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Rent / offices #20

Open rub1e opened 8 years ago

rub1e commented 8 years ago

Maybe this is actually part of a wider question about how the finances work, but...

Is part of your biz model that you will share office space with FAC Academy? In which case, how does rent work between FAC Academy and FAC/DWYL?

And actually, following on from https://github.com/nelsonic/ateam/issues/19, what if our "rent" involves free space from the council in exchange for running public-facing courses - will you make participation in these courses a condition of freelancing with you?

nelsonic commented 8 years ago

@rub1e another great question! you're reading our minds! We don't expect to get anything for "free". We expect to have to pay "market" rates for office space and those costs are factored into the fees we will have to charge clients.

If the _Quay House_ space becomes a reality (fingers crossed) we will hopefully be able to be co-located with FAC, this will make it easier for people to continue their contribution to FAC after their initial stint. Will participation be a condition of freelancing? No. It will be encouraged. We think of mentoring the 'next generation" as a privilege not an obligation...

Our (_long term_) Goal is to foster a _remote_ working culture whereby people can be location independent.

sofer commented 8 years ago

It might make sense for FAC to charge for desk rental, instead of receiving a percentage of developer income. We would need a bigger and cheaper space for this to add up (we are working on it).

nelsonic commented 8 years ago

@sofer exciting! Islington? :wink:

sofer commented 8 years ago

@nelsonic nothing yet!

sofer commented 8 years ago

Possibly related to the question of desk rental is the question of membership, i.e. if you are paying for your desk, are you not a member? See https://github.com/foundersandcoders/governance/issues/1

sofer commented 8 years ago

It may be worth pointing out that we did establish--early this year--the idea of collecting rent from everyone on a sliding scale, starting at £50/m and going up to £200/m, but this proved hard to implement at a time when people were skint. We stopped collecting rent, but never made a decision to stop altogether. It last turned up in the minutes of a business meeting on August 18th: "Rent is still in question. To be confirmed.".

iteles commented 8 years ago

It's worth noting that actually collecting the rent was like pulling teeth.