- sudo-discuss - sudoroom.org

Re: [sudo-discuss] [sudo-taxes] a poll! should sudo become a 501c3

by yar

>> Sudoroom already formally consented at a Wednesday meeting that we >> want to be a 501c3. It was this meeting: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Meeting_Notes_2014-03-19

11 years, 3 months

1
0
0 0

Re: [sudo-discuss] [sudo-taxes] a poll! should sudo become a 501c3

by yar

On Sun, Dec 28, 2014 at 3:42 PM, April Glaser <april.glaser(a)riseup.net> wrote: > Seems like we need to decide if becoming a 501c3 is worth the several $100 > investment and mental energy. > > Consider this an open poll to determine if a 501c3 is the wise path for > sudo: https://dudle.inf.tu-dresden.de/sudo501c3 Sudoroom already formally consented at a Wednesday meeting that we want to be a 501c3. The question is when, not if. i.e. when we have the time and money to apply.

11 years, 3 months

2
1
0 0

Notes from Meeting With Potential Sudo Lawyer

by Maximilian Klein

1) Do we even really need 501c3? 501c3 is a means to an end. The benefit is that large institutions wont donate or grant to us without it. The downside is that it will cost several hundred dollars and is a PITA from a effort point of view. Smaller institutions can donate to us and get their donations tax exempted as long as they do, (and they can) argue that we are in spirit a non-profit. So we should only get 501c3, if we think other umbrellas aren't easier, and we see big donations coming in later. 1a) we need to determine the probability of getting such a donation from a large instituion in the next year 2) Incorporating. It's not enough to just file papers because in a pinch if we do not act and do all our board meeting officiating properly we could be dismissed as a farce of a incorporation. 3) changing the articles of incorporation has to happen in sacramento and is expensive and slow. it's easier to edit the by laws if possible. 4) we need to make records whenever the board of directors issues dirctives, however small. 5) if we ever became so attached to the omni that it would break sudo spiritually or financially to move out then we need to get a formal contract with omni. 6) the IRS is allergic to nonprofits that use certain words like "tea party" and surprisingly "open source" because they've been burned by those types before. 7) treasurer does not have heightened financially responsibility than anyone else on the board. Make a great day, Max Klein ‽ http://notconfusing.com/

11 years, 3 months

4
3
0 0

Some things

by Scott Nanos

Firstly, been loving the emails about how to handle critique and how to make meeting better for everyone! Second, is anyone going to the general strike assembly today at the omni? Would love to get some notes on it! I'll be stuck across the street :/ Lastly, OMNI got hit up by taggers last night, fairly hard. One is sort of pleasing aesthetically but obvi. they all got to get painted over. I can be at OMNI tmrw around noon to paint over it, does anyone know where paint and supplies are kept at the moment? Xoxo Scott

11 years, 3 months

1
0
0 0

Re: [sudo-discuss] SudoRoom open Sunday ?

by Jake

i'm surprised you're not a member yet! if you're a member you get an access card to the building and can come into sudoroom any time you want. you can always call the sudoroom telephone to see if there's anyone there, 510-858-7155 -jake On Fri Dec 26th Romy wrote: Is it open Sunday ? I'd like to photograph and work on the 3D printer if possible for the upcoming SudoKit project .. Best Romy

11 years, 3 months

2
1
0 0

SudoRoom open Sunday ?

by Romy＠snowyla

Is it open Sunday ? I'd like to photograph and work on the 3D printer if possible for the upcoming SudoKit project .. Best Romy Sent from my iPhone

11 years, 3 months

1
0
0 0

New Year's Eve

by Ira Brightman

Hi All, There was discussion at a recent meeting about a possible New Year's Eve party next Wednesday, since it's also the date of the weekly meeting, instead of the meeting. Has anything been decided about this? If so what is the starting time, etc. Have a funny day.Best to everyone,Ira Brightman

11 years, 3 months

1
0
0 0

SEM microscope

by Jake

We have been offered a scanning electron microscope. I have accepted and marc and I will go get it if it's still available. I don't know if it has a spectral detector for EDS, but I got one at Urban Ore yesterday for $25, so we can add that functionality if it doesn't already have it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy-dispersive_X-ray_spectroscopy this picture was taken with a SEM like the one we're getting: http://microscopy.tamu.edu/picture-of-the-month/PoM_708.jpg/image_large here is what the machine probably looks like, based on a google search of Jeol JSM 6400 https://engineering.purdue.edu/MSE/Research/Facilities/XRayFacility/Microst… we can put it on the border / neutral zone between sudoroom and CCL like the CSAM and tesla coil. -jake ---------- Forwarded message ---------- So, yeah, I can potentially grab a Jeol JSM 6400. You should look at pics. It is fairly large. Right now it is in Santa Barbara. I don't have a good plan for moving it, or putting it somewhere (hopefully where people can use it). The company that bought it was told it works when they bought it, but they never tested it. I should note that I am talking to a few people and I'm hoping one of them works out. I would need to get it Jan 19-20. Does this still interest you?

11 years, 3 months

6
9
0 0

Urgentish - has anyone spoken w/ Matthew Artz / Oak Trib re: Omni?

by David Keenan

Hi all, If anyone has spoken with Matt Artz or anyone at the Oakland Trib, could you let me know? As part of his due diligence as a reporter, he is contacting all sorts of bureaucrats downtown at the City about our permit situation and as a result I am getting avalanches of emails from the City, there is confusions all around generally and so I would like to speak with him if at all possible. It's not his fault - I know he's just doing his reporter thing - but because of inquiries I will now need someone totally reliable I can email who can and printout a very large stack of paperwork and bring it downtown to 250 on Friday 12/26 (tomorrow). If there are any volunteers who are in town? Happy Xmas! David

11 years, 3 months

3
4
0 0

seeking an Adobe Reader-.pdf - instructor

by marcia e

Hello, Omni /Sudo Community- I'm seeking an instructor who can teach me to handle doing clunky (not-so-creative) stuff with .pdf's in an office setting, i.e., edit our agency's fill-in forms. I could come to Omni for lesson(s) if that's best, and equipt. available there too. I am able to pay for instruction, rate DOE- negotiable. Please reply to my email -- Thanks! -Marcia C.E.

11 years, 3 months

1
0
0 0

Re: [sudo-discuss] [CCL] Re: SEM microscope

by Jake

On Wed Dec 24 Benjamin Rupert wrote: > Besides Cindy's concerns, we will also need a supply of liquid nitrogen. > The detectors are liquid nitrogen cooled and need to be replenished > daily on most instruments. this only applies to an SEM using a Hyper Pure Germanium (HPGe) detector such as we would be using for EDS. Regular SEMs use a photomultiplier tube which does not use liquid nitrogen at all. If we are lucky enough to get an SEM with a HPGe detector (or if we fit one on there like the one I got from Urban Ore) we can plan ahead for "science days" when we have our samples ready to analyze, and we can bring in a quart of liquid nitrogen to last the day while we play with the machine. It's not a big deal. The only issue that's stopping me is the distance. -jake

11 years, 3 months

1
0
0 0

Ack! 5 minutes & only $510 left (for matching donation)!

by David Keenan

Now would be a really good time to kick down so we can use all of the $10K matching donation? If ya want. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/open-the-omni-commons-for-all-of-oakland…

11 years, 3 months

4
6
0 0

Re: [sudo-discuss] [omni-discuss] Looks like today's the day ...

by yar

Hits to /donate per day, according to our webserver logs: 1 2014-11-03 41 2014-11-05 2 2014-11-09 1 2014-11-11 3 2014-11-17 2 2014-11-18 2 2014-11-26 8 2014-11-28 361 2014-11-29 287 2014-11-30 141 2014-12-01 132 2014-12-02 95 2014-12-03 86 2014-12-04 189 2014-12-05 200 2014-12-06 528 2014-12-07 57 2014-12-08 40 2014-12-09 18 2014-12-10 18 2014-12-11 24 2014-12-12 11 2014-12-13 15 2014-12-14 43 2014-12-15 84 2014-12-16 64 2014-12-17 37 2014-12-18 54 2014-12-19 53 2014-12-20 30 2014-12-21 28 2014-12-22 4727 2014-12-23

11 years, 3 months

1
0
0 0

Looks like today's the day ...

by yar

Our crowdfunding campaign is catching a lot of wind today. We passed $16k, 20%, and just got retweeted by: Oaklandish (21.9K followers) Shareable (22.3K) Cory Doctorow (349K) ... in that order. A lot of people are watching us in the next minutes to hours. These are precious moments! Let's see how much we can do by tonight! https://omnicommons.org/donate

11 years, 3 months

4
3
0 0

Today only - your donation to Omni indiegogo campaign is doubled!

by Marina Kukso

hi all, our indiegogo campaign <https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/open-the-omni-commons-for-all-of-oakland> is up to $15k! an anonymous donor agreed to match donations for a week - but today's the last day! so if you haven't donated yet, your donation today will get doubled! love, marina ps - signal boost this! free doubling of money! huge deal!

11 years, 3 months

1
0
0 0

Fwd: [sfchalkboard] Web Assistance

by Vicky Knox

lol I dunno what kind of "FTP" they're talking about! I am seriously rotfloling. fyi, gig-seeking web peeps. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Katie Haberman <kdonaca(a)gmail.com> Date: 2014-12-21 16:35 GMT-08:00 Subject: [sfchalkboard] Web Assistance To: sfchalkboard(a)lists.riseup.net Hey Chalks! Anyone down to either trade 3 hours of website assistance for a beautiful stay in an Inverness cabin, or get reasonably paid? I have a pretty simple design of a photo website that I need assistance with, some FTP involved. Let me know, thanks! Katie

11 years, 3 months

1
0
0 0

SudoKit first draft ->>>>

by Romy Ilano

Hi I've posted more of the first draft of the SudoKit learning box. It is intended to be a collaborative project, with an emphasis on making stuff fun and cool to irreverent teens and weird adults https://sudoroom.org/wiki/SudoKit#First_Draft SudoKits First Draft Small animals, kids, and adults start out holding a pretty box full of SudoKit stuff. It holds learning placemats, shadowbox tool placemats, and small useful charms like an hourglass to measure time spent offline while learning stuff (internet addiction is a big problem) How to use [image: sketch for the SudoKit mats. Help curious souls make sense of the infinite possibilties] <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/File:SudoKit_Sketch_-_the_mats.png> Box of Stuff [image: Lots of things to keep us in the material world, not just the digital world. we learn by touching and talking and doing.] <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/File:SudoKit_full_of_stuff.png> - Material SudoKit keeps people from spending too much time in an abstract, social media world while at the SudoRoom - Touching and holding things is important for learning, especially for folks who don't enjoy book learning. - It's debatable whether people have skills in learning in some ways but hackerpsaces emphasize learning by doing, and having a set of things to touch and hold is proven to work with other inspiring projects - Various members can contribute and will have fun recycling stuff and creating beautiful learning kits - this is extensible Placemats There are multiple sets of these and placed inside the sudokit. people take them out and put them down at a tablespace. the idea is that they don't have to deal with the "blank page" problem when first walking into SudoRoom. there is a starting point. [image: first draft of the placemats] <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/File:First_Draft_SudoKit_Placemat.png> Time Offline [image: how can we make it fun and rewarding for people to limit their internet addiction?] <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/File:Tracking_time_spent_offline.png> Vast treasure trove of the internet has an inherent danger. People can go online to learn about creating vegan shoes, but then be distracted by philosophy papers or softcore porn. I haven't figure it out yet, but there must be a fun way to help people enjoy styaing offline if they see the benefits. It would be cute to have a small hourglass that they can put on the placemat... a personal contest of staying offline? Some people will naturally object and say that staying online is what they want to do. But what if you aren't coding? do you need to be that plugged in? this idea is still pretty nebulous and would need some help. Tool Shadowboxing [image: Keep your tools] <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/File:Shadowboxing_wutang_style.png> With electronics there is so much stuff people can easily be overwhelmed. One of the placemats should have a "shadowbox" like they use in factories. FuturePrototypes *watch the animals learn* [image: printing more SudoKits with the 3D printer] <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/File:3D_Printing_Dogs.png> *More coming soon.* Navigation menu - Page <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/SudoKit> - Discussion <https://sudoroom.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Talk:SudoKit&action=edit&red…> - Edit <https://sudoroom.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=SudoKit&action=edit> - History <https://sudoroom.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=SudoKit&action=history> - Move <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Special:MovePage/SudoKit> - Watch <https://sudoroom.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=SudoKit&action=watch&token=c…> - Romyilano <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/User:Romyilano> - Talk <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/User_talk:Romyilano> - Preferences <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Special:Preferences> - Watchlist <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Special:Watchlist> - New messages (5) <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Special:NewMessages> - Contributions <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Romyilano> - Log out <https://sudoroom.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Special:UserLogout&returnto=…> - Visit/Contact - 4799 Shattuck Oakland, CA 94609 <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Directions> irc: #sudoroom <https://sudoroom.org/chat/> info(a)sudoroom.org lists: discuss <https://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss> etc. <https://lists.sudoroom.org/> @sudoroom <https://twitter.com/sudoroom> GitHub <https://github.com/sudoroom> - Support Us! - Gratipay <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Gratipay> Bitcoin <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Bitcoin> Flattr <https://flattr.com/profile/sudoroom> Wishlist <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Wishlist> Donations <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Donations> - FAQ <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/FAQ> - Blog <https://sudoroom.org/blog> - Calendar <https://sudoroom.org/calendar> - Recent Changes <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges> - Account Requests <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Special:ConfirmAccounts/authors> - What links here <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/SudoKit> - Related changes <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Special:RecentChangesLinked/SudoKit> - Upload file <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Special:UploadWizard> - Special pages <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Special:SpecialPages> - Printable version <https://sudoroom.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=SudoKit&printable=yes> - Permanent link <https://sudoroom.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=SudoKit&oldid=9089> - Page information <https://sudoroom.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=SudoKit&action=info> ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

11 years, 3 months

1
0
0 0

networking resource suggestions

by Candace Lazarou

Hello mesh people: I am struggling with some fundamental networking concepts as I try to discern between WDS, WDS Repeaters, WDS Bridges Repeaters, Bridge Repeaters, Client Modes, Client Repeaters, etc. I've done the requisite reading up with docs and forums, doing my best to discern reliable sources, but what I'd really like to do is get a good understanding of what the hell is going on on a somewhat technical level. Is there well respected networking bible or something? Any suggestions?

11 years, 3 months

3
3
0 0

Re: [sudo-discuss] [BAPS-Organizing] Re: [omni-discuss] No more Munchery meals

by yar

On Dec 19, 2014 12:48 PM, "yar" <yardenack(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> I'm willing to drive tomorrow in my car if someone else is willing to >> fill out the form, be the contact, and keep me company for the ride. >> Contact me off-list for the make/model. Yay! Wow I'm getting a lot of responses! Y'all are great. I'm happy to wait til next week or beyond, didn't really WANT to drive to SF, just wanted to help. <3

11 years, 3 months

1
0
0 0

Re: [sudo-discuss] [BAPS-Organizing] Re: [omni-discuss] No more Munchery meals

by yar

Wow, look how simple that form is! It just asks: * first & last name * phone # * email address * ability to carry boxes * make/model/year of car * what saturdays you can pick up I'm willing to drive tomorrow in my car if someone else is willing to fill out the form, be the contact, and keep me company for the ride. Contact me off-list for the make/model. Yay!

11 years, 3 months

2
1
0 0

Re: [sudo-discuss] [Noisebridge-discuss] hey! hacker ski and goth girl snowboarding krew to tahoe

by yar

On 12/12/2014 9:18 AM, Romy@snowyla wrote: >> "women specific gear" It's like a window to 1950s america On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 7:09 PM, Deno Vichas <deno(a)syncopated.net> wrote: > yeah,, cuz so many guys wear things like sports bras... sounds like > it's time of get off the computer and go outside... Yeah, lots of guys do actually. You may have met some trans guys at sudo. Have fun outside!

11 years, 3 months

1
0
0 0

SudoKit idea - First draft, interested in ideas

by Romy Ilano

Hi, I'm working on a learning KIT project called SudoKit. It's to enable learning at the SudoRoom that is fun SEEKING: collaboration in making this fun ideas for various placemats so that people can explore the space ideas on how to get visitors to contribute to the collective instead of only working on their own projects It involves getting a placemat for every visit so that you can have your own "space" to learn and work. It helps solve the "blank white first page" problem (or if you are goth the first blank black page) the idea is - keep you from spending all your time online or hunched over a computer - also it's like a "shadowbox" in a factory, you keep all your tools in one place. - physical world instead of the digital world exclusively Here is the first draft https://sudoroom.org/wiki/SudoKit#First_Draft Here is how people would use it https://sudoroom.org/mediawiki/images/f/fd/SudoKit_Sketch_-_the_mats.png ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

11 years, 3 months

1
0
0 0

please join the taxes list

by April Glaser

hi all, we are creating a sudoroom 501c3/legal needs private email list. anyone who is involved in the inner-workings of sudoroom is welcome to join, but otherwise we are keeping the list closed, as per the recommendation from a lawyer and realizing it's important to have security around some things. we talked about this at the meeting the week before last and ok'd it. we will OF COURSE share all developments with the larger list. and no decisions will be made without consult of sudoroom. it's just to make sure we don't have a public list with private information on it. let me know if you want to join or if you have any questions about the list. and i'll add you or answer your inquiry. all my best, april

11 years, 3 months

1
0
0 0

No more Munchery meals

by Stephen Novotny

Unless someone volunteers to take it on. You'll need a car or you'll need access to a car. I know we had Amgo's truck around for common use - maybe someone could drive that each Saturday to get the meals? Fill out this form if you want to help feed the revolution: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1a8yZ6gGqE98TPTNxhzVyUPfU8smPpNWJUhdZu2GrrE… I'm out of town until January. <3

11 years, 3 months

2
3
0 0

Fwd: [Wikimedia Announcements] Free Research Accounts via the Wikipedia Library (New in December)

by Vicky Knox

fyi! Could someone forward to CCL? ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jake Orlowitz <jorlowitz(a)gmail.com> Date: 2014-12-18 9:32 GMT-08:00 Subject: [Wikimedia Announcements] Free Research Accounts via the Wikipedia Library (New in December) To: "wikimediaannounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org" < wikimediaannounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Hi! The Wikipedia Library has new, free research donations available this month: *Elsevier - science and medicine journals and books <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Elsevier_ScienceDirect> *Royal Society of Chemistry Gold Access - chemistry journals <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:RSC_Gold> *Pelican Books - ebook monographs <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pelican_Books> *Public Catalogue Foundation - art books <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Public_Catalogue_Foundation> Many other partnerships are still available too... <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library/Journals> Please notify your local community about the signups. Accounts are open to ALL global editors with a 1 year old account and 1000 edits. Signups mostly happen on English Wikipedia, UNLESS a local Wikipedia Library branch has been started, like we've done on Arabic, Chinese, and German. To get started, please contact Ocaasi at [[User:Ocaasi (WMF)]], ocaasi(a)wikimedia.org. Thanks! The Wikipedia Library Team <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library> _______________________________________________ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l _______________________________________________ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list WikimediaAnnounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l

11 years, 3 months

1
0
0 0

2026

2025

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

sudo-discuss