Some clarity on The Omni. We are still in negotiations, but the deposit is
about $30,000 (twice rent) the extra $20,000 are to cover first month rent
and have some standing funds. Also, more importantly, last I heard we do
have donors who are willing to cover this cost. We are currently dotting
our I's and crossing our T's Including gaining fiscal sponsorship so
donations will be tax deductible.
tl;dr: The Omni is happening.
On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 7:29 AM, Hol Gaskill <hol(a)gaskill.com> wrote:
food and furniture? but isn't the common area
where we are supposed to
keep our receptionists??? this is seriously getting more off the wall
every week to week and a half. the place was seriously empty before sudo
came in and he claims we are hurting his ability to rent the space? if he
were more reasonable then we would've already filled the space with other
likeminded groups! don't you see what's happening, george?
we should be hedging our bets with a backup plan in case enough support
for omni plan doesn't materialize - i am generally optimistic about
collective of collectives but the $50,000 dollar deposit and the location
are huge barriers to moving into the omni. couldn't make it to the meeting
this week, but are there any other leads beside 8th and alice? recently
came upon the term 'hackbase'
http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Cyberhippietotalism which could offer up
some more viable venues. what if we had a cluster of hackbases each with
its own flavor? i've always seen this as something that would grow beyond
a single building. could have the shop along with a bike co-op operating
out of the basement of one house, a 2D and 3D print shop w/cafe in another,
all networked and uniformly autonomous.
i don't know if this was discussed at the meeting, but i've in the past
advocated going on a 'space diet' - no not astronaut ice cream, just
dispersing our infrastructure to various ad hoc facilities for a month to
accumulate reserves between spaces if necessary in our metamorphosis. it
has its own problems but is worth considering if we see a space we love
that has a prohibitive deposit.
cheers
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