2009/1/23 Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijssen@gmail.com:
Hoi, Having an office close to the main office, having an environment that is shared with colleagues who way are sharing their impressive usability improvements are tangible benefits.
I agree, the issue is with how much you value them. They definitely have a value, but I haven't, as yet, seem any attempt to quantify that.
The cost of the office space conforms to market rates.
Sure, but they don't conform to the cheapest rate. Any decision by a charity to spend more money than is strictly necessary needs to be justified. I'm not saying that it's unjustifiable, it just hasn't been justified yet.