sudo-discuss January 2015

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125 discussions

Call for Facilitators / Participants in a sudo Men's Group

by Matthew Senate

Hey all, I wanted to reach out for some feedback. Seeking folks who would want to facilitate or participate in a men's group. I've previously participated in small groups like this and found them beneficial for various reasons. I would like to see if folks have had similar or different experiences. The way I'm thinking about this would culminate in something like a regular meeting for men in the sudo room community to discuss relevant issues including those of identity, oppression, privilege, patriarchy, gender, sexuality, stereotypes, safe space, and mutual support. This may not be the best or even a viable path to approach these topics, but I wanted to throw it out there to see if there is any interest. Thanks, Matt

6 years

Fwd: [omni-building] internet cable and garbage

by niki

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <glaz510(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 6:36 PM Subject: [omni-building] internet cable and garbage To: omni-building(a)googlegroups.com Hi All! I'm so excited to finally be moved into my space at the Omni. A couple things have come up for me and I'm not sure if this is the right place to reach out, if not can you point me in the appropriate direction? 1. There is a blue ethernet cable that comes in the wall between my shop and the hallway and goes out the wall again a few feet away only to come back in the doorway and then plug into the phone line (I think). I've been asking for someone (from Sudo?) to reroute it so that it just comes in and goes right to the plug instead of the wrapping around. I'm concerned that it will be damaged by the door closing on it repeatedly. Who can help? 2. I know this may be more involved but I'm wondering if the placement of the trash cans can/will be discussed soon? It's going to be a major drag to work all day in that stink. I've heard the plan is to take them out of the hallway. Is that true? Thanks and love! Gaby -- REMINDER: the omni-building mailing list is deprecated! For anything building/construction related, please use https://omnicommons.org/lists/listinfo/building To see all the Omni mailing lists, go to https://omnicommons.org/lists/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "omni-building" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to omni-building+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

10 years, 11 months

Re: [sudo-discuss] Tiny houses made for homeless in West Oak

by Mark Perlin

Fantastic example of making a difference! I wonder, how many tiny homes a community can build together in one weekend? http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_24869274/oakland-artist-turns-t… > > Message: 10 > Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2014 18:01:18 -0800 > From: Vicky Knox <vknoxsironi(a)gmail.com> > To: Sudo Room discuss <sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org> > Subject: [sudo-discuss] > Tiny houses made for homeless in West Oak by > artist! > Message-ID: > < > CAPwEF4rkTw+Of5-Z9+oLkGJeGvTMOqtB0xJtYmEBtFefv3jXPw(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > People. 8| Do any of you know more about this person? > > > http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_24869274/oakland-artist-turns-t… > >

10 years, 11 months

medium article on tech and barriers to entry

by Praveen Sinha

https://medium.com/@GRardB/techs-high-barrier-to-entry-for-the-underprivile… There's some problematic stuff with the article, but I think it does a good job in highlighting broadband/wireless disparities and the critical role that open wifi and projects like mesh could do to pick up the slack where the municipal governments are totally failing...

10 years, 12 months

calling a sudo board meeting

by April Glaser

Hi there, I'd like to propose a meeting of the new board of directors at Sudo Room. We need to have a meeting in order to finalize our board nominations and approve various steps in moving forward with becoming a federal non profit. If you are or you believe you are a member of the board please fill out this poll to find a time to meet. https://dudle.inf.tu-dresden.de/2015_sudo_board_/ If you have a list of current board members, please share it asap! All the best ever, April -- 0x54FC570B

11 years

RAYC's membership

by Torrie Fischer

Hei, sudo room. I want to avoid as much conflict as possible here on discuss@ so I'll state up front that I would really rather folks talk to me in person or off list in response to this. I had every intention of coming to Sudo last night as I infrequently do to see whats up and hack on things and spend more time in the space. My knee disagreed to I went home instead. Had I made it I would've certainly blocked RAYC's membership. I plan on showing up at Sudo Room next week to have a legitimate block in person since phoning it in as I'm doing in this e-mail is bullshit and we all know that. I would appreciate it a bunch if others were around to hear me elaborate about my principled objection and give feedback if it has any standing. I also don't think its all that excellent of an idea to try and discuss this on a wednesday night when folks want to just get together and be positive, so I'll certainly be making more of an effort to be at the space before then for discussion. Again, I'm not going to respond to this on the list but feel free to poke me off-list or AFK :)

11 years

Re: [sudo-discuss] Show high school seniors what a hackerspace is

by yar

On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 12:40 PM, Karissa McKelvey <karissa.mckelvey(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hey sudoers > > I'm teaching a web programming class of about 20 high school seniors > (17-18 years old) who live in Oakland. They are primarily people of > color and underprivileged in some way, having reached hardships enough > to find themselves at a continuation high school due to bad grades. > > I'd like to bring them on a fieldtrip to sudo room/omni for an hour or > two so they can see the tech, get a tutorial on 3d printers & see one > in action. Maybe if people wanted to show off their projects they're > working on, that'd be cool too! > > Anyone interested in this sort of thing? Thanks for writing, Karissa! That sounds great and I'd love to help. What timeframe were you thinking? If we set a date & time now, maybe we can start organizing people around that. I'm down to give tours and teach an intro to 3D printing. What are other sudoers down for? I'm also including the "Omni Kids" email list. I'm not sure, but there's a small chance that we have to wait until our legal situation is clearer since we haven't yet passed a fire inspection and we don't have an ADA bathroom. Hopefully someone on this mailing list knows for sure what we're able to commit to right now! Hope to keep in touch :) yar

11 years

giant robot

by Jake

hi all, i got a really fancy motor controller and a bunch of really fancy motors with encoders built-in, and it all works together.. and I think we should consider making another robot. Here is the controller: product sheet: http://spaz.org/~jake/bxi/BXi-Tool-Controller-Debuted.pdf huge operation manual: http://spaz.org/~jake/bxi/BX300HIFMan.pdf basically the brain can control six motors, which i have, with very precise motion control and tracking, for example for the joints of a giant robot. The motors I have are a couple of sizes, but I think we should go big and use the 500W (2/3 horsepower) motors, so the thing can be expected to cart its own batteries around and be autonomous. never mind, this is a dumb idea. but i do have the motors and controller, and i may be able to get more. I guess we could build a 4x8 foot laser cutter or something mundane like that. -jake

11 years

a movie night

by April Glaser

Hi everyone! Is there still weekly movie night? What does one have to do to book the basement to screen a film? I'd like to screen the Battle of Algiers with a friend of mine (she's a local prof of film studies) soon down there. Anyone interested in that? Luv, April -- 0x54FC570B

11 years

Intro to Beekeeping at OMNI Collective - Counter Culture Lab

by Alice Rosenthal

INTRODUCTION TO BEEKEEPING CLASS Once you’ve had a fantastic romantic Valentines day - You’ll be ready to get moving forward on your new years resolution to “Keep Bees”! Don’t worry if you don’t have a place to keep them - you’ll get lots of creative idea from this lecture. Yes, this is the place to start. Come ready for some fascinating facts about our most important agricultural helper, and learn what you need to know to get going. Wear comfortable clothes - they make you feel better, but don’t wear wool or perfume as they make honeybees aggressive. Save the Date: February 15th, 2015 1pm - 4pm (perhaps later) Save the Location: The Omni Collective: Counter Culture Labs 4799 Shattuck Avenue,Oakland, CA Make a donation to cover the cost of life: $35 suggested. RSVP’s appreciated: BeeHappySolutions(a)gmail.com <mailto:BeeHappySolutions@gmail.com> Come by bicycle, bus or car - street parking is tough. Bring Snacks made from anything made by the help of a bee. I’m going to bring some accidentally fermented honey wash water.

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