On Monday, March 03, 2014 11:50:03 Craig Bergdorf wrote: > If i may help summarize the mood as I saw it at the time for those in the > back, > > 48 is still very new, with double the space and a seemingly never ending > list of projects: member's money is flying out the doors with no end in > sight, the saying 'give till it hurts, then come back tomorrow' feels like > it should be the motto. The word from the treasurer is "we're broke - > doubt we can afford heat, give me a receipt and i'll.... (magic?)", and > the calender relentlessly approaches opening day.
The original estimation about heat was $900 based on the only information I knew about our MCF rate. It ended up being around $100. I'd be more than happy to sit down with you and show the accounting that shows we aren't broke. I would not be setting lofty goals of the original $1200 membership credit, $50 monthly maintenance budget, $150 buildout budget, etc if we were desperately seeking funds. I'm not sure where you've gotten the idea that we are or ever were broke. When I started working on the accounting I (imho) had been very transparent and consistently reiterated that we in fact have a lot more funds than was previously reported with plenty of evidence. I admit that the evidence was a bit murky, but then again, nobody asked me to work with them to understand it. > > A member everyone loves at the moment generously offers to trade some space > for some monthly cash (as if he hasn't donated enough already), and as a > bonus, extra shelves to use as wall dividers until real walls can be > afforded. Who could possibly be against such a donation at that time? Please don't bring up quantity of contributions as any kind of metric of a person's value. Please just no. That is a very very bad road to go down. > > /end my mood at the time > > On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 10:56 AM, Torrie Fischer <[email protected]>wrote: > > On Monday, March 03, 2014 10:13:08 Omar Rassi wrote: > > > My understanding from conversations at the space about this was that the > > > racks would have plywood walls built onto them so that they can be > > > separated from prying eyes and sticky hands. Nothing on those shelves > > > should concern anyone but the Lessee and legal agents of the lessor. Is > > > there a copy of the lease on the documents repo or filed on paper at > > > Synhak??? I feel as Champion I should at least be familiar with the > > > > details > > > > > of the lease in order to help protect everyone's interests. > > > > No, there is nothing. Some time ago there was a copy sent to bizops@, but: > > > > * There was no board vote > > * There was no proposal > > * I've never seen a signed copy > > * I raised issues with the version sent to bizops@ that were totally > > ignored > > > > Citations: > > > > Original question: > > https://synhak.org/pipermail/bizops/2014-January/000053.html > > > > Devin posted the lease to bizops@: > > https://synhak.org/pipermail/bizops/2014-February/000066.html > > > > Raising issues: > > https://synhak.org/pipermail/bizops/2014-February/000068.html > > > > No, there was no vote or proposal: > > https://synhak.org/pipermail/discuss/2014-February/003270.html > > > > I am unable to find any mention of a sub-lease in meeting minutes prior to > > the > > above mails. > > > > If the lease was signed without any formal discussion or approval, I would > > feel that it is a massive breach of trust and possibly not even legally > > binding. > > > > > On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 3:56 PM, Torrie Fischer > > > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > I am not comfortable with those racks that a board member is (in > > > > theory) > > > > > > leasing space for. > > > > > > > > At today's open house, I saw numerous guests grabbing and poking > > > > things. I > > > > > > then put up signs and kept an eye on it. Didn't help. I've also > > > > noticed > > > > that a few synhak things are on the racks now. > > > > > > > > If synhak is somehow liable for those racks, I have some questions > > > > that > > > > will be brought up on Tuesday: > > > > > > > > When did the board approve such a situation or lease? > > > > > > > > Where was the membership discussion about the use of space that does > > > > not > > > > > > contribute to hacking? > > > > > > > > Is synhak liable for any damages or stolen equipment? What if some of > > > > our > > > > > > stuff ends up there? > > > > > > > > If synhak is liable, does that mean the champions are required to > > > > police > > > > > > the racks? You'll never get members to do that. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Discuss mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
