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by The Batkid

I don't understand the strange self flagellating threads about gentrifying people out of Oakland while searching for a space. It's not productive and I truly do not understand what the end goal is here. We're not going to solve racism in the bay area with the mailing list. It's ok to displace the Chinese, but not blacks? WTF? Incentives applicable at this location: * The City of Oakland is offering business license and sales tax abatement as incentives * The State of California's manufacturing equipment sale and use tax exemptions * The State of California's California Competes income tax credit * The State of California's New Employment Credit * No African Americans would be displaced, only Chinese

12 years, 4 months

EHSM-2014 CFP - pushing the frontiers of open source and DIY

by Sébastien Bourdeauducq

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION Exceptionally Hard & Soft Meeting pushing the frontiers of open source and DIY DESY, Hamburg site, June 27-29 2014 http://ehsm.eu @ehsmeeting Collaboration between open source and research communities empowers open hardware to explore new grounds and hopefully deliver on the "third industrial revolution". The first edition of the Exceptionally Hard and Soft Meeting featured lectures delivered by international makers, hackers, scientists and engineers on topics such as nuclear fusion, chip design, vacuum equipment machining, and applied quantum physics. Tutorials gave a welcoming hands-on introduction to people of all levels, including kids. EHSM is back in summer 2014 for another edition of the most cutting-edge open source conference. This year we are proud to welcome you to an exceptional venue: DESY, Europe's second-largest particle physics laboratory! Previous EHSM lectures may be viewed at: http://ehsm.eu/2012/media.html ATTEND WITHOUT PRESENTING: Attendance is open to all curious minds. EHSM is entirely supported by its attendees and sponsors. To help us make this event happen, please donate and/or order your ticket as soon as possible by visiting our website http://ehsm.eu. Prices are: * 45E - student/low-income online registration * 70E - regular online registration (until February 1st) * 95E - late online registration (after February 1st) * 110E - door ticket * 272E - supporter ticket, with our thanks and your name on the website. * 1337E - gold supporter ticket, with our thanks and your company/project logo on the website and the printed programme. EHSM is a non-profit event where the majority of the budget covers speakers' travel and transportation of exhibition equipment. SPEAKERS: SUBMIT YOUR PRESENTATION Is there a device in your basement that demonstrates violations of Bell's inequalities? We want to see it in action. Are you starting up a company to build nuclear fusion reactors? Tell us about it. Does your open source hardware or software run some complex, advanced and beautiful scientific instruments? We are eager to learn about it. Do you have stories to tell about your former job manufacturing ultra high vacuum equipment in the Soviet Union? We want to hear about your experiences. Do you have a great design for a difficult open source product that can be useful to millions? Team up with the people who can help implement your ideas. Whoever you are, wherever you come from, you are welcome to present technologically awesome work at EHSM. Travel assistance and visa invitation letters provided upon request. All lectures are in English. This year, we will try to improve the conference's documentation by publishing proceedings. When relevant, please send us a paper on your presentation topic. We are OK with previously published work, we simply expect high quality and up-to-date content. To submit your presentation, send a mail to team(a)ehsm.eu with typically the following information: * Your name(s). You can be anonymous if you prefer. * Short bio * Title of the presentation * Abstract * How much time you would like * Full paper (if applicable) * Links to more information (if available) * Contact information (e-mail + mobile phone if possible) * If you need us to arrange your trip: * Where you would be traveling from * If you need accommodation in Hamburg We will again have an exhibition area where you can show and demonstrate your work - write to the same email address to apply for space. If you are bringing bulky or high-power equipment, make sure to let us know: * What surface you would use * What assistance you would need for equipment transport between your lab and the conference * If you need 3-phase electric power (note that Germany uses 230V/400V 50Hz) * What the peak power of your installation would be Tutorials on any technology topic are also welcome, and may cater to all levels, including beginners and kids. We are counting on you to make this event awesome. Feel free to nominate other speakers that you would like to see at the conference, too - just write us a quick note and we will contact them. KEY INFORMATION: Conference starts: morning of June 27th, 2014 Conference ends: evening of June 29th, 2014 Early registration fee ends: February 1st, 2014 Please submit lectures, tutorials and exhibits before: May 15th, 2014 Conference location: DESY Notkestrasse 85 22607 Hamburg, Germany WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO WELCOMING YOU IN HAMBURG! - EHSM e.V. <http://ehsm.eu>

12 years, 4 months

New Spaces, Sudo Room, and the Public School.

by David Keenan

Hello, The new potential space on 8th & Alice by Laney sounds cool. On its face it seems about the same price per square foot as the Omni (base+projected NNN). I'd love to check it out. I realize the landowners of this space are trying to attract light-industrial hackerspacey folk, ostensibly in an effort to incubate startups out of Laney, so I'm not sure how the Bay Area Public School might fit into this scheme as a possible co-tenant, and I guess that concerns me in a worried-for-the-revolution sort of way. Call me a sap, but I would like Sudo and the Public School to move somewhere together. To me that is more important than where we move. I think it's a more ambitious, radical vision than moving somewhere each on our own, or even Sudo moving in with a bunch of other hackerspaces. BAPS and Sudo have truly complementary visions which I think is special. I also like the idea of creating a big radical space where a variety of community needs are served - imagine walking in and being able to take a language or political philosophy class at BAPS, or 3d print at Sudo, or letterpress / print something at Timeless Infinite Light, or cut a film, use the darkroom, or hear a talk, or perform, or radically organize? A site of radical production; a radical space thats a nexus for new ways of building community, instead of balkanizing it into a diaspora of separate spaces struggling just to survive and get by. A whole, that is greater than the sum of its parts kind of thing. A place for a greater kind of community, not one echo chamber for hackers, and another one across town for poets. A place that we would one day *own*. Dreaming big. I'm not married to the Omni, but the 8th & Alice space is envisioned by the developers seems a little like an adjunct to Laney, with a (however noble) capitalist vision of incubating tech out of this community... dare I say, perhaps a kind of after-school program for Laney students sort of vibe? Is this anything to worry about? But more to the point, what about BAPS and Sudo not breaking up, wherever we end up? Love, David

12 years, 4 months

Fwd: Talk on TPP Negotiations by members of EFF and the Wikimedia Foundation

by mattsenate＠gmail.com

Hey all, a major policy event at Wikimedia foundation. Please consider yourself invited. // Matt ----- Forwarded message ----- From: "Angelica Tavella" <angelicatavella(a)gmail.com> To: "Matthew Senate" <mattsenate(a)gmail.com>, "Maximilian Klein" <isalix(a)gmail.com>, "Kevin Gorman" <kgorman(a)gmail.com> Subject: Talk on TPP Negotiations by members of EFF and the Wikimedia Foundation Date: Tue, Nov 26, 2013 14:27 I'm holding this event at the WMF office next week for the PoP students. Come! Pass it around. Maybe sudoroom list-serve?? -a ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Angelica Tavella <angelicatavella(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 2:23 PM Subject: Talk on TPP Negotiations by members of EFF and the Wikimedia Foundation To: Angelica Tavella <angelicatavella(a)gmail.com>, Rodrigo Kazuo <ro(a)riseup.net>, Mi Tar <mitar(a)tnode.com>, Tony Chen <tonychenkt(a)gmail.com>, Spencer Hitchcock <spencerhitch(a)gmail.com>, Derek Razo <derekrazo(a)gmail.com>, Camille Villa <cvilla100(a)gmail.com> Come join us for a talk at the Wikimedia Foundation headquarters on the TPP negotiations. When: 6:30-7:30 pm Wed, December 4th Where: Wikimedia Foundation headquarters 149 New Montgomery St. San Francisco, CA 6th floor Speakers: Maira Sutton (global policy analyst at Electronic Frontier Foundation) Yana Welinder (legal counsel at Wikimedia Foundation) What are the Trans Pacific Partnership negotiations? The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a secretive, multi-national trade agreement that threatens to extend restrictive intellectual property (IP) laws across the globe and rewrite international rules on its enforcement. For more info: https://www.eff.org/issues/tpp There was recently a release on Wikileaks.org of the chapter on Intellectual Property, which proves problematic on several fronts and will be discussed at this event: http://wikileaks.org/tpp/ Light refreshments will be provided. For questions, contact angelica at: angelicatavella(a)gmail.com.

12 years, 4 months

Home Wireless Network Keeps the Snoops Away - NYTimes.com

by Neil Planchon

Mesh Networks! Several of us are passionate, interested or both. NYT doing an article is somewhat of a milestone. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/14/technology/personaltech/homemade-wireless… Share, learn and enjoy! Neil

12 years, 4 months

helium regulator needed

by Jake

does anyone have a spare regulator for a high-pressure helium tank? Argon or other noble gases (also Nitrogen) would work fine. I need this because I got a TIG welder recently from harbor freight tools. It's the cheapest TIG welder i've ever seen, lacks all the most basic features. But it still needs inert gas, and so i need a regulator (i have a tank) so if you have one, please let me know. thank you -jake

12 years, 4 months

Re: [sudo-discuss] Possible new sudo space

by mattsenate＠gmail.com

Is this the best context to wrestle with the big questions of gentrification, oppression based on race or ethnicity, etc? What if the conversation was focused, honed in on more tangible questions? Can anyone present us with some good insight and analysis based on evidence of contemporary gentrification, the east bay, Oakland, and the neighborhoods in question? What are the implications for commercial renters and social change organizations like sudo room? Can anyone find a presenter for a sudo room weekly meeting so we can learn more? By the way, Shake Anderson is planning to share the story of saving from foreclosure Liberty Hall in West Oakland at 7:30 at the sudo meeting on Wednesday. // Matt ----- Reply message ----- From: "Sonja Trauss" <sonja.trauss(a)gmail.com> To: "Pete Forsyth" <peteforsyth(a)gmail.com> Cc: "sudo-discuss" <sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org> Subject: [sudo-discuss] Possible new sudo space Date: Tue, Nov 26, 2013 10:58 Just because that's the usual context for gentrification. "pretty mixed" in that context meant in the interests and jobs of the residents. I meant w o is already home to many anarchists/ makers/ artists. Not clear though, fair. I should look up the race breakdown though. It's 65% black I think and the rest Asian Latino and white. Not in that order, I don't remember the order. On Tuesday, November 26, 2013, Pete Forsyth wrote: Sonja, given that -- as you say -- West Oakland is "pretty mixed" racially and culturally, what is it that leads you to conclude that Amber was talking about black people, and commenting on race? Pete On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 10:13 AM, Sonja Trauss <sonja.trauss(a)gmail.com> wrote: Yeah you need to give black people more credit. Did you know, some of them like coffee shops also? some of them can read? Some of them have computers? Some of them might become sudo members? Black people are pretty similar to white people and like lots of the same things!!! Wow. In any case w. O. Is pretty mixed. There are lots burners and anarchists there that would like sudo room too. My roommate Randall will be there every day if you move to 8th and Alice. Listen if anyone on this list is actually worried about the harmful effects of gentrification, I'm happy to brainstorm how to accomplish these two specific goals:Under no circumstances should the west Oakland housing projects move or be converted. (This will not be a real concern for 25 years, but still) Make new building in w o very very easy. The main attractive feature of w O is cheapness of rent. We still have plenty of empty space. There is no reason that supply tightness should cause rents to rise for 50 more years SO LONG AS ANTI GENTRIFICATION concerns DONT PREVENT NEW BUILDING. On Tuesday, November 26, 2013, Pete Forsyth wrote: Everybody has different views on gentrification. But speaking for myself, the kind that bothers me is the high-security condos with on-site parking where rich people get cheap real estate and then have zero incentive or inclination to engage with their neighbors. They drive to work, drive to Whole Foods, and in between sit behind bars on their balconies while their neighbors push shopping carts by their fortresslike front doors to the recycling center. Sudo Room *exists* to build community. It may not build the kind of community that everybody wants to participate in, but it does offer opportunities that don't exist absent a hacker space. It's hard for me to imagine Sudo Room doing damage to its neighborhood, and even if something unexpected happened, I think its community would act quickly to correct the problem. Pete On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 8:45 AM, AnimationAmber . <amberyadaanimation(a)gmail.com> wrote: It should be noted that aiming for a space in a "less-gentrified" neighborhood does overlook the possibility that Sudo's presence would have a gentrifying effect. Thoughts? -amber On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 9:06 PM, Marc Juul <juul(a)labitat.dk> wrote: Matt, Jenny and myself went and looked at another space that could potentially be a new sudo space. We've started gathering information about it here: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/8th_and_Alice My personal feeling about the space is: This is an awesome space with lots of natural light. It addresses two of the major concerns raised about The Omni in being two blocks from BART in a neighborhood that seems/feels safer than the area around MacArthur BART, and in being located in a less gentrified neighborhood. The one drawback in comparing it to the current space and The Omni is the lack of a big separate common area for events. It is _very_ similar to Noisebridge in almost every way. -- marc/juul _______________________________________________ sudo-discuss mailing list sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss --

12 years, 4 months

Fwd: [Double-Union] ChimeHack

by Marina Kukso

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: alaina percival <alainapercival(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 10:45 AM Subject: [Double-Union] ChimeHack To: doubleunion(a)lists.doubleunion.org Hey! Can you all help me get the word out about Women Who Code's first hackathon? (all genders are welcome!) We are partnering with awesome organizations like UNICEF, UN Women, and Vital Voices to produce solutions that could impact women and girls around the world. e.g. Vital Voices is presenting a hackathon challenge that would tell the story of the impact their 14,000 women leaders make on a day-to-day basis. There is going to be a $10,000 cash prize for each team that best solves a challenge. More info: http://www.meetup.com/Women-Who-Code-SF/events/147873732/ Apply here: *http://bit.ly/WWCchimeHack <http://bit.ly/WWCchimeHack>* THANK YOU! Alaina -- Alaina <http://twitter.com/alaina> 415-370-1085 _______________________________________________ Doubleunion mailing list Doubleunion(a)lists.doubleunion.org http://lists.doubleunion.org/listinfo.cgi/doubleunion-doubleunion.org

12 years, 4 months

Fwd: [P2P-F] PhD funding scheme in the UK

by Marina Kukso

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Andreas Wittel <andreas.wittel(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 7:15 AM Subject: [P2P-F] PhD funding scheme in the UK To: p2p-foundation(a)lists.ourproject.org *AHRC funding for UK/EU Arts and Humanities research students* The Midlands3Cities Doctoral Training Partnership will be awarding 410 PhD studentships over a five year period to excellent research students in the Arts and Humanities. The DTP, a collaboration between Nottingham Trent, Nottingham, Birmingham, Birmingham City, Leicester and De Montfort universities, provides research candidates with cross-institutional mentoring, expert supervision, including cross-institutional supervision where appropriate, subject specific and generic training, and professional support in preparing for a career. *Nottingham Trent University is inviting applications from students whose research interests include:* - p2p - (digital) commons - digital media - political economy - free culture, piracy, sharing, open access etc. - networked labour The deadline for AHRC funding applications is 9th January 2014, by which time students must have applied for a place to study and have provided two references to a university within the DTP. For full details of eligibility, funding and research supervision areas, please visit *MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "owa.ntu.ac.uk" claiming to be*www.midlands3cities.ac.uk<https://owa.ntu.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=9XPC5DfEikOQg7OyOEW2aLQR8npOvtAIJFZO…>or contact enquiries(a)midlands3cities.ac.uk<https://owa.ntu.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=9XPC5DfEikOQg7OyOEW2aLQR8npOvtAIJFZO…>. Please send initial expressions of interest and research proposals to andreas.wittel(a)ntu.ac.uk _______________________________________________ P2P Foundation - Mailing list http://www.p2pfoundation.net https://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation

12 years, 4 months

Re: [sudo-discuss] Decode -- a sudo room community call to action

by mattsenate＠gmail.com

The current encoding is very difficult to parse. Please share your thoughts and feelings in alternative formats, aim for simplicity and honesty, holding respect for one another. I can't tell who is upset at who or what, and feel like verbosity obscures valuable insights, praises, skepticisms, critiques, and ideas. For instance, write some ideas as pages on the wiki, or a poem, or talk to another sudoer, or a trusted friend, or join everyone at the Wednesday meeting, or whatever works to simplify and preserve your individual unique and valuable perspectives! // Matt ----- Reply message ----- From: "Max Klein" <isalix(a)gmail.com> To: "Matthew Senate" <mattsenate(a)gmail.com> Cc: "sudo-discuss" <sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org> Subject: [sudo-discuss] Decode -- a sudo room community call to action Date: Fri, Nov 22, 2013 18:28 Can you explain a bit more what a decoding of our email list would look like? For instance, is it replying to the orginal message and saying "I understand your email means [summary of contet]"? Is it spawning a separate thread discussing giving analysis on the back-and-forth, saying "in that previous thread I read sudoer1 becoming offendend by sudoer0's message"? I like your idea of giving some interpretation, and would like to know your vision for how exactly it would manifest. -notconfusing. On 21 November 2013 13:54, Matthew Senate <mattsenate(a)gmail.com> wrote: Hey all, At last night's meeting I shared that many recent threads on the email list and off-list have made me feel hurt emotionally. I get the impression that there is a feeling of a lack of resolution, and that major issues get left ignored to fester. I need help--I want to ask sudoers to decode our communications to get closer to core issues that we can learn to address to improve as a community to perform our values https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Articles_of_Association#Values I have reached out to find resources to help us grow emotionally and socially over the coming months, and I encourage others to do the same. // Matt p.s. For some time, I was burnt out on the sudo-discuss email list. In the space, on frustrated occasions, I spouted verbal negativity about the list and how I felt derailment, non-sequitur, and miscommunication promoted further negativity and did not reflect sudo's values. However, I realized this isn't how I feel about the sudo-discuss list. I have always felt it is necessary to embrace our online communications--and community--as much as any other contributing element or energy in sudo room. For this reason, it is even more crucial that I extend my personal appreciation, offer vindication for any time (all cycles) spent on sudo room, and remind myself publicly that our discussion list is a core component to running a creative community and hacker space. _______________________________________________ sudo-discuss mailing list sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss

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