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by danarauz＠gmail.com

Someone in IRC #Sudoroom posted: "does sudo still rely heavily on Gratipay?" "if so https://medium.com/gratipay-blog/gratipocalypse-42fd0ec0d9e8 is very relevant" Anyhow, a paste of the article (Published on May 7): Gratipocalypse ------------------------------ Three weeks ago, we announced <https://medium.com/gratipay-blog/balancedshutdown-3a9fdb32e9c6> that our payment processor, Balanced Payments, is going out of business. At the time, we said that, “we will have to change Gratipay in some yet-to-be-fully-understood fashion in order to survive the transition away from Balanced, and it will be hard.” We’re now beginning to understand the changes we have to make, and they couldn’t be harder. Balanced is directing their customers to Stripe, and Stripe rejected us because they believe our model “qualifies as money transmission <https://github.com/gratipay/gratipay.com/issues/3245#issuecomment-91112973>.” They followed up to specify changes <https://github.com/gratipay/gratipay.com/issues/3324#issuecomment-93562216> we would need to make in order to use their service. These changes are drastic enough, but the suggestion that Gratipay might be regulated as a money transmitter is even more serious. As soon as Stripe notified us of this possibility, we immediately beganresearching the issue <https://github.com/gratipay/gratipay.com/issues/3321>, and we quickly hired a lawyer <https://github.com/gratipay/inside.gratipay.com/issues/193> to help us understand our situation. Yesterday, we concluded that the concerns Stripe raised are real, and that therefore it would be both imprudent and immoral for us to continue processing payments as we have been. Unfortunately, we were unable to change course in time for this week’s payment cycle, and so, after 152 weeks of continuous operation, *we are for the first time today skipping Gratipay’s weekly payment cycle*. Our intention is to quickly implement a revised model <https://github.com/gratipay/inside.gratipay.com/issues/192> that is true to ourmission <http://inside.gratipay.com/big-picture/mission> and compliant with regulations, and resume processing payments. However, *a revised model will almost certainly exclude some of you who have been receiving money on Gratipay in the past*. Simultaneously, we will work with regulators to resolve any past noncompliance, a process we’ve already initiated. This really sucks for you, our users, especially those who have come to depend on the income you’ve been receiving through Gratipay. We’re deeply sorry for not discovering and handling this situation sooner, and we look forward to processing payments again as soon as possible. If you have any questions please contact us privately via email <support(a)gratipay.com>, or publicly on this GitHub issue <https://github.com/gratipay/inside.gratipay.com/issues/192>.

10 years, 4 months

Event: Cartoonist Conspiracy Evening at SudoRoom Thursday Nights

by Romy Ilano

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cartoonist-Conspiracy-SF/84395061271?ref=aym… Hi, I used to be in a cool group called the Cartoonist Conspiracy SF. It dissolved, but it was a group of super Nerdy and talented cartoonists. We did a lot of comic book jams at the Church Coffee shop as well as the Cartoon museum and Rock Paper Scissors Collective. *I'd like to have an informal cartoonist jam that runs alongside the Counter Culture Labs and Sudoroom thursday night.* I'm putting it in the calendar and if anyone objects I'll take it down. I'm keeping it super short, but the idea is that before I or any other cartoonist leaves the space we have at least one cool cartoon related to the: - hardware hacking - mushroom / fungus growing - artificial cheese creating - 3d printing - yoga dancing - naked autonomous activist poetry reading - graffiti techno bear woodshed making - etc. that goes on at SudoRoom. Much love! I'm going to tell the Cartoonist Conspiracy this too. ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

10 years, 4 months

Anyone able to Table at the Creating Commons Festival @ PLACE for Sustainable Living?

by niki

Short notice: Festival is from 10-6, you wouldn't need to stay all day, a few hours would be great. If you can help out for an hour or two or three or 8, let me know and I'll find out who you should check in w/at PLACE. N

10 years, 4 months

Fwd: [sudo-accounts] Gratipocalypse

by Matthew Senate

Maybe time to expedite rolling our own payment solution... // Matt ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Gratipay Support <support(a)gratipay.com> Date: Thu, May 7, 2015 at 4:15 PM Subject: [sudo-accounts] Gratipocalypse To: sudoroom <accounts(a)sudoroom.org> [image: Gratipay] We have an unfortunate announcement to make: after 152 weeks of continuous operation, we are for the first time today skipping Gratipay's weekly payment cycle <https://medium.com/gratipay-blog/gratipocalypse-42fd0ec0d9e8>. We are deeply sorry. :-( Something not right? Reply to this email for help. Sent by Gratipay, LLC <https://gratipay.com/> | 716 Park Road, Ambridge, PA, 15003, USA _______________________________________________ accounts mailing list accounts(a)lists.sudoroom.org https://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/accounts

10 years, 4 months

Fwd: Stay Brown, Stay Down

by niki

Fyi, Looking for volunteers to help with this event. N ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: niki <niki.shelley(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, May 7, 2015 at 1:29 PM Subject: Stay Brown, Stay Down To: commons <commons(a)lists.omnicommons.org>, "booking(a)lists.omnicommons.org" <booking(a)lists.omnicommons.org>, "discuss(a)lists.omnicommons.org" < discuss(a)lists.omnicommons.org> I'm including the discuss list on this email because we are looking for volunteers to help steward this 2-day event before we can confirm with them. Please forward this invitation to your member collectives! If we're not able to find enough volunteers, we will have to turn this event down. Here's a description of the event: Stay Brown Stay Down Fest is a three-day music, culture and arts festival happening in the Bay Area in August 2015. The festival is a celebration recognizing the contributions of Latinxs/Chicanxs/Indigenxs in punk. While we encompass multiple intersecting identities, we recognize that they are the end products of colonization and we use punk not only as an artistic manifestation but as a tool of resistance against systemic oppression. The festival has been produced in Chicago, Los Angeles, San Antonio, and New York. This year, the Bay Area will take over. Originally conceived as Latino Punk Fest in Chicago and held annually all over the US, we decided to take the basic framework and transform it. We plan on hosting around 20 bands, a number of community organizations who will teach workshops and offer free services for the community, and invite a number of vendors to table within those two days. Money charged for admission will go directly back to the bands, many of which will be traveling from out of town/state/country. If we can make enough, we would also hope to be able to give back to the organizations who come to teach a workshop. We do not plan on making any revenue. Our goal is to break even and to help out those who are helping us.

10 years, 4 months

Is this yours?

by niki

Do you know who this trailer belongs to? One of our neighbors is convinced it belongs to someone who comes to the Omni and is very upset. He wants it gone in the next 48 hours. I personally don't recognize it but if anyone on any of these lists knows who this trailer might belong to, please let that person know that if they do not remove it in the next two days, it will be gone. Niki

10 years, 4 months

Re: [sudo-discuss] Your help needed! AdaCamp Oakland conference organizer (fwd)

by James Sundquist

Jake, I am strongly interested in this job; would it be acceptable to hire a man? I already have housing in Oakland and a serious love for open source and the ADA initiative. Not being able to attend does not lessen my interest. Thanks, James

10 years, 4 months

Oaklandish promo for 5/16

by Laura Turiano

Here <http://oaklandish.com/oakblog/may15-nom/?utm_source=Mailchimp&utm_medium=ne…>

10 years, 4 months

Interest in a Circuit Bending on-off or meetup?

by James Sundquist

Anyone? Gauging interest from instrument makers and tinkerers. Could be at Sudo or Noisebridge.

10 years, 4 months

Your help needed! AdaCamp Oakland conference organizer (fwd)

by Jake

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Subject: Ada Initiative is hiring! AdaCamp Oakland conference organizer Conference organizer job description Summary The Ada Initiative is looking for an experienced and dynamic conference organizer to assist with our next AdaCamp, a two-day, 100-person feminist unconference for women in open technology and culture, which includes open source software, Wikipedia, fan culture, and similar areas. This event will be held on the weekend of August 1-2 2015 in Oakland, California. Learn more about AdaCamp at http://adacamp.org. Details AdaCamp Oakland will be the eighth AdaCamp put on by our non-profit, the Ada Initiative, so we have a detailed and extensive conference plan (including a well-organized todo list) and experienced management and support staff. We need a conference organizer with strong local knowledge and connections to execute our conference plan on a tight schedule. >From 3 months to one month before the event, you will probably be working an average of 5 hours a week. In the month prior to the event, you will probably be working 20 hours a week. During the event, you will be working 10 hours for two weekend days in a row, plus about 5 hours a day on the previous day at the conference reception. Except for the days of the event, you decide where and when you work. This is a temporary, hourly, part-time position for someone with U.S. work rights living in or near the San Francisco Bay Area that pays $40 - $60/hr for pre-event work, and $60 - $80/hr for time worked on-site during the event. We are holding a second AdaCamp in Oakland in December and would prefer to work with the same organizer for that event if at all possible. About the Ada Initiative The Ada Initiative is a feminist non-profit dedicated to increasing the participation and status of women in free and open technology and culture, including free and open source software, open data, open education, fan culture, and similar areas. We take an explicitly intersectional approach to feminism and are a trans-inclusive organization. Our staff is located in San Francisco, CA, Boston, MA, and Sydney, Australia. Learn more about us at http://adainitiative.org. Description of work Required tasks: * Find and book an Oakland-area venue for August 1 - 2 * Assist with recruiting an inclusive and diverse set of attendees, with a strong focus on residents of the East Bay * Find lodging for a range of prices (no hotel block reservations) * Update the WordPress-based conference web site with various information * Organize catering for an extremely diverse set of dietary preferences * Organize professional on-site childcare * Research and implement accessibility accommodations * Recruit and hire on-site support staff * Research and make reservations at 8-10 local restaurants for one night * Perform a variety of simple, documented IT tasks related to attendees * Create a local travel guide for attendees * Send email announcements to attendees * Answer attendee questions by email * Attend weekly phone meetings with manager * Organize event insurance Optional tasks: * Lead evaluation of attendee applications * Write publicity material encouraging women to apply to the event * Serve as master of ceremonies at the opening and closing plenary sessions for each day Required qualifications * Extensive professional and social connections with a variety of women in open tech/culture in the East Bay * Demonstrated commitment to inclusivity of people of all races, disability status, parental or carer status, sexualities, classes, neurotypes, etc. * Comfortable with events limited to people who identify as women in a way that is significant to them * Strong knowledge of local conference venues, caterers, transit, and lodging * Detail-oriented and able to work on multiple tasks simultaneously * Self-motivated and action-oriented * Willing to push back on contractors who don't meet our criteria * Runs meetings efficiently, whether in person or on the phone * Excellent written communications skills * Tech-savvy at the level of: * Can efficiently process hundreds of emails per day * Comfortable with Google Docs and Google Sheets * Can create blog posts and pages using WordPress * Familiar with managing registrations in Eventbrite Optional qualifications (not necessary but let us know if you have them): * Experience in open technology and culture communities (fan culture, science fiction fandom, wiki-editing of any sort, open source software, open street mapping, etc.) * Attended AdaCamp, an unconference, or a women-only event before To apply, please send your resume and cover letter to jobs(a)adainitiative.org. We prefer PDF or text-only format (or a link to your online rÃ©sumÃ©).

10 years, 4 months

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