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Fwd: [OLPC-SF] Community Summit = OpenHack 2018

by Hilary Naylor

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sameer Verma <sverma(a)sfsu.edu> Date: Sun, Apr 22, 2018 at 12:33 PM Subject: [OLPC-SF] Community Summit = OpenHack 2018 To: OLPC SF <olpc-sf(a)lists.laptop.org>, "olpc-open(a)lists.laptop.org" < olpc-open(a)lists.laptop.org>, Sugar Labs Marketing < marketing(a)lists.sugarlabs.org>, sugar <sugar(a)lists.laptop.org>, " grassroots(a)lists.laptop.org" <grassroots(a)lists.laptop.org>, iaep < iaep(a)lists.sugarlabs.org> Also posted at: https://www.olpcsf.org/node/265 This year's event is a little different. We are joining forces with some of the other projects in the Commons space at San Francisco State University. This year's event is called Open Hack 2018. The event is largely scheduled to run on Saturday (April 28) and Sunday (April 29). Will have a meet-and-greet event on Friday evening (April 27), but the main event will begin on Saturday (April 28). The format is as follows: 1) What we typically refer to as "projects" are called "Challenges" in this format. Anybody can Submit a Challenge. When submitting the Challenge, you have to provide us with information about the Challenge itself, existing resources, people involved, and the kinds of skills that you may find helpful in completing this challenge. The goal is that we would want to complete some degree of the Challenge by the time we get to Sunday afternoon. 2) The Challenges will be printed and posted up on the wall starting Friday (April 27). On Saturday morning (April 28), people who come in will assign themselves to different challenges. It's quite common for some of the challenges to not have any interested people. That's okay. 3) As we start to see a cluster of people collecting on a given Challenge, we will allocate a room for them and then that room becomes their space for the next day and a half. Unlike in the past, where we had timed sessions (typically 75 minutes), these groups get to work on their problem for the entire day Saturday and half day Sunday. 4) On Sunday afternoon, they present their progress and future direction. The work (code, content, etc) will have to be made available some place (a repo such as github) via a FOSS, or CreativeCommons, or OpenData license. 5) After the presentations, a panel of judges will determine some form of ranking. There may also be some token prizes. This is somewhat different from what we've done in the past, but given the level of maturity in our projects, and the amount of focus that is needed to work on fixing bugs and building upon what we already have, the hackathon approach seems to be more apt than simple presentations. If you have somebody in mind who cannot be there physically, you can always bring them in online. The rooms are fairly well equipped, with whiteboards, projectors and Internet access. We are also in the process of arranging for other operational logistics. In the time being, take a look at the information, the code of conduct, and submit a challenge. http://hackathon.sfsu.edu/ Registration is open. Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/open-hack-sf-2018-san- francisco-state-university-hackathon-tickets-45329250007 Also, let us know if you plan to attend, so we can look out for other arrangements as well, as necessary. Sameer Verma: sverma(a)sfsu.edu Aaron Borden: adborrden(a)live.com _______________________________________________ OLPC-SF mailing list OLPC-SF(a)lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-sf

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Mediation meeting for prospective sudo room member

by Mitch Hundt

Good afternoon, last week I was personally attacked inside the Sudo Room Hacker space and told by Matt that I needed to leave with no context whatsoever. This offense occurred not 5 minutes from me entering the space while I was delivering left over bakery snacks to the table where snacks are occasionally left. Matt, who has previously vouched for my access to the space as a prospective member, walked in and demanded I leave with no context whatsoever. He was verbally hostile in his demeanor and in the content that he was delivering. I was told later in the day, that the "safe space" policy was being used against me and that Matt quickly took to slanderizing me via email and 3rd parties saying that he did not feel safe around me after he had just very unapologetically demanded I leave the space for no reason and with no context to the situation. I made no verbal threats against him and I feel that he was simply using illegitimate authoritarian methods to harass me. I can prove this via the Omni commons and Sudo Room guide lines of which both rules are slightly different and yet similar. Please keep that in mind at the meeting on Wednesday. Myself and another member attempted to discuss with him why he was so upset with me later in the day to which he became very passionate again for no good reason and continued to show hostility and an unwillingness to resolve the conflict. There needs to be a mediation meeting to have this resolved as I have taken this offence *VERY* seriously and feel *PERSONAL*LY hurt and attacked by this. I will be around Wednesday for the SudoRoom Meeting to address my grievances in person as I have been told this is the best time to do so. If we can do it sooner, even better.

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Internet Is Down

by Matthew Stewart

Hi All, This is Matthew from Sudo Room. The Peoples Open and Omni Commons connections are both down. I was going to check to see if I could reset the router. Is that in the Sudo Mesh Cage? Its locked. Matthew

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Ban Request

by Matthew Stewart

Hello All, This is Matthew from Sudo. I have been unsuccessful in communicating Sudo/Omni policy to the applying(?) member known as 'Blue'. He is argumentative, disrespectful as witnessed by others on multiple occassions, he has been caught sleeping in the building after being told that would get him banned from the building. I walked into Sudo Room a fifteen minutes ago and he was in there alone with no other members. I told him for the tenth time that he needed another member there and things fell apart quickly from there. He threatened me as he was leaving, I'm done with communication and request/invoke an Omni/Sudo Ban from the building. Thanks! Matthew Stewart Ph: 510.606.0360

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Ban Request - Blue

by Matthew Stewart

This is Matthew from Sudo. I asked Caleb from Phat Beets to handle asking 'Blue' to leave. I didn't want to escalate the situation after 'Blue' refused to leave the building. Caleb was unsuccessful, came into Sudo for clarity on building policy and I explained the ongoing trouble as well as my right to invoke safe space. Caleb is returning to his duties for Phat Beets and I feel obligated to leave until this is resolved. Thanks! Matthew

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Invoice 1378 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 ------------------------ Pledge Summary -------------------------- Invoice # : 1378 Invoice Date: 05/01/2018 Due Date: 05/25/2018 Terms: Net 25 Amount Due: $2,000.00 The complete version has been provided as an attachment to this email. ---------------------------------------------------------------------

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Microscope hackathon is tomorrow!

by Patrik D'haeseleer

Remember - our big Microscope Hackathon at the Omni, in collaboration with the Center for Cellular Construction is *tomorrow*, 10am - 6pm! This is a free event, but please RSVP here <https://www.tfaforms.com/4660910>to reserve a spot. We expect to have 50+ people of all different skill levels hacking on microscope hardware throughout the building, working on projects as simple as paper Foldscope <https://www.foldscope.com/>kits, to gear as sophisticated as the STED super-resolution microscope we inherited from BioCurious. Feel free to bring your own scope if you have one, or bring some samples to look at. Or just bring some old webcams you don't need anymore, and we'll turn them into a microscope!

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Latest version of the draft Sin Fronteras Cafe lease

by Laura Turiano

Please make comments or ask questions directly on the google doc, or when Jose and Abad are at a meeting: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TuEEMPJ-2i_qe8QyUhWyyjrYsmbDzWw9RaleytY…

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Looking for large picnic cooler(s) for tomorrow

by Patrik D'haeseleer

Does anyone have a large picnic cooler that we could borrow for a day or two, tomorrow to Thursday? The larger and well-insulated the better. Please let us know as soon as possible, because we'll need them by tomorrow (Wed.) evening We are going to defrost our ultracold -80C freezer in CCL, so we plan to move all its content to some big coolers with dry ice in the mean time. We don't have anything hazardous in the freezer, plus everything is well packaged, and we will clean and bleach your cooler before and after we use it, so you should be getting it back cleaner than when you gave it to us. If you have one available, please contact me or Yann (CC'd), and let us know if you can drop it off, or where we can pick it up. We plan to start emptying the freezer the Wednesday evening, and fill it back up again the next day. Thanks! Patrik

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Saturday 5/3/18 SR Community Space Cleaning & Organizing

by Robert Chu

This date has been set forth far in advance to plan accordingly. Starting at: 2:00pm Goals to accomplish: a) Get enough knowledgeable community members together do discuss what really should really go (provides no value and has been taking up space usable space). b) Set up a dump run procurement area. c) Clean Accordingly. d) Organize all of the stuff that hasn't been touched or even looked at in months to years. e)Minimize on duplications (Massive amounts of the same thing (such as computer power supplies-we have 40-50). f)Whatever else people think of. I'll be there. Robert Albert Young Chu P::415-724-0425 E:: robert.chu01(a)gmail.com

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Aqua Vita proposal?

by Corey

re: cafe in front entrance The proposal was brought up last week as something being voted on by delegates. Couldn’t find it in the omni lists nor on these lists. Where can I find the proposal? I want our collective to have a voice on the matter, maybe we can get a discussion going (or point me to where one is already happening?) thanks -- Corey | @stackptr

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Temescal BID planning discussion for Kasper's plaza on Wednesday

by Jenny Ryan

Open meeting this Wednesday, April 18th at 6:30pm @ Faith Presbyterian Church (430 49th St) on the future of the Kasper's plaza. Temescal BID has a facebook event with a post of a preliminary idea/sketch: https://www.facebook.com/events/160773017972043/permalink/168168100565868/ I can't make it as I'm leaving town again tomorrow, but I hope some folks in our communities can. Spread the word to our neighbors on the streets? <3 Jenny Help open a professional kitchen at the Omni Commons in Oakland! https://omnicommons.org/kitchen `~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~` "Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories." -Laurie Anderson "Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it." -Hannah Arendt "To define is to kill. To suggest is to create." -Stéphane Mallarmé "Anything done for the first time unleashes a demon." --Dave Sim, "Cerebus the Aardvark" ~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`

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New membership policy on wiki

by Corey

Hello list, Following last night's meeting I’ve gone ahead and updated the wiki with the amended rules proposed by yar from the March 14th meeting. I was not present at that particular meeting but chatted with yar earlier to make sure I understood the proposal. I encourage you all to read the revised Membership page <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Membership> and fill in any gaps. Also please join the [sudo-members] list, where new member nominations will happen and be discussed separate from this list. The Declaration to Intent form on sudoroom.org should now be sending emails there as well. -- Corey | @stackptr

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Fwd: Donations for pickup

by Toan Nguyen

Anyone wants to do this (maybe delicious) ready to eat food pick up? ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Shannon Mason <shannom(a)gmail.com> Date: Mon, Apr 9, 2018 at 10:28 PM Subject: Donations for pickup To: Toan Nguyen <Guqinone(a)gmail.com> Hi! my friend's office has well-packaged catered food left over most weeks. I've been picking up donations but will be moving outta town after this weekend. It's usually 6-15 servings, meat separate from other offerings, some packages of rice, some bags of veggies. Would you know someone who can commit to pick up from downtown Oakland—16th St & Telegraph—on Fridays between 5 and 5:15 PM? Brittney’s phone number is (510)684-0170. Thanks, Shannon

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Re: [sudo-discuss] [omni-consensus] Agenda Item: ABDC Transition

by hol＠gaskill.com

If at some point in the future Omni decides to re-donate those tools, would that be a problem for ABCD? If the answer to that question is yes then I think the correct word is "storage" not "donation." Generally the less the basement is used as storage space the better and we would all love to see better utilization of the basement in any way valuable to the community. On that topic I would love to consolidate woodworking equipment and wood from elsewhere in the omni to the basement (with proper fire safety provisions) and have a dedicated woodshop there serving the whole Omni as well, only tying this in here because I hope there would be room for both. We turned away alot of really great organizations toward the beginning of the Omni because we didn't want to "balkanize" (DK's words) the basement but I fear that has blunted alot of energy to transform the space and sent collectives to other spots. As with past such requests a floorplan showing proposed areas and equipment would better help the member collectives make an informed decision. On 2018-04-12 09:26, Kazoo Studios wrote: > Hello Commoners, > > As some of you know, ABDC has been having trouble paying rent since > the fall. We are currently behind on 4 months rent. This is due to > many Coop members leaving, and a shift in direction in the core > remaining: Lynsie, Kazoo, Tonia. > > We have an opportunity to move into a store front where we would join > other radical screen printers and have a public facing, wheelchair > accessible space which we have wanted all along. The new space is much > bigger, cheaper, and offers us an opportunity to interact with the > public, not only by appointment. > > Therefore, as Kazoo mentioned at a meeting in February, we would like > to propose that ABDC set up a Utility Print Station in the (currently > cluttered and under-utilized) basement space. Our proposal is to > create greater access to the tools for printing for anyone who is > interested, and run an training for newbies every other month. At this > point we have trained several Phat Beets members as well as several > Omni Commoners in the basics of screen printing. There are two screen > printers who have recently asked to join the Coop and we would like to > include them in this transition so that they might help facilitate the > new basement space. We would like to give them, and everyone at Omni > the opportunity to take up leadership in using and maintaining the > studio in the basement. > > As we see it, Omni needs a screen printing space. All the collectives > want things printed, and it’s great to be able to do it in house. We > as a collective are not able (given all of our full-time jobs and > other obligations) to be as available as folks would like us to be. > Therefore, we would like to propose an open printing studio in the > basement with a locked supply closet that Omni members who have done a > training with us can have access too. Both Bria and Samuel (Phat > Beets) have trained with us enough to have keys to the closet. Also, > Marcus (former ABDC) Almaz, Jose, Daveron (former ABDC), Anka, and > we’re sure there are other people we’re forgetting, are already > capable enough with screen printing to have keys to the supply closet. > > We would like to make this transition in May. > > This transition allows the Ticket Booth room to be rented to someone > else bringing in valuable rent, and for the basement to become more > vital. To be clear, we, ABDC, will not be paying rent. Our proposal is > to leave our tools as a donation to the commons so that printing may > continue without us. We are happy to offer trainings every-other month > in order to help interested Omni members gain skill to fully take-over > maintainence of the Utility Print Studio. > > Please share with your collectives so that we may vote on it next > meeting! > > Thank you all for your dedication to collective process, > ABDC > www.abdc.work > _______________________________________________ > consensus mailing list > consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org > https://omnicommons.org/lists/listinfo/consensus

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Microscope Hack-a-thon one week away!

by Allen, Jessica

Microscope Hack-a-thon, April 21st at Counter Culture Labs SEP and the Center for Cellular Construction will be hosting a Microscope Hack-a-thon at Counter Culture Labs in Oakland on Saturday, April 21st from 10am – 6pm. Collaborate with scientists, programmers, and biologsists to create new ways to explore “Life in a Drop of Water.” Event is free! Counter Culture Labs located at 4799 Shattuck Ave Oakland (11 minute walk from the MacArthur BART Station). Learn more at www.hackccc.org<http://www.hackccc.org/> or see the attached flyer. Participants must RSVP to ensure a spot at the event. RSVP at: https://www.tfaforms.com/4660910 If you have any questions or concerns about this event, please contact Jessica at jessica.allen(a)ucsf.edu<mailto:jessica.allen@ucsf.edu>

7 years, 12 months

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Upstairs Printer is Fritzing

by Jason Eads

A fellow named Bobby says the printer upstairs in Jennifer's office is not working and they really need someone to help them so they can print pamphlets. He is saying it is really important.

7 years, 12 months

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CCL survey

by Cere Davis

Hey Folks, I was talking to Ramy yesterday about how we need a survey to send out to our members and begin to quantify our impact on the surrounding community, better position ourselves as the valuable institution that we are, and better understanding ourselves and communicate that to other sources of $$. I know this funding and self-quantification issue badly needs to be addressed at other hackspaces, so I have cc’d them here as well. So here it is as a prototype! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/101yPvEzT3M6JGympcJojaUdDvBBtupY0CzuwDIGQnJ… ONLY 5 QUESTIONS!! Here’s the spreadsheet that it creates. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BkSDcypuUiuLxmRXTNRS2Fxl5iq0G2C99X0… Keep in mind that google forms is super limited in what formatting structures it will allow, so it limits us a bit on what level of precision we can get in response data. Don’t hate, it’s free. Survey Monkey isn’t much better from what I can tell. Feel free to copy/edit/comment as needed. -Cere <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdkKy5SXYwxZutBR_Bb2EHS31qa88bCpjV…> -- *Cere Davis* Science-Art | Kinetic Sculpture CereDavis.com @ceremona <http://Twitter.com/Ceremona>

7 years, 12 months

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steve asked to leave at tuesdays meeting

by Jake

at last nights' meeting we talked about Steve at a meeting again, because i brought it up because we hadn't properly discussed it originally. Since the first time we talked about this at a meeting, Dante was picked to be Dante was picked to be a conflict steward for this issue. At the meeting last night, a safe space ban was initiated for Steve to have to leave until mediation achieves an alternative arrangement. If no mediation takes place, the ban will stay in effect.

7 years, 12 months

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wrote payment failed email code need some text and feedback

by Noah Glaser

Hello, Hope you are well. I just wrote some cheap node code to email people when payments fail. https://github.com/omnicoders/stripe-failed-payment I volunteered to do this at the last meeting. I was wondering if someone would be willing to volunteer some text for the body of the email and subject. I tested this with my fake stripe account. Thank you Noah PS Not trying to step on people's toes, if you feel that way please let me know so I can adjust.

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Rapping about wood

by Captain Chesapeake

Hi all, Are there are woodworkers in the house? I have some questions about a wooden frame I’d like to build for a large illuminated matrix. I have some basic questions about types of wood and CAD software for working in wood. Anybody out there? Thanks. The Cap’n

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reminder: sudo room monthly meeting tonight!

by Marc Juul

7 pm Thing to potentially talk about: * organizing spring cleaning * how's the new membership process working * how can we get more funding * ? -- marc/juul

7 years, 12 months

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Donation

by Samir Faci

I've been a lurker for a while and was a member for a bit as well and I thought of you guys since I have a few electronics to get ride of. I'm not sure if sudo room can use this or has the room for it (no pun intended), but I have an almost 10 year old 46" TV i'm getting rid of. It's functional besides a bit spotty sound when there is a lot of base. Would that be useful you to anyone at SudoRoom / Omnicon or would it turn into a giant dust collector? -- Thank you Samir Faci https://keybase.io/csgeek

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John Perry Barlow memorial event at Internet Archive streaming now

by Marc Juul

John Perry Barlow memorial event happening at Internet Archive right now. Here's the stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oaci9vlg_Sc Speaker list: • Edward Snowden, noted whistleblower and President of Freedom of the Press Foundation • Cindy Cohn, Executive Director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation • Cory Doctorow, celebrated scifi author and Editor in Chief of Boing Boing • Joi Ito, Director of the MIT Media Lab • John Gilmore, EFF Co-founder, Board Member, entrepreneur and technologist • Trevor Timm, Executive Director of Freedom of the Press Foundation • Shari Steele, Executive Director of the Tor Project and former EFF Executive Director • Mitch Kapor, Co-founder of EFF and Co-chair of the Kapor Center for Social Impact • Pam Samuelson, *Richard M. Sherman Distinguished Professor of Law and Information* at the University of California, Berkeley • Steven Levy, Wired Senior Writer, and author of Hackers, In the Plex, and other books • Amelia and Anna Barlow, daughters of John Perry Barlow -- marc/juul

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membership dues

by Captain Chesapeake

Hi all, The discussion of membership management made me think of proposing suggested membership donations to the space. I have been brainstorming some tiers, and I'd like to also make the possible suggestion of people donating one hour every two months to the space in lieu of dues? Or everybody donate an hour every two months, period? What do you think? The Cap'n

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