as a member of this community i hereby post the following:
seeking a housemate to fill a bedroom of about 140 square feet, on the ground floor of a duplex in west oakland, starting on December 1st.
the monthly rent is $900 due to circumstances beyond my control. myself and the other two housemates are paying more for larger and less for smaller rooms, as is fair.
I will try to get you onto the lease so you have full tenants' rights. The house is in good condition, has a large common room, and clothes washer/dryer.
1.2 miles from MacArthur BART station
it has a nice backyard which is shared with the upstairs apartment, which is used as AirBNB by the capitalist landlord, but it's nice because it means that most of the time it's empty.
Please contact me by email with any questions.
Folks,
It just hit me that I should have shared this on the list a long time ago:
There is a recruiter looking (or was on Nov 3) for a System Administrator
for College of Marin.
Here is the quote of the email I got:
"Systems Administrator for a 6 month contract to hire opportunity. Hourly
rate is $45/hr. for the contract phase, and upon conversion to FTE, salary
would be $80k + full comp. package. I wanted to reach out to you and see if
you were interested or if there is anyone you know who could be a good fit?
"
I have the recruiter's contact info if someone is interested.
Thanks,
D.
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Anyone have a van, pickup truck, or even a large hatchback available, to
help me transport a 1/2 size fridge from South SF to CCL?
I bought an undercounter lab fridge on a biotech auction last week (to
replace the one in the BSL2 lab that decided it would rather be a freezer),
but now I need to go pick it up by the 17th. I could rent a uHaul, but with
mileage that would cost more than the fridge did in the first place...
Anyone available today, Wed. or Thu?
Thanks!
Patrik
hi all,
ok not really an 'emergency' unless you count the forthcoming
four-year-long state of emergency we're entering into post-Trump -
I would like to get together with anyone who is feeling the rage and
despair against the election outcome, to brainstorm how Omni can best
provide shelter, workspace and solidarity to those presently engaged in the
protests against the insanity of recent events which has ignited the bay
area.
This might mean:
- Making a flyer encouraging activists to use omni for meetings, going to
protests, and handing them out?
- Organizing banner-making sessions, weekly assemblies, etc?
- protest tactics, info sessions?
- generally getting the word out that omni can serve as a site of
interconnection and possible collaboration for various groups of activists
and activated friend groups, etc
- what can member groups supply the effort..? Ideas:
Sudo - (just riffing here):
-- disseminate peoplesopen.net to support protests?
-- fab some drones?
BAPS:
-- classes on community, solidarity, resistance, political philosophy
meeting praxis
others: ?
I am aware of other calls to action and convergences elsewhere, but I
figure we as the omni community at large should also figure out how we
might best make available our resources to the mass effort.
Niki and I will be hosting, we will try to bring some yummy food -- and
super late notice I realize but we figured hell, no time like the present
please come if you can :) and pass the word on -
love & solidarity
David
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From: Laura Turiano <scylla(a)riseup.net>
Date: Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 12:01 PM
Subject: [omni-discuss] Washington Post editor seeking opinion pieces
To:
I just got a message from a friend saying that the Washington Post digital
editor is looking for opinion pieces from activists, DREAMers, and
"protest organizers." His name is James Downie and his email is
james.downie(a)washpost.com
He wants people to pitch their piece to him, not the full piece. I assume
he wants reaction to the election and where the country is going.
Please feel free to forward.
Laura
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I need to be at home during tonight's membership meeting but will plan
to attend remotely starting around 8-8:30. If membership concurs
tonight that board should resign prior to establishing terms of fiscal
sponsorship agreement I will send mine in tonight.
On 2016-11-09 17:25, Jenny Ryan wrote:
> We do not and should not have to wait for omni & sudo consent to the exact terms of the fiscal sponsorship agreement. That will take at least 8 days - the sudo membership and omni delegates can consent on those exact terms later - we *do* urgently need the current sudo directors to resign before we can proceed with the many subsequent steps. The sudo board does not actually have power - the members can discuss at the meeting this evening and craft a proposal for the omni delegates meeting next thursday.
>
> In sum: sudo room decisions are made by consent of the membership, hence the name 'Board of Responsibility and Little Power'. As such, resignation of current directors has no bearing on the consensus process re: the fiscal sponsorship agreement.
>
> See the Timeline spreadsheet [1] and in particular Column D, "Relevant Parties". The only action the Sudo board needs to take is to resign - the rest of the decisions are in the hands of the membership. The 45-day notice is regarding amending the portion of the new bylaws terminating membership, which requires a 45-day notice OR written consent of ALL members (there are roughly 90 members).
>
> The new Sudo/Omni board that I elect once the rest resign can amend the bylaws with the exception of the part about terminating membership.
>
> The 10-day notice sent to the Sudo members on Nov 5th for a Nov 16th meeting (next Wednesday) is for amending our Articles of Incorporation to change our name and activities. Membership consent re: changing our Articles is required in our current bylaws with a 10-day notice.
>
> I hope this clears things up. I don't mean to be rude when I say, please resign asap so we can move forward with the rest of the process.
>
> Bureaucratically yours :P,
>
> Jenny
>
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>
> "Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it."
> -Hannah Arendt
>
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> -Stéphane Mallarmé
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> On Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 1:47 PM, <hol(a)gaskill.com> wrote:
>
> I think review should fit within currently planned timetable as I understand it. Jesse made some updates to the fiscal sponsorship doc Jenny linked to below, could use eyes on as I won't have a chance to read until tonight. I believe we need to meet this upcoming monday to stay on track - can some folks commit to meeting at sudo? We are allowed to meet via email but would be good to see folks and catch up IRL.
>
> Some of the elements as proposed still need to be confirmed by Omni board (this week?) namely the proposed rent cap/reduction. Once the terms of the fiscal sponsorship agreement are cleared with both sudo and omni, we pass the resolution ASAP and can resign, then I *believe* the 45 day period only applies to the official changes that need to be made to bylaws, which the new board can take care of.
>
> On 2016-11-08 19:08, Scott Edmonds wrote:
> Hol, is it my understanding that the timetable on all this stuff is getting pushed back for a better review, re: resignations?
>
> Best,
> Scott Edmonds
> 510-928-3469 [2]
> Sent from mobile device
>
> On Nov 7, 2016, at 6:03 PM, hol(a)gaskill.com wrote:
>
> You're doing an exceptional job in your role representing sudo on Omni BOD Jenny and I can only process a few nuts and bolts of the arrangement at a time so let's not even go there :) I will continue to help as much as I can but, fair warning, I am getting married in less than 2 weeks and can only contribute in short bursts until Dec.
>
> Thanks for sending this discussion over to Jesse to hash out some details. To save folks time reviewing the convo I'll re-summarize the latest below:
>
> Jesse has provided some preliminary feedback that while it's unrealistic (or alternately, just unfair to other orgs) to cap rent due to variability of inevitable costs, so I propose Omni1 or Omni2 specifically enumerate the allowable reasons to raise rent. After reading the draft fiscal sponsorship agreement it looks like there are only some minor revisions needed so the 'bit of time' you spent on it was epic and has already gotten us to the home stretch pending Jesse's detailed review. There are some common sense conditions placed on the sponsorship arrangement that I concur with, so will happily walk back the 'without precondition' part. HOWEVER, SECTION 8 I THINK WE NEED TO STRIKE COMPLETELY AS ALLOWING ARBITRARY TERMINATION OF FISCAL SPONSORSHIP:
> "8. THE BOARD RETAINS THE RIGHT TO TERMINATE COLLECTION OF FUNDS FOR THE PROJECT AT ANY TIME UPON GIVING WRITTEN NOTICE TO THE COMMITTEE. IF THE BOARD TERMINATES COLLECTION OF FUNDS UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH, ANY FUNDS HELD BY THE CORPORATION AS OF THE DATE OF SAID TERMINATION MAY BE SPENT BY THE COMMITTEE PURSUANT TO THIS RESOLUTION AFTER THE DATE OF TERMINATION."
>
> On another important topic, has Omni1 agreed to the $2k all-in rebasing of rent? I have not seen discussion on the topic but it seems like unless Omni2 is anticipated to load up on additional cash, all orgs' rent should go down to ~1/2 of existing rate assuming we refinance with a 30-year mortgage around $250k additional costs to pay down old debt and make repairs to building, etc prior to the balloon payment. None of this money is sudo's to spend regardless, I am just asking in order to get a sense of what sudo's expenses would look like on a cost recovery basis. There has been some discussion of 'market' adjustments but this seems to conflict with the overarching principle of maintaining this space as a commons so I propose we nip it in the bud.
>
> Thanks again to all who have gotten us to this point!
> On 2016-11-06 23:37, Jenny Ryan wrote:
>
> I'm sorry, Hol! I was very overwhelmed by the textwall, I'll admit. My personal task list regarding this process is extremely long and time-sensitive, involving over 20 documents that need to be signed by or sent to a multiplicity of parties. The Timeline spreadsheet doesn't even list half of them, though I will try to add them for the sake of transparency.
>
> Replies inline:
>
> On Sat, Nov 5, 2016 at 9:54 PM, <hol(a)gaskill.com> wrote:
>
> sudo room membership,
>
> I understand Jenny and many other folks have worked hard on this and I fully believe that sudo room's future is inseparable from the Omni. That being said I have deep concern about the way this is being pushed through. The meeting minutes from 10/12 and other docs linked to today still refer to a 50/50 split and tenants in common agreement whereas my understanding was that the legal entity we have been calling 'Omni2' would have sole ownership of the building to keep things much simpler. Any resolution the board passes should match what the membership has approved and not take liberties with important variables.
This entails having actual meetings that are actually facilitated by
someone who actually creates an agenda, communicates with the
membership, takes notes, and records them on the list and on the wiki.
That has not been happening for many months now, and my agreements with
others to take over facilitating such meetings with sudo have not, to my
knowledge, other than Marc presenting the 10/12 proposal on my behalf,
resulted in anything resembling facilitated and structured meetings.
We need to meet on Wednesday then, and pass this proposal. I will update
the agenda and facilitate this Wednesday, unless someone else
volunteers.
> So far the board are just being asked to resign (to be clear, I am happy to step aside myself rather than sign something that puts sudo room's ability to receive donations at full face value) and trust that Omni's board will act in our interest, but given the level of distrust some individuals within that group have expressed of sudo room, it seems wholly defensible for us to define some critically important terms prior to handoff while we are still legally whole.
Omni's bylaws empower a Delegate's Council composed of a representative
from each member collective - including Sudo Room - to approve decisions
by consensus. Would people feel more confident with Hol as director of
Sudo Room? It has been me since 2014, but I'm happy to cede that seat
and remain an officer (secretary or president) if and as nominated and
elected. If neither, Hol you will need to work closely with me over the
next several weeks to review and sign many documents.
> Per Jenny's and my meeting 2 weeks ago with Kyle (while he was still our legal counsel) the current board was to pass the resolution renaming sudo room's legal entity and enshrine a few protections for the soon to be much more vulnerable sudo room prior to resigning to make way for the new board. Pasted below are the concerns that I raised on 10/20 on the board listserv. There was no discussion on this topic on that listserv other than from Jenny and Kyle, so I am repeating now for the general membership to weigh in and maybe clarify how these concerns relate to some of the discussion at the 10/12 meeting, and their sense from being there. THE MOST CRITICAL IS ISSUE 2 WHERE WE WOULD NEED TO CLEARLY INDICATE THAT SUDO ROOM WOULD BE A FISCALLY SPONSORED PROJECT OF OMNI2 IN PERPETUITY, WITHOUT CHARGE OR PRECONDITION, REGARDLESS OF MEMBERSHIP STATUS WITHIN THE OMNI. IF THIS IS ALREADY INCLUDED IN THE DOCUMENTATION YOU LINKED, PLEASE POINT US TO IT, BUT I DID NOT SEE ANYTHING
COVERING THIS.
This is a really excellent point. As mentioned in the timeline
spreadsheet, Jesse is preparing the fiscal sponsorship agreement, but
that document is not ready yet and would be consented on in
collaboration with both Omni and Sudo's responsible groups (Omni's
Finance WG + sudo room's membership consensus at a meeting). However,
given the concerns you've raised and the timeliness of the matter, I
took a bit of time to draft a version of Omni's standard fiscal
sponsorship agreement myself and shared it with Jesse in the event
further edits are needed. Please comment with proposed changes:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FpE1-OikfLmqENzIprlHatZpi9UhCzJteI6qcTG…
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> _PROPOSAL TO INCLUDE IN TRANSITION DEAL:_ SUDO ROOM'S RENT AND PERCENTAGE ALLOCATION OF SHARED COSTS ARE CAPPED AT CURRENT LEVELS, AND CURRENT SPACE ALLOCATIONS ARE PRESERVED AS LONG AS OMNI2 OWNS OR MANAGES THE BUILDING. SUDO ROOM WOULD HOWEVER NOT BE EXEMPT FROM NORMAL CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO OTHER COLLECTIVES FOR MAINTAINING GOOD STANDING. ANY FUTURE INCREASES IN RENT OR DECREASES IN SPACE MUST PASS BY CONSENSUS AMONG SUDO ROOM MEMBERS. There was discussion around issue 1 in the notes but nothing in the resolution.
I will pass this along to Jesse, but again, such decisions are governed
by the Omni Delegates Council, and Sudo's Delegate is responsible to
represent the consensus of the membership.
> issue 2: fiscal sponsorship
> This is the obvious one - by becoming a fiscally sponsored project of Omni2, we would need guaranteed continuity in fiscal sponsorship, free of charge or precondition.
> _PROPOSAL TO INCLUDE IN TRANSITION DEAL:_ SUDO ROOM WILL BE FISCALLY SPONSORED BY OMNI2 UNCONDITIONALLY AND FREE OF CHARGE OR PRECONDITION AS LONG AS OMNI2 AND SUDO BOTH CONTINUE TO OPERATE, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUDO ROOM REMAINS A COLLECTIVE IN GOOD STANDING WITH, OR TENANT OF, OMNI2.
The conditions are outlined in the fiscal sponsorship agreement, and
this seems extreme. Any collective - including Sudo - could become
soured by nefarious characters or general malaise, and no responsible
organization would sign a document tying them to another indefinitely
regardless of the other remaining in good standing. Either way, sudo
would have no difficulty obtaining a new fiscal sponsor immediately if
the paths of both orgs were to diverge.
The charge is the monthly rent, which I've proposed to reduce from $2446
to $2000. Omni will remain fiscally-solvent, and sudo moreso, as our
currently monthly income is around $1500 (we've been heavily subsidized
by generous members for months now). I will make this an official
proposal in the coming week.
> issue 3: sunset
> If the mission has been completed or changed from 4799 ownership, org reverts to sudo room control. No assets, building, etc, just the piece of paper back. Intent is to leave language allowing Omni 2 to do more than this, but at a minimum maintain 4799. This is the whole reason it makes sense to go out on this limb, to stand our ground and maintain a commons where we are.
> _proposal to include in transition deal:_ In the event Omni2 amends its mission statement to no longer include ownership and management of the building or otherwise reassigns this activity to another organization, or should 4799 Shattuck for any other reason no longer be in the possession of Omni2, the mission of the organization shall revert to the original sudo room mission and the sudo room general membership shall nominate a new board.
That is a really interesting piece I didn't grok fully when I first read
your email. I will pass this along to Jesse. We could possibly
incorporate this into new-omni's bylaws.
> That's the end of the text I sent the board. Below are 2 new minor issues I observe from looking through the google doc folder:
> -Actions for sudo room's board reference an Exhibit A (and in the Omni folder an Exhibit B is mentioned) but neither exhibits appear to be in cluded in the shared folder for review.
Everything is still in process, namely the amended bylaws which I will
work on tonight. Relevant notes for this are in the 'Status' column.
> -Whereas 45 day notice is claimed, the date on the proposed meeting for sudo room is 9 days from now. I would ask Jesse to clarify whether this detail of the proposed schedule satisfies legal requirements.
There are 2 special meetings of the members that are being called,
because according to Sudo's bylaws, a 45-day notice of a special meeting
and quorum consent by members is needed in order to pass an amendment to
the Bylaws terminating membership. The new-Omni board can pass the rest
of the amended Bylaws.
So the 1st meeting, which requires only a 10-day notice, is for sudo's
membership to change it's Articles of Incorporation to reflect a name
change to'Omni Commons' and to incorporate the charitable activities of
Omni. This was sent to the membership list (not the full -discuss list,
as only members can vote) on Nov. 5th, scheduled for Nov. 16th at 7pm. I
updated the membership mailing list prior to sending the notice,
incoporating any new currently-paying members registered on sudo-humans.
That list has 93 members. We need a quorum of 10 in consensus to pass
the proposed amendment.
The new Board of Directors, whom I am electing upon resignation of the
rest of the Directors, incorporates an updated list of Directors
consented on at the last Omni Delegates Meeting. I have compiled this
new BoD list here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bml7wmHk1l1gwB-hRV-CHB0w2x_hv6tCZhZKMij…
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> Thanks to all who made it this far in this brutal textwall. Again, I am happy to step aside if seeking written resolution of these concerns comes across as obstructionist - I am simply reading as much of the plan as currently proposed as I can in the same day, and sharing my analysis with sudo room's membership, which is the behavior that I think led to me being asked to occasionally read and sign things in the first place.
You are awesome. Thank you for your dedication to our value of
transparency and general due diligence.
> Much Love,
> Hol
>
> On 2016-11-05 12:05, Jenny Ryan wrote:
>
> Greetings sudo-board!
>
> The time has come to engage in a number of actions to complete the transition from Sudo Room -> Omni Commons as we proceed to buy the building. Your help is needed!
>
> I will shortly be sending you a Letter of Resignation for each current director to sign via DocuSign. Since we need at least one Director to remain on the Board and elect the new Board, and I am on the Board of both Sudo and Omni, I will not resign and will elect the new Board.
>
> This new Board will pass resolutions amending our Articles and Bylaws to reflect those of Omni's.
>
> You can see the full timeline of these next steps here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17qHsn6HUcqWGElqFEdmauFQTrdE-JhyT5pZ… [1]
>
> And all the docs Jesse and I have been working on here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4_Q7DQvNFT-UHl3Q2ZGTks1Njg [3]
>
> If you're a bit behind on what's been going on re: the building purchase, you can review that here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/12412blyXCVLkjJHrKXIipJTRaOzpNbQcB8SddSq… [4]
>
> Thank you all for your helping to steward Sudo's Board of Responsibility and Little Power over the years. Sudo will become a fiscally-sponsored project of this new Omni, with the option to become a full 501c3 again sometime in the future.
>
> This action has been approved by the members of Sudo Room at our last meeting on 10/12: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Meeting_Notes_2016-10-12#Consensus [5]
>
> and authorized by Jesse Palmer, who now legally represents both the Omni Oakland Commons and Sudo Room.
>
> Thank you,
> Jenny
>
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[3] https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4_Q7DQvNFT-UHl3Q2ZGTks1Njg
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[6] https://sudoroom.org/lists/listinfo/board
[7] https://sudoroom.org/lists/listinfo/sudo-discuss
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7pm!
We need a quorum of 10 members to consent to the amended building purchase
proposal:
Since the last monthly sudo meeting, in which we consented
<https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Meeting_Notes_2016-10-12#Proposals> to a 50/50
split of ownership with the omni by accepting the $1m donation, amending
our name and bylaws to mirror that of the current Omni entity, and becoming
a fiscally-sponsored project of this reformed org, the Omni's Fundraising
Working Group has developed a proposal that eases the financial and
bureaucratic overhead of splitting all income, expenses, and
responsibilities. The delegate council of the Omni has consented to a
proposal that sudo room accept BOTH the $1m donation and the $1m loan,
fully adopt Omni's bylaws and Board of Directors, and steward full
ownership of the building moving forward.
*Proposal: Extending the proposal consented on at the October 12th meeting,
Sudo Room will also accept the $1m loan and steward full ownership of 4799
Shattuck. To this end, Sudo Room authorizes Jennifer Ryan and Matthew
Senate, who are currently the authorized signatories of Sudo Room's bank
account, to make any financial transactions necessary to complete the
building purchase on behalf of the organization.*
If you cannot attend in-person, you can attend remotely on the pad.
Hope to see some of you tonight!
Cheers,
Jenny
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sudo room membership,
I understand Jenny and many other folks have worked hard on this and I
fully believe that sudo room's future is inseparable from the Omni.
That being said I have deep concern about the way this is being pushed
through. The meeting minutes from 10/12 and other docs linked to today
still refer to a 50/50 split and tenants in common agreement whereas my
understanding was that the legal entity we have been calling 'Omni2'
would have sole ownership of the building to keep things much simpler.
Any resolution the board passes should match what the membership has
approved and not take liberties with important variables.
So far the board are just being asked to resign (to be clear, I am happy
to step aside myself rather than sign something that puts sudo room's
ability to receive donations at full face value) and trust that Omni's
board will act in our interest, but given the level of distrust some
individuals within that group have expressed of sudo room, it seems
wholly defensible for us to define some critically important terms prior
to handoff while we are still legally whole.
Per Jenny's and my meeting 2 weeks ago with Kyle (while he was still our
legal counsel) the current board was to pass the resolution renaming
sudo room's legal entity and enshrine a few protections for the soon to
be much more vulnerable sudo room prior to resigning to make way for the
new board. Pasted below are the concerns that I raised on 10/20 on the
board listserv. There was no discussion on this topic on that listserv
other than from Jenny and Kyle, so I am repeating now for the general
membership to weigh in and maybe clarify how these concerns relate to
some of the discussion at the 10/12 meeting, and their sense from being
there. THE MOST CRITICAL IS ISSUE 2 WHERE WE WOULD NEED TO CLEARLY
INDICATE THAT SUDO ROOM WOULD BE A FISCALLY SPONSORED PROJECT OF OMNI2
IN PERPETUITY, WITHOUT CHARGE OR PRECONDITION, REGARDLESS OF MEMBERSHIP
STATUS WITHIN THE OMNI. IF THIS IS ALREADY INCLUDED IN THE
DOCUMENTATION YOU LINKED, PLEASE POINT US TO IT, BUT I DID NOT SEE
ANYTHING COVERING THIS.
ISSUE 1: PRESSURE FOR SPACE, PAST AND FUTURE
For the past 2.5 years it has been a struggle to keep the building
occupied, energized, and above water in terms of expenses. Huge amounts
of energy have been spent by key sudo room members and there has been
much progress and stability compared to those early days, and with the
prospect of owning the building I think alot of orgs that were tentative
or on the fence will want in. From reading the notes it appears this is
already occurring. While those here today know that sudo room and the
people it brought into the building have been essential to carrying us
to this point, this may not always be the case, and we may be faced with
growing pressure to pay more than we can afford, or make do with less
than we need, when so much has been sacrificed to stake out this small
piece of space in Oakland for our activities. Since moving to the Omni
and almost doubling our expenses to keep things afloat we have not been
fiscally solvent and we must protect against further rent increases as
part of this transition if we are to exist long enough to bask in the
success of Omni as a whole. As we will be buying the building outright,
I cannot think of a financial pretext for future rent increases on sudo
room, and any increases in sudo room donations can go toward our
important work.
_PROPOSAL TO INCLUDE IN TRANSITION DEAL:_ SUDO ROOM'S RENT AND
PERCENTAGE ALLOCATION OF SHARED COSTS ARE CAPPED AT CURRENT LEVELS, AND
CURRENT SPACE ALLOCATIONS ARE PRESERVED AS LONG AS OMNI2 OWNS OR MANAGES
THE BUILDING. SUDO ROOM WOULD HOWEVER NOT BE EXEMPT FROM NORMAL
CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO OTHER COLLECTIVES FOR MAINTAINING GOOD
STANDING. ANY FUTURE INCREASES IN RENT OR DECREASES IN SPACE MUST PASS
BY CONSENSUS AMONG SUDO ROOM MEMBERS. There was discussion around issue
1 in the notes but nothing in the resolution.
issue 2: fiscal sponsorship
This is the obvious one - by becoming a fiscally sponsored project of
Omni2, we would need guaranteed continuity in fiscal sponsorship, free
of charge or precondition.
_proposal to include in transition deal:_ sudo room will be fiscally
sponsored by Omni2 unconditionally and free of charge or precondition as
long as Omni2 and Sudo both continue to operate, regardless of whether
sudo room remains a collective in good standing with, or tenant of,
Omni2.
issue 3: sunset
If the mission has been completed or changed from 4799 ownership, org
reverts to sudo room control. No assets, building, etc, just the piece
of paper back. Intent is to leave language allowing Omni 2 to do more
than this, but at a minimum maintain 4799. This is the whole reason it
makes sense to go out on this limb, to stand our ground and maintain a
commons where we are.
_proposal to include in transition deal:_ In the event Omni2 amends its
mission statement to no longer include ownership and management of the
building or otherwise reassigns this activity to another organization,
or should 4799 Shattuck for any other reason no longer be in the
possession of Omni2, the mission of the organization shall revert to the
original sudo room mission and the sudo room general membership shall
nominate a new board.
That's the end of the text I sent the board. Below are 2 new minor
issues I observe from looking through the google doc folder:
-Actions for sudo room's board reference an Exhibit A (and in the Omni
folder an Exhibit B is mentioned) but neither exhibits appear to be in
cluded in the shared folder for review.
-Whereas 45 day notice is claimed, the date on the proposed meeting for
sudo room is 9 days from now. I would ask Jesse to clarify whether this
detail of the proposed schedule satisfies legal requirements.
Thanks to all who made it this far in this brutal textwall. Again, I am
happy to step aside if seeking written resolution of these concerns
comes across as obstructionist - I am simply reading as much of the plan
as currently proposed as I can in the same day, and sharing my analysis
with sudo room's membership, which is the behavior that I think led to
me being asked to occasionally read and sign things in the first place.
Much Love,
Hol
On 2016-11-05 12:05, Jenny Ryan wrote:
> Greetings sudo-board!
>
> The time has come to engage in a number of actions to complete the transition from Sudo Room -> Omni Commons as we proceed to buy the building. Your help is needed!
>
> I will shortly be sending you a Letter of Resignation for each current director to sign via DocuSign. Since we need at least one Director to remain on the Board and elect the new Board, and I am on the Board of both Sudo and Omni, I will not resign and will elect the new Board.
>
> This new Board will pass resolutions amending our Articles and Bylaws to reflect those of Omni's.
>
> You can see the full timeline of these next steps here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17qHsn6HUcqWGElqFEdmauFQTrdE-JhyT5pZ…
>
> And all the docs Jesse and I have been working on here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4_Q7DQvNFT-UHl3Q2ZGTks1Njg
>
> If you're a bit behind on what's been going on re: the building purchase, you can review that here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/12412blyXCVLkjJHrKXIipJTRaOzpNbQcB8SddSq…
>
> Thank you all for your helping to steward Sudo's Board of Responsibility and Little Power over the years. Sudo will become a fiscally-sponsored project of this new Omni, with the option to become a full 501c3 again sometime in the future.
>
> This action has been approved by the members of Sudo Room at our last meeting on 10/12: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Meeting_Notes_2016-10-12#Consensus
>
> and authorized by Jesse Palmer, who now legally represents both the Omni Oakland Commons and Sudo Room.
>
> Thank you,
> Jenny
>
> Help open a people-powered common space in Oakland, California!
> https://omnicommons.org/donate
>
> `~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`
> "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
> ~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`
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I will likely miss this week's Hardware Hacking Tuesday because I will likely attend this post-election event at NIMBY of Oakland
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/electoral-catharsis-tickets-28847902854
Hardware Hacking Tuesday will resume next week and we will hack 2X as hard to make up for it.
Of course if you access Sudoroom this tuesday night you are encouraged to hack hardware (or whatever) without me.
thank you,
-jake
Dear Sudo Room,
Here's your invoice! We appreciate your prompt payment.
Thanks for stewarding the commons!
Omni Oakland
------------------------ Invoice Summary --------------------------
Invoice # : 1514
Invoice Date: 11/15/2016
Due Date: 11/25/2016
Terms: Net 10
Amount Due: $2,446.00
The complete version has been provided as an attachment to this email.
---------------------------------------------------------------------
<https://www.linkedin.com/in/trentrobbins>Anyone know a source for some
sheet metal?
I need 4 sheets at about 24" by 14". The 14" dimension has some
flexibility.
Preferably galvanized and not stainless as it will be welded.
I found a place with 4'x8' sheets but do not have a truck.
Thanks,
Trent
Hi all,
As some of you may know, I've been involved in the Nation of Maker
initiative to create a national 501(c)3 umbrella organization for
makerspaces. If folks from Sudo are interested in being more involved in
this process, let me know, and we can get you in touch.
Some of the ways you can help out would be by writing a letter of support
on behalf of Sudo. Maker/hackerspaces around the country will also be
organizing "Maker Meals" where they invite their neighbors to sit down over
a meal or potluck. If anyone in Sudo would like to help organize such a
"Maker Meal" together with CCL, please let me know! I don't think we have
enough free energy to do one of these by ourselves right now, but we are
definitely planning to write a letter of support. We're targeting all this
for the week of November 15, when there will be a big announcement planned
for the Nation of Makers initiative. The email I attached below has much
more info on everything that is going on with Nation of Makers, Maker
Meals, letters of support, etc.
Along the same lines, I recently reached out to Oakland Makers to see if
they were still alive. They were very active two years ago or so, with a
ton of support from the City under then-mayor Jean Quan, but it seems they
mostly went dormant for the past year. To my surprise I got an immediate
email back from Hiroko from 25th Street Collective, suggesting we set up a
conference call or meet up with Karen Cusolito from American Steel and
Danny Beesley. If anyone would like to be involved in reviving Oakland
Makers (and maybe put some more of our own stamp on it!), please let me
know...
Thanks!
Patrik
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Coy, Andrew B. EOP/OSTP <Andrew_B_Coy(a)ostp.eop.gov>
Date: Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 12:09 PM
Subject: [ACTION ITEMS] Overview of Opportunities for Nation of Makers
To: "patrikd(a)gmail.com" <patrikd(a)gmail.com>
Dear Makers:
As you all enter the final stretch between now and November 15th there is a
growing number of action items and ways for you and your organization to
get involved. For your benefit in cataloging and prioritizing, please find
a list of top-line items below:
1. Build the Movement In Your Community!
a) *Makers Meals* – organized by you to happen during week of November
13th-19th
* <http://www.google.com/>*
*CLICK HERE <https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2JwW1v2PEFIVzdMYXRzcVoyYms>*
b) *Letters of Support* – written by your organization about the maker
movement and Nation of Makers (see attached) *[DUE: NOVEMBER 10th]*
* <http://www.google.com/>*
*CLICK HERE <https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2JwW1v2PEFINVc4VHpNU2lhbms>*
c) *Media / Op-Eds* – to be published on or after *NOT BEFORE*
November 15th
* <http://www.google.com/>*
*CLICK HERE <https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2JwW1v2PEFIcGJIV1RNaGNkYVk>*
2. Nominate Individuals to Serve!
a) *Board of Advisors / Board of Directors* – help build out the
organization by identifying those who are uniquely positioned to serve from
within the community (click here for MORE INFORMATION
<http://us14.campaign-archive2.com/?u=99d61ca81b9620dadd00edd4e&id=1b04c3412…>
/ *click here to NOMINATE
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScU9nhts4LKcTp6mKuuijTP3IzZXmXSTRz…>*)
*[DUE: NOVEMBER 4th]*
3. Join the Whole Group Conference Calls!
a) *Thursday, November 3rd @ 8pm* * [TONIGHT]*
o Date: Thursday, November 3rd
o Time: 8:00pm – 9:30pm ET
o Call In: (888) 330-1716
o Code: 4031673#
b) *Wednesday, November 9th @ 8pm ET* *[LAST WHOLE-GROUP CALL BEFORE
ANNOUNCEMENT]*
o Date: Wednesday, November 10th
o Time: 8:00pm – 9:30pm ET
o Call In: (888) 330-1716
o Code: 4031673#
4. Join the Conversation Online!
a) *Email Newsletter*
o Link to sign up for the Mail Chimp: http://bit.ly/nom_email_signup
o To ensure the email does not get automatically filtered out of your
inbox, folks have suggested making sure to add the
NoMTransitionGroup(a)gmail.com to your contacts list to avoid missing any
emails
b) *Slack Channel*
o Email NoM Transition Group (NoMTransitionGroup(a)gmail.com) and they will
be able to directly add you to the channel.
Looking forward to seeing what you all as a community are able to
accomplish but in the lead-up to the November 15th announcement and in the
weeks, months, and years that follow! It’s wonderful to see the maker
community rising to the next level of organizational capacity!
Please *feel free to forward this email on to any makers you think should
also be receiving it* as my email list is by no means comprehensive and I
am sure I am missing folks that would like to be receiving it!
Andrew Coy
Senior Advisor for Making
Office of Science and Technology Policy
Executive Office of the President | The White House
whitehouse.gov/ostp | acoy(a)ostp.eop.gov
Advanced Introduction to GnuPG
<https://noisebridge.net/wiki/Advanced_Introduction_to_GnuPG#column-one>
<https://noisebridge.net/wiki/Advanced_Introduction_to_GnuPG#searchInput>
Neal Walfield is giving a technical talk on GnuPG. His bio, and the
abstract for the talk, can be found below. He give this talk in earlier in
the week at OpenDNS, so this is your chance to catch it at Noisebridge!
[edit
<https://noisebridge.net/index.php?title=Advanced_Introduction_to_GnuPG&acti…>
]When??
Thursday, 11/03/2016, estimated at 7pm. Talk runs 45 minutes, free to the
public, and ends with a Q&A that typically runs just as long. Bring your
questions!
[edit
<https://noisebridge.net/index.php?title=Advanced_Introduction_to_GnuPG&acti…>
]Abstract
GnuPG is a powerful tool. In this practical presentation, I will start with
an overview of OpenPGP, the messaging protocol that GnuPG implements. Then,
I will explain GnuPG's architecture, some good practices, and some neat
tricks. This talk is specifically targeted at people who already have a
basic understanding of how GnuPG works, and are interested in understanding
what's under the hood.
[edit
<https://noisebridge.net/index.php?title=Advanced_Introduction_to_GnuPG&acti…>
]Bio
Neal has been hacking on and contributing to free software for over 20
years. Among other projects, he has contributed to GNU Hurd and GPE (the
GNU Palm Environment). After g10code's highly successful fund raising
campaign at the end of 2014 for GnuPG, he was hired by Werner Koch to work
on GnuPG. During the past two years at g10code, Neal has implemented the
new trust on first use (TOFU) trust model, and fixed GNOME Keyring to
better interact with GnuPG, among other things.
Trying to slap a demo together for Hackaday SuperConf and I forgot to order
the battery I need and won't be able to get one in time so hoping someone
might have something I can borrow or buy.
Looking for a ~110mAh battery similar to this.
https://www.sparkfun.com/products/13853
I think there are some small drones that use tiny lipos like that, maybe
someone has an extra. Need something by Thur morning.
Thanks
Hi all,
I was referred to your group by a colleague. I work on photo shoots and we are looking to have a robot made for it. The image being shot is young people in a class room scanning the robot in a 3D printer. The shoot will take place in the bay area.
Here are the basic requirements for it:
Cannot be proprietary, must be unique
Does not have to work (but must look like it does)
Appropriate for high school age kids
Be approx 12” high
We are open to someone who already has one built or someone who can build one. We need it by next Friday.
Please email me at cole(a)blueceiling.com <mailto:cole@blueceiling.com> if you are interested and we can discuss the cost of rental/building, details of the robot, etc.
Thanks so much for your time! Hope to hear from some of you.
Best,
Cole Church
http://www.meetup.com/OpenLate/events/234006159/
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
6:30 PM
135 Bluxome, San Francisco, CA (map)
Neal Walfield is giving a technical talk on GnuPG. His bio, and the
abstract for the talk, can be found below.
Abstract
GnuPG is a powerful tool. In this practical presentation, I
will start with an overview of OpenPGP, the messaging protocol that GnuPG
implements. Then, I will explain GnuPG's architecture, some good practices,
and some neat tricks. This talk is specifically targeted at people who
already have a basic understanding of how GnuPG works, and are interested
in understanding what's under the hood.
Bio
Neal has been hacking on and contributing to free software for over 20
years. Among other projects, he has contributed to GNU Hurd and GPE (the
GNU Palm Environment). After g10code's highly successful fund raising
campaign at the end of 2014 for GnuPG, he was hired by Werner Koch to work
on GnuPG. During the past two years at g10code, Neal has implemented the
new trust on first use (TOFU) trust model, and fixed GNOME Keyring to
better interact with GnuPG, among other things.
by "jake's co-working station" robb means "the pair-programming station"
which is a desk on wheels with two monitors, two keyboards, and two
computers arranged symmetrically so that two people can use the same
computer.
https://sudoroom.org/wiki/
there are three UPS at the pair programming station. One is the one that
the station is plugged into, which does not have a USB port, just the
weird DE9F socket that may have this pinout:
http://www.diger-mobile.narod.ru/pic/apc_conn.gif
or this:
http://www.junradio.com/mid/UPS/image003.gif
there's another large UPS on the floor which got rained on and stopped
working, which is unfortunate because it has USB and i actually had it
working on a rooftop system, protecting that system from unexpected power
failures (it would safely shut down when power went out, and turned back
on when power returned) but maybe it could be fixed
and the third UPS is a weird 12v thing like this:
https://www.amazon.com/Belkin-Battery-Backup-Supply-BU3DC000/dp/B004RRX1CGhttp://cache-www.belkin.com/support/dl/p75319-b-bu3dc000-12v.pdf
it doesn't have any alarm outputs (unless you count the LEDs) but since it
serves the DC output directly, we can monitor battery voltage the same way
it's done at the front door computer - that is, it's 13.7VDC when AC is
present but it will go down if the power fails.
-jake
On Thu, 27 Oct 2016, robb wrote:
> there's a working 12v ups by jake's co-working station
>
> is ccl onboard with locking the door?
>
> On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 3:43 AM, Marc Juul <juul(a)labitat.dk> wrote:
>> We definitely want a door. I have all the stuff for it ready to go. Got
>> delayed because the RFID readers i ordered from china was defective.
>>
>> The door to stage and basement can be default locked with only a few
>> people having keys (for now, we can RFID them later if needed). They are
>> not fire doors.
>>
>> The door near the bathroom needs a panic bar and an electric strike and an
>> RFID reader and magnetic card reader and a beagle bone black and a battery
>> backup and a box to mount it on the wall. We have all of this. Some minor
>> woodworking will be necessary to install the electric strike.
>>
>> I haven't tested the new shipment of RFID readers yet.
>>
>> --
>> marc/juul
>>
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