- sudo-discuss - sudoroom.org

by danarauz

Hello, I am not sure if I had been scammed or not. A while back when I asked in this list for suggestions about domain companies I received a direct email from someone who said it was Charley Sheets. At the time, even though I was a bit hesitant that I couldn't verify via phone, I went ahead and did business with this person. Transferring some domains and sending some payments. At the time, I thought I would be helping him to build his portfolio to become a domain seller. But, now that I need to make a DNS record (that has to be through him, that was the inconvenience that I accepted) I emailed several emails and I am being ignored. Even though it is embarrassing for me to write this here in the list, Chaley please confirm through the list if that is you the one that holds the email address: *rcsheets(a)picote.ch <rcsheets(a)picote.ch>* or not. Thank you, and I apologize if that address is in fact yours and it makes you feel uncomfortable, but it's been two weeks and I am still being ignored. Did I get scammed? Daniel

2 years, 2 months

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Omni Love-A-Fair tomorrow!

by Jake

Don't forget about the Omni Open House tomorrow! Come to Sudoroom and hang out all day, to greet the new people who will come through and ask what we're about! We'll be playing with the synth the whole time I hope -jake

2 years, 2 months

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Weekly meeting

by Alexander Papazoglou

Hello, There will be a sudoroom meeting tonight. The meetings are currently happening on a weekly basis because of the ongoing Omni crisis. Topics we can discuss: * There are discussions ongoing with CAST (https://cast-sf.org/), and I can summarize the communications we've had with them. * Omni recently admitted a new group as tenant (Deb Gives) who wants to become a member. * There are potential funding opportunities that we could apply for. Call for sudo volunteers. Alex (current delegate)

2 years, 2 months

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Museum design / light projection design at our beloved Sudoroom

by Romy Ilano

As you all know I've been super interested in light projection. I'm in the works with folks to put a permanent light projector on the mezzanine so we can have continual video projected of art, videos and event games that people play during hardware hack night. This is a form of augmented reality and I'm super interested in Museum design - https://exhibits.si.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Guide-to-Exhibit-Develop… *Museum design* seems like the perfect format for SudoRoom. We have so many interesting books, electronics, and vintage computers everywhere... I can't recall a time when we set something up like a proper museum exhibit, so that people who weren't part of the inner circle would have a clue about what cool electronics history or experiment was before them! https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2019/03/01/how-museums-are-stepping-up-exhi… I'd like to expand this eventually into both physical museum design (placarsd, tables) but also virtual reality stuff. I'm pretty swamped right now with work and personal projects but FYI this will be my north star for the months to come. ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

2 years, 2 months

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Join Our Research Project: Recruiting Facilitators for Embodied Virtual Reality Learning Experience

by Jake

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2024 15:09:10 -0800 From: Jose Oyola Cortes <joyola(a)ucdavis.edu> To: info(a)sudoroom.org Cc: Lee Martin <leemartin(a)ucdavis.edu> Subject: [sudo-info] Join Our Research Project: Recruiting Facilitators for Embodied Virtual Reality Learning Experience Greetings, I hope this email finds you well. I am reaching out to you because of your organization's expertise and experience in facilitating hands-on making and tinkering experiences and your commitment to supporting underrepresented and marginalized communities. We are embarking on an exciting research project aimed at developing embodied pedagogical agents capable of facilitating maker tasks in three-dimensional virtual reality making spaces. Our goal is to create an immersive learning experience for students who may not have access to traditional educational resources. To achieve this goal, we are assembling a team of expert facilitators and youth participants to interact together in an embodied virtual reality (VR) platform that our team is building. This platform, equipped with VR headsets and motion capture technology, will record verbal and motion data of facilitators and young people as they work simulated electronic assembly tasks. We will recruit our youth participants (13- and 14-year-olds) from historically under-represented and marginalized racial, ethnic, and socio-economic groups in the greater Sacramento area. Facilitator participation will involve 1 or 2 in-person visits to UC Davis, where you will don a motion capture suit and VR goggles, and then lead about five one-on-one sessions with a 13- or 14-year-old learner. Each session will last 15-20 minutes, and you would complete about five sessions in one visit day. We would also ask you to be available for one additional interview (via zoom) to collect feedback on your experience and our developing framework. Your expertise will be invaluable in helping us collect a rich and diverse dataset that will drive our research forward. The data we collect will be used to (a) understand how experienced facilitators guide learners through making experiences, which will aid us and others to better educators to facilitate maker experiences, and (b) help build a prototype virtual facilitator which will be controlled in "Wizard of Oz" fashion by a human facilitator “behind the curtain.” By participating in our project, you will have the opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge research -- your insights and expertise will be instrumental in shaping the future of this exciting set of technologies and pedagogies. We are looking for participants for dates between March 11 and April 30 of this year. If you or anybody in your organization is interested in being part of this research project, please reply to this email with your availability for a brief introductory call. We would love to discuss the project in more detail and answer any questions you may have. Thank you for considering this opportunity to join our team. We look forward to potentially working together to advance the field of virtual reality-based education. Warm regards, José E. Oyola Cortés PhD Student & Graduate Student Researcher School of Education University of California, Davis joyola(a)ucdavis.edu Dr. Lee Martin Professor School of Education University of California, Davis leemartin(a)ucdavis.edu

2 years, 2 months

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Proposal: A better Omni Commons front door bell / buzzer

by Peter Mui

Proposal: At this Tuesday's Hardware and SoftWEAR Hack Night: can we put some energy into improving the front door bell / buzzer / video system so we can make Omni Commons more welcoming? A first step: move the existing bell further back in the lobby so it can sound louder in Sudoroom and in the media lab? -Peter

2 years, 2 months

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Pi.BerkeleyLUG: Meeting tomorrow at Sudoroom (18.02.2024)

by Peter Mui

Hi Sudoers: Sudoer Thomas Lopes hosts the Berkeley Linux Users Group Raspberry Pi interest group (Pi.BerkeleyLUG) this Sunday (tomorrow) at Sudoroom: === At SudoRoom from 11am till about 2pm this Sunday. Call or txt me for building access if you need. 510. 984. 2455. I've got a new high resolution camera module that old like to try. 54MP. (Can't find 4k at decent price) And a pcie multiplier which I'd like to try on the Pi 5 to see if I can get fast Ethernet and storage at the same time. Other project will be fixing a Lenovo laptop. This has the WiFi removed and if you plug in a non Lenovo card it will refuse to boot. There is a WiFi whitelist in the BIOS. So I would dump the BIOS and parse it out with UEFI tools in Linux and apply a patch then write it back. === Come out tomorrow and support Thomas! Cheers, -Peter

2 years, 2 months

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Laser Cutter

by Z Silver Zahn

Hello Sudo, I am teaching an 8 sewing cohort and would love to do a laser cutting demo March 13th 7pm - 7:30pm, It's on a Wednesday and I was wondering if this is possible?

2 years, 2 months

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weekly sudoroom meeting tonight at 7PM

by Jake

Sudoroom meeting tonight at 7PM, we're having weekly meetings since a lot of fundamental issues to Omni and Sudoroom are being discussed every week. We have to talk about these issues so that we can be represented at the Delegates meetings that happen every thursday. Show up! Please show up, there will be important discussions which will have an effect on Sudoroom's survival as well as what Sudoroom stands for going forward. Most of us meet in person, some join the meeting remotely through our Jitsi video link at this address: https://meet.waag.org/turtlesturtlesturtles -jake

2 years, 2 months

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Drawn at SudoRoom last night

by Romy Ilano

romy ilano shared a photo with you from the Flickr app! Check it out: https://flic.kr/p/2py1yHH Sent from my iPhone

2 years, 2 months

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February 18th - Palisades snowboard crew

by Romy Ilano

Hey folks I'm taking a break from the digital world and I'm going to be at Palisades Snowboarding. Are there any nerds here? would enjoy a quick meetup on the slopes! ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

2 years, 2 months

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Omni maker fair feb 25

by Paige P

Omnis having another maker faire this month! Angela and I tabled last month and it was fun and we got some new people into SR. Who wants to help out tabling this time? Also can everyone share this around, more venders needed! (currently 17 signed up, goal is 30). feb event https://www.instagram.com/p/C3Grs-wPlwo/ signup for vending or performing here https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc0xR9box9vzAQioa0mi_9EILwsZ8MRgTx… other omni stuff https://linktr.ee/OMNI.commons

2 years, 2 months

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Fixit Clinic on NPR

by Peter Mui

Fixit Clinic is red hot! Last week’s KQED piece on Fixit Clinic was featured nationally on today’s NPR Marketplace (Friday Feb 9) https://www.marketplace.org/ It starts at 21:51 into the ½-hour There’s also KPIX coverage on Jan 25: https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/project-earth-fixit-clinic-volunt… And KALW coverage from last week: https://www.kalw.org/2024-01-29/fixit-clinics-turn-consumers-into-fixers -Peter

2 years, 2 months

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artillery sidewinder 3d printer nozzle

by Jake

as you may have noticed, the artillery sidewinder 3d printer nozzle assembly is removed. It was clogged and we tried to unclog it but it just clogged up again, and it was loose in the motor part of the extruder. we took it out (me and Ray? new person at sudo) and tried to heat it up and adjust the pieces but it just got ruined and the metal thing broke off. I ordered a new one from eBay and it arrived today and we can put it back together and get that printer going again. The kit came with a bunch of nozzles from 0.3mm to 1.2mm so that's interesting. If anyone has experience assembling and installing an extruder kit like this please respond, i've never done it before. https://www.ebay.com/itm/385701967616 -jake

2 years, 2 months

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Funds for Omni

by Alexander Papazoglou

Sudoers, Omni is short of funds for certain important functions. I've proposed that since sudoroom has some cash on hand we can provide assistance in the form of early rent. The amount is on the order of $1300. Please let me know if you have any objections. Alex

2 years, 2 months

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weekly sudoroom meeting tonight at 7PM (fw

by Jake

Not sure what's on the agenda for tonight yet! So it might be boring and/or we might not start on time, who knows? ----------- Sudoroom meeting tonight at 7PM, we're having weekly meetings since a lot of fundamental issues to Omni and Sudoroom are being discussed every week. We have to talk about these issues so that we can be represented at the Delegates meetings that happen every thursday. Show up! Please show up, there will be important discussions which will have an effect on Sudoroom's survival as well as what Sudoroom stands for going forward. Most of us meet in person, some join the meeting remotely through our Jitsi video link at this address: https://meet.waag.org/turtlesturtlesturtles -jake

2 years, 2 months

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Hardware Hacking Tuesday is tonight

by Jake

Hi everyone, You're getting this email either because 1) you're on the sudoroom discuss email list, or 2) 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 (see the last link in this email) 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 telepresence Here it is on the sudoroom page: https://sudoroom.org/events/categories/sudo-room-events/ I am usually there by 8PM but people do show up before me! 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 anyway! You should get on this sudoroom discuss mailinglist! click here: https://sudoroom.org/lists/postorius/lists/sudo-discuss.sudoroom.org/ and you should donate monthly 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 in person: join the jitsi videochat with the room, and chat with each other as well as a giant TV screen/speakerphone on the wall: https://meet.waag.org/turtlesturtlesturtles Sudoroom/The Omni needs help! Contact me directly to learn more. We'll be having a Sudoroom meeting tomorrow night (Wednesday) at 7PM. Show up! see you soon! -jake

2 years, 2 months

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notes from last nights sudoroom meeting

by Jake

https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Meeting_Notes_2024-01-31 here are the notes from last nights meeting, mostly a transcript of the discussions we had. If you're in there please make sure your words are representative enough of what you said, and login to the wiki if you want to make edits. If you don't have a login you can request one and it will be approved. We took a vote on the Peoples Programs proposal and six people blocked it, so our delegate should represent Sudoroom as a "block" of the proposal at the delegates meeting. -jake

2 years, 3 months

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eWaste or hackable

by Hilary Naylor

Hello, I have three devices that might be either eWaste or hackable. If anyone is interested in any of them, I can leave them in Sudoroom on Tuesday morning. 1) iPad 9.5" (diagonal) iOS 9.3.5 Model MC960LL/A (cannot install zoom, which is what I bought it for) 2) Lenovo laptop N22 Model 80S6 4GB RAM 60GB HD Win-10 Home (too slow, maybe it can run some slim version of linux?) 3) Dell All-in-one desktop Inspiron One 2330, service tag 60YSWS1 8GB RAM. (The owner asked me to donate it, but there is a serious problem with the display -- it takes 20-30 min to "warm up", that is, the display shows only colored lines for that time, with gradual clearing to show the desktop. It is not really "warm up" because if it goes to sleep, it takes another 20-30 min to clear the "fuzz". The only way to use it is to set Sleep to "never") The Dell is very heavy, so I won't bring it in unless someone is seriously interested. thanks Hilary --- Hilary Naylor, Ph.D. www.a2zed.us Oakland CA

2 years, 3 months

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Fundraising Working Group Meeting

by Z Silver Zahn

Hello everyone, Updates, Pallavi our development & grant coordinator has Instrumentl fully activated for the next month at least! She is applying for grants for all the collectives but needs your help! It is critical at least 1 member of each collective join this working group to share needed institutional knowledge of its collective. While Pallavi is an incredible grant writer, she needs historical information to help formulate narratives. Please share your availability to meet 1 hour a week ideally weekly to work on grant writing and fundraising for Omni Commons and its collectives. Also the more volunteers working on grants the greater chance for larger rewards! We need as much help as possible so please share with those who may be interested. https://www.when2meet.com/?23459337-cXwWk Also Pallavi is facilitating a two series grant writing workshop. Part 1 On February 17th 12pm to 3pm with a focus for artists Part 2 On March 2nd 12pm to 3pm with a focus for non-profits & collectives Sign up below! It's NOTAFLOF!! Grant Workshop Sign Up Form! <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdAdgHMDiO1M9pBKTpnqZyo8eIB-ko49ci…> [image: Grant Writing Workshop (7).png] [image: Grant Writing Workshop (8).png]

2 years, 3 months

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important weekly sudoroom meeting tonight at 7PM

by Jake

Sudoroom meeting tonight at 7PM, we're having weekly meetings since a lot of fundamental issues to Omni and Sudoroom are being discussed every week. We have to talk about these issues so that we can be represented at the Delegates meetings that happen every thursday. Show up! Please show up, there will be important discussions which will have an effect on Sudoroom's survival as well as what Sudoroom stands for going forward. Most of us meet in person, some join the meeting remotely through our Jitsi video link at this address: https://meet.waag.org/turtlesturtlesturtles -jake ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2024 15:35:19 -0800 From: Andrew Werby via sudo-discuss <sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org> Reply-To: Andrew Werby <awerby(a)juxtamorph.com> To: sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org Subject: [sudo-discuss] Re: Retaining our executive director I think we can safely let Jamal go. I really don't see what he is really able to do for us, and he seemed mainly interested in banning or sidelining people he saw as obstacles, using spurious arguments as justification. More clarity in leadership would be a good thing, but eliminating our delegate seems like a step backward. I do think we need to institute some kind of governing body, like a board, that can make decisions without long, tedious, and counterproductive general meetings. It needs to focus on saving the space, or if that's not possible, saving the equity built up for the benefit of the existing stakeholders. AW On 1/17/2024 3:02 PM, Yardena Cohen via sudo-discuss wrote: > For those who don't know - Jamal has set a clear boundary with us. He is not > willing to be ED as long as Eric remains a sudoroom delegate, due to concerns > about Eric telling lies about him, treating him with disrespect, and > normalizing or tolerating anti-Black attitudes and behaviors. > > I am personally not interested in escalating any conflicts with Eric. I do > have concerns as well about Eric's ability to navigate power differentials or > represent marginalized members. I voted against him last week, but I didn't > block because I think saving Omni will require us to focus on bigger things. > But now he's become a direct obstacle. I think that it would be best for Omni > if we honor Jamal's boundary and ask Eric to step down as delegate. > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ -- Andrew Werby Juxtamorph.com _______________________________________________ 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/

2 years, 3 months

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Permaculture Workday Saturday 2/3 & Fungus Among Us Potluck 2/12 [BAPG]

by Ajay Tallam

Hey sudo! Not a sudo or even omni-related event, and my chief passion is ecology, and if any of you have inclinations towards volunteering, regeneration, community-building/connecting, I'd love to invite you to join one of the events of the bay area permaculture guild that I run! It would be a fun way to connect with me or other communities as well, so would love to have you!! 1) We're co-hosting a volunteer day saturday and would *love* to have y'all! here's the deets: RSVP is helpful! On Eventbrite <https://eventbrite.com/e/volunteer-day-the-gardens-at-lake-merritt-tickets-…> or FB <https://fb.me/e/6xOy2QePH> or Meetup <https://meetup.com/place-community/events/298908837/?utm_medium=referral&ut…> or (last pref) email me back :) Volunteer Day - The Gardens at Lake Merritt Come get your hands dirty with us for a day of community building in the garden! We will meet at the Front Entry Gardens at 666 Bellevue Avenue. PUBLIC TRANSIT AND CARPOOLING ENCOURAGED! What to Bring: - Your beautiful self! - Layers - Forecast says it may rain in the afternoon, so maybe bring a waterproof outer layer. - Gloves - Small garden tools (the garden has some and will provide) - Water bottle - A snack (some to share if you are able) About the Gardens at Lake Merritt: https://gardensatlakemerritt.org/volunteers/ *Wait, in this two-fer month, there's MOAR!* 2) Calling in all the fun-guys/gals/etc! RSVPs appreciated-- On Eventbrite <https://eventbrite.com/e/february-permaculture-meetup-and-potluck-tickets-8…> or FB <https://fb.me/e/bwxiiBomT> or Meetup <https://www.meetup.com/place-community/events/298571068/?utm_medium=referra…> or (last pref) email me back :) This February, come celebrate the fascinating world of fungi and all that the rain brings! Come learn about some local businesses and organizations doing awesome things in the world of mycology. Speakers: Amanda Janney, Owner/Operator of KM Mushroom Farms (kmmushrooms.com <https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fkmmushrooms.com%2F%3Ffbclid%3DI…>) will touch on her experience starting a backyard mushroom cultivation business. She will be talking about how to source and use mushroom substrates as an ingredient in your home compost, and some of the benefits that come from this practice. Representatives from Bay Area Applied Mycology (bayareaappliedmycology.org <https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fbayareaappliedmycology.org%2F%3…>) and the Mycological Society of San Francisco (mssf.org <https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmssf.org%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0kHL…>) will be present to talk about their organizations and some of the work they do, and how to become a member. WHAT: East Bay Permaculture Guild February Meet-up WHEN: Monday, February 12th, 2023 6-8:30 PM (always the second Monday evening) WHERE: a PLACE for Sustainable Living, our local sustainable community center for education and activism, 1121 64th st oak-land WHAT TO BRING: Potluck items if you can! And an appetite for learning and sharing. Join us for another East Bay Permaculture Guild potluck and gathering. No restrictions on who shows up or how you show up, and unfortunately still not wheelchair accessible though they've got a fundraiser up to help with that among other things, and we're looking for alternative wheelchair-accessible location suggestions! And also all are welcome to host future events/meetups or just give suggestions for topics or connections to potential facilitators/speakers/whatnot as well! much love, ajay PS: Feel free to pass this on to anyone! PPS: To subscribe to our email list, send an email to eastbaypermaculture+subscribe(a)googlegroups.com, you can also follow us on instagram <https://instagram.com/eastbaypermacultureguild/>, join our facebook group <https://facebook.com/groups/eastbaypermaculture/> or connect through PLACE's meetup <https://meetup.com/place-community/events/296943218/>.com page!

2 years, 3 months

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reviving my light projection projects

by Romy Ilano

Had a great, interactive session at SudoRoom last night. Tuesday was great, creation and working on small fun projects and interacting with each other is why i come ot the Omni. - Reviving my light projection mapping project https://sudoroom.org/wiki/ProjectionMapping - Focusing on completing projects while I'm at SudoRoom as well as interacting with others - Collaborated with folks on music, thinking of using the open source Godot Game Engine to build a music and animation control software piece so that we can project onto the walls of SudoRoom while we hack! I am putting a pause on social media stuff or at least cutting back on it. For the past few months I've just come Tuesdays and have been doing social media to help promote SUdoROom. While that's fun, and that could be a hardware project in and of itself, I really like coming to the Omni to create. I am part of the Omni solely for SudoRoom! and creation. Not so much all the other stuff, like meetings. Glad to see SudoRoom still has the stoke. ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

2 years, 3 months

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Live Notes Now: Omni Fundraising Working Group

by Pallavi Kidambi via Otter.ai

2 years, 3 months

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anyone help with dmx setup today?

by Paige P

Event at 8PM in the ballroom that Philip is hosting could use someone to set the lights. They are hung up wired, just need basic programming.

2 years, 3 months

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Another Omni Fundraiser Fair!

by Z Silver Zahn

Mark your calendars! February 25th , 2pm to 8pm Omni Commons is hosting Love-A-Fair! There will be vendors performers community & love! Would love to have all the collectives and Omni groups join if there is capacity💖 https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc0xR9box9vzAQioa0mi_9EILwsZ8MRgTx…

2 years, 3 months

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Invitation: Omni Fundraising Working Group @ Tue Jan 30, 2024 7pm - 8pm (PST) (sudo-discuss@sudoroom.org)

by Z Silver Zahn

Omni Fundraising Working Group Tuesday Jan 30, 2024 ⋅ 7pm – 8pm Pacific Time - Los Angeles Join with Google Meet https://meet.google.com/egn-upay-hzq?hs=224 Pallavi is calling on collective members to join our weekly fundraising working group to spend time writing grants and fundraising to save the building! This meeting will be hybrid, use this online link to join!https://meet.google.com/des-hkce-hof Organizer Z Silver Zahn natashazahn27(a)gmail.com Guests Z Silver Zahn - organizer petermui(a)gmail.com maydayjt(a)riseup.net jcocasiojr(a)gmail.com consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org pallavi.kidambi(a)gmail.com fundraising(a)lists.omnicommons.org jamespmassar(a)gmail.com CCult Lab's Board View all guest info https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=VIEW&eid=NmRiOHA4Y3IwZ2c0… Reply for sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org and view more details https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=VIEW&eid=NmRiOHA4Y3IwZ2c0… Your attendance is optional. ~~//~~ Invitation from Google Calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ You are receiving this email because you are an attendee on the event. To stop receiving future updates for this event, decline this event. Forwarding this invitation could allow any recipient to send a response to the organizer, be added to the guest list, invite others regardless of their own invitation status, or modify your RSVP. Learn more https://support.google.com/calendar/answer/37135#forwarding

2 years, 3 months

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Printer for parts or repair

by Elaine Jeffery

Hi all, Is anyone interested in this printer/scanner? I've been told that it still scans and that it used to print but doesn't anymore. It's being stored at The Long Haul Infoshop. Thanks, --Elaine

2 years, 3 months

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meeting notes

by Jake

https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Meeting_Notes_2024-01-24

2 years, 3 months

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sudoroom meeting tonight at 7PM

by Jake

Sudoroom meeting tonight at 7PM, we're having weekly meetings since a lot of fundamental issues to Omni and Sudoroom are being discussed every week. Please show up, there will be important discussions which will have an effect on Sudoroom's survival as well as what Sudoroom stands for going forward. Most of us meet in person, some join the meeting remotely through our Jitsi video link at this address: https://meet.waag.org/turtlesturtlesturtles -jake ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2024 15:35:19 -0800 From: Andrew Werby via sudo-discuss <sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org> Reply-To: Andrew Werby <awerby(a)juxtamorph.com> To: sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org Subject: [sudo-discuss] Re: Retaining our executive director I think we can safely let Jamal go. I really don't see what he is really able to do for us, and he seemed mainly interested in banning or sidelining people he saw as obstacles, using spurious arguments as justification. More clarity in leadership would be a good thing, but eliminating our delegate seems like a step backward. I do think we need to institute some kind of governing body, like a board, that can make decisions without long, tedious, and counterproductive general meetings. It needs to focus on saving the space, or if that's not possible, saving the equity built up for the benefit of the existing stakeholders. AW On 1/17/2024 3:02 PM, Yardena Cohen via sudo-discuss wrote: > For those who don't know - Jamal has set a clear boundary with us. He is not > willing to be ED as long as Eric remains a sudoroom delegate, due to concerns > about Eric telling lies about him, treating him with disrespect, and > normalizing or tolerating anti-Black attitudes and behaviors. > > I am personally not interested in escalating any conflicts with Eric. I do > have concerns as well about Eric's ability to navigate power differentials or > represent marginalized members. I voted against him last week, but I didn't > block because I think saving Omni will require us to focus on bigger things. > But now he's become a direct obstacle. I think that it would be best for Omni > if we honor Jamal's boundary and ask Eric to step down as delegate. > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ -- Andrew Werby Juxtamorph.com _______________________________________________ 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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heads up on affordable connectivity demise

by Edwinsaurus

https://www.fcc.gov/fcc-taking-steps-wind-down-affordable-connectivity-prog…

2 years, 3 months

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stuff loosely planned next week and Good vibes

by Romy Ilano

we are stronger together <3 monday 1/29 - women and non binary night - https://www.meetup.com/sudoroom/events/298454007/ a wrap up for anyone who participated in the global game jam at the made in downtown oakland find ways to make algorithms for job interviews fun - maybe divorce them from job interviews tuesday 1/30 - hardware hack night / fixit i might come a bit earlier - have job interviews, can't stay until midnight anymore =( but a similar theme to monday. anyone who went to the global game jam, a catch up https://www.meetup.com/sudoroom/events/298477508/ later on in the month maybe have a blender workshop. we had a good run on the monday but i think this one would be super super super basic. we'd do karate kid style review of how to navigate the blender ux, how to make a sudoroom cube, and add graphics as flat planes. eventually i'd liek to have a wednesday/thursday evening centered around stuff like gaming. maybe a godot game engine meetup (it's the open source game engine) ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

2 years, 3 months

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Encorps STEM Teachers Program

by Romy Mimi Ilano

I don't have time to do this but it looks like a great cause! The EnCorps STEM Teachers Program offers an opportunity for STEM Professionals in the San Francisco Bay Area to explore teaching with the support of a classroom teacher - and you don't need prior experience in education! Find out more here or apply directly to our program here: https://encorps.org/teach. Do you have time to attend an Informational Session to learn more about our program? Please register for one of our upcoming sessions here: https://encorps.org/meet/. *Romy Mimi Ilano* *romy.ilano(a)gmail.com <romy.ilano(a)gmail.com>*

2 years, 3 months

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Tuesday hack nights - Meetup page is live

by Romy Mimi Ilano

https://www.meetup.com/sudoroom/events/298321617/ Hey guys, we do have a meetup page for tuesday hardware hack nights. There have been people signing up - (for example tonight Hogun and Vrushank have signed up). https://www.meetup.com/sudoroom/events/298321617/ I'm going to make an effort to feature the women and binary nights more too on the meetup page - people just seem to be able to track the meetings better there than on our wordpress calendar page. We have the problem of all our meetups looking exactly the same. it'd be cool if there could a be a theme once in a while (if I have time I might volunteer, like showing how Paige taught me some basics in audio engineering even though that happened Monday night) *Romy Mimi Ilano* *romy.ilano(a)gmail.com <romy.ilano(a)gmail.com>*

2 years, 3 months

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Omni Commons 1/20/24 Winter Fundraiser

by Z Silver Zahn

This past Saturday, 1/20/24 was an incredible event! We hosted a Winter Revival DIY art fair to help fundraise the Omni. We had over dozens of art vendors & performers. We also had Sudo Room, Food not Bombs, Free Store & Media Lab table their amazing collectives to share with the community! *We raised over $800 from door donations and art vendors !* Here are photos captured by Anka https://www.flickr.com/photos/ankakarewicz/albums/72177720314225877/ & Phil https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1bMaeuC-MYlVfbbpMFOcTlFNqmL5PBmqu Huge thank you to G, Pallavi, Phil, Paige, Angela, June, Anka, Toan, Yar, Tanya & so many more for making this event a success! May we organize more fundraiser gatherings where the community and collectives can share space We are still needing to fundraise to support our day to day costs to secure the building! Please share our fundraiser ! https://givebutter.com/gHpD3e [image: Solidarity for Palestinian Liberation (7).png]

2 years, 3 months

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Raspberry Pi meetup this Sunday at SudoRoom 11 am to 2 pm

by tom r lopes

Hi all, This is some little thing I do every third Sunday. Now hosted at SudoRoom since I became a member. Anyways, Just a little group to hang around and work on Pi projects or whatever. Maybe like a Sunday afternoon edition of Hardware Hack. So I have a couple of the PI 5 and just received some nvme hats. Going to see if I can get the Pi to boot off nvme. Also if there is time maybe see if can connect pcie devices to the m.2 port. All are welcome to come by. Pi or no Pi. Also I would like to plan for the February meetup. I want to do something special. Because 12 years ago on Feb 29th the first Raspberry Pi was released and here we are at another leap year. My idea is to submit an official event to the Raspberry Pi foundation (They call this a Pi Jam) We would be listed on their webpage (seen by people all over the world) and maybe get some swag out of it. I expect at least 2 or 3 Pi 5 kits. Also we would likely have a few new people come by and see the space. I think a Meetup event page would bring 10 or so new people. Maybe you have something you'd like to show off or demo. I welcome ideas. Thanks, Thomas

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Robots On Ice 2024 April 21 - Sudo Room (fwd)

by Jake

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2024 22:53:59 -0800 From: Scott Scheraga <scottscheraga(a)gmail.com> Cc: robots-on-ice-team-2024(a)googlegroups.com Subject: [sudo-info] Robots On Ice 2024 - Sudo Room Hello Sudo Room Members, I’m Scott Scheraga, a board member for the Robots on Ice event. Since 2020, Robots on Ice has hosted (Human) Skating and Robotics exhibitions on ice. While the robotics aspect of Robots on Ice is focused more on the demonstrations of robots, we will have casual robot races and sumo. https://www.robotsonice.org/ This year, we will be hosting the event at the Yerba Buena Ice Skating & Bowling Center in San Francisco, 3:45-7:45pm on April 21st. Would your organization be interested in hosting a booth/table to promote your makerspace, and demo some of the projects made at your space? (family-friendly only, please!). We are offering two price structures for booths. - Booth that will be selling items: $300, which includes 5 tickets. ($25 for anyone additional) - Booth that will not be selling anything: $25 per person. Lastly, we are aware that this year’s Robots on Ice will be taking place on the same weekend as RoboGames. Our event was booked a few weeks before the RoboGames dates were announced. RoboGames runs until 5pm on that Sunday, so while there is some overlap, we feel that it is likely that around the time Robots on Ice starts, Robogames will be winding down. Let us know what you think! Thank you, Scott Scheraga

2 years, 3 months

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slack link

by Angela Miller

👋 Let’s work together in Slack. We can use the channel #sudoroom-proposals to discuss details, share files, and get work done. Join here: https://join.slack.com/share/enQtNjQ4NDU4MTIxMDU1MC0yMGVmMGE3NDg3NjkxODZlMT…

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[omni-consensus] report back (fwd)

by Jake

One week after we approved Silver's collective and they're already attacking us for making decisions they don't agree with, describing our members as "resistant to collective collaboration" and complaining about our delegates turnover. Why is Silver blaming Sudoroom for delegate turnover that started with CLP targeting me in September, and includes Jamal targeting Eric last week? Why should closed delegate's meetings have an exception for "working group leads"? Because Silver is a working group lead? The delegates meetings can be closed for only delegates, that was actually a proposal I made a few weeks ago, but I don't see why self-appointed "working group leads" should be treaded as if they're delegates. This is unfortunately more politicking and is really tiresome. Either have the delegates meetings be delegates only, or keep letting whomever wants to show up, but don't try to carve out exceptions for yourself to be there. -jake ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2024 18:06:25 -0800 From: Z Silver Zahn <natashazahn27(a)gmail.com> To: consensus <consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org> Subject: [omni-consensus] report back Omni Commons has missed the deadline for repaying the $870,000 balloon payment to Mulberry Trust, due on December 31, 2023. In light of this, Omni delegates and working groups have been actively exploring various proposal options to avert an immediate foreclosure. We had emailed our lawyer to request a few months extension. Still waiting to hear back. People Program has put forth a proposal aimed at paying off the remaining debt. The proposal suggests offering shared or full ownership of the building, allowing Omni collectives to continue their operations and rent their existing spaces. people program original proposal <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lCoi6BJX9F1jgkIJI5eCQg1Aw0X-hs2v/view?usp=…> People Program presented their proposal during three consecutive delegate meetings held on December 7, 15, and 21. Initial discussions began to establish a rapport, but due to differing opinions among delegates, Jamal was engaged on December 21 to facilitate conversations with People Program and other stakeholders proposing alternative ideas. Regrettably, the delegates have struggled to reach a consensus on which proposal to prioritize. Various proposals have been submitted, including a brief mention of an LLC proposal energized by Sudo Room on December 15. Additionally, there is interest in the concept of land trusts, but no specific proposal is currently being led or developed. suggested proposals <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wDzotx3D07brWXLkylRlSb9r_alI8fqaBFUDxki…> On January 4, 2024, Phil Bell submitted a proposal suggesting the repayment of a loan for partial ownership of the building, as city in motion. phil bell proposal <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ina3NPu4fDUdUDeyVDdNaNraDvhcViRK/view?usp=…> Recognizing the challenges faced by Omni delegates in making collective decisions, a two-day meeting was held on January 5 and 6, facilitated by Jamal. At the conclusion of this meeting, the proposal's most popular option was still to acquire a new loan, People's Programs and Phil Bell's proposal were deemed the most realistic options on the table currently. Yar and Patrik drafted a counter proposal for People Program, and Jamal proposed the hiring of an interim Executive Director (ED) to streamline actions and decision-making. Jamal volunteered for this role and committed to self-funding their payroll, considering Omni's financial constraints. Tentative approval was granted for Jamal's offer during the subsequent delegate meeting on January 11. However, concerns raised by Sudo Room members resistant to collective collaboration prompted a reevaluation. In the same meeting, People Program suggested joining as a collective to foster relationships, but delegates did not feel ready to proceed. Despite over two months of weekly delegate meetings and a two-day accountability retreat, we find ourselves without a clear plan or functioning working groups. The decision-making process has been a longstanding challenge, and the time has come for a focused approach. With Sudo Room changing delegates four times in two months and the addition of two new delegates from Sketchboard and Media Lab, there is a pressing need to define delegate duties, establish rules and regulations, and ensure active participation in working groups to prevent crucial decisions from slipping through the cracks. Each collective should only have 1 delegate present at the meeting. At the January 11 delegate meeting, there were conflicts among old and new Omni members, derailing the focus of the work. We propose temporarily closing delegate meetings to only delegates and working group leads. This measure aims to address conflicts and streamline the decision-making process.

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Fwd: Apply Now: $1.1 Million in Grants for Waste Prevention

by Sierk

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2 years, 3 months

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Retaining our executive director

by Yardena Cohen

For those who don't know - Jamal has set a clear boundary with us. He is not willing to be ED as long as Eric remains a sudoroom delegate, due to concerns about Eric telling lies about him, treating him with disrespect, and normalizing or tolerating anti-Black attitudes and behaviors. I am personally not interested in escalating any conflicts with Eric. I do have concerns as well about Eric's ability to navigate power differentials or represent marginalized members. I voted against him last week, but I didn't block because I think saving Omni will require us to focus on bigger things. But now he's become a direct obstacle. I think that it would be best for Omni if we honor Jamal's boundary and ask Eric to step down as delegate.

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sudoroom meeting tonight at 7PM

by Jake

Sudoroom meeting tonight at 7PM, we're having weekly meetings since a lot of fundamental issues to Omni and Sudoroom are being discussed every week. Please show up, there will be important discussions which will have an effect on Sudoroom's survival as well as what Sudoroom stands for going forward. Most of us meet in person, some join the meeting remotely through our Jitsi video link at this address: https://meet.waag.org/turtlesturtlesturtles -jake ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2024 15:35:19 -0800 From: Andrew Werby via sudo-discuss <sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org> Reply-To: Andrew Werby <awerby(a)juxtamorph.com> To: sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org Subject: [sudo-discuss] Re: Retaining our executive director I think we can safely let Jamal go. I really don't see what he is really able to do for us, and he seemed mainly interested in banning or sidelining people he saw as obstacles, using spurious arguments as justification. More clarity in leadership would be a good thing, but eliminating our delegate seems like a step backward. I do think we need to institute some kind of governing body, like a board, that can make decisions without long, tedious, and counterproductive general meetings. It needs to focus on saving the space, or if that's not possible, saving the equity built up for the benefit of the existing stakeholders. AW On 1/17/2024 3:02 PM, Yardena Cohen via sudo-discuss wrote: > For those who don't know - Jamal has set a clear boundary with us. He is not > willing to be ED as long as Eric remains a sudoroom delegate, due to concerns > about Eric telling lies about him, treating him with disrespect, and > normalizing or tolerating anti-Black attitudes and behaviors. > > I am personally not interested in escalating any conflicts with Eric. I do > have concerns as well about Eric's ability to navigate power differentials or > represent marginalized members. I voted against him last week, but I didn't > block because I think saving Omni will require us to focus on bigger things. > But now he's become a direct obstacle. I think that it would be best for Omni > if we honor Jamal's boundary and ask Eric to step down as delegate. > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ -- Andrew Werby Juxtamorph.com _______________________________________________ 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/

2 years, 3 months

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Seeking CAD/CAM person for a community record label

by Jake Watters

From guerilla: anyone here have CAD/CAM & cnc experience? i work with a tq/bipoc team of artists building the first platform for community-owned distribution networks to sustainably support music Artists. right now we're producing a tool for sharing music that involves cnc metalwork. we're looking for someone experienced who's looking for short-term work and is down to hop on the project for a couple weeks! we will offer a contract to compensate you :-) https://recurrent.org/ Please contact guerrilla(a)currents.fm

2 years, 3 months

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Hardware Hacking Tuesday is tonight

by Jake

Hi everyone, You're getting this email either because 1) you're on the sudoroom discuss email list, or 2) 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 (see the last link in this email) 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 telepresence Here it is on the sudoroom page: https://sudoroom.org/events/categories/sudo-room-events/ I am usually there by 8PM but people do show up before me! 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 anyway! You should get on this sudoroom discuss mailinglist! click here: https://sudoroom.org/lists/postorius/lists/sudo-discuss.sudoroom.org/ and you should donate monthly 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 in person: join the jitsi videochat with the room, and chat with each other as well as a giant TV screen/speakerphone on the wall: https://meet.waag.org/turtlesturtlesturtles Sudoroom/The Omni needs help! Contact me directly to learn more. We'll be having a Sudoroom meeting tomorrow night (Wednesday) at 7PM. Show up! see you soon! -jake

2 years, 3 months

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Omni Fundraiser 1/20!

by Z Silver Zahn

Hello all, We are having a winter market fundraiser this Saturday 3pm to 10pm and would to confirm a booth for Sudo room to share some cool projects going on! Can folks confirm to set something up? Great way to spread the word of Sudo room to the community!

2 years, 3 months

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meeting tonight at 7

by Paige P

Hi everyone, please try and show up close to on time! So we dont waste so much time sitting around. Would be great if we could get a volunteer for facilitator and agenda but I am not able to make that today. Two obvious discussions are ED position and how to move past recent conflicts. Paige

2 years, 3 months

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Re: [sudo-discuss] Fwd: [sudo-info] Monkeybrains now has service in Oakland

by eenblam＠peoplesopen.net

I just wrote back to Rudy @ Monkeybrains. Thanks Yar! Sent via Migadu.com, world's easiest email hosting

2 years, 3 months

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Why so many different remote controls?

by Peter Mui

This email just came in as general inquiry on repair.org: ====== Hello, I'm a writer working on a story for the Washington Post and am getting in touch to see if The Repair Association might have someone who would be able to speak to the story I'm working on. The story is this: We're looking into how we wound up with so many remotes in our homes. The story is a bit on the history and the "why" of why our entertainment centers of the home have come to have a pile of remotes and why they don't all work together, how it came to be this way. I'm looking for experts who work on TVs and entertainment products that have an understanding of why we're here and why there haven't been solutions that keep the consumer in mind. Thanks for any assistance you're able to provide. ======= Does anyone here know how we arrived this cambrian explosion of IR remote codes? -Peter

2 years, 3 months

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No Coon for Sudo Room

by Muirén Ní Sídach

I find it sad how often I find provisional acceptance within safe white spaces because my speech and deportment are perceived as an affectation, an engagement in “pick-me” social dynamics. It's doubly tragic, when it becomes clear I am not the safe, non-challenging Black face — and white fragility and passive aggression give rise to a façade of emotional calm and passive-aggressive rhetorical sophistry. If you are Black, and think I’m cooning and deluding myself about it, my DM is always open, use the email for this account. For non-Black people who don’t know, “Cooning” is not so much a slur, but a critique of Black people who engage in anti-Blackness, throwing Black people under the bus for personal gain. It is not saying that person is not Black because only Black people can be a “coon” or engage in “cooning”. Other disenfranchised communities have their equivalent. There can be intersectionality, such as a transgender person who carries water for, defends anti-Trans individuals or communities, patriarchy, as well as anti-Blackness. They often fall back on some point of the Mantan Manifesto, like claiming they can’t be anti-Black because they are Black (can’t be anti-Trans because they are trans), and the conservative apologetic “we are not one cultural monolith”. Note: Mantan Manifesto summary explanation, and video clip https://reddit.com/user/AnMuiren/comments/19210pi/spike_lees_bamboozled_the… The physical violence of white supremacy could not exist without the cover of polite white supremacy, and denial by a majority of white Americans across the political spectrum is a major barrier to change. Throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, the leadership of every white led progressive leaning institution I’ve spoken too has told me they cannot organize inclusive outreach programs because that would be political action and endanger their 501(c)(3) status. Kicking Jake to the curb for allegedly putting his foot in it doesn’t magically prove the rest of you are not white supremacist just because you are better at self-regulation. And as Jake and others have inferred, a vaguely defined anti-Racist goal without a plan is only a wish. Nearly every Sudo Room member I’ve spoken to, has defended an assumed right to be self-serving, individualistic, extractive members. To me, it appears members want a McDonald’s drive-thru brand of progressive politics and a space white space, free of uncomfortable, messy human complexity. Refusing to be vulnerable and socially invest means whites and minorities with proximity to whiteness cannot be trusted to accept the unavoidable discomfort and risks that come with subverting and dismantling the system of racialized class hierarchy promoted by law, commerce, and custom. This selfishness rationalized as virtuous freedom, the mythology of rugged individualists who have objectively earned their place in the world, is a willful self-deception. The reality of American Exceptionalism, is a projected image of being responsible, while avoiding the fact, Tom Sawyer’s Whitewashing the Fence scheme, writ large across a dystopian, colonial landscape. The difference is that Tom Sawyer faced those hard truths about himself and grew up. Note: Tom Sawyer Whitewashing the Fence summary explanation https://storyboardthat.com/lesson-plans/the-adventures-of-tom-sawyer-by-mar…

2 years, 3 months

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Proposal: Jamal as interim executive director

by Sarah Lockhart

I just wanted to provide some clarifications and professional suggestions on this proposal. For those who don't know me, I am Omni's soon-to-be former bookkeeper / finance person. I am not opposed to this proposal at a "high level" but there are things that should be considered. Silver also shared this with me last month: 2021 delegates meeting with > summary "agreed to hire Operations Coordinator (eventually) ": > https://omnicommons.org/wiki/Event:2021/03/11_Delegates. More discussion > was done the week before > https://omnicommons.org/wiki/Event:2021/03/04_Delegates. Operations > Coordinator shakes out to be the same thing as Executive Director. As someone who was part of the discussions around the Operations Coordinator role (which was conceived partly in the context of Omni's initial efforts to refinance), *saying that it is the "same thing" as Executive Director is actually inaccurate.* There was a lot of discussion at the time about whether it would be the same as an Executive Director, and the consensus was that it would very much NOT BE an Executive Director role, with the ability to make unilateral "executive" decisions. That was why "Coordinator" was included in the title, Having an "Executive Director" is actually new territory for Omni. The closest thing was when Emily was hired in December 2022 as "Finance Manager" after delegates decided that giving her an "Executive Director" role was too much power, among other reasons. > - Jamal has a lot of organizational and professional experience, and > connections to city officials and orgs who may help. His primary immediate > strategy is to try and get our lender to give us another extension. It is a bit awkward to read this, as we have received multiple communications from the lender through our lawyer that there would not be another extension. However, if someone new wants to give it a go, maybe the results will be different? But I am skeptical. However, I have been told that my natural skepticism is a personality flaw. At the very least, I would hope that Jamal has been forwarded / filled in on all the communications to date on this topic. > - *How can we pay for it?* Jamal has offered to fund the position himself > for the most part (current proposal, some small monthly fee ~$250, with the > rest of the money coming from a percentage of what he raises). This is a > big deal for Omni, which has almost no funds right now! Here's the professional guidance, as someone who has worked in the "nonprofit industrial complex" for the past two decades ... being paid a percentage of fundraised income is really counter to "best practices" and is generally frowned upon by most "aligned" non-profit fundraising professionals. There are numerous reasons to avoid a contract where a staff person is "paid a percentage of what they raise." Some of them are legal regulations about "private inurement" -- which I believe Jesse can explain to you. In general, having a staff person responsible for "raising their own salary" is something that is frowned on, because it creates a lot of stress for the staff person, and it is tied into equity issues. However, considering Jamal being hired for this role is an effort to create/improve equity (in the DEI sense, not in the financial sense), it does make things more complicated and worthy of discussion. > Sincerely, Sarah L

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