<div dir="ltr">Great letter. Thank you Matt and Marina and anyone else who stepped up and stayed late to write and finish this letter.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div>Make a great day,</div><div>
Morten H. D. Fuglsang</div><div>US: +1 415 799 6931 // skype: FlyvendeHest</div></div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 11:26 PM, Matthew Senate <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mattsenate@gmail.com" target="_blank">mattsenate@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">Hey all,<div><br></div><div>As a result of our meeting tonight and a discussion the on-going issue with sudo-kids, we drafted and sent this letter to Laurie. We wrote it in collaboration with folks at the space after the meeting, and sent it in do-ocratic fashion. We provide a copy below in transparency and accountability:</div>
<div><br></div><div>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">Hi Laurie,
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">This week George addressed a group of
folks in the common area outside of Sudo Room and the Public School
regarding the presence of minors in the building. His behavior was
confrontational, hostile, loud, and very upsetting to many of those
who were present, including some parentally-accompanied minors. There
has unfortunately been a series of miscommunications about this
issue, and we are dedicated foremost to resolving it amicably.
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">First, thank you for communicating the
building's policies on minors via email. Unfortunately, due to a
lapse in our own internal communication, the contents of your email
were not conveyed sufficiently to the relevant sudo room members
before Wednesday of this week. Please understand this was a lapse in
communication that has been rectified.
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">Secondly, since early June, every
Tuesday evening parent-supervised minors have attended sudo room. We
provide no supervision services for minors. In fact, we provide no
services to customers (we don't have customers) as we are a
membership association. It was unclear that this event was
specifically of any concern since it followed the requirement of
supervision by parents. We are willing to meet the necessary
requirements to ensure that you and George are provided with the
appropriate advanced notification of any planned future sudo room
events involving supervised minors and their parents. It is relevant
to note that in the past we have allowed accompanied minors to be in
the "Art Room" and not use common space, but in recent
instances the common room has been used as well. Further, since we
are interested in being as accessible as possible to different
communities and demographics, we would like to clarify what
opportunities there might be (through city services, insurance,
waivers, etc.) for minors to be in the building in ways other than
those outlined in your email.
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">Thirdly, regarding the damage to the
bathroom you discuss in your email, we understand your concerns and
are sorry that it happened. We have raised awareness in hopes of
preventing instances like this from happening in the future. While we
are happy to take shared responsibility for ensuring the bathrooms
are clean and usable, we want to communicate that we are not aware of
any evidence that the minors who have been at sudo room were
responsible for the damage. We fully support your desire to keep all
parts of the space (including the bathrooms) vandalism-free, clean,
and usable, so we have made all sudo room members aware of this
incident, reinforced the expectations surrounding bathroom
cleanliness, and reiterated the policy that children should not use
bathrooms unaccompanied. Please let us know if you encounter any
problems with the bathrooms in the future so that we can take
appropriate action. However, we also ask for understanding that if
there are problems with a shared space in the building, that absent
specific evidence, sudo room may not have been the source of a
particular problem.
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">Finally, we would like to share with
you a few of our expectations as lessees that we hope will help us
continue to stay in this building that we have been very happy to
rent for the last 9 months:
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">Our Expectations:
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"> That issues with our use of common
space or our use of our rented "Art Room" be conveyed in
writing, with disrespectful confrontations being completely
unacceptable, in any circumstances.
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"> Consistent with Sudo Room
standards, that minors continue to be able to participate at Sudo
Room, provided they are accompanied by parents or a legal guardian.
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"> To work together with you as we
grow, which requires we be accessible to more communities and
demographics.
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"> To consider options for mitigating
liability through additional insurance, waivers, etc.</p><p style="margin-bottom:0in">// Matt</p></div></div>
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