Hi Sudoroom,
we have to consider this collective for membership in the Omni Commons! As
delegate, I will be asked to represent our position on the proposal in an
upcoming delegate's meeting.
Please use this thread to discuss the proposal!
-Jake
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2022 11:59:13 -0700
From: Julie D via events <events(a)lists.omnicommons.org>
Reply-To: Julie D <delorenzo.julie(a)gmail.com>
To: Michaela Budde <michaelabudde87(a)gmail.com>
Cc: commons <events(a)lists.omnicommons.org>
Subject: Re: [omni-events] [omni-consensus] Common Humanity Collective
Introduction
Hi there,
Yes absolutely! I can make it and will see if I can draft another member
for redundancy to get all the questions answered.
I should also be able to make the first part of the open house.
Thank you so much, looking forward to it.
Julie
On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 11:40 AM Michaela Budde <michaelabudde87(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> We are still looking forward to potentially being your new home. Is there
> anyone from Common Humanity that could attend the delegates meeting tonight
> to discuss this further so that we can officially approve of your request?
> The meeting is online 7-9pm
>
> To join by computer, go to https://meet.google.com/diw-hszw-msr
> To join by phone, +1 515-428-1108 (PIN: 465 814 905#)
> Agenda/notes at https://pad.riseup.net/p/omninom
>
> Also this weekend on Sunday 12-5 we will have an omni open house and
> you're welcome to come and chat with us then. It would also be a good time
> to see the space.
>
> Best,
> Micha
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 10, 2022 at 4:21 PM Julie D <delorenzo.julie(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Yardena,
>>
>> An open space should be fine for us. There is one item (it’s a die for
>> manufacturing) that is sharp and potentially hazardous but CHC can work on
>> sourcing a trunk or similar to protect that. A lockable cabinet would also
>> suit.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Julie
>>
>> On Sun, Apr 10, 2022 at 3:58 PM Yardena Cohen <yardenack(a)gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Julie, sorry if I've misread something - are you asking for storage
>>> space that's enclosed with 4 walls and secure/lockable? Or are you
>>> able to work with storage space that's more open, such as an area of
>>> the basement with open shelves, or something in between like lockable
>>> cabinets? Thanks.
>>>
>>> On Fri, Apr 8, 2022 at 6:32 PM Julie D <delorenzo.julie(a)gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi all!
>>>>
>>>> Sorry for the delayed response, I needed to run a few things back to
>>> the group. I wasn't able to find anyone who could make Thursday's meeting
>>> but I should be able to make the next one, if that suits.
>>>>
>>>> 1. Liability insurance -
>>>> We had liability insurance for our previous location and should be
>>> able to set that up again fairly quickly through our insurance
>>> representative if things move forward. Our current location is a storage
>>> facility that has insurance built into the cost.
>>>>
>>>> 2. Budget -
>>>> At our last meeting, we discussed how much we could sustainably raise
>>> each month for operations (separate from aid material costs), and believe
>>> $400 / month is feasible.
>>>> Our current storage footprint is 250 square feet. We're hoping for
>>> access to a similar amount of space, but totally understand if we need to
>>> scale back for that price. We have some upcoming distributions that may
>>> help alleviate some of our
>>>> stored item space usage.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Julie
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Apr 6, 2022 at 5:33 PM Michaela Budde <
>>> michaelabudde87(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Meeting details which I forgot to send. It is 7-9pm and if you can
>>> commit to coming we'll put you on the agenda.
>>>>>
>>>>> To join by computer, go to https://meet.google.com/diw-hszw-msr
>>>>> To join by phone, +1 515-428-1108 (PIN: 465 814 905#)
>>>>> Agenda/notes at https://pad.riseup.net/p/omninom
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Apr 6, 2022 at 5:15 PM Michaela Budde <
>>> michaelabudde87(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi there Julie,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks so much for reaching out.
>>>>>> Yes, we have some follow-up questions.
>>>>>> - Do you have liability insurance?
>>>>>> - Do ya'll have a budget for renting the space? for reference, a
>>> member org is paying 200 for about 100 sq ft in our basement. We use a
>>> sliding scale and want to make it as low cost as possible while also
>>> recognizing the need to keep OMNI financially stable.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Are you or any other representative from common humanity available
>>> to join our delegates meeting tomorrow to talk over details. No worries if
>>> not, I know it's late notice. We can also set up a tour and time to meet to
>>> talk over more in detail in the next week or so.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Since you would be a long-term resident, this is a two meeting
>>> process to become a member collective. You would be introducing yourselves
>>> and then the delegates have 2 weeks to decide and then the second meeting
>>> the decision is shared.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We think we can have a good space for this work. However, storage is
>>> in the basement, about 6 steps down from the main entrance hall.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Micha
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Apr 5, 2022 at 9:04 PM Yardena Cohen <yardenack(a)gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Has anybody replied to them yet? We could offer a tour and/or invite
>>>>>>> them to Thursday's meeting. I'd be happy to reply if nobody else
>>> has.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Fri, Apr 1, 2022 at 7:50 PM Michaela Budde <
>>> michaelabudde87(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>> Wanted to check in with the group before responding!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I think we could be a good fit. They could distribute from the
>>> main entrance hall, and they could do work in the basement as well as have
>>> storage down there. We should have 250 sq ft for them right?
>>>>>>>> And I hope there’s no mold??
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>> Micha
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wed, Mar 30, 2022 at 9:05 AM Julie D <
>>> delorenzo.julie(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi Omni Commons!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Common Humanity Collective is looking for a new home and we’re
>>> really interested in the Omni Commons! We’re very excited to meet
>>> like-minded folks doing amazing work and think really highly of this space.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> First, a little bit about us. We are a 100% volunteer mutual
>>> aid group that manufactures and distributes items to meet community needs.
>>> We strive to make our work truly mutual - asking for reciprocity from the
>>> recipients of the goods we create, and building sustained networks within
>>> the communities we work with in solidarity against these common struggles.
>>> A lot of our work up until this point has been centered around public
>>> health items. Some past projects we have produced are hand sanitizer,
>>> sanitizing wipes, ‘n88’ filtration covid-19 masks, and box fan air
>>> purifiers capable of filtering wildfire smoke. If you’re interested in
>>> reading more about us, our website is here -
>>> https://www.commonhumanitycollective.org/ I would also be more than
>>> happy to answer any questions.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Ideally, we’re looking for a few things in our location.
>>> Because our model involves the construction of products at some scale, in
>>> addition to bulky distribution items such as tables, signage and so on,
>>> we’re ideally looking for ground floor space or space that is otherwise
>>> amenable to loading cars. Because we’re working with filtration devices,
>>> we also want to avoid any spaces that might contain mold. For reference on
>>> size, our current storage location is roughly 250 sq ft. Another plus
>>> would be to have a place to work in order to prepare materials for builds,
>>> which is a relatively short operation, a few hours or so every few weeks.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Please let me know if you have any questions or ideas about if
>>> there’s a space in Omni Commons where we could fit in! Thanks for reading.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> In Solidarity,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Julie De Lorenzo
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>>>>> consensus mailing list
>>>>>>>>> consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org
>>>>>>>>> https://omnicommons.org/lists/listinfo/consensus
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Michaela Budde
>>>>>>>> (they/she/he)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Michaela Budde
>>>>>> (they/she/he)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Michaela Budde
>>>>> (they/she/he)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>
>
> --
> Michaela Budde
> (they/she/he)
>
>
>
>
*Consideration of PWM for membership*
I know the P stands for Peter, but I don't know the rest. Does anyone have
any objections or endorsements?
PWM has been coming to meetings for a few weeks and seems cool to me.
*Andrew R Gross, (he/him)*
412.657.5332 - shrad.org <http://www.shrad.org>
Dear Sudo Room,
Here's your invoice! We appreciate your prompt payment.
Thank you for stewarding the commons.
Love and solidarity,
Omni Commons
---------------------------------- Invoice ---------------------------------
4799 Shattuck Ave
Oakland, CA 94609 US
https://omnicommons.org
Invoice #: 2506
Date: 05/01/2022
Due Date: 05/25/2022
Terms: Net 25
Amount Due: $12,000.00
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bill To:
Sudo Room
4799 Shattuck Ave
Oakland, CA 94607
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
****************************** Account Summary *****************************
04/01/2022 Balance Forward $10,000.00
Other payments and credits after 04/01/2022 0.00
New charges (details below) 2,000.00
Total Amount Due (activity through 05/01/202 12,000.00
****************************************************************************
<u> Date </u><u> Activity </u><u> Qty </u><u> Rate </u><u> Amount </u>
05/01/2022 Furnishing Fa 1 2,000.00 2,000.00T
____________________________________________________________________________
SubTotal: $2,000.00
Tax: $0.00
--------------------------------------
Total Of New Charges: $2,000.00
Total Amount Due: $12,000.00
Greetings Sudo Room!
This is your monthly donation invoice. Thank you for stewarding the
commons!
Love and solidarity,
Omni Commons Finance Working Group
please see the PDF of the Myriad Outreach Project's proposal to join Omni
Commons as a member collective, it's two pages and we (sudoroom) will need to
reach a decision about it, as Sudoroom is a member collective of the Omni
Commons and gets a say in these decisions.
here is the PDF they sent:
https://omnicommons.org/pipermail/consensus/attachments/20220420/f580c03d/a…
This email is the start of a thread about this proposal!
-jake
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2022 21:08:42 -0700
From: Michael Sierra <myriadoutreachproject(a)gmail.com>
To: consensus(a)omnicommons.org, discuss(a)omnicommons.org
Subject: [omni-consensus] Omni Commons Proposal
Omni,
It was great meeting you all at the last meeting. Attached is our proposal
to become a member collective. Thank you so much for the consideration we
look forward to working with you!
Warmly,
Michael Sierra
925-303-3036
Noisebridge is having their five minutes of fame tomorrow (April 21st). I'm
going to showcase not only my light projector projects, but also how
hanging out at SudoRoom hardware hack night helped me get stuff going
My big theme will be - we learn best by project based learning, especially
if I don't have to learn for the sake of school or a job
Project based learning is the best way for me to retain knowledge
I was thinking of learning math, and by doing a project like the light
projection art, this is really the way for me to learn math and let it
stick! It's sort of like how the people who program games learn their
algorithms the best of all versus people who do algorithms just for
leetcode and job interviews
=============================
Romy Ilano
romy(a)snowyla.com
Hmm I think I'm going to make a flyer - SudoRoom is a pseudo artist hang
out. A place where you can experiment and refine your art. You're not just
there to go to a party, a talk or a class, your'e also there to just show
up and continue your project and this is what will compel you to learn long
run!
So as I said, I spoke to Paige and that's what makes us special!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/miromi/52016903456/in/dateposted/
Oh yeah I also found this art during my last visit. It's really cool? Does
anyone know who made it? How do you ge the laser cutter to be so nice and
then paint it so swell? are they expert model painters?
=============================
Romy Ilano
romy(a)snowyla.com
We have a 14,000 lumen sanyo projector that was donated to SudoRoom. This
thing is bright enough to play in office light and possibly even daylight!
It's so cool, thanks to Jake and the others for bringing this baby.
We were able to find a DVI HDMI cable, and we tested projecting some Kara
walker on the walls.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/miromi/52015867232/in/dateposted/
I mean, if we can project this even in a bright room, this would be
really cool! It's fun to hack alongside others instead of being exiled to
the ballroom.
Projector + viewer movement
Another thought hit me - some people suggested making an interactive kinect
camera that projects upon people in front of the projector. these are cool
experiments have been popular in the past, and you see them in full
immersion rooms in museums.
There is even a kinect at SudoRoom! But I just realized that modern
smartphones (android and ios) are so powerful that it's typical for them to
have body tracking algorithms with the camera so we could code projectons
and animaions with just a standrad cell phone attached. I think there's
also a use for kinect if we need it, but it's not as hard as it used to be.
Face trackinga on android
https://developers.google.com/ar/develop/augmented-faces
Capturing body motion ios
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/arkit/content_anchors/capturing_b…
I think I'm a mobile developer by trade, and i think it hedges me in, but
what's nice is that we can get something cool up quickly, and with these
frameworks there doesn'te ven need to be a network connection or any weird
connection to a networked API.
It was also rad just looking at the Kara Walker projection. A lot of the
innovation in environment art, conceptual art and augmented reality even
has been experimented on by artists like Kara Walker
https://art21.org/read/kara-walker-projecting-fictions-insurrection-our-too…
Her Insurrection piece is really rad!
I have also been looking at art by Jacolby Satterwhite.
https://art21.org/read/the-tactile-technological-touch-of-jacolby-satterwhi…
Imagine if we used the light projections to create a different sudoroom
environment every time people came in! Like there's a theme every week! I
think that would be cool, instaed of creating this event that's sort of
divoced from our routine at the hardware hacknight!
=============================
Romy Ilano
romy(a)snowyla.com
I realized that over the years at SudoRoom, it was always important for me
to write down what I was doing. But I never had a proper engineering
daybook! Even though I learned so much here!
So going forward, I'm going to keep a personal daybook. I think it will
help me with my blog posts, as I tend to take notes as cartoons
https://www.flickr.com/photos/miromi/52017624127/in/photostream/
Here's a sneak peek at my next blog posts. I'm very interested in
communicating what I learn through projects - and I think it's very
attractive to mention that I started with an idea, came consistently to the
hardware hack nights, got inspiration and tons of advice and even guidance!
and just kept at it.
I think the theme of my next blog post is "There's a wonderful power in
just showing up consistently!"
And then also highlight how the entire SudoRoom (well not the whole thing)
was out at the east bay bike party, getting involved! It was really cool,
and when I finish my cartoon I will show how I got to do part of my project
and get inspired by ideas!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/miromi/52019179120/in/photostream/
Third, I'm survyeing my involvement with sudoroom over the years and I
never really accomplished or learned as much by simply atending classes -it
was more working on a project, maybe a project that was inspired by a
class, that I really have information that sank in.
So wow thanks for he ride so far! I'm having so much fun! The engineering
daybook and learning through projects is my thing for he next phase of my
invovlement in sudoroom. I'm wondering if I can even make pdf files for
people to do their own sudoroom themes daybook!
=============================
Romy Ilano
romy(a)snowyla.com
Hi everyone,
Tonight is Sudoroom's weekly meeting at 8 - 9 PM. We'll be on site and
online at https://meet.waag.org/turtlesturtlesturtles.
Meeting notes can be found and edited at
https://pad.riseup.net/p/sudoroommeeting-keep. Previous meeting notes can
be found at https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Meetings#Meeting_Notes_Archive.
Here's the agenda:
*- New Member Considerations*
Confirmation of last week's applicants (PB, Arthur, Eva, PWM)
Introductions
*- Proposal considerations*
Building Community Collective's proposal to join Omni Commons
Community Liberation Program's proposal to join Omni Commons
Should we adopt a code of conduct & statement of purpose?
Should we organize working groups for key functions?
*- Event announcements*
*- Show and Tell*
*Andrew R Gross, (he/him)*
412.657.5332 - shrad.org <http://www.shrad.org>
I sent this out before and I didn't get any objections, so I will represent
sudoroom as being apathetic or in-support of this proposal unless I hear
otherwise.
Do not take this as encouragement to object to this great proposal :)
-sudoroom delegate Jake
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2022 20:27:41 -0700
From: Yardena Cohen <yardenack(a)gmail.com>
To: consensus <consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org>
Subject: Re: [omni-consensus] WCK/CLP intro
Reminder to delegates: please be ready this Thursday to share your
groups' positions on CLP joining omni!
On Fri, Apr 8, 2022 at 12:37 AM Yardena Cohen <yardenack(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> FYI all, at tonight's delegates meeting we discussed CLP's proposal to
> join as a new member collective. The notes are at
> https://omnicommons.org/wiki/Event:2022/04/07_Delegates#CLP
>
> Delegates, please take the next two weeks to check in with your member
> collectives. It would be wonderful to have full consensus to add them
> at our next meeting, Thursday April 21!
>
> On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 10:37 PM Yardena Cohen <yardenack(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Oops, forgot to cc Billy who first sent it!
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 10:24 PM Yardena Cohen <yardenack(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all, I'm forwarding this to omni's "consensus" list because it's a
>>> proposal that affects the whole community!
>>>
>>> I think CLP would be great as a new member collective at omni. They
>>> are paying $200 for their current 10x10 storage unit and are willing
>>> to pay omni the same for relatively unsecured space in the basement,
>>> which is totally reasonable - generous even! They would also bring in
>>> an active community of volunteers, which would be huge for omni.
>>> Meeting Billy and Rafiq this weekend was a pleasure.
>>>
>>> It looks like there are now several new member collective proposals in
>>> the pipeline, which is awesome! I hope that we can use this
>>> opportunity to practice onboarding new groups in a way that is as
>>> frictionless and accessible as we can, and also invite this potential
>>> new generation of omni member collectives to co-create the process
>>> alongside us.
>>>
>>> Our next delegates meeting is in ~2 weeks, April 7th. Typically for
>>> important proposals (like a new member collective), we would have one
>>> meeting to discuss details, give delegates another 2 weeks to bring
>>> the proposal for discussion among their groups, and then come back for
>>> (hopefully) full consensus at the next meeting, which would be April
>>> 21st.
>>>
>>> I think it'd be great for folks to have conversations and ask
>>> questions in the meantime so that we can all be prepared for the big
>>> meetings once they happen. Thanks all :D
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>>> From: deskhandle via commons <commons(a)lists.omnicommons.org>
>>> Date: Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 2:00 PM
>>> Subject: [omni-commons] WCK/CLP intro
>>> To: commons(a)lists.omnicommons.org <commons(a)lists.omnicommons.org>
>>> Cc: Communityliberationprograms(a)protonmail.com
>>> <Communityliberationprograms(a)protonmail.com>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hey everyone, this is Billy with Community Liberation Programs,
>>> formerly known as Worker's Community Kitchen.
>>>
>>> We are a socialist organization that creates dual power programs in
>>> partnership with community members.
>>>
>>> Currently we have a water delivery/ unhoused encampment commissary
>>> program as well as a community garden program both in Hayward.
>>>
>>> We have a program in Berkeley which works directly with the community
>>> at People's Park to organize crucial material support and gear up in
>>> defense of the upcoming eviction.
>>>
>>> We also have a reading group starting in the SF Mission as a
>>> preliminary step to bring folks together for a new program forming
>>> there, and another working group investigating a new program centered
>>> in Oakland Chinatown.
>>>
>>> We are really excited to be invited to join the new phase at the Omni
>>> and are particularly looking forward to supporting fund raising
>>> efforts through event planning. We were already working on creating a
>>> summer film series as a fund raising event for our organization and it
>>> seems aligned to use this as an opportunity to support the Omni as
>>> well.
>>>
>>> Additionally, we were told that we could potentially move some stuff
>>> around in the area pictured below to take up a roughly 10 x 10 space
>>> for our storage. Currently we have a storage unit in Berkeley so we'd
>>> love to move that over here and start being in the space more
>>> regularly!
>>>
>>> We can send a delegate to the regular meetings and are ready to start
>>> event planning!
>>>
>>> I have CC'd the primary CLP email address to make sure it is put in
>>> the communication loop!
>>>
>>> All the best!
>>> Billy
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