CA Senate Bill SB-255 - now §647(j)(4) as of Oct. 1 - is first 'revenge porn' law in the US.
Eric Goldman (awesome Santa Clara Law prof) has an interesting analysis on the legal implications - http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericgoldman/2013/10/08/californias-new-law-show….
If anyone has some technical observations or other feedback, I'd be interested to hear other takes on this. Seems like a very tricky socio-technical problem.
§647
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=pen&…
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> 647. Except as provided in subdivision (l), every person who
> commits any of the following acts is guilty of disorderly conduct, a
> misdemeanor:
> (a) Who solicits anyone to engage in or who engages in lewd or
> dissolute conduct in any public place or in any place open to the
> public or exposed to public view.
> (b) Who solicits or who agrees to engage in or who engages in any
> act of prostitution. A person agrees to engage in an act of
> prostitution when, with specific intent to so engage, he or she
> manifests an acceptance of an offer or solicitation to so engage,
> regardless of whether the offer or solicitation was made by a person
> who also possessed the specific intent to engage in prostitution. No
> agreement to engage in an act of prostitution shall constitute a
> violation of this subdivision unless some act, in addition to the
> agreement, is done within this state in furtherance of the commission
> of an act of prostitution by the person agreeing to engage in that
> act. As used in this subdivision, "prostitution" includes any lewd
> act between persons for money or other consideration.
> (c) Who accosts other persons in any public place or in any place
> open to the public for the purpose of begging or soliciting alms.
> (d) Who loiters in or about any toilet open to the public for the
> purpose of engaging in or soliciting any lewd or lascivious or any
> unlawful act.
> (e) Who lodges in any building, structure, vehicle, or place,
> whether public or private, without the permission of the owner or
> person entitled to the possession or in control of it.
> (f) Who is found in any public place under the influence of
> intoxicating liquor, any drug, controlled substance, toluene, or any
> combination of any intoxicating liquor, drug, controlled substance,
> or toluene, in a condition that he or she is unable to exercise care
> for his or her own safety or the safety of others, or by reason of
> his or her being under the influence of intoxicating liquor, any
> drug, controlled substance, toluene, or any combination of any
> intoxicating liquor, drug, or toluene, interferes with or obstructs
> or prevents the free use of any street, sidewalk, or other public
> way.
> (g) When a person has violated subdivision (f), a peace officer,
> if he or she is reasonably able to do so, shall place the person, or
> cause him or her to be placed, in civil protective custody. The
> person shall be taken to a facility, designated pursuant to Section
> 5170 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, for the 72-hour treatment
> and evaluation of inebriates. A peace officer may place a person in
> civil protective custody with that kind and degree of force which
> would be lawful were he or she effecting an arrest for a misdemeanor
> without a warrant. No person who has been placed in civil protective
> custody shall thereafter be subject to any criminal prosecution or
> juvenile court proceeding based on the facts giving rise to this
> placement. This subdivision shall not apply to the following persons:
> (1) Any person who is under the influence of any drug, or under
> the combined influence of intoxicating liquor and any drug.
> (2) Any person who a peace officer has probable cause to believe
> has committed any felony, or who has committed any misdemeanor in
> addition to subdivision (f).
> (3) Any person who a peace officer in good faith believes will
> attempt escape or will be unreasonably difficult for medical
> personnel to control.
> (h) Who loiters, prowls, or wanders upon the private property of
> another, at any time, without visible or lawful business with the
> owner or occupant. As used in this subdivision, "loiter" means to
> delay or linger without a lawful purpose for being on the property
> and for the purpose of committing a crime as opportunity may be
> discovered.
> (i) Who, while loitering, prowling, or wandering upon the private
> property of another, at any time, peeks in the door or window of any
> inhabited building or structure, without visible or lawful business
> with the owner or occupant.
> (j) (1) Any person who looks through a hole or opening, into, or
> otherwise views, by means of any instrumentality, including, but not
> limited to, a periscope, telescope, binoculars, camera, motion
> picture camera, camcorder, or mobile phone, the interior of a
> bedroom, bathroom, changing room, fitting room, dressing room, or
> tanning booth, or the interior of any other area in which the
> occupant has a reasonable expectation of privacy, with the intent to
> invade the privacy of a person or persons inside. This subdivision
> shall not apply to those areas of a private business used to count
> currency or other negotiable instruments.
> (2) Any person who uses a concealed camcorder, motion picture
> camera, or photographic camera of any type, to secretly videotape,
> film, photograph, or record by electronic means, another,
> identifiable person under or through the clothing being worn by that
> other person, for the purpose of viewing the body of, or the
> undergarments worn by, that other person, without the consent or
> knowledge of that other person, with the intent to arouse, appeal to,
> or gratify the lust, passions, or sexual desires of that person and
> invade the privacy of that other person, under circumstances in which
> the other person has a reasonable expectation of privacy.
> (3) (A) Any person who uses a concealed camcorder, motion picture
> camera, or photographic camera of any type, to secretly videotape,
> film, photograph, or record by electronic means, another,
> identifiable person who may be in a state of full or partial undress,
> for the purpose of viewing the body of, or the undergarments worn
> by, that other person, without the consent or knowledge of that other
> person, in the interior of a bedroom, bathroom, changing room,
> fitting room, dressing room, or tanning booth, or the interior of any
> other area in which that other person has a reasonable expectation
> of privacy, with the intent to invade the privacy of that other
> person.
> (B) Neither of the following is a defense to the crime specified
> in this paragraph:
> (i) The defendant was a cohabitant, landlord, tenant, cotenant,
> employer, employee, or business partner or associate of the victim,
> or an agent of any of these.
> (ii) The victim was not in a state of full or partial undress.
> (k) In any accusatory pleading charging a violation of subdivision
> (b), if the defendant has been once previously convicted of a
> violation of that subdivision, the previous conviction shall be
> charged in the accusatory pleading. If the previous conviction is
> found to be true by the jury, upon a jury trial, or by the court,
> upon a court trial, or is admitted by the defendant, the defendant
> shall be imprisoned in a county jail for a period of not less than 45
> days and shall not be eligible for release upon completion of
> sentence, on probation, on parole, on work furlough or work release,
> or on any other basis until he or she has served a period of not less
> than 45 days in a county jail. In all cases in which probation is
> granted, the court shall require as a condition thereof that the
> person be confined in a county jail for at least 45 days. In no event
> does the court have the power to absolve a person who violates this
> subdivision from the obligation of spending at least 45 days in
> confinement in a county jail.
> In any accusatory pleading charging a violation of subdivision
> (b), if the defendant has been previously convicted two or more times
> of a violation of that subdivision, each of these previous
> convictions shall be charged in the accusatory pleading. If two or
> more of these previous convictions are found to be true by the jury,
> upon a jury trial, or by the court, upon a court trial, or are
> admitted by the defendant, the defendant shall be imprisoned in a
> county jail for a period of not less than 90 days and shall not be
> eligible for release upon completion of sentence, on probation, on
> parole, on work furlough or work release, or on any other basis until
> he or she has served a period of not less than 90 days in a county
> jail. In all cases in which probation is granted, the court shall
> require as a condition thereof that the person be confined in a
> county jail for at least 90 days. In no event does the court have the
> power to absolve a person who violates this subdivision from the
> obligation of spending at least 90 days in confinement in a county
> jail.
> In addition to any punishment prescribed by this section, a court
> may suspend, for not more than 30 days, the privilege of the person
> to operate a motor vehicle pursuant to Section 13201.5 of the Vehicle
> Code for any violation of subdivision (b) that was committed within
> 1,000 feet of a private residence and with the use of a vehicle. In
> lieu of the suspension, the court may order a person's privilege to
> operate a motor vehicle restricted, for not more than six months, to
> necessary travel to and from the person's place of employment or
> education. If driving a motor vehicle is necessary to perform the
> duties of the person's employment, the court may also allow the
> person to drive in that person's scope of employment.
> (l) (1) A second or subsequent violation of subdivision (j) is
> punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year,
> or by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000), or by both
> that fine and imprisonment.
> (2) If the victim of a violation of subdivision (j) was a minor at
> the time of the offense, the violation is punishable by imprisonment
> in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceeding
> two thousand dollars ($2,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment.
>
>
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"Today I Learned" has leveled up to "Today We Learned"!
We've had a lot of fun at TILs and other events (open hack nights at LOL
makerspace <http://pocmakerspace.org/>!) learning together informally, so
we're trying out a new format for Saturday afternoons - open co-learning
with time available for people to give workshops, present things they're
working on, etc.
>From the wiki <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Today_We_Learned>:
Hi everyone! We're trying out a new experiment in co-…
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*two hours of time*
Every Saturday from 2PM to 4PM (but really till whenever) in the common
area of Sudo Room.
*to learn together*
We get to figure out what that means. What's most useful to us? What do we
want to learn? What do we want to share? How do we want to do this?
*with minimal, optional coordination beforehand*
https://pad.riseup.net/p/twl
This pad has the next TWL's date and a bunch of empty space. Share what
you're planning on working on; what you'd like to learn; if you'd like to
sign up to do a workshop, do it here; if you want to give a lightning talk
about some new thing you're working on/learning, post it here (you can even
post a time...like, "I'll be giving a short talk on some new things I've
been working on at 3PM").
We'll fill up the pad throughout the week and we'll clear it out after that
week's session so that we have a nice, fresh sheet for the following week.
You can share the pad with others to invite them to your workshop or to
work on a topic together (for example, you can post that you'll be learning
python <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_%28programming_language%29>and
then send this to everyone you know to say "hey! i'll be learning
python! if you want to work on python together, come join me!").
come tomorrow for the first one & add what you want to learn/plan to work
on on the pad: https://pad.riseup.net/p/twl!
- Marina
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: George <travology(a)mindspring.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 17:46:10 -0700
Subject: Fw: [Long Now Members] Manual for Civilization
To: Matthew Senate <mattsenate(a)gmail.com>
----- Original Message -----
From: Alexander Rose
To: members(a)list.longnow.org
Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2013 10:57 AM
Subject: [Long Now Members] Manual for Civilization
Long Now Members,
Please help us find the most useful books in the world...
We have …
[View More]begun an effort to populate our upcoming book collection for
the Salon called The Manual for Civilization. This will be the 3500
books you would most want if you had to restart civilization.
So.. If you were stranded on a desert island, what books will YOU
pick? Come on, be honest (and selective).
Behold the ONE TRUE GOOGLE FORM. We have made strides to make it as
easy as possible to make submissions. Our main identifier is an
Amazon URL which will later be parsed by a massive child labor force
in a secret underground bunker into things like ISBN and book size
etc.
But right now we are trying to grow the list as broad as possible with
amazing selections. Dont get too hung up on details or categories,
just make good submissions. There will be a later vetting process
that will be more fun that playing "Hot or Not" in 01998.
Ready, set, go..! (dont forget to bookmark this page so you can come
back to it as you think of more books later)
--
Alexander Rose
Long Now executive director
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unsubscribe / change email: http://list.longnow.org/mailman/listinfo/members
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*** Living the fabulous life, free(ish) of the clutches of the Mon$ter of
Mone¥? *****
Join us as we scoff together over coffee and speak on a wide range of
superfluous topics, including but not limited to:
<<Government benefits we qualify for given our current situations
<<How we make use of our time in a meaningful way
<<“Third Economy”: Bartering/free exchange, gifting, sharing,
bottom-feeding,…
<<…and *whatever else you want to bring to the table*!
This is a time to …
[View More]relax, speak our minds, and enjoy each other’s company!
COFFEE AND TEA WILL BE SERVED!!! Bring a snack if you’d like. :]
♥,
ykciV
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Dear friends from other organizations,
We just wanted to give you a brief update on what we've been doing,
hopefully you can pass it along to your respective organizations. The
resolution project is in slow motion, as is the shareholder proposal
project. There is a Rally Against Mass Surveillance in DC on October 26th,
and we are raising money to send Bay Area residents to the rally by train,
https://www.wepay.com/donations/restore-the-fourth-sf-bay-area-1026-rally-f…
Our checking account is …
[View More]with the Internet Archive's credit union, which we
think is really cool!
We're not able to give a location for the local 10/26 activities just yet,
but we know it will be from 9 am to 12 pm.
Two other upcoming privacy events: Sudoroom's monthly cryptoparty is on Oct
20th
https://sudoroom.org/ai1ec_event/cryptoparty-a-digital-security-privacy-wor…
we will be presenting at the Aaron Swartz Hackathon Nov 8-10.
http://aaronswartzhackathon.org/
Best,
Alice
Legal Advisor
Restore the Fourth SF Bay Area
http://www.restorethefourthsf.com/
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there are only four of us here, for the weekly meeting.
we had an initial vote on whether or not we should have a minimum of 10 people in order to make an official meeting; and that we call it a sudo-minyan.
the result of the vote was 2 votes yes, 2 abstentions.
sent from eddan.com
Is Sudo Room planning a booth a East Bay Mini Maker Faire, weekend after
next? If so - any idea where you'll be located?
The EBMMF is much smaller, more intimate, and has much more of a community
feel than the giant San Mateo Maker Faire. Typically lots more families as
well. Different atmosphere, but just as much creative fun - strongly
recommended!
We'll have a booth for Counter Culture Labs (I did a booth for BioCurious
the past two years). Use code CCLAB for a 15% discount off you ticket. …
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year, we were in the same room as Ace Monster Toys, Tekla Labs, and Hacker
Moms - great neighbors!
Patrik
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November 15 is the date of the main even that we need a space for. There are other events in October.
Yall should come on the tour de ferment if you got bikes.
Patrick
> From: Catherine Bracy <catherinebracy(a)gmail.com>
> Date: October 9, 2013 at 3:06:23 PM PDT
> Subject: [berkmanfriends] Code for America Oakland project: public records requests
>
> Hi Berkfriends,
>
> Our Code for America team in Oakland this year has built a pretty cool tool to streamline and make more transparent public records requests:
>
> http://www.codeforamerica.org/2013/10/01/recordtrac-easy-access-to-public-r…
>
> Some of you may be …
[View More]wondering how this is different from the FOIA Machine that the Center for Investigative Reporting is building after their successful Kickstarter campaign. I love their idea (I'm a backer, in fact) but RecordTrac serves both the citizen AND the government entity. Turns out many times the slowness in responses to FOIA requests isn't nefarious it just happens to be a real pain in the ass for government employees. RecordTrac makes it easier, and allows employees and requestors to have a conversation about the process.
>
> If anyone wants to know more (or even wants to help redeploy it somewhere else!) I'm happy to connect you with the team.
>
> Catherine Bracy
> Organizing and Engagement Director
> Code for America
> ----------
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I found myself responding as i did, below, to news of a sudo table at the
east bay anarchist bookfair, and realized how ... happy i am to be alive
.... grateful i am for the same, and for the people i know. like you, if
indeed i know you, o person reading this.
possible trigger of this state of mind:
*i danced on monday like ... like i could just.... dance. *
*
*
*like i used to, a few years ago, when i didn't know that a daily fight
just to walk had an appointment with my internet-surfing, …
[View More]philosophizing,
needing-to-write-more self.*
*
*
*i danced! i danced! i got drunk and forgot i was lame! i ddn't hurt
myself! I danced! *
*
*
*:::::::dances around a little in virtual demonstration:::::::*
*
*
*wooooooohooooooooooooooo!*
*
*
ok. so i thought would say something. perhaps i can make it tonight....
SHORT VERSION:
inspiration; thx.
anticipate updates eagerly.
LONG VERSION, warning, may not make attempt to be brief:
to be regarded as that which serves to remind any but the most negligent in
attantion to spiritual duty of the glory immanent in and attendant upon the
quotidian externality: intersections juxtapose, for me, details such as
audio accompaniment and my awesome cup of coffee with the news that HTML5
browsers are soon to compile draconian DRM in at the source and this.
the fact that i managed an APA for a few years is evidence (to my
allzu-menschliches yet voluble self, that is) that this email is aware, has
intentions, and, of course, specifies, would benefit from, indeed
needs *me* somehow.
sketching beautiful futures branching off.
not that i know what that exactly is... but i felt that the word 'awesome'
furnished far too little detail.
good afternoon! it's good to be alive.
--
*Be seeing you.*
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Some major Internet Governance organizations earlier this week put out a statement on future Internet cooperation that I think Sudo folk might be interested in.
http://www.internetsociety.org/news/montevideo-statement-future-internet-co…
(signatories & other info at link above)
> Uruguay, 7 October 2013
> The leaders of organizations responsible for coordination of the Internet technical infrastructure globally have met in Montevideo, Uruguay, to consider current issues affecting …
[View More]the future of the Internet.
>
> The Internet and World Wide Web have brought major benefits in social and economic development worldwide. Both have been built and governed in the public interest through unique mechanisms for global multistakeholder Internet cooperation, which have been intrinsic to their success. The leaders discussed the clear need to continually strengthen and evolve these mechanisms, in truly substantial ways, to be able to address emerging issues faced by stakeholders in the Internet.
>
> In this sense:
>
> They reinforced the importance of globally coherent Internet operations, and warned against Internet fragmentation at a national level. They expressed strong concern over the undermining of the trust and confidence of Internet users globally due to recent revelations of pervasive monitoring and surveillance.
> They identified the need for ongoing effort to address Internet Governance challenges, and agreed to catalyze community-wide efforts towards the evolution of global multistakeholder Internet cooperation.
> They called for accelerating the globalization of ICANN and IANA functions, towards an environment in which all stakeholders, including all governments, participate on an equal footing.
> They also called for the transition to IPv6 to remain a top priority globally. In particular Internet content providers must serve content with both IPv4 and IPv6 services, in order to be fully reachable on the global Internet.
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Thanks, Nerds for Nature (nerds, for short?), for your donation. Very much appreciated.
If any other groups are also moved to donate to Sudo Room for their past and future use and enjoyment of the space - it would be of great help.
> 1) online (via wepay): https://sudoroom.org/
> 2) online (via gittip): https://www.gittip.com/sudoroom/
> 3) in person (anytime): please drop cash or checks into the clear plastic
> box by the door that goes to the elevator
> 4) in person (at …
[View More]meetings): bring cash or checks to wed. meetings.
>
>> From: Victoria Bogdan <bogdan.victoria(a)gmail.com>
>> Subject: [nerdsfornature] Donation to SudoRoom!
>> Date: September 26, 2013 11:52:05 AM PDT
>> To: "nerdsfornature(a)googlegroups.com" <nerdsfornature(a)googlegroups.com>
>> Cc: Matthew Senate <mattsenate(a)gmail.com>
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Just a note to say that as approved by the Organizing Group at our last meeting, Nerds for Nature made a $100 donation to SudoRoom in gratitude for use of their space!
>>
>> The receipt is below. If anyone is curious about our financial standing, there is a doc here. We have $709 left from our fundraiser income.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> V.
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: WePay.com <support(a)wepay.com>
>> Date: Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 11:42 AM
>> Subject: Payment confirmation
>> To: bogdan.victoria(a)gmail.com
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Victoria,
>> You’ve made a $105.20 payment for sudo room
>>
>> This charge will appear on your statement as “WPY*sudo room”
>>
>> Campaign Name Amount
>> sudo room $100.00
>> Service Fee $5.20
>> Total $105.20
>> Payment Method
>> Visa xxxxxx8550
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>> 09/26/2013 at 02:40 PM EDT
>> Dispute this payment
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>> victoriabogdan.com
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The annual Ferment Change event series is happening this month and next. We are looking for a venue for the main event on November 15th. In the past we've had it at the humanist hall. They raised thier rates a good bit. Could Sudo Room and the Public school host our main event the potluck & culture swap? I posted the upcoming events below.
Patrick
October 12, 2013
Indigenous People's Day- Ferment Change!
Start Time: 11:00 am
Ends: 3:00 pm
Description: Fermented food workshops …
[View More]and samples from around the world to
celebrate Indigenous People's Day including a Nepalese Fermentation Workshop, a maya-aztec fermentation workshop, and an Ethiopian bread workshop (Injera)
More info to come...
More details
October 19, 2013
Kombucha! Workshop and Swap
Start Time: 11:00 am
Ends: 1:00 pm
Description: We will have a 1 hour kombucha workshop followed by Kombucha Swap.
Bring your kombucha by for others to taste and come pickup a new mother!
More details
October 26, 2013
Ferment Change! Kim Chi w/Phat Beets Youth
Start Time: 11:00 am
Ends: 1:00 pm
Description: Join Lorena, a Fresh Felllow from the Phat Beets Produce Youth Program in making this traditional Korean Pickle made from napa cabbage, carrots, gingers and more! Lorena will provide samples and bring a jar so you can make and take some home with you!
More details
And more fun activities...
Tour De Fermet- a homebrewers bicycle tour of the East Bay to benefit Phat Beets Produce
$20-$50 (per day)
Oct 26th and Oct 27th All day
more info email info(a)phatbeetsproduce.org
Ferment Change Potluck and Culture Swap n' Workshops Friday Nov 15th
Oakland, Ca.
more info to come!
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Hi Sudo folk.
The public comment period just opened for the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) - which will determine the reporting (minimum) guidelines for the Info Tech space. These new sets of industry-specific standards SASB has started publishing will likely become the accounting norms for sustainability.
If anyone is interested in working with me on putting together comments by Jan. 2, 2014 - I could probably use the help.
Thanks.
sent from eddan.com
> From: "…
[View More]Comments @ SASB" <comments(a)sasb.org>
> Subject: Public Comment for Technology & Communications
> Date: October 8, 2013 12:38:15 PM PDT
>
> 90-Day Period of Public Comment Now Open
> Technology & Communications
> SASB Exposure Draft Sustainability Accounting Standards
>
> Comment Deadline: January 2, 2014
>
> The proposed sustainability accounting standards for industries in the Technology & Communications sector are now available for public review. SASB welcomes comments from the public.
>
> Those providing comments should consider that the proposed disclosure standards are intended to be integrated in financial filings of publicly-traded companies, such as the Form 10-K. As such, they must reflect auditable information that is material to investors and can be collected by corporations in a cost-efficient manner.
>
> The industries covered in the Technology and Communications sector are:
> Electronic Manufacturing Services & Original Design Manufacturing
> Software & IT Services
> Hardware
> Semiconductors
> Telecommunications
> Internet Media & Services
>
> To access the exposure drafts, and for instructions on how to submit comments, please click here.
>
> Thank you for your involvement in the development of these important standards.
>
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steep admission prices, but this conference's agenda is likely of interest to Sudo folk.
http://www.greenbiz.com/events/verge/2013/10/san-francisco/program
> October 14, 2013 - October 17, 2013
> VERGE San Francisco brings together innovators, entrepreneurs, and leading public officials to explore the opportunities for radical efficiencies created through technology advancements in energy, buildings and transportation.
Hey Sudo people! Bay Area Community Exchange (aka "the timebank") is
planning to have our monthly general meeting this Wednesday night 8:00 to
9:30 PM. We've had meetings at Sudo before, but I am not sure how to add it
to the Sudo Room calendar. Can someone point out to me how to do that? It's
usually pretty small, maybe 10 people or so, so it shouldn't clash with
your guys' weekly meeting.
Also...
We're in the middle of overhauling our website and need to build up our
tech team to get it …
[View More]done. If anyone is interested, or know someone who
might be, please pass this along (see below). Committed volunteers may
receive a small cash stipend, plus timebank hours. Email Carl at
bacetechteam(a)gmail.com. For more info on BACE check out bace.org.
Much appreciation!
Descriptions of positions needed:
*Tech Team Leader for BACE - Oakland/San Francisco, 10
hrs/month*.<http://timebank.sfbace.org/reqs/2751>
Must have good communication skills and some knowledge working with Ruby on
Rails and using Github. Other tech experience a plus.
*Ruby on Rails developer for BACE website - San Francisco/Oakland, 5-10
hrs/month* <http://timebank.sfbace.org/reqs/2752>
Must have capable Ruby skills or be able to pick it up quickly. Javascript
and HTML/CSS a plus.
*Front-end Designer for the BACE website, 5-10 hour a month, Oakland/San
Francisco* <http://timebank.sfbace.org/reqs/2753>
Must know HTML/CSS and have a good eye on design. Portfolio of previous
design work a plus.
Okay, thank you!
-amber
--
*Animator Mama You-Tube
Channel<http://www.youtube.com/user/videocabulary/videos?view=0>
*
*Animator Mama on Tumblr <http://animatormama.tumblr.com/>*
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This was meant to get sent out after Wednesday's meeting. Sorry it took so long.
In short, we are coming close to filing Sudoroom as a California
corporation. We want to do this as consensually and horizontally as
possible, but also soon. As in, the next few weeks. Let this e-mail
thread be your official opportunity to lobby objections, concerns and
desires. Here is some background for clarity, and some homework.
PROFIT vs NON-PROFIT: this is the distinction that gets talked about
most often, …
[View More]but actually seems to be the most remote/non-issue
question right now. 501 (c3, c5, c*) is a chapter of the Federal IRC,
meaning it ONLY relates to Federal income taxes. You ask the IRS to
recognize you, and they take a few years to start letting you keep
your money. But we're NOT AT THIS STAGE YET because legally we DON'T
even EXIST YET.
INCORPORATION: this is how you exist. It is not a federal process -
you ask your U.S. State to recognize you. Each state does it a little
differently. Generally the old traditional type of corporation is a
C-Corp, and newer types are LLC and B-Corp. This is something we all
need to learn more about! We need to decide the pros and cons of each
type. That is our homework assignment #1.
WRITING OUR ARTICLES: when we file papers we will have to submit
Articles/Bylaws. This will be a legal document describing who we are
and what the terms and rules of our incorporation are. It is
OPEN-ENDED meaning very hackable but also intimidating. It's been
proposed that we use Noisebridge's articles as a starting point and
edit them to our liking to make them most Sudo-appropriate. It's on
our wiki now: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Bylaws_in_progress Reading,
understanding, and hacking at this document is homework assignment #2!
MEMBERSHIP: observant readers will note incorporation implies there
are "owners." We have to figure out once and for all how to decide
membership. This is it, folks. Time for us all to step up and ask "who
the fuck are we?"
So, in summary, the next steps are:
1) Decide on LLC vs C vs B Corp
2) Write articles/bylaws to file with
3) who the fuck are we?
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Videophiles, here is the file:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_jq7klTEotEQXdMYTVOandHT0E/edit?usp=sharing
Would like to:
- cut out the embarassing bits
- make it short
- adjust colours
- make some sort of effect every time I rip a poster off the wall.
- upload to youtube
Are you the video-guru that would like to take on this project? Do-ocracy
by all means.
-notconfusingly, Max
Thoughts and suggestions on discussion topics for an Oakland Technology Policy Forum 10/24 much appreciated.
> From: "bryan" <bryan(a)bryanparker.org>
> Date: October 4, 2013, 4:44:47 PM PDT
> To: eddan(a)eddan.com
>
> We are pulling together a tech forum to study the question of what would be needed in terms of infrastructure, marketing, resources, etc to drive a real tech sector in Oakland. Additionally, what are the restraints on this happening?
> We were …
[View More]thinking 6-8 on 10/24. Policy discussion only, no politics. We have invited a group of tech professionals, capital providers and other thought leaders in the field. We think Oakland can make particular strides in the areas of Clean /Green tech and digital media.
> Please let me know your thoughts.
>
> Best,
>
> Bryan
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This is my former housemate from NYC ... He was a librarian and a poet at occupy... Reminds me of our resident poet Troy who is also our librarian !!!
Any poetry readings at sudoroom ??
Check out this video on YouTube:
http://youtu.be/IN9DcF7ayhc
Sent from my iPad