Hi Steven, Thanks for getting in touch, nice to hear from you, sounds like a good backup plan at the very least.
I think our immediate concern would be what might we do with all our stuff that we've accumulated, as no doubt storage space would be limited at the office space? It may be that we need to explore our options there as well, would be interested in your thoughts. Cheers. On Sat, 18 Jun 2022 at 09:30, Steven Maddox <[email protected]> wrote: > If PHS does become stuck for somewhere new and time runs out on the > existing place... then you're always free to use the same space that the > LUG uses (see the photo of it in the link below)... > > https://staffslug.org.uk/events/#Workshops > > All the non-profit uses of that room (there have been a few, not just the > LUG) have been managed/granted by functionoffice.org for a while. IC > <https://ic.uk> still pays the rent (and their lease on the room with > Keele is until August 2024, which will likely be renewed) so we get it for > free... and IC aren't likely to repurpose it due to how it is still used as > a 'Workplace Recovery Suite' should any of their customers (who pay for > that product) invoke its use (which is very very rare... to the point of > barely ever). > > It wouldn't be completely ideal however as there is no room for large > projects and little storage (certainly no basement or room for floor > standing things). So I'd imagine the vast amount of stuff would have to go > into storage elsewhere until you found a more permanent home. But there is > certainly enough room for several plastic storage boxes (e.g. the ones for > PHS members) and desk space for smaller projects... soldering irons, that > kind of thing. As long as the place is tidy by the end. > > It's a backup if you need it anyway :) > > On another matter... can anyone remember which company PHS used to get > their leaflets printed? > > I've currently got my head in Inkscape (sitting in that very room I just > described) helping the LUG <https://staffslug.org.uk>, ORG Stoke > <https://www.openrightsgroup.org/who-we-are/org-stoke-on-trent/>, and FSFE > Potteries <https://wiki.fsfe.org/LocalGroups/Potteries> to make leaflets > for them. > > Steven Maddox > Lantizia > > On 14/06/2022 12:52, [email protected] wrote: > > It’d be good to get together on this. > > I think it would be worth sharing our aims and predicament with Sandyford > Properties as they appear to have a pretty large portfolio of properties so > may be able to help us find a new or more permanent home. > > Thanks Paul. > > Speak soon. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 14 Jun 2022, at 12:21, dpdovey <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hi All > Just had this update come through bit weird as a just started talking > about it. > > ##################################################################### > > Hi Paul, > > I am not sure if you have been in and received the last letter we pushed > through? > > The company that currently owns 50 Broad Street (Sandyford Properties) > have decided to sell it and we have also decided not to renew our lease > when it expires on the 31st July. > > They have said if anyone wants to remain in their office then please > contact them and they will pass the details to the new owner, then > hopefully you can continue your tenancy on the same terms. The contact > details are [email protected] > > Hopefully if you do wish to continue to rent your office then they will > accommodate you, but as things stand, as far as we are concerned we need to > clear the building by the 31st July. > > Sorry we have not been able to give more notice but its been suddenly > dropped on us that they wish to sell the whole block including Francesco's, > The Underground etc... and with our current lease also coming to an end, we > have had to make a quick decision on our future plans. > > Thanks for being a valued tenant, We hope everything goes well whatever > you decide to do. Please confirm you have received this email. > > Kind Regards > Dave & Ian > > ################################################ > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Will Smith <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 14, 2022 11:52 AM > *Subject:* Re: [Potteries Hackspace] Broad street Office > > Oh Im with you, sorry Paul. In that case it worked lol > ------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] < > [email protected]> on behalf of dpdovey < > [email protected]> > *Sent:* 14 June 2022 10:50 > *To:* [email protected] < > [email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [Potteries Hackspace] Broad street Office > > Hi Will I thought it went out to potteries-hackspace group so all are in > the loop ? > > On Tue, 14 Jun 2022, 11:43 Will Smith, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sorry Paul, if this was meant for Steve you got will lol > > Does sound fishy though. Hasn't tom just built a mahusive workshop? He > might be able to host us once a week? I haven't been up due to covid, i > know everybody thinks its all over, but id rather wait until after the next > year, the longer it goes on hopefully the more benign it will get. > > Will > ------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] < > [email protected]> on behalf of dpdovey < > [email protected]> > *Sent:* 14 June 2022 10:26 > *To:* [email protected] < > [email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [Potteries Hackspace] Broad street Office > > Hi Steve > Me & Jib have been meeting weekly for a few months and recently > Federico as joined us. This week Jib has something else on so unless > someone else turns up, possibly Federico, then I don't usually go. If you > are going to turn up Steve then yes unless something else changes. > In terms of the letter that Ian and Dave sent us a few things seem > off. The first one is they have spent a lot of time and money rewiring the > place and making it more efficient right up to last few weeks so why give > up the lease. Secondly about three months ago the account we pay the rent > into changed to a different account under another name/business. Finally a > lot of development work is going on around us perhaps making the area more > profitable. The owners might be taking the view that they could upgrade the > place and sell/lease it out for a more up market use. The problem we will > have is only having thirty days notice and having to find somewhere else > (if we continue meeting) and what to do with all the stuff in the > office/cellar - store it, dump it or just leave what we can't move. > > Let me know tomorrow Steve if you decide to come down I usually aim for > about 19.45 and stay till 22.00 > > Nice to hear off you Steve look forward to catching up with you > > Paul > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* stoketrack <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 14, 2022 10:41 AM > *Subject:* RE: [Potteries Hackspace] Broad street Office > > Oh dear ...that doesnt sound good Paul, think a backup plan is order as > there might be an 11th hr Bombshell. 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