<div dir="ltr">Really sorry to hear what happened in regards to the rant (as I'm sure there were many innocent victims) but I just wanted to put in a dissenting voice in about a move. <div><br></div><div>Sudo Room get's a lot of value from the space, far more than we pay in dues as we're allowed to use the common space for classes, meet ups and etc (while we only pay for one room). There are of course a lot of negatives but so far it seems that the positives (as a whole) outweigh the negatives. George does do tirades but so far they've been all bark and no bite, plus a community (like public schools and all of the other small groups/businesses) have been evolving alongside Sudo room. I'm all for task forces and finding better spaces but no space (or landlord) will be perfect.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Just my two bitcoins!</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 12:05 AM, Louis Huang <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:louis.huang@aegia.nu" target="_blank">louis.huang@aegia.nu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Sudoroom is a great hackerspace, and with the relationship next to the Public School, the sciences and humanities meet on occasions with interdisciplinary (humanities + science) communal events that are all the more refreshing.<br>

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It makes no sense moving Sudo into another room at 2141 as long as it<br>
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On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 4:27 PM, Hol Gaskill <<a href="mailto:hol@gaskill.com" target="_blank">hol@gaskill.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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you mean pack up all our space mining equipment and scatter among the stars in search of a new homeworld?<br>
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Sep 9, 2013 04:12:40 PM, <a href="mailto:andrew@roshambomedia.com" target="_blank">andrew@roshambomedia.com</a> wrote:<br>
In complete agreement that Sudo cannot survive 2141 broadway. I would also like to bring to the table the idea that we have two issues: 2141 and finding a new space. I don't think leaving 2141 needs to be contingent on finding somthing new. Events can be spread across different venues while sudo members focus on finding a perminent space. We could even rent a smaller room in 2141 while this happends.<br>

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but enough to reasonably perceive swastikas in them.<br>
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happy, as a queer Jew with many family members in Yad Vashem.<br>
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nobody was spared. He assumed right away it was done by a Sudoroom<br>
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anarchists -> Nazis. At one point he even suggested that a kid from<br>
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responsible for this swastika, as if I had done it myself. I actually<br>
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inability to find good tenants. He twice informed me that he was<br>
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evicting both Sudoroom and the Public School and that Laurie would<br>
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prepare a 30 days notice. He's said that before. He told me that<br>
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the day, because "If I see any of them, I will beat them up!" I told<br>
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don't beat them up. That calmed him down a little. In short, the rant<br>
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is George's wife and they own the building equally. The way he talked<br>
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prepared, for having written the craigslist ads that attracted<br>
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tenants). He said quite hurtful things to her, including that she was<br>
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nothing but a drain on his life and that he wanted a divorce from her.<br>
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leash, looking at me with eyes that said "I'm sorry you have to see<br>
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investigate. It took a chorus of Laurie and several of his other<br>
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the cops aren't coming, the bathroom smells, please let's just clean<br>
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it up. Eventually he lost steam and they left.<br>
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