[sudo-discuss] Letter sent to Laurie, one of our Landlords

[Morten H. D. Fuglsang]

Great letter. Thank you Matt and Marina and anyone else who stepped up and
stayed late to write and finish this letter.

Make a great day,
Morten H. D. Fuglsang
US: +1 415 799 6931 // skype: FlyvendeHest


On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 11:26 PM, Matthew Senate <mattsenate at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> As a result of our meeting tonight and a discussion the on-going issue
> with sudo-kids, we drafted and sent this letter to Laurie. We wrote it in
> collaboration with folks at the space after the meeting, and sent it in
> do-ocratic fashion. We provide a copy below in transparency and
> accountability:
>
> Hi Laurie,
>
>  This week George addressed a group of folks in the common area outside
> of Sudo Room and the Public School regarding the presence of minors in the
> building. His behavior was confrontational, hostile, loud, and very
> upsetting to many of those who were present, including some
> parentally-accompanied minors. There has unfortunately been a series of
> miscommunications about this issue, and we are dedicated foremost to
> resolving it amicably.
>
>  First, thank you for communicating the building's policies on minors via
> email. Unfortunately, due to a lapse in our own internal communication, the
> contents of your email were not conveyed sufficiently to the relevant sudo
> room members before Wednesday of this week. Please understand this was a
> lapse in communication that has been rectified.
>
>  Secondly, since early June, every Tuesday evening parent-supervised
> minors have attended sudo room. We provide no supervision services for
> minors. In fact, we provide no services to customers (we don't have
> customers) as we are a membership association. It was unclear that this
> event was specifically of any concern since it followed the requirement of
> supervision by parents. We are willing to meet the necessary requirements
> to ensure that you and George are provided with the appropriate advanced
> notification of any planned future sudo room events involving supervised
> minors and their parents. It is relevant to note that in the past we have
> allowed accompanied minors to be in the "Art Room" and not use common
> space, but in recent instances the common room has been used as well.
> Further, since we are interested in being as accessible as possible to
> different communities and demographics, we would like to clarify what
> opportunities there might be (through city services, insurance, waivers,
> etc.) for minors to be in the building in ways other than those outlined in
> your email.
>
>  Thirdly, regarding the damage to the bathroom you discuss in your email,
> we understand your concerns and are sorry that it happened. We have raised
> awareness in hopes of preventing instances like this from happening in the
> future. While we are happy to take shared responsibility for ensuring the
> bathrooms are clean and usable, we want to communicate that we are not
> aware of any evidence that the minors who have been at sudo room were
> responsible for the damage. We fully support your desire to keep all parts
> of the space (including the bathrooms) vandalism-free, clean, and usable,
> so we have made all sudo room members aware of this incident, reinforced
> the expectations surrounding bathroom cleanliness, and reiterated the
> policy that children should not use bathrooms unaccompanied. Please let us
> know if you encounter any problems with the bathrooms in the future so that
> we can take appropriate action. However, we also ask for understanding that
> if there are problems with a shared space in the building, that absent
> specific evidence, sudo room may not have been the source of a particular
> problem.
>
>  Finally, we would like to share with you a few of our expectations as
> lessees that we hope will help us continue to stay in this building that we
> have been very happy to rent for the last 9 months:
>
>  Our Expectations:
>
> That issues with our use of common space or our use of our rented "Art
> Room" be conveyed in writing, with disrespectful confrontations being
> completely unacceptable, in any circumstances.
>
> Consistent with Sudo Room standards, that minors continue to be able to
> participate at Sudo Room, provided they are accompanied by parents or a
> legal guardian.
>
> To work together with you as we grow, which requires we be accessible to
> more communities and demographics.
>
> To consider options for mitigating liability through additional insurance,
> waivers, etc.
>
> // Matt
>
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