee to celebrate our first day. See you there!

Ikea shipment arrived, friends came to help, and before you knew it, we had tables and chairs!

Thanks to Fredrick, Nidhi, Dave, Steve, and JP for coming by to chip in and help out!

We’ve got a special evening lined up for you this Saturday! Join fellow New Workers along with some of the leaders of the global coworking movement as we celebrate the opening of New Work City!

Itinerary

Here’s a breakdown of what we’ll be doing:

8:00pm – Pre-party warmup discussions: Coworking coaching session with Raines Cohen, Coworking Coach!

9:00pm – Toast and party kickoff

10:30 – 11pm – Move to the Four Points Sheraton, around the corner

Here’s the info:

Address & Directions

Address:
200 Varick St, Room 507B
New York, NY 10014 (Map)

Tell security you’re there for Rom 507B, Element N. This is the company hosting us.

Directions:
Take the 1 to Houston Street.
Take the ACEBDFV to W. 4th Street.

RSVP

RSVP on Facebook

RSVP on Gary’s Guide

RSVP on Meetup

Contact

If you have any trouble or any questions, contact Tony at tony [at] nwcny [dot] com or 631-513-1680.

Sponsor

A very extra-special thanks goes out to ITAC, who is graciously sponsoring our event! ITAC is a fully government-funded nonprofit whose central purpose is to foster small business growth in the New York metro area. Needless to say, we love them! At the event, we’ll briefly review one of ITAC’s friends, the Small Business Innovation Research program, which is a government initiative to connect their research and development efforts with those of small businesses.

See you there!

The Ikea order is in! The furniture is on the way!

Join us this Tuesday afternoon at 5:00 to help us assemble the desks and chairs and help make New Work City a whole lot cozier.

Comment below to let us know if you’re coming! We’ll update with an exact time once we hear back from Ikea.

Cheers! It’s time to build a coworking space!