[sudo-discuss] Fwd: The Omni

[Marina Kukso]

hi all,

it's easy to see info flying around about different options for spaces
being presented and feel like things are moving rapidly toward a particular
option. please do not feel this way!

for example, with the omni, i am personally completely agnostic towards the
space (agnostic leaning towards against..although it's a wonderful
building, a 10 min walk from bart might be unacceptable for sudo room's
needs). we wrote a long email to ensure that everyone got lots of details
on the space so that we could all make a good decision about whether this
particular space might suit our needs.

one thing that might help would be for future reportbacks on potential
spaces to include in the subject something like "[potential space] XYZ Rad
Abandoned Warehouse Out on the Edge of Town!", just so we're all clear. i
plan to do this myself!

- marina


On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 12:57 PM, David Keenan <dkeenan44 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Eddan for clarifying.
>
> Im sad i missed the joint meeting with CCL re: moving in - we definitely
> need more meatspace strategizing on making a 3-way move like that happen -
>
> I'm really happy that marina and y'all are checking out the Omni and other
> potential spaces - I'm going to start looking pretty hard and get BAPSers
> in on this too - sounds like a guesstimated combo
> sudo/baps/ccl monthly budget would be ~$4500, does that seem about right?
>
> Re: SUDO moving into the Omni, it sounds super cool and personally I have
> no problem with the location - but I do think if there are ppl living in
> the space, that might make it challenging - conversely if there are lots of
> loud shows there, that might make having a class tough? And more or
> less importantly.. are there windows in the Omni space? It's be great if
> whatever space SUDO moved to had more natural light..
>
>
> On Monday, September 30, 2013, Eddan Katz wrote:
>
>> Terminating the current lease means the latter, David. That is - at that
>> point, a new/better lease can be negotiated. Or not, if so decided.
>>
>> While the details on what a co-op purchase would look like still have to
>> be hammered out in detail, it was my understanding from George that he was
>> interested in an arrangement that would include selling off equity in that
>> portion. Different organizations would put up money in their collective
>> shares and that wing would be organized as a co-op with the different
>> organizational/individual owners taking part in the decision-making of
>> managing the building.
>>
>> On Sep 30, 2013, at 12:05 PM, David Keenan wrote:
>>
>> Hey guys,
>>
>> Regarding leaving 2141 and scoping out new spaces..
>>
>> I was hoping someone could fill me in on what is really meant by deciding
>> we are officially 'terminating the lease' in Dec. ?
>>
>> Does it mean we are definitely out of 2141 come Jan., ie, we definitely
>> dont want to stay at 2141? Has that been decided?
>>
>> Or, would we have the opportunity to negotiate a new/better lease if we
>> did decide to keep on at 2141?
>>
>> Re: a co-op purchase of part of 2141, what are the brass tacks of that
>> exactly? I..e, do we have however many tens of thousands I imagine we would
>> need for most mortgage downpayments? Is there some angel investor here I
>> dunno about?
>>
>> Along the same lines what are our real-world options with respect buying
>> the church, or part of the Omni? Or are we just talking about renting part
>> of the omni?
>>
>> Personally, I'd prefer to move, but move with BAPS, SUDO, and CCL. It
>> kind of seems like maybe we should find a good place to move to, and
>> understand what our combined budget is. if SUDO moves out without BAPS that
>> would suck for BAPS and also mean that SUDO would probably get a smaller
>> space than we would get if we combined forces, synchronized, and all moved
>> somewhere together (or mayber stayed at 2141 together, under more amenable
>> conditions). Staying together being the operative word to me here..
>>
>> Best.
>> David
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 10:46 AM, David Rorex <drorex at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 5:05 PM, Marina Kukso <marina.kukso at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>
>> *Half the room will still be avavilable, and could be Sudo's for approx
>> $2k/month.
>>
>> How many square feet are we getting in exchange for that $2k?
>>
>>
>>  *It is 10 minutes walk from McArthur BART
>>
>> That's not too bad, obviously closer is better, and MacArthur is not a
>> very safe area at night, but it's oakland, what are you gonna do
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 9:01 PM, Tracy Jacobs <kinetical at comcast.net>
>>  wrote:
>>
>> You do realize that's very close to Ace Monster Toys?  If Sudo room moves
>> up to the Berkeley Border, it would make sense to join with Ace Monster
>> Toys.  Also, in my opinion that is way too far from Bart, and way too far
>> from where I live, so I would probably not ever go there.
>>
>> Sounds like an interesting space though, and that is a better
>> neighborhood than where AMT is now.  Maybe they would be interested in this
>> space?
>>
>> Tracy
>>
>>
>> It's 1.4 mi away, which is relatively close, though not a super
>> convenient walking distance. However they are looking for bigger cheaper
>> spaces (minimum 3000 sq ft, and at most $1/sqft), so I'm not sure this
>> would work. Also they have a requirement that anything over 2500sqft MUST
>> have overhead sprinklers. That combined with the noise constraints might be
>> an issue, since AMT has lots of big noisy toys (large CNC router tables,
>> laser cutters, power saws, etc)
>>
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