[sudo-discuss] [omni-consensus] FIRST DRAFT PROPOSAL: Village of Love

Hi Sudoroom members, We will have to send our delegate (me) to the delegates' meeting in two weeks with a position on the following proposal to operate a day center in the basement of Omni, as described here: https://omnicommons.org/pipermail/consensus/attachments/20220505/d539bbca/a… When I first heard about this idea, I didn't think it would be practical, but having been in the delegates' meeting and tonight having heard directly from Joey who is leading this operation, I'm confident that it will be a positive use of the space, and in line with the common values that Omni collectives share. Also, this proposal will significantly increase the chances that we'll not lose the building in 210 days when the baloon mortgage comes due, as the money coming in from Village Of Love will help us present as a viable operation to banks considering giving us a loan. I know we don't want to make decisions based purely on money, or purely because we want to keep the Omni, so I think it's great that this proposal seems to me like it's going to be a good thing. If sudoroom members have specific questions or concerns about this proposal, speak up now so that we can start the process of addressing them. If nobody has anything to say about it, like what happened with MOP, I will represent that Sudoroom is in favor of this proposal Forwarded below is some context, and a link to the meeting notes from the latest delegates' meeting discussing this proposal. -jake ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 5 May 2022 21:54:56 -0700 From: Yardena Cohen <yardenack(a)gmail.com> To: consensus <consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org> Subject: Re: [omni-consensus] FIRST DRAFT PROPOSAL: Village of Love Update: a few points were clarified at tonight's delegates meeting https://omnicommons.org/wiki/Event:2022/05/05_Delegates#vol VOL's initial proposal is to pay a total of $1800/mo beginning June 1, for these four existing basement rooms: 1) The former FYE room 2) The room next to that, currently used as FNB storage 3) The room next to that, formerly Liberated Lens 4) The larger enclosed space which joins all the above rooms For the first few months (June, July, August) VOL would also like to use the entrance hall during their operating hours (10-3 M-F). Their use would be compatible with the free store and with ANV. Once we finish building the new basement room (approved 4/21) they would like to pay $800/mo for that as well. Once all construction finishes in that area of the basement, they would also like to pay $400/mo to occupy and curate the open space adjacent to these two rooms. These could come as separate proposals, but it'd be good for delegates to agree to the broad outline if possible. At that point, their total would be $3000/month. On Thu, May 5, 2022 at 6:52 PM Yardena Cohen <yardenack(a)gmail.com> wrote: _______________________________________________ consensus mailing list consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org https://omnicommons.org/lists/listinfo/consensus