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    <p>Bumping.<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/23/21 10:24 AM, Jenny Ryan wrote:<br>
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      <p>Thanks, Sarah! Completely accurate on all counts.</p>
      <p>These are automated invoices and it's been this way since 2014.</p>
      <p>Sudo has $8,400 in the bank, thanks to some recent generous
        donations.</p>
      <p>We officially owe Omni $20K in back rent.</p>
      <p>What I think Sudo should do is:<br>
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      <p>- Requesting all back rent be forgiven due to the pandemic
        (see: FYE's recent proposal);</p>
      <p>- But also that half of the amount owed should be written off
        as a work-trade amount for the labor cost of upgrading the
        building's electrical (thank you Jake, Alex, yar, and others
        who've been working on this!!) which I believe was quoted to us
        as somewhere between $7500-$10,000;</p>
      <p>- Keep what's in our account ($8,400) for a cushion so we can
        begin to pay again starting next month, and use the remaining
        funds to upgrade the space (flooring, ventilation, etc) as we've
        been discussing for awhile now;</p>
      <p>- Work on membership recruitment, reactivation, and ensuring
        we're net positive (raise monthly income from $1200 to at least
        $2200/month);<br>
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      <p>- We should also work with Noisebridge on a donor-matching
        fund, which they've been very generously discussing, and raise
        something in the realm of $20-50K for Omni as a whole;<br>
      </p>
      <p>- and ask for more money from Handshake :)<br>
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      <p>Would be great if some folks could take up the above proposals
        for community discussion!</p>
      <p>Much love,</p>
      <p>Jenny<br>
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      <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/22/21 5:38 PM, Sarah Lockhart
        via finance wrote:<br>
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        <div dir="ltr">As I understand it (and Jenny can correct me),
          these are automated. Since I started doing the bookkeeping, I
          haven't done anything about the invoicing as I didn't want to
          overstep, and I felt like I needed a specific "problem" to fix
          with regards to the invoicing. That is, if it is a problem. 
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          <div>What is shown is based on what's in the QBO system.. The
            "balance forward" is the total rent owed (including back
            rent). The "new charges" are the current rent -- I think it
            is for August -- so next month's rent, giving people 10 days
            in advance of the 1st of the month when Omni is supposed to
            make the mortgage payment for which these rents go towards.</div>
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          <div>There is a bunch of money in Sudo's account at Unify that
            Omni has access to, but I felt like Finance needed
            authorization from Sudo to transfer it to one of Omni's
            general accounts and apply it to "back rent." Those funds
            are still Sudo's money. </div>
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          <div>Also, if Sudo would like some or all of the back rent
            waived (due to Covid) then it is my understanding that
            Finance supports that proposal, but a formal proposal would
            have to be made by someone from Sudo and submitted to
            delegates -- at least that was the consensus at the
            delegates meeting a month ago when I tried to get the back
            rent waived on Sudo's behalf.</div>
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          <div>SL</div>
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          <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 2:25
            PM Jake <<a href="mailto:jake@spaz.org"
              moz-do-not-send="true">jake@spaz.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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            rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">These messages have been
            questioned many times and I think that unless we can<br>
            confirm that the numbers are accurate, we need to turn these
            messages off.<br>
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            Who is aware of how these statements are calculated and sent
            out?<br>
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            -jake<br>
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            On Thu, 22 Jul 2021, Omni Commons wrote:<br>
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            > Dear Sudo Room,<br>
            ><br>
            > Here's your invoice! We appreciate your prompt payment.<br>
            ><br>
            > Thank you for stewarding the commons.<br>
            ><br>
            > Love and solidarity,<br>
            > Omni Commons<br>
            ><br>
            ><br>
            ><br>
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            > ---------------------------------- Invoice
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            > 4799 Shattuck Ave<br>
            > Oakland, CA  94609 US<br>
            > <a href="https://omnicommons.org" rel="noreferrer"
              target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://omnicommons.org</a><br>
            ><br>
            > Invoice #:    2396<br>
            > Date:         08/01/2021<br>
            > Due Date:     08/25/2021<br>
            > Terms:        Net 25<br>
            > Amount Due:   $20,000.00<br>
            ><br>
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            > Bill To:<br>
            ><br>
            > Sudo Room<br>
            > 4799 Shattuck Ave<br>
            > Oakland, CA 94607<br>
            ><br>
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            > ****************************** Account Summary
            *****************************<br>
            ><br>
            > 07/01/2021  Balance Forward                           
                   $18,000.00<br>
            > Other payments and credits after 07/01/2021           
             0.00<br>
            > New charges (details below)                       
             2,000.00<br>
            > Total Amount Due (activity through 08/01/202     
             20,000.00<br>
            ><br>
            >
****************************************************************************<br>
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            > <u>     Date     </u><u>   Activity 
            </u><u>      Qty      </u><u>     
            Rate     </u><u>       Amount      </u><br>
            > 08/01/2021    Furnishing Fa       1           2,000.00 
                 2,000.00<br>
            >
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            > --------------------------------------<br>
            > Total Of New Charges:        $2,000.00<br>
            ><br>
            > Total Amount Due:           $20,000.00<br>
            ><br>
            ><br>
            > Greetings Sudo Room!<br>
            ><br>
            > This is your monthly donation invoice. Thank you for
            stewarding the<br>
            > commons!<br>
            ><br>
            > Love and solidarity,<br>
            > Omni Commons Finance Working Group<br>
            ><br>
            ><br>
            ><br>
            ><br>
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