Where to start

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Edit this wiki (pw: coworking with "o" = "0")
Blog about it, using the tag coworking!
Join the backchannel @ irc://irc.freenode.net/#coworking!

Paris community needs such a place, and we'll get it really soon !

This page is aimed to gather people and document their effort to get a proper coworking place in Paris. You'll find a small presentation in this page, but you can go directly to CoworkingParisOpenSpace, a page in French with more precise informations and the possibility to register yourself to be part of the project...

Latest news

- There's a post here where you can read more in English about this space, the spirit behind, how it should work etc.

- November 26th 6:30pm, 8:30pm 2007 — Rencontre autour de la Cantine— at 93, rue Montmartre, 75002 Paris

une rencontre afin de construire une vision partagée du projet de Coworking parisien nommé "La Cantine"

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Meeting reports

March 20th 2007

ChristopheAguiton & LouisMontagne reported on the coworking discussions @ Barcamp Austin

Explained the need for a software tool to unite/handle the coworking places / people / projects : the CoworkingTools

Proposed a micro barcamp to start the work on CoworkingTools

March 27th 2007

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April 3rd 2007

A barcamp specificaly dedicated to the coworking project in Paris taken place April the 3rd at 6:30 pm: http://barcamp.org/BarcampParis10

History

First ideas, first participants

At Silicon Sentier we express the need for an informal hi tech canteen in the center of Paris for a while.

We crossed people at FTR&D and Fing with the same conception.

One of our model for such a place in Paris is the Belleville Espace Public Numérique (http://wiki.crao.net/index.php?EpnBelleville )

We think it needs to be as open as possible to the public, delivering not only working space but also demo (showroom) and, of course, coffee and if possible wine and beer ;-)

We would like also to benefit from a room to make training for Paris citizens on our products and technologies and for people working in our companies.

A small team in France Telecom Research and Development (FTR&D) works with Silicon Sentier, the FING and others on this idea. You can find infos and texts - in French, sorry -:) at (http://overcrowded.anoptique.org/PagePrincipale ) and here CoworkingParisOpenSpace you can find a first paper, also in French.

Now we need your reactions and proposals! (for the French speakers, don't forget to post a link or a copy of your remarks to the French website)