<div dir="ltr">If the landlord has sole responsibility for keeping the elevator running, under the lease, consider sending them a bill for the parts/labor. Zach, Henner & Co did the thing, where the landlord's people were unable.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 3:20 PM, jim <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jim@well.com" target="_blank">jim@well.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
seems right to me<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
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On 10/12/2017 10:02 PM, Revolt wrote:<br>
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Sending replies from my other emails since my hotmail address is<br>
bouncing on the discuss (I cannot figure out who NB Discuss Admin is,<br>
can someone put me into contact with them?)<br>
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John makes some good points about re: ownership of building. The<br>
landlord should pay, but they are not going to and the laws do not<br>
make it easy for us to "force" them. This just isn't going to happen,<br>
or it would have happened a long time ago. Like most all things at<br>
NB, this issue needs to be solved collectively by members of the<br>
community.<br>
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so we should be judicious in how we spend general fund money on the elevator.><br>
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Agreed. That is why I am suggesting a modest $400/year or less budget<br>
for repairs<br>
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our lease ends next year><br>
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This is good to know, I wasn't aware of this.<br>
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I would like to avoid investing thousands more into common area repairs><br>
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I don't see how this applies. $400/year or less would not amount to<br>
spending anywhere near thousands of dollars if we move in 1 year...<br>
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-Zach<br>
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Here's what I sent earlier today (bounced from list so far):<br>
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RE: [Noisebridge-discuss] Noisebridge Meeting 10/10/2017<br>
Zach R<br>
jim (<a href="mailto:jim@well.com" target="_blank">jim@well.com</a>);<a href="mailto:noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net" target="_blank">noisebridge-dis<wbr>cuss@lists.noisebridge.net</a><br>
I think Trent makes a good point about member work at NB not being<br>
something funds are for. i.e. the Treasure is a good example of<br>
something necessary for NB to function as well.<br>
<br>
To clarify, could we agree to at least one or both of the following<br>
uses of an Elevator Fund?<br>
<br>
1) to hire /outside/ professional help with elevator repair (from a<br>
private company or union that would issue a receipt)<br>
2) to purchase parts for the elevator (with receipts)<br>
<br>
I understand the perspective of fundraising, but this requires work<br>
and I have tried this already appealing to lots of people with<br>
literally zero results. When something as necessary as the elevator<br>
is broken it shouldn't require months of fundraising efforts to get<br>
basic funds to make it run again...<br>
<br>
The landlord hasn't just done a poor job, they haven't done a job at<br>
all. The elevator would still be broken if myself and others hadn't<br>
spent the hours repairing it. This was hard to do with my<br>
disabilities and I was not able to attempt it for months. I had to<br>
injure myself and take the full initiative on this, no one else setup<br>
time to repair it. This situation was unexcellent and I am trying to<br>
avoid it in the future not if, but /when/ the elevator breaks again.<br>
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Lastly, we have NB funds put aside for things less crucial than the<br>
elevator. It seems reasonable to have a small fund for this. It<br>
could be literally any amount. I thought $400/year was a reasonable<br>
place to start the conversation.<br>
<br>
-Zach<br>
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