sudo-discuss November 2013

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by Eddan Katz

http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-crowd As Vicky has already mentioned - the Legal Café that the Sustainable Economies Law Center hosted at LOLSpace was super-helpful for all of us who went. I had the good fortune of talking to Sushil Jacob of the EBCLC about the cooperative corporations he's been working on creating within the Green Collar economy initiative he's helping lead. More on that later. I also got to talk to Caroline Lee of SELC, who's a recent Berkeley Law grad who has been doing research on the JOBS Act crowdfunding provisions. She recently wrote about it on Shareable for those interested in more detailed information - http://www.shareable.net/blog/investment-crowdfunding-poised-to-take-a-gian…. I also learned of a the crucial Crowdfunding intermediary process going on at FINRA (Financial Industry Regulation Authority). Their portal for further information is at http://www.finra.org/Industry/Issues/Crowdfunding/ - and there's even a short form to send FINRA for those entities interested in being registered as crowdfunding intermediaries. http://www.finra.org/Industry/Issues/Crowdfunding/. I am planning on filling this out soon and sending it in case anyone else is interested in working on that. There is also a public comments period until Feb. 3, 2014 (all crowdfunding intermediaries must be registered with them). The request for comments is at http://www.finra.org/Industry/Regulation/Notices/2013/P370744; and unfortunately means going through another ~600 page document, which I have only started to do. If anyone is interested in further discussing this and all things related to crowdfunding, I will be moving this thread over to the Sudo-Crowd list. http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-crowd. There are some people outside of Sudo Room interested in participating in the coordination of these public comments and applications and so I'd rather have the discussion there separate from this list. I think that the combination of SEC comments, FINRA comments, and the SASB comments I mentioned earlier on reporting requirements for sustainability accounting really covers all the issues that need to be taken into account at this point to understand what a Crowdfunding platform might have to deal with. So please join the list. http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-crowd I'll be putting together more organized wiki pages with info on this and where people could collaboratively put these comments together. The scratch pages I had up somehow got deleted. sent from eddan.com

12 years, 3 months

e-discovery and digital forensics

by johanna faust

anyone out there expert at preserving electronicrecords so that they are official (that is, admissible) evidence? please get in touch with me. i am facing having to learn it otherwise. it will make all the difference. get in touch for details. -- *Be seeing you.*

12 years, 3 months

Noisebridge and sudoroom at the Aaron Swartz memorial hackathon

by Romy Snowyla

Eff speaking at the opening of the Aaron Swartz memorial hackathon at the beautiful internet archive Click to view interactively: http://360.io/uwb93P Captured with Yeah!

12 years, 3 months

Aaron Swartz Memorial Hackathon (TONIGHT-SUNDAY)

by Vicky Knox

I didn't see anything show up on this list, so here it is: TONIGHT: Internet Archives (until 10p) SATURDAY-SUNDAY: Noisebridge (11a-4p each day) For more deets, see the Noisebridge Wiki: <<< https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Worldwide_Aaron_Swartz_Memorial_Hackathon_… >>> For other more deets (such as the link to the shared pad), see: <<<http://aaronswartzhackathon.org/>>>

12 years, 3 months

"Made in China" Group Show

by Troy Massey

"You are the source of Freedom : the price of Freedom is awareness and action" Subject: Presented by Loakal at Ian Ross Gallery- Opens Friday! Reply-To: Loakal Gallery & Boutique <loakal(a)57-33.com> "Made in China" Presented by Loakal Opens November 8 View this email in your browser Made In China" Group Show Presented by Loakal Opening Reception: November 8, 7-10 PM @ Ian Ross Gallery (466 Brannan St., San Francisco.) The upcoming group exhibition, “Made in China,” presented by Loakal Gallery at Ian Ross Gallery, seeks to probe our society’s underlying assumptions regarding originality, intellectual property and the value of art. Curator Eddie Colla invited a group of established and emerging contemporary artists to create an original painting and send a photo of their work to a factory in China — a factory where reproductions of Monets and other masterworks are painted to be sold as kitschy home decorations in the West. The Chinese factory artists then reproduced the works based on the photographs and shipped them back to Ian Ross Gallery, where the original paintings and the Chinese “counterfeits” will be displayed side-by-side. The opening reception is free and open to the public. Many of the artists and the curator will be in attendance. RSVP on Facebook. Facebook Twitter Instagram Tumblr Pinterest Website Copyright © 2013 Loakal + fiftyseven-thirtythree, All rights reserved. You signed up for this email list to receive information about fiftyseven-thirtythree and Loakal Gallery & Boutique related news, events, and clothing deals. Our mailing address is: Loakal + fiftyseven-thirtythree 560 2nd St. Oakland, CA 94607 Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences

12 years, 3 months

A "Jedi" can apologize for being wrong. The sith "dealing in absolutes"."

by spectral imix

A "Sith"-like attitude insists on an innate "goodness" and "badness" (or more appropriately "us-ness" and "them-ness") in everything. The "Jedi" understand that no object or action is intrinsically good or evil. Intention and effect matter, turning black and white into shades of gray. The fundamental difference between the sides is not "good" and "evil". (Everyone has the potential for both.) The real difference is between a desire to control one's environment for personal power and security, and the desire to serve the greater good of all. A "Sith" believes in him/herself, forming temporary alliances only for the purpose of gaining greater personal advantage. A "Jedi" seeks and fosters the good in everyone, risking and sacrificing personal safety and reputation to benefit the whole. Their actions may occasionally resemble each other but their motivations are very different. The "Jedi" mentality DOES have "absolutes" of a sort. The preservation of life (particularly intelligent life), freedom (physical and intellectual), justice (without regard to status) and the like are enduring values for "Jedi"-like people. But they understand that the universe is morally neutral, that often one value is pitted against another by the unscrupulous, and that sometimes the best that can be done is a moral compromise. The "Sith" prefer to concretize their "morality". Disloyalty to THIS leader is wrong. Partaking in THAT specific activity is evil. An uncensored discussion of social alternatives is morally decadent. Categorically, without exception, never mind the intent. A "virtuous" act is always "good". A troublemaker is always "bad". A "Jedi" can observe the ethical situation, note changes, and change his mind about a good idea implemented badly, or a disreputable strategy that actually produces good. A "Jedi" can apologize for being wrong. A "Sith" cannot afford to be inconsistent for fear of losing credibility. Any change in allegiance must be framed and propagandized to appear as part of the plan all along. The "Sith" is about appearances rather than reality. The world is never black and white, but the "Sith" pretends it is. That is what is meant by "dealing in absolutes"."

12 years, 3 months

Meeting Minutes: Successful Fundraiser. Officially Incorporated, Won Grant.

by Max Klein

If you remember after last week's meeting we were anxious because we were $800 behind on rent. Now we have $5500 and are officially a Public Benefit Nonprofit Corporation. Let us take a moment to meditate on this week and the efforts of our members. Minutes: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Meeting_Notes_2013-11-06

12 years, 3 months

Oakland is the WikiVoyage "Destination of the Month!"

by Pete Forsyth

Hey all, I just noticed that Oakland is the WikiVoyage "Destination of the Month" -- awesome! Might be a good time to make sure WikiVoyage's pages point to Oakland Wiki where appropriate -- or just generally celebrate, dance in the streets…ya know? https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Main_Page -Pete

12 years, 3 months

dark mail kickstarter

by Anthony Di Franco

This seems good to support: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ladar/lavabits-dark-mail-initiative "Along with preserving existing functionality, the team will build in support for the Dark Mail protocol. Dark Mail, a newly developed messaging protocol, is designed to provide end-to-end encryption of both the message itself and the email in transit. Because encryption will be integrated into the protocol itself, it will be invisible to the user. Dark Mail users will get the security of PGP without the cognitive burden; *if someone can use email today they will be able to use Dark Mail tomorrow*." *← Finally this* "The project will also include building, and releasing as F/OSS, the first Dark Mail compatible clients. We are planning to launch with clients for the desktop (Win, Mac, Lin), smartphones and tablets (iOS, Android)."

12 years, 3 months

Sudo Room wins $4700 grant from Southern Exposure!

by Jenny Ryan

Super stoked to announce that both Sudo Room AND the Public School have each won a $4700 grant from Southern Exposure, an excellent nonprofit supporting the arts in the Bay Area: *Southern Exposure is proud to announce the recipients of grants in Round 7 of our Alternative Exposure Grant Program. In this round, Southern Exposure is awarding $70,000 to 16 projects at levels ranging from $5,000 to $2,400. With major support from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Alternative Exposure supports the independent and self-organized work of artists and small groups that plays a critical and significant role in the San Francisco Bay Area arts community. In the seven years since launching Alternative Exposure, Southern Exposure has awarded $421,000 in direct funds to 120 Bay Area projects.(http://soex.org/artistsresources.html <http://soex.org/artistsresources.html>*) This is a nice bit of cash that will very nearly provide the 3-month rent buffer we endeavor to have as a foundation, though we still need to build up Rainy Day, maintenance and operations funds. This also gives us significantly more to work with should we choose to move into a larger space in the next couple of months. It would be great to reinitiate conversations and proposals toward a membership policy and long-term sustainability goals. Thanks to David Keenan for inspiring a down-to-the-wire grant-writing hackathon and making the process super fun and collaborative, and major props to Marc for excellent feedback and revisions. I'll write a blog post this weekend to publicly thank SOEX. And <3 to all y'all for making an awesome Sudo Room! <3 Jenny http://jennyryan.net http://thepyre.org http://thevirtualcampfire.org http://technomadic.tumblr.com `~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~` "Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories." -Laurie Anderson "Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it." -Hannah Arendt "To define is to kill. To suggest is to create." -Stéphane Mallarmé ~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`

12 years, 3 months

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