Seeing them does nothing unless we can afford to take them to court. That is the problem here not the legality, it's cost and time.
Also we no longer deal with them as a landlord so the trust between us is not relevant. G Mike On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 9:27 AM, Roswyne <[email protected]> wrote: > You can't change a contract once it's signed - the whole point of signing > it is to confirm and finalize what the terms are. It's illegal for them to > insist on anything that wasn't covered in the contract. > > As far as I can tell, they're sticking to their story that we never had a > contract, which is interesting to say the least. They certainly collected > rent in accordance with it. > > Is there a particular reason that the board doesn't want a lawyer to see > the contracts? I understand it's an extra expense, but I've already > offered to cover that. > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 9:15 AM, Ron <[email protected]> wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> They're not illegal. There's nothing stopping them from saying "your new >> lease requires you to pay us $6000 immediately". The only sketchy thing >> is signing a second lease while the first is in effect, but that isn't >> harming us in any way so I'm not worried. >> >> Ron >> >> On 2012-10-25 09:12, Roswyne wrote: >> > To follow up on this - I think it makes a significant difference >> whether or >> > not their actions have been illegal. If they've been legal, then we can >> > continue to deal with them... but if they've violated their contracts >> with >> > us, then we can't trust them at all. >> > >> > If I can get copies of our two leases, I'll take them to a lawyer for >> > review *at my own expense*. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 7:54 AM, Roswyne <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > > My experience says that people who behave unfairly do so >> consistently, and >> > > escalate until you stop giving in to them. >> > > >> > > We all know how this has continuously gotten worse as its progressed. >> Why >> > > give them another chance to shock us? >> > > >> > > Moving time and costs will depend on what we take with us, based on >> the >> > > size of the new place and what people consider important. For >> example, if >> > > we don't have room for six couches, we won't take them all. And >> Assentworks >> > > might be happy to inheirit the ones we leave. >> > > >> > > Similarly, people can take back any "lent" items and personal >> projects. >> > > Tables can be folded down, and benches and shelves can be >> disassembled. >> > > >> > > We shouldn't over plan the new location. Its easy to make plans - one >> > > person can do that alone. But it takes a team to build everything. >> > > >> > > We'll do better to embrace a flexible, adaptive floor layout, and let >> it >> > > grow based on need/usage. >> > > >> > > >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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) >> >> iEYEARECAAYFAlCJSWwACgkQ2t2zxlt4g/QnHQCfa1Wt0Q/u8EY8Iv0ea2AhlF+s >> EssAnA3pOsfSM2dxn3cSbjKY6M00aVIk >> =/z5o >> -----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/ >> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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