Re: [sudo-discuss] Lease

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.> >

>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>_______________________________________________> sudo-discuss mailing list> sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org> https://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss>

>>-- >-------Andrew Lowe