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Do we have any forum software? Similar to the Noisebridge forum that used to be up

by Romy Ilano

I am thinking about investigating wordpress for a forum. I'm finding that going straight to Discord isn't ideal though, I have seen how it both helps (in minimal ways) and hurts spaces like Noisebridge (building community long term, prioritizing face to face to face, focusing on people present instead of remote people interfering without contributing). ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

1 year, 2 months

i added a few people who had subscribed to the list

by Jake

I noticed a bunch of people had tried to sign up for this list, but hadn't returned the verification email they got. So I went ahead and manually added them. Welcome, new people, to the sudoroom discuss email list! -jake

1 year, 2 months

dream catcher

by Paige P

someone just reached out in concern about a dream catcher in sudo room. Someone said it was just left on the table, but even having it somewhere haphazardly or randomly hung in SR would be disrespectful/appropriation. Did someone indigenous bring it in? If not they should probably take it home, or if they are then we should work to find a more intentional place to put it. Paige

1 year, 2 months

Tonight's East Bay Bike Party

by Peter Mui

Tonight's East Bay Bike Party starts at West Oakland BART and ends at North Berkeley BART the route seems particularly Sudoroom friendly so if you want to join (or just watch) tonight might be a good night. This month's theme is "Storybook Characters and Fairytale Creatures" so there will no doubt be some interesting costumes: https://www.facebook.com/events/864540958840870 See the complete map here. https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1KLlG8TXpkBi6X4Q8Yqk2pi2NEFxNh1g&g… I've often thought these rides would be great places to recruit new members for Sudoroom. -Peter

1 year, 3 months

Sudoroom as a supporter and enabler of a “local software” vision?

by Peter Mui

Hi Sudoers: Riffing off last night’s Sudoroom visioning meeting: what if part of Sudoroom’s mission was to expand the number of software developers in the area using AI this enabling a vision for "local software"? Train people who are technically savvy and interested in solving problems for themselves and people around them, but don't want to become fully-fledged programmers. See this medium post for background: https://maggieappleton.com/home-cooked-software -Peter

1 year, 3 months

mouse traps

by Paige P

Hi Sudo Room and SMAC, CCL gave us some rat traps and I set them up in the locations pictured. They are somewhat close together, because those were areas where theres poo evidence, but may make sense to pick different spot. I havent set up traps before so dont know. I can volunteer checking the traps on Mondays and Saturdays. But we need to be checking every other day so more people will need to volunteer too. Please let others know if you move traps or if you notice one is set off. SMAC has some cats they bring in time to time downstairs (who are also helping us with this issue), so we should keep basement door closed/ be ready to disarm the traps temporarily as needed. Paige

1 year, 3 months

javascript thursdays / software thursdays?

by Jake

We used to have a regular event every week - years ago - called JavaScript Thursdays! Wouldn't it be neat if we had another regular weekly event? It doesn't have to be focused on a particular type of activity but having a regular event for a while really makes things happen. anyone interested? -jake

1 year, 3 months

Meeting to Discuss the Future of SUDO

by William Myers

Hi friends, I was thinking of calling a meeting to optimistically discuss the future of the Sudo Room. For a while I have been discussing with friends how I feel sudo should launch and support initiatives which directly improve the material conditions of the people in the Oakland Community. And I think it should be done with a focus on inclusivity of Black and Brown folks. *I would be excited if we had initiatives like:* - An initiative to provide Direct support for local families and individuals - An initiative to Support prison abolition efforts - An initiative to oppose to war crimes in Gaza or assistance for recent undocumented immigrants I have a lot of my own Ideas, but I am super interested in hearing everyone's Ideas about different services we can offer! Secondly I think it is important we have an actual *Mission Statement* for who we are and what we want to accomplish. This will be great to provide clarity for what are needs are assuming everything goes well with CAST. This will allow us to plan for the growth and success of our projects and services in the future. If we can have a meeting this Weds we could discuss these two Items, and maybe we could bring some food and make it a bit of a party. Please reply with ideas if you like. William

1 year, 3 months

New to Fix-It Night, want to say thanks and I'm not ghosting you!

by scottmosch＠gmail.com

Hi Sudoroom folks! I'm blown away by the kindness and generosity you all have shown me in my first couple of visits to the Sudoroom for fix it night. I haven't had as much fun (and haven't been nearly as productive) in quite a while. I'm the guy who showed up with all the Nintendo games. Anyway, all this is to say that I'm grateful for the access to the space and the great, interesting and knowledgeable people that inhabit it during the fix it hours. Unfortunately, I recently contracted the flu and it's really been bad - fatigue, headaches, the works. I'll need to take another week to recuperate, but I expect to be back next week with all the parts for my current project. xoxoxo Scott

1 year, 3 months

Lap Top Reformatting Project

by July Tenenbaum

Hi all, On Tuesday, myself and a couple other people are gonna be spending our Fix it Clinic time reformatting laptops to give to students (I am hoping to do the giving through The Unity Council and the Displacement Avoidance Project). This is, in part, to assist in opening up Sudo Room's resources to our Oakland community more, and in part to help us offload some of the laptops sitting around Sudo to make more room in the space/prevent them from sitting forever and becoming Ewaste. In order to ensure Sudo and Omni get acknowledged for doing this (which is important for grants) and also making sure the recipients know where to take the laptops for the purpose of getting repairs, are there any Sudo Room or Omni stickers with the address to the building on them? If you'd like to join us for this, I plan to be there by no later than 8:15, with cookies for anyone who would like to help. Hope to see you all there, -July

1 year, 3 months

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