I had the pleasure of being the guest host for the State of C3 (SoC3) last week. We had a fun, interactive discussion with over 40 C3ers attending.
The Principles of the SoC3 are for C3ers to help update other C3ers about community activities and progress.
With a “community” theme, we opened with getting to know your fellow C3ers icebreaker. Everyone met two C3ers that they did not know. We then had three people give a short description of their new friend.
The business highlights of the meeting were:
- 101 Main Street renovations on the kitchen and game room are moving along well.
- Sidi showed photos of the One Broadway 5th Floor renovation progress.
- As the new 5th floor space is designed to support sub communities, the C3 staff is encouraging groups to think about forming these groups. Critical Mass was used as an example of a community that gets together from time to time, selected its space and décor and drafted operating guidelines. At least one new community (on sustainability) announced they would try to form at the meeting.
- There will be a lunch meeting on June 29th in the C3 lounge to talk more about forming sub-communities.
- The “C3” acronym is being changed to now stand for the Cambridge CoWorking Community to reflect the community focus.
- C3 is holding a blogging contest. The prize is your favorite snack stocked in the kitchen for a week. Sign up here in order to participate.
Announcements and Milestones:
- Car Care Check, Continuus Pharmaceuticals, Viral Gains and Waveguide were announced as four of the 128 Mass Challenge Finalists for this year.
- Bosco Products just reached their one year anniversary with Walmart as a customer.
- A number of companies were introduced as being new to C3, including Evelo Electric Bicycles, Excelsoft Technologies, and Fritzify
- The C3 staff asked for any volunteers to run / moderate the next SoC3.
Many of the attendees stayed to continue the discussion over drinks and snacks.
I wish everyone a productive and successful summer.
Regards,
Kevin
cambridgecowork 
Kevin, thanks so much for all your hard work on the SoC3! We can’t wait to hear from everyone about their ideas for building vibrant sub-communities in the new space, and you did such a great job getting the ball rolling. For those of you who missed this SoC3- you missed a good one! But don’t worry, it looks like we might even be home in the new space for the next one, which is sure to be excellent!