Event:2014/05/29 Omni Delegates Meeting

=May 29 Delegates Meeting= say your name, pronoun, and favorite form of ice

Facilitator: David

Stack: Jenny/Yar

Attendees: David (he,ice9), Andrew (he,snowcone), Ahnon (she/ze,water), Zach (ze,water), jenny (she,crushed), danny (he,coffee), dan (he,booze), sarah (she,icebergs), jeremy (ice atmosphere), mara (she,shaved), tooth (pass,glacial),niki (she,snow), helen (she,daquari) joel (he,crushed), elaine, Gabby

Delegates: David (BAPS), Andrew (Backspace), Ahnon (CCL), Zach (CAMO), Jenny (Sudo), Danny (Peak Agency), Jeremy 9(ONL), Mara/Maryanna .(OMNIdance), Niki (La Commune), Helen (FNB), Joel (TIL)

=Agenda=

lease (10 mins)
guarantor improvements sublease signatories subleases timing general consensus
 * he wants one, even though he agreed otherwise
 * but david negotiated that away yet again (for 4 hours)
 * in exchange for him honoring his own contract, we will give him a $14k deposit
 * we will (probably?) be getting 1K back a month for 27 months
 * so 45k upfront
 * First month (10K) + Security Deposit (13K) + Last (13K) + 14K - the 5K we already gave him = 45K
 * will our deposit incur interest? not in oakland
 * in oakland you don't get interest on your security deposits
 * originally he agreed to pay up to 50k
 * "that has now gone down to 25k, because there's no guarantor"
 * only things we are REQUIRED to do by law
 * inspector recommended we prioritize:
 * electrical panel upgrades
 * (~2K, but John will pay for the main panel)
 * "i don't think john realizes how much this will cost"
 * sprinkler system
 * panic-bar doors
 * can we hire ourselves to do work?
 * loophole out of our matching cost
 * except totally legit
 * money john spends gets added to option to buy
 * they are open to leaving after 3 months (oct 1)
 * he wants at least one person to sign the lease
 * "what prevents every group from leaving the omni?"
 * he feels subleases aren't enough - at least some
 * groups that sign are jointly (not severally) liable for $$$
 * liability will be proportional to # of signatories
 * john agrees to language allowing us to add / remove new groups to the lease
 * concern raised that he possibly has the power to approve or deny
 * add into bylaws to limit the power of the lease-signing groups over other groups in the omni
 * he doesn't know about backspace's halving yet
 * DK put himself on it (?), might sign for backspace
 * maybe not tomorrow after all, he's not ready
 * maybe amend the letter of intent
 * maybe monday or tuesday
 * these terms are a big blow for us. can we push back?
 * DK disagrees. they talked about guarantor verbally while signing the letter of intent that didn't mention it
 * less than half the market rate of across the street
 * we'd have to sue to enforce the letter
 * he's had full cash offers on the building
 * legally he has to show proof? (Gaurav - I was wrong about this, he is not legally obligated.)
 * final draft is not available yet, can't consent on it
 * want to try to consensus on big issues addressed today:
 * 14k in lieu of guarantor
 * multiple signatories
 * 25k less in capital improvement contributions from landlord
 * straw poll?
 * we're gonna need a weekend "meeting"
 * consent over a campfire at jenny's house
 * delegates should also give everyone in our groups time to review it
 * official delegates meeting at jenny's house 3pm sunday [2704 Adeline St, Oakland]

security?

 * gabby met with "temescal security alternatives"
 * don't tell anyone
 * counter-group against the private security crowdfunder people
 * stop temescal from becoming rockridge
 * there will be a 1-page letter to allies
 * want supporters for a march/action/etc

Backspace
Lease Terms https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1xsqENiuzkyEU7rDT7hZjmCxWUhA7KkFE7bNXZ6pcZOY/edit?usp=sharing
 * Concerns that the proposal is more about event booking than backspace
 * Q: How does Backspace fit into the Omni's mission?
 * We could be creative about this - eg involving other groups in collaboration that could pay some of the rent

working groups
http://wiki.omni-oakland.org/w/Working_Groups Future Groups: =Action Items=
 * Challenging Dominant Culture: Margit & Kazoo - Party Sunday @ 3pm, Next Meeting: Monday, June 9 @ 5:30-7pm @ 2141
 * Communications: Elaine & Jenny - Next Meeting: Monday, June 2 @ 7pm @ 2141
 * Finances: danny...
 * Legal Governance: niki? jenny, david k
 * Space Ops: [patrik nominated]
 * Events Mgmt?
 * Building Administration / Logistics:
 * Focus on intercollectivity?
 * Values
 * Send working groups calls for bottom-liners to our collectives [all delegates]
 * Send something to omni-announce next week?

next week
CEP =Also this:= Jordan creating a takestack script that announces time passing during turns!: https://github.com/yardenac/takestack