- sudo-discuss - sudoroom.org

by Muirén Ní Sídach

I've been thinking about network and computer access for seniors this for a couple of years, and recently finding a YouTube channel named Linux for Seniors gave me just the little extra push I needed. https://www.youtube.com/@linuxforseniors I've committed to trying to be regularly present and helpful at sudo room on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday evenings, so if anyone is available with knowledge about what hardware is available their help would be appreciated as would the support of those experienced with configuring systems for people with visual and physical disabilities.

2 years, 6 months

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Sudoroom on Matrix

by Jonathan Cadle

So, I was looking into setting up a Matrix space for Sudoroom (I think it'd be a great way to improve internal communication, and could be a helpful collaboration tool on software projects), and I was surprised to learn that there is already a Matrix channel (not space) already set up, with integrations with the IRC channel, video chat, and the website. I was wondering who set this up, and if they'd be interested in combining our efforts to set up a more robust Sudoroom presence on Matrix.

2 years, 6 months

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Reimagining the new member process

by Andrew R Gross

Hey everyone, I've been focusing on serving the membership working group for a few months, and I'd like to highlight some issues I see with our new member joining process. *1. It's not clear what membership means.* Longtime sudo room members have told me that membership isn't necessary to participate, it's just a designation that allows you to weigh in on consensus proposals and endorse members. This isn't the impression the word has with any new members I've spoken to, though. The term for most people signifies belonging, and an allowance to attend events, and this misunderstanding is particularly accute in my experience when dealing with BiPOC folks, women, anyone new to tech or hackerspaces... just anyone who doesn't arrive with a preexisting sense of belonging to the dominant cultural ingroup. *2. The new member process puts up a lot of barriers to joining.* When people discover Sudo Room, they often arrive with a sense of excitement to dive in, and then when I start walking through the steps, I watch all that excitement dissipate. The endorsement process, for instance, feels like a massive mud patch on a foot track. It seems to interrupt people's ability to focus on learning about who we are by creating an open-ended social challenge. Once again, I don't think tech bros who show up or have been members since the begining experience this at all, but if you're new to the town, or you've never been part of a hackerspace, this is stressful and confusing. I felt this way when I joined, and a new member just told me exactly this: they're non-white, their non-male, and they've never felt like tech spaces were built with them in mind. They really went outside their comfort zone and met people at events and got the endorsements, but it seems to be working completely against our interests to put up an obstacle that selectively filters people like this. Then there's a long wait where nothing happens, and often no one ever tells a new member that their membership was approved. As an exercise I would like to invite people to respond to this email and answer these two questions: *What roles you think exist in our community?* and *What processes are effective for helping people enter into it?* I'm not interested in hearing defenses of the current system. That's not the exercise. Imagine we're starting from scratch. Maybe, we'll come to find that the current system actually fulfills certain aims well, but I don't want to frame this as a change, I want to imagine the process for helping people become at home at Sudo from a blank page. Cheers, Andy *Andrew R Gross, (he/him)* 412.657.5332 - shrad.org <http://www.shrad.org>

2 years, 7 months

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high-speed oscilloscopes for sale (need work)

by Jake Watters

A friend of mine is selling some four high-speed oscilloscopes that need work. They are posted on ebay but you can make an offer directly if you want and i'll pass it along "4 Tektronix digital oscilloscopes? 2xTDS540, 2xTDS520 in various state of repair. One converted from picture tube to LCD. Likely enough good parts to assemble 2 working scopes and part out the rest for good money. 2Ms sampling rate" https://www.ebay.com/itm/285452652435 -jake

2 years, 7 months

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Last Month's Income & Expenses

by Omni Commons

2 years, 7 months

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Roll Call - who's here this week?

by Romy Ilano

(Just got back from traveling & an illness) Are folks still at Burning man and travelling in Europe for the Chaos Congress? [Trying to figure out this week at SudoRoom] Since so many folks were travelling, or going to the Burning man festival maybe we can have a small 5 minute "today I learned during my travels" segment for fun at a meeting or at the hardware hacking tuesdy. ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

2 years, 7 months

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help make electronic door access latches for omni

by Jake

Hi everyone, Omni Commons needs some rooms locked up with electronic locks. I volunteered us to make everything and all the software. We can ask for some rent relief or other favors in exchange for making this stuff, because otherwise they were going to spend money that we don't have, to buy stuff that wouldn't work. Who wants to help with this stuff??? We have a bin of keypads and another bin of solenoids and another bin of servo motors, and plenty of arduinos. The plan is to build a couple of these things and tune up the software and get them going, and install them on the rooms. I'm thinking an N600 wifi router flashed with openWRT and python, with an Arduino plugged into it over USB. The Arduino connects to the numeric keypad and solenoid latch, and a beeper. The software on the arduino can be basically this: https://github.com/jerkey/doorkeypad/tree/twocol-eeprom and then the N600 linux machine can host stuff like what i made recently for the omni front door magstripe reader (ask me about it) so that people from the events group who are not technical can add and remove codes from the systems. here is what Phillip from the events group has put together to describe what they want the system to do: Feature List: ● Remote access by Omni events staff to unlock or see if the door is currently closed/locked ● Ability for Omni events staff to admin the system for these doors ● Numpad next to door for renters to quickly unlock with 4 digit pins ● Timeline recorded of each door access for lookup later by Omni event staff ● (optional) log of when door is closed Feature Expectations: ● Omni events staff admin abilities ○ Delegate additional admins ○ Add/remove renters with a pin access ○ Set dates when renter pin starts and stops working Planned Doors: ● DJ booth above bar with sound system control ● Tech room side of stage where sound equipment is stored

2 years, 7 months

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Re: help make electronic door access latches for omni

by Jake Watters

basically there will be about three parts of the project: 1. hardware on the sudoroom tables (wiring stuff up and making things talk to each other and fiddling with early software tests) 2. copying the basic hardware setup a couple of times and making a third or fourth spare setup, for fiddling and hacking and maybe additional doors after the needs specified by the events group 3. writing more software together and concurrently writing notes on how to use it, and composing instructions to send to end users like people in the events group 4. installing the hardware at the required doors and configuring and testing 5. writing emails to events group people explaining how the system works and handling their replies and ongoing tech support requests. I will be back in two weeks and ready to work on this stuff in person!! butt in the meantime if anyone wants to get started (especially on the software) let's not hesitate! I've been writing lots of software remotely. if you want to see the CGI door access stuff i've been working on which will be pretty relevant to this project, send me your github username so I can grant you access as for the hardware, people can start by grabbing an N600 router and flashing it with openWRT and installing python and configuring things... or you can find a working arduino and wire it up to a numeric keypad and a couple of LEDs and a beeper for testing, and that involves a bit of soldering and software flashing. -jake On Sat, 26 Aug 2023, ch1rxpy3 via sudo-discuss wrote: > I can't commit to the entire project but I do need to work on networking > skills and would be interested in flashing a router. What sort of machine > would we want to use? > > -------- Original Message -------- > On Aug 25, 2023, 4:00 PM, Laura Wesely via sudo-discuss wrote: > >> Thanks for including me in this! I am very eager to support by lending >> what I can: some time, brute force, impeccable instruction-following, and >> strong executive functioning and spacial reasoning skills. >> >> Beyond that I lack technological knowledge and experience to be of much >> help. >> >> I short: tell me what to do and put me to work. you not short >> >> XO >> Lo >> >> On Fri, Aug 25, 2023, 15:08 Jake <jake(a)spaz.org> wrote: >> >>> Hi everyone, >>> >>> Omni Commons needs some rooms locked up with electronic locks. I >>> volunteered >>> us to make everything and all the software. We can ask for some rent relief >>> or other favors in exchange for making this stuff, because otherwise they >>> were >>> going to spend money that we don't have, to buy stuff that wouldn't work. >>> >>> Who wants to help with this stuff??? >>> >>> We have a bin of keypads and another bin of solenoids and another bin of >>> servo >>> motors, and plenty of arduinos. The plan is to build a couple of these >>> things >>> and tune up the software and get them going, and install them on the rooms. >>> >>> I'm thinking an N600 wifi router flashed with openWRT and python, with an >>> Arduino plugged into it over USB. The Arduino connects to the numeric >>> keypad >>> and solenoid latch, and a beeper. The software on the arduino can be >>> basically this: >>> https://github.com/jerkey/doorkeypad/tree/twocol-eeprom >>> >>> and then the N600 linux machine can host stuff like what i made recently >>> for >>> the omni front door magstripe reader (ask me about it) so that people from >>> the >>> events group who are not technical can add and remove codes from the >>> systems. >>> >>> here is what Phillip from the events group has put together to describe >>> what >>> they want the system to do: >>> >>> Feature List: >>> >>> ● Remote access by Omni events staff to unlock or see if the door is >>> currently >>> closed/locked >>> >>> ● Ability for Omni events staff to admin the system for these doors >>> >>> ● Numpad next to door for renters to quickly unlock with 4 digit pins >>> >>> ● Timeline recorded of each door access for lookup later by Omni event >>> staff >>> >>> ● (optional) log of when door is closed >>> >>> Feature Expectations: >>> >>> ● Omni events staff admin abilities >>> >>> ○ Delegate additional admins >>> >>> ○ Add/remove renters with a pin access >>> >>> ○ Set dates when renter pin starts and stops working >>> >>> Planned Doors: >>> >>> ● DJ booth above bar with sound system control >>> >>> ● Tech room side of stage where sound equipment is stored

2 years, 7 months

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ewaste / dump run

by Paige P

Hey, I mentioned to the building working group that we need to do an ewaste run, and Silver said they could help us out. Where do we normally go for ewaste and does anyone from sudo want to help? The building working group meets on Sundays. Im not available then but can help add more stuff to the pile from our unsorted areas. Paige

2 years, 7 months

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Fwd: Solidarity with LGBTQ Singaporeans! Sun 8/27

by Yardena Cohen

Sunday August 27th 2pm @ Embarcadero Plaza, San Francisco Join our protest in solidarity with LGBTQ Singaporeans, who are under many threats from fascism in their country, including some of the same right wing theocrats pushing anti-trans laws here in the USA. For full details, please see https://safetyforsingapore.com/ Please forward/re-post/share widely! Numbers matter and every body counts, so please show up to support! We'll be nice and give you covid-safe air hugs. RSVP if you'd like a reminder Sunday morning or rides to BART ;)

2 years, 7 months

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Invoice 3009 from Omni Commons

by Omni Commons

Dear Sudo Room, Here's your invoice! We appreciate your prompt payment. Thank you for stewarding the commons. Love and solidarity, Omni Commons ---------------------------------- Invoice --------------------------------- 4799 Shattuck Ave Oakland, CA 94609 US +1 5105456582 https://omnicommons.org Invoice #: 3009 Date: 09/01/2023 Due Date: 09/25/2023 Terms: Net 25 Amount Due: $2,000.00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill To: Sudo Room 4799 Shattuck Ave Oakland, CA 94607 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ****************************** Account Summary ***************************** 08/01/2023 Balance Forward $1,850.00 Other payments and credits after 08/01/2023 -1,850.00 New charges (details below) 2,000.00 Total Amount Due (activity through 09/01/202 2,000.00 **************************************************************************** Date Activity Qty Rate Amount 09/01/2023 Furnishing Fa 1 2,000.00 2,000.00T ____________________________________________________________________________ SubTotal: $2,000.00 Tax: $0.00 -------------------------------------- Total Of New Charges: $2,000.00 Total Amount Due: $2,000.00 Greetings Sudo Room! This is your monthly donation invoice. Thank you for stewarding the commons! Love and solidarity, Omni Commons Finance Working Group

2 years, 7 months

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Anti-surveillance rally in SF on Tuesday?

by Jonathan Cadle

Has anyone else heard about this protest someone is organizing at Moscone Center on Tuesday? Apparently it's opposed to Project Nimbus? I got an email about it, and was wondering if anyone else was planning to check it out.

2 years, 7 months

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Sun Makerspace Grand Opening this Saturday!

by Carl Gorringe

Hey Sudoers, There's a new hackerspace just south of Oakland ! The Sun Gallery Makerspace in Hayward will be hosting it's Grand Opening party this Saturday August 12th 1 - 4pm, You’re invited to our Makerspace Grand Opening & Art Meets Tech Show. Location: 1015 E Street, Hayward, CA It's been a long-time goal of the Hayward Techies & Makers to get our own hackerspace. More info here: https://sungallery.org/makerspace-grand-opening-art-meets-tech-show/ cheers -Carl

2 years, 7 months

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How can we make Sudo more friendly as a hangout?

by Jonathan Cadle

One thing that comes up at nearly every meeting I've been to is a desire to see more people using the Sudoroom space itself. Aside from Hardware Hack Night on Tuesdays, we generally seem to be seeing lower attendance at events. Part of this may be inertia in getting new events started up that have more interest, but I think it might be helpful to start a discussion about how the space itself can be made friendlier, and more pleasant to be in. I'll get things started with a couple of ideas, but what I'm really hoping for are some great ideas from people who currently aren't making much regular use of the space. - Air Circulation. The nature of any workspace, especially one with so much legacy hardware, is to be dusty/musty. There are numerous possible solutions here (open doors, fans, etc.) - Water. I'd love to have a small water dispenser in the space, perhaps that we share with CCL. If this idea is approved, I'm happy to keep my eyes peeled for a free/cheap dispenser on Craigslist, and to help with doing water runs on a bi-weekly basis or something like that. - Reading area. We have space set aside for a library, but because our main seating area doubles as a workspace, there's often a lot of hardware around. As we continue to clean out unwanted items and consolidate our storage, perhaps we could set up a small nook (maybe under the stairs?) where people can read? These are just a few ballpark ideas. Jonathan

2 years, 7 months

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Wednesday party 8/9/23

by Jonathan Cadle

Are there any plans for what we’re doing tonight? Any projects that could use a hand? Jonathan Sent from Proton Mail for iOS

2 years, 7 months

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Fwd: [dorkbotsf] Fantastic Part-Time Job for the right Builder/Maker

by Patrik D'haeseleer

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: kal spelletich <spellkal(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Aug 8, 2023 at 6:42 PM Subject: [dorkbotsf] Fantastic Part-Time Job for the right Builder/Maker To: Hello, The amazing Stochastic Labs has an interesting job position open. Please pass it along to any interested parties (possibly students with maker skills who have recently graduated or are soon to!). I can vouch for them for being one of the best live in residencies anywhere (as well as the other projects they get up to). It is an extremely rare place of innovation, play, inquiry and magic. Hope all is well, Kal *++++++++++++++++++++++++=* *Stochastic Labs <http://stochasticlabs.org> (*located just a few blocks north of the UC Berkeley campus) is currently looking for a* very part-time shop manager and all around handy human *to keep our building and workshop in tip-top shape! *This live-work position includes* *a fully private, beautiful 1-bedroom apartment,* rent-free, all utilities included, in one of Berkeley's most sought after neighborhoods. You will have 24-7 access to all onsite tools, including laser cutter, 3d printers, shopbot etc. No Pay. Stochastic Labs supports world-class artists, engineers, scientists, and entrepreneurs working at the uncharted intersections of their fields. This is truly a dream opportunity to engage with, support, (and build!) an incredible community of creative and dedicated innovators. *To apply: *Please send resume/cover letter to work(a)stochasticlabs.org highlighting any specific carpentry, handyperson, and shop experience -- https://www.tttelematiccc.com/galactic-scale-inquiries-into-the-nature-of-t… -- PEOPLE DOING STRANGE THINGS WITH ELECTRICITY --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "dorkbotSF" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dorkbotsf-blabber+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/dorkbotsf-blabber/CAO%2Bp9m3Hoz7ahFkOn6GH… <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/dorkbotsf-blabber/CAO%2Bp9m3Hoz7ahFkOn6GH…> .

2 years, 8 months

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Stickers for laptop decoration have arrived

by Jonathan Cadle

The stickers I ordered for the laptop debranding event in September have arrived! Sent from Proton Mail for iOS

2 years, 8 months

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Re: Omni Commons income and mortgage search update

by Jake

correction: Pro Arts not Safer DIY ---------- Forwarded message ---------- On Thu, Aug 3, 2023 David Keenan <dkeenan44(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi - > > Apologies if someone else has already responded -- I only skimmed but > wanted to just briefly clarify that Safer DIY doesn’t pay rent / occupy > space at Omni. > > Best, > David On Thu, Aug 3, 2023 Z Silver Zahn <natashazahn27(a)gmail.com> wrote: My apologies! I meant Pro Arts , which Sarah is apart of. She is also apart of safer DIY and I mixed up the groups!

2 years, 8 months

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Omni Commons income and mortgage search update

by Jake

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2023 15:28:32 -0700 From: Z Silver Zahn <natashazahn27(a)gmail.com> To: consensus <consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org> Subject: [omni-consensus] Updates Update CSC will formally move out of the current room and is pending their decision on moving to the current omni office or sticking to their other space by the end of the month. Also ANV gave their 30 day notice and is moving out of Omni , (they recently got city slicker farm as their new csa location whoo)! However if CSC moves on then we will earn $200 a month less in rent + ANV office space which is $675. Losing total of $875 monthly rent income. Reminder that collectives pay monthly rent of : Sudo room : $2,000 Counter Culture Labs : $2,000 Sudo Mesh : $200 Global Women Strike : $200 Food Not Bombs : $500 Village of Love : $1,800 (months behind on rent) Myriad Outreach Program : $100 Safer DIY : $300 Monthly rent will be around , $6,100 Events have been averaging $5k for the year of 2023. I don’t have the number for donations but it’s definitely not a lot and averages $1k. So our income is roughly 12k (Sarah please correct me if I’m way off, this is just my newbie research) Huge thanks to Sarah for book keeping and making sure events and tenants know where they are at with their invoices! And so much more in the finance realm that i'm still trying to grapple! I report monthly how much we make from events , (the cost of the event that occured that month and not invoices previous or future events) and can try to report monthly expenses on our contractors. Example : Event Coordinator Budget Tracker <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14-JhFQ8GUHyDI4IRe0inoVg6KUe0NMw-k-8…> * Curious if any financial experts can support monthly reports of our expenses? feel inclined to join a finance working group to help understand our accounts more! *Collective financial transparency is liberating!* Our expenses in July was around 17k+ which is our average utility/insurance etc costs plus contractors costs that began from Hellman grant, for Billy and myself at $30 an hour for events. Sarah was already contracted as our book bookkeeper and Susan as our grant writer. Meaning if we keep things exactly the same we will be losing $5k a month which is how much we give our mortgage lender. *Things are financially unwell and I think we need to focus on bringing in a new collective vision aligned with who can pay monthly consistent rent.* We were dependent on events to help raise revenue but we hardly get requests. I think it’s a combination of decay neglected entrance hall that easily turns people away. The building WG for the last few months has been meeting weekly on Sunday tending to the common spaces and the next big action item is a dump run day! This would be greatly done collectively , does Sunday afternoon anytime noon to 6pm work for folks? + We approved a budget for building cleanliness. I suggest paying part of that budget to Phil who has been cleaning Omni for years as a volunteer. Deep cleaning all the bathrooms taking out all the trash mopping commons areas, etc. Secondly our outreach and website needs to be ramped up. I have been doing a lot of the work and think it’ll only be successful in a collective manner! *We approved $2k for a website contractor and outlined the scope of the work. I suggest we empower the website working group to hire the best candidate!* Also with rooms opening up to collectively decide what we want to rent out and for how much. I’ve proposed moving the Omni Office to VOL smaller room (that room was Joey's suggestion) to ease their monthly rent so we can rent out the current office to so man interested collectives! Or even moving the Omni office to the current mail room? The Den and ANV office is available for future tenants as well~ Lastly I would suggest renting out the ticket booth room for a collective. It hasn’t been functional since I volunteered back in 2018. Now it has some scaffolding but it hasn’t been used for years as well. Also as Sarah mentioned a committee to actively invite possible new tenants. I'm losing a little hope as delegates meetings have been feeling like containers of blockages. Especially since most delegate representatives don’t participate in any working groups that need support rather than blocks. I encourage delegates to participate at least in one working group~ That being said I’ve posted marketing and outreach coordinator (approved from Hellman grant) for more capacity building and for my slow transition out of Omni Commons. Sorry for the long rant , these are just concerning thoughts. I believe we can pull through this financial deficit with some collective creativity!! Last year our private loan investor extended our balloon payment by a year due to the incredible fundraising efforts with people power. This year we’re losing collectives, money, general activation & participation. Thats not encouraging our lender to continue their investment by the end of this year of our due date of 890k .We are not a viable candidate for refi with loss of revenue . Maybe we should start talking about plan B if refinance isn't feasible?

2 years, 8 months

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[omni-consensus] Marketing & Volunteer Outreach Coordinator! (fwd)

by Jake

FYI this is an omni commons proposal ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2023 14:54:10 -0700 From: Z Silver Zahn <natashazahn27(a)gmail.com> To: consensus <consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org> Subject: [omni-consensus] Marketing & Volunteer Outreach Coordinator! Hello all, Two days ago I put out a hiring flyer for marketing & volunteer outreach coordinator. We approved 4k for 4 months, about 33 hours a month at $30 an hour. While I do a large chunk of the work, I only clocked in 12.5 hours for the month of July. Meaning we have a budget to expand our marketing & outreach team that we deeply need! So far we've gotten 25 applicants and want to propose a working group minimum of 3 folks choosing the top 3-5 for an interview and possibly a test design project for Omni to see their skills. The hiring committee will also create guidelines that promote a healthy work culture. See the example we made for our grant writer Susan Silber MOU PDF below: http://omnicommons.org/pipermail/consensus/attachments/20230803/496b19b2/at… Now that the Hellman grant budget has been approved we should move forward using it to capacity build at Omni Commons! Hellman Grant Allocated $4,000 to Marketing & Outreach Coordinator $30 an hour for 4 months Creates weekly posts through slack, mailing lists, social media (FB & Instagram) *need more activity on twitter, for volunteers to participate in the many projects happening at Omni. Building a working group meets weekly on Sundays and has been a great way for new folks wanting to plug in to join. Responding to all volunteer inquiries on the sign up form linked to instagram *needs to be integrated to website Coordinate monthly tours for large groups to better understand Omni and learn how they would like to get involved in the many different working groups and collectives going on. Being in active communication & relationship with the different collective members to support their work with interested volunteers. Also upkeep news from other collectives helps content creation for our social media platform and newsletter that get published monthly. - Responsible for responding to all social media interactions and directing them with answers. - Make sure to receive or take documentations of events at Omni to share on social media. - Improve websites for better user experience so folks can plug in more easily. - Works closely with fundraising working groups, plans for large fundraisers and DAF. - Create at least 1- 2 social media posts to share publicly our activities. - Reach out to neighbors and build a relationship with them, plan neighborhood assembly. *Proposal :* Omni Commons should have a front desk individual scheduled every Sunday & Monday 3pm to 6pm. This will encourage more openness of the building. Also, the clinic is already open for Tuesdays and Wed - Sat 3pm to 6pm. The free store is open near the entrance. This role should be appointed by the M & O coordinator so they can give tours for those who want to book an event or check out omni, rather volunteers try to coordinate a mutual time. I think it is critical we have more Omni folks in the building helping answer questions. Or greet potential donors we often miss because doors are closed. This will also support in gathering stories for grants. This can also be an opportunity for us to sell merch and other items, classes, workshops etc. The goal is to hire the most compatible applicant within a month! The budget will be tracked and shared monthly along with work metrics to delegates!

2 years, 8 months

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[omni-consensus] Application to Become a Member Collective: Oakland Printshop (fwd)

by Jake

FYI sudoroom, as a member collective of Omni Commons, will be asked to vote (through our delegate) on whether this group should be able to join as a member collective and/or rent space in the Omni (which we desparately need, as ANV is leaving Omni and we need to present a strong monthly income if we want to keep the building) -jake ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2023 09:47:06 -0700 From: Daniel Tutt <daniel.g.tutt(a)gmail.com> To: Sarah Lockhart <sarah.ee.el(a)gmail.com>, consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org, discuss(a)omnicommons.org, sdlefebvre(a)gmail.com Subject: [omni-consensus] Application to Become a Member Collective: Oakland Printshop Hi all, Been at the last couple delegate meetings talking mostly about TANC, but here's the official application for the Oakland Printshop to become a member collective at the Omni! This move has already been preliminarily approved by the shop. We could move in as early as late September, though perhaps October is more realistic. Sam L should also be at the meeting tonight to discuss or answer questions. Also, the shop is aiming to become a 509a2 organization, which is under the 501c3 umbrella. This may take a couple months, and in the meantime we are ok with sponsorship. Thank you, Dani *1. What do you do that makes a difference in the world?* The Oakland Printshop provides at cost printing to members, generally oriented at leftist political printing. Currently, the shop is used to print zines for prisoners, to print for TANC, to print for union drives and the Emergency Workplace Organizing committee, and for individual printing projects. *2. **Briefly recap your history as an organization.* The shop has been around for a long time, since before 2016 when I became aware of it. We now have about 15 dues paying members. *3. How do you make decisions? How many people are involved?* The shop makes decisions by consensus unless decisions are time sensitive, in which case we do vote by large majority (~75 percent). We meet as needed but about every month. *4. Please include links to any organizing documents you may have: bylaws, mission statement, etc.* The shop is an analog, word of mouth organization. We are currently working on bylaws to get our official nonprofit status. *5. State your goals for becoming an Omni member collective. How would your presence in the Omni contribute to its purpose and Statement of Solidarity?* The shop provides at cost printing to members and political projects, so having it in the Omni would be a potential benefit to all the collectives. Specifically, our Risograph printer is relatively unique and hard to find elsewhere. The shop also currently supports prison abolition, tenant union organization, and worker union organization. *6. What dedicated space do you need? What will you do in it? (For example: office, work space, etc)* The shop requires space for printers, paper, other machines and material, etc. In short, the shop is looking for a home. The space should be open to shop members and should be lockable, since there are valuable pieces of equipment and other materials stored inside. *7. What shared space do you need? What will you do with it?* The shop does not need shared space. *8. Will you need to modify the building? (Include floor plans if that makes your proposal clearer.)* We are not aware of any modification to the building, but would be willing to contribute labor and funds to make any happen if needed. *9. How much are you able to pay?* The shop currently pays $450 in rent, and may be open to more for a space that's larger than our current one.

2 years, 8 months

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[omni-consensus] Hellman Capacity Grant Funds - Budget Completed (fwd)

by Jake

dear sudoroom, I didn't attend the delegates meeting last night so sudoroom didn't get represented. Someone else should step up to be sudoroom's delegate so we don't get marked as "inactive". -jake ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2023 09:31:41 -0700 From: Sarah Lockhart <sarah.ee.el(a)gmail.com> To: consensus <consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org>, fundraising <fundraising(a)lists.omnicommons.org> Subject: [omni-consensus] Hellman Capacity Grant Funds - Budget Completed Hi everyone, Thank you everyone for your participation and support in this process of allocating the $50k Hellman capacity building grant. My goal with pushing these decisions to be made -- is so that we could see the effects of the spending sooner rather than latter, which ideally would be increased revenue (to qualify for the refi) as well as general improvements to Omni functionality and morale (e.g. paying volunteers who were on the verge of burn out). [Below is] a pdf is the entire consensed upon budget: http://omnicommons.org/pipermail/consensus/attachments/20230721/ea7b6f82/at… If for various reasons, some of these funds don't end up being spent on their allocated purposes, we could revisit the budget at a later date. Perhaps the first meeting in September would be a good opportunity to check in about the status of these things. In Solidarity, Sarah L

2 years, 8 months

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meeting notes 8/2/2023

by Paige P

https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Meeting_Notes_2023-08-02

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What’s a bank account so we can get donations off the meetup page ? Action Required: Meetup Donations for SudoRoom Hackerspace

by Romy Ilano

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Here is a 3D scan of the Osborne Computer from tonight's hardware hack night!

by Romy Ilano

https://poly.cam/capture/C833E236-105F-4875-B6C6-0A33D606E498 ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

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