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If we want to keep this clean as a strictly financial arrangement it should just be 50% undivided interest (think this is assumed in tenants in common arrangement other than the division of space) No special rules, roles, or responsibilities for sudoers vs. other collectives, no geographic carving up of territory ownership.<br /><br />Yar mentioned a good idea worth exploring, looks like it was touched on in the minutes - a subcollective under fiscal sponsorship of sudo but focused on maintaining the building. Revenues would all be paid out 50/50 to omni and to "sudo building" or whatever we would call this entity and expenses would also be split per Jesse's suggestion.<br /><br />I am thankful appreciative of all the effort put to get us to this point and MEGA STOKED about getting into the next chapter if we can pull this together.<br />
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<div>i still think that if sudoroom managed the a/v aspect of event rentals & omni kept the general rent from same, not much would functionally change. <br />all the working groups would be omni's & delegates would still make the decisions.</div>
sudoroom would merely handle the a/v side (which we currently contract out to trained members)</div>
<div>most of the a/v stuff is sudoroom's anyway</div>
several sudo members are willing to start an a/v training program<br /><br /></div>
<div>instead of splitting the building in half, we could split rentals...omni gets the space rental/sudo gets the a/v contracts which, if part of an educational program, will be considered charitable.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 10:47 AM, <span><<a href="mailto:discuss-request@lists.omnicommons.org">discuss-request@lists.omnicommons.org</a>></span> wrote:<br />
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<div dir="ltr">Thanks Laura,
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<div>One thing I didn't understand about the two-non-profit idea was whether this was just a temporary fix, and eventually the ownership of the building would be with the Omni, or whether the building will be shared in perpetuity between the Omni and Sudo.</div>
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<div>If this is intended to be a permanent arrangement, I would greatly prefer setting up a new 501(c)3 just for the purpose of receiving the donation, even if that might take a bit longer to arrange.</div>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0 0 0 .8ex; border-left: 1px #ccc solid; padding-left: 1ex;">Everyone,<br /><br /> At the delegates meeting we discussed the proposal to buy the building by creating a tenants in common agreement between Omni Commons and one member collective that is a 501c3. Please see the proposal and additional information on the pad (<a href="http://pad.riseup.net/p/omninom" rel="noreferrer">pad.riseup.net/p/omninom</a>) if you didn't see it before.<br /><br /> We agreed to update each other at least once a week on the progress of discussions in the collectives and the development of the contracts. This is the thread where we will put our updates.<br /><br /> Everyone is welcome to attend the Finance/fundraising working group meeting at 6pm on Mondays to get more information or raise any concerns/questions.<br /><br /> Laura<br /><br /><br /> ______________________________<wbr />_________________<br /> consensus mailing list<br /><a href="mailto:consensus@lists.omnicommons.org">consensus@lists.omnicommons.or<wbr />g</a><br /><a href="https://omnicommons.org/lists/listinfo/consensus" rel="noreferrer">https://omnicommons.org/lists/<wbr />listinfo/consensus</a></blockquote>
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<div dir="ltr">Replying all primarily for those I just subscribed who signed up for the mailing list at the end of the meeting - apologies! Your thoughts welcome and appreciated ~</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 6, 2016 at 9:34 PM, Patrik D'haeseleer <span><<a href="mailto:patrikd@gmail.com">patrikd@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br />
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<div dir="ltr">Thanks Laura,
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<div>One thing I didn't understand about the two-non-profit idea was whether this was just a temporary fix, and eventually the ownership of the building would be with the Omni, or whether the building will be shared in perpetuity between the Omni and Sudo.</div>
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<div>If this is intended to be a permanent arrangement, I would greatly prefer setting up a new 501(c)3 just for the purpose of receiving the donation, even if that might take a bit longer to arrange.</div>
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<div>Patrik</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 6, 2016 at 9:05 PM, Laura Turiano <span><<a href="mailto:scylla@riseup.net">scylla@riseup.net</a>></span> wrote:<br />
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0 0 0 .8ex; border-left: 1px #ccc solid; padding-left: 1ex;">Everyone,<br /><br /> At the delegates meeting we discussed the proposal to buy the building by creating a tenants in common agreement between Omni Commons and one member collective that is a 501c3. Please see the proposal and additional information on the pad (<a href="http://pad.riseup.net/p/omninom" rel="noreferrer">pad.riseup.net/p/omninom</a>) if you didn't see it before.<br /><br /> We agreed to update each other at least once a week on the progress of discussions in the collectives and the development of the contracts. This is the thread where we will put our updates.<br /><br /> Everyone is welcome to attend the Finance/fundraising working group meeting at 6pm on Mondays to get more information or raise any concerns/questions.<br /><br /> Laura<br /><br /><br /> ______________________________<wbr />_________________<br /> consensus mailing list<br /><a href="mailto:consensus@lists.omnicommons.org">consensus@lists.omnicommons.or<wbr />g</a><br /><a href="https://omnicommons.org/lists/listinfo/consensus" rel="noreferrer">https://omnicommons.org/lists/<wbr />listinfo/consensus</a></blockquote>
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<br /><br />---------- Forwarded message ----------<br />From: Yardena Cohen <<a href="mailto:yardenack@gmail.com">yardenack@gmail.com</a>><br />To: Laura Turiano <<a href="mailto:scylla@riseup.net">scylla@riseup.net</a>><br />Cc: "<a href="mailto:consensus@lists.omnicommons.org">consensus@lists.omnicommons.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:consensus@lists.omnicommons.org">consensus@lists.omnicommons.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:discuss@lists.omnicommons.org">discuss@lists.omnicommons.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:discuss@lists.omnicommons.org">discuss@lists.omnicommons.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:finance@lists.omnicommons.org">finance@lists.omnicommons.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:finance@lists.omnicommons.org">finance@lists.omnicommons.org</a>><br />Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2016 09:05:42 -0700<br />Subject: Re: [omni-discuss] [omni-consensus] Buy the building report back thread<br />On Thu, Oct 6, 2016 at 9:05 PM, Laura Turiano <<a href="mailto:scylla@riseup.net">scylla@riseup.net</a>> wrote:<br /> > <a href="http://pad.riseup.net/p/omninom" rel="noreferrer">pad.riseup.net/p/omninom</a><br /><br /> Hi all, I'm really sorry I'm not more involved right now and very much<br /> appreciate all the work that's being done to make this project work! I<br /> have some questions about this proposal...<br /> * Why can't the donor just wait until January? Do they really need<br /> that 2016 write-off?<br /> * Would it work to create a new project that's fiscally sponsored by a<br /> 501c3? (like Sudo, CCL, FNB)<br /> * Maybe we should get a second legal opinion on ways to make this<br /> work. Anyone know a good accountant?<br /><br /> I don't know any behind-the-scenes info, but it seems like this would<br /> fundamentally change how power works at Omni. Right now anybody in the<br /> community can come to a delegates meeting or this list to voice their<br /> concerns about use of space, but under this scheme, half the building<br /> would be off limits. For instance, there's been a proposal to have a<br /> co-working space in the basement, and some people have been blocking<br /> consensus for a while because of their concerns. If hypothetically,<br /> Sudoroom's 50% included the basement, there would be no way for people<br /> to have any say. I'm not saying I'm for or against Marcus's plan, but<br /> if there is strong opposition to it, it seems like a good thing that<br /> people have a chance to talk it through rather than be forced to<br /> accept it.<br /><br /> I would most like to hear from people who aren't Sudoroom members in<br /> this conversation, because it seems they would have the most to lose.<br /> I hope the fiscal urgency - and our desire to be polite to our<br /> hard-working friends - doesn't overshadow questions about values and<br /> power. I hope nobody feels pressured to keep quiet during this<br /> process. That could do a lot of damage to the community.<br /><br /><br /><br />---------- Forwarded message ----------<br />From: Mary Ann Tenuto <<a href="mailto:cezmat@igc.org">cezmat@igc.org</a>><br />To: Yardena Cohen <<a href="mailto:yardenack@gmail.com">yardenack@gmail.com</a>><br />Cc: "<a href="mailto:consensus@lists.omnicommons.org">consensus@lists.omnicommons.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:consensus@lists.omnicommons.org">consensus@lists.omnicommons.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:discuss@lists.omnicommons.org">discuss@lists.omnicommons.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:discuss@lists.omnicommons.org">discuss@lists.omnicommons.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:finance@lists.omnicommons.org">finance@lists.omnicommons.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:finance@lists.omnicommons.org">finance@lists.omnicommons.org</a>><br />Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2016 10:47:36 -0700<br />Subject: Re: [omni-discuss] [omni-consensus] Buy the building report back thread<br />I'm inclined to share some of Patrik's and Yar's feelings. I think it's at least worth exploring/researching<br /> the option of another nonprofit, which I believe was Option D in our meeting with Jesse. Since time is<br /> of the essence, that would need to be an important first part of the exploration/research.<br /><br /> Mary Ann<br /><br /> > On Oct 7, 2016, at 9:05 AM, Yardena Cohen <<a href="mailto:yardenack@gmail.com">yardenack@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br /> ><br /> > On Thu, Oct 6, 2016 at 9:05 PM, Laura Turiano <<a href="mailto:scylla@riseup.net">scylla@riseup.net</a>> wrote:<br /> >> <a href="http://pad.riseup.net/p/omninom" rel="noreferrer">pad.riseup.net/p/omninom</a><br /> ><br /> > Hi all, I'm really sorry I'm not more involved right now and very much<br /> > appreciate all the work that's being done to make this project work! I<br /> > have some questions about this proposal...<br /> > * Why can't the donor just wait until January? Do they really need<br /> > that 2016 write-off?<br /> > * Would it work to create a new project that's fiscally sponsored by a<br /> > 501c3? (like Sudo, CCL, FNB)<br /> > * Maybe we should get a second legal opinion on ways to make this<br /> > work. Anyone know a good accountant?<br /> ><br /> > I don't know any behind-the-scenes info, but it seems like this would<br /> > fundamentally change how power works at Omni. Right now anybody in the<br /> > community can come to a delegates meeting or this list to voice their<br /> > concerns about use of space, but under this scheme, half the building<br /> > would be off limits. For instance, there's been a proposal to have a<br /> > co-working space in the basement, and some people have been blocking<br /> > consensus for a while because of their concerns. If hypothetically,<br /> > Sudoroom's 50% included the basement, there would be no way for people<br /> > to have any say. I'm not saying I'm for or against Marcus's plan, but<br /> > if there is strong opposition to it, it seems like a good thing that<br /> > people have a chance to talk it through rather than be forced to<br /> > accept it.<br /> ><br /> > I would most like to hear from people who aren't Sudoroom members in<br /> > this conversation, because it seems they would have the most to lose.<br /> > I hope the fiscal urgency - and our desire to be polite to our<br /> > hard-working friends - doesn't overshadow questions about values and<br /> > power. I hope nobody feels pressured to keep quiet during this<br /> > process. 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