[Noisebridge-board] Lease extension and new monthly rent

Danny O'Brien danny at spesh.com
Fri Nov 2 20:30:45 UTC 2012


I'm with Jake on this -- I don't think we actually need consensus to
continue what we're doing... I'm not sure if we'll cause excessive outrage
if we stop now though.


On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 7:08 PM, Jacob Appelbaum <jacob at appelbaum.net> wrote:

> Liz Henry:
> > I can't be at the meeting this week but support extending the lease and
> > Tom's plan.
> >
>
> I generally agree, minus the consensus dance party.
>
> I'd argue that the consensus process would be required to move but not
> to stay on the course previously agreed upon. I don't really see any
> reason to require consensus on continue paying rent in the location
> we've already agreed on years ago. We agreed to the scheduled rent
> increase in the first place. It's in the contract we signed, after all...
>
> We originally discussed sunsets over consensus items generally and it
> was roundly rejected, repeatedly. We shouldn't accidentally introduce
> such a sunset like clause due to an external party sending us email.
>
> In any case thanks to Kelly (and everyone else) for sending the rent
> check and talking to Henry! Yay!
>
> All the best,
> Jake
>
> > - Liz
> >
> >
> > On 10/30/12 3:05 PM, Snail wrote:
> >> I'll be therrrre.
> >>
> >> I love that they say they find us both "handy" and "helpful".
> >>
> >> On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 1:35 PM, rachel lyra hospodar
> >> <rachelyra at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> I will be there on tuesday night!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 10/28/2012 11:04 PM, Mitch Altman wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> I won't be able to attend any meetings, as I'm getting ready to leave
> town
> >>>> for two months of talks and workshops on the road, but I am totally
> in favor
> >>>> of extending the lease at our present location of 2169 Mission St, 3rd
> >>>> floor, at $3,960 per month.
> >>>>
> >>>> I concur with Tom's plan.
> >>>>
> >>>> Mitch.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> ----------------------------------------
> >>>>>
> >>>>> From: me at tomlowenthal.com
> >>>>> Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2012 22:38:54 -0700
> >>>>> Subject: Re: FW: Lease extension and new monthly rent
> >>>>> To: maltman23 at hotmail.com
> >>>>> CC: board at lists.noisebridge.net; snailtsunami at gmail.com;
> >>>>> secretary at noisebridge.net; treasurer at noisebridge.net
> >>>>>
> >>>>> [+secretary +treasurer]
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I suggest we proceed as follows:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 1. Pay the increased October rent forthwith.
> >>>>> 2. Email Henry back saying that we need to to the two week consensus
> >>>>> dance, but we're really confident that we want to extend our lease.
> >>>>> 3. Get the signed letter ready to go in the next ten days.
> >>>>> 4. Bring up the renewal at this week's meeting, and confirm next
> week.
> >>>>> 5. Send the letter by email Tuesday night, and by snail mail
> Wednesday
> >>>>> morning.
> >>>>> 6. [Optional] Ammend the list of contact emails Henry has for this
> >>>>> sort of thing.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> If possible, could as many "key members of Noisebridge" as possible
> >>>>> either attend one of the next two weeks' meetings or arrange another
> >>>>> times to meet with me, in order to sign a paper letter document that
> I
> >>>>> can scan/email then snail mail to Henry next week.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Does Danny have the original copy of our lease?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> -Tom
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On 27 October 2012 22:59, Mitch Altman<maltman23 at hotmail.com>
>  wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> We need to renew our lease.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Mitch.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> ________________________________
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2012 14:14:47 -0700
> >>>>>>> Subject: Lease extension and new monthly rent
> >>>>>>> From: henryhoproperty at gmail.com
> >>>>>>> To: hurtstotouchfire at gmail.com
> >>>>>>> CC: adi at hexapodia.org; avniow at gmail.com; froggytoad at gmail.com;
> >>>>>>> shannon at scatter.com; maltman23 at hotmail.com;
> ieatlint at tehinterweb.com;
> >>>>>>> rachel at xtreme.com
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Hi Kelly,
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> The initial time frame of our lease has expired. It began in
> September
> >>>>>>> 2009 and ended September 2012. We are currently in the
> option-to-renew
> >>>>>>> time frame of the lease where the rent is now increased to $3960
> per
> >>>>>>> month. The details of this can be found in section #32 of the
> lease.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Although the lease says the option expires if we haven't received a
> >>>>>>> written notice "not less than 30 days prior to the expiration of
> the
> >>>>>>> initial Lease term", we've really enjoyed NoiseBridge's handy,
> helpful
> >>>>>>> tenancy and would enjoy your continued tenancy.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> If you would like to exercise your option to renew, please reply to
> >>>>>>> this email and send us a written notice with the signatures of key
> >>>>>>> members of NoiseBridge to:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> 2896 Adeline Dr.
> >>>>>>> Burlingame, CA 94010
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> along with the difference in rent for the month of October 2012
> ($3960
> >>>>>>> - $3600 = $360).
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Thanks!
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Henry Ho
> >>>>>>> 415-420-2189
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>
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