Author Archives: Steven

Toad joins Fox and Badger

The new space has lot more meeting areas. We have turned one of the areas into a meeting/training room. To continue the theme it is called Toad. We are also planning to have two small meeting rooms made out of the extra space in reception area, proposed names will be Ratty and Mole

Moved: New Address

AltSpace moved on August 1st to:
Level 22, Plimmer Towers
2 Gilmer Terrace
Entrance via Plimmer Steps or Boulcott Street.

Membership and Articles

So far this year things have been going very well.
Had two Resident members and a Nomad member join so far this year as well as several people using the trial to see if it suits them. Based on the current growth AltSpace is actually planning to expand in August when the lease is up to [...]

New Membership Types

I am just in the final stages of updating the AltSpace membership plans. Two new plans are being added:

Community
Friend of AltSpace

Community is based on the Resident plan but with a greatly reduce cost for those working on Community initiatives and/or Not for Profits.  The other is a very lost cost plan to be able to [...]

Data projector has arrived

The data projector (Optoma EP716 PDF) has finally arrived and is able to be used by members both for use at AltSpace and for presentations outside the office. It will be added to the online booking system for reserving in the next few days. It is an

Alarm.. what alarm?

The of the amusing things running AltSpace has been the unexpected events that have occurred over the last six months. Over the Christmas/New Year break I reflected on what I think must have been one of the funniest voice mails I have ever received.
One morning in one of the warmer days in late November I [...]

Post Launch

The throngs have left, the liquids have been drunk and the nibbles have been consumed. So ends the AltSpace Launch night held last Thursday that upwards of 50 people attended. If you managed to pop in I hope you enjoyed yourself and took a look around. For those that did not have a chance to [...]

Launch Drinks

Has been a busy few weeks. Finally started planning launch drinks and pciked November 20th from 4pm in the office. if you would like to attend drop us a message or visit www.altspace.co.nz/rsvp. This is a mixof thanks and also a chance for people to drop in have a chat and alook around.

Sponsorship movement

Things have been moving quickly of late. AltSpace is in discussions with 4 companies about possible sponsorship. This  is better than expected as two of them have high awareness in the market. We can offer naming rights on the meeting rooms and for the actual desks which the sponsor also have usage rights with (say [...]

Job Posting of sorts

Here at AltSpace HQ we have been thinking of ways to both help the freelancers and start ups and also ourselves. One idea we have had is offering reduced or even free membership to a small number of people that offer to help out. This could be as simple as helping dealing with questions and [...]