[committee] Draft email for ucc-announce about the loft move

[oxinabox at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au]

Quoting Andrew Williams <andrew at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au>:
> -How likely is this to get approved by the guild? I thought the loft  
> was actively used as shared space by a whole bunch of other clubs?
Honestly, not super likely. I'ld rate it at <50% chance of happening.
That is my personal opinion.
We have a vague kind approval from the guild staffer in charge of the  
masterplan.
What we are currently doing right now, is trying to build a case to  
put before guild on the 1st of December.

The loft in for all intents and purposes used only by 2 clubs.
Us on a monthby basis for LANs/TechTalks etc,
and Unigames on a daily basis.
The current UCC clubroom would become common space.
There are some relations to be done with Unigames to get there support.


> -The design constraints mention the project area being near the  
> sink, but the proposed plans don't include the current cupboard/sink  
> block in the middle of the room, and there's no sink on the plans.  
> I'm assuming this means you plan to remove the sink entirely? I  
> would guess the current sink is where is now for a good reason, and  
> moving it would be very expensive...
Plans (and constraints) are still up in the air.
I believe currently the projects bench area is not on the plans at all  
(but i could be wrong).
We indent to remove the current sink area.
I doubt it would be too expensive to move it about 1m to put in near a wall,
but that is something to look into.


> -The proposed plans all seem to show the end staircase as being open  
> and unsecured, at least at the top - I'm assuming the door is at the  
> bottom of those stairs?
Idaelly yes, but I believe regulations prohibit that, (requiring a 1  
square meter of landing space before a door, or some such).
I think it hasn't been added to the pictures yet.

> -That's a lot of volume to air-condition - who's going to pay for  
> the giant air conditioner, and who's going to pay for the power to  
> run it?
The cost of a large air conditioner is one of many things we will have  
to speak sponsor ship for. The cost of putting in walls, i suspect  
will be much greater.

The way we pay for power is a little interesting. As of the last time  
I looked in to it, we technically pay for power as part of our tenancy  
agreement with guild, however guild lacks the capacity to work out  
which club uses how much power. So they take it out of the grants  
pool, for everyone. However the tenecy agreement did change last year,  
and i can;'t remember if this was changed. Either way we effectively  
don't pay for power.

Frames
UCC OCC,
Wheel member.