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
https://omnicommons.org
Invoice #: 2361
Date: 06/01/2021
Due Date: 06/25/2021
Terms: Net 25
Amount Due: $16,000.00
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bill To:
Sudo Room
4799 Shattuck Ave
Oakland, CA 94607
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
****************************** Account Summary *****************************
05/01/2021 Balance Forward $14,000.00
Other payments and credits after 05/01/2021 0.00
New charges (details below) 2,000.00
Total Amount Due (activity through 06/01/202 16,000.00
****************************************************************************
<u> Date </u><u> Activity </u><u> Qty </u><u> Rate </u><u> Amount </u>
06/01/2021 Furnishing Fa 1 2,000.00 2,000.00
____________________________________________________________________________
--------------------------------------
Total Of New Charges: $2,000.00
Total Amount Due: $16,000.00
Greetings Sudo Room!
This is your monthly donation invoice. Thank you for stewarding the
commons!
Love and solidarity,
Omni Commons Finance Working Group
sudoers!
Let's meet at 6 pm this coming Wednesday the 19th in person _and_ online.
Here's the link for online participation:
https://meet.jit.si/SudoRoomMeeting
Cel may also provide a mumble gateway if he figured out the technical
issues.
Here's some topics for discussion, feel free to chime in with more:
* Updates from sudoers on what they've been up to!
* Deciding how to re-open sudo room for day to day activities
* Finance: Paying our Omni debt and becoming solvent
* Door access control and membership payment system improvements
* Omni IT infrastructure improvements
* Current Omni proposals
# Covid safety info for showing up in person
Some of us can meet in person. I can't find any specific guidance for
hackerspaces. The closest is probably the guidance for "Places of worship":
https://files.covid19.ca.gov/pdf/guidance-places-of-worship--en.pdf
According to this we can meet at 50% capacity. The room's capacity as per
fire inspection is 49 people max and we share the space with CCL so that's
12 people for sudo room. I'm just gonna declare that we probably won't have
that many people showing up so we don't need to have people announce if
they are planning to show. If you show up and there are already more than
12 people then you should wait outside and let us know and we can
coordinate with people in CCL to ensure we don't exceed the 25 person room
capacity.
Everyone will need to wear a face covering even if you are fully
vaccinated. Don't bring in any food, though a personal beverage is ok.
There is a non-contact thermometer mounted by the entrance to CCL, please
use it. Do no show up if you or someone you have been in contact with has
had symptoms in the past 14 days.
If you have hand sanitizer or electronics friendly disinfectant spray (e.g.
70% or higher isopropanol) then please some.
Your access cards to Omni may have been deactivated. We will be monitoring
IRC and of course the jitsi call if you need us to open the door for you.
We can re-activate people's cards after the meeting.
--
marc/juul
Forwarding info about needing new 501c3 folks for Omni Commons non-profit
status:
*"Up for discussion at the next Omni Delegates meeting, May 20th, for
consensus April 3rd:*
It is time for our annual Omni Board of Directors and Officers nominations
and election!
If you are considering running for an officer position (or nominating
another!), please review the Officer Duties doc here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/18qTUgFjRM_76C0oi3x_3QTU4tjtXyY8jEmVh-3G…
*Current Officers:*
* President: John Torok
* Secretary: Jane Welford
* Treasurer: Robb Benson
*Current Board members (decided by individual collectives, but posted here
for general awareness):*
* ANV: Kelly Carlisle
* Chiapas Support Committee: Mary Ann Tenuto
* Counter Culture Labs: Patrik d'Haeseleer
* East Bay Food Not Bombs: Joseph Liesner
* FYE Collective: Asaad Bruno Benmiloud
* Global Womens Strike - Omni Collective: Rachel West
* Liberated Lens: Robert Benson (?)
* Sudo Room: Jennifer Ryan
* Sudo Mesh: Marc Juul Christoffersen
Please use this thread to make Officer nominations and/or update the
Delegates council with your collective's reinstated or newly-nominated
Board member (remember, anyone approved by a collective can serve as a
Delegate for your collective - the Board Member is the person listed on
state documents on the official Board of Directors). We have Directors &
Officers liability insurance.
Warmly,
Jenny
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Jenny Ryan <omni(a)jennyryan.net>
Date: Mon, May 10, 2021 at 4:59 PM
Subject: [omni-consensus] [Proposal] Omni Board and Officers Annual
Nominations
To: consensus <consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org>
*Up for discussion at the next Omni Delegates meeting, May 20th, for
consensus April 3rd:*
It is time for our annual Omni Board of Directors and Officers nominations
and election!
If you are considering running for an officer position (or nominating
another!), please review the Officer Duties doc here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/18qTUgFjRM_76C0oi3x_3QTU4tjtXyY8jEmVh-3G…
*Current Officers:*
* President: John Torok
* Secretary: Jane Welford
* Treasurer: Robb Benson
*Current Board members (decided by individual collectives, but posted here
for general awareness):*
* ANV: Kelly Carlisle
* Chiapas Support Committee: Mary Ann Tenuto
* Counter Culture Labs: Patrik d'Haeseleer
* East Bay Food Not Bombs: Joseph Liesner
* FYE Collective: Asaad Bruno Benmiloud
* Global Womens Strike - Omni Collective: Rachel West
* Liberated Lens: Robert Benson (?)
* Sudo Room: Jennifer Ryan
* Sudo Mesh: Marc Juul Christoffersen
Please use this thread to make Officer nominations and/or update the
Delegates council with your collective's reinstated or newly-nominated
Board member (remember, anyone approved by a collective can serve as a
Delegate for your collective - the Board Member is the person listed on
state documents on the official Board of Directors). We have Directors &
Officers liability insurance.
Warmly,
Jenny
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150m is the range, yes.
So comparable range, but not accuracy (FARO's 1mm vs Livox's centimeters).
The Livox is probably way easier to drag up a climbing route. So just
different applications.
On Fri, May 14, 2021 at 5:50 PM Max Schwartz <maxschwartziv(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> Doesn't the '150' mean 150meters range? If so that's a super comparable
> system! You working with a heavily modified version of the OEM?
>
>
> On Fri, May 14, 2021, 4:07 PM Lesley Bell <zvezdalune(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> It's a FARO Focus S150, hence the ~1mm scale / possible applications for
>> 3D printable models.
>>
>> Your project sounds awesome, though.
>>
>> On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 5:55 PM Max Schwartz <maxschwartziv(a)gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> What lidar module you using? I've been looking into getting a livox mid
>>> 40 for making 3d climbing route maps. Do you think that would be feasible?
>>>
>>> Https://m.dji.com/product/livox-mid
>>>
>>> On Thu, May 13, 2021, 12:02 PM Lesley Bell <zvezdalune(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> The company I work for is looking for a few interesting projects to
>>>> scan to test our new phase based lidar scanner.
>>>>
>>>> Good candidates are fine art (sculptures) or physical components that
>>>> need to be translated to CAD models.
>>>>
>>>> If anyone knows of any such projects, please send them my way, and
>>>> please let me know if you have any questions.
>>>>
>>>> I miss you guys!
>>>>
>>>> Les
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> sudo-discuss mailing list
>>>> sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org
>>>> https://sudoroom.org/lists/listinfo/sudo-discuss
>>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Lesley Bell
>>
>> 432-266-0397
>> zvezdalune(a)gmail.com
>> <http://lesleybell.com>
>>
>>
--
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432-266-0397
zvezdalune(a)gmail.com
<http://lesleybell.com>
It's a FARO Focus S150, hence the ~1mm scale / possible applications for 3D
printable models.
Your project sounds awesome, though.
On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 5:55 PM Max Schwartz <maxschwartziv(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> What lidar module you using? I've been looking into getting a livox mid
> 40 for making 3d climbing route maps. Do you think that would be feasible?
>
> Https://m.dji.com/product/livox-mid
>
> On Thu, May 13, 2021, 12:02 PM Lesley Bell <zvezdalune(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> The company I work for is looking for a few interesting projects to scan
>> to test our new phase based lidar scanner.
>>
>> Good candidates are fine art (sculptures) or physical components that
>> need to be translated to CAD models.
>>
>> If anyone knows of any such projects, please send them my way, and please
>> let me know if you have any questions.
>>
>> I miss you guys!
>>
>> Les
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> sudo-discuss mailing list
>> sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org
>> https://sudoroom.org/lists/listinfo/sudo-discuss
>>
>
--
Lesley Bell
432-266-0397
zvezdalune(a)gmail.com
<http://lesleybell.com>
Hi all,
The company I work for is looking for a few interesting projects to scan to
test our new phase based lidar scanner.
Good candidates are fine art (sculptures) or physical components that need
to be translated to CAD models.
If anyone knows of any such projects, please send them my way, and please
let me know if you have any questions.
I miss you guys!
Les
Forwarding this info just in case you didn't get it:
"HI all,
Omni will be having a second insurance inspection, this time for General
Liability insurance, this Tuesday 5/11 b/t 2-3.
We need to ensure the same prep as before, or this policy may not be
renewed. I have attached a pre-inspection checklist to this email; it is
also available via this link
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pTPNsvqHQDngFyQ74s9Bs0X0uh5-W7-r/view?usp=…>
.
The most important things are:
Day of:
- No one outside gathering on on ballroom steps or anywhere outside
frontage, and frontage clear & clean of all furniture, trash, etc.
- The community fridge should be staffed (someone inside the shelter
sitting on a chair reading a book etc. This person should also monitor the
rest of the frontage and ensure no gathering is occurring before
- Someone from CCL is present who can spiel about their work and knows
where MSDS books are.
- 3' clear paths of travel throughout all main circulating areas in omni
(nothing on stairs, in stair landings, blocking doors, etc.)
- No piles, all trash in trash room, etc.
Please see the inspection prep document for a more thorough list of steps.
To prep - Near-term, I need:
Monday 5/10:
- 3x omninoms to help me prep for this the afternoon of monday, 5/10.
Budget about 3h.
- 2x omninoms the day-of (one from CCL, one to staff the community fridge.)
Please let me know who would like to help.
Thank you,
David
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---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: David Keenan <dkeenan44(a)gmail.com>
Date: Sat, May 8, 2021, 17:22
Subject: [omni-discuss] NEW OMNI INSPECTION TUESDAY 5/11
To: commons <commons(a)lists.omnicommons.org>, discuss <
discuss(a)lists.omnicommons.org>
HI all,
Omni will be having a second insurance inspection, this time for General
Liability insurance, this Tuesday 5/11 b/t 2-3.
We need to ensure the same prep as before, or this policy may not be
renewed. I have attached a pre-inspection checklist to this email; it is
also available via this link
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pTPNsvqHQDngFyQ74s9Bs0X0uh5-W7-r/view?usp=…>
.
The most important things are:
Day of:
- No one outside gathering on on ballroom steps or anywhere outside
frontage, and frontage clear & clean of all furniture, trash, etc.
- The community fridge should be staffed (someone inside the shelter
sitting on a chair reading a book etc. This person should also monitor the
rest of the frontage and ensure no gathering is occurring before
- Someone from CCL is present who can spiel about their work and knows
where MSDS books are.
- 3' clear paths of travel throughout all main circulating areas in omni
(nothing on stairs, in stair landings, blocking doors, etc.)
- No piles, all trash in trash room, etc.
Please see the inspection prep document for a more thorough list of steps.
To prep - Near-term, I need:
Monday 5/10:
- 3x omninoms to help me prep for this the afternoon of monday, 5/10.
Budget about 3h.
- 2x omninoms the day-of (one from CCL, one to staff the community fridge.)
Please let me know who would like to help.
Thank you,
David
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We really need to meet and figure out how to get out of debt. This
problem grows more existential every day. The clock is ticking.
Shall we reboot our Wednesday meetings? Starting tomorrow 5/5?
omni needs at least one low-power PC (not a laptop though) to use as a router
for the building. If we get more than one, the second will be used for the
"sandbox" which is a computer that members can use for experiments and projects
at the space (without worrying about breaking the main router for the building)
so, if you have a decently modern, energy-efficient PC motherboard (with CPU)
and at least 4GB of RAM, and it's reliable and working, we'd love to have it!
it's OK if it doesn't have an enclosure, we can swap it into something.
Although a rack-mount enclosure would be ideal (although we'll need to add
ethernet cards if it doesn't already have at least two ports)
-jake
This looks like a job for someone with sudo room:
Lab Supervisor
InvenSenseBerkeley, CA18 hours ago Full-time No degree mentioned• Combined with Chirp’s embedded software library, these sensors advance user experiences with VR/AR, mobile, wearables, robotics, drones and occupancy detection.• A TDK-group company founded in 2013 based on pioneering research performed at the University of California, Chirp’s piezoelectric MEMS ultrasonic transducers offer long range and low power sensing capabilities in a micro-scale package, enabling products to accurately perceive absolute position in the three-dimensional world in which we live.• Job Title: Lab Supervisor Location: Chirp Berkeley Full/Part Time: Full-Time Hourly Regular/Temporary: Regular Country: United States Reporting to: Sr. Director – Product Engineering Chirp Microsystems’ mission is to bring ultrasonic sensing to everyday products.• Required Skills: 2-4 years of directly related experience making or repairing electronic components Proficiency with small parts (ie: ICs) with tweezers, microscopes, etc.• Technical aptitude for testing and troubleshooting mechanical and electrical assemblies Proficiency with MS Office suite Ability to communicate results and issues and to present summaries of test results English fluency (speak/write) Team player with a positive attitude; self-motivated and detail oriented Able to juggle competing priorities as needed• Back Share Apply Now Show more
if anyone is driving to LA there is something that needs to be delivered there
(it's about 250 lbs i think) and there's money in it. It will benefit sudoroom
(in addition to paying the person bringing it there)
thank you
-jake
Checking, as I think it was in 2015-2016, that area was considered part of
Sudo Room ?
It is super dirty and messy. Food and drink containers everywhere, along
with personal belongings, and upstairs fridge also super full of random
coffee cups.
Was going to send pics but encourage Sudo Room folks to check it out for
themselves.
Dane
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
https://omnicommons.org
Invoice #: 2353
Date: 05/01/2021
Due Date: 05/25/2021
Terms: Net 25
Amount Due: $20,000.00
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bill To:
Sudo Room
4799 Shattuck Ave
Oakland, CA 94607
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
****************************** Account Summary *****************************
04/01/2021 Balance Forward $18,000.00
Other payments and credits after 04/01/2021 0.00
New charges (details below) 2,000.00
Total Amount Due (activity through 05/01/202 20,000.00
****************************************************************************
<u> Date </u><u> Activity </u><u> Qty </u><u> Rate </u><u> Amount </u>
05/01/2021 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: $20,000.00
Greetings Sudo Room!
This is your monthly donation invoice. Thank you for stewarding the
commons!
Love and solidarity,
Omni Commons Finance Working Group
I have the password and all that, but stripe is asking for a 2FA passcode being
sent to...i don't know where. There is a sudoroom.org email address but i
don't know how to access that.
Does anyone know who has this access? Feel free to contact me directly.
thank you,
-jake
fyi
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Yardena Cohen <yardenack(a)gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Apr 18, 2021 at 7:50 AM
Subject: Everything must go & we are under-prepared
To: discuss <discuss(a)lists.omnicommons.org>, consensus
<consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org>, building
<building(a)lists.omnicommons.org>, finance
<finance(a)lists.omnicommons.org>
Insurance inspection is Friday. If we lose this insurance we have NO
OTHER OPTIONS. California Fair Plan is the insurance of last resort.
It's the government cheese of insurance. Nobody else will insure us,
because of unfixed electrical hazards.
Yesterday's work party was great, but it wasn't nearly enough. It took
a team of people just to clear out the spaz corner. Now there's a
bunch of stuff in the entrance hall and we don't know who it belongs
to. PLEASE CHECK THE ENTRANCE HALL in the next few days for stuff you
care about. We will probably do a dump run on Wednesday. We might
throw away useful stuff, because I honestly didn't want to be the
ringleader here and I don't have enough fucks to give.
There are still so many corners of the building that look awful, are
probably one spark away from being a giant bonfire, and I just can't
deal with it all. I need help. I'm sounding all the alarms here. This
is critical.
When this is over we need to have a serious conversation about
hoarding. Omni has too much stuff everywhere. It adds up a
thousandfold. It gives shelter to mice. It makes things uncleanable.
And most of it is not being actively used, it's just storage. We need
to stop being storage! No more storage! Sure some of it may be useful.
Maybe you can store one thing. But not ten things. We have to start
making the tough choices here.
The good news is, David Keenan just made us an amazing graphic of the
things that still need to be fixed in the next 5 days. Attached!
Hi Sudoers,
I am relatively new to the bay area as I only moved in after covid and have been quarantining like everyone else. I recently started looking for hackerspaces because I miss learning and experimenting with others. I heard that this particular hackerspace has not been meeting since covid and I wanted to see if y’all would be interested in kickstarting some more sessions!
Best,
Chase
Hello Jake, and all,
I don't know if my payment stopped working yet, but it should because I
need to update the expiration date (3/21) on my card. I can log into
sudohumans but don't see any means in my profile where my payment info can
be found and updated. Please advise!
thanks
Hilary
--- Message---
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2021 00:11:47 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jake <jake(a)spaz.org>
To: Ed Biow <biow(a)riseup.net>
Cc: sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org
Subject: Re: [sudo-discuss] sudo owes omni $18,000
Hi Ed,
My sudo humans payment stopped working around the same exact time, but i'm
pretty sure it's because my card went missing and I got a new one at that
time,
but it could be a coincidence and that sudo humans and/or stripe has had
problems that we didn't realize.
Does anyone know if we get emails from stripe about cards being rejected /
automatic payments failing? Who is maintaining sudo humans?
Ed, if you're unable to login, is it possible that there's a capitalization
issue with your login name? The system is case-dependant.
I was able to log in recently so I think the system is at least partially
working. If you are still unable to get in, I am willing to work on it with
you over the phone, you have my number and we're both on Signal.
I'm also trying to find other people who are more qualified to help with
this.
sudo-humans is important! it's how we get our money so sudoroom and
omni-commons can continue to exist.
-jake
On Mon, 5 Apr 2021, Ed Biow wrote:
> Wonder what is going on. It looks like sudohumans was working for me until
> October:
>
> 10/28/2020
> XX3735 DDA RECURR SUDO ROOM OAKLAND CA 00383493 995809
>
> Is it still working for other people?
>
> I wanted to check my account status so I went to
https://sudoroom.org/humans/
>
> My username and password were rejected. Are other folks able to log in?
>
> I gave John Torok a check a couple of weeks ago, so at least my dues have
> been covered in the interim, and I should be fully Pfizered by the end of
the
> month, so I can lay out some more bread in meatspace, but sudohumans may
be
> having issues.
>
> On a doganal note, Einstein will be Sweet 16 on Thursday if he is spared,
but
> he hasn't been able to handle the stairs for about 6 weeks, so we've been
> living in the backyard in a tent and then then migrated to a shed. Gobs of
> fun.
>
> E²
---
Hilary Naylor, Ph.D.
www.a2zed.us
Oakland CA
Did something happen to the omni door computer? I can't reach it over
the network, even from within the building. It appears to be working,
letting people in. I tried looking at the box, but couldn't make sense
of the mess of cables. Maybe an ethernet got disconnected somewhere?
The rest of the network is fine. Other devices on that subnet and that
interface are reachable, but:
$ ip neigh | grep 100.64.64.11
100.64.64.11 dev enp3s2 FAILED
I am adding some Omni Commons groups to this.
Hopefully we can get more folks involved with Commons Working Group as
potential for physical opening (?) gets closer.
Or at least host virtual events for more financial support ?
Get new voices and perspectives in the mix.
I'll start attending soon especially in connection to North Oakland Mutual
Aid
Free Store aspects.
Dane
On Mon, Apr 5, 2021, 10:08 Roberto Martinez <rcm00189(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Friendly reminder that we are scheduled to meet today for the commons
> working group from 6 to 7:30pm at https://meet.google.com/diw-hszw-msr or
> dial 515-428-1108 [PIN: 465 814 905].
>
> We will be going over Airtable to refamiliarize ourselves with the
> platform.
>
> Thanks,
> RM
>
> Sent from my iPhone
> _______________________________________________
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*
*
>
>
Forwarding this omni proposal with great enthusiasm!
FYI I'm still acting as sudoroom delegate at omni meetings, but
abstaining from all decisions since we haven't met in ages. Anybody
wanna organize a sudo meeting?
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Vicky Cassis <vickycassis(a)gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 2:38 PM
Subject: [omni-consensus] Revised Free Store Proposal
To: <consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org>
Hey all!
I have rewritten the Free Store proposal to reflect the new idea to
have Omni Commons' Commons Working Group itself host the Free Store,
as an Omni-led project that acts in intentional partnership with other
collectives to facilitate mutual aid.
I'm really excited about this because I believe it could provide a
clear channel to the public of where and how to direct volunteer
energy toward the Omni. I think it could be a great step toward
enhancing participation within the working groups.
Let me know what you think! There's always room to revise.
Best,
Vicky
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