Hi Jenny -

Thanks for sharing the proposal. Personally, I feel that having access to omni / sudoroom is vital to sudomesh: without having a place to meet and store things, getting together and doing stuff is much harder. This is why I support the general idea of supporting omni's facilities financially via sudomesh.

Some comments/questions:

1. sudomesh does not (legally) have members, only a board of directors. As far as I understand, the board of directors takes decisions (by consensus) on entering into legal agreements and taking financial decisions such as a lease agreement with Omni. Please confirm.

2. in reading through the sample documents, I read in section 8. Maintenance and Repair:  "[...] If Lessee or Lessee's members, guests, clients, users, volunteers or participants cause or permit damage to the Premises, the Common Areas or the Property, Lessee shall be liable for the cost to repair the damage. [...]". This seems fair and follows along with the "you break it, you fix it" idea. Since sudomesh does not have members, how do we determine who's associated with sudomesh? Does a board member takes a tally before each event? Stand at the door at check? Without keeping track of this, I would imagine that the liability would be tricky to figure out. Curious to hear your thoughts on this.

3. In section 12. Insurance, I read "[...] Lessee shall obtain and keep in force general commercial liability insurance covering all of Lessee's activities at the Premises during all periods that this Lease is in Effect. Said insurance policy shall have liability limits not less than $1,000,000 per occurrence for personal
injuries ​ and $2,000,000 aggregate​ . Said policy must include a Waiver of Subrogation​ . Said policy shall name Lessor (Omni Commons) ​ as an additionally insured​ . [...]" What is the plan of sudomesh getting such insurance? I am aware that there's a plan to get directors insurance. What are you thoughts on this? What are the costs associated with such an insurance?

Thanks again for sharing this and for all the work you do.

thx,
-jorrit

On 03/27/2018 06:49 PM, Jenny Ryan wrote:
Greets!

I said I would send deets on a proposed formal relationship between Sudo Mesh and Omni, now that sudomesh is a legit 501c3 with some funding. This was brought up at the Omni Finance WG meeting the other week, as we're in the process of updating our lease agreements with Omni member collectives.

Proposal: Allocate $100/month to Omni in exchange for storage & meeting space usage,  plus a percentage of donations or set amount for ballroom space usage for workshops
* All groups that utilize the building contribute something financially, which enables the Omni to remain fiscally solvent. we've had a free ride for a minute now, and now have financial resources we can share.
** Sample lease agreement attached.
* Optional, secondary proposal: We could become a member collective of the Omni, since Sudo Mesh is its own organizational entity with hella upswing right now. It's mostly a position of responsibility: attending 2x meetings per month (via a Delegate representative, tho all meetings are open to the public. any collective can also go 'inactive' after missing 2 meetings and that's totally okay - we all bizzy) as well as having at least 2 sudomesh members involved in Omni working groups (Robb and I already are, so that req is kinda moot). These meetings are super on-point at this point in time and good learnings for anyone interested in representative democracy, consensus processes, and grappling with issues of intersectional oppression.
** See also: ​
 Member Collectives Handbook
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** It would entail a written proposal and representation at an upcoming Delegates Meeting (1st & 3rd Thursdays @ 7-9pm)

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Jenny

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