[Ailist] how best to negotiate with a council

[Lionel Boxer]

Create a charity and meet under the auspices of that charity (or align
yourself with a charity).

The local council where I live provides the local returned service
legion (military veterans) their space for close to nothing, in part
because they use their facility for the red cross and other charities.

Lionel Boxer CD PhD MBA BTech(IndEng) - +1-416-482-3203
Associate of RMIT University - lionel.boxer at rmit.edu.au
Graduate School of Business
my "Assessment of Quality Systems with Positioning Theory" 
now in a googe book - see link at http://intergon.net
>>> "Kate Start" <kate at startconsulting.com> 08/12/08 8:20 AM >>>
Dear Ai-ers,
I am involved in our local community centre. The local council, who own
the building,  want to start charging us rent of £10000/year when to
date we have not paid anything.  They have stated that the agreement can
only be for 10 years.
Our centre provides a meeting place for 35+ community groups who would
not be able to pay increased centre hire charges if we were to agree the
high rate.
We have a meeting next week with Councillors to discuss our position and
how best to move forward.
>From an AI viewpoint I think I should go in to the negotiations with'
how best can we ensure that the community centre is a sustainable viable
resource for the centre' and how can we best work together (council,
councillors and centre users) to ensure this.

Does anyone have any pearls of wisdom, great questions I can ask the
councillors, any tips?

What we would like out of negotiations would be a 'peppercorn rent for
25 years' or an asset transfer

best wishes
Kate Start
London
England
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