Dear all,
I've been in touch with one of the organizers of Catalyst Project, an
anti-racist organization that educates and trains organizations/movements,
and they're requesting use of our space on Dec. 14th or Dec. 16th for an
event that would include 150-200 people.
I'm pushing forward and letting the organizer know that we can provide the
Ballroom for either of these dates. Please let me know ASAP if there's any
possible conflicts.
I feel strongly that we do our best to provide this space for Catalyst at
this time as we need to step up and provide whatever support and solidarity
we can for the PoC community.
Let me know if you'd like to help bottom-line this event. I expect there
will be a lot of new folks coming into our space for the first time, people
that we'd like to open relationships with now and into the future.
with love
st
On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 4:06 PM, Patrik D'haeseleer <patrikd(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> - How much video surveillance are we as a community willing to tolerate? Is
> there an acceptable tradeoff between enhancing personal and property safety,
> and respecting privacy? A static and well-advertized camera trained at a
> piece of valuable infrastructure may be OK. A building-wide surveillance
> system that can track people from room to room with facial recognition
> presumably isn't OK. Can we agree on where that boundary lies?
I'm never comfortable with any kind of video surveillance. If it's
just pointed at a machine in the corner of CCL or something I wouldn't
make a fuss, but if it's recording common areas or access routes I
would. Whether we run facial recognition is moot - if a digital image
exists, it will be run through facial recognition software sooner or
later. That's life in the botnet of things.
We should also note that La Commune has already been facilitating
conversations for their own security needs, which right now means
locking up bookshelves when they close the store. It would be really
good if we could help them ASAP.
hi all,
the audio setup that was in the ballroom about a month ago when a couple of
us did an audio inventory for this saturday's variety show is no longer in
the same spot.
could someone please let me know where the amp, speakers, and their
connectors are?
thank you!
marina
Yes, we probably should start thinking about some of these things. I'm
CC'ing sudo as well, since they may be able to help out with some of the
technological solutions.
A couple ideas I've mulled over in the past:
- Tags for equipment that shouldn't leave the building, a scanner at the
door that can detect them when they do, and a camera to record who's taking
it through the door. Could be combined with Marc's inventory system, of
course. (And could also be used to check out tools legitimately...)
- Motion or IR controlled lights to discourage stowaways (would need to be
sufficiently hard to disable). Plus maybe an overview panel (physical or
online) showing where and when movement was last detected in the building,
to assist people in closing up for the night.
- Lights illuminating the new bike parking when it gets installed
- Indoor bike parking with some form of access control (swipe card?)
- Equip outside doors with an alarm that starts beeping when the door stays
propped open for more than x minutes.
- How much video surveillance are we as a community willing to tolerate? Is
there an acceptable tradeoff between enhancing personal and property
safety, and respecting privacy? A static and well-advertized camera trained
at a piece of valuable infrastructure may be OK. A building-wide
surveillance system that can track people from room to room with facial
recognition presumably isn't OK. Can we agree on where that boundary lies?
- Put up signs to remind people that they are being video taped from the
apartment building across the intersection. That's a useful PSA for our own
community anyway.
Patrik
On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 2:44 PM, Stan Osborne <stan(a)ana.com> wrote:
> Is it time for a physical security working group? If such a group was
> active, I would want to participate.
>
> The rate things are disappearing seems to be increasing. The addition of
> outside bike racks will advertise to the public the OMNI is full of
> laptops, smart phones, etc. leading to more visitors being her to case the
> place. Sometimes things are removed by friends who 'borrow' them with
> the intention of returning them, (This is less frequent than people
> dropping off stuff we don't need.)
>
> If anyone is interested i working on deterrence mechanisms, warning signs,
> vigilance training, a log of missing items, etc., let's find a time to
> meet regularly.
>
> Stan
>
>
> On Wed, December 3, 2014 9:38 am, Stephen Novotny wrote:
> > Dear all,
> >
> > Darin Bauer, a FNB volunteer, sent this message this morning:
> >
> > Im a food not bombs volunteer. My green REI bivi bag was likely taken
> from
> > my bags in the backroom today off of my bicycle. I was downstairs most of
> > the day. Im homeless jobless broke and have only recently returned from
> > being in the southbay for a couple of years. Can you give a heads up
> shout
> > out or something ? Im bunkered with the UCB tree camp right now , 2morrow
> > who knows... peace ... we need the rain i need my. Bivi...
> > _______________________________________________
> > discuss mailing list
> > discuss(a)lists.omnicommons.org
> > https://omnicommons.org/lists/listinfo/discuss
> >
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Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2014 21:38:07 -0800
From: Casey Callendrello <c1(a)caseyc.net>
To: noisebridge-announce(a)lists.noisebridge.net
Subject: [Noisebridge-announce] SDR Newbie Pre-Meetup - Dec 11, 7 pm
Hi, All.
Software Defined Radio, or SDR, is opening up the world of RF to a whole
new cadre of hackers. Now we can build new demodulation schemes with a
few mouse clicks, and explore a new kind of hidden world. People with
SDRs have done exciting things like decode GSM, track commercial
airplanes & ships, and talk to satellites.
On Wednesday, December 17th, Balint is running the inaugural San
Francisco SDR Meetup at Noisebridge. This promises to be an *awesome*
event. He is a pioneer in the field, having done a ton of work to unlock
the possibilities of SDR. His previous meetup, in the south bay, was
packed (20 people alone were streaming it)!
The week before, on *Thursday, December 11th*, I'll be hosting a more
informal gathering for people looking to enter the world of SDR. You
should attend if you'd like to learn the absolute basics. If you buy a
SDR before the meeting, we can help get it running. We'll talk, also,
about what SDR devices are doing and why they're different from the
radio in your car / boat / stereo bike.
Even more awesome, everyone who attends with the proper hardware will
leave with a working SDR setup, ready to participate in the following
week's meetup.
What should I do? Glad you asked! Easy!
1. Buy a SDR. The ones listed here are $20 and available on Amazon
Prime: http://www.rtl-sdr.com/buy-rtl-sdr-dvb-t-dongles/
2. Get a job at a tech company. Whine until they give you a fancy
thinkpad or macbook. Install Linux or MacOS. Quit. Don't give the laptop
back.
2. sudo {apt-get yum port} install gnuradio gqrx rtl-sdr
4. Lastly, read some Things on the Internet:
Quadrature Signals: Complex but not Complicated:
http://www.dspguru.com/sites/dspguru/files/QuadSignals.pdf
The GnuRadio Tutorials:
https://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/Guided_Tutorials
Balint's SDR labs: http://files.ettus.com/tutorials/labs/Lab_1-5.pdf
See you all next Thursday!
--Casey
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Hi All,
I am a Sudoroom member, but due to involvement in a project have not been able to come to the Sudoroom since our move to The Omni. Hoping to come down soon, but noticed a post by Marc Juul to Niki about a solved card-swipe problem.
Does entry to the Omni now require use of a card? If so, how would I get one? If not, and numbers are pressed in, are the old password numbers still valid, including the universal one?
Would hate to come down and not be able to gain entry. Someone please advise.
Best to everyone,Ira Brightman
Dear Friends :
La Commune is thrilled to announce our first annual
Holiday Party & Bazaar
Saturday, December 13, from 12 noon to 6pm !
We will have food & drink available, & we'd love to work with other Omni collectives to set up a crafts bazaar like the ones we all remember from when we were kids.
We'll cap off the night with a book release party & poetry reading for the SF press Solar Luxuriance.
More details forthcoming -- till then, please save the date & drop a line if your collective would like to help with the bazaar, sell something, or know someone who might!
Love -- David Brazil (for La Commune)
Hello sudo,
This is a little short notice, but I was hoping to host a village craft workshop this Saturday 5-7 pm, at the sudo room. I tried to put it on the calendar a couple weeks back, but Matt said it was broken or something... Please let me know if there are any conflicts, and I'll try to find another room. And please do attend the comics workshop if you're interested! The text of the invite is below.
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Hi everyone!
We're having our first comics workshop this Saturday (dec 6th), 5-7 pm, at Omni Commons, 4799 shattuck st, in the Sudo Room. If you have trouble finding us, just call me at (408) 440 6767.
Bring your sketchbooks, story ideas, favorite comic books and zines to share.
We'll kick off our first workshop with a brief demo where I spill the beans on how I make comics, start to finish.
Then we'll bind our own specially formatted half-letter size sketchbooks, to set you up for easy self-publishing.
Finally, we'll turn you loose to play drawing games with each other, discuss your stories, and browse through comic books + zines!
ALSO! FYI, on the very same day, Berkeley City College is hosting the "East Bay Alternative Book and Zine Fest," where you can get a taste of the bay area's vibrant zine community. I highly recommend going to the Zine fest before our workshop.
more info on the zine fest:
http://www.eastbayalternativebookandzinefest.com/EBABZ%20About.html
Hope to see you all on Saturday!
Stoked,
PX
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