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March 4, 2009 by Alex Hillman

The State of IndyHall: March 3rd, 2009

Filed under: Announcements, Community Support, Events, From the Business Side

Last night, around 50 community members piled into IndyHall to discuss where we’ve come from, how we got here, where we’re going, and how we’re going to do it together.

created by Kevin Lee

created by Kevin Lee


I’m still digesting the event, and I’m sure our community is as well, but I wanted to at least share some of the material. Geoff and I led the discussion from this loose deck of slides, which exposes some fun stats about our growth.


Indy Hall Town Hall


At the point where the deck says, “and now for something completely different”, we shared a video walk through of a new space we’re considering moving IndyHall into.




These two pieces of information leave a lot of unanswered questions, many of which were discussed last night and the rest of which still remain to be seen.

The crux of the situation is this.

IndyHall is full to capacity a few days a week, and there continues to be demand for more desk space while we’re already pretty cramped. We’re looking to the community to commit to the desire to continue to grow IndyHall with more than just their words: we need to convert our waiting list to actual members, and sign up more people who we have not had join yet. Have you been considering joining IndyHall? Now’s the time. Still have questions/concerns? Ask us.

We need the community to help us make this decision in an informed, and sustainable manner.

Much, much more to come. Thanks to everyone who came out to last night’s Town hall.

-Alex

  • http://jonnygoldstein.info jonny goldstein

    I love the look of the new space and dig the idea of using the current space as a learning/teaching zone and the newer (bigger, nicer) space as the coworking zone going forward.

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  • http://laurengalanter.com lauren galanter

    I dig this new space – it looks great. Nice and sunny and spacious. And plenty of bathrooms! I say hook up a washer/dryer, then my dream of being able to do my laundry while I work can be fulfilled! :)

    I also really love the library idea. If the library doesn’t happen, though, would there still be room to have a couch/games area like we currently have?

  • http://www.camaraderie.ca ruyoung

    wow! that new space is pretty rad. it’s so great that you can offer more than double the space and bring in more people from your waiting list.

    looking forward to final details!
    r.

  • http://hybernaut.com Brian Del Vecchio

    Exciting news, Alex. Question, tho: can you check whether the cigar store across the street carries Avo Domain?

  • http://www.wakelingconsulting.com Jan Friedman

    I’m really looking forward to moving to the new space (and getting that full membership). Thank you, Alex, for your hard work on this.

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