Hello, I recently was invited to sudoroom to check out the sewing machines
and have tinkered with them a little bit. I've identified some problems,
missing pieces, etc. and want to keep working on/with them, but I'd like to
talk to anyone else who has used them or whoever brought them there. I look
forward to meeting y'all and I'm excited to get involved with the space.
- Helen
STATUS UPDATE: I have just arrived with a number of pies that were donated by Kevin. (That number of pies is four.) To accompany the pies, Kevin also donated five bottles of wine. I have donated three bottles of Champagne. SO we have desert and some beverages but nothing on the food front except (nourishing) green beans. There are 3 “orphans" currently. Join us, bring your food. Also an assortment of small screws for my robot claw.
> On Nov 26, 2014, at 11:12 PM, Cere Misc <cere.misc(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> It's not a formal event, but one way or another there's sort of going to be one tomorrow for those of us that want to be there.
>
>
> So:
>
> I'm bringing some yummy Bluelake Beans to cook.
>
> If someone could bring something to drink, that would be rad. Fruit salad would be awesome too. I would make it if there's enough fruit stuff around.
>
> -Cere
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here's what Stan has to say about him
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 09:31:16 -0600
From: Stan Osborne <stan(a)ana.com>
To: Jake <jake(a)spaz.org>
Subject: Re: Shawn
Jake,
Thanks for helping SuDo learn more about Shawn. For awhile he was a
regular at Spazport. When he is at OMNI I attempt conversation. He now
speaks in a manner that is understandable. I recall a few years ago when
I could not understand one word of what he was trying to say.
His desire to be a part of a community has not changed. Since I have
known him more than a decade his eccentricities do not bother me.
At h3ll he would tell me he was not involved with playing chess any more.
In recent months I've seen him playing chess with others at OMNI. He has
made suggestions on improving OMNI, and uses SuDo room coputers for email,
etc. These are all things he has not done in some time.
Stan
On Thu, November 27, 2014 10:39 pm, Jake wrote:
> regarding
> https://lists.sudoroom.org/pipermail/sudo-discuss/2014-November/008376.html
> [sudo-discuss] [omni-discuss] Strange man sleeping in eyeball room
>
> this is an email from my friend John who tries to take care of Shawn, the
> guy who has been coming to the omni and sometimes making trouble, to the
> point where people need to ask him to leave.
>
> I understand why people ask him to leave when they do, I just figured i
> would pass this along for context, both for him specifically, and for the
> kinds of situations people wind up in.
>
> -jake
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 09:47:47 -0800
> From: John Benson <followthatparade(a)gmail.com>
> To: Jake <jake(a)spaz.org>
> Subject: Re: shawn squatting the omni
>
> Hi Jake,
> wish we were more regularly in touch... alas.
> on the Shawn front:
> over the last couple of years five of us. little by little were able to
> get Shawn
> a successful SSI claim which produced its first benefit check of 768$
> we have a budget and a couple of folks helping out....
>
> 200 of it is going to pay for the storage container at my shop
> where he sleeps and fills with garbage until i clean it all out.
> (which I have been paying for about two years now)
>
> In other news he has had his dad, Russel, his aunt Connie, Alrita, and
> a cousin, Darrel, each separately continue to threaten and harrass him
> these last couple
> of years. they have done various things such as call the city on the
> warehouse
> for code violations and sit infront of my house for hours and call me and
> shawn repeatedly
> and tell us that we are sinners going to hell and that they have lawers,
> ... etc. I don't know what their
> motivation is really
> could be the money, could be the christian thing to do , but the all seem
> to hate each other
> i am the one who found them in the ssi process and reached out to them.
> none have seen Shawn in the last
> 15 years but two had been payee's until 2004. so I suspect money....
>
> this last year Shawn has been in three different Psychiatric facilities
> after being hospitalized by the
> police
> and i have three separate abuse claims with Berkeley police
> review/oversight committee with the emergency
> room reports
> (these actually helped in evaluation process of the ssi claim)
>
> he also has a ticket for not having a light on his bike which he refuses
> to give me any info
> on other than a photo of a crumbled up ticket which he sends in a text
> message some times.
> over the last six months and talks about aids, Chinese and ebola some
> how being related to this ticket.
>
> there is also a long string of cafe's he is no longer allowed into who at
> first, allowed me to run a tab
> for him. the YMCA revoked his membership after two appeals i requested and
> the purple house wont let him
> inside
>
> this is the recent stuff in a nutshell.
>
> Ill talk to him about not abusing the OMni, I LOVE that place
> a dream come true
>
> On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 12:00 PM, Jake <jake(a)spaz.org> wrote:
> hi john!!!
>
> i am writing to mention that Shawn is interacting with The Omni
> Collective in non-ideal ways,
> and i'm hoping you can offer some suggestions or do something to
> help...
>
> I know you're loath to hook him up with any social services that
> imply that he is not 100%
> competent, but given that friends of mine have declared themselves
> fully incompetent just to
> receive a salary from the state, i don't think it's a big deal for
> him to get a little
> professional help.
>
> especially as he gets older and the squats and other opportunities
> he has been depending on for
> years are starting to dry up, i think it would be good for him to
> have some sort of reliable
> backup plan. He can likely get an apartment and have a safe place
> to go at the end of each
> day.
>
> here's what happened at the omni:
>
> https://lists.sudoroom.org/pipermail/sudo-discuss/2014-November/008379.html
> --
> john benson
>
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>
regarding
https://lists.sudoroom.org/pipermail/sudo-discuss/2014-November/008376.html
[sudo-discuss] [omni-discuss] Strange man sleeping in eyeball room
this is an email from my friend John who tries to take care of Shawn, the
guy who has been coming to the omni and sometimes making trouble, to the
point where people need to ask him to leave.
I understand why people ask him to leave when they do, I just figured i
would pass this along for context, both for him specifically, and for the
kinds of situations people wind up in.
-jake
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 09:47:47 -0800
From: John Benson <followthatparade(a)gmail.com>
To: Jake <jake(a)spaz.org>
Subject: Re: shawn squatting the omni
Hi Jake,
wish we were more regularly in touch... alas.
on the Shawn front:
over the last couple of years five of us. little by little were able to get Shawn
a successful SSI claim which produced its first benefit check of 768$
we have a budget and a couple of folks helping out....
200 of it is going to pay for the storage container at my shop
where he sleeps and fills with garbage until i clean it all out.
(which I have been paying for about two years now)
In other news he has had his dad, Russel, his aunt Connie, Alrita, and
a cousin, Darrel, each separately continue to threaten and harrass him these last couple
of years. they have done various things such as call the city on the warehouse
for code violations and sit infront of my house for hours and call me and shawn repeatedly
and tell us that we are sinners going to hell and that they have lawers, ... etc. I don't know what their
motivation is really
could be the money, could be the christian thing to do , but the all seem to hate each other
i am the one who found them in the ssi process and reached out to them. none have seen Shawn in the last
15 years but two had been payee's until 2004. so I suspect money....
this last year Shawn has been in three different Psychiatric facilities after being hospitalized by the
police
and i have three separate abuse claims with Berkeley police review/oversight committee with the emergency
room reports
(these actually helped in evaluation process of the ssi claim)
he also has a ticket for not having a light on his bike which he refuses to give me any info
on other than a photo of a crumbled up ticket which he sends in a text message some times.
over the last six months and talks about aids, Chinese and ebola some how being related to this ticket.
there is also a long string of cafe's he is no longer allowed into who at first, allowed me to run a tab
for him. the YMCA revoked his membership after two appeals i requested and the purple house wont let him
inside
this is the recent stuff in a nutshell.
Ill talk to him about not abusing the OMni, I LOVE that place
a dream come true
On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 12:00 PM, Jake <jake(a)spaz.org> wrote:
hi john!!!
i am writing to mention that Shawn is interacting with The Omni Collective in non-ideal ways,
and i'm hoping you can offer some suggestions or do something to help...
I know you're loath to hook him up with any social services that imply that he is not 100%
competent, but given that friends of mine have declared themselves fully incompetent just to
receive a salary from the state, i don't think it's a big deal for him to get a little
professional help.
especially as he gets older and the squats and other opportunities he has been depending on for
years are starting to dry up, i think it would be good for him to have some sort of reliable
backup plan. He can likely get an apartment and have a safe place to go at the end of each
day.
here's what happened at the omni:
https://lists.sudoroom.org/pipermail/sudo-discuss/2014-November/008379.html
--
john benson
Sharing these two interesting job listings at The California College of the Arts in SF.
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> Date: November 27, 2014 at 7:43:35 PM PST
> From: Michael Shiloh <michaelshiloh1010(a)gmail.com>
> To: dorkbotsf-blabber(a)dorkbot.org
> Subject: [dorkbotsf-blabber] Job openings at CCA: Studio Manager and Make(r) Space Resource Manager
>
> Two positions:
>
> Model Making Studio Manager
> www.cca.edu/about/jobs/78775
>
> Make(r) Space Resource Manager
> https://www.cca.edu/about/jobs/80093
>
> I enjoy working at CCA and you'd find many familiar faces.
>
> Let me know if you have questions; I'm not directly connected with these jobs
> but I know who to ask. The one thing I won't be able to talk about is salary.
>
> Michael
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Hi Sudo Room & Optikallusions filmmaker collective,
As some of you may know, I'm working on a documentary about the commons.
I'm reaching out to all of you in regard to our copyright proposal for the
film:
http://commonsfilm.com/fair-use-creative-commons-and-this-film/
Feel free to respond to me directly, thanks for your time and knowledgable
input,
-bunker
+1-215-971-0837
mail(a)BunkerFilms.com
skype: bunkof
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!.There will be a impromptu THANKFUL for the BRIDGE
Potluck & cleaning (as there is still a lot of it to do)-celebration day
here at the Bridge,The cleaning will be all day, and the Potluck will be at
5:00pm, with HaXoR type movies following there after. Feel free to let
people know!!! :D :D :D
HaX tHe PlaNeT TOGHETER!!!!!
Cheeeeeeeeerrrzzz
Rayc
ya'll are welcome.
should be plenty of food, mainly veggie, bring something if you can or
like.
thinking around 4pm or so
359 Bellevue Ave, Oakland
- Matt
Hey all!
As we prepare to open the Omni officially to the public, there's a clear
and pressing need to organize around creating a welcoming and inclusive
experience for newcomers and visitors to the project.
The Welcoming Committee is nascent and ripe for co-constructing! Some of
the ideas for activities include:
* Scheduling volunteer shifts for the front door: 10am-2pm, 2pm-6pm, and
6pm-10pm
* Monthly orientations to onboard committee members to the collectives,
people, projects, events, policies etc they should know about to man the
front desk.
* Creating documentation (in tandem with the Communications WG) that we can
hand out to guests - one-sheeters that make it clear and easy to see how
you can volunteer and plug into the project.
* Weekly potlucks (in tandem w/ Food Not Bombs Sunday leftovers).
* Coordinating and assisting with Omni-wide events to bring in new folks
from a diverse array of communities (eg; monthly neighborhood assemblies).
The first official meeting will take place *Thursday, December 11th at 6pm
in La Commune
<https://omnicommons.org/calendar/events/welcoming-committee/>, *but you
can join the conversation now by subscribing to the mailing list at
https://omnicommons.org/lists/listinfo/welcoming
or by adding ideas to our wiki page:
https://omnicommons.org/wiki/Welcoming_Committee
or by chatting directly with me or David Brazil!
<3
Jenny
http://jennyryan.nethttp://thepyre.orghttp://thevirtualcampfire.orghttp://technomadic.tumblr.com
`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`
"Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories."
-Laurie Anderson
"Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it."
-Hannah Arendt
"To define is to kill. To suggest is to create."
-Stéphane Mallarmé
~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`
Donation swarm on December 1st so La Commune gets mentioned on the front
page of Indiegogo! Mark your calendars!!!!!!!!! Donation size does not
matter.
Message: 1
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 23:42:57 +0000 (UTC)
From: DZ Brazil <dzbrazil(a)yahoo.com>
To: Discuss Discussion <discuss(a)lists.omnicommons.org
>
Subject: [omni-discuss] Gaming Indiegogo for La Commune
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Dear Friends, Colleagues & Comrades :
La Commune's fundraising campaign is going really well. Thanks so much for
your support! Oakland's favorite commie bookstore is open Thursday through
Sunday, 12-6pm and will be extending those hours soon. We're getting a
great response from people in the neighborhood. So gratifying !
And our stock is growing--we're pricing and shelving some really nice
books. Please stop by!
So here's where we make yet another pitch. This one's pretty painless
though:
We've been told that a large, um, swarm of contributions on a single day
will earn us a mention on the Indiegogo page, and that could lead to more
donations. So, if you're willing and able, (mark your calendars now) please
make a contribution (can be as little as a dollar) to La Commune on
DECEMBER 1st. Everyone who does will get a free cup of house coffee when
the cafe opens.
Here's the link:
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/la-commune-cafe-and-bookstore--2
Thank you!
David Brazil (on behalf of La Commune)