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by Jenny Ryan

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hey sudo! Listen up! For those unawares, we intend to be moving to 4799 Shattuck Ave next month [1]. We will be sharing a building with a slew of amazing groups, including the Bay Area Public School and Counter Culture Labs. We've been closing the deal for over a month now and doing a ton of self-organizing. It's been amazing to see this come together, for all its alternately exciting and at times stressful moments! Much incredibly difficult and valuable work negotiating this lease has been done by in particular David K, and with huge props to Niki, and the rest of the folks organizing finances, bringin' it to meetings, diving into working groups, and otherwise putting in some heart, soul, blood, sweat and tears. We are almost there! This is (hopefully) the final draft of the lease we'll be signing next week. You will need to request access to the doc, which has been requested to be kept confidential by the landlord, and is in a read-only Google Doc with Comments enabled: http://bit.ly/S6J62n Via Niki: "There are two docs in this folder that may preemptively address some concerns [Q&A & TLDR]. These are works in progress and will be updated as questions are asked / answered. Please refer to them!! A lot of the language in this lease is extremely scary and often seemingly contradictory. Such language is, in fact, standard for a triple net lease. Please withhold final judgement until you've expressed your concerns. [...] Not having to have a guarantor is a HUGE win for us and one of the biggest concessions made by John in exchange for any concessions we have made." Bring questions and input to the weekly meeting tomorrow, where we'll be going over it accompanied by our lawyer." - --------------------------------- Here is the TL;DR rundown: Sudo: * Half the 'bocce ball court' room * $2K/month Basics: * 3 year term * $13,00/month + triple net (insurance [Building + Business], property tax, maintenance [except for roof {covered for 2 years} + furnaces {4 furnaces, covered for 6 months}] * Option to extend 2 times * Move-in is July 1st, 2014 Deposit: * $5,000 initial deposit paid * + $40,000 more deposit (first [$10,000], last [$13,000], deposit [$27,000]) * Why is deposit so high? ** Extra deposit in lieu of a guarantor * We are getting $1,000 back each month for 13 months Rent: * First month (July): $10K * Second month: Free * Third month: $10K * Fourth month: $10K (unless owners move out by the beginning of this month) * Starting November 1 (or possibly October 1), rent will be $12K/month (including the gradual return of deposit at 1K/month) * Starting December 1, 2015 (or possibly November 1), rent will increase to $13K/month Option to Buy: * Good until July of 2017 * No one else can buy it during this period. * Renting price averages out to .60/sqft * Buying price is about $90/sqft - at 1.95 million. Signatories: * Individual representatives will sign on behalf of their group. * Only groups who are currently operational and whose commitment represents a significant portion of the total rent will sign: Bay Area Public School, Sudo Room, Counter Culture Labs, Timeless Infinite Light, & Livespace * Groups (not individuals) will be held liable for their portion of the rent for the duration of the lease. * Any group that stops paying rent and does not find a sublessor could potentially be sued by the owner for rent for the remainder of the lease. Capital Expenditures (9.3): * If we're required to make a capital expenditure to improve the property, John will reimburse us 50% of that cost up to $25,000 (was initially 50K, but reduced in lieu of a guarantor) Insurance: * We are responsible for Commercial General Liability. * Building Insurance is in Landlord's name, but we are to pay it (this is standard for triple net leases) * We must maintain our insurance or landlord can charge us 10% or $100 more monthly rent (without notice). Abatement of Rent: * If we're given a written requirement for expenditures over $100K, we can safely terminate the lease without additional costs. - ------ Please reply to this thread and otherwise discuss. We will also be discussing this at length tomorrow and making a consensus decision. *Important:* The Omni's lawyer, Jesse, will be joining us at the sudo room weekly meeting tomorrow (which starts at 7pm) - please be excellent and respect his valuable time! You can participate remotely by joining our riseup pad: http://pad.riseup.net/p/sudomni [1] You can get involved and learn more about the building and the groups that are apart of it, plus the working groups that have been forming, ideas on decision-making and other systems, at the wiki: http://wiki.omni-oakland.org Love, Jenny http://jennyryan.net http://sudomesh.org http://thevirtualcampfire.org http://technomadic.tumblr.com `~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~` "Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories." - -Laurie Anderson "Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it." -Hannah Arendt "To define is to kill. 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12 years, 5 months

Techcrunch: This Algae Battery Could Power A Tesla With 200X The Charge

by Ryan Bethencourt

Hi All, We're super excited for the first bit of coverage on techcrunch of what we hope will be transformative tech for batteries. http://techcrunch.com/2014/05/30/this-algae-battery-could-power-a-tesla-wit… Adam's company, Algas Biotech is developing early stage technology to replace the use of rare metals in batteries (i.e. much more eco friendly and it would remove CO2 from the atmosphere as part of the production of Algae). The technology is still early (with all the expected caveats that early stage science has) but Adam's going to have more news to share in the near future! All the best, Ryan -- Ryan Bethencourt Tel: (415) 825 2705 Conf Call: (650) 741 5013 ryan.bethencourt(a)gmail.com http://www.litmususa.com/ http://berkeleybiolabs.com/ www.bamh1.com www.linkedin.com/in/bethencourt www.logos-press.com/books/biotechnology_business_development.php

12 years, 5 months

Fwd: Wind To Green - Clean tech grant writing opportunity

by Ryan Bethencourt

Hi All, Here's another opportunity, if you're interested please feel free to reach out directly to Peter! All the best, Ryan > *From:* Peter Swearengen <apswear(a)gmail.com> > *Date:* June 2, 2014 at 5:25 PM > *CC:* Ryan Bethencourt <ryan.bethencourt(a)gmail.com> > *Subject:* Intro > Thanks, Steven -- > Hi Ryan, my company, Aethrea, is a clean-tech engineering startup > focused on commercializing low-temperature ammonia synthesis for > agriculture and energy storage. We are planning to apply for a > California PIERS and Federal EISG grant, this Summer, and need to hire > an organized and passionate grant writer for these two short projects. > It could develop into a position in business development or even lab > management, but that's not a requirement. > Most of the compensation will be in equity. If you know of anyone who > would be interested, I'll be glad to talk to them. > > Best, > -Peter Swearengen > Managing Director > WindToGreen/Aethrea <http://www.windtogreen.com/> > >

12 years, 5 months

Re: [sudo-discuss] maybe a combo CCL/Sudo meeting weds?

by yar

On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 6:11 PM, David Keenan <dkeenan44(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Just wondering if another combination Sudo & CCL meeting was possible / > useful? > > Since the lease will be posted up soon, I can ask Jesse to come and answer > questions and give his opinion in person - an expense, but I think possibly > worth it for a combo meeting? > > Seems like it might be a good idea - yea/nay? I'm all for it. Especially if Jesse can make it. In fact, I'd say Jesse is encouraged to attend the Sudo meeting whether or not CCL decides to join us. :)

12 years, 5 months

maybe a combo CCL/Sudo meeting weds?

by David Keenan

Just wondering if another combination Sudo & CCL meeting was possible / useful? Since the lease will be posted up soon, I can ask Jesse to come and answer questions and give his opinion in person - an expense, but I think possibly worth it for a combo meeting? Seems like it might be a good idea - yea/nay? (cross-posted to omnilogistics) David

12 years, 5 months

E-- Arrested with Felonies

by Gabrielle Silverman

E- was arrested yesterday (Thurs) while he was leaving the Albany Bulb. He's facing two felony charges that seem random and bizarre. No one is sure what the story is, he got snatched up while he was alone. E- is in custody at Santa Rita Jail and is being arraigned at 2 PM MON in Dept 112, 6th floor at Wiley W Manuel Courthouse at 6th/ Washington in Downtown Oakland. I have heard that he is currently facing charges of felony posession of tools to escape from jail and felony posession of weapons. This is the fifth arrest of Bulb activists in Albany in the last three or four days. We are trying to get E- a pro-bono lawyer through the National Lawyers Guild Demonstrations Committee and personal connections that people have. If you are/know a sympathetic criminal defense lawyer, please get in touch. We are also trying to get E- a jail visit sometime this weekend to check on him. Before his first courtdate, only a lawyer can visit. It can be any lawyer though, they don't have to take on his case. Packing the courtroom is good for E-'s morale and good for the judge to see also. Largely what they will determine at this first court appearance is community ties, which determines whether a person will be freed with or without having to post bail, or if that's even an option. Sometimes the cops are pissed and you get crazy trumped up felony charges that get thrown out or lowered down at arraignment. Let's hope this doesn't get too serious, but also it potentially is. Let's hopefully come together and have a big sudo showing for E- Mon at court! Feel free to contact me for updates... Gabby

12 years, 5 months

TWL: Pre-requisite-free Set Theory: Just the Intuition

by Maximilian Klein

Hi All, I just made a new event for a one-off class I'd like to teach: https://sudoroom.org/ai1ec_event/prerequisite-free-set-theory-just-the-intu… Is anyone interested in helping? And can we collaborate with Today We learned? Max Klein ‽ http://notconfusing.com/

12 years, 5 months

CoWorking panel at flight deck June 10

by mattsenate＠gmail.com

Received this message from panel organizer "I've set-up some discount codes for members of local coworking spaces so they can attend for free. SUDO Room community can use the code "SUDO". You can direct folks to http://creativecoworking.eventbrite.com "

12 years, 5 months

Re: [sudo-discuss] Omni update & help wanted!

by yar

On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 10:17 AM, Hol Gaskill <hol(a)gaskill.com> wrote: > as long as we don't breach our consensus process any further than has already happened by getting timetables forced upon us, as long as we have time to read it and discuss at a meeting, and send it back with proposed revisions, that would be plenty. do we have an ETA for the next iteration of the lease? Sometime today, hopefully! As soon as we have it, we will share it. If it doesn't happen, that will be because somebody found problems so glaring that they were immediately sent back to our lawyer for further review. That's what happened the past few times in a row that we were supposed to have a final copy ready.

12 years, 5 months

Omni update & help wanted!

by yar

The Omni lease still hasn't been signed. But it really is 95% likely to be signed in the next few days. We are expecting a final draft of the lease to be ready for review tonight or tomorrow. Sorry for the constant uncertainty. Getting this lease has been a unique and complicated undertaking! Our target move-in date is almost certainly July 1, with the option to store some things earlier. Anybody interested should subscribe to these lists. They already have rich archives of messages: https://lists.riseup.net/www/subscribe/omnilogistics https://lists.riseup.net/www/subscribe/omni-announce And it would be very awesome if more people could volunteer to do delegate work. In particular, to help follow Omni meetings and emails and make sure that our Sudo community stays up-to-date on all the important things happening!

12 years, 5 months

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