Re: [sudo-discuss] [BAPS-Organizing] Full Building Purchase Proposal & FAQ

What if Omni shares ownership with Bay Area Community Land Trust? Last year the fundraising wg was leaning towards schemes like where BACLT owns the land and Omni owns the building. BACLT is a 501c3 and the kind of property stewardship we're assigning to "Omni2" is already their core mission. I'm sorry to say, I don't think power balance issues can ever be eradicated while Sudo owns half the building. One of the most important powers at Omni is the power to reject or kick out another collective. Not that I foresee anybody actually kicking out Sudo, but over the past few years, Sudoroom has exercised its blocking power to prevent several new groups from joining or remaining in Omni (Creative Empowerment Project, Oakland Nights Live), and to prevent other Omni groups from making important operating decisions which affected their status - such as Buried Seeds decreasing their rent, Homes Not Jails being a member collective without paying rent, Black Hole using the basement, Backspace's various plans, etc. Who would be able to hold Sudoroom to similar standards it's held for other groups? It's not about whether we trust each other. If you have to say "trust me" then you don't just have a "perceived power imbalance", you have a real one.