2009/1/23 Erik Moeller <erik(a)wikimedia.org>rg>:
2009/1/23 Thomas Dalton
<thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com>om>:
Sounds good. Could you calmly and sensibly
explain it to me, then? How
did you come to decide that the addition benefits of working in
Wikia's offices were worth the extra money? (I'm willing to accept
that there could be a good explanation, I'd just like to see it.)
I already named some of them - greater proximity, shared kitchen use,
shared speakerphone use, established Internet connectivity. The other
space we were looking at also had noise issues: open concept with two
other tenants, and some noise every day at 6PM due to music lessons in
the same building.
I was looking for something a little more quantitative. I know it is
difficult to quantify these things, which is why, in my experience,
charities usually err on the side of caution. In fact, the model
governing documents for the UK Charities Commission explicitly forbids
any such dealings with companies that share directors with the charity
(I'm not sure the law requires such strict rules, but they are
certainly recommended).