Talk:Vote to Sprawl
I am not sure if the "four year lease" starts on 11/1 and goes for four years. I am a bit leery about adding 4 years to our lease, personally I would go for 2 years more than when our current lease ends next year. With how fast we are growing, I think 4 years will be too restrictive and we will need more space before then. My $.02 on the term of the lease. Other than that: JFDI! --Unsigned comment by Sevin
- The square footage rate Excel sheet I put on the mailing list describes "Current Plus Two Effevtive (sic) 9/1/15", and lists out payments over four years. End date is 2019-08-31, which is about two years and two months past the end of our current lease (2017-06?) --Negativek (talk) 10:33, 24 July 2015 (CDT)
- Why are you talking about what kind of lease term extension is appropriate? Have you done a projection of membership growth related to some kind of analysis of the rate of machine and tool purchases and pressure on current resources? If so, I'd lovvvvvvvve to see it. For all anyone knows, taking over Tony's space would alleviate any space concerns for the foreseeable future. Other makerspaces manage more resources for more members using better organization, far better leadership, and less space than we'd have if we took over 3517. Jason (talk) 13:40, 24 July 2015 (CDT)
We need to be careful not to ruin our negotiation power.
I know that Dan (that is the name of the landlord right?) should not be privy to our discussions and votes but I would just like to see some cautionary measures not to ruin our negotiations powers. One idea I had was to have a vote to pursue the extra area then a vote on a "final draft" of terms that have been negotiated with him. I understand that the idea of two votes in the time we have could seem daunting but it may just put more pressure on Dan to give us favorable terms.--Lucas (talk) 05:14, 26 July 2015 (CDT)