sudo-discuss December 2022

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22 participants
27 discussions

by Ajay Tallam

hey sudo room! There's a company in SF following the trends and shutting down its office this week. There's all kinds of free things available, wondering if anyone here would be interested in them, either personally or for Sudo/Omni? here's what they wrote " numerous office supplies, cabinets, all the kitchen supplies, a lot of electronics including 15 computer towers (hard drives have been removed but you can buy decent internal or external drives inexpensively), 10 older desktop monitors, … [View More]

2 years, 3 months

Hustling

by Peter Behr

Hi Sudo! I'm looking for work. If you'd like to share a relevant JD, do an intro, or just chat, just holler! Summary below, more available on request, and thanks for reading. =) *My skillsets & work experience!* - Frontend UI JavaScript development - Graphic design & editorial illustration - Professional fluency in Mandarin Chinese & Polish - Product design (specifically sports apparel) - Math BA from fancy school (m'brain's empty but who needs to know?) - … [View More]Highly detail- and order-oriented (with medications to boot!) *What kind of role?* - Want to use and grow my coding skills, but most excited to combine with creative work across disciplines. - Especially interested in anything involving user interfaces and data, at any level. - Open to QA, user-testing, or similar roles where systematicity and meticulousness is an asset, but it wouldn't be my end-goal. - If you think I could contribute to a position that doesn't match the above, I'm still very open to exploring new possibilities. - Not too jazzed about traditional software engineer or full-stack developer roles, unless short-term or on a remarkable team and project. *What kind of employment arrangement?* - Fulltime is the main goal, but also interested in short-term including contract. - I've been freelancing since 2019 and am open to new projects that are solid, interesting, and funded. - Would like to work at least partially onsite with a flex schedule, but I do have location constraints within the Bay Area. - Required travel could actually be exciting, but under 25% of total time. - Compensation past basic needs is whatever to me, it's everything else that matters. - I have US and EU citizenship. *What kind of company?* - Organizations with 20 to 200 people are my fave, but that's not a strict dealbreaker. - Municipal and other public employers rank highly in my book. - I like a team's core philosophy to emphasize service to society in some way. - Company culture should be able to retain curious and empathetic people over time. *Which industry?* - Health (most relevant experience) - Fabrication (some experience in textiles but overall interest is high) - Mobility esp. public transit - Utilities esp. energy & sanitation - Education - Visual arts - Sports & entertainment Contact if you'd like more info, and thanks again! -- Peter Behr http://peterbehr.net [View Less]

2 years, 3 months

Fwd: [dorkbotsf] CCA seeking instructors for intro programming/Arduino course

by Patrik D'haeseleer

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: J.D. Zamfirescu <zamfire(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, Dec 8, 2022 at 10:06 AM Subject: [dorkbotsf] CCA seeking instructors for intro programming/Arduino course To: Dorkbot-Blabber <dorkbotsf-blabber(a)googlegroups.com> Hi all, It was great to see some friendly faces on Zoom last month! Apologies in advance for the spam -- CCA has been seeking new faculty to join the Computational Practices minor, a new program there for students from … [View More]

2 years, 3 months

started a circus arts page with juggling at sudoroom!

by Romy Ilano

I started a circus arts project and I'm going to start with self-taught juggling at sudoroom! https://sudoroom.org/wiki/CircusArts I ordered my juggling balls, now is the time. I am pretty busy but I think I'm going to try to put in at least 10 minutes of juggling at least during hardware hack night. I know a lot of you nerds probably juggle too and just imagine all the cool hardware hack projects we can wreak! I went to Mexico and met some cool circus arts performers from the tlacuachircus … [View More]

2 years, 3 months

[omni-consensus] Proposal: Hire Emily as Omni Financial Coordinator (CFO) (fwd)

by Jake

Hi Sudoroom, in two weeks we will have another Delegate's meeting and I will be asked to represent Sudoroom's position on hiring this person (on a contract basis) to be a Financial Coordinator for Omni. Emily has been coming through sudoroom occasionally for years, including bringing catering food when it was left over after big events. I trust she'll do a good job in this position, and provide Omni with a lot of guidance toward finding a new lender, as well as other related financial tasks … [View More]we have to keep working on. Please discuss! Ideally we will have a meeting and discuss it, but don't hesitate to talk about it here. -jake ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2022 16:39:53 -0800 From: Emily B <accurate1707(a)gmail.com> To: consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org Subject: [omni-consensus] Proposal: Hire Emily as Omni Financial Coordinator (CFO) Hi Consensus, It has been discussed through finance and the delegates meeting to hire someone who can coordinate exciting financial tasks that keep the building going. Discussion at the recent meeting can be found here: https://omnicommons.org/wiki/Event:2022/11/17_Delegates Delegates requested I send a proposal for bringing me on as the Financial Coordinator, including a description of what that role is. In another organization this might be called Chief Financial Officer or Head of Finance, but given the horizontal structure we went with "Omni Financial Coordinator" to illustrate it is a point person or coordination role. The title and description is following a two hour interview done in the delegates meeting and time spent outside with the Finance working group. A description of qualifications is located in the consensus archive listed here: https://omnicommons.org/pipermail/consensus/2022-November/003720.html *Proposal*: Hire Emily as Omni Financial Coordinator (CFO) using the description and outline below *Description* Financial Coordination - budgeting, analysis, forecasting, and reporting to delegates the financial status of Omni accounts in the past, present, and future Fiscal Sponsorship and Funds Support - financial operations and transactional support to internal teams Financial Operations - coordination of accounts payable, accounts receivable, treasury, general ledger accounting, and statutory filings for the Omni and associated entities Grants and Impact Investments - grants and impact investment priorities, policies, and strategies Real Estate - coordination of financial aspects of property in East Bay "What does this mean?" The focus is on understanding what the Omni needs to keep the building going, maintaining and improving those processes (with input when people have interest as this is an often overlooked role). *Examples of focus projects in financial coordination* - Omni mortgage loan coordination (keeping the building collectively owned, and open) - Organizing finance data to bank standards for a mortgage team - Coordination of tax exemption status with orgs and city - Creation of workflows and training for finance roles - Review of grants list for non-loan income These are things everyone does a bit of, with a person who has expertise in the field making sure they are happening and that there are people available and trained for the tasks to happen. *Prior discussions* - It was at first proposed to have one position for all things. Then to break that into Finance Coordinator and Building Operations Coordinator because there is enough work for those to be individual roles. My qualifications were for either and I am focusing on Finance for this period - The amount of time per week was suggested to be 10-15 hours per week to start, and full time at some later point. Time per week can be changed with agreement from both parties as needed - It has been debated whether to use W2 employee or 1099 contractor - - Omni's advice was that if the person is already doing work in the field a 1099 is acceptable under CA rules - A question was asked what if the contract needs to end early. The answer is to include a termination provision. This releases legal liability of contract length. An accessible language explanation can be found here: https://www.insperity.com/blog/how-to-smoothly-end-an-independent-contracto… - The Omni has historically hired finance contractors As such the proposal is for Emily to be hired as a Financial Coordinator in a contract role at 10-15 hours a week for six months, at a rate discussed by finance, with time to be adjusted if agreed by both parties. Thank you for reading, and I look forward to hearing from you all. Warmly, Emily B [View Less]

2 years, 4 months

Last Month's Income & Expenses

by Omni Commons

2 years, 4 months

Member vs. Comrade

by Ira Brightman

*Hi All,* *Can someone please tell me the difference between a comrade and a member? Specifically, can a comrade attend meetings and use the Omni?* *I have been paying dues as a comrade for quite some time now. Do I need to apply for membership, or does it not make much of a difference?* *Stay safe.* *Stay aware.* *Best,* *Ira Brightman*

2 years, 4 months

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