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

[Lesley Bell]

Alice, in theory it's a good solution, but for the amount of money being
contributed, it has to be a well-established, existing nonprofit.

Not sure about the land trust, though.

On Sat, Oct 15, 2016, 9:32 AM beehappysolutions <beehappysolutions at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I’ve seen a sign on telegraph ave southbound of the 24 frwy over pass that
> says something like “east bay community sharing”  and I had the idea -
>
> If they are a registered 501c3 why not buy a nonprofit for the purchase of
> the Omni building - I think all you would have to do is change the names of
> the officers.
>
> I apologize if this is a stupid idea
>
> and I apologized for not getting to Wednesdays sudo meeting - but family
> happens
>
> with love
>
> Alice
>
>
> > On Oct 13, 2016, at 12:18 PM, Yardena Cohen <yardenack at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > 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.
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