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Re. specific spaces and strategy:<br>
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= Elevator or ground floor for accessibility, and also for being
able to move stuff in & out of the space safely. Stairways are
the #1 cause of serious indoor injuries, and the risk is higher when
carrying bulky or heavy objects up/down stairs. <br>
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= Basic kitchen facilities & nongender bathroom.<br>
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= Access to MPOE & IDFs: telecoms wiring closets, and the
ability to run our own wiring. <br>
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= Ideally, access to the roof for installing various wireless &
mesh devices. And also, a location that isn't hemmed-in by
highrises to the point where signal isn't getting in or out.<br>
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= Check the distance to nearest telco central office for potential
impact on broadband, contact Sonic to ask about specific locations.
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= Check the cellular reception in the suite itself for access to at
least two carriers. Ideally have at least one live mobile phone
call from the space to check for drops & disconnects, and run an
app to check for data speed.<br>
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= Earthquake safety: Most of downtown Oakland is in the "violent
shaking zone" on local earthquake maps, and some parts such as the
area around 1924 Franklin are in the "extremely violent shaking
zone," so older and taller buildings are at risk of severe damage.
Anything built or substantially seismically upgraded after 1990
(Loma Prieta was in 1989) is better. Otherwise count on making a
hasty escape down the stairway and carrying anyone who is using a
wheelchair. <br>
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= Has anyone thought of _buying_ a building? Think of some small
and quasi-dilapidated little commercial building somewhere nearby:
maybe a defunct storefront or warehouse or burger stand that can be
remodeled with a community barn-raising. Or a house that's a
fixer-upper and can be converted by expanding the common space? The
tradeoff is that these aren't going to be as close to BART as
downtown locations, but I wonder about the combination of BART +
bike, or BART + electric scooter/skateboard for the regulars, and a
"meet-me/pickup" method for occasional visitors? Is there any
combination of friendly funding & safe loans/mortgages that
might make it possible to buy a building?<br>
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-G.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 13-05-06-Mon 5:51 PM, Matthew Senate
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<div>Ryan and Jenny are excellent! We went biking and found
more places for sudo room's future decision-making!<br>
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href="http://hackerspaces.crowdmap.com/">http://hackerspaces.crowdmap.com/</a><br>
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<div>Please add more reports (choose at least one):<br>
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<div>(a) tweet the address and details (e.g. a phone number)
@sudoroom<br>
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<div style="margin-left:40px">(i) You can also set up
twitter to post via text message to 40404 if you don't
have a data plan with your phone--ask me for details! ;)<br>
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<div>(b) send an email with the same info to <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:info@sudoroom.org">info@sudoroom.org</a><br>
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<div>(c) use the web form <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://hackerspaces.crowdmap.com/reports/submit">https://hackerspaces.crowdmap.com/reports/submit</a><br>
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<div>(d) download a mobile app (though the new android app
crashed for me >.<)<br>
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<div>You can also help by:<br>
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<div>(a) Calling some of the existing listings, coordinate
by replying to this message!<br>
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<div>(b) Offering to review old listings that might still be
available!<br>
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<div>(c) Trolling Craigslist and other websites with spaces
for rent / lease.<br>
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<div>(d) Contribute to this spreadsheet Romy set up: <a
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href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Amu8QvJOCyfkdFRkMnFGblJ3MzZDNFNRSS1MQzRBalE">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Amu8QvJOCyfkdFRkMnFGblJ3MzZDNFNRSS1MQzRBalE</a><br>
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<div>(e) Organize another bike-about to find more locations!<br>
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The crowdmap platform released a new version of their
software today, but we can use the "classic" mode likely
through 2013, with options to migrate and such before then.<br>
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I have backups just in case, and we can back more data up as
we add to it.<br>
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// Matt<br>
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