[Noisebridge-discuss] New space thread
aestetix aestetix
aestetix at gmail.com
Sat Jun 20 04:18:46 UTC 2009
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 9:10 PM, Andy Isaacson <adi at hexapodia.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 05:17:47PM -0700, Matt Peterson wrote:
>
> > * Many of the potential spaces listed on the wiki are of an industrial
> > business nature with landlords shooting for 5 year terms. Would be
> > possible to work out terms somewhere along the line of the first month
> > free to prepare the space (wiring, lighting, other infrastructure but
> > "not used") along with 1yr first lease term, followed by 3 or 4 more
> > years if we don't outgrow it again? I ask since I have no experience
> > negotiating these style of leases.
>
> The sorts of spaces we're looking at tend to be a bit sketchy; several
> of them are basically looking for cashflow while they wait for the
> building to get condemned or for the lending/housing market to get
> better so they can kick everybody out and loftificate the building.
To me, it's between a rock and a hard place. Every place we look at is going
to have issues, so it's a matter of finding a group of spaces and choosing
the one with the fewest issues. We're well on the way to this.
>
>
> > * Rumors has it a verbal fundraising round occurred at a meeting some
> > months ago to jumpstart to "fill the kitty" with money for this. Has
> > this actually occurred? If not (doesn't appear to based on the
> > recently published budget), can we start this process ASAP?
>
> Several people pledged a total of about $8k contingent on us finding a
> place to move to. AFAIK none of those pledges have turned into $ on the
> barrelhead, since the contingency hasn't happened yet.
I'm officially adding $500 to this if it helps the move happen sooner.
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