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Re: [sudo-discuss] [Noisebridge-discuss] Fwd: Charging for Lockers

by Romy Ilano

It's nice to know that SudoRoom (www.sudoroom.org) in Oakland, our sister hackerspace, has instituted lockers. we could ask them for any learnings, fails, etc. Hey SudoRoom - how have your lockers been going? Anything that works or doesn't work for you? On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 2:58 PM, Romy Ilano <romy(a)snowyla.com> wrote: > Cool I've added Locker Protocol and Locker FAQ to the Locker page > > https://noisebridge.net/wiki/Lockers#Relevant_Pages > > Just want to get everything in one place > > > On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 2:34 PM, Al Sweigart <asweigart(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> I've filled out a Locker FAQ to address some questions that were brought >> up about them last night. https://noisebridge.net/wiki/Locker_FAQ >> >> >> On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 11:14 AM, Al Sweigart <asweigart(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I'm going to put forward a proposal for Noisebridge to spend up to a >>> $1000 to buy metal lockers for the space. >>> >>> NB's budget should be carefully tended, but that's why I think we should >>> make this purchase: This is something that will generate revenue for >>> Noisebridge. >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 7:00 AM, Romy Ilano <romy(a)snowyla.com> wrote: >>> >>>> There's a wiki for this by the way, if anyone interested in lockers is >>>> interested in adding. >>>> >>>> https://noisebridge.net/wiki/Lockers >>>> >>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>> From: Romy Snowyla <romy(a)snowyla.com> >>>> Date: Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 5:56 AM >>>> Subject: Fwd: [Noisebridge-discuss] Charging for Lockers >>>> To: Romy Ilano <romy(a)snowyla.com> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>> Begin forwarded message: >>>> >>>> *From:* Al Sweigart <asweigart(a)gmail.com> >>>> *Date:* December 1, 2013 at 1:32:29 PM PST >>>> *To:* noisebridge-discuss <noisebridge-discuss(a)lists.noisebridge.net> >>>> *Subject:* *[Noisebridge-discuss] Charging for Lockers* >>>> >>>> I'll bring this up at the next meeting. I propose Noisebridge uses its >>>> funds to buy lockers for members to store their projects and valuables in. >>>> >>>> Theft and things being moved around and lost has been a large problem >>>> at Noisebridge for years. It would be nice if members had a place to store >>>> their belongings in a secure manner at the space, and this would encourage >>>> people to work on long-term projects instead of having to constantly haul >>>> them from home to the space to avoid getting them stolen. >>>> >>>> I've been looking on Craigslist. I've seen one ad (and this is about >>>> the general price) that had a bank of 3x2 school-sized lockers for $250 >>>> each. If we charge $15 a month for locker storage, we can recoup the cost >>>> for Noisebridge within six months, and at that point the lockers start >>>> MAKING money for Noisebridge. >>>> >>>> They are also sized so that two or more people could share them if they >>>> want to split the costs and trust each other. >>>> >>>> I can come up with more protocols for the lockers (process if people >>>> don't pay, who gets priority for lockers, where to put them, what can and >>>> can't be stored in lockers (such as food/smelly stuff), etc.) >>>> >>>> I'd propose that Noisebridge spend up to a thousand dollars for new >>>> lockers. We have the funds now, so we are in a much better position to make >>>> an expenditure like this. >>>> >>>> -Al >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Noisebridge-discuss mailing list >>>> Noisebridge-discuss(a)lists.noisebridge.net >>>> https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-discuss >>>> >>>> >>> >> >

12 years, 4 months

Maker/tinkerer parts

by Gideon Weisberg (gweisberg＠riekes.org)

Hello, I was asked to post this message about a bunch of possible parts here by a member. Let me know if anyone finds this useful. My name is Gideon Weisberg, and work I with the non-profit Riekes Center in Menlo Park (mentoring in sports, fitness, the arts, music, and nature awareness). Years ago (10?) we were given a Bod-Pod to allow the fitness department to offer a (then) state-of-the-art body assessment system to low-income students, as well as the other athletes who train at our center. While at the time this version of the Bod-Pod system ran about $50,000, it is now obsolete. It likely has lots of useful parts for a tinkering lab. I am looking for ways to find a new home for the system, and am especially interested in helping any useful parts find their way into innovative reuse or educational programs (or at least becomes somebody's weird furniture/studio prop). Any proceeds from selling this system will go directly into our programs (the first $750 I can raise will be buying new tires for our passenger van). The Bod Pod (with it's computer station, manual, and calibration/maintenance records) can be delivered within the Bay Area. I am open to thoughts and suggestions regarding the ultimate fate of this devise. I don't want it to go in a land-fill. Thank you for your consideration, Gideon Weisberg gweisberg(a)riekes.org Coordinating Naturalist The Riekes Center www.riekes.org

12 years, 4 months

sudoroom this morning (wednesday)

by Romy Ilano

I'm planning on stopping by sudoroom this late morning to get some hacking done. not officially a member again [dues] - so no door code. anyone there?

12 years, 4 months

hey does anyone have a vector version of the new sudoroom logo?

by Romy Ilano

where is it?

12 years, 4 months

Anyone object to Occupy holding our weekly GA meeting at the common space for a few weeks?

by Ed Biow

Greetings cronies, Every Sunday Occupy Oakland meets at OGP (e.g. Frank Ogawa Plaza) at 2PM for what is rather grandiloquently still referred to as General Assembly, but lately it has been colder then the proverbial bucket full of penguin guano and we would like to have our meetings at the sudoroom common space through the end of January if no one objects unduly. These days GA is perhaps a dozen folks, mostly dotards like me, unfortunately predominantly cursed with a Y chromosome. We almost never riot and torch the town these days, mostly just rehash the previous weeks' political actions and plan the next weeks' protests against the evil empire. These days our main focus is labor & debtor solidarity, anti-repression organizing (e.g. police brutality and surveillance), and attempts to protect the commons & the environment. Also, we would like to participate in the crypto-parties next Sunday and in January. We certainly want to figure out how to protect our own communications from being unduly monitored by the state and Daniel & I may try and train a few of our folks how to use the Wordpress interface for our web site. Anywho, I plan to attend the sudoroom weekly meeting tomorrow after the Oakland Privacy Working Group <https://sudoroom.org/ai1ec_event/organize-against-the-oakland-domain-awaren…> meeting and see if anyone objects to our presence for the next month and a half. Solidarity whenever, Ed the Red

12 years, 4 months

Meeting Tomorrow, 7pm at Sudo Room!

by Jenny Ryan

Hey sudo, Tomorrow's weekly meeting is an important one! How can we clarify our membership process to better onboard new folks and maintain a stable income from dues? What do people think about moving to one of our new potential spaces <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Spaces#Current>? Add to the agenda: https://pad.riseup.net/p/sudoroommeeting Cheers, Jenny http://jennyryan.net http://thepyre.org http://thevirtualcampfire.org http://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 ~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`

12 years, 4 months

Fwd: Notice of Increase - The Sudo Room

by Matthew Senate

This is in line with near-inflation rate and agreed upon in the lease as I recall. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Laurie Cooperman Rosen <Lscoop(a)comcast.net> Date: Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 7:14 PM Subject: Notice of Increase - The Sudo Room To: mattsenate(a)gmail.com Cc: exchequer(a)sudoroom.org, eddan(a)eddan.com Hi Matt & Eddan- In accordance with the terms of the lease, there will be an increase due on 1/1/14 in the amount of $45/month (new rent = $1545/month). I just plumb forgot to do on 12/1, so this year you got an extra month at the old rate :-). Thanks- Laurie

12 years, 4 months

Welding Shields (number 10 masks), Steel, Bike Frames, Etc

by Matthew Senate

Hey all, The "Wobbly Wheels" union pedicab collective is seeking materials to build pedicabs. Anyone have access or connections to resources for mig welding (especially steel)? + Welding Shields (number 10 masks) + Steel + Bike Frames + Welding Wire + Full Pedicabs + More! // Matt

12 years, 4 months

Re: [sudo-discuss] 3D Printer - needs new heating element

by Yardena Cohen

Hey all, what's the status of this? What parts do we still need? I'd love to help pay for them if someone knows what parts to buy. And anything else I need to do to get our printer working ASAP. Thanks!

12 years, 4 months

Waste Mgmt screwup re: recycling/green acct #s

by David Keenan

I just found out today, Waste Management are trying to bill Sudo Room (and therefore BAPS) for 2 extra recycling bins and one extra green-waste bin that we don't have. That is, WM thinks we have always had 3x 96gal recycling bins and 2x 64gal green-waste bins in all. Whereas Sudo/BAPS have only ever had 1x 96gal recycling, and 1x 64gal green waste bin (* technically our green bin is also 96gal, but since WM apparently didn't actually have any 64gal-sized bins, they just give us the 96gal and charge us for 64gal.) So far as I can tell, what happened is: WM assigned an additional, second recycling+green waste account to Sudo, that is not ours. This additional secondary bill is past due ~4 mo to the tune of ~$500. This bogus bill was not visible to us online, and I only found out about it today after getting hit up by WM's collection department on the phone, whereupon I asked them to email me copies of the invoices. After looking the bogus bill over, today at around 12noon, I called WM back and wrangled with the billing dept phone rep "Christopher", who generated a *Case ID # 2377511* for the accounting department to "review" this screw-up. Although it's not hard to see the error, as it is a second bill for twice as many recycling bins at the same address for the same time period. Therefore, before interfacing with WM, please take note of the following information: Sudo room's CORRECT recycling and green waste account # (paid in full through Nov): *699-0009853-2216-3* (<-- right) This other INCORRECT recycling/green account, misattributed to Sudo: 065-4415376-2216-5 (<-- wrong) SUDO/BAPS'ERS: DO NOT EVER PAY THIS ACCOUNT. Attached are the two different recycling+greenwaste invoices for the month of October - one labelled *correct* (and paid), and one labelled *incorrect*(unpaid). If you talk to WM, please refer to these. I know these aren't the latest bills, but it's simpler to discuss them with WM without referring past due amounts. For the record, Sudo has a separately-billed WM account just for the *garbage*, which is: 065-4415386-2216-4. The garbage account has thus far not been confused, just the recycling/green. Best, David

12 years, 4 months

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