[Foundation-l] Wikia leasing office space to WMF

[Thomas Dalton]

2009/1/24 Naoko Komura <nkomura at gmail.com>:
> On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 8:36 AM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com>wrote:
>> Persistence is certainly not something I'm lacking! Some disagree
>> about how admirable that is, though...
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> I think it is a good trait to have and admirable.

Well, thank you.

> More than of the quotes were either above the price range we had in mind or
> at the high end within the range.  The price range we had in mind was
> $2,500-$3,000 for five to six people.  (Additional desk is for a visiting
> staff from the WMF)  There are a few quotes which came below the range, but
> the space either lacked a meeting space, lacked infrastructure like LAN, or
> required public transportation from the WMF office.  The lease term with
> Wikia is $2,500 per month, month-to-month.  The budget allows us to invest
> more fund for the space, but we would like to spend the gift prudently.  It
> is always better to set aside funds so that we can invest in reusable tools
> such as automation of test tools and have ability to expand scope of
> usability test and product improvements.

Sounds good. Thank you.

>> Thank you for helping me understand this decision.
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> You are very welcome.  Do you think we are CIO ready if the WMF were
> U.K.-based entity? :-)

I would need to review the legislation. This kind of deal certainly
wouldn't be recommended, but it's probably legal.