Goodbye to TNKR's first
semi-permanent office.
Yesterday March 2, 2020, the co-founders of TNKR signed an
agreement to move the TNKR location from Gwangheungchang to
near Sangsu station (subway line 6, exit 4). This is our
first move in four years, but not our first
move!
TNKR moved into the current office in
July 2016, after a few years of moving around. One of the
students in TNKR said to us one day, "TNKR itself seems to
be a refugee." He had participated in orientation and
matching sessions at various venues, including some of the
following:
* March-April 2013, TOZ business center
for our first Matching session.
* May 2013-August 2015, Mulmangcho Human
Rights Institute office to hold orientation and Matching
sessions
* Dec 2013-May 2015, Freedom Factory
office (orientation, Matching, tutoring, and Casey Lartigue's
desk became TNKR's office)
* Sept 2015-February 2016, Bitcoin Center
(held orientation, Matching and had 1:1 tutoring sessions
there)
* Dec 2015, Gongduck Community Center
(Matching session, our other options weren't
available)
* Feb-May 2016, Online University (held
orientation, Matching, 1:1 tutoring, TNKR's
office)
* June 2016, Dangsan Business Center
(short-term as we waited for new office to become
available)
* July 2016, TNKR office established at
Gwangheungchang station
* March 2020, TNKR office moves to Sangsu
Station
Before you get out the pom-poms and start
cheering, this is not a move we sought. The landlord put the
location on the market. We will need to put a 20 million won
(almost $20,000) deposit on the office, in addition to our rent
going up from 850,000 to 1 million won (almost $1,000) a month.
We received an estimate of 900,000 won (almost $800) for a team
of 4 movers to haul all of our stuff to the other office
location).
We now have a monthly challenge of
raising 1 million won a month (almost $1,000). We hope this
move will last at least two years.
