Cross­posted at Not An Employee blog

What: Ann Arbor Cowork­ing “town hall” meeting

Cowork­ing is any long-​​term arrange­ment in which inde­pen­dent pro­fes­sion­als can work in the same space, whether full– or part-​​time. You may have seen men­tion on CNN​.com, in the New York Times, or local media.

We’re try­ing to gauge inter­est in devel­op­ing a per­ma­nent ded­i­cated cowork­ing space in down­town Ann Arbor. This might include shared office space, meet­ing and train­ing space, a pri­vate cafe, a “mak­ers’ den” for elec­tronic and other fab­ri­ca­tion projects. Any or all of those. The space might be run by a pri­vate con­cern, a non­profit orga­ni­za­tion, or an ad hoc col­lab­o­ra­tion. It might be a mem­ber­ship orga­ni­za­tion, a busi­ness of its own, or a coop­er­a­tive. Or some­thing else.

Let’s explore what it might be, and why you might want to participate.

Where: Ann Arbor Dis­trict Library Free­space, 3^rd floor, Down­town Ann Arbor library building

When: Mon­day, May 19, 7–8:30pm

The meet­ing space is reserved from 5pm through 8:30pm, but we will offi­cially begin pro­ceed­ings at 7pm. If enough inter­est is gen­er­ated, we may run two 90-​​minute rounds of dis­cus­sion. Please let us know if you’re coming.

Who: Orga­nized by Not An Employee, LLC

Space in the Library con­fer­ence room is lim­ited to 32 peo­ple. If more want to attend and dis­cuss the prospects for cowork­ing, we will try to arrange a sec­ond ses­sion, and extend dis­cus­sion after the meet­ing at one of the other local meet­ing venues.

Please let us know if you’d like to attend. You may want to use the free ser­vice at Upcom​ing​.org to coor­di­nate.