<div dir="ltr"><p style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px;background-color:rgb(217,217,217)">The Business Assistance Center is here to serve you! We welcome you to visit us in person, or make a request for assistance online via our request form. </p><p style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px;background-color:rgb(217,217,217)">Oakland Business Assistance Center<br>270 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza<br>510.238.7952</p><p style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px;background-color:rgb(217,217,217)"><strong style="font-size:12px;line-height:16px;padding:4px 0px;margin:0px">Hours</strong><br>Monday – Friday <br>9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.</p></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 2:24 PM, J Clark <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hello@sl-co.com" target="_blank">hello@sl-co.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>Jake,<br>
<br>
I sent a note to the discuss list a week or so ago with links and
amounts needed, to hopefully make this easy. The bottom line: get
it started ASAP because it takes a month or so to complete.<br>
<br>
And Patrik, yes CCL will need to do this too. In fact every group
at Omni that takes money (members, rent, selling stuff) will need
to do it.<br>
<br>
judi<br>
<br>
-------- My prior note --------<br>
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A business license is something you apply for at the City of
Oakland. Straightforward process, requires filing a form and
paying a $60 fee, then running a notice in a local (authorized)
printed newspaper for some number of days, then the City sends you
a paper saying you're licensed to do business. You should have one
already (within 30 days of starting your business).<br>
<br>
<a href="http://oaklandbusinesscenter.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=63&Itemid=59" target="_blank">http://oaklandbusinesscenter.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=63&Itemid=59</a><br>
or PDF online:
<a href="http://www.oaklandnet.com/government/fwawebsite/revenue/revenue_newbiaapp.htm" target="_blank">http://www.oaklandnet.com/government/fwawebsite/revenue/revenue_newbiaapp.htm</a><br>
<br>
If you file the papers with the City then wait a couple of days
before doing the posting in, say, the Oakland Tribune (for
something like $70?), some other outfit will send a postcard
advertising the same service for closer to $35 or $40. I used them
last time I filed and it worked just fine.<br>
<br>
Note that this will also tick the box that tells the City to send
business tax notices too.<div><div class="h5"><br>
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On 9/3/15 2:14 PM, Jake wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><div><div class="h5">On Thu, 3 Sep 2015, Marc Juul wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite">On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 12:52 PM, Jake
<a href="mailto:jake@spaz.org" target="_blank"><jake@spaz.org></a> wrote:
<br>
there is a risk that the current owner of our domain could
"drop" it, which would send it immediately to auction where we
might lose it to squatters, unless we
<br>
pay huge money to get it back.
<br>
<br>
for this reason i suggest that we go the route of getting
the host to hand it over to us because we are a "business" and
we own the name. Lots of people have
<br>
said they know how to do this, has anyone started the
process?
<br>
<br>
in the meantime, i think that people should NOT contact
this person on twitter without prior discussion and agreement at
a meeting.
<br>
<br>
I think we should ask godaddy to hand it over now, and see
what they say in response. Maybe they'll say "we require a
business license from the city" or maybe
<br>
they'll say "here you go"
<br>
<br>
have we even tried yet?
<br>
<br>
Yes I spent quite a while on the phone with them and they do
require a business license.
<br>
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<br>
good answer. Let's get a business license right away!
<br>
<br>
who knows how to get a business license for sudoroom?
<br>
<br>
who wants to go and actually get the business license?
<br>
<br>
who wants to pay for the business license (we need money)?
<br>
<br>
-jake
<br>
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