This is a commercial lease, the Residential Tenancies Act does not apply. On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 10:39 AM, Dan Bernardić <[email protected]> wrote:
> I believe there are two issues someone in a leadership role or a designate > has to address in order to ensure the best likelihood of success of our > efforts. I don't even know if you're being deliberately vague in your > response, or you just don't have time to write out a more comprehensive > explanation. > > Firstly, if the Jenkster or anyone else created a calculation that shows > all relevant numbers, I urge leadership to send that out to announce as > well. It seems to me that every announce-reading member deserves to know > the exact numbers. And there should be a way to electronically stay up to > date with the efforts as we make progress toward documented and publicized > goals. > > Secondly, just going with what landlord asks is potentially a bad idea. > Tenants have rights, and this stuff is legislated to protect tenants from > money-hungry landlords, which appears to be what we're dealing with. I only > have experience in residential tenancies, but in my 5 years of living at my > previous apartment, I had to refer to the legislation several times because > the landlord was often on the lookout to screw me out of my money and > rights. I urge leadership or designate to educate themselves about their > rights, and not make any concessions that are legally unnecessary. You may > well have done due diligence, but I don't think announce readers have been > given evidence of this. > > Perhaps a bold statement here would be to point out my experience with > regard to lack of responsiveness a particular elected leader had shown to > my emails about paying my dues. It might be the case that the elected > leaders do not have the time to address these things, and in that case a > designate should be found. If this an existential problem as you present > it, it deserves appropriate amount of attention. > > I am in no way judging your response to this issue as I do not actually > know the facts, neither am I complaining about any interaction I've had so > far with the elected leaders, you guys are great, and have done a great job > as far as I can tell. I'm just expressing my concern, which is perhaps > shared with other less outspoken members, and providing some ideas for how > to address the problem. > > > On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 9:45 AM, Ron <[email protected]> wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Yes, among other things. >> >> Ron >> >> On 2012-10-14 17:13, Jason Therrien wrote: >> > Does this stem from having to pay for power in the new contract? >> > >> > -jason >> > >> > On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 2:21 PM, Ron <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> > > Hash: SHA1 >> > > >> > > Hey everybody, >> > > >> > > I don't post day-to-day business to announce@ very often, but as I >> > > alluded to in the subject, this is very important. Basically, it's >> vital >> > > to the survival of SkullSpace at this point, as scary as that sounds. >> > > >> > > With the new lease that the landlord is proposing, we're going to be >> > > stretched thin. So thin that it's really not realistic to survive >> > > without making some changes. I don't believe moving is an option - >> we're >> > > not going to find anything better than what we have, and we're going >> to >> > > wind up with either shitty space or more expensive space, with the >> same >> > > problems. >> > > >> > > There are three ways to solve this, and I think we should be working >> on >> > > implementing all three: >> > > >> > > 1. If you're not a member, and you'd like to become one, please talk >> to >> > > me! If you join now, we'll give you the first month for free! Just >> email >> > > me directly (ron @ skullsecurity.net) and we'll make arrangements! >> Also, >> > > if you have any friends who you think would be interested, bring 'em >> to >> > > SkullSpace and show them around! >> > > >> > > 2. If you ARE a member, and you can afford to pay more than $40/month, >> > > please consider filling out a new PAD that includes a monthly >> donation. >> > > I've personally offered to do this, as did nearly everybody in the >> > > budget meeting. If you can afford $50, $60, or even $100, it'll make a >> > > *huge* difference. >> > > >> > > For what it's worth, we had a visitor this week whose hackerspace runs >> > > entirely off monthly donations, and they have people who pay $200 and >> > > $300 each month, because they can afford it. >> > > >> > > I understand that not everybody can afford more than $40, but if you >> can >> > > and you wish to donate extra money, please email me directly and we'll >> > > sort it out. ron @ skullsecurity.net >> > > >> > > 3. More events! We've had several events the last couple weeks, and >> have >> > > more planned! If you have an idea for an event, don't be shy! Take the >> > > reigns, and if you need anything at all, let me know. I'm here to help >> > > and facilitate as much as I can. And when we do have events, please >> > > pass the hate, particularly for non-members. $5 or $10 per person >> isn't >> > > an unreasonable donation! >> > > >> > > So yeah, that's my appeal. We desperately need to raise our income in >> > > a short timeframe to offset the rent increase. If we don't, we're >> going >> > > to be homeless. Or worse. So please help out! >> > > >> > > Ron >> > > >> > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> > > Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) >> > > >> > > iEYEARECAAYFAlB7EMMACgkQ2t2zxlt4g/Q94QCgqOGxHYqYtDtQ+EGUOFZHBRe5 >> > > +uIAoNotBVc58wGvhMwMexc1lC+LLh8U >> > > =cu9j >> > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > SkullSpace Announce Mailing List >> > > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Announce >> > > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-announce-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/ >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) >> >> iEYEARECAAYFAlB8IXMACgkQ2t2zxlt4g/TMbwCglCbjdZkpab3qEjOMwU6ViSui >> juYAoI4o3mEI0B0vSworUw+5z7CijFfC >> =PYwJ >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> _______________________________________________ >> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >> Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >> > > > > -- > Dan Bernardic > Learn more about me at http://gravatar.com/dbernar > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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