sudo-discuss August 2013

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Bioinformatics meeting - 7pm Sunday 11th August

by Ryan Bethencourt

Dear All, I just wanted to announce the second Bio-informatics class at Sudo room, all Sudo'ers interested in getting a deeper understanding of bio-informatics are welcome to attend. After the last successful Bio-informatics class with 21 attendees, Ron's very kindly offered to volunteer again to help teach aspiring digital biohackers the tricks of the trade :) Just as a side note, Oakland nights live is currently booking a slot on Sunday but the text on the booking says that it's on Saturday, so I'm assuming that it was an incorrect booking date. Hack on and let Ron or I know if you have any questions :) Ryan -- Ryan Bethencourt Tel: (415) 825 2705 ryan.bethencourt(a)gmail.com www.bamh1.com www.linkedin.com/in/bethencourt www.logos-press.com/books/biotechnology_business_development.php

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Reorganizing has begun! Join!

by Marina Kukso

Come join us! We are taking things out! Have a thing you want to stay in the space? Want to help? Cooommmee! Marina

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Where is the ladder?

by Yardena Cohen

We had a wonderful ladder. It was tall, safe, had two sturdy feet. It said Rachel in blue marker all over it, because it belongs to a sudoer who let us use it for a long time. It is now missing, just when we need it for space cleaning. Did any of you take it? Does any of you know where it might be? If this got stolen we will be sad.

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brain hacking on hawking

by Steve Castellotti

Hey all- My name is Steve and was involved in several Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) hacks on McHawking, the wheelchair robot, back when it lived at Noisebridge: http://www.instructables.com/id/Brain-Controlled-Wheelchair/ <http://www.instructables.com/id/Brain-Controlled-Wheelchair/> About 3-4 of us are banding together over the next several days to revisit and extend that work. Jake gave a heads up as to its new location and we're all looking forward to visiting the space (for most if not all of us it will be our first time there). I wanted to reach out and make sure we're going about this the right way, and of course invite anyone else who interested in either robotics or BCI to join us and get involved. We look to published whatever we do as open source and will try to update the Sudo Room wiki (as my quick search and review of the mailing list archives only turned up last month's introduction). We're still firming up timing but will probably drop by tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon and play Monday and Tuesday by ear. Feel free to message me on or off list if anyone is keen. Cheers! Steve

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Cool Mold! [Pictures]

by Jonathan Levin

Hey Sudoroom: I made pickles this week and some fancy-looking mold grew on them. Not good for eating, but a treat for watching, so I thought you'd all like to see! It reminds me a bit of an electron micrograph of a growing axon (see here: http://www.bio.miami.edu/ktosney/images/ResHomSEMgc.jpg) Bonus points to any of you who can identify the type of fungus (I haven't been able to yet). -Jonathan

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don't forget: ORGANIZING EVERYTHING WEEKEND

by Marina Kukso

i normally don't elevate my voice, but it WILL be organizing everything weekend starting tomorrow morning. we have already started sorting, identifying, and moving things around. please come any time tomorrow to move lots of stuff and get sudo room clean, beautiful, usable, and useful! - marina

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hive mind

by Hol Gaskill

"For large groups of ants, it isn’t necessary for all the ants in the colony to even visit each nest once. Instead of being based on individual comparisons, the colony's decision is based on positive feedback and a quorum rule." http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/08/when-decisions-are-tough-it-pays-to-…

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Two new Biohacker articles - Serious Wonder and East Bay Express

by Ryan Bethencourt

Hi All, Two great new articles on Biohacking and DIY Bio mentioning Glowing Plants, Biocurious, Counter Culture labs, Berkeley Biolabs and many more groups/people in our movement! East Bay Express - Biohackers http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/bio-hackers/Content?oid=3669408 Serious Wonder - DIY Biohacking coming to a Lab near you http://www.seriouswonder.com/diy-biohacking-coming-to-a-lab-near-you Rock on! -- Ryan Bethencourt Tel: (415) 825 2705 ryan.bethencourt(a)gmail.com www.bamh1.com www.linkedin.com/in/bethencourt www.logos-press.com/books/biotechnology_business_development.php

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Attention Ambulance Hackers

by J.C.

Anyone interested in/on hacking in/on the ambulance? I've got a few projects in mind, chiefly in gearing up for longer trips outside the bay area (aka: Burning Man), and in the short term getting around hackerspaces in the bay area to build along the way. Right now I'm tapped on space and resources, and can only drive short distance, or not at all, so would be great to find somewhere/someone nearby to work on some mechanical issues. I'd also like to double the floor space by adding storage bins and some sort of pop-up to the roof (ideally made of solar panels) to make more of a work space, and some sort of ladder to get up to it. I've also got a 16' flatbed trailer that I can pull, and would be interested in developing ideas to make that a mobile space as well, potentially something along the lines of a parkable parklet that could be moved around. So if you've got some time, materials or capital get in touch. -- ThanX, ;+) https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Fort

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Meeting Minutes 7/30

by Jenny Ryan

Reposted for posterity at: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Meeting_Notes_2013-07-30 *https://pad.riseup.net/p/sudoroommaintenance *Check out the Meeting archives here: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Meeting_Minutes *July 31 2013 =Attending= *Matt, Jenny, Jordan, Kerrie, Danny, Timon, Len, Liberty, Ray, Donyan, Louis, Maria, Jonathan, Xander, Andy, Troy, Lazzuly [ artisincoffee(a)gmail.com] - coffee cart, Brendan, ?, Aylan, Rolo =Introductions= *Brief personal intros (< 20 sec per person) *Icebreaker: What are you working on, and what do you need? *Bike trailer *Cider, apple crusher *Mesh, more folks on tech, policy, community outreach *Mate *SudoKids, more volunteers, activities *Biohacking (phage therapy), website *R&D on student debt, advice & expertise *Coworking space, sysadmin *Destroying advertising, web dev & design *Digital production focused on science/tech (thattechgirl.co) *Nanotechnology to edit the genome *Tech incubator, buy-in, people *Consulting for big ideas *Library *PBX phone system, more info on system here, and consensus *Mobile coffee cart & art gallery (and chocolate!!), advice *Electronic LED musical sweater, midi shield & rgb led lights & EL wire *Learning/listening, finding out what the project will be *Sudo expand! =Announcements (Consent Agenda)= *Every Monday 7pm: LOL / Oakland Makerspace Open Hack Night (1234 23rd Avenue) *Every Thurs. at 7PM: Oakland Wiki meetup! http://www.oaklandwiki.org **ALSO: Take the 2014 Mayor Key Issues Survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1cGV6N9pmpmJmHiKS8VmQAGlwJQ4mioShXyyxmrD-Ka… *Every Thurs. at 8:30pm: Mesh Networking meetup: http://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh *RADIO!!!! https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Sudo_Radio **sign-ups https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApmrUsz7z5DodDVaZnJ4TW1ndC1jd1… *Regular check-in between The Public School and Sudo Room - Thursday evening Supper Club potlucks starting at 6 *Organization / scheduling for a week-long Summer School at the end of August *We now have a shared calendar for the common space! http://2141broadway.wordpress.com/calendar/ *Sudo Room Inventory / Cleanup weekend - this weekend http://www.doodle.com/e8vwvvs6e24wkwy4 *New Economy Huddle this Friday, 6-9pm. Presentations by BACE Timebank and EBBX [East Bay Barter Exchange] and brainstorm on alternative economic models - *Sudo Kids Tuesdays at 6pm-8pm. Food 5pm ==Other announcements:== *Update from our landlord George **Cleanliness of the space is imperative! Clean up after yourself and go the extra mile. Always leave it better than you found it **Key to the dumpster *Message from Robert (Uptown Kitchen/Sound Room) about Trash. *Need help with their wifi **Expanding clientele, can't share their bins anymore (or can do exchange?) **Requested to separate trash, compost, recycling more thoroughly *Community Democracy Project [http://thecommunitydemocracyproject.org] signature drive launch this weekend! 570 14th St, Suite #3, 2pm this Saturday for training, lunch and hitting the streets! *Laney Coding Club collaboration with sudo :) = ACTION ITEMS = ==Old Action Items:== *Add to the Sudo Room Neighborhood Outreach spreadsheet and take on a few to reach out to: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ao_Q7DQvNFT-dEdhZUJaQ3dDY2plMj… **Everyone? Jenny has added! Rabbit added! You should too! *1. Research tax structures [ https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Tax_Structure_Research] 2. [...] 3. Non-Profit! [Danny, Brendan] plus *Auto-reminder for weekly meetings [Bill, and Nate] **group me? *Make a flier, talking points [Jenny & Juul] *Set up date for label-printing organizing of stuff event - Marina & Jenny **Move more books inside Sudoroom **Get rid of all the broken printers... *"Who the fuck are we?" Assessing folks who've signed up to be members [in final tab on the fiscal solvency sheet] [Danny, Liberty, Brendan (sans traction)] *"Oh yah and we owe people money" [Matt too now] *Talk to JC re: sudomate funds [Jenny, Matt] ==New Action Items:== ==Postponed:== *Add robots.txt for sudo room (open item for anyone to take on) MATT (out of town) *[Postponed until necessary] Eddan - Reference letter from George *git-ify & flow-diagram-ify our articles *Add calendar 2141broadway.wordpress.com to Infobot's screensaver [Max] *Library - until RPS *Catalog - Max *Push Articles to Github =Fiscal Solvency= ''In this section we review our current financial situation and budget, approve monthly budgets, and discuss any other finance-related issues.'' *Exchequer: Marina / Jenny / Bill *Co-Facilitator: *$2751.69 as of 7/31/13 *August Dues: $1800 *Total after August dues: $951.69 *Pay your dues!! *We now have lockers, part of fundraising * Review and consensus process: ** Fiscal Solvency Spreadsheet - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AlKk2X9KKqlFdFZJUy12x3ZUhDUmx2… ** Rent: $1500; Utilities: $220; Services: $50 **Target membership contribution: $88 per member (based on approx. 30 people) =Amendments to the Articles of Association= https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Articles_of_Association *Threshold to become a card-carrying member [symbolic and/or access] *RFID Access =Conflict Resolution= =Discussion Spillover= *Laney Coding Club =Post-Meeting Groups= *Sudo Future 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 ~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`

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sudo-discuss August 2013