Fwd: [Noisebridge-discuss] lease text

[jim]

   okay, i'll rewrite what i find in email 
threads and the wiki/web site, adding 
comments and questions on specifics. 
   your bullet points are really good. 



On Sun, 2008-09-28 at 11:20 -0700, Rachel McConnell wrote:
> We're beginning to understand that with a group of this size, decisions 
> are best made by this kind of process:
> 
> * someone, or a small group of someones, makes a fairly detailed 
> proposal and presents it to the group
> * people who have opinions make changes to the proposal
> * the group chooses from a small set of proposals
> 
> Free-form discussion is excellent for getting a general sense of what 
> people want to do, but it's hard to a) know when the discussion is done, 
> and b) turn it into specific tasks.
> 
> Jim, it looks like you're taking the lead on drafting a monetary policy 
> :) Manage it in whatever way seems best to you - but my suggestion would 
> be, write one first, since there aren't a lot of people jumping into the 
> discussion yet.  I bet that number would increase if you gave us some 
> more specifics.  The 3-month vs 6-month buffer goal is a good piece of 
> specificity, what others do you think are necessary?
> 
> Rachel
> 
> jim wrote:
> >    seems first a matter of group discussion, 
> > don't you think? 
> >    rachel already answered the question of 
> > paul's risk and landlord's understanding. 
> >    how do people feel about noisebridge 
> > building a reserve of three months' rent as 
> > opposed to six month's or even more? are 
> > there other anticipated costs that a cash 
> > reserve should cover? 
> >    as to the timeframe, seems a very quick 
> > job to update after group understanding is 
> > determined. 
> > 
> > 
> > On Sat, 2008-09-27 at 12:20 -0700, Paul Böhm wrote:
> >> hi jim,
> >>
> >> great you're taking the time to write such policies - can you give us
> >> a timeframe within you'll complete the documents?
> >>
> >> cheers
> >> paul
> >>
> >> On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 9:01 AM, jim <jim at well.com> wrote:
> >>>   thank you, thank you for using RTF!
> >>>
> >>>   it seems strange that the premise address and
> >>> description isn't specified. other than that, terms
> >>> seem okay.
> >>>   what is Noisebridge from a legal point of view?
> >>> not a corporation yet, it seems from the wiki and
> >>> email history. and not a sole proprietorship or
> >>> other formal organization. it may be that jacob,
> >>> as signer, is the default holding-the-bag person
> >>> in case of funding disaster. if so, how to cover
> >>> him/us better?
> >>>   wiki (could stand a bit of updating, yes?)
> >>> shows money policy as spend it all. i think one
> >>> update would be to specify some kind of holding
> >>> tank amount to be held for emergencies ("don't
> >>> spend it all right away").
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Fri, 2008-09-26 at 18:09 -0700, Rachel McConnell wrote:
> >>>> Attached is an RTF of the lease for everyone's review.  We plan to
> >>>> attach an exhibit (as described in pgh 22) to the effect that the floor
> >>>> tiles will be fixed by October 1st as promised, and something similar
> >>>> with regards to the wiring but we haven't had a chance to fully evaluate
> >>>> that yet.
> >>>>
> >>>> Read it over and comment if you have the inclination.  It's a pretty
> >>>> standard lease, actually simpler than many I've signed in the past.
> >>>>
> >>>> Rachel
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