How many members do we even have? I know there's been a few people who have left recently. Can we even afford this with our current membership and the budget we worked out?
On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 3:06 PM, Ron <[email protected]> wrote: > I personally have no problem with you making the offer, provided Jay > says it's a reasonable commitment financially. > > Ron > > On 2012-08-24 14:24, Justin Lacko wrote: > > This is an important follow-up to earlier discussions involving the > > cost of electrical on our floor. > > > > As you may know, Mike Legary and myself are meeting with Marvin, our > > landlord on Tuesday afternoon to discuss the electrical bills. Today I > > received the most recent electrical bill (we are billed monthly) which > > came in at around $1100. This bill includes cre8ery's usage, plus > > public building usage (garage lights, etc). Today Mike Legary also had > > an electrician come and accurately measure our power usage on the > > floor. The results are that with AW running its lights always and > > regular use of their equipment, they are consuming roughly the same > > amount of electricity as SkullSpace is, which is 36A per group (36A > > SkSp, 36A AW). Our rough estimated electrical bills has been > > calculated at $800-$850/mo. at peak use. > > > > What all of this means in the simplest terms is that the landlord is > > losing money on our lease, which is not good. This would very easily > > be a good reason to terminate our lease. Mike Legary estimated the > > landlord currently making $0.50/sq. ft. on the space, and with taxes > > at $0.70/sq. ft., which results in negative profit. In the upcoming > > meeting, the landlord will almost certainly be asking for a reduction > > of our usage. > > > > The suggestion that we will be making on Tuesday's meeting is that > > SkSp & AW will pay for a certain portion of the electrical in order to > > alleviate the problem of the landlord losing money. Don't forget that > > our lease has a 6-month clause which means that the landlord could > > terminate on us at any time. Our max offered contribution towards the > > electrical bill will be $250/mo. per group, meaning a $500 > > contribution from the floor. Again, we are doing this so that we > > appear as the "good guys" who are recognising that the landlord is not > > making money on us, and primarily we are doing this so that we don't > > lose our lease. AssentWorks has already agreed to this amount, and we > > need SkullSpace to be on board by Monday so that we can take this > > offer to the meeting on Tuesday. If SkullSpace does not agree to this > > and AssentWorks does, not only will it look bad on our part when > > talking to the landlord, but it will almost certainly result in the > > loss of our lease. The other added part to this agreement is for both > > sides to reduce electrical consumption by 1/3 (the amount we will > > bring to the table). This isn't as hard as it sounds; we have old > > lighting taking up double the power of new lights; and lighting could > > be put on motion sensors as AssentWorks will be doing. We could also > > properly ventilate our server room which will result in reduced > > workload on the machines and save us money. > > > > Unfortunately this issue is not one that can wait for a formal meeting > > vote by members; Mike Legary and I need to go into this as being on > > the same page in order to present a concerted response. Part of our > > discussions will also focus on increased electrical due to the > > landlord's decision to install space heaters, bad windows, etc. etc. > > Mike and I will work hard for SkSp and AW to bargain as best as we can > > in this process and also ensure that our upcoming electrical plans do > > not render these discussions moot. > > > > I will try my best to answer all questions pertaining to this as best as > I can. > > > > Thanks, > > Justin > > _______________________________________________ > > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ > _______________________________________________ > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >
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