[sudo-hall] Institutional Membership for Common area

[David Rorex]

65 groups sounds like quite a large number to be sharing one physical place
that isn't all that big. That means each group gets less than half a day's
use of each room? Assuming it were shared perfectly equally I mean.


On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 12:55 PM, Eddan Katz <eddan at sudoroom.tv> wrote:

> Another, and possibly more appealing prospect is to try to get a whole
> bunch of groups, not necessarily to move their offices to 2135 Broadway,
> but just use those facilities that their current locations do not permit in
> terms of size and location.
> From some of the responses I've been getting, I don't think it would be
> very hard to get 65 groups to go in $100 month for clean and managed use of
> all the rooms on the floor for their different purposes.
>
>
> On Dec 21, 2013, at 8:53 PM, Eddan Katz <eddan at sudoroom.tv> wrote:
>
> > Another thing we talked about with Oakland Digital was the advantage of
> being able to manage the common area.
> > Peer Production would sub-lease the individual rooms to the
> groups/companies at proportionally lower rates and create a layer of
> institutional membership that could help offset costs and facilitate
> responsible use of the common area.
> >
> > For example, if the individual rents for entities collecting together
> that want to be tenants in specific rooms were reduced by some 15-30%,
> institutional membership for organizations wanting to use the common area
> but not interested in being tenants could collectively pay for that
> percentage reduction. This would also encourage the expansion of the
> network with participation from the multiple collaborative groups and their
> programs and activities.
> >
> > Institutional membership also allows for individual people to share the
> risks and burdens of monthly dues within a sub-group cluster. In other
> words, if one person can't pay that month, but is active and contributing,
> that person's contribution and participation could be covered through their
> affiliated organization.
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