<div dir="ltr"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Sudoroom has about nine of these MC1469R voltage regulators that seem to be<br>worth something, plus about a million more things that might be saleable but<br>it's hard to tell:<br><a href="https://www.ebay.com/p/Motorola-MC1469R-Voltage-Regulator-1-Pcs/1407930259" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ebay.com/p/Motorola-MC1469R-Voltage-Regulator-1-Pcs/1407930259</a><br>are you willing to take this stuff on and put it on ebay? or is anyone?</blockquote><div><br></div><div>Great find, smaller high-value items are perfect! I was originally thinking of selling unused collectible stuff and donating 50% to Sudo Room but would consider selling Sudo Room's inventory as well.</div><div><br></div><div>I am supporting my non-profit by selling small high-value items on ebay and elsewhere. I could take on the task of selling electronic components on behalf of Omni/Sudo Room if there was a revenue share between non-profits. The business involves setting up one or more online stores and utilizing marketing resources available to non-profits such as google adword grants.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 1:20 AM Jake <<a href="mailto:jake@spaz.org">jake@spaz.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Sudoroom has about nine of these MC1469R voltage regulators that seem to be<br>
worth something, plus about a million more things that might be saleable but<br>
it's hard to tell:<br>
<br>
<a href="https://www.ebay.com/p/Motorola-MC1469R-Voltage-Regulator-1-Pcs/1407930259" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ebay.com/p/Motorola-MC1469R-Voltage-Regulator-1-Pcs/1407930259</a><br>
<br>
are you willing to take this stuff on and put it on ebay? or is anyone?<br>
<br>
-jake<br>
<br>
On Tue, 4 Sep 2018, Autonomous wrote:<br>
<br>
> Here's an ebay listing with donation of 50% of proceeds to Omni Commons. I<br>
> will find some more stuff to sell. :D<br>
><br>
> [image: Ebay-Omni-Donation.png]<br>
><br>
> On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 2:50 PM Jenny Ryan <<a href="mailto:tunabananas@gmail.com" target="_blank">tunabananas@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>> awsum!!<br>
>> also, not sure how it will show up since the Village is also receiving<br>
>> donations through the PayPal Giving Fund via *Omni's* PayPal account - Sudo<br>
>> Room has its own paypal account: <a href="mailto:paypal@sudoroom.org" target="_blank">paypal@sudoroom.org</a>, and that's the<br>
>> account I used to register on the eBay Charity listing...<br>
>> so anyway, if you see a duplicate Omni when listing the charity, that's<br>
>> the email<br>
>> <3<br>
>> Jenny<br>
>><br>
>> Help open a professional kitchen at the Omni Commons in Oakland!<br>
>> <a href="https://omnicommons.org/kitchen" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://omnicommons.org/kitchen</a><br>
>><br>
>> `~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`<br>
>> "Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories."<br>
>> -Laurie Anderson<br>
>><br>
>> "Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it."<br>
>> -Hannah Arendt<br>
>><br>
>> "To define is to kill. To suggest is to create."<br>
>> -Stéphane Mallarmé<br>
>><br>
>> "Anything done for the first time unleashes a demon."<br>
>> --Dave Sim, "Cerebus the Aardvark"<br>
>> ~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 2:42 PM Autonomous <<a href="mailto:autonomous666@gmail.com" target="_blank">autonomous666@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> Allrighty! I'll create some ebay listings and donate a percentage of the<br>
>>> proceeds to Omni Commons.<br>
>>><br>
>>> On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 2:32 PM Jenny Ryan <<a href="mailto:tunabananas@gmail.com" target="_blank">tunabananas@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>>> It is done, pending review of the bank statement I just uploaded:<br>
>>>> <a href="https://www.charity.ebay.com/charity/Omni-Commons/2067459" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.charity.ebay.com/charity/Omni-Commons/2067459</a><br>
>>>> great idea autonomous :)<br>
>>>> <3<br>
>>>> Jenny<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Help open a professional kitchen at the Omni Commons in Oakland!<br>
>>>> <a href="https://omnicommons.org/kitchen" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://omnicommons.org/kitchen</a><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> `~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`<br>
>>>> "Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories."<br>
>>>> -Laurie Anderson<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> "Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining<br>
>>>> it."<br>
>>>> -Hannah Arendt<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> "To define is to kill. To suggest is to create."<br>
>>>> -Stéphane Mallarmé<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> "Anything done for the first time unleashes a demon."<br>
>>>> --Dave Sim, "Cerebus the Aardvark"<br>
>>>> ~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 2:20 PM Jenny Ryan <<a href="mailto:tunabananas@gmail.com" target="_blank">tunabananas@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>>><br>
>>>>> It was amended in our 2016 federal tax return:<br>
>>>>> <a href="https://omnicommons.org/mediawiki/images/7/7a/OC_2016_990.pdf" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://omnicommons.org/mediawiki/images/7/7a/OC_2016_990.pdf</a> (Part B<br>
>>>>> at top left),<br>
>>>>> and according to Jesse that suffices. the IRS also states this:<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> <a href="https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/charitable-organizations/change-of-name-exempt-organizations" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/charitable-organizations/change-of-name-exempt-organizations</a><br>
>>>>> we also filed the changes with the Secretary of State:<br>
>>>>> <a href="https://businessfilings.sos.ca.gov/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://businessfilings.sos.ca.gov/</a><br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> both OOC and OC are listed on Guidestar.<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> <3<br>
>>>>> Jenny<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> Help open a professional kitchen at the Omni Commons in Oakland!<br>
>>>>> <a href="https://omnicommons.org/kitchen" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://omnicommons.org/kitchen</a><br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> `~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`<br>
>>>>> "Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories."<br>
>>>>> -Laurie Anderson<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> "Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining<br>
>>>>> it."<br>
>>>>> -Hannah Arendt<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> "To define is to kill. To suggest is to create."<br>
>>>>> -Stéphane Mallarmé<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> "Anything done for the first time unleashes a demon."<br>
>>>>> --Dave Sim, "Cerebus the Aardvark"<br>
>>>>> ~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 2:08 PM robb <<a href="mailto:sf99er@gmail.com" target="_blank">sf99er@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>>> i'll ping omni's finance working group about the name change matter<br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>> On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 2:03 PM, Autonomous <<a href="mailto:autonomous666@gmail.com" target="_blank">autonomous666@gmail.com</a>><br>
>>>>>> wrote:<br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>> My understanding is that Sudo Room 501(c)3 was reorganized as "Omni<br>
>>>>>>> Commons" and that the existing bylaws and board from the former "Omni<br>
>>>>>>> Oakland Commons" were adopted by Sudo Room 501(c)3, and no new entity was<br>
>>>>>>> created in the process. The names "Omni Commons" or "Omni Oakland<br>
>>>>>>> Commons" do not come up in tax exempt organization searches, whereas the<br>
>>>>>>> IRS still shows the EIN and name for Sudo Room as an organization eligible<br>
>>>>>>> to receive tax deductible charitable contributions.<br>
>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>> Filing a name change with the IRS from "Sudo Room" to "Omni Commons"<br>
>>>>>>> for EIN 46-4109670 would clear up the confusion not to mention enabling<br>
>>>>>>> Omni Commons to show up in searches for public charities.<br>
>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>>>>> * The current idea is to essentially use the "shell" of the<br>
>>>>>>> 501(c)3*<br>
>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>>>>> * organization that the Sudo folks set up, but change its bylaws and board<br>
>>>>>>> *>>>* such that the new organization is governed by the delegates meeting,<br>
>>>>>>> *>>>* exactly matching the current Omni organization. And likely change its name<br>
>>>>>>> *>>>* to something like "Omni 2"<br>
>>>>>>> *>>>>>>* Also make sure to check Jenny's latest thread: the very latest<br>
>>>>>>> *>>>* development is that this new "Omni 2" 501(c)3 could receive *both* the $1M<br>
>>>>>>> *>>>* donation and the $1M loan from our generous benefactor, which would hugely<br>
>>>>>>> *>>>* simplify things.<br>
>>>>>>> *>>>>>>* The people currently in the Sudo collective would have no more control<br>
>>>>>>> *>>>* over the new "Omni 2" than any of the other collectives. They could set up<br>
>>>>>>> *>>>* a new nonprofit organization - essentially having "donated" their old<br>
>>>>>>> *>>>* 501(c)3 to Omni - or they could become a sponsored project of Omni 2.<br>
>>>>>>> *>>><br>
>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>> On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 12:43 PM <<a href="mailto:hol@gaskill.com" target="_blank">hol@gaskill.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>>> Correct, there has been a change where sudo room is a project of a<br>
>>>>>>>> larger entity, not its own legal entity, so that letter of determination is<br>
>>>>>>>> deprecated.<br>
>>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>>> On fundraising, I'd love to revisit the idea of fabricating and<br>
>>>>>>>> selling "sudoino" arduino clones. Jake I agree with your past<br>
>>>>>>>> recommendations RE using the leonardo chipset now that I've messed with<br>
>>>>>>>> them a bit. Could have a basic model and a few different variations, seems<br>
>>>>>>>> to be the way people do it now. I've been paying $10 for the knockoff<br>
>>>>>>>> fullsize ones (3 for micro w/o headers) and kicking myself that I dropped<br>
>>>>>>>> the ball a few years ago.<br>
>>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>>> On 2018-09-04 12:27, robb wrote:<br>
>>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>>> however it would also be fraud as sudoroom's 501c3 wuz reorganized<br>
>>>>>>>> as omni commons when we bought the building. since then, sudo haz bin a<br>
>>>>>>>> fiscally sponsored project of omni commons.<br>
>>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>>> On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 11:56 AM, Autonomous <<a href="mailto:autonomous666@gmail.com" target="_blank">autonomous666@gmail.com</a><br>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:<br>
>>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>>>> Robb,<br>
>>>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>>>> I attached a copy of the IRS letter of determination showing Sudo<br>
>>>>>>>>> Room received 501(c)3 exemption in February 2016. This letter would be<br>
>>>>>>>>> sufficient to obtain public charity listings on guidestar, ebay for<br>
>>>>>>>>> charity, etc.<br>
>>>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 11:46 AM robb <<a href="mailto:sf99er@gmail.com" target="_blank">sf99er@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>>>>> i think we would have to do it through sudomesh or omni as we<br>
>>>>>>>>>> don't haz our pwn 501c3<br>
>>>>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 9:54 AM, Autonomous <<br>
>>>>>>>>>> <a href="mailto:autonomous666@gmail.com" target="_blank">autonomous666@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>>>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>>>>>> As soon as Sudo Room is listed as a charitable organization on<br>
>>>>>>>>>>> Ebay for Charity I have several unused items I can sell and donate a<br>
>>>>>>>>>>> percentage of the proceeds to Sudo Room.<br>
>>>>>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 1:50 AM Marc Juul <<a href="mailto:marc@juul.io" target="_blank">marc@juul.io</a>> wrote:<br>
>>>>>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Sep 3, 2018 at 10:58 PM, Autonomous <<br>
>>>>>>>>>>>> <a href="mailto:autonomous666@gmail.com" target="_blank">autonomous666@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>>>>>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sudo-room is currently broke. Not taking in enough money to<br>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> cover expenses nor plan for any future needs.<br>
>>>>>>>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Any updates on the latest financial status of Sudo Room? Here's<br>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> a fundraising idea:<br>
>>>>>>>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I run a 501(c)3 public charity and have been raising funds by<br>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> receiving donations of physical items and re-selling them on ebay through<br>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> "ebay for charity". It's enough to cover monthly expenses! I know Sudo<br>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> receives donations of physical goods on a regular basis - some of which may<br>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> not be needed. Sudo may also put items up for sale on ebay from time to<br>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> time, and it is a plus to have "benefits charity" added to the listing.<br>
>>>>>>>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>>>>>>> We could definitely do this. Anyone who's willing to take on<br>
>>>>>>>>>>>> some of the work involved in acquiring, testing or selling the donations?<br>
>>>>>>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>>>>>>> We already have a few things we could sell.<br>
>>>>>>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>>>>>>> --<br>
>>>>>>>>>>>> marc/juul<br>
>>>>>>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>>>>>><br>
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>>>>>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>>>>><br>
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>>>>>>>>>> you, then you win*.<br>
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