Sasha and Alex, I'm not sure if it's related, but I know there's been a lot of fuss in the San Francisco area about the legalities of shared renting since the Airbnb fiasco.
http://www.shareable.net/blog/airbnb-uncovers-collaborative-consumption-legal-paradox I wonder if they're now suspicious of coworking for the same reason? Best of luck in dealing with this. Definitely sounds fishy. Beth @gonecoworking On Aug 21, 10:32 pm, Alex Hillman <[email protected]> wrote: > We do quite a bit of communicating and interacting with city hall (including > the department of commerce). My gut says that something is up, though. I'd be > curious what the origin of the request is or specifically who issued it. > > At the end of the day, though...I'd defer to a lawyer for something like > this. If youre comfortable sharing more as this unfolds, I'm sure we'd all > benefit from knowing more details about the background of the request as well > as the path(s) to resolution. > > -Alex > IndyHall.org > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Aug 21, 2011, at 2:30 PM, Sasha V <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hello everyone, > > > Yesterday, we received a letter from the City of San Francisco > > demanding that we release the names of all our San Francisco members > > to "insure that all commercial tenants in the facility are registered > > with the Office of the Treasurer and Tax Collector". > > > 1. Have you received this letter from SF or a similar letter from your > > city government? > > 2. How have you handled it? > > 3. If you haven't, what's your instinct on this? > > > Ours tells us that our clients are not commercial tenants, but members > > of a private club and thus we're under no obligation to disclose any > > information about them in this KGB-like shakedown. > > > It'd be great to hear from the group. > > > Thanks! > > Sasha Vasilyuk > > Sandbox Suites > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Coworking" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
