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[omni-consensus] Round 2 of Hellman Grant Budgeting (fwd)

by Jake

Hi Sudoroom, Sarah is our bookkeeper and has a lot of experience with organizations like Omni Commons from her time with Pro Arts (which she's still part of) Delegates are being asked to approve these ideas for how to distribute the grant we recieved recently. The grant specified that it was to be used for "capacity building" and it's important that we explain how that happens, so I really appreciate the work she's doing to write this up. If sudoroom people have strong opinions about this, we should discuss it at a meeting, otherwise i will just advocate for what I think is best on behalf of sudoroom. -jake ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2023 18:08:54 -0700 From: Sarah Lockhart <sarah.ee.el(a)gmail.com> To: consensus <consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org> Subject: [omni-consensus] Round 2 of Hellman Grant Budgeting I hope to get consensus for the remainder of the Hellman Grant budget at this Thursday's delegates meeting. It is also a possibility that the delegates could ... delegate ... this budgeting to the Finance WG if there isn't the capacity among delegates to do this task. Here is a new tab in the same google spreadsheet showing what we have left to allocate, and my initial proposed expenditures for the rest of the money. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18Y3QfUq5cpM7fNie7Nj86739LoKW5vaAZaI… Feel free to comment / add a column etc. thanks! Sarah L

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[omni-consensus] moving Omni office to basement (fwd)

by Jake

hi sudoroom, just another issue i will be asked about as sudoroom's delegate. If we have strong opinions we should discuss it at a meeting, otherwise i'll use my best judgement as always. -jake ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2023 12:18:19 -0700 From: Sarah Lockhart <sarah.ee.el(a)gmail.com> To: consensus <consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org>, Silver <natashazahn27(a)gmail.com> Subject: [omni-consensus] moving Omni office to basement Hi everyone, Recently, Silver and I met with Joey from Village of Love, and he let us know that he has reduced the usage of his space. When he had initially approached Omni about using the basement and signed the lease, he was hoping this work would be funded by a grant, that didn't end up coming through. Hence, the balance due on rent (though the sense I get is that part of the reason he is so behind on rent is that he is exceptionally busy and is juggling so many things that it slips his attention). Silver and I have also been discussing better ways to use Omni's space. As Omni is adding paid staff, having a somewhat private place to work has been noted as necessary for the sanity and productivity of said staff. We have a tentative agreement with Joey, to have Omni take the smallest room of his suite for Omni's admin office, in exchange for a $300/month reduction in rent going forward. This would be great for Silver (who is currently a paid Omni staff person), as it gives them a private space that is also near the Media Lab, which is one of their primary projects. When we collectively were discussing space usage improvement last year (or perhaps late 2021), we had consensed that moving the Omni office to the basement would be acceptable. This would also allow Omni to relocate its files and office supplies out of the 2nd floor room, which could then be rented out to a new tenant/collective. From all the feedback both Silver and I have received from prospective new groups, the room that is currently Omni's office is quite desirable and the increased income from having that space go to a new tenant/collective would make up for what we would be losing from Joey/VoL. Does anyone have any objections to this? thanks, Sarah L

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Scheduling my RPG on Wednesday

by Andrew R Gross

Hey all, Who is interested in playing or just hanging out while I run my RPG? I was going to run it this Wednesday at 8 - 10 PM, but a player isn't available and I'd prefer to run it the following week to accommodate. If you're interested in playing, please respond and let me know what your availability is this Wednesday (June 14th) and next Wednesday (June 21). I'll plan my availability based on who is looking to play which day. Thanks! *Andrew R Gross, (he/him)* 412.657.5332 - shrad.org <http://www.shrad.org>

2 years, 9 months

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6/18: Intro to Projection Mapping workshop at The Midway

by aer

Hi! Wanna let you know about this workshop happening at The Midway <https://www.tixr.com/groups/midwaysf/events/projection-mapping-workshop-713…> on Sunday 6/18, in case you or anyone you know may be interested. Please feel free to forward this opportunity through your networks/socials, and get in touch with any questions. Projection Mapping Workshop Led by Zoey Vero and Aer Sunday, June 18, 2-4 PM The Midway, 900 Marin St, SF https://themidwaysf.com/events/ Thanks! -- Aer Artist in Residence www.themidwaysf.com [image: image.png]

2 years, 10 months

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John Voldal banned by reciprocal agreement with noisebridge

by Jake Watters

This guy has been making the rounds taking advantage of communities like ours and recently got dislodged from Noisbridge. Let's make sure he doesn't get his foot in the door of Sudoroom, we have much better things to do than parenting people like him. from https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/86 John voldal [image: Voldal-pic.jpg] <https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/File:Voldal-pic.jpg> Living in the space, for weeks. (As well as storage of motorcycle on patio for multiple weeks) Excessive personal storage in the space. Personal, exclusive desktop (got mad when others touched it). Reports from other maker communities of malicious behavior. Gatekeeping with multiple people. In mediation but would not accept mediator input. Had to be asked to leave 3 times. Generally manipulative. Banned by consensus May 30 after multiple attempts from multiple people to set boundaries with him. https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Meeting_Notes_2023_05_30 As of June 6, also came into Noisebridge after being banned, and then, refused to leave. Several officers of the organization had to show up in person to ask him to leave and he refused to the point where we called the cops to escort him out.

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KDE for Activists

by Jonathan Cadle

KDE is an open-source desktop environment, and also an organization that builds a variety of software tools (also all open-source). They recently added a page to their site specifically talking about how open source software can be used by activists to safely and securely organize and communicate: https://kde.org/for/activists/ I was thinking this might be useful info for other groups at the Omni, but I wasn't sure how best to get it out to them. Any ideas?

2 years, 10 months

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Donated laptops and tablets

by Elaine Jeffery

Hi all, I just wanted to follow-up on what I've figured out about the donated electronics we got a couple of weeks ago. I grabbed the following: - Dell Latitude E6420 The Dell laptop seems to be perfectly functional aside from a dead battery. I installed Debian 11 and Windows 10 on it with no issues. I also ordered a replacement battery for it for around $20, which seems to be working just fine. Here's the one I ordered: https://www.ebay.com/itm/264468438245 #NotSponsored - iPad 3rd Generation The iPad 3 tablets need to be factory reset, because the school apparently didn't bother to even log students out of their accounts on the one I got. I had to go through the settings until I found "profiles", which had a student and a teacher profile, and deleted both profiles. That revealed the hidden factory reset button. After resetting the tablet to a fresh state, I learned that the iPad 3 is, unfortunately, too old to do much with as is. The newest iOS version that supports the hardware is iOS 9.5.something, and there are almost no apps available anymore that will run on it. I did manage to jailbreak it using 3uTools, but that didn't get me anywhere, as there aren't any Linux distributions that can be installed on the iPad. The jailbreak was also kind of a pain, because 3uTools doesn't run on Linux, the jailbreak required an Apple ID, and the iPad is old enough that the jailbreak only worked from Windows 7 (which itself is a bit old and not completely straightforward to get anymore). One thing I'm interested in is that several people seem to have had success repurposing the screen, albeit without the touch capabilities: https://hackaday.com/2014/06/07/customized-ipad-lcd-screen-clips-onto-macbo… https://hackaday.com/2019/07/18/put-those-ipad-displays-to-work-with-this-e… - HP tablet I haven't done as much research on this device, as it seems more obscure, but I'm afraid it had probably suffered a similar fate to that of the iPad; It's so old at this point, that there's not much that will run on it. However, I have not confirmed this. It's possible that it's still totally usable for something. Thanks, --Elaine

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[omni-consensus] Event working group proposal (fwd)

by Jake

sudo room will have to form an opinion on this -jake ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2023 08:00:00 -0700 From: Z Silver Zahn <natashazahn27(a)gmail.com> To: consensus <consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org> Subject: [omni-consensus] Event working group proposal Written by Jacqi Galea with references to my previous event manager proposal! Proposed Compensation Model for Omni Events Team Overview: The Omni events team aims to book around 10k in event revenue monthly. Each event team member spends anywhere from 2-15 hours per event booking as a point person. In order to create a sustainable labor model, maintain the event revenue and decrease burnout amongst team members, we propose the point person for each event receive 10% of the total event revenue. This percentage is based on the reflection that if we continue to bring in $10,000 per month this is $120,000 per year, 10% of that amount is only 12k. If we were to hire an events manager at $30 per hour 10 hr/wk (minimal hours necessary) that would be about $14,400 per year. Proposal: 10% of all event monthly revenue goes into events team banking accounts. The budget will allow us to pay event stewards and improve venue facilities when needed. Each point person can choose to receive 10% of event revenue. This 10% is based on the following breakdown of tasks. Every point person completes a combination of the below tasks for every event along with maintenance tasks in between assigned events. Each event constitutes at least 1-2 hours of labor, usually more. The event payout will usually be $100 or more. Events larger than $1,500, payout will be model based on hours at $25-$30 an hour put into the event. - Events working group members (currently 3-4) would ideally be w-2 employees of omni? Or independent contractors? - Those who are being compensated are responsible for tracking events dates and payout amounts to be invoiced to the Events Finance Manager monthly. - A new member of the events team must complete 2-3 events in partnership with an experienced member of the events team before taking point and compensation. - Max amount of events team members being compensated? Should not matter as percentages are all relative to the number and amount of events coming in. Task Breakdown: - The following tasks are ongoing and split amongst event working group members through volunteer hours - The following tasks are split between working group members on an ongoing and event by event basis in order to maintain the functionality and presentability of the facilities at Omni. - The following tasks are done by all of the events working group members on an ongoing and event by event basis in order to maintain flow, communication, and organization of events. - The following tasks are carried out mainly by one member of the events team (currently silver) who bills their hours accordingly. Maintaining financial records, invoicing, and following up to ensure payments are received is integral to events and Omni as a whole.

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Fwd: [Test] Updates!

by Z Silver Zahn

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Omni Commons <info(a)omnicommons.org> Date: Sat, Jun 3, 2023 at 6:00 AM Subject: [Test] Updates! To: << Test First Name >> <natashazahn27(a)gmail.com> Survey! <https://form.jotform.com/231495103316146> *Omni Commons wants to know how you feel about the commons! Take our survey to help us expand collective resilience! * [image: Instagram icon] <https://instagram.com/> [image: Facebook icon] <https://facebook.com/> What’s Happening at Omni Commons? Omni is a commons a place where collective ownership can begin by walking through its doors. Were a collective of collectives. A place where mutual aid, organizing, hacking, repairing, tranforming shows up in the building and in our relationship to each other. There so many events and workshops happening at Omni yet so much room for you to organize your own. Were activating so many spaces in the Omni and want community creatives support! Our beloved entrance hall is under going some transformation. We are building a space that will offer co-working space, event booking, possibly a cafe? a collective art mural? *collective spotlight :* sudo room just recevied 10k grant funding from stop waste for its fix it clinic program at hardware hacking tuesdays. *common space spotlight : * the media lab launched its first sewing cohort. It’s in the practice of decolonizing fashion through shared collective knowledge & tools. Omni working groups is key to collective stewardship Join our building working group ! We meet every Sunday 3pm to 5pm to work on building & repairing related activates at Omni Commons. All skill levels are welcome~ This is an opportunity to grow in your building skills collectively. Sign Up! <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfo-UEe_qoUnqG7fSObqD87njqQAlUa2ux…> *We want to build a screen printing shop where community members can print their own work and also do solidarity printing for movement organizations and events. This is a call for members. Come get in on the ground floor of this project and help us design the shop!* Apply Now! <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc80nbCOmUbXzasDqgX2AbV6RU22bhsGaR…> Media Lab + Membership Want to have access to screen printing equipment, sewing equipment general art supplies to share? Omni Commons media lab is opening up for membership application. Media lab centers creative organizing, mindfulness upcycling & transformative collaboration. Apply Here! <https://airtable.com/shruQ2i4SbRLMUkol> *Upcoming Events…* Check our calendar for upcoming workshops & events. If there’s something you’d like to see feel empowered to book an event. The commons is for all of us! 7 days a week a year round. Calendar! <https://omnicommons.org/blog/calendar/> Book an Event! <https://omnicommons.org/blog/request/> * Donate to Support Omni!* *Omni Commons has so many opportunities to unfold centering mutual aid creatively. While capitalism is still an upheavel we ask for donations to support our mobilization to refinance the building. Collective ownership is collective stewardship. Caring for spaces and places is a reflection of our relationships within community! * donate! <https://www.gofundme.com/f/save-the-omni?utm_source=widget&utm_medium=refer…> *Copyright (C) 2023 Omni Commons. All rights reserved.* You are receiving this email because you signed up for Omni's general 'announce' mailing list. Our mailing address is: Omni Commons 4799 Shattuck Ave Oakland, CA 94609 USA <https://www.google.com/maps/search/4799+Shattuck+Ave%0D%0AOakland,+CA+94609…> Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences <https://omnicommons.us9.list-manage.com/profile?u=7b3df74e35ed3cfc94d1f7fcd…> or unsubscribe <https://omnicommons.us9.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=7b3df74e35ed3cfc94d1f…> View in browser <https://us9.campaign-archive.com/?e=__test_email__&u=7b3df74e35ed3cfc94d1f7…>

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Last Month's Income & Expenses

by Omni Commons

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This Wednesday: table top RPG night!

by Andrew R Gross

Hey Sudoers, I'm running my solarpunk RPG tomorrow, *Weds. May 31st @ 8-10 PM. *If you're interested in joining or watching, definitely stop by. Also, lemme know if you have any questions. Manual attached. Cheers, Fully Automated! Solarpunk RPG Manual (Beta) <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ryLeqXlpgBZldVMRre9gY6f_hQ21KfMfC9vSqxx…> *Andrew R Gross, (he/him)* 412.657.5332 - shrad.org <http://www.shrad.org>

2 years, 10 months

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Visiting from Hayward Techies / Sun Gallery Makerspace

by Carl Gorringe

Hi Sudoers, As you may have heard, we're building a Makerspace at the Sun Gallery in Hayward. We are getting ready to purchase supplies for the space, but before we do so, we'd like to ask you if you happen to have any items on our list that you no longer need and would like to donate! In that way we can save some money to invest in things that we can't get donated. It was suggested that we come visit Sudo Room and take a look. So a few of us plan to take a visit there tonight during Hardware Hacking. The idea is to sort some of your excess supplies, and place them in a pile with a note saying that we plan to take these items with us unless you want to keep them, in order to give people at Sudo Room a chance to take any items back that they wish to keep. Then we come back at a later date to pick them up. Sounds good? Here are some items we're interested in: - Electronics & Robotics: Multimeters, heat guns, power supplies, wire cutters, crimpers, wires and cables of various kinds, adapters, electrical parts (resisters, LEDs, diodes, etc.), motors, sensors, servos, Arduinos, microcontrollers, Raspberry Pi, robotics parts, soldering irons & solder, etc. - Mechanical & Power Tools: screwdrivers, hammers, wrenches, sockets, clamps, pliers, rulers, calipers, box cutters, hack saws, wood saws, drills, bits, dremel tools, etc. - Textile Tools: Sewing machines, fabric scissors, needles, pins, quilting tools, fabric, thread etc. - General: Tool cabinets, toolboxes, power strips, power extension cords. - 3D Printers, working laptops (under 10 years old), computer monitors (with HDMI), 50" HDTV, milling/CNC machine, video projector, VR headsets. Please email us at haywardtechies(a)gmail.com with descriptions and any photos of items you'd like to donate. The Sun Gallery Makerspace meets every Saturday at 12 noon at 1015 E Street, Hayward, CA. SAVE THE DATE: Makerspace Grand Opening and Art Meets Tech exhibit on Saturday August 12th 1pm. Thank You, -Carl

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omni finances

by Jake

yes this is great news for Sudo But Omni Commons in general is not doing so well. As you may have noticed if you read the delegates meeting notes, we are due for a tax payment by the end of this month, of $60,400. And we don't really have that much, although we are going to be able to get the check to clear by creative shuffling of various accounts. if we don't pay the PG&e bill, we don't lose the building. if we don't pay the water bill, even if the water gets turned off we don't lose the building. But if we don't pay the tax bill, we can lose the building. so we are prioritizing that. sudoroom pays omni Commons $2,000 each month in rent. we are on time with that, but Omni Commons in general needs more money. The GoFundMe is still active, and is a great way to contribute extra money that's burning a hole in your pocket. https://www.gofundme.com/f/save-the-omni We also need volunteers to join the finance team specifically to help find a new lender for the building, since the mortgage we have right now is balooning in December. We are also always looking for people to find and apply for grants to keep the whole operation going. Shit we struggle to have enough people on the finance team to collect rent from all the tenants/collectives. -jake > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Sarah Lockhart via finance <finance(a)lists.omnicommons.org> > Date: Tue, May 23, 2023 at 3:34 PM > Subject: [omni-finance] Please Forward to sudo list - re rent > To: <finance(a)lists.omnicommons.org> <finance(a)lists.omnicommons.org> > > Just wanted to let y'all know, and especially the fine members of > sudoroom -- that they are now current with their financial obligations > to Omni -- and prepaid through June > > thank you! > Sarah L / bookkeeper > _______________________________________________ > finance mailing list > finance(a)lists.omnicommons.org > https://omnicommons.org/lists/listinfo/finance

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Fwd: [omni-finance] Please Forward to sudo list - re rent

by Yardena Cohen

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Sarah Lockhart via finance <finance(a)lists.omnicommons.org> Date: Tue, May 23, 2023 at 3:34 PM Subject: [omni-finance] Please Forward to sudo list - re rent To: <finance(a)lists.omnicommons.org> <finance(a)lists.omnicommons.org> Just wanted to let y'all know, and especially the fine members of sudoroom -- that they are now current with their financial obligations to Omni -- and prepaid through June thank you! Sarah L / bookkeeper _______________________________________________ finance mailing list finance(a)lists.omnicommons.org https://omnicommons.org/lists/listinfo/finance

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Chromebook Unlocking at Sudoroom Sunday 11AM

by Peter Mui

Hi Tom and cc: Sudoers: Thanks for for organizing this. I'm still hoping that FUSD will unlock the Chromebooks so check occasionally as you process them to make sure they're still locked. Also see: USPIRG’s petition to extend the life of Chromebooks: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc-QGoW0UzE0t0oUsKzM6Xsxft1kHM-d6b… For more background see “Chromebook Churn”: https://pirg.org/edfund/resources/chromebook-churn-report-highlights-proble… And Fixit Clinic's efforts to keep already AUEed Chrombooks in service as general purpose computing devices: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JSbGXhJFJeABWVOn1wO4M6bPT-gPBLV4oQ85xMy… Maybe we can launch a broader "Keep 'Dem Chromebooks" public good program at Sudoroom and get a bunch of Linux-enhanced Chromebooks in circulation in the community to improve digital literacy, digital equity, and digital inclusion? Cheers, -Peter -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Digest for berkeleylug(a)googlegroups.com - 1 update in 1 topic Date: Fri, 19 May 2023 11:11:34 +0000 From: berkeleylug(a)googlegroups.com To: Digest recipients <berkeleylug(a)googlegroups.com> berkeleylug(a)googlegroups.com < https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!forum/…> Google Groups <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!overv…> <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!overv…> Topic digest View all topics < https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!forum/…> * Pi.BerkeleyLUG: This Sunday Raspberry Pi meeting at SudoRoom <#group_thread_0> - 1 Update Pi.BerkeleyLUG: This Sunday Raspberry Pi meeting at SudoRoom <http://groups.google.com/group/berkeleylug/t/f48694e818adf03f?utm_source=di…> tom r lopes <tomrlopes(a)gmail.com>: May 18 09:24PM -0700 This Sunday 21 May 2023 from 11am to about 2pm at SudoRoom in Oakland. SudoRoom is on Shattuck Ave between 51st and Telegraph 4799 Shattuck Ave., Oakland, CA 94609 The entrance is on the corner of Shattuck and 48th https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wtxH4mtxL2HUe3y5JXJlhe7iqSDnikT8/view?usp=… The project this time is converting chromebooks to Linux. Peter Mui of Fixit Clinic was given a stack of EOL chromebooks from the Fremont school district. Unfortunately they neglected to unlock them first. But I have found that the bios can be reflashed so you can boot a Linux installer bypassing the Google check. I had a thought of using a Pi to do the flash as PI gpio can do SPI. But most of the chromebooks have 1.8V bios chips while the PI has 3.3V gpio. I probably have level shifters but I have recently dumped stuff unorganized into storage. So I will likely not find them in time. For now I am using a USB programmer with an 1.8V adapter. Yes I will also try to be online at meet.jit.si/Pi.BerkeleyLUG This will be a conference room mic and speaker in a shared space so maybe some background noise. Thomas P.S. You may be interested: SudoRoom has a hardware hack night every Tuesday from 7pm Also It's a Fixit Clinic. Back to top <#digest_top> You received this digest because you're subscribed to updates for this group. You can change your settings on the group membership page < https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!forum/…>. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it send an email to berkeleylug+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com.

2 years, 10 months

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Wnb coding night

by Juliana A

This is today at 7pm!💻 All women/nb folx are invited! All men in this list, I’d like you to spread the word out about this night and invite at least one woman/nb for Mondays🙏 There are physical paper flyers at Sudoroom and the link in the calendar has a good description of it. Attendance has been a bit low lately so it’d be great if all can help! -- julianaferreira(a)gmail.com she/her

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Reminder: Pledge [Pledge No.] from Omni Commons

by Omni Commons

Dear Sudo Room, Just a reminder that we have not received a payment for this invoice yet. Let us know if you have questions. Thanks for your business! Omni Commons ---------------------------------- Invoice --------------------------------- 4799 Shattuck Ave Oakland, CA 94609 US +1 5105456582 https://omnicommons.org Invoice #: 2878 Date: 05/01/2023 Due Date: 05/25/2023 Terms: Net 25 Amount Due: $10,000.00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill To: Sudo Room 4799 Shattuck Ave Oakland, CA 94607 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ****************************** Account Summary ***************************** 04/01/2023 Balance Forward $10,000.00 Other payments and credits after 04/01/2023 -2,000.00 New charges (details below) 2,000.00 Total Amount Due (activity through 05/01/202 10,000.00 **************************************************************************** Date Activity Qty Rate Amount 05/01/2023 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: $10,000.00 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, 10 months

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Wednesday game night postponed until next week

by Andrew R Gross

I originally planned to hold the final climactic session of the Solarpunk rpg Fully Automated this Wednesday, however I have a conflict, and will have to push it back to the following Wednesday.

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Invoice 2912 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 #: 2912 Date: 06/01/2023 Due Date: 06/25/2023 Terms: Net 25 Amount Due: $10,000.00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill To: Sudo Room 4799 Shattuck Ave Oakland, CA 94607 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ****************************** Account Summary ***************************** 05/01/2023 Balance Forward $10,000.00 Other payments and credits after 05/01/2023 -2,000.00 New charges (details below) 2,000.00 Total Amount Due (activity through 06/01/202 10,000.00 **************************************************************************** Date Activity Qty Rate Amount 06/01/2023 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: $10,000.00 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, 10 months

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opensource DJ cyberdeck - WMDJ

by receipts＠ianmathews.com

Camaradas, Hope all is well, I have finally... begun to start the end of wrapping up the opensource 'cyberdeck' project, and I have posted a preview on r/cyberdeck Let me know what you think. I am off on PTO for a bit, and will be back early June to show off the unit and spin some drippy mixes with yall Thanks to all who helped with the build, I want to put some more photos and videos of the team, hardware night, ect on the project GitHub Links to the reddit post and GitHub: https://www.reddit.com/r/cyberDeck/comments/13lcch1/opensource_dj_cyberdeck… https://github.com/aiaaaa/WMDJ/blob/main/README.md -ian (waffle) [image: IMG_2166.jpg]

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Re: [omni-consensus] Omni taxes payment plan immediately (fwd)

by Jake

Hi Sudoroom, as sudoroom delegate i have to represent sudoroom on this important issue. Also I think it's pretty obvious what needs to be done. Sudoroom is still behind on rent with Omni Commons and we need increased monthly donations to get on track! Ask each other and yourselves to check on your monthly donations through https://sudoroom.org/humans or make donations at https://sudoroom.org/donate -jake ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 18 May 2023 19:02:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Jake <jake(a)spaz.org> To: omni finance list <finance(a)lists.omnicommons.org>, "consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org" <consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org> Subject: Re: [omni-consensus] Omni taxes payment plan immediately I have not heard back from anyone but Sarah on this issue and it's extremely pressing and important. To reiterate, we have to start a payment plan on our $300,000 delinquent property taxes or the county can auction off our building. We are in the process of getting an exemption for much of that money but until it goes through, we have to pay it. If the exemption goes through we will get a refund in case we overpaid, but most likely we will still owe the amount we are about to pay. We have to pay $60,000 by the end of MAY (less than 2 weeks) or else we have to pay $60,000 in JUNE plus an additional $2700 in interest. This is not a hard choice. We will discuss this at tonights delegates meeting. The form (attached) just needs my signature and of course a check for $60,398.63 (20% + $75 application fee) People are going to say "we don't have the money" because some of our money is "earmarked" for certain things, or hasn't been paid yet by collectives that are behind on rent (primarily because nobody has been reminding them) but WE DO HAVE THE MONEY and it's pretty silly to lose the building over "earmarked" funds. -jake ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 17 May 2023 12:13:15 -0700 From: Christina Oatfield <christinaoatfield(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: Omni taxes payment plan immediately Hi Jake, I've filled out the attached form here. If you have easy access to a printer you can print it, sign, date, and add your phone #, and mail it with a check to the address on the form. CHECK AMOUNT: $60,398.63 (that's the 20% installment plus $75 application fee). If you prefer, I can mail this to Omni or your home or wherever (just let me know a good mailing address) and include a priority mail envelope to the tax collector's office plus an envelope for them to mail us the receipt. I can set it up to track with its arrival at the tax collector's office via my USPS account so you will just need to sign, add the check, seal the envelope and drop it in the mail. You can also take it in person to the tax collector in Alameda if you are nervous about mailing a large check. Just let me know how you'd like to proceed. -- Christina Oatfield Attorney & Advocate On Tue, May 16, 2023 at 5:46 PM Jake <jake(a)spaz.org> wrote: > Hi Christina, > > Thank you for helping us stay on track with this! I think we should > immediately sign up for this payment plan and send the first installment > which will be $60,323.63. If we do this before the end of May, we will save > $2764. > > Someone wanted me to ask you "can we pay just the first year of taxes" and > delay the delinquency that way, or is there any other way we can prevent > becoming delinquent, that might allow us to pay less? We can just barely > swing the $60K right now so if there are any other options we need to know. > > But assuming the answer is no, I am ready to sign whatever and get us going > with this payment plan. Would you be able to sign us up for that or should > we see if someone else among us is qualified? I can barely write my name so > I'm out. > > I should clarify, we presently have $64800 in Unify, $6876 in BSB, and > Sudoroom just deposited $8880 for a total of $80,556. That will leave us > with $20,000.00 after making this payment. > > Thank you! > -jake > Omni President > > On Tue, 16 May 2023, Christina Oatfield via finance wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I called the county tax collector to confirm that the deadline to enter >> into an installment payment plan for the back taxes owed would be June 30. >> >> There is a $75 fee to enter into an installment payment plan. >> >> The installment plan is a 5 year plan with annual instalment payments of >> 20% of the delinquent "back taxes" due in each year. >> >> If the payment plan is entered into and first installment paid this month >> (May) then the first installment will be 20% of $301,618.15. >> >> If the payment plan is entered into and first installment payment made in >> June then the first installment will be 20% of $304,382.58. >> >> The interest on delinquent taxes accrues each month, hence the increasing >> amount each month. >> >> If Omni does not enter into an installment payment plan before June 30 then >> later on there will be still be an opportunity to redeem the property (i.e. >> to save it from the tax auction) during the following 8 months, but you >> will need to pay the full delinquent amount plus interest owed in one >> payment of over $300K to save the property so I would suggest getting a >> loan prior to June 30 and entering into an installment plan. >> >> If one of the Omni officers (eg president or treasurer) could please >> confirm receipt of these messages and provide me with any quick updates on >> where Omni is at with making a payment plan I'd appreciate it. >> >> Best, >> >> Christina >> -- >> Christina Oatfield >> Attorney & Advocate

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Omni needs a loan!

by Jake

It's nice to have the Omni Commons building so that we can have sudoroom in it (and for other reasons) unfortunately we have to find a new loan, since our present one expires in December, and we will have to come up with almost $900,000 and the only way to do that is with another loan. We have the building as collateral, and it's worth a lot, but for various reasons it's not as easy to get a loan as you might think. Does anyone want to work on this so we don't lose the building? Literally we have no prospects right now. -jake

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Hiring: Android developer for the decentralized web

by Jenny Ryan

Greetings community! eQualitie is seeking an experienced Android mobile developer, motivated to develop open source security tools for defending human rights in the digital domain, to work within a tight-knit team on Ceno Browser. Ceno (short for Censorship.no!) is a tool designed to circumvent the most repressive forms of Internet censorship. Built on Mozilla’s Android Components, Ceno Browser <https://censorship.no> utilizes the Ouinet <https://ouinet.work> library (also built by the eQualitie team) to share web content peer-to-peer over BitTorrent’s DHT. https://equalit.ie/job-post/android-developer-for-the-decentralized-web/ *Your primary duties will include:* * Implementing UI/UX improvements in the Ceno Browser Android app <https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/reference-browser> * Implementing a consent-full analytics suite <https://github.com/cleaninsights/> to improve user feedback loops and usage metrics * Build and deploy regular releases of Ceno Browser to keep it up-to-date with the latest changes to Mozilla libraries * Unit-testing code for robustness, usability, and general reliability * Work on bug fixing and improving application performance * Maintaining the highest level of professional security and code development practices * Listening critically and giving viable feedback to team members, managers, and outside groups * Documenting work toward long-term maintenance and reproducibility * Being on time with product timelines and deliverables *You should:* * Have experience with frontend Android app development (experience with mobile web browser development a strong plus) * Have experience in a test-driven approach to software development & version control with git * Be reachable for at least 2 hours on working days between 9am – 5pm EST * Have experience in network programming (HTTP, TCP/IP, UDP) and familiarity with peer-to-peer (BitTorrent) technologies *Nice to have:* * Published at least one original mobile app * Java/Kotlin project experience * Familiarity with Javascript/HTML/CSS * Enjoy delving into other people’s code, debugging and improving it * Excellent development credentials and years of experience working with a variety of technologies * A strong desire to work on free and open-source software *About Us* eQualitie is a small company run on not-for-profit principles. Our goal and motivation is to promote and protect human rights in the digital age. We solve complex technical problems for improving digital defences, introducing privacy to online activity, and enabling freedom of expression and association. *How to apply* Please send your resume and a cover letter explaining how your experience and motivation match our requirements. Include your Github username or another platform where we can see your previous projects. Also include links to past mobile app projects you’ve worked on. Note that selected candidates will be asked to perform a (non-project related) coding challenge. eQualitie welcomes applicants from all backgrounds. We are a remote-first company and offer flexible working arrangements. We are keen to hear from people who consider themselves under-represented in the software, technology or FLOSS communities – even if they feel they meet only some of our needs. You can read more about our principles here: https://equalit.ie/values *Job Specs:* * Job Location: Montreal-Quebec-Canada (flexible/remote) * Job Type: Contract * Contract Duration: 3 months, with possibility of extension or full-time * Salary Range: $5,000 – $7,000/month depending on experience * Application deadline: 28 May 2023 * Start Date: ASAP Please send your resume and a cover letter explaining how your portfolio and motivation match our requirements to: cenoers(a)equalitie.org or via the form at: https://equalit.ie/job-post/android-developer-for-the-decentralized-web/

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Tomorrow (Weds. May 17 @ 8 PM): Part 2 of Tabletop RPG night!

by Andrew R Gross

Hi everyone, Tomorrow, Wednesday, May 17th I'll be running the second part of the two-part scifi tabletop RPG Fully Automated! Last week, Jonathan, Maria, and Yar played. I can accommodate two more people if anyone else wants to join in. Let me know. Cheers, Manual: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ryLeqXlpgBZldVMRre9gY6f_hQ21KfMfC9vSqxx… *Andrew R Gross, (he/him)* 412.657.5332 - shrad.org <http://www.shrad.org>

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Climate Tech Event at Port Labs Weds night

by Peter Mui

Hi Sudoers: You might be interested in this event Wednesday night at Port Labs: if nothing else, it's a chance to check out this new-ish makerspace in Oakland: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/driving-climate-action-through-innovation-no-t… -Peter

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