Hi Sudoers:
Foreclosure is six days away: if you have any questions about
transitioning out of the building you’re welcome to attend a Zoom
Meeting 6PM Tonight with Shreya from CAST. Please email me back directly
for the Zoom link ASAP, certainly before 6PM.
Sincerely, -Peter
Hi Sudoers:
As always we successfully repaired lots of stuff at Hardware and
SoftWEAR Hack Night last week.
Typically on Tuesdays we have lots of new people visiting the space and
it can be intimidating if you don't know anyone and don't know where to
go and what to do.So can someone try to arrive early, say, 7:30 or so to
greet people for Sudoroom or sewing downstairs in the Media Lab and get
them started on their projects?
Extra Credit: 1) confirm that the VOIP phone number 442-252-8386 is
working by dialing it 2) put the Fixit Clinic sandwich sign out on the
sidewalk.
This week we have no item check-ins at https://bit.ly/itemcheckins but
we typically get lots of walk-ins. And Hilary writes that they are
bringing two Chromebooks to convert to Linux:
Hi Peter,
I have two old (5+ years) chromebooks that have passed their EOL
(2022 and 2021) but are still working ok (the trackpads tend to fail on
these cheap models). However, my senior clients (I volunteer at Ashby
Village) cannot use them to login to their Kaiser account (they get a
message "please update your chrome browser"!). …I remember reading about
a plan to refurbish that bypasses the EOL problem. Do you know anything
about this?
thanks
Hilary
1. Lenovo N22-20 ; Model Name 80SF
2. Samsung 501C ; Model Code XE501C13-K02US
Can someone look out for Hilary and get them started disassembling the
Chromebooks to remove the write protect screws? (The entire process is
outlined here: bit.ly/cbtuning )
Many thanks, -Peter
This is a great introduction to the opera for newcomers, and it's only $10
for a ticket to the SF Opera. Really fun, great stuff, and you get to dress
up too!
https://www.sfopera.com/buy-tickets/dolby-familys-opera-for-the-bay/
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Romy Ilano
romy(a)snowyla.com
2 events tomorrow. whiteboards as much as possible, no watching lots of
youtubes of projects Other People Work On.
-> Tuesday there's going to be a special pre-hardware hacking espidoe on
augmented reality outside of the burning man art / gameing silicon valley
world with a focus on the vennice and cannes immersive biennales.
more on that later but i'll also do a presenttion on stuff WIHTOUT youtube
links or surfingt the web. gonna describe it and whiteboard it all the way!
TOMORRPW:::
https://lu.ma/980wqwdw
Literary Digital Creator Afternoon (Augmented Reality / Virtual Reality)
https://lu.ma/4jijdicl
An early afternoon jaunt to work on a quick XR (Augmented reality / Virtual
Reality) piece inspired by the a literary work. An example is the Eurydice
<https://youtu.be/cn56ix7xKEc?si=woQw3_u2MEIic3c->piece that was shown at
the Venice Bienniale.
Literary Inspiration for a Digital World
<https://sudoroom.org/events/18159/>
Hopefully at the end of the session we'll have something we can share
across all headsets and phones in augmented or virtual reality (one
possibility is webXR which we've played around with to showcase Sudoroom
here https://fancy-charming-physician.glitch.me )
Inspiration: Octavia Butler
We'll be taking a look at Octavia Butler's science fiction Eartheed trilogy
which was one of the inspirations for Kara Walker's piece Fortuna and the
Immortality Garden (Machine)
<https://www.sfmoma.org/exhibition/fortuna-and-the-immortality-garden-machin…>
currently on show at the SF Moma museum.
Women & NonBinary Coding/Hacking Night
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Romy Ilano
romy(a)snowyla.com
Hello SUDO Community,
I have an update on the foreclosure, I have attached a letter from CAST,
which also summarizes all of the updates. Basically Mulberry has told us:
1. X organization intends to pay off Mulberry Trusts’s loan to Omni
Commons of approximately $873,973.00
2. Here is a $10,000 non-refundable deposit to show we are serious.
3. Attach a copy of Omni's Board Resolution noting the agreement between
Omni and the organization paying off the loan.
4. If we do not hear from you by Tuesday, May 14th at 12pm, we will
direct the foreclosure trustee to file the paperwork.
CAST appears to be willing to work with us even if the foreclosure is
filed. But we also have the option to comply with Mulberry's requirements
and fundraise to purchase the building with funding from another source
within the 1 week timeframe. We will likely be entertaining proposals from
Peoples Programs and City In Motion at tomorrow's board meeting.
Please let me know if you have any questions, or ideas or insights.
Best
William
> I’m sorry for the delay on this. It turns out that the LOI should be
submitted by CAST to Omni Commons. We will turn around and submit this for
consideration by Omi Commons.
I wanted to highlight a few things:
-
I believe we have till Sunday evening or early Monday morning to share a
signed LOI for purchase to the Trust. This is to be accompanied by a
$10,000 check. We then have 24 additional hours to submit the full payment
to the Trust at which time the title is released to Omni Commons.
-
If this timing cannot be met, the foreclosure action will be undertaken
and there is 90 days to pay down the loan. The clock would essentially
start on Tuesday the 14th.
CAST has the ability to pay $10,000 for the deposit but not the balance
within 24 hours after that. Given this reality, we will let the Trust know
of our plans to pursue an LOI with Omni Commons and the need for additional
time to secure the balance of funds. This assumes that they advance to
foreclose.
- CAST would like to sign an LOI with Omni Commons as quickly as
possible so we can pursue funding to meet the 90 day foreclosure window. We
will not negotiate to assemble a partnership for purchase.
We encourage Omni Commons to explore all options.
-
People’s Program and City In Motion have both expressed interest and
have reached out to CAST. I will respond to both and encourage them to
speak with Omni Commons directly.
-
We recommend that you determine, separate from CAST, if their offers
are viable and you wish to sell the building to either of them. We don’t
want to hold you up if you are able and prefer to resolve the matter
immediately.