" I'd be more than happy to sit down with you and show the accounting that
shows we aren't broke."

Sit down? Torie you spent a good two weeks running around like
a chicken with it's head cut off saying that our bills where going to be
+$600 a month and that you wanted to Bleed it from the base members by
raising the base membership dues.

 transparent? ok then I want to see copies of our utility bills.


On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 5:17 PM, a l <[email protected]> wrote:

> I was under the apparently misinformed impression that this had been
> brought up as a proper proposal. This needs to be rectified posthaste. As
> Torrie brought up changes to the way SynHak operates need to be approved by
> member and/or board consensus.As Omar correctly brought up any legal
> agreement with SynHak needs to be on file to ensure obligations are being
> met.
>
> regards,
> Andrew L
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 12:12 PM, Craig Bergdorf <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> it wasn't meant like that (didn't think of it like that until you
>> mentioned it - thanks), I was just trying to ram home the point that the
>> offer was not one made to take advantage of the space in their time of need
>> for personal gain, but to help the space as much as possible, and at the
>> time most donations took place, it required a lot of goodwill towards and
>> belief in the space to continue donating after (imo) being blasted for
>> doing so repeatedly.
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 12:01 PM, Torrie Fischer <[email protected]
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
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