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

• 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

improvements

• 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

sublease

• they are open to leaving after 3 months (oct 1)

signatories

• 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

subleases

• he doesn't know about backspace's halving yet
• DK put himself on it (?), might sign for backspace

timing

• maybe not tomorrow after all, he's not ready
• maybe amend the letter of intent
• maybe monday or tuesday

general

• 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.)

consensus

• 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

• 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]

Future Groups:

• Events Mgmt?
• Building Administration / Logistics:
• Focus on intercollectivity?
• Values

Action Items

• 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