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From: Jenny Ryan <tunabananas(a)gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 4:47 PM
Subject: A man forced himself into my car last night
To: "discuss(a)lists.omnicommons.org" <discuss(a)lists.omnicommons.org>
...outside the Omni on Shattuck around 3am. He seemed nice and was asking
if I had anything to eat. I was rummaging in the backseat for foodstuffs
when he opened the door and got into the car with me, moving into my space.
Thankfully, Maxamillion was on his way out the door and pulled him out of
the car. The man proceeded to grab him by the hair and they were at a
standoff shouting until I got in the middle, broke them apart, and we
jumped into the car and drove off.
~6'4", wearing grey sweats, possibly a Jamaican accent, and tiny braids a
bit past shoulder-length.
Be careful out there, friends.
Jenny
Help open a people-powered common space in Oakland, California!
https://omnicommons.org/donate
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"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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Friends,
Friday will be my last day in the Omni for an indefinite period of time
while I address a couple of personal issues that are bound up with my
increasingly problematic behavior, aggression, stress, anxiety,
interpersonal conflicts, and burnout.
I realize that I take my leave at a critical juncture, and intend to
continue remotely helping with the following:
* Building/Finance bookkeeping
* Ethnographic research of other commons-based projects
* Legal entity research and fundraising work
* Several of Omni's IndieGoGo perks
* Brainstorming on a new booking/calendar system
* Procuring necessary documents from David Keenan and organizing them at
htps://omnicommons.org/cloud
* Visioning (I believe my distance will enable a more coherent perspective
to contribute to these important conversations)
* Followup and resolution of all outstanding working group action items
(primarily for Commons, Building, Fundraising aka 'Until the Revolution',
and Finance).
* sudo mesh <https://sudomesh.org> documentation, finances, regular email
updates, organizing node mounts and public outreach (i realize i've been
dropping the ball on this but would like to shift my focus back to other
projects dear to my heart)
Things I've been responsible for that others will need to step up to help
with include:
* Paying sudo's rent / utilities / insurance bills,
* Finance updates at weekly sudo meetings,
* Acting as an Omni delegate for sudo room,
** Omni proposals and announcements at sudo room meetings,
* Regular Costco runs for general Omni supplies such as toilet paper, dish
soap, etc;
* Purchasing materials for building-related projects,
* Helping with many events renting space
<https://omnicommons.org/wiki/Booking_System> at the Omni,
* Maintaining the ever-buggy Omni calendar
<https://omnicommons.org/wiki/Calendar_System>,
* Co-facilitating monthly Open Circle meetups
<https://omnicommons.org/connect> with Antoinette, supporting families of
victims of police violence,
* Weekly front door shifts (Thursdays 2-6pm) and pestering Omninoms to
volunteer to be a front door greeter,
* Documenting working group meeting minutes on the wiki and general wiki
maintenance,
* Various communications and relationships I intend to hand off to the
appropriate people,
* Organizing work parties for Building projects,
* Creating a direct point of contact with neighbors around the Omni,
* Figurehead role of Secretary of the Board of the Omni Commons and Board
Member on behalf of sudo room.
Things I've already dropped the ball on:
* Proper onboarding of new sudoroom members
* Monthly Cryptoparties <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Cryptoparty> (Third
Sundays in sudo)
* Facilitating the Welcoming working group
<https://omnicommons.org/wiki/Welcoming_Committee>
* Facilitating the Communications working group
<https://omnicommons.org/wiki/Communications_Working_Group>
I love you all very much. Please know that I'm not doing this out of spite
but rather out of love for this project, this community, and myself. I
apologize to anyone I've hurt over the course of this project and hope to
recontinue building and dreaming with you all once I've healed myself and
risen to a better place than where I've been.
I will be at the community meeting tomorrow evening to discuss the
Fundraising WG's proposals for moving forward to buy the building, and
Friday evening to help out with the Digital Detox event that will be
utilizing much of the building. I will be travelling in Europe and visiting
my family for the entirety of August. Please get in touch directly if you'd
like to talk about anything.
With love and solidarity forever,
Jenny
Help open a people-powered common space in Oakland, California!
https://omnicommons.org/donate
`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`
"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
~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`
hi a few years ago I did a failed started up - > made a healthy eating app
for kids, bentorock.com
it was an iPhone app, tried to get kids to eat healthy by drawing and
making art on their phone
sudoroom has so many great chefs and cool folks... would it possible to
blog one of our potlucks, and do some kind of cartoon health related event
during a member meeting?
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Romy Ilano
romy(a)snowyla.com
I was asked by Chi-Lan to forward this to any who may be interested. If you are, please contact Chi-Lan, who's email is given below.
-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Free passes to IDF15 and the MakerSpaceDate: Wed, 22 Jul 2015 12:17:49 -0700From: Chi-Lan Tran <chilan(a)wip.org>To: mitch(a)cornfieldelectronics.com
Hi Mitch,
I’m Chi-Lan and I work with WIP! If you recall last year, I reached out to you last year regarding free passes and Maker packs for IDF14. Again this year, we have free one-day passes (and discounted full passes) for the event, and I'd like to invite you and your group to come to IDF. Can you send this offer out to your mailing list?
Like last year, we’re helping our friends at Intel with the MakerSpace at IDF15 San Francisco from Aug 18-20. The Maker Space will be an interactive place within IDF that has demos, hands-on activities and challenges, and you can win prizes and giveaways! You’ll get to build things using Intel tech and tools, play with gadgets and toys, and walk out of the Maker Space with something you’ve created! Here’s a video from the Maker Space last year at IDF14: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fUB2PD6wLI&mc_cid=1ec0593630&mc_eid=18a3f7…
We have some cool offers for you:- free one-day passes to enjoy with our code CPDSSG10- a discounted full conference pass for $695 with our code BUBSSG10
You can register for these passes at http://idfregistration.com.
If you have any questions, please feel free to email me at chilan(a)wip.org. Hope to see you at the Maker Space this year!
Thanks,Chi-Lan
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/ats/5135762910.html
If anything is incorrect here, I'll take it down or edit
I think there's a slow period in July-August, especially when school's out
and people are traveling
If anyone is interested in any more outreach do tell! For me the huge
advantage SudoROom has are the hours, the people, the punk rock mentality
and... the late hours!
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Romy Ilano
romy(a)snowyla.com
Large drops from our CNC shop. 3/4" shop maple.
http://imgur.com/a/uBhxX
Free in Hayward, 1424 west winton ave at Saklan, around the back of the
building.
IS THIS OF GENERAL INTEREST? If you think it's not, or you think it is,
please let me know. We have scraps of useful size to get rid of fairly
often and I'd love it if they could be used, but if ppl don't want to
know I won't spam the list.
Rachel1.0
Dear Sudo Room,
Here is the invoice for Sudo Room's shared expenses at the Omni in July 2015. Take a look and let me know if you have any questions.
The Omni is in a tight financial situation right now, so please pay your invoice before August 1 if possible.
Thanks so much,
Sarah + Finances WG
------------------------ Invoice Summary --------------------------
Invoice # : 1096
Invoice Date: 07/20/2015
Due Date: 08/01/2015
Terms: Due on receipt
Amount Due: $345.30
The complete version has been provided as an attachment to this email.
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