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Letter sent to Laurie, one of our Landlords

by Matthew Senate

Hey all, As a result of our meeting tonight and a discussion the on-going issue with sudo-kids, we drafted and sent this letter to Laurie. We wrote it in collaboration with folks at the space after the meeting, and sent it in do-ocratic fashion. We provide a copy below in transparency and accountability: Hi Laurie, This week George addressed a group of folks in the common area outside of Sudo Room and the Public School regarding the presence of minors in the building. His behavior was … [View More]confrontational, hostile, loud, and very upsetting to many of those who were present, including some parentally-accompanied minors. There has unfortunately been a series of miscommunications about this issue, and we are dedicated foremost to resolving it amicably. First, thank you for communicating the building's policies on minors via email. Unfortunately, due to a lapse in our own internal communication, the contents of your email were not conveyed sufficiently to the relevant sudo room members before Wednesday of this week. Please understand this was a lapse in communication that has been rectified. Secondly, since early June, every Tuesday evening parent-supervised minors have attended sudo room. We provide no supervision services for minors. In fact, we provide no services to customers (we don't have customers) as we are a membership association. It was unclear that this event was specifically of any concern since it followed the requirement of supervision by parents. We are willing to meet the necessary requirements to ensure that you and George are provided with the appropriate advanced notification of any planned future sudo room events involving supervised minors and their parents. It is relevant to note that in the past we have allowed accompanied minors to be in the "Art Room" and not use common space, but in recent instances the common room has been used as well. Further, since we are interested in being as accessible as possible to different communities and demographics, we would like to clarify what opportunities there might be (through city services, insurance, waivers, etc.) for minors to be in the building in ways other than those outlined in your email. Thirdly, regarding the damage to the bathroom you discuss in your email, we understand your concerns and are sorry that it happened. We have raised awareness in hopes of preventing instances like this from happening in the future. While we are happy to take shared responsibility for ensuring the bathrooms are clean and usable, we want to communicate that we are not aware of any evidence that the minors who have been at sudo room were responsible for the damage. We fully support your desire to keep all parts of the space (including the bathrooms) vandalism-free, clean, and usable, so we have made all sudo room members aware of this incident, reinforced the expectations surrounding bathroom cleanliness, and reiterated the policy that children should not use bathrooms unaccompanied. Please let us know if you encounter any problems with the bathrooms in the future so that we can take appropriate action. However, we also ask for understanding that if there are problems with a shared space in the building, that absent specific evidence, sudo room may not have been the source of a particular problem. Finally, we would like to share with you a few of our expectations as lessees that we hope will help us continue to stay in this building that we have been very happy to rent for the last 9 months: Our Expectations: That issues with our use of common space or our use of our rented "Art Room" be conveyed in writing, with disrespectful confrontations being completely unacceptable, in any circumstances. Consistent with Sudo Room standards, that minors continue to be able to participate at Sudo Room, provided they are accompanied by parents or a legal guardian. To work together with you as we grow, which requires we be accessible to more communities and demographics. To consider options for mitigating liability through additional insurance, waivers, etc. // Matt [View Less]

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Fwd: Children

by Matthew Senate

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Laurie Cooperman Rosen <Lscoop(a)comcast.net> Date: Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 8:01 PM Subject: Children To: eddan(a)eddan.com, mattsenate(a)gmail.com, exchequer(a)sudoroom.org, poems(a)zachhouston.com Hi All-**** We are having big problems with the number of children in the building. We are not insured for children, and to use that space for any type of children’s program the City has stringent requirements that must be met, both in terms of … [View More]

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Fwd: [Double-Union] Tea and Lightning talks Sept 17 5pm

by Marina Kukso

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Liz Henry" <lizhenry(a)gmail.com> Date: Sep 4, 2013 7:03 PM Subject: [Double-Union] Tea and Lightning talks Sept 17 5pm To: "doubleunion(a)lists.doubleunion.org" <doubleunion(a)lists.doubleunion.org> Hallo world! Here is a double union update and event announcement... == What's Up with Double Union == Our search for a space to rent continues! The market is tough right now but we have some good leads. The first space we looked at … [View More]

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Does sudoroom want a table at the east bay anarchist book fair?

by Gregg Horton

It's the last Saturday in October, I can get us one.

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Fwd: Lease for "Art Studio" in 2141 Broadway

by Matthew Senate

Forwarding the sudo room lease previously sent through the hackerspaces.orgemail list. // Matt ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Matthew Senate <mattsenate(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 10:52 AM Subject: Fwd: Lease for "Art Studio" in 2141 Broadway To: "sudoroom(a)lists.hackerspaces.org" <sudoroom(a)lists.hackerspaces.org> Hey all, I'm planning to meet George at 4pm about Workshop Weekend, but this may be a convenient time to turn in the lease and get … [View More]access to the "art studio" asap. Contacting Eddan about signing on behalf of Sudo Room. Please see Laurie's note below that we may have others on the lease, but insurance is simpler if it is simply Sudo Room (which I presume means those signatories on the Doing-Business-As aka Fictitious Business Name--Eddan and myself). // Matt ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Laurie Cooperman Rosen <lscoop(a)comcast.net> Date: Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 4:41 AM Subject: RE: Lease for "Art Studio" in 2141 Broadway To: Matthew Senate <mattsenate(a)gmail.com> Hi Matt-**** Attached please find a copy of the lease. I was extremely tired when I got home last night and just crashed out without finishing the lease. I’m so sorry about that! But I got up quite early as a result, so hopefully you’ll get this first thing in the morning.**** You’ll see that there is a little bit that we’re trying to work out with Utilities….since there is so much common area involved, there is a 6% load factor for your space which combines your exclusive space and a percentage of the common area space, which is obviously quite large. We are really not sure with what intensity the space will be used, nor the amount of electricity that will be used, since this will likely not be traditional office space, so we’re willing to start out at 4% (which would be fine if usage is mainly as a part-time space for people, without unusual amounts of electrical equipment or HVAC being used), but reserve the right to move it up to 6% if the load factor warrants it. In general, 1% of utilities amounts to an average of $30-$50/month, depending on the time of year, occupancy rate and overall tenant usage. If trash removal or janitorial for this space is or might become an issue, that’s something that we can discuss. **** We didn’t have an address for you so you should add that to the lease. If there are others responsible that you feel should be added that will be there on a regular basis that is fine; however, insurance would be best if it is a single policy covering the Sudo Room and all people that it might invite or allow to share its space with.**** Let me know if there are any other errors, inconsistencies or anything else in the lease that you might want to discuss. I will be home until mid-afternoon at 510-635-9500. **** I know that George is supposed to meet you later but we both have back-to-back acupuncture appointments on Piedmont Ave later. Mine is at 4:30 and George’s is scheduled for 5:30. If it’s possible to meet George sometime between 3 and 4:30 (whatever is most convenient for you) that would be great, because he will have to leave shortly after 5pm. Let us know what works for you.**** Thanks! Laurie**** ** ** **** ** ** *From:* Matthew Senate [mailto:mattsenate@gmail.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, November 07, 2012 9:45 PM *To:* travology(a)mindspring.com; lscoop(a)comcast.net *Subject:* Lease for "Art Studio" in 2141 Broadway**** ** ** Hi George and Laurie, After an online vote and our in-person meeting, we would like to sign a lease with you for the "Art Studio" space upstairs in 2141. If we can please clarify your most comfortable position on signatories of the lease, we would be happy to comply. Ideally, we would like to sign as the unincorporated association of Sudo Room (namely for instance that Eddan and I have signed to register Sudo Room as a ficitious business name). However, we can also sign as individuals if necessary, and would like to know how many folks you would allow to sign. Thanks, speak with you soon. George, I plan to see you Friday but we can receive the lease by email (or by paper) sooner. We would love to get access to the space upstairs as soon as possible. Thanks, Matt**** [View Less]

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800th Anniversary Of The Great Mongolia State

by Andrew

Is this your t-shirt?

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Project Meshnet

by Andrew

Anyone heard of this? https://wiki.projectmeshnet.org/The_Plan

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Fwd: [Bay Area Youth and DIY Education] Help spread the word about this awesome maker ed...

by Marina Kukso

possibly relevant to some of your interests. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Libby Falck <notification+f_969oo9(a)facebookmail.com> Date: Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 1:18 PM Subject: [Bay Area Youth and DIY Education] Help spread the word about this awesome maker ed... To: Bay Area Youth and DIY Education <286189014822596(a)groups.facebook.com> ** Libby Falck posted in Bay Area Youth and DIY Education [image: Libby Falck]Libby Falck 1:18pm Sep 3 Help spread the word about … [View More]

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Ticket for Gary Numan 9/3 in Oakland

by Patrick Lake

1 ticket available for Gary Numan and Cold Cave, Tuesday 9/3 in Oakland. 3 of us are going and I have an extra. Best Offer or Free. (I think I paid $28). Anyone interested?

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dancing: dg at the dna

by johanna faust

no i really mean it this time. see you there; i am usually downstairs, like veils and such, may be wearing incidental white ruffles, and try to dance unaided. -- *Be seeing you.*

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Common area unavailable Sunday 9/15

by Yardena Cohen

Our landlord has informed us that he's having his birthday party in the common area the night of Sunday September 15th. There is a raw food event scheduled for 3-5, and the party will start setting up soon after. It sounds like it will be a fancy catered affair. He's asked us to have the room as clean as possible beforehand - including finding temporary places for a lot of the furniture and things that usually live out there. He was not aware of other events scheduled for that night but I … [View More]

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Cryptography course study night?

by Gregg Horton

So i just signed up for this class on coursea: https://www.coursera.org/course/crypto It starts september 9th, but if anyone else signed up or wanted to sign up, we could have a weekly study night to help each other. I always study better with others, so if you're down, let me know!

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The original picture from today, for people management

by Eddie Che

someone requested that I put this up here, mybad, thought I took a picture before it got the name hacked off.

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another awesome party post

by Romy Ilano

i was just so blown away at the crypto party. all these smart hackers sticking it to "the man." i'm just so impressed at how passionate everyone is. why i was there and the passion just showed. people were going to go hiking in the sierras. they were going to fly to cuba. sudoroom is such a brilliant place full of smart people. wow, the passion just dazzles me. i am so impressed at all the after parties, and how truly full of passion and genuine people are. i am just so lucky to be part of … [View More]

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3d printer demo tuesday evening for sudo kids?

by Marina Kukso

hey all, would anyone be interested in wrangling the 3d printer with some sudo kids this upcoming tuesday evening? best, marina

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awesome crypto party

by Romy Ilano

it was so awesome to see so many good things at the sudoroom crypto party saturday night. i dropped by and was really impressed. it is so cool to see all these smart people taking things into their own hands. viva sudoroom!

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After the party comes tha AFTA-Party!

by Eddie Che

Hi guys! So I just got into oakland and was treated with a big bag of trash outside the doorway. Excellent! Given the previous email I sent, a great time to test the theory. So going through it made this AWESOME thing, which is a miniature greenhouse (it's there, plant something in it) and gonna be sweet if hemp goes in. Do you think it's a good idea, that we could when we have a party have an "afterparty" in the morning where we put on a bunch of music and hack stuff or upcycle it, recycle it,… [View More]

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Our Time Lapse prototype

by mattsenate＠gmail.com

Hey all, There was a link sent to the Nerds for Nature email list about using community photographs to collect data for natural spaces, parks, etc. You set up a single station with a guide for your camera, let folks take photographs with any device, gather them up, then use a photo stitcher to put together a timelapse. I think this is an excellent way to document moments at sudo negotiated by the consent of individuals and through human action, rather than a webcam and automated constant … [View More]

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LIVESTREAM Panel Discussion

by J.C.

Hey all panel discussion going now at sudo room with Public School, featuring Danny'O/eff, moxie, 510pen, sudo and more, check it out, recorded version of talks also available. http://youtu.be/x3V1xv9XoE0 -- ThanX, ;+) https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Fort

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THIS SATURDAY, 8/31 : WHAT IS INFORMATION + DANCE PARTY @ 2141 ! (SUMMER SCHOOL 2013)

by DZ Brazil

Dear Friends : Please join us for the culminating session of SUMMER SCHOOL 2013 at the BAY AREA PUBLIC SCHOOL (2141 Broadway) : WHAT IS INFORMATION (co-presented with Sudo Room) an all-day session on information, privacy, surveillance & resistance ! Here's the totally awesome schedule : 12-3pm: CRYPTOPARTY! Bring & secure your laptop/phone in a hands-on session! Also, from 12-1pm: Free YOGA for those who don't need to cryptoparty, by the wonderful Lisa Light! 3-6pm: LIGHTNING … [View More]

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can YOU help with free food for 'what is information?' at the summer school ?

by DZ Brazil

Dear Friends : WE WANT TO HAVE A DAY OF FREE FOOD AT SUMMER SCHOOL ! THIS IS A CALL FOR COMMUNITY FOOD SUPPORT ! If you are coming Saturday for "What Is Information?" (co-presented with Sudo Room), please consider bringing some food to share with everyone ! We wanna see what practical communization looks like ! If you need inspiration, possible things to bring are : + a dozen bagels with cream cheese or hummus + fresh fruit + cookies, muffins, cakes or pastries + chips and dip or salsa + … [View More]

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This Sat 8/31: Oakland Wiki Day at Peralta Hacienda in Fruitvale!

by Marina Kukso

Hello! Please join Oakland Wiki <http://oaklandwiki.org>, the free website about Oakland that anyone can edit, on Saturday August 31st from 11AM-2PM at thePeralta Hacienda Historical Park<http://oaklandwiki.org/Peralta_Hacienda_Historical_Park> /Parque Histórico de la Hacienda Peralta<http://oaklandwiki.org/Parque_Hist%C3%B3rico_de_la_Hacienda_Peralta>in Fruitvale <http://oaklandwiki.org/Fruitvale> for *Oakland Wiki Day*! We will learn more about our Oakland history… [View More]

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Cryptoparty + Lightning Talks, this Saturday at Sudo Room!

by Jenny Ryan

The last day of the Bay Area Public School / Sudo Room's weeklong Summer School program, Information Day kicks off with a 3-hour Cryptoparty starting at 12pm. We'll be showing people how to run Tor (anonymous browsing), set up private and public keys for authentication, use encrypted chat, and secure their phone calls. All skill levels welcome! The day will culminate in a series of lightning talks from 3-6pm, featuring Moxie Marlinspike of Open Whisper Systems <https://whispersystems.org/&… [View More]

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hackerspace is now an English word

by Mitch Altman

The word "hackerspace" has officially been added to the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary! http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/hackerspace

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Dumpster diving opportunity

by Patrik D'haeseleer

Hi all, Not to add to the clutter at sudoroom, but I'd just like to point out that the big apartment building in Alameda that I've been living in will be closing down this weekend, and there might be some goodies to be found for th eenterprising dumpster diver. There's at least another dozen households that will need to move out during these last few days, and the recycling containers around the back are already overflowing. There's a set of nice filing cabinets sitting near the trash, and … [View More]

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