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sudoRoom as a place you show up and do art - an artist's experimental place

by Romy Ilano

Hmm I think I'm going to make a flyer - SudoRoom is a pseudo artist hang out. A place where you can experiment and refine your art. You're not just there to go to a party, a talk or a class, your'e also there to just show up and continue your project and this is what will compel you to learn long run! So as I said, I spoke to Paige and that's what makes us special! https://www.flickr.com/photos/miromi/52016903456/in/dateposted/ Oh yeah I also found this art during my last visit. It's really cool? Does anyone know who made it? How do you ge the laser cutter to be so nice and then paint it so swell? are they expert model painters? ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

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A new massive projector donated to SudoRoom

by Romy Ilano

We have a 14,000 lumen sanyo projector that was donated to SudoRoom. This thing is bright enough to play in office light and possibly even daylight! It's so cool, thanks to Jake and the others for bringing this baby. We were able to find a DVI HDMI cable, and we tested projecting some Kara walker on the walls. https://www.flickr.com/photos/miromi/52015867232/in/dateposted/ I mean, if we can project this even in a bright room, this would be really cool! It's fun to hack alongside others instead of being exiled to the ballroom. Projector + viewer movement Another thought hit me - some people suggested making an interactive kinect camera that projects upon people in front of the projector. these are cool experiments have been popular in the past, and you see them in full immersion rooms in museums. There is even a kinect at SudoRoom! But I just realized that modern smartphones (android and ios) are so powerful that it's typical for them to have body tracking algorithms with the camera so we could code projectons and animaions with just a standrad cell phone attached. I think there's also a use for kinect if we need it, but it's not as hard as it used to be. Face trackinga on android https://developers.google.com/ar/develop/augmented-faces Capturing body motion ios https://developer.apple.com/documentation/arkit/content_anchors/capturing_b… I think I'm a mobile developer by trade, and i think it hedges me in, but what's nice is that we can get something cool up quickly, and with these frameworks there doesn'te ven need to be a network connection or any weird connection to a networked API. It was also rad just looking at the Kara Walker projection. A lot of the innovation in environment art, conceptual art and augmented reality even has been experimented on by artists like Kara Walker https://art21.org/read/kara-walker-projecting-fictions-insurrection-our-too… Her Insurrection piece is really rad! I have also been looking at art by Jacolby Satterwhite. https://art21.org/read/the-tactile-technological-touch-of-jacolby-satterwhi… Imagine if we used the light projections to create a different sudoroom environment every time people came in! Like there's a theme every week! I think that would be cool, instaed of creating this event that's sort of divoced from our routine at the hardware hacknight! ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

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starting an engineering daybook, some progress, and more ideas for future projects

by Romy Ilano

I realized that over the years at SudoRoom, it was always important for me to write down what I was doing. But I never had a proper engineering daybook! Even though I learned so much here! So going forward, I'm going to keep a personal daybook. I think it will help me with my blog posts, as I tend to take notes as cartoons https://www.flickr.com/photos/miromi/52017624127/in/photostream/ Here's a sneak peek at my next blog posts. I'm very interested in communicating what I learn through projects - and I think it's very attractive to mention that I started with an idea, came consistently to the hardware hack nights, got inspiration and tons of advice and even guidance! and just kept at it. I think the theme of my next blog post is "There's a wonderful power in just showing up consistently!" And then also highlight how the entire SudoRoom (well not the whole thing) was out at the east bay bike party, getting involved! It was really cool, and when I finish my cartoon I will show how I got to do part of my project and get inspired by ideas! https://www.flickr.com/photos/miromi/52019179120/in/photostream/ Third, I'm survyeing my involvement with sudoroom over the years and I never really accomplished or learned as much by simply atending classes -it was more working on a project, maybe a project that was inspired by a class, that I really have information that sank in. So wow thanks for he ride so far! I'm having so much fun! The engineering daybook and learning through projects is my thing for he next phase of my invovlement in sudoroom. I'm wondering if I can even make pdf files for people to do their own sudoroom themes daybook! ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

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Sudoroom meeting reminder and Agenda

by Andrew R Gross

Hi everyone, Tonight is Sudoroom's weekly meeting at 8 - 9 PM. We'll be on site and online at https://meet.waag.org/turtlesturtlesturtles. Meeting notes can be found and edited at https://pad.riseup.net/p/sudoroommeeting-keep. Previous meeting notes can be found at https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Meetings#Meeting_Notes_Archive. Here's the agenda: *- New Member Considerations* Confirmation of last week's applicants (PB, Arthur, Eva, PWM) Introductions *- Proposal considerations* Building Community Collective's proposal to join Omni Commons Community Liberation Program's proposal to join Omni Commons Should we adopt a code of conduct & statement of purpose? Should we organize working groups for key functions? *- Event announcements* *- Show and Tell* *Andrew R Gross, (he/him)* 412.657.5332 - shrad.org <http://www.shrad.org>

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Re: [omni-consensus] WCK/CLP intro (fwd)

by Jake

I sent this out before and I didn't get any objections, so I will represent sudoroom as being apathetic or in-support of this proposal unless I hear otherwise. Do not take this as encouragement to object to this great proposal :) -sudoroom delegate Jake ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2022 20:27:41 -0700 From: Yardena Cohen <yardenack(a)gmail.com> To: consensus <consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org> Subject: Re: [omni-consensus] WCK/CLP intro Reminder to delegates: please be ready this Thursday to share your groups' positions on CLP joining omni! On Fri, Apr 8, 2022 at 12:37 AM Yardena Cohen <yardenack(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > FYI all, at tonight's delegates meeting we discussed CLP's proposal to > join as a new member collective. The notes are at > https://omnicommons.org/wiki/Event:2022/04/07_Delegates#CLP > > Delegates, please take the next two weeks to check in with your member > collectives. It would be wonderful to have full consensus to add them > at our next meeting, Thursday April 21! > > On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 10:37 PM Yardena Cohen <yardenack(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Oops, forgot to cc Billy who first sent it! >> >> On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 10:24 PM Yardena Cohen <yardenack(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, I'm forwarding this to omni's "consensus" list because it's a >>> proposal that affects the whole community! >>> >>> I think CLP would be great as a new member collective at omni. They >>> are paying $200 for their current 10x10 storage unit and are willing >>> to pay omni the same for relatively unsecured space in the basement, >>> which is totally reasonable - generous even! They would also bring in >>> an active community of volunteers, which would be huge for omni. >>> Meeting Billy and Rafiq this weekend was a pleasure. >>> >>> It looks like there are now several new member collective proposals in >>> the pipeline, which is awesome! I hope that we can use this >>> opportunity to practice onboarding new groups in a way that is as >>> frictionless and accessible as we can, and also invite this potential >>> new generation of omni member collectives to co-create the process >>> alongside us. >>> >>> Our next delegates meeting is in ~2 weeks, April 7th. Typically for >>> important proposals (like a new member collective), we would have one >>> meeting to discuss details, give delegates another 2 weeks to bring >>> the proposal for discussion among their groups, and then come back for >>> (hopefully) full consensus at the next meeting, which would be April >>> 21st. >>> >>> I think it'd be great for folks to have conversations and ask >>> questions in the meantime so that we can all be prepared for the big >>> meetings once they happen. Thanks all :D >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >>> From: deskhandle via commons <commons(a)lists.omnicommons.org> >>> Date: Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 2:00 PM >>> Subject: [omni-commons] WCK/CLP intro >>> To: commons(a)lists.omnicommons.org <commons(a)lists.omnicommons.org> >>> Cc: Communityliberationprograms(a)protonmail.com >>> <Communityliberationprograms(a)protonmail.com> >>> >>> >>> Hey everyone, this is Billy with Community Liberation Programs, >>> formerly known as Worker's Community Kitchen. >>> >>> We are a socialist organization that creates dual power programs in >>> partnership with community members. >>> >>> Currently we have a water delivery/ unhoused encampment commissary >>> program as well as a community garden program both in Hayward. >>> >>> We have a program in Berkeley which works directly with the community >>> at People's Park to organize crucial material support and gear up in >>> defense of the upcoming eviction. >>> >>> We also have a reading group starting in the SF Mission as a >>> preliminary step to bring folks together for a new program forming >>> there, and another working group investigating a new program centered >>> in Oakland Chinatown. >>> >>> We are really excited to be invited to join the new phase at the Omni >>> and are particularly looking forward to supporting fund raising >>> efforts through event planning. We were already working on creating a >>> summer film series as a fund raising event for our organization and it >>> seems aligned to use this as an opportunity to support the Omni as >>> well. >>> >>> Additionally, we were told that we could potentially move some stuff >>> around in the area pictured below to take up a roughly 10 x 10 space >>> for our storage. Currently we have a storage unit in Berkeley so we'd >>> love to move that over here and start being in the space more >>> regularly! >>> >>> We can send a delegate to the regular meetings and are ready to start >>> event planning! >>> >>> I have CC'd the primary CLP email address to make sure it is put in >>> the communication loop! >>> >>> All the best! >>> Billy _______________________________________________ consensus mailing list consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org https://omnicommons.org/lists/listinfo/consensus

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Re: [omni-consensus] Building Community Collective Proposal to Join Omni Commons

by Jake

last chance for objections to this proposal, otherwise I will say that I believe Sudoroom is in support of the proposal. We did not reach sudo-quorum (7 members) but i have heard positive sentiments and no objections. we can discuss it at the meeting tomorrow night but for god sakes please lets not -jake ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2022 20:25:10 -0700 From: Yardena Cohen <yardenack(a)gmail.com> To: consensus(a)omnicommons.org Subject: Re: [omni-consensus] [omni-discuss] Building Community Collective Proposal to Join Omni Commons This proposal came in at 7pm during the last delegates meeting but we didn't have time to discuss it then. Do delegates feel like they have enough information to consent this Thursday, or do we need more time to ask questions? On Tue, Apr 12, 2022 at 11:49 PM Yardena Cohen <yardenack(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Being a fiscally sponsored project of omni is usually the simplest > thing, except we'd have to decide whether that also covers your > activities outside the building, or whether the project would > technically be called "BCC at omni" or something to limit the scope. I > think if you're legally an omni project and your activities in the > building are similar to regular omni activities then you wouldn't need > a separate insurance policy - can someone correct if I'm wrong? > > On Tue, Apr 12, 2022 at 10:07 AM Michaela Budde > <michaelabudde87(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Yar! >> >> Appreciate your enthusiasm! We think it's a great fit too. >> >> We are not incorporated in any way. We are a collective with a group chat and an instagram! >> >> Please let us know how that would work legally. >> >> Thanks, >> Micha >> >> >> On Thu, Apr 7, 2022 at 11:26 PM Yardena Cohen <yardenack(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hell yes please! I've been so happy to work with Micha and Marquise >>> over the past couple months and am looking forward to meeting more BCC >>> folks. I think this is exactly what Omni needs and I'm so happy to see >>> this proposal. >>> >>> In terms of the logistics of adding a new member collective, what is >>> the best legal arrangement? Are you all incorporated in any way? Does >>> BCC want to be a fiscally sponsored project of omni, or something >>> else? Can we give them full coverage under our existing insurance or >>> does there need to be a separate policy for them? >>> >>> On Thu, Apr 7, 2022 at 7:00 PM Building Community Collective >>> <buildingcommunitycollective(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello, we are super excited to present this proposal, after checking in with members at the BCC. We hope this is the beginning of a great relationship between the BCC and Omni Commons! >>>> >>>> Attached is our application, please communicate with us through this email. >>>> >>>> Sincerely, >>>> Building Community Collective >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> discuss mailing list >>>> discuss(a)lists.omnicommons.org >>>> https://omnicommons.org/lists/listinfo/discuss >>> _______________________________________________ >>> consensus mailing list >>> consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org >>> https://omnicommons.org/lists/listinfo/consensus >> >> >> >> -- >> Michaela Budde >> (they/she/he) >> >> >> _______________________________________________ consensus mailing list consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org https://omnicommons.org/lists/listinfo/consensus

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is it possible to rent a room at sudo for two consecutive afternoons?

by johanna faust

we need a space for deposition; i was going to rent an event space but thought : sudo could use the money. please get back to me with contact info ASAP if interested - we need to book as soon as we can the event is ten days hence -- *Be seeing you.*

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Hardware Hacking Tuesday tonight

by Jake

Hi everyone, you're getting this email either because you're on the sudoroom discuss email list, or because I BCC'd you directly. Tonight I'll be hosting Sudoroom for those who want to come hack on whatever in person, or through telepresence of any means you can invoke. Remember that Omni Commons and Sudoroom policy is presently that EVERYONE MUST WEAR A MASK AT ALL TIMES INSIDE THE BUILDING. (if you want to eat something you should go outside) in the past few weeks, we've had about 5-15 people over the course of the evening, not including remote participants who logged in through the telescreen. Jenny put it on the Omni calendar: https://omnicommons.org/blog/events/hardware-hack-night-3-2022-03-01/ Here it is on the sudoroom page: https://sudoroom.org/events/hardware-hack-night-2022-02-15/ I try to be there by 7pm but you can show up earlier and people might already be there! if you get to the door (at the corner of 48th and shattuck) and you can't get in, call me or someone else who's there to let you in! Email me if you don't have my phone number. Actually a great way to get our attention is to join the video chat link at the end of this email! We don't always hear the doorbell and I don't answer it after 10PM anyway because of diminishing returns :) You should get on this sudoroom discuss mailinglist! click here: https://sudoroom.org/lists/postorius/lists/sudo-discuss.sudoroom.org/ and you should donate to sudoroom, monthly, by signing up here: https://sudoroom.org/humans and if you want to make a one-time donation, you can go here: https://sudoroom.org/donate if you can't make it, join the jitsi videochat with the room, and chat with each other as well as a giant TV screen/speakerphone on the wall of the space: https://meet.waag.org/turtlesturtlesturtles (don't worry if you're the only one in the "room", others will join eventually, and if the camera is pointed at the floor, just yell until someone comes and talks to you and then ask them to aim it back up into the room) see you soon! -jake

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Re: [omni-consensus] PROPOSAL: $4k to fix entrance hall floor (fwd)

by Jake

more information ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2022 14:53:06 -0700 From: Yardena Cohen <yardenack(a)gmail.com> To: joe liesner <blue393(a)lmi.net> Cc: consensus <consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org>, building <building(a)lists.omnicommons.org> Subject: Re: [omni-consensus] [omni-building] PROPOSAL: $4k to fix entrance hall floor On Tue, Apr 19, 2022 at 7:40 AM joe liesner <blue393(a)lmi.net> wrote: > What are the restaurant booths for? Are they part of the Village of Love’s needs? > The cafe is not indicated - size or associated fixtures. Who will run it? I have no details about restaurant booths or cafe because this proposal is mostly just about fixing the floor. Those are just ideas for the future. Village of Love will not require us to install any furniture in particular. Their interest in the entrance hall is: 1) to temporarily run part of the drop-in center in the entrance hall, for a couple months, to help build relationships with neighbors before asking them to go to the basement 2) to make it look nice and organized so that when they bring funders through, those funders are more likely to write grants to help omni generate more income and improve the building _______________________________________________ consensus mailing list consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org https://omnicommons.org/lists/listinfo/consensus

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[omni-consensus] PROPOSAL: $4k to fix entrance hall floor (fwd)

by Jake

Dear Sudoroom members, in three days I will be asked to approve the following proposal on behalf of the membership of sudoroom. If anyone has any objections please let me know, otherwise I will say that Sudoroom has no objections, although I will ask for more information about how the $4000 of Omni money (which Omni already has) will be spent. -jake ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2022 22:33:21 -0700 From: Yardena Cohen <yardenack(a)gmail.com> To: consensus <consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org> Cc: building <building(a)lists.omnicommons.org> Subject: [omni-consensus] PROPOSAL: $4k to fix entrance hall floor I propose that we spend $4k to fix the floor and make other minor improvements to the entrance hall. Attached is a draft floorplan for how I'm envisioning the entrance hall would look, at least in the near term future. What do people think? Would we be able to approve this money at the meeting in 3 days? Proposed timeline: * Starting now: clean up messes, remove junk, minor repairs * Thursday April 21: delegates approve plan * Saturday April 23: events in ballroom * Sunday April 24: Omni open house * Monday April 25: hang plastic dividers, paint & finish "east end" * Wednesday April 27: move free store to newly finished east end * wrap up "west end" in plastic * deep-clean west end: vacuum rafters, mop, etc * install floor drain in old bar drain pipe * pour new floor material where the old bar used to be * move free store to northwest corner Tentative future plans (near to far): * install new lighting on west end ceiling * install restaurant booths along north wall * install permanent wheelchair lift to ballroom * install new bar/cafe in southeast corner

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hammond organ speaker

by Jake

the Hammond organ with the Leslie speaker is amazing! But i know the speaker paper is chewed up and decayed to hell and needs a recone. Here's a video of Marc playing it: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CcCaiMRDEKU/ Where can we find parts for a recone kit? I volunteer Arlo to do the reconing, he did a great job with a giant subwoofer recently. What model speaker is it? Or do we just have to find a reconing company that can send us a custom cone and surround according to measurements we make? maybe Tuesday night we can take measurements, and try to figure out the model number of the speaker. I wouldn't be surprised if we have to re-use the voice coil that's in there now - who knows what weird impedance it is (this is an electromagnetic-stator speaker powered by a tube amp!) and it's probably made with whale-bone PCB lacquer that will outlast anything we can buy, plus there's nothing wrong with it. Thanks to Kent for rebuilding the amplifier the organ is mentioned a couple of times in this Meeting from 2015: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Meeting_Notes_2015-09-02 I created a wiki page for it, please edit and contribute: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Hammond_Organ -jake

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sudoroom is clean now thanks to Eric

by Jake

Eric T came through today and swept and cleaned the SHIT out of sudoroom!!! The floor is swept and clean and you can literally eat off of it (I did) in order to keep it clean, we should all pitch in and pick up trash and put things away all the time! I brought in a Roomba and set it up with its little charging base. We'll see how well it survives, hopefully it doesn't knock over a rain bucket onto itself (there are two rain buckets dripping right now) -jake

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Water leak needs cleaning

by Marc Juul

There was a major roof leak over sudo/ccl last night. It was caused by a clog in the main roof drainpipe which caused a lot of water to build up on the roof (over ankle height along the west side of the building). CCL was hit pretty hard while sudo room got away with a big puddle on the floor. Patrik and myself spent the night dealing with the fallout in CCL and it's still not done. I did unclog the clog though. I didn't get to the sudo room puddle. If anyone is up for tackling it there is a metal shop vac sitting in CCL which is currently configured for wet operation. It will suck it right up. Be very sure to only plug it in through the GFCI adapter (which it was plugged into when I left) and the first thing you do before using it should be checking the water level and emptying it out if it's close to half full. I didn't empty it again before I left. Remember that water is surprisingly heavy, lift with your knees and don't lift alone if at all possible. I speak from experience. Thanks to Ian for alerting us about the leak and for lighting my way on the roof. -- marc/juul

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[omni-consensus] Building Community Collective Proposal to Join Omni Commons

by Jake

Hi fellow sudoroom members! We will need to consider this application for a new member collective! I'll be asked to report as a Sudoroom delegate and say what we've decided about this. We can ask questions and/or communicate concerns about it before then if we want. you can see their attachment. Primary discussion of this topic is in the "consensus" mailing list, which is open to all who are interested: https://omnicommons.org/lists/listinfo/consensus can someone please add this topic to the next Sudoroom meeting agenda? thank you -Jake ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2022 19:00:06 -0700 From: Building Community Collective <buildingcommunitycollective(a)gmail.com> To: consensus(a)omnicommons.org, discuss(a)omnicommons.org Subject: [omni-consensus] Building Community Collective Proposal to Join Omni Commons Hello, we are super excited to present this proposal, after checking in with members at the BCC. We hope this is the beginning of a great relationship between the BCC and Omni Commons! Attached is our application, please communicate with us through this email. Sincerely, Building Community Collective

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[omni-consensus] Delegates agenda item: new rooms construction proposal

by Jake

Hi fellow sudoroom members! We need to deliberate as a collective on this proposal! in two weeks I'll be asked to report as a Sudoroom delegate and say what we've decided about this. You can view the proposal attachment here: http://omnicommons.org/pipermail/consensus/attachments/20220407/80fe1331/at… Primary discussion of this topic is in the "consensus" mailing list, which is open to all who are interested: https://omnicommons.org/lists/listinfo/consensus can someone please add this topic to the next Sudoroom meeting agenda? thank you -Jake ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2022 14:20:28 -0700 From: Sarah Lockhart <sarah.ee.el(a)gmail.com> To: consensus <consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org>, building <building(a)lists.omnicommons.org> Subject: [omni-consensus] Delegates agenda item: new rooms construction proposal Summary: We are proposing to spend up to $7000 to build out two new rooms for long-term tenants / new member collectives; one on the mezzanine and one in the basement. Work will be done by skilled paid contractors but finishes can be done by volunteer labor. Basic drawing of proposed rooms is included as attachment. Proposed By: Sarah Lockhart & David Keenan (Building WG / Safer DIY Spaces) Context: In order to successfully refinance the current balance of the mortgage loan, Omni needs to regularly generate an additional $6500 a month. Creating these desirable private/secure rooms could generate between $1000 - $2000 a month, depending on how much we choose to charge for these spaces. This would reduce the pressure on requiring this $6500/month to be generated solely by events. In the view of banks and lenders, income from long-term tenants is more reliable than income from a volunteer-run events space. Rationale: In the past month, Omni has advertised via social media having space available for new member collectives and groups. We have fielded inquiries from many interested groups for having long-term space at Omni. Almost all of them expressed a desire for having a secure space (i.e. a room with a door that can lock). Omni currently only has 3 such spaces available that are not adjacent to the ballroom. The rooms adjacent to the ballroom would be more productively used in the service of event production. While Omni has historically wanted to maximize commoning of resources and having open shared spaces, the current needs of potential new member collectives and tenants are not fully aligned with that vision. They are amenable to some shared space, but they tend to want some space that is “theirs”. In order to keep the building, we believe it would be better to “build-to-suit” in the near term, while still retaining the common spaces that are currently being used in the original spirit. The areas we are proposing to build new rooms are currently common spaces that are not being used or are being significantly under-utilized. Details: New Mezzanine room: This room is something we had favorably discussed building for the PLP when they were looking for new space. We would build one wall with a door across the area that is currently storing the library books and shelving. We would also install operable plexiglass windows, so that the occupant of this room can have more sonic privacy or get greater airflow from the entrance hall. This room would be approximately 500 sq ft, and would “rent” for between $600/month (which would be a very generous rate) to upwards of $1500/month, while still being below market rate. Estimated cost: $3000 – the majority would relate to the materials and labor for installing the windows. New Basement room: This room would be 400 sq ft., twice as large as the existing basement offices. It would be built abutting the former FYE space and the rear of the space would be the south wall of the basement. We would only need to build two walls and install a door. We would likely have to install minimal electrical outlets, as the room would have use of the outlets installed last summer. We may need to install electrical outlets along the west wall of the basement to provide convenient power to the sewing area, which would be relocated there, between the door to go upstairs to Sudo Room and the storage area for The Free Store. When evaluating the space at Omni for potential enclosure, we focused on areas of the building that were currently unused / under-utilized. The existing “media lab” was one of those spaces, apart from the sewing area. The rest of the media lab would be dismantled. Omni members and collectives would have first “dibs” on items they want to relocate to their spaces. Any remaining supplies, furniture, and equipment would be donated to local schools, arts education programs, other community groups, or the East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse down the street whose mission is supplying the community with donated arts and crafts supplies. Estimated cost: $4000 - labor and material for building two walls (including drywall), installing a door that locks, and some electrical work.

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Re: hammond organ speaker

by Kent Leech

-----Original Message----- From: Kent Leech via sudo-discuss <sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org> Reply-To: Kent Leech <kent(a)kentleech.com> Date: Monday, April 11, 2022 at 4:58 PM To: Jake <jake(a)spaz.org>, <sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org> Cc: <benjifriedman(a)gmail.com>, <arlo23(a)gmail.com> Subject: [sudo-discuss] Re: hammond organ speaker >The mice had a field day with the surround! They started with the >electromagnet field coil but thankfully stopped. It¹s fine after a repair. >It gets a little warm which is normal as it also functions as a choke for >the tube amp power supply. > >The Speaker Exchange has a selection of kits for Jensen 15² drivers, voice >coils and spiders included. I¹ll get the model speaker when I¹m in >tomorrow evening and order the kit. > >-Kent >----- > >Kent Leech Illustration >https://dribbble.com/tech_illo >http://www.kentleech.com >kent(a)kentleech.com >+1 (510) 504-0634 >-- > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Jake via sudo-discuss <sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org> >Reply-To: Jake <jake(a)spaz.org> >Date: Monday, April 11, 2022 at 3:23 PM >To: <sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org> >Cc: <benjifriedman(a)gmail.com>, <arlo23(a)gmail.com> >Subject: [sudo-discuss] hammond organ speaker > >>the Hammond organ with the Leslie speaker is amazing! But i know the >>speaker >>paper is chewed up and decayed to hell and needs a recone. >> >>Here's a video of Marc playing it: >>https://www.instagram.com/tv/CcCaiMRDEKU/ >> >>Where can we find parts for a recone kit? I volunteer Arlo to do the >>reconing, >>he did a great job with a giant subwoofer recently. >> >>What model speaker is it? Or do we just have to find a reconing company >>that >>can send us a custom cone and surround according to measurements we make? >> >>maybe Tuesday night we can take measurements, and try to figure out the >>model >>number of the speaker. >> >>I wouldn't be surprised if we have to re-use the voice coil that's in >>there now >>- who knows what weird impedance it is (this is an electromagnetic-stator >>speaker powered by a tube amp!) and it's probably made with whale-bone >>PCB >>lacquer that will outlast anything we can buy, plus there's nothing wrong >>with >>it. >> >>Thanks to Kent for rebuilding the amplifier >> >>the organ is mentioned a couple of times in this Meeting from 2015: >>https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Meeting_Notes_2015-09-02 >> >>I created a wiki page for it, please edit and contribute: >>https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Hammond_Organ >> >>-jake >> >>_______________________________________________ >>sudo-discuss mailing list -- sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org >>To unsubscribe send an email to sudo-discuss-leave(a)sudoroom.org >>More options at >>https://sudoroom.org/lists/postorius/lists/sudo-discuss.sudoroom.org/ > > >_______________________________________________ >sudo-discuss mailing list -- sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org >To unsubscribe send an email to sudo-discuss-leave(a)sudoroom.org >More options at >https://sudoroom.org/lists/postorius/lists/sudo-discuss.sudoroom.org/

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Proposal: Should we adopt a code of conduct and statement of intent?

by Andrew R Gross

Should we establish a statement of purpose and a code of conduct? I think Sudoroom should adopt a code of conduct, because currently our only behavioral rules are the Omni Commons Safer Space policy: https://omnicommons.org/wiki/Safer_Space_Policy These rules are vital, but are limited to a broad set of wildy unacceptable behavior anywhere. They don't outline minor and hackerspace specific guidelines on ideal and discouraged behavior. PB asked if we have any statement defining our most basic principle or goal, and while it sounds like there is a lot of diverse informal wisdom, there isn't a clear singular statement of intent. So I'd like to propose we agree on one of those as well. I think a starting point for a code of conduct would be something like "Try to enhance the experience of others in Sudoroom and avoid impeding it", and then we could go into a few more specific examples like cleaning up, asking people if they'd like companionship or space when working in the space at the same time, etc. I don't have any clear suggestions for what our statement of purpose would be, but I like the values of justice and openness. Thoughts? *Andrew R Gross, (he/him)* 412.657.5332 - shrad.org <http://www.shrad.org>

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Consideration of Arthur for membership

by Andrew R Gross

*Consideration of Arthur for membership* If you know Arthur and have any objection, now is the time to say it. Or if you like him, say something nice. I met Arthur and he gave me a cool WiFi enabled microcontroller that I'm excited to try out. *Andrew R Gross, (he/him)* 412.657.5332 - shrad.org <http://www.shrad.org>

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Ideas for the SudoRoom blog / twitter account - historical threads on the history of computing!

by Romy Ilano

This is a cool history twitter post by this cool dude, i think he founded npm or something? But he doesn’t always tweet about just computers and programming, he does a lot of broad history tweets https://twitter.com/seldo/status/1512970436669173763?s=21&t=wZYbqR3J2g0mBL1… There is a cool long twitter thread on Ada Lovelace here… his insights a re pretty cool! I’m wondering if we can spin stuff like t hat off on the SudoRoom blog. Recently I visited SudoRoom and people were showing me an early laser - I think it was remarkable in t hat it could project blue laser light? Then they told me that it wasn’t until 2008 that blue lasers were possible? Some dude won the Nobel prize for this? This would be a cool thread, just SudoRoom rambling about the history of some invention in some interesting way. I’m sure we’re writing it in the SudoRoom voice because SudoRoom comes from a particular point of view which is that it’s all about social good but also invention and discovery for its own sake. We aren’t such a corporate hackerspace Sent from my iPad

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Get ready for the East Bay Bike party tomorrow! everyone should come! 12th street 730pm!

by Romy Ilano

Get ready for the East Bay Bike party tomorrow! everyone should come! 12th street 730pm! Thanks to everyone who's given me suggestions, inspired me and taught me about laser projections. And of course everyone who's encouraged me! I've gotten so much help. My focus the past few weeks at both sudoroom and noisebridge have been the the light projection art projects - https://sudoroom.org/wiki/ProjectionMapping <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/ProjectionMapping> That being said, after exploring many avenues, I'm going to film and test run my first light projection mapping on a bike at the tomorrow's bike party. So for the first time in a few years I'll actually fully flesh out an idea at SudoRoom instead of leaving 100% of everything half-finnished =D Thanks for the ideas maarc! at the moment i'm able to mount small laser projectors on my bike, and based on ideas from marc, I'm going to use my phone's accelerometer for now to project stuff on the ground. Let's see how this goes! I bet there's even some math involved here. Definitely a good way to revive my old trigonometry skills =D I'll try to do a writeup in a charming way so we can post this on the blog. For a lot of the time I spent after work at SudoRoom it was all about the creativity exploration and fun. Let's see what comes next! I'm finding that the smaller laser proejctors are obviously more dynamic, just less hassle to set up than the larger projectors. I'm allergic to attending large events, but I'm still interested in making something "large".... in the ballroom at some point. There are so many immersive environments ... Maybe the larger laser projectors or light projectors can be used for creative backgrounds when someone goes on stage and teaches a math class =D ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

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Consideration of Peter Behr for membership

by Andrew R Gross

*Consideration of Peter Behr for membership* Does anyone have any objections or endorsements of PB? I've seen three times now in person and a few more remotely at meetings. I don't know them well, but from my initial experiences I would like to be their friend. *Andrew R Gross, (he/him)* 412.657.5332 - shrad.org <http://www.shrad.org>

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sudo-discuss email address

by Jake

TL;DR You should update your addressbook so it says sudo-discuss <sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org> instead of ruin mechanic via sudo-discuss <sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org> Hi Andrew! Thank you very much for sending out these emails reminding us who's waiting for endorsement of their membership application. This is a crucial move in our incomplete process, and will help us not lose potential members! I wanted to do something like that but it was too many steps for me and I got overwhelmed. I'm really grateful for you doing it. I noticed that all your emails sent to the discuss list are addressed as: ruin mechanic via sudo-discuss <sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org> "ruin mechanic" is a friend of mine (helped make the Jitsi terminal custom software, he's a GREAT teacher and very talented coder who unfortunatly rarely comes to the space) and I guess you copied the address from a message he had written. He quit the mailinglist recently because there was too much traffic for him, which is unrelated to the coincidential fame of his name these days :) thank you again -jake

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Consideration of Eva for membership

by Andrew R Gross

*Consideration of Eva for membership* Eva came to the meeting and introduced themselves. If anyone here knows Eva and has any objections or endorsements, share them. *Andrew R Gross, (he/him)* 412.657.5332 - shrad.org <http://www.shrad.org>

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[omni-consensus] WCK/CLP intro (fwd)

by Jake

Hi fellow sudoroom members! We need to deliberate as a collective on this proposal! in two weeks I'll be asked to report as a Sudoroom delegate and say what we've decided about this. We can ask questions and/or communicate concerns about it before then if we want can someone please add this topic to the next Sudoroom meeting agenda? thank you -Jake ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2022 00:37:05 -0700 Subject: Re: [omni-consensus] WCK/CLP intro FYI all, at tonight's delegates meeting we discussed CLP's proposal to join as a new member collective. The notes are at https://omnicommons.org/wiki/Event:2022/04/07_Delegates#CLP Delegates, please take the next two weeks to check in with your member collectives. It would be wonderful to have full consensus to add them at our next meeting, Thursday April 21! On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 10:37 PM Yardena Cohen <yardenack(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Oops, forgot to cc Billy who first sent it! > > On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 10:24 PM Yardena Cohen <yardenack(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi all, I'm forwarding this to omni's "consensus" list because it's a >> proposal that affects the whole community! >> >> I think CLP would be great as a new member collective at omni. They >> are paying $200 for their current 10x10 storage unit and are willing >> to pay omni the same for relatively unsecured space in the basement, >> which is totally reasonable - generous even! They would also bring in >> an active community of volunteers, which would be huge for omni. >> Meeting Billy and Rafiq this weekend was a pleasure. >> >> It looks like there are now several new member collective proposals in >> the pipeline, which is awesome! I hope that we can use this >> opportunity to practice onboarding new groups in a way that is as >> frictionless and accessible as we can, and also invite this potential >> new generation of omni member collectives to co-create the process >> alongside us. >> >> Our next delegates meeting is in ~2 weeks, April 7th. Typically for >> important proposals (like a new member collective), we would have one >> meeting to discuss details, give delegates another 2 weeks to bring >> the proposal for discussion among their groups, and then come back for >> (hopefully) full consensus at the next meeting, which would be April >> 21st. >> >> I think it'd be great for folks to have conversations and ask >> questions in the meantime so that we can all be prepared for the big >> meetings once they happen. Thanks all :D >> >> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >> From: deskhandle via commons <commons(a)lists.omnicommons.org> >> Date: Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 2:00 PM >> Subject: [omni-commons] WCK/CLP intro >> To: commons(a)lists.omnicommons.org <commons(a)lists.omnicommons.org> >> Cc: Communityliberationprograms(a)protonmail.com >> <Communityliberationprograms(a)protonmail.com> >> >> >> Hey everyone, this is Billy with Community Liberation Programs, >> formerly known as Worker's Community Kitchen. >> >> We are a socialist organization that creates dual power programs in >> partnership with community members. >> >> Currently we have a water delivery/ unhoused encampment commissary >> program as well as a community garden program both in Hayward. >> >> We have a program in Berkeley which works directly with the community >> at People's Park to organize crucial material support and gear up in >> defense of the upcoming eviction. >> >> We also have a reading group starting in the SF Mission as a >> preliminary step to bring folks together for a new program forming >> there, and another working group investigating a new program centered >> in Oakland Chinatown. >> >> We are really excited to be invited to join the new phase at the Omni >> and are particularly looking forward to supporting fund raising >> efforts through event planning. We were already working on creating a >> summer film series as a fund raising event for our organization and it >> seems aligned to use this as an opportunity to support the Omni as >> well. >> >> Additionally, we were told that we could potentially move some stuff >> around in the area pictured below to take up a roughly 10 x 10 space >> for our storage. Currently we have a storage unit in Berkeley so we'd >> love to move that over here and start being in the space more >> regularly! >> >> We can send a delegate to the regular meetings and are ready to start >> event planning! >> >> I have CC'd the primary CLP email address to make sure it is put in >> the communication loop! >> >> All the best! >> Billy _______________________________________________ consensus mailing list consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org https://omnicommons.org/lists/listinfo/consensus

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[omni-consensus] flat screen monitor for entrance hall

by Jake

who wants to help set up a computer to drive a public display? a reliable, low-power desktop machine that can auto-power-on is the bare minimum, and then some remote-access software that can facilitate non-technical people with updating the slideshow that it displays this is an exciting Omni-wide infrastructure that we should enjoy! -jake ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2022 16:11:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Jake <jake(a)spaz.org> To: Sarah Lockhart <sarah.ee.el(a)gmail.com> Cc: consensus <consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org> Subject: Re: [omni-consensus] flat screen monitor for entrance hall I would be willing to help with that, i love infrastructure like that. I can help install a computer that feeds images to it, and help people learn how to update the images whether they're local or remotely. I can also probably find a replacement TV screen for after the first one stops working or disappears, i know where to get more. -jake On Sat, 9 Apr 2022, Sarah Lockhart wrote: > Hi there, > > Now that we are in the process of re-opening for events and other activity > in the building, and probably adding new collectives, I wanted to re-float > this idea I had last summer about installing a flat screen monitor on a > wall in the entrance hall. > > This would display cycling images (possibly taken from our Instagram feed > -- which folx like Micha, Marquise, Silver and others have been good about > updating) of things coming up at Omni, things member collectives are doing > in the community, announcements from other community groups, etc. The > concept is to have it be an "entrance" to Omni, in terms of representing > what happens at Omni, what the people and groups at Omni do, and how we are > connected to the community, and our values, etc. > > We currently have a large flat screen monitor sitting in storage in the A/V > room that we had pulled out of the crow's nest room last fall. This is a > proposal that would actually not cost Omni any money, which is lol out of > character coming from me. > > thanks for yr consideration, > Sarah L > _______________________________________________ consensus mailing list consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org https://omnicommons.org/lists/listinfo/consensus

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