Who said we waived our rights?

On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 10:24 AM, Roswyne <[email protected]> wrote:

> Apparently we have *waived* our right to our existing lease to avoid
> forcing the landlord to invoke the six month clause.
>
> AssentWorks will (but has not yet) signed a new lease, agreeing to the new
> terms (retroactively paying electrical bills and paying all new utility
> bills).
>
> We could then sublease from AW for six months under the terms of the
> original lease, or for the remainder of their new lease at appropriate
> terms.  They would presumably want to pass on their new, higher, costs.
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 9:48 AM, Justin Lacko <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Siu,
>>
>> I appreciate your concern and volunteering to cover some preliminary
>> legal costs. I think I need to stress again that we're beyond the
>> details of the legality of the lease and we're now focused on whether
>> we stay and reduce our footprint, or we find a new space. Your money
>> would be much better spent on helping out with upcoming electrical
>> costs - no matter where we end up there will be these costs.
>>
>> ~Justin
>>
>> On 25 October 2012 09:34, Courtney Lofchick <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> > If they want of request AW pay back electrical in a future contract
>> then it
>> > is not illegal. Especially if they agree to it. We don't have to pay it
>> > unless we stay. The landlord is not imposing that on us, AW is.
>> > Claiming we don't have a lease is different. We have one, but it's not
>> > relevant. They can give us 6 months if they want to.
>> > You don't need to get a lawyer to determine if the landlord is
>> > untrustworthy. A quick look at court records will show their track
>> record.
>> > That being said if you want to pay for a lawyer please do so but
>> perhaps it
>> > would be better put to helping us come to an agreement with AW if we
>> stay.
>> >
>> > 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:
>> >>>
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>> >>> 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.
>> >>> > >
>> >>> > >
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