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From: Matthew Senate <mattsenate@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [sudo-discuss] Proposal to Galvanize
Date: December 19, 2013 5:31:43 AM PST
To: Max B <maxb.personal@gmail.com>
Cc: camoo@groups.google.com, sudo-discuss <sudo-discuss@lists.sudoroom.org>, Bay Area Public School Organizing <bayareapublicschool-organizing@googlegroups.com>

Hey all,

Excited to discuss tonight, hope you can make it.

Appreciate the feedback from everyone, wanted to share a few thoughts.

On The Dangers of 2141 Broadway - as far as I see it, we're here, and it's going to take quite a bit of energy to confirm an alternative with the right critical mass of folks. To rent out an extra room is equivalent to saying "We haven't signed a lease on an alternative for this January, let's put our stuff and ourselves some place for now, especially if we don't have any space at all". With a month-to-month contract, I shared my reasons in the first email about why I think it's valuable to do this. In fact, we're lucky to have the option at this time.

On Fund-Raising - I do think there will be some way to intelligently combine the budgets of a small number of groups to share the third office. Knowing just a few interested parties should get the ball rolling. If we're building up to make serious financial commitments together, I see this as pretty close to the minimum in terms of financial commitments, a first step. By all of this I also mean that I don't think the cost will be prohibitive to raising more funds, given the back-of-the-envelope estimations for alternative spaces so far.

On The Office - I believe splitting the room about ~18 ways would be possible. On the other hand, I think there is likely a better set of chunks than even division. To give more detail, I think we could probably do something more like:

Some significant portion of the space is rented by one or two groups, up to say a third or a half. ($300 - $400 / mo)
Some shared desk space is available for folks that need an office space (3 x $50 / mo)

Some storage space is available for folks that need storage only, or storage along with room usage. (3 x $50 / mo)
A few more desks are rented and managed as a co-working component, say as "sudo work" or whatever, that I am interested in coordinating. (6 x $50 / mo)

On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 7:16 PM, Max B <maxb.personal@gmail.com> wrote:

Is 18 separate groups feasible? Personally, I might be interested in
paying $50 for a co-working(ish) space for myself and for sudomesh. I
guess I'd be interested in that sort of arrangement in any new Omni-like
situation as well.

Max B

On 12/17/2013 03:12 PM, Matthew Senate wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> I have a proposal I'd like some feedback on and to discuss at the next
> meeting at the public school this Thursday (7pm right?)
>

> *Proposal: *

> Out of the attendees of these meetings (including folks on the list below),
> to find some number of interested collectives, individuals, organizations,
> small businesses, etc to rent the $900-$950 / mo. office adjacent to the
> Bay Area Public School (BAPS), sharing the common space with BAPS and the
> Sudo Room at 2141 Broadway in Oakland. For instance, at ~18 equal parties,
> this room can be rented for $50 / mo. I am personally interested in
> coordinating several folks to use part of the space as "sudo coworking"
> with a few small desks for individual work. The intention of this rental is
> multiple-fold:
>
> * To no longer delay in solidifying collaboration between various
> groups--i.e. for other folks to join BAPS and the Sudo Room by sharing
> space now.
> * To commit to investing (minimally) financially in a venture that requires
> communication, collaboration, and sharing.
> * To engage in a learning experience about our ability to co-operate and
> grow.
> * To provide an opportunity to groups that currently do not have a space to
> galvanize their community.
> * To be able to fruitfully engage in a comparison between various group
> rental options including The Omni, 8th and Alice, and even 2141 Broadway.
>
> https://sudoroom.org/wiki/The_Omni
> https://sudoroom.org/wiki/8th_and_Alice
> https://sudoroom.org/wiki/2141_Broadway
> https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Spaces
>

> *List (in no particular order):*
>
> - * Timeless infinite
> light<http://space.sudoscience.org/index.php/Possible_Groups#Timeless_infinite_light>
> - * sudo mesh<http://space.sudoscience.org/index.php/Possible_Groups#sudo_mesh>
> - * Prelinger
> Library<http://space.sudoscience.org/index.php/Possible_Groups#Prelinger_Library>
> - * Local Flavor<http://space.sudoscience.org/index.php/Possible_Groups#Local_Flavor>
> - * Planting

> Justice<http://space.sudoscience.org/index.php/Possible_Groups#Planting_Justice>
> - * Spokeland<http://space.sudoscience.org/index.php/Possible_Groups#Spokeland>
> - * Fix-It Clinic<http://space.sudoscience.org/index.php/Possible_Groups#Fix-It_Clinic>
> - * CorpWatch<http://space.sudoscience.org/index.php/Possible_Groups#CorpWatch>
> - * Sudo Co-Working<http://space.sudoscience.org/index.php/Possible_Groups#Sudo_Co-Working>

>
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