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Bank account balance

by mattsenate＠gmail.com

9657.13 as of this morning before rent check is cashed, so imagine ~1700 less. // Matt

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[Proposal] Credit Union Task

by Matthew Senate

Hey all, Seeking consensus next week. To open an account with the Internet Archive Federal Credit Union http://iafcu.org/ we need to pass a resolution for depository authorization--too allow the IAFCU to make deposits. I propose the following based on the explanation provided to me by IAFCU staff to reach consensus in the next two meetings: "sudo room resolves to allow the Internet Archive Federal Credit Union to make deposits." // Matt

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Hack Agnostic Kit (HAK) started on Github

by James Sundquist

Hey all, I'm working out a series of scripts, or a "wrapper" if you will, to layer on top of an existing Linux installation with all the necessary tidbits to help a person be able to start hacking on their open source project immediately in their current hackerspace (while minimizing setup time and computer headaches). I'll post up a working script by the middle of next week and try to incorporate all feature requests. This can be portable, but for right now I'm focusing on Debian-based distributions (Mint, Ubuntu, #!, Tails, etc.) to get started. How will it work? Run a live CD such as Tails and run the wrapper to immediately set you up with all necessary tools and scripts. Save all the changes you like to persistent storage (a thumb drive or hard disk) so you'll never have to repeat the process. Code hosted on Github<https://github.com/sunjam/hak/wiki/Feature-Request>so you can vet and fork it. Is this for a specific hackerspace? No, my hope is that the idea will be incorporated by anyone needing a little assistance with using open source tools. I also see a lot of confused people who cannot get on the wireless without assistance in their local hackerspace. Why do I need it? Step into X hackerspace for the first time and get instant access to the internet, open the most recent class notes, print a document on the printer, and anything else you can imagine. How can I help? Submit your feature requests<https://github.com/sunjam/hak/wiki/Feature-Request>and code to Github. Also, spread the word to any person or space who may be interested.

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anyone open sudo?

by David Keenan

hey guys, at&t is here trying to get into sudo to hook up some phone stuff for something, are either of ya close by? sudo is locked..

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[Articles of Association] Sugested change to values

by Matthew Senate

Hey all, Thinking about hacking the values a bit based on our continued experience. What do folks think about adding this new value to guide us into the grayer, murkier, brighter, and wonderful future? "Value fairness and common sense over prolonged process and bureaucracy." You can see it here: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Articles_of_Association/Value_fairness And the diff: https://sudoroom.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Articles_of_Association%2FVa… // Matt

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AMT visit today - status of Bay Area Coalition of Hackerspaces?

by Hol Gaskill

Hi Folks, Went over to Ace Monster Toys today for the first time for their microcontroller meetup. Similar mix of first time visitors and people randomly hacking on other things interacting. Also went down and checked out their shop, definitely pretty well set up on the fabrication side. Anyone care to join for another visit to do some laser cutting and whatnot? What ever happened to the idea of a federated coalition? Would anyone else be interested in coming up with a scheme of being a member of multiple spaces? One theory just brainstorming would be to have an RFID key or something to track what proportion of time is spent at various spaces and allocate membership dues proportionately. I talked to them about applying their starving hacker rate to people with an existing hackerspace membership but the combined total would still be higher than necessary. Thoughts? Hol

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Proposed bans for decision at next meeting

by Marc Juul

Two bans have been proposed at tonight's sudo room meeting. They are up for discussion on the mailing list for a week before we decide vote at next weeks meeting. Banning will require that 2/3 of the members present at next weeks meeting agree to the bans. The people up for bans are: * Ardeen (big read beard) * Sarah (short-haired lady) These people have been problematic in a few different ways, mainly in their use of the space to sleep and as a general living space even after being told firmly that their sleeping in the space is not ok. They are not sudo room members. -- marc/juul

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QR Code integration into Excel

by Craig Rouskey

Hello all! I'm wondering if anyone knows of an Excel plugin that integrates QR/Bar codes into databases... Does anyone have experience with this?

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Fwd: bringing CORE trainings to our 'hood

by mattsenate＠gmail.com

Hey all, in case you misses CORE I or CORE II trainings, we can jump into this one being put in in ny neighborhood // Matt ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 8:14 PM Subject: bringing CORE trainings to our 'hood Hi Adams Point friends and neighbors, I think many of you know that Andrew and I have been participating in the Fire Dept's free community disaster preparation training over the last few months. With the threat of fire looming over us (in addition to earthquakes), we feel some increased urgency in making sure we, as neighbors are prepared. We've been working with some other neighbors to bring CORE I and II trainings right here to Adams Point on Sat, March 1st at the Bellevue Club. In the event of a disaster, like a fire or earthquake, we will be on our own for 7-10 days.... So this is a great opportunity for us to prepare as neighbors. We must register - follow the link here or below: http://gatheringadamspoint.wordpress.com.. Also, if you are interested, but can't make the date, the FD has additional trainings scheduled at other locations: http://www2.oaklandnet.com/oakca1/groups/fire/documents/webcontent/oak04420… I hope you'll think about joining for at least CORE I - the morning training. Please forward to others who you think may be interested. Take care, Miriam More details below: Join your neighbors on Saturday, March 1st for the Oakland Fire Department’s CORE training for disaster preparedness. CORE (Communities of Oakland Respond to Emergencies) is a free training program for individuals, neighborhood groups and community-based organizations in Oakland. • Develop self-confidence as you learn practical information and hands-on life-saving skills, • Build community as you develop and share your skills and resources to protect yourself, your family and home, and your neighborhood, and • Increase the safety and wellbeing of your family and neighborhood. Gathering Adams Point seeks to increase the number of CORE trained residents and to create a network of engaged neighbors. 9:30 – 12 CORE I • Reduce common household hazards • Create family emergency and evacuation plans • Prepare emergency supply kits • Respond to earthquakes, fires, chemical accidents, floods and terrorist threats 12 – 1 Lunch, all are welcome – picnic or local restaurant 1 – 3:30 CORE II • Utilize basic community organizing principles to involve neighbors • Organize a neighborhood emergency response system • Set up an Neighborhood Command Center • Create response teams including communications and first aid. • Conduct tabletop exercises and neighborhood drills You may register for CORE I only or CORE I and II. Saturday, March 1 The Bellevue Club at 525 Bellevue Ave, by the lake. We’ll meet in the Terrace Room on the 4th floor. Register at: http://svy.mk/1iZ34Y9 Questions? Email gatheringadamspoint(a)gmail.com or visit www.gatheringadamspoint.wordpress.com.

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Video of Mandela Foods Cooperative and the West Oakland Youth Standing Empowered Program | American Worker Cooperative

by Romy Snowyla

http://www.american.coop/content/video-mandela-foods-cooperative-and-west-o… I was at west Oakland Bart and shopped at a worker run and owned cooperative Mandela foods. It's amazing ! I enjoyed the mass effect night of collectives at sudoroom. What are ways sudoroom and or I can help support Mandela foods besides shopping there? Sent from my iPhone

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Fwd: [Wikimedia-SF] Announcement: "Writing Wikipedia Articles" (free course) open for enrollment

by Marina Kukso

FYI everyone. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Pete Forsyth <peteforsyth(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 7:02 PM Subject: [Wikimedia-SF] Announcement: "Writing Wikipedia Articles" (free course) open for enrollment To: San Francisco Bay Area Wikimedians <wikimedia-sf(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Dear list, I will be teaching a free, six week, online course on editing Wikipedia, with a focus on improving Wikipedia articles related to Open Educational Resources starting February 25. The course "Writing Wikipedia Articles" (aka "WIKISOO") is offered through the School of Open, and with support from the University of Mississippi and the Hewlett Foundation. Co-instructors are Sara Frank Bristow of Salient Research and Dr. Robert Cummings of the University of Mississippi. Please join us, and/or help spread the word in your circles! * Enrollment page: http://enwp.org/WP:WIKISOO/NOW * More information: http://enwp.org/WP:WIKISOO -Pete [1] http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/41933 -- Pete Forsyth [[User:Peteforsyth]] on English Wikipedia etc. Instructor, Writing Wikipedia Articles pete(a)wikistrategies.net +1 503-383-9454 http://enwp.org/WP:WIKISOO _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf

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Another co-present with BAPS? Chilean Anarchists speaking tour 2/22

by David Keenan

Hi guys, Would y'all be down to co-host another event with BAPS? Anarchists from Chile on a speaking tour of the US. here's the gist: http://chilespeakingtour.wordpress.com/ https://www.facebook.com/strugglingtowin https://sudoroom.org/ai1ec_event/struggling-to-win-anarchists-building-popu… As BAPS will be hosting too, there will be no donation boxes allowed at this event.. And, I promise I won't switch this up to be a sudo-only-sponsored event as with what happened with the Spied Upon event the day before. I'm only just hoping to get sudo and baps to do more events together, and this is one of them - I'm happy to do all the organizing and promotion for this event, also. I'll be bringing this up at tonight's meeting to see what y'all think - Best, David

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Fwd: Code for America's Government Fellowship Applications Open

by Tony Barreca

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Kapital & ideas (long posts), was Re: Sudo! Wanna co-host this surveillance event?

by Romy Ilano

The problem with ideas is that they are a dime a dozen. There are many brilliant ideas out there. Implementing ideas, realizing them and getting buy-in are actually what holds most people back. In any given project there are a lot of people who talk, but very few people who actually roll their sleeves up and get things done. I'm pretty guilty of talking a lot! When was the last time I was at SudoRoom on a clean-up day? (smile) If you want to succeed you have to find a way to find people who actually implement things and do things, and find a way to make these things happen in a way that is as or more effective than capitalism's incentives. I think Mass Effect is on the right track. Message: 8 Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2014 00:16:28 -0800 From: GtwoG PublicOhOne <g2g-public01(a)att.net> To: David Keenan <dkeenan44(a)gmail.com> Cc: "sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org" <sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org> Subject: [sudo-discuss] Kapital & ideas (long posts), was Re: Sudo! Wanna co-host this surveillance event? Message-ID: <52F1F35C.7020507(a)att.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >>>>>> Agreed, there are times when one has to choose one's fights, and not everyone chooses the same fights at the same times. Looks like we agree about fair use, anonymity, mesh, and the movement for self-ownership of personal data. Fighting back with ideas: Majorly agreed re. "fight back ...with ideas." And "...all the tech in the world won't help if people don't give a hoot because they're too exhausted by the Spectacle-induced trance of capital etc. to care, or don't see why its necessary or in their self-interest." This point is HUGE, and it's rare to find others in the tech universe who get it. Too often we confuse the tools with which we build, and the things we build, with the purposes for which we build. Martin Luther King had a dial phone and a typewriter. He changed the world with the power of his ideas. Today each of us has a supercomputer on our desk and/or in our pocket, and can reach an audience of millions in the time it takes to blow our noses. What we lack is an idea: but not just "an" idea, rather a set of ideas, an ecosystem of ideas that, taken together, open a new view of the world and ourselves in it, and inspire people to think deeply and act courageously. We've inherited a fortune in ideas from all of history, and yet it appears that something is missing, something that could form a bridge over which we can walk from the past and present into the future. Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that happiness is not identical with meaning. The Spectacle and the circuses can produce happiness, but what they don't produce is a sense of meaning. Instead we're told, often by our peers, that the most rational view is that life is meaningless, that the universe has no purpose, and that only a religious or romantic fool would believe otherwise. But two NOTs don't make an AND: so what we're left with is a proverbial hole in our soul and nothing to fill it. "The universe is DEAD!" is hardly a rallying cry for sustainability, much less for revolution. ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

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Soil & compost microbiology workshops [was Fwd: Soil & Saving the World]

by Patrik D'haeseleer

Sounds interesting, although a bit pricy. Probably aimed more at amateur organic gardeners than amateur scientist, but we can go heckle her with sciencey questions. :-) Patrik ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Living Mandala <livingmandala(a)livingmandala.com> Date: Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 4:15 PM Subject: Soil & Saving the World To: "east-bay-diybio(a)googlegroups.com" <east-bay-diybio(a)googlegroups.com> *Soil Food Web IntensiveAn Intensive Course With Dr. Elaine InghamMarch 17 - 21, 2014* GreenFriends Farm / MA Center, Castro Valley, CA *For More Information Click Here*<http://www.livingmandala.com/Living_Mandala/Soil_Food_Web_Intensive_March_2…> *Course Description* There is a whole world under the soil - and no one knows this cast of characters better than Elaine Ingham! Elaine is one of the world's leading soil microbiologists, with 30 years of experience researching and teaching and an easy and enthusiastic style that brings the soil food web to life. Elaine literally wrote the book on compost teas: The Compost Tea Brewing Manual. Healthy soil has all the interconnected elements of a "web" - which can retain nutrients, cycle nutrients into the right forms at the right rates for the plant desired, build soil structure, suppress disease-causing organisms, protect plant surfaces, produce plant-growth-promoting hormones and chemicals, and decompose toxic compounds. In this course, you'll look at the elements of a healthy soil food web, learn how to analyze and improve your own soil, and learn how to make composts and extracts to strengthen the soil food web. The course will cover the soil food web, soil food web analysis, composts and compost extracts, and the use of microscopes. *Format & Modules* - Day 1 & 2 (March 17-18): Soil Food Web Fundamentals ~ $275 - Day 3 (March 19): Compost Technology ~ $145 - Day 4 (March 20): Compost Tea Technology ~ $145 - Day 5 (March 21): Light Microscope Training ~ $166 * Participants can sign up for the entire course or specific modules as outlined below: *Schedule & Module Description* The course daily schedule is from 9:00 am - 5:30 pm. *Day 1 & 2: Soil Food Web Fundamentals (March 17-18)** - *Dr. Elaine Ingham uncovers the basic principles of the Soil Foodweb, plant relationships, and bacterial to fungi ratios in this in-depth two day primer. Not only will you gain a fundamental understanding of the way soil biology drives plant nutrition, you will learn how modern agriculture selects for disease and pests. A must for anyone wanting a complete understanding of soil health and healthy plants. *Day 3: Compost Technology (March 19)* - Not all compost is created equal. There is a big difference between good compost and reduced waste. One of the biggest mistakes people make when building a compost pile is not selecting the different Carbon:Nitrogen ratios for the plants they're growing. Learn how to select the proper ratios that will give your plants the exact biology they need to thrive. *Day 4: Compost Tea Technology (March 20)* - We cover the processes that will maximize biological diversity to get the most bang for your buck. Actively Aerated Compost Tea (AACT) and Liquid Compost Extract (LCE) are the most efficient methods for bringing back micobe diversity. This allows you to eliminate inorganic fertilizers and herbicides which decrease diversity and degrade soil health. *Day 5: Light Microscope Training (March 21) *- Dr. Elaine Ignham leads this very special day of training on effective light microscope techniques and identification. Learn from the master herself about what constituents good compost and compost tea on a microscopic level. This part of the class is essential for anyone who wishes to gain "eyes on" knowledge of the soil universe and what really goes on under our feet. Get the necessary training to identify the bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and nematodes that drive the health and well being of our plants. Students are encouraged to bring their own microscope. Microscopes will also be available for a group discount at the workshop. *Who Should Attend? * Class is suitable for beginners to advanced practitioners. This intensive course is for farmers, landscapers, ranchers, creators and distributors of agricultural products, waste management professionals, soil and garden enthusiasts of all types, and anyone who touches the earth. Simply put, this information needs to be central to any sustainable agriculture or land management. Participants receive a certification of completion. This course will give you the tools you need to make healthy, site-specific compost for beautiful results every time! *For More Information Click Here <http://www.livingmandala.com/Living_Mandala/Soil_Food_Web_Intensive_March_2…>* http://www.livingmandala.com/Living_Mandala/Soil_Food_Web_Intensive_March_2… *e-mail: education(a)livingmandala.com <education(a)livingmandala.com>Phone: (707) 634-1461 <%28707%29%20634-1461>* *Living Mandala* Organizing Education, Events & Initiatives for Personal & Planetary Transformation *www.LivingMandala.com <http://www.livingmandala.com/>* *Find Living Mandala on Facebook! <http://www.facebook.com/LivingMandala.org>* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "East Bay DIYbio (OLD - join Counter Culture Labs instead!)" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to east-bay-diybio+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. 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Domain Awareness Center check

by mattsenate＠gmail.com

The city council seeks a check in hand, residents of Oakland sold out for a pittance. // Matt

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Sudo! Wanna co-host this surveillance event?

by David Keenan

Hey all, The Bay Area Public School has scheduled a surveillance awareness event on Friday 2/21 7-9pm in the common room entitled Spied Upon: Surveillance & Resistance. I was hoping we (sudo) could co-host this event with BAPS, because I think it'd be really cool if we start doing more events together. BAPS can do most all of the setup, but it'd be great if Sudo can do outreach too, since I think it'd be in the interest of both communities. What do you think? There's a twofold focus on informants and technological surveillance. Here's the Sudo Room calendar *event link <https://sudoroom.org/ai1ec_event/spied-upon-bay-area-premiere-baps/>*. Details are below - *Spied Upon: Surveillance and Resistance* Join us Friday February 21st 7-9 pm at the Bay Area Public School<http://thepublicschool.org/node/36455> & Sudo Room 2141 Broadway (enter on 22nd), Oakland - three blocks from 19th St. Bart! Between the ever-present fear of informants to the profusion of metadata collection and the construction of the Domain Awareness Center<http://oaklandwiki.org/Domain_Awareness_Center> (DAC) in Oakland, the growing problem of surveillance has made it into the mainstream dialog, but the people and communities most affected are sometimes being left out of the conversation. Join us for an evening of ideas, discussion and questions about solidarity in the face of this intimidation. How do we support one another and our movements when being targeted by police, surveillance and informants? What are the legal, community and political responses that can best keep the larger "us" safe and allow our movements to flourish? *- SPEAKERS -* *Jason Kirkpatrick*, filmmaker and activist, will show clips of and discuss his upcoming film, *Spied Upon* <http://spiedupon.com/>. Interviewing activists across the world and telling his own personal story, Jason will take us on a journey into one of Europe's biggest political surveillance scandals, documenting growing movements of resistance to surveillance along the way. *Zahra Billoo*, Civil rights attorney and Executive Director at the Bay Area *Council on American-Islamic Relations* <http://www.cair.com/> (CAIR), speaks on the use of informants in a post-9/11 context, their impact, the community's resistance and lessons learned. *Richard Brown*, Black Panther and member of the *SF8*<http://www.freethesf8.org/who.html>, will share his history with undercover police and surveillance, imparting the 'long view' of solidarity learned from a lifetime of activism. *- Panel Discussion -* Q & A with the speakers will follow in conversation with representatives from: *Bay Area Anti-Repression Committee*<https://oaklandantirepression.wordpress.com/> *Bay Area Coalition to Stop Political Repression*<http://araborganizing.org/campaigns-our-work/coalition-to-stop-political-re…> (at AROC) *Legal Workers of the National Lawyers Guild*<http://www.nlgsf.org/national-lawyers-guild-mission-statement> (NLG) *Oakland Privacy Working Group* <https://oaklandprivacy.wordpress.com/> (OPWG / anti-DAC) All donations gratefully received will go to the Bay Area Anti-Repression Committee and the Legal Workers at the Bay Area chapter of the NLG - two groups long supporting the Bay Area radical community with legal and educational assistance. Thank you!

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Reporting in an Age of Eavesdropping - Feb 5 @ UC Berkeley

by Danny Spitzberg

UC Berkeley pravda says: A discussion with Trevor Timm, Jillian C. York and Cyrus Farivar on the new challenges journalists face to report news and protect whistleblowers. Moderated by Jeremy Rue with introductory remarks by Edward Wasserman. Event details can be found here: http://journalism.berkeley.edu/events/details/805/ good: night! D

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1 billion rising for justice

by J Clark

Sudoers, Wanted to share with you several 1 Billion Rising events in Oakland on Valentine's Day http://onebillionrising.org "1 in 3 women will be beaten or raped in her lifetime. That's One Billion Women." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3WrT8HG4wY Looks like there's one at Holy Names College, one at West Oakland BART, one down the street at B'way and 26th: http://www.onebillionrising.org/events/stand-for-real-love-a-community-perf… Peace, j.

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Tom in Oakland from February 13-or-14 to 23

by Thomas Levine

Hi, I left town in November after discovering how little stuff I needed. I've further reduced the stuff. http://thomaslevine.com/!/stuff-2014-02/ I've continued messing with tons of spreadsheets and pondering what cool things we can do with them. http://thomaslevine.com/open-data I'm going to Oakland on February 13 or 14, and I'm leaving on February 23. Could I crash with anyone for a couple of days at the beginning of that range? Actually, the whole range would be great too, but I have a system for finding good deals on short-term housing. http://github.com/tlevine/undervalued-sublets Tom

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Fwd: [SVEC] Fwd: SVEC Education Awards

by Romy Mimi Ilano

Pass along to any awesome high school or college students you know! *Romy Mimi Ilano* *romy.ilano(a)gmail.com <romy.ilano(a)gmail.com>* *http://www.romyilano.com <http://www.romyilano.com>* +1 (415) 779-6237 skype: romy.ilano ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Elise Engelhardt <techelise(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 1:35 PM Subject: [SVEC] Fwd: SVEC Education Awards To: svec(a)sbay.org From: Kiran Gunnam <kgunnam(a)ieee.org> *SVEC Education Awards for High School, College Students* *Deadline is February 7, 2014* mailing date. *Awards Eligibility and Criteria* The Silicon Valley Engineering Council Engineering Education awards recognize young engineering and technology students for their dedication, focus, and commitment to engineering. Engineering and Technology students graduating from high school or presently enrolled in undergraduate community college or university programs are eligible to apply. Fulltime and part-time students are eligible. Students may receive an SVEC Education award only once. Graduate students are not eligible. Applications have details and required specifics. Some of the details listed below. Download 2014 application form in PDF here<http://svec.org/files/SVECEducationAwardsApplication2014.pdf> Download 2014 application form in MS Word here<http://svec.org/files/SVECEducationAwardsApplication2014.doc> _______________________________________________ SVEC mailing list SVEC(a)sbay.org http://www.sbay.org/mailman/listinfo/svec

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need for datasets: education, public health, sustainability, restorative justice

by Mike Schachter

Hi everyone, I wanted to make people aware of an event coming up this weekend and try to get some help. I'm volunteering to mentor Data Science at the Black Male Achievement Startup Weekend this weekend: http://bmaoakland.startupweekend.org/ The attendees will form teams to try and address issues related to public health, sustainability, education, restorative justice, and gaming. As a mentor, it's my job to go around and help the teams. I would like to be able to facilitate progress with each group by providing the tools and data they need to enhance work on their focus areas. If you know of some good open datasets that fall into the areas of health care, sustainability, education, restorative justice, or gaming, could you please recommend them to me? Also, if you are interested in coming out as a volunteer and helping me, or others at the event, consider registering! mike

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Re: [sudo-discuss] "learn to code" events subject to full-WTF scale crackdown...any ideas?

by Romy Ilano

Well to play devil's advocate: creative, qusetioning students with computer science skills are valued by the industrialists nowadays. They actually seek out people who are a little rebellious. I read that some of the more innovative Chinese high schools are ditching standardized tests, encuraging more creative education, as they see it as their only ticket to becoming an economy on the high end of the value chain (more creative, more design-focused) What if the evil capitalists support a more intelliectual, creative education free of rote education? >>>>>>>>>> Message: 11 Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 18:23:34 -0800 From: Anthony Di Franco <di.franco(a)gmail.com> To: GtwoG PublicOhOne <g2g-public01(a)att.net> Cc: sudo-discuss <sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org> Subject: Re: [sudo-discuss] "learn to code" events subject to full-WTF scale crackdown...any ideas? Message-ID: <CAOJkv1pDK2k_oPcbssg42MHZOkSzfqANQPxfoTNmx7wWF4wLSw(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Outside of the narrow regulatory question, this reminds me of another relating to the vocationalization of programming to supply commoditized labor to large corporations, which is something I am uneasy around and which I think reflects a shifting power balance that deserves to be opposed. Here is a line of criticism that I think is right on, running from Seymour Papert to Bret Victor to this< http://programmingisterrible.com/post/73056840109/paperts-dreams-and-our-gr… > : *"In ?Meanwhile, at code.org <http://worrydream.com/MeanwhileAtCodeOrg/>?, Bret juxtaposes the ideals of Seymour Papert and the dreams of entrepreneurs and venture capitalists. Papert wanted to use programming as a way to let children explore powerful ideas and let their imagination run wild. The agenda of the political, wealthy, and powerful is to build a new generation of worker bees to fuel their startups. One sees code as a liberation, and the other as a vocation..."* ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

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Re: [sudo-discuss] Sudo! Wanna co-host this surveillance event?

by mattsenate＠gmail.com

I'll sponsor it, but can't do much leg work. Perhaps BAPS should consider whether it is inclined to support events billed as fundraisers for worthy groups and individuals, but reserve asking for funds for all other events? This way a fundraiser is a rare and exceptional event, where it is clear the purpose and the flow of funds, versus the general expectation of completely free events hosted by BAPS. Does this produce an ethical and moral consistency with the motivation of the policy? Would this make the policy more cleat to event collaborators: "either free or it's a full-blown fundraiser"? // Matt ----- Reply message ----- From: "David Keenan" <dkeenan44(a)gmail.com> To: "sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org" <sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org> Subject: [sudo-discuss] Sudo! Wanna co-host this surveillance event? Date: Mon, Feb 3, 2014 00:07 Hi all.. I know there hasn't been much activity on this thread, but I was wondering if I could up the ante. Because sometimes, life's just like that. Would we (sudo) be willing to entirely host this event? Without BAPS.. I ask because the event's organizers would really like for there to be a simple donation box somewhere off to the side in the space, for folks to be able to donate directly at the event. This money would go to Oakland's Anti-Repression Committee and National Lawyer Guild's Legal Workers (the non-lawyer workforce part of the NLG). Within BAPS, there has emerged some reservation amongst organizers that having any other group (that is not BAPS) accept donations at an event BAPS hosts, might abrogate our statement of financial principles that there be no solicitation at the event. There's a confusion here that can't work itself out until our next general meeting at the earliest, which isn't for a while, and in the meantime.. the event needs to be promoted and have a home that is assured. So having Sudo solely host this event instead of BAPS, would solve a real headache for us. Are we down for this? I've already set the speakers and logistics up.. we just need a home, and hopefully, be able to put it on Sudo's facebook. alla best,David On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 3:05 PM, johanna faust <female.faust(a)gmail.com> wrote: i agree awesome idea. and second the mention. keenly watching this thread. On 2/2/14, David Keenan <dkeenan44(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Jeremy - Of course! And we should. > > what does the rest of sudo think? > > On Sunday, February 2, 2014, Jeremy Entwistle <jwentwistle(a)cryptolab.net> > wrote: > >> I think that's an amazing idea. How to do you feel about the mesh and our >> cryptoparty (2/23) being mentioned? As both are very practical methods of >> promoting secure and decentralized communications. >> >> On 2014-02-01 21:58, David Keenan wrote: >> >>> Hey all, >>> >>> The Bay Area Public School has scheduled a surveillance awareness >>> event on Friday 2/21 7-9pm in the common room entitled Spied Upon: >>> Surveillance & Resistance. I was hoping we (sudo) could co-host this >>> event with BAPS, because I think it'd be really cool if we start doing >>> more events together. BAPS can do most all of the setup, but it'd be >>> great if Sudo can do outreach too, since I think it'd be in the >>> interest of both communities. >>> >>> What do you think? >>> >>> There's a twofold focus on informants and technological surveillance. >>> Here's the Sudo Room calendar EVENT LINK [1]. Details are below - >>> >>> SPIED UPON: SURVEILLANCE AND RESISTANCE >>> Join us Friday February 21st 7-9 pm at the Bay Area Public School [2] >>> & Sudo Room >>> 2141 Broadway (enter on 22nd), Oakland - three blocks from 19th St. >>> Bart! >>> >>> Between the ever-present fear of informants to the profusion of >>> metadata collection and the construction of the Domain Awareness >>> Center [3] (DAC) in Oakland, the growing problem of surveillance has >>> made it into the mainstream dialog, but the people and communities >>> most affected are sometimes being left out of the conversation. >>> >>> Join us for an evening of ideas, discussion and questions about >>> solidarity in the face of this intimidation. How do we support one >>> another and our movements when being targeted by police, surveillance >>> and informants? What are the legal, community and political responses >>> that can best keep the larger "us" safe and allow our movements to >>> flourish? >>> >>> - SPEAKERS - >>> JASON KIRKPATRICK, filmmaker and activist, will show clips of and >>> discuss his upcoming film, _SPIED UPON_ [4]. Interviewing activists >>> across the world and telling his own personal story, Jason will take >>> us on a journey into one of Europe's biggest political surveillance >>> scandals, documenting growing movements of resistance to surveillance >>> along the way. >>> >>> ZAHRA BILLOO, Civil rights attorney and Executive Director at the Bay >>> Area COUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS [5] (CAIR), speaks on the >>> use of informants in a post-9/11 context, their impact, the >>> community's resistance and lessons learned. >>> >>> RICHARD BROWN, Black Panther and member of the SF8 [6], will share his >>> history with undercover police and surveillance, imparting the 'long >>> view' of solidarity learned from a lifetime of activism. >>> >>> - PANEL DISCUSSION - >>> Q & A with the speakers will follow in conversation with >>> representatives from: >>> BAY AREA ANTI-REPRESSION COMMITTEE [7] >>> BAY AREA COALITION TO STOP POLITICAL REPRESSION [8] (at AROC) >>> LEGAL WORKERS OF THE NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD [9] (NLG) >>> OAKLAND PRIVACY WORKING GROUP [10] (OPWG / anti-DAC) >>> >>> All donations gratefully received will go to the Bay Area >>> Anti-Repression Committee and the Legal Workers at the Bay Area >>> chapter of the NLG - two groups long supporting the Bay Area radical >>> community with legal and educational assistance. Thank you! >>> >>> Links: >>> ------ >>> [1] https://sudoroom.org/ai1ec_event/spied-upon-bay-area-premiere-baps/ >>> [2] http://thepublicschool.org/node/36455 >>> [3] http://oaklandwiki.org/Domain_Awareness_Center >>> [4] http://spiedupon.com/ >>> [5] http://www.cair.com/ >>> [6] http://www.freethesf8.org/who.html >>> [7] https://oaklandantirepression.wordpress.com/ >>> [8] >>> http://araborganizing.org/campaigns-our-work/coalition- >>> to-stop-political-repression/ >>> [9] http://www.nlgsf.org/national-lawyers-guild-mission-statement >>> [10] https://oaklandprivacy.wordpress.com/ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> sudo-discuss mailing list >>> sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org >>> http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss >>> >> >> -- >> https://twitter.com/jwentwistle >> _______________________________________________ >> sudo-discuss mailing list >> sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org >> http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss >> > -- *Be seeing you.*

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Couldn't get it working, status code reads motherboard issue, scrapping all for parts. Keep the RAM if you need it. If not, we can use it. // Matt ----- Reply message ----- From: ""Løng$hanks"" <longshanks(a)spaz.org> To: <longshanks(a)spaz.org> Cc: <sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org> Subject: [sudo-discuss] laptop swap Date: Sun, Feb 2, 2014 13:51 I also have another new-out-of-the-box adapter & 2G RAM stick for that laptop.... On Fri, January 31, 2014 6:45 pm, "Løng$hanks" wrote: > Greetings, > > Tony here, visitor to SR several times now, most recently this Wednesday > night + Thursday morning. Wednesday evening (Jan. 29) in the vicinity of > 530pm (PST) I swapped my unworking Dell Latitude D531 laptop for an even > older, yet reportedly functional Dell laptop with a gentleman whose name I > was told, & promptly forgot. I wanted to inquire, since I was unable to > come back to SR Wednesday night after my Spanish class as I had originally > promised, whether said gentleman was able to get the D531 working, & also > to let him know that I left a dock intended for use with said laptop in > the Sudo Room closet Thursday afternoon. Or, rather my friend Carl left it > there as I had to leave that morning before anyone w/ a key arrived to > open the back hack-chamber. > > Please feel free to get in touch with me at this e-address > (longshanks(a)spaz.org). > > Thanks & congrats on the great space-in-progress! > > T. > > -- Løng$h@nk$ Not all who wander are lost. _______________________________________________ sudo-discuss mailing list sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss

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