---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Sarah Lockhart <sarah.ee.el(a)gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Jun 12, 2023 at 12:18 PM
Subject: moving Omni office to basement
To: consensus <consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org>, Silver <
natashazahn27(a)gmail.com>
Hi everyone,
Recently, Silver and I met with Joey from Village of Love, and he let us
know that he has reduced the usage of his space. When he had initially
approached Omni about using the basement and signed the lease, he was
hoping this work would be funded by a grant, that didn't end up coming
through. Hence, the balance due on rent (though the sense I get is that
part of the reason he is so behind on rent is that he is exceptionally busy
and is juggling so many things that it slips his attention).
Silver and I have also been discussing better ways to use Omni's space. As
Omni is adding paid staff, having a somewhat private place to work has been
noted as necessary for the sanity and productivity of said staff. We have a
tentative agreement with Joey, to have Omni take the smallest room of his
suite for Omni's admin office, in exchange for a $300/month reduction in
rent going forward. This would be great for Silver (who is currently a paid
Omni staff person), as it gives them a private space that is also near the
Media Lab, which is one of their primary projects.
When we collectively were discussing space usage improvement last year (or
perhaps late 2021), we had consensed that moving the Omni office to the
basement would be acceptable.
This would also allow Omni to relocate its files and office supplies out of
the 2nd floor room, which could then be rented out to a new
tenant/collective. From all the feedback both Silver and I have received
from prospective new groups, the room that is currently Omni's office is
quite desirable and the increased income from having that space go to a new
tenant/collective would make up for what we would be losing from Joey/VoL.
Does anyone have any objections to this?
thanks,
Sarah L
Hey everyone!
I was planning on running a session of the tabletop game Fully Automated!,
however the only interested players have said that they're not available
tonight. I'll still be in, but if anyone wants to play, please let me and
the rest of the email list know.
If you'd like to play next week (June 21st) let me know, as I'm currently
expecting to run a session then.
Cheers,
*Andrew R Gross, (he/him)*
412.657.5332 - shrad.org <http://www.shrad.org>
Hey everyone!
Here's the summary of last Wednesday's Sudo Room meeting:
*Membership: *
We're gaining members at a rate of around 1 per month.
*Finances:*
We're bringing in $2k of our $2500/mo goal. We've had some success with
grant submissions, but could use more volunteers helping write grants.
*Facilities:*
Our messiness remains our most intractable problem. We have a problem with
people anonymously dumping bulky E-waste off. It's still difficult to
dispose of waste. And not everyone is consistently leaving the space how
they found it when they arrived, especially after big events like Hardware
Hacking Tuesday. All of these are known issues, but hard to resolve because
we don't currently have any particular solutions that can get consensus.
*Comms:*
A lot of people aren't aware that we have a Discord server and an IRC, so
join those if you like. We'd still like someone to send out a monthly
newsletter or a weekly summary of what's going on, but we need at least one
volunteer for that.
*Events:*
I held some table top games last month, and will hold some more this month.
We've got stuff reliably happening on Mon, Tues, Weds, and Thurs (see the
https://sudoroom.org/calendar for deets), though we'd love more new events.
*Action items for June:*
- The membership working group will try to consistently prepare a
membership update for next month's meeting.
- It would be great if someone would propose a set of policies to
address the mess and build consensus before the July meeting.
- It'd be great if someone else wanted to run meetings.
*Minutes:*
https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Meeting_Notes_2023-06-07
*Andrew R Gross, (he/him)*
412.657.5332 - shrad.org <http://www.shrad.org>
Hi Sudoroom,
Sarah is our bookkeeper and has a lot of experience with organizations like
Omni Commons from her time with Pro Arts (which she's still part of)
Delegates are being asked to approve these ideas for how to distribute the
grant we recieved recently. The grant specified that it was to be used for
"capacity building" and it's important that we explain how that happens, so I
really appreciate the work she's doing to write this up.
If sudoroom people have strong opinions about this, we should discuss it at a
meeting, otherwise i will just advocate for what I think is best on behalf of
sudoroom.
-jake
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2023 18:08:54 -0700
From: Sarah Lockhart <sarah.ee.el(a)gmail.com>
To: consensus <consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org>
Subject: [omni-consensus] Round 2 of Hellman Grant Budgeting
I hope to get consensus for the remainder of the Hellman Grant budget at
this Thursday's delegates meeting.
It is also a possibility that the delegates could ... delegate ... this
budgeting to the Finance WG if there isn't the capacity among delegates to
do this task.
Here is a new tab in the same google spreadsheet showing what we have left
to allocate, and my initial proposed expenditures for the rest of the
money.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18Y3QfUq5cpM7fNie7Nj86739LoKW5vaAZaI…
Feel free to comment / add a column etc.
thanks!
Sarah L
hi sudoroom,
just another issue i will be asked about as sudoroom's delegate. If we have
strong opinions we should discuss it at a meeting, otherwise i'll use my best
judgement as always.
-jake
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2023 12:18:19 -0700
From: Sarah Lockhart <sarah.ee.el(a)gmail.com>
To: consensus <consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org>,
Silver <natashazahn27(a)gmail.com>
Subject: [omni-consensus] moving Omni office to basement
Hi everyone,
Recently, Silver and I met with Joey from Village of Love, and he let us
know that he has reduced the usage of his space. When he had initially
approached Omni about using the basement and signed the lease, he was
hoping this work would be funded by a grant, that didn't end up coming
through. Hence, the balance due on rent (though the sense I get is that
part of the reason he is so behind on rent is that he is exceptionally busy
and is juggling so many things that it slips his attention).
Silver and I have also been discussing better ways to use Omni's space. As
Omni is adding paid staff, having a somewhat private place to work has been
noted as necessary for the sanity and productivity of said staff. We have a
tentative agreement with Joey, to have Omni take the smallest room of his
suite for Omni's admin office, in exchange for a $300/month reduction in
rent going forward. This would be great for Silver (who is currently a paid
Omni staff person), as it gives them a private space that is also near the
Media Lab, which is one of their primary projects.
When we collectively were discussing space usage improvement last year (or
perhaps late 2021), we had consensed that moving the Omni office to the
basement would be acceptable.
This would also allow Omni to relocate its files and office supplies out of
the 2nd floor room, which could then be rented out to a new
tenant/collective. From all the feedback both Silver and I have received
from prospective new groups, the room that is currently Omni's office is
quite desirable and the increased income from having that space go to a new
tenant/collective would make up for what we would be losing from Joey/VoL.
Does anyone have any objections to this?
thanks,
Sarah L
Hey all,
Who is interested in playing or just hanging out while I run my RPG? I was
going to run it this Wednesday at 8 - 10 PM, but a player isn't available
and I'd prefer to run it the following week to accommodate. If you're
interested in playing, please respond and let me know what your
availability is this Wednesday (June 14th) and next Wednesday (June 21).
I'll plan my availability based on who is looking to play which day.
Thanks!
*Andrew R Gross, (he/him)*
412.657.5332 - shrad.org <http://www.shrad.org>
Hi!
Wanna let you know about this workshop happening at The Midway
<https://www.tixr.com/groups/midwaysf/events/projection-mapping-workshop-713…>
on Sunday 6/18, in case you or anyone you know may be interested. Please
feel free to forward this opportunity through your networks/socials, and
get in touch with any questions.
Projection Mapping Workshop
Led by Zoey Vero and Aer
Sunday, June 18, 2-4 PM
The Midway, 900 Marin St, SF
https://themidwaysf.com/events/
Thanks!
-- Aer
Artist in Residence
www.themidwaysf.com
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