Camera and Community February 17, 2011

California African-American Museum
600 State Dr
Los Angeles, California 90037

The exhibit features the work of 20 California photographers, some legendary artists while others are still building their portfolios.

Added by Upcoming Robot on January 9, 2011

Comments

ChristopherA

Any chance of fitting in www.BerkeleyCoworking.com?

msrogue

Hey Christopher,

The cost was WAY prohibitive (like over $1000) to do Berkeley and the SF coworking spaces. We just can't afford it. :(

raines

Christopher:

Bus rental charges by the mile. Add in Bay Bridge traffic and multiple trips to shuttle more than the bus capacity and similar concerns and we get a very different event with a different ratio of effort and hauling people around to hanging out and experiencing coworking spaces and interacting.

We are working on a green, groovy biodiesel bus.

I believe Berkeley Coworking would best be served by doing something similar, perhaps even a walking tour, with your Ashby Arts District neighbors.

BTW, have you been promoting the space at The Berkeley Bowl? It is a major community hub just around the corner from you.

Raines, your neighborhood coworking coach

msrogue

Christopher,

I added Berkeley to the map with an explanation that we can't make it there, but peeps should go there anyway!

T

mrochoa

I need to be persuaded that coffee shops aren't the optimal environment.

Robert Evans

What's wrong with those people at Citizen Space? Are they suffering from white elete-ism? I mean just because an event charges entry fees does not mean that it is not providing a service to the public. I guess Citizen Space prefers to give use of its space to people who can afford macintosh computers, and likes to tell everybody else to get lost. Well, that will not play to well in SF for long.

doolin

Robert Evans: the Citizen Space people are very nice. At least they have always been very nice to me. But I'm just an old, former Marine combat veteran who uses a PC to write desktop applications in MS Windows, when not driving cars or shooting guns.

So, no, based on how "those people at Citizen Space" have treated me, I don't think they are elitist at all.

Poppa Daddy

You can't take someone like the faceless Robert Evans seriously. The comment doesn't reflect any content in the event description aside from the name "Citizen Space". He simply wants to start a war of words for some personal reason.

alexlavidge

The folks at Citizen Space are some of the most progressive, fair, and considerate people I know of and they provide as much as they're able to based on the resources and the cash they generate from the space. And this is typical of everyone in the coworking community here in the SF Bay Area.

For coworking to be cheaper, or events free, there would need to be grants or sponsorships. And who knows, maybe someday in the future there could be publicly supported coworking centers and events! But rather than criticize others for not creating this yet, the question is to ask is, "how can I help?"

raines

For more info on the groovy bus that will be appearing at several of the coworking spaces for this event:
http://www.bettybiodiesel.org/

also, Sandbox Suites and possibly other sites will have some live musical jamming going on at some point during the evening. Come and be surprised!

Raines, your neighborhood Cohousing Coach
writing from the mellow close-to-BART Sandbox Suites, and eager to explore some of the others

msrogue

Funny stuff above. I guess Robert hasn't been to Citizen Space (which is free to drop-ins whether they use PCs or Macs) or any of the other spaces. And I'm not sure about the charging for events != elitism thing.

This event is free...as in beer...oh...and there WILL be free beer and wine and food and good company.

T

doolin

I am so bummed I have to be somewhere else tonight :(

susiew

I can't go but I'd love to hear a report on the rates and availability of all the spaces! Sounds like a good agenda.

masto

Next time I'm in SF I need to check this stuff out. Coworking is increasingly appealing to me, but seems impractical where I live (Long Island NY). I'm still keeping an eye on it.