[sudo-discuss] [omni-consensus] Hiring Christina Oatfield to resolve property taxes (fwd)

sudoroom needs to send their delegate (me) with a position on this asap. i (as a member) am in favor, i think there's no reason to hesitate. -jake ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2022 19:38:36 -0700 From: Yardena Cohen <yardenack(a)gmail.com> To: consensus <consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org> Subject: [omni-consensus] Hiring Christina Oatfield to resolve property taxes I would like us to hire a local lawyer named Christina Oatfield (https://www.christinaoatfield.com/) to represent Omni Commons as we navigate our welfare exemption application with the county assessor's office, to resolve the issue of our outstanding property taxes. This is a huge existential problem. If we don't get it resolved, there is no way we will ever get a loan, or keep the building. She has extensive local experience in exactly this area, charges $225/hour, and would ask us to sign the fee agreement at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bffzLFT7Rd-rKe6vaVi3qvXph3_zhRCX Her work would focus just on the welfare exemption. She would not replace Jesse Palmer as a general lawyer, or Sarah Lockhart as our 2021 tax preparer, or do any other legal or tax-related work. How do folks feel about this? Do we need to wait another 3 (!) weeks to approve this? Personally I feel like it has been brought up enough times at delegates meetings that we shouldn't need to wait that long. But I would like a couple other opinions on that. _______________________________________________ consensus mailing list consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org https://omnicommons.org/lists/listinfo/consensus