[sudo-discuss] Lease

[Hol Gaskill]

so it's a donation and not a loan we're talking about for that amount?

on Apr 18, 2014, Andrew <andrew at roshambomedia.com> wrote:
>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.> >
tl;dr: The Omni is happening.>
>>On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 7:29 AM, Hol Gaskill <hol at 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 at lists.sudoroom.org> https://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss>


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