- sudo-discuss - sudoroom.org

by Eddan Katz

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.

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BACE timebank meeting, and... we're looking for tech help!

by amber yada

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 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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Incorporation

by Yardena Cohen

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, 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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Need video editor to chop and polish this "Tour of Sudo" video we shot.

by Max Klein

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

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Fwd: Tech Forum October 24

by Eddan Katz

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 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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Poetry Laboratorio: Filip Marinovich presents Emerging Work from Occupy Wall Street

by Romy＠snowyla.com

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

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Fwd: government shut down & open web

by Eddan Katz

sent from eddan.com Begin forwarded message: > From: Peter Harter <farrington(a)gmail.com> > Date: October 4, 2013, 9:39:32 AM PDT > To: "netpolicy(a)mozilla.org" <Netpolicy(a)mozilla.org> > Subject: government shut down & open web > > As you may already know many US government websites have shuttered, so to speak, as a result of the budget shut down. Reminds me of how Internet freedom issue campaigns have rallied attention by altering or closing websites. > > Seems to me that this moment is a possible opportunity for Mozilla to educate the public about the importance of the open Web and how it is all around us every day. > > During the previous shut down in the mid 90s people became fed up with a lack of access to government services such as visas for overseas travel. I don't know if it was a simple pressure point of very wealthy and well connected people that got fed up with Newt Gingrich and wanted to have their vacations to go forward. But that is one of the anecdotes one heard at the time. > > Do people that care about the open Web care at all about a lack of access to government websites? > > For example, people do care about a lack of access to national parks and how that disrupts their vacations, ruins the income to businesses dependent on those parks and pushes those workers into poverty and onto government assistance. > > Is there an example that we can think of to make a similar cascading deprivation narrative connecting the shut down of government websites to a broader impact that burdens us all? > > This I think would help underscore the point that Harvey made to me a year ago or so -- that the open Web needs to be a regular part of a kitchen table conversation, akin to what it took or many to move clean air out of the environmentalist extremes and into the very mainstream. > > I can't say that the shut down of the US government is that tipping point for the open Web. > > But since we've all seen the shuttering of websites as a timeworn tactic for two decades now, I thought I should raise it with you all here for contemplation and for discussion perhaps during the Mozilla Summit. > > Peter > _______________________________________________ > Netpolicy mailing list > Netpolicy(a)mozilla.org > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/netpolicy

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2141 Broadway Co-Op?

by Andrew

I haven't been around all that much, but am I correct to assume that the current situation is that: 1. Sudo Room's current lease ends Jan 1st 2. George is willing to sell off part of 2141 to a group of investors? If this is so. Let's talk 2141 Co-Op. *Is there anyone on this list who would be at all interested in owning part of a building in the middle of Downtown Oakland*?? Sudo Room or not, this is a great opportunity for a collective to turn some extremely prime real estate in to a commercial Co-Op. Just wanted to bring attention to this. Thoughts? -- ------- Andrew Lowe Cell: 831-332-2507 http://roshambomedia.com

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FIRST FRIDAY SUDO CRAWL

by Liberty Madison

FIRST FRIDAY ANYONE? Why wonder around alone or even worse not attend First Friday? Come to Sudo for a First Friday Crawl. If you have never been to Sudo this is an excellent time to stop in! 6p-7p POP UP Orientation & Tour (Pop in to learn more or to introduce a new ideas) 7p - Sudo First Friday Crawl WHY? Last month a few Sudoers headed out to enjoy the festivities and I was about to meet a number of hackers from So Cal who never heard of Sudo Room and convinced them to take a tour, they did! Loved it and the word is spreading! Lets continue to connect with the community so we can continue to be an open creative space in the community. **OPEN TO - ALL HACKERS FROM SUDO ROOM, NOISEBRIDGE, FREESPACE,ANY HACKERSPACE, ANY NON HACKERSPACE, THOSE WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD OF A HACKERSPACE, MEMBERS, NON MEMBERS, GIRLS, BOYS, BIRDS, DOGS, TALL PEOPLE, TATTOOED PEOPLE...SO YOU GET THE POINT! JUST COME OUT & HANG OUT! SO COME ALONE COME WITH A FRIEND IT DOES NOT MATTER** COST- FREE (First Friday does not charge a fee to enjoy the art) TEXT / OR CALL if you are coming or running late. I will not be checking EMAIL 415.937.3785 Text/Talk About.me/LibertyMadison <http://about.me/LibertyMadison> #ThatTechGirl <http://www.instagram.com/LibertyMadison> is @LibertyMadison<http://www.twitter.com/libertymadison> Founder and Host @LifewTechnology <http://www.twitter.com/lifewtechnology>:Translating Tech </to> Talk OPRAH.com Next TV Show Host TOP 40 Finalist www.LibertyMadison.com<http://www.libertymadison.com/>

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Sat. 10/5 at 2PM: Today I Learned: Follow the Money!

by Marina Kukso

Hi everyone, Join us tomorrow (10/5) at 2PM at Sudo Room for *Today I Learned: Follow the Money*! We'll be covering economics and the growth and control of money in today's society. Topics covered will include the effect of taxation on economic growth, the flow of money control via commercial banks, insurance companies, and other financial intermediaries. Finally we will cover how the flow of global money affects our federal, state and local economies. More on the event. *This workshop is part of the series “Today I Learned,” a series of free workshops that take place every Saturday at 2PM at Sudo Room, a creative community and hackerspace in downtown Oakland. Check out the full schedule at http://sudoroom.org/wiki/Today_I_Learned and please forward widely.*

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2 upcoming city/tech events: PlanningCamp & CityCamp

by Marina Kukso

Hi all, There are two upcoming events at the intersection of "doing good stuff"/cities/tech: - Oct 12th: http://planningcamp.org/ ($15) - Nov 9th: http://citycampoak.org/ (free) You should go! Marina

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POC zine project - Race Riot Tour 2013

by amber yada

Super excited for this, been waiting over a year! October 19th in San Francisco: http://www.somarts.org/raceriot/ More on the POC Zine Project here: http://poczineproject.tumblr.com/ -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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events at san francisco public library

by amber yada

wow, there are a lot of things going on throughout the month of october at san francisco public library around hacking, online security, robotics, etc. all throughout the city (including a circuit hacking workshop conducted by mitch altman of noisebridge)... check it out! http://sfpl.org/index.php?l=0&t=1&s=253&a=0&k=&m1=10&d1=4&y1=2013&m2=&d2=&y… -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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Network of Trust

by Eddan Katz

Hi Sudo folk. I wanted to both advertise and solicit help with a project I've been working on called Network of Trust (http://networkoftrust.net/). The idea is that the best way to choose who to hire for different services is based on recommendations and advice from your friends and family. Speaking of which, this is a project I've been working on with my dad. Who has been known to lurk on this list. Since I've never had the opportunity to introduce my dad, I'm going to try and use as much Internet jargon as I can for him to look up. Please bear with me. My father, Michael, is a true geek at heart. He went to the Technion Institute in Haifa, Israel to study engineering "back in the olden days" as his grand-daughter likes to say. He later got his business degree at NYU and worked at a company called Celesco, which made transducers, for most of his career. He retired sometime about last year - and Network of Trust is one of things he spends his time on. He's kind of like Robert de Niro from Meet the Parents. So I think what we need the most help with is some eyeballs on how the back-end is put together, since the guy who did it is working on other things now. Also, as always, need people to sign up and to use it. Comments and suggestions would be very much appreciated. OK, dad, don't be shy. These are nice people. Mostly. -Eddan

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must read guardian leaks on tor

by Praveen Sinha

In case you haven't seen the news today, here's the summary and analysis from Bruce Schneier good to send to your non-tech friends): http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/04/tor-attacks-nsa-users-online-a… And the leaked doc itself straight from GCHQ for straight up infosec nerds: http://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2013/oct/04/tor-stinks-nsa-pre… Fascinating to see their capabilities and limitations. Open question: What does everyone think the next generation architecture/next versions of TOR should have given all of this?

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hyperloop now on github with new considerations

by Leonid Kozhukh

hi all! i put the hyperloop alpha doc on github (readme.md) and added my thoughts in the form of *topic*.md files: https://github.com/leonidkozhukh/hyperloop would love to get feedback from the community... -- len founder, ligertail http://ligertail.com

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[Rent] We owe $1, 768.72 and have $1852.86 in the bank but...

by Matthew Senate

Hey all, Our minimum balance on the bank account is $500! Please pay dues, make donations. // Matt

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Fwd: 10/2013 Statement, 2141 Broadway

by Matthew Senate

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Laurie Cooperman Rosen <Lscoop(a)comcast.net> Date: Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 7:17 PM Subject: 10/2013 Statement, 2141 Broadway To: exchequer(a)sudoroom.org Cc: eddan(a)eddan.com, mattsenate(a)gmail.com Hi All- Attached please find the October Statement. Thank you! Laurie

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Oct. 22nd: #YouthTechOAK: Connecting youth of color with tech skills in Oakland

by Marina Kukso

Hi all, Upcoming event on connecting youth of color in Oakland with technical skills: https://youthtechoak.eventbrite.com/ Looks like a good opportunity to meet some of the people who are working in this area, learn more about their work, and talk about the areas where our groups can play a role. The standard ticket is $10, but there's aslo a sliding scale option that lets you pay what you can. - Marina

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Fwd: October 2013 Newsletter: Youth Internship Program & More

by Romy Snowyla

Great organization run by very cool people They use meditation to help at risk teenagers in the east bay grow Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: Mind Body Awareness Project <info(a)mbaproject.org> > Date: October 3, 2013 at 1:40:59 PM PDT > To: Romy <romy.ilano(a)gmail.com> > Subject: October 2013 Newsletter: Youth Internship Program & More > Reply-To: Mind Body Awareness Project <info(a)mbaproject.org> > > > Mind Body Awareness Project Newsletter - October, 2013 Is this email not displaying correctly? > View it in your browser. > > Donate Now » > Follow us on Twitter > Visit Us On Facebook > Forward to a Friend > > MBA to Launch New Youth Internship Program: > > $400 Underwrites One Youth Stipend Per Semester > Donate Today! > > MBA is excited to announce our first ever youth internship! Young people released from the Alameda County Juvenile Justice Center (ACJJC) and from schools in the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) will now have the unique opportunity to receive in-depth mindfulness training, tutoring in basic mentoring skills, and education in the mental and behavioral health fields, broadly defined. The program’s inspiration is drawn from a young man who recently contacted MBA once released from the ACJJC, looking to deepen his practice and skills learned while incarcerated. Executive Director Sam Himelstein donated $400 to underwrite this first internship. Will you underwrite the next one? Our interns will receive a $400 stipend for approximately 50 hours of internship over the course of a semester. The East Bay Asian Youth Center (EBAYC), MBA’s partner at Dewey Academy (one of our OUSD sites), has generously awarded funding for 3 additional MBA interns from Dewey Academy. MBA hopes to build a cohort of a minimum of 8 interns for the 2013-2014 school year. We already have four spots funded; donate today to fund the other four interns! > > One Daylong Training Remaining - Sign Up Today > > "Mindfulness-Based Substance Abuse Treatment for High-Risk Adolescents", Sunday October 13, 2013 > Only one more daylong training left to go this Fall, so don’t sleep on it! “Mindfulness-Based Substance Abuse Treatment for High-Risk Adolescents” is a must for any teacher, clinician, or mentor who works with young people who use drugs and for anyone interested in applying mindfulness philosophy and techniques to help deal with substance use. In this training you’ll learn the underlying principles of using a mindfulness-based model to work with young people, actual group curriculum activities that you can use with the young people you work with, and how to effectively apply mindfulness to this field. Continuing Education (CE) is available. Click here to sign up today! > > About the Trainer: > The training will be facilitated by Sam Himelstein, Ph.D., Executive Director of the MBA Project and licensed psychologist (PSY25229). Sam has worked with high-risk and incarcerated youth in his multiple roles with MBA over the years and with several other organizations for over a decade. His passion for this work has been encapsulated in his just released book, “A Mindfulness-Based Approach to Working With High-Risk Adolescents.” > > > > > Join us for Sam Himelstein's Upcoming Book Talk > > Sofia University, November 14, 2013 > > In April of 2013, MBA’s Executive Director Sam published his first book, “A Mindfulness-Based Approach to Working with High-Risk Adolescents” (Routledge, 2013). On November 14, 2013 (6-7pm), Sam will review the major concepts in his book and field questions from the audience. He will also, of course, highlight the latest programs and accomplishments of MBA. Join us at Sofia University in Palo Alto, CA in the “Great Sophia” classroom, right next to the library at Sofia University: 1069 E. Meadow Circle, Palo Alto, CA 94303. No registration required, just show up! Refreshments will be served. Your chance to get Sam’s book at a 20% discount. > > > Sponsor an MBA Youth Retreatant Today: Only $250 Per Youth > > > > Last summer MBA offered its first multiday residential mindfulness retreat deep in the old-growth redwood forests of Pescadero, CA to 10 youth. MBA is in the process of planning its second set of summer retreats for 2014, but we can’t do it without you. Help us double, or even triple the size of the retreat so more youth can benefit from this comprehensive program that offers skills for emotion management, stress reduction, and nature appreciation for urban youth that rarely, if ever, get access to the great outdoors. As usual, MBA does not charge youth or their families for any of our programming. Your ongoing support ensures MBA youth access to an eco-system of life-changing support. Remember, our youth come from low-income neighborhoods and deal with issues of violence, substance abuse, and trauma. $250 sends one youth on retreat. Help us meet our goal of sending 20-30 youth this summer. Donate today! > Copyright © 2013 Mind Body Awareness Project, All rights reserved. > You are receiving this email because you signed up for our mailing list and/or sent us a donation. > > http://www.mbaproject.org > > Our mailing address is: > Mind Body Awareness Project > 478 Santa Clara Avenue > Suite 200 > Oakland, CA 94610 > > Add us to your address book > > > unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences

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Flux capacitor

by Eddan Katz

I was wondering if any Sudo-imagineers knew anything about Flux Capacitors (http://backtothefuture.wikia.com/wiki/Flux_capacitor). I want to see if I can go back in time and change the wording of a recent email I wrote and have been told that a flux capacitor would be necessary to accomplish this.

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Handheld 3D printing extruder

by Hol Gaskill

I'm going to try my hand at making one of these. ABS filament arrives next week to begin torturing me for the 1.5 month until the hot end itself arrives. Thinking wooden handle with a 3D printed trigger mounted to a spring-loaded potentiometer. Tricky part will be setting up the controller to compensate for different feed rates. the fun part will be holding contests to see who can draw the best cylinder. anyone interested in this or have tips from 3D printer builds? cheers, hol

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Fwd: The Omni

by Marina Kukso

hey all, max, rabbit, and i ended up being at the omni at the same time yesterday. what is the omni? read more below! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Max Klein <isalix(a)gmail.com> Date: Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 7:39 PM Subject: The Omni To: "marina.kukso" <marina.kukso(a)gmail.com>, Rabbit Whiskers < rabbitface(a)gmail.com> ==What is the Omni== *4799 Shattuck Avenue *Officially zoned as a house *Complex with many rooms and their loose plans for them **Ballroom hall - Yoga and other type of classes **A Bar/Restaurant Room - A "transactional cafe" **A workshop type area - artist subdivisions in half, maybe a hackerspace. **Bedroom type area - Where they will live ***A Basement - Coworking area, a film studio, and a VR Lab with omni-treadmills **A Commercial Kitchen - foodtrepreneurs-space ==Who are the Omni== *Six core people **Hippie/Burner/20-30something **Ben Olmstead (sp?) ("chief architect") we met with him *Leasing to Buy **Total price $2m ==Sudo Room at the Omni== *There is place that is good for a hackspace *[insert picture here] ====>>>>> http://oaklandwiki.org/The_Omni *They want to make 10 artist cubicles 10'x10' and charge $4/sqft. *Half the room will still be avavilable, and could be Sudo's for approx $2k/month. **They want to make $8k/month from the artist spaces + workshop + coworking + movie studio + VRLAB + kitchen, so any combination works for them. We can offer creative solutions. For instance I suggested: *Pay upfront for a year could be cheaper, because they would have a larger downpayment on their loan. They accepted. *It is 10 minutes walk from McArthur BART **Is that too far?

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Re: [sudo-discuss] It's Unconscionable

by Eddan Katz

I went to an Oakland mayoral candidate event for Bryan Parker on Tuesday. There was a short opportunity during the event to mention people's individual interest in the race and I gave a tweet-length description of Sudo Room. In the after-mingling part, a few people (none of whom I knew before) wanted to learn more. Actually - there was one person there I've seen before - the bearded guy who runs a video editing shop down on the Mezzanine level of our building in the kitchen/conference room (technically 2143 Broadway, I believe) - he was in fact doing some video for the event. He's cool. All but one of the comments and reactions were very positive, including from Phil Tagami, an apparently big-wig developer in Oakland. He wants to come check out Sudo Room sometime and even mentioned he'd had an interview with someone that hung around Sudo Room and had heard interesting things about it. But I digress. The one negative comment came when someone asked me if I knew anything about the lock-picking class that was held at a hackerspace in Oakland some time back. After explaining a bit about Workshop Weekend and that the event took place at Sudo Room, he asked "What the %^&$^ #$%^ #$%^ were you thinking?" It made me realize that we should probably try to tell our side of the story, which we hadn't really publicly. Below are excerpts from the drafts of public statements at the time from the sudo-discuss archives. Workshop Weekend published their statement on their website at the time, but Sudo Room never collectively went through agreeing on and fine-tuning the substance of such a public statement. Given that Workshop Weekend (http://workshopweekend.net/) is taking place next weekend, I thought it might make sense to re-visit our drafts and try to piece something together. The fact that the Police Chief Jordan has since gone into early retirement (though retained his high-tier benefits) during a week when Oakland had 3 different police chiefs and got razor-thin close to federal receivership - would likely work in our favor. > From: "J.D. Zamfirescu" <zamfire(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [sudo-discuss] It's Unconscionable > Date: March 1, 2013 11:14:30 AM PST > To: sudo-discuss <sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org> > > For those interested, Workshop Weekend (that is, my brother and I) prepared the following statement on the lockpicking issue. We fully support Sudo Room having its own statement on the issue too. > > =========== > Over the past two days, Workshop Weekend has received complaints from concerned citizens of Oakland about the upcoming "Introduction to Lockpicking" workshop being offered as part of Workshop Weekend on March 2, 2013. The workshop will run as scheduled, but in response to community concerns, lock-picking tools will no longer be offered for sale at the event. > > As Oakland residents ourselves, we have felt Oakland's crime problem, and we appreciate the community's concerns that offering a lock-picking workshop appears to encourage crime and sends the wrong message. We recognize now that it was insensitive to have the workshop listed and broadcast in the way that it was, and we regret doing so. > > To provide some background, Workshop Weekend invited The Open Organization of Lockpickers (TOOOL) to run a workshop about lock-picking and lock mechanisms this weekend. > > Exploring lock-picking and understanding the limitations of locks is valuable for everyone who relies on locks for physical security, and in kids it can spark an interest in mechanical engineering and complex systems. > > We would also like to share the following note from TOOOL, the group offering the session: "We in TOOOL are of course sensitive to the concern that occasionally surrounds our lock-themed workshops. We can only hope that the atmosphere of openness, information sharing, and strong ethical standards which is a part of all TOOOL meetings can assuage some concerns. Knowing about the weaknesses in certain locks protects the public; it does not aid criminals. Please visit our website -- toool.us -- for more information." > > We hope this note makes things clear to everyone; our goal is provide an educational and inclusive experience for everyone in Oakland who would like to be involved with our events. > > Workshop Weekend is a two-day celebration of hands-on learning taking place in the heart of downtown Oakland, bringing together kids and adults from Oakland as well as the rest of the Bay Area. The event encourages exploration of new interests and passions by offering over 40 workshops in subjects not typically taught in schools, including aeroponics, electronics, and 3D printing. For more information, visit workshopweekend.net > > We welcome your thoughts and comments at feedback(a)workshopweekend.net > =========== > > From: Eddan <eddan(a)clear.net> > Subject: Re: [sudo-discuss] It's Unconscionable > Date: March 2, 2013 1:37:00 PM PST > To: Daniel Finlay <namelessdan(a)gmail.com> > Cc: sudo-discuss <sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org> > Reply-To: eddan(a)eddan.com > > Not sure how to append or collate this with Daniel's section, but included below is a draft of suggested comments I tried piecing together. I think that if we are to have a statement, that we should merge our various contributions to represent one voice. I'm not sure what platform is best to do this kind of thing on, but have had some positive experience with http://www.co-ment.com/. > > > > sent from eddan.com > > > > --- > > To our community – > > > It is in good conscience that we, the members of Sudo Room, host the Lock-Picking session at the Workshop Weekend taking place at 2141 Broadway [and Tech Liminal] today. As even a quick glance at the rest of the program would make clear, we are a diverse community of technologists, artists, and activists joined together by the ambition of figuring things out for ourselves and teaching other people how to do it. > > A further step back would reveal a context of free and open to the public educational opportunities covering everything from sewing recycled fabric into sustainable clothing; making vanilla extract to experiment with new flavors of ice cream; creating a transparent and democratic corporate governance; and indeed yes – taking locks apart and reverse engineering software. > > Regarding the option of calling a locksmith, an Oakland resident locked out of their house or car should be advised to read through the peer review websites carefully for reputable services before calling their number. It is our general belief that public safety is better served when the skills necessary to be hired as a locksmith, for example, are taught in classrooms rather than by picking it up in the actual commission of crimes. > > We share in our city’s mourning of the death of Kiante Campbell at the Art Murmur last month. Collectively and as individuals, we are also aware of and concerned about the alarming levels of crime in our neighborhoods. It is in fact those concerns that have made for the greatest challenges in offering an openly accessible entrance to our building. Being a horizontally-governed organization, the compromised option of only several people having the keys is problematic. We are now experimenting in our own space with ways that can increase security while preserving the privacy of the general public. We intend to share our results publicly on our website and wiki, as with all of our other projects, so that public safety in Oakland can be more effectively enforced. > > We regret that Mayor Quan stepped back from her support of the event, though we appreciate her support for our innovative programs that are bringing about an emergent start-up technology culture in downtown Oakland. We can certainly sympathize with the overwhelming task of responsibly editing a large amount of information such as what is in the Mayors’ newsletter. We intend for this unfortunate series of misunderstandings to be yet another incentive for us to work on some of the projects we’ve already started – those aimed towards more efficiently sorting through large volumes of information to allow for making editorial judgment calls more fairly. > > We would like to take this unsolicited opportunity to make our intentions clear with Police Chief Jordan and Mayor Quan. We have among us people who can contribute a great deal to solving our law enforcement technology problems and addressing the cyber-security concerns of critical infrastructure such as the Port of Oakland. We hope to get a chance to work together with our city’s leaders in bringing cutting-edge capacity building to the people of Oakland with sustainable and equitable economic structures. We are trying to be very conscientious about it – we welcome you to drop by one of our many events or visit our website for information about our initiatives. > > > > On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 12:51 PM, Daniel Finlay <namelessdan(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Anca's right, this is a huge opportunity. > > Lower dues, anyone? > > Here's my caricature of opportunism, feel free to tune down the tone to your tact level of preference: > > The admonition of lockpicking classes by the Mayor and Police Chief of Oakland are as unconscionable as the thefts they purport to be in fear of. While the alarmists claim that publicly available lockpicking classes may promote criminal activity, they lose sight that this class is in the context of a larger public enrichment. > > Despite being only a few months old, Sudoroom has already made itself host to a wide variety of educational, cooperative, and even marketable skill-building classes and events for hundreds of local residents. From programming computers and 3-D printing to curing cheese and modifying DNA, Sudo Room is a free, community sponsored place for fostering the collaborative creativity that comes with groups full of intellectual curiosity in a time of as much change and development as this one. > > In a time where people's opportunities might lead them to crime, perhaps we ought to provide better alternatives rather than stupefying the public as a form of self defense. > > Let us address the cause of this sickness rather than try to snuff out its symptoms, and give ourselves access to an unfettered flow of knowledge and opportunity. We encourage you to participate in this local renaissance, by visiting the Sudoroom yourself, and taking part in any of the classes of your interest. You can always find the upcoming events at sudoroom.org/calendar, or just stop by almost any time to join your neighbors in their curious pursuits. > > Feel free to fork it at https://gist.github.com/flyswatter/5070131 > > -Dan > > > > On Mar 1, 2013, at 11:27 PM, Anca Mosoiu <anca(a)techliminal.com> wrote: > >> >> On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 6:35 PM, Michael Scroggins <michaeljscroggins(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> The sentence implicitly draws a difference of kind between the lock picking class and the other Workshop Weekend classes. Doing so invites the question: What is the difference that makes broadcasting this workshop (in the way it was) regrettable? In an environment where the mayor, the chief of police and the media have all given the same answer - the class breeds criminals - allowing that question is regrettable. >> >> It's regrettable because it gave some easy pickings for the people who want to portray Oakland, and the current administration, in a certain way. Many of the people who are upset about the workshop aren't upset about lockpicking, they're upset that Jean Quan appears to encourage crime in her newsletter. >> >> It's regrettable because it sucked up airwaves and mental effort that might have been better spent. >> >> Drafting a reasoned and reasonable response lowers the blood pressure of the people who are up in arms just because they aren't informed. Some of them will come around, especially if they understand the actual intent of the class. >> >> Eddan, I'd like to participate in writing a statement. I was really taken aback when I read some of the emails and talked to some of the people who were actually upset. >> >> The media storm will blow over with the next foot-in-mouth opportunity from a local politician, but we have a great opportunity to reach out while the world is looking. >> >> Anca. >> >> >> -- >> -=-=-=- >> Anca Mosoiu | Tech Liminal >> anca(a)techliminal.com >> M: (510) 220-6660 >> http://techliminal.com | T: @techliminal | F: facebook.com/techliminal >> _______________________________________________ >> sudo-discuss mailing list >> sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org >> http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss >>>> >>>> Now, this requires a response. Has anybody started drafting something? If not, I will. >>>> >>>> ... >>>> Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan was not pleased. >>>> >>>> "I'm in shock that people would provide a class to teach people a skill to violate the law," Jordan said. "It's unconscionable." >>>> >>>> Lock-pick instructor Michael Fitzhugh is a member of TOOOL (The Open Organisation Of Lockpickers), a Netherlands-based outfit that teaches and holds national and international lock-picking events annually. In their world, lock picking is done for sport and bragging rights. But, he says, it's also a useful tool if you lock yourself out of your home. >>>> >>>> Jordan has a more conventional solution to that problem: "Call a locksmith!" >>>> >>>> http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Quan-s-wrong-note-on-lock-picking-cla… >>>> >>>> >>>> Even worse than Quan, this guy's so desperate to change the subject about the incompetence of the OPD in news story after news story. >>>> >>>> Unconscionable!?! This coming from a police department that was about to go into an unprecedented federal receivership for its failure to reform; not to mention a police department seared with a global reputation for brutality, racism, and excessive means; and whose fundamental miscalculations and mismanagement of the response to Occupy cost the city millions of dollars.

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