A working session for freelancers who are tired of working alone in their apartment. We take over the long table at Cartel every Wednesday morning, work quietly for two hours, and then talk for one. The talking hour has a rotating topic: rates, contracts, chasing invoices, saying no, and the tax stuff nobody wants to learn. There is no membership and no cost beyond your own coffee. Several people in this group now subcontract to each other regularly, which was not the plan but is the best outcome. Ocho people are here too and we are not there to recruit or to sell anything. If you are between jobs or thinking about going independent, this is the cheapest research you can do.