29 Jul
2021
29 Jul
'21
10:22 p.m.
Bumping.
On 7/23/21 10:24 AM, Jenny Ryan wrote:
Thanks, Sarah! Completely accurate on all counts.
These are automated invoices and it's been this way since 2014.
Sudo has $8,400 in the bank, thanks to some recent generous donations.
We officially owe Omni $20K in back rent.
What I think Sudo should do is:
- Requesting all back rent be forgiven due to the pandemic (see: FYE's
recent proposal);
- But also that half of the amount owed should be written off as a
work-trade amount for the labor cost of upgrading the building's
electrical (thank you Jake, Alex, yar, and others who've been working
on this!!) which I believe was quoted to us as somewhere between
$7500-$10,000;
- Keep what's in our account ($8,400) for a cushion so we can begin to
pay again starting next month, and use the remaining funds to upgrade
the space (flooring, ventilation, etc) as we've been discussing for
awhile now;
- Work on membership recruitment, reactivation, and ensuring we're net
positive (raise monthly income from $1200 to at least $2200/month);
- We should also work with Noisebridge on a donor-matching fund, which
they've been very generously discussing, and raise something in the
realm of $20-50K for Omni as a whole;
- and ask for more money from Handshake :)
Would be great if some folks could take up the above proposals for
community discussion!
Much love,
Jenny
On 7/22/21 5:38 PM, Sarah Lockhart via finance wrote:
As I understand it (and Jenny can correct me),
these are automated.
Since I started doing the bookkeeping, I haven't done anything about
the invoicing as I didn't want to overstep, and I felt like I needed
a specific "problem" to fix with regards to the invoicing. That is,
if it is a problem.
What is shown is based on what's in the QBO system.. The "balance
forward" is the total rent owed (including back rent). The "new
charges" are the current rent -- I think it is for August -- so next
month's rent, giving people 10 days in advance of the 1st of the
month when Omni is supposed to make the mortgage payment for which
these rents go towards.
There is a bunch of money in Sudo's account at Unify that Omni has
access to, but I felt like Finance needed authorization from Sudo to
transfer it to one of Omni's general accounts and apply it to "back
rent." Those funds are still Sudo's money.
Also, if Sudo would like some or all of the back rent waived (due to
Covid) then it is my understanding that Finance supports that
proposal, but a formal proposal would have to be made by someone from
Sudo and submitted to delegates -- at least that was the consensus at
the delegates meeting a month ago when I tried to get the back rent
waived on Sudo's behalf.
SL
On Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 2:25 PM Jake <jake(a)spaz.org
<mailto:jake@spaz.org>> wrote:
These messages have been questioned many times and I think that
unless we can
confirm that the numbers are accurate, we need to turn these
messages off.
Who is aware of how these statements are calculated and sent out?
-jake
On Thu, 22 Jul 2021, Omni Commons wrote:
____________________________________________________________________________
> --------------------------------------
> Total Of New Charges: $2,000.00
> Total Amount Due:
$20,000.00
> Greetings Sudo Room!
> This is your monthly donation
invoice. Thank you for stewarding the
> commons!
> Love and solidarity,
> Omni Commons Finance Working Group
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https://sudoroom.org/lists/listinfo/sudo-discuss Dear Sudo Room,
Here's your invoice! We appreciate your prompt payment.
Thank you for stewarding the commons.
Love and solidarity,
Omni Commons
---------------------------------- Invoice
---------------------------------
4799 Shattuck Ave
Oakland, CA 94609 US
https://omnicommons.org <https://omnicommons.org>
Invoice #: 2396
Date: 08/01/2021
Due Date: 08/25/2021
Terms: Net 25
Amount Due: $20,000.00
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bill To:
Sudo Room
4799 Shattuck Ave
Oakland, CA 94607
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
****************************** Account Summary
*****************************
07/01/2021 Balance Forward
$18,000.00
Other payments and credits after 07/01/2021
0.00
New charges (details below) 2,000.00
Total Amount Due (activity through 08/01/202 20,000.00
****************************************************************************
<u> Date </u><u> Activity </u><u> Qty
</u><u> Rate </u><u> Amount
</u>
08/01/2021 Furnishing Fa 1
2,000.00
2,000.00