Hey all,
I encouraged Louise to stop by tomorrow.
If this piques your interest, please contact her.
// Matt
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From: Louise Bloom <louise.bloom(a)qeh.ox.ac.uk>
Date: Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 3:50 PM
Subject: [!SUDO-INFO!] Pop in visit Sun 20th?
To: "info(a)sudoroom.org" <info(a)sudoroom.org>
Hi Sudo Room,
I am researcher from the University of Oxford working on the Humanitarian
Innovation Project. I am in SF for a week learning what I can on how
innovation and community spaces here in SF work and support the skills and
innovation of the local community. I am taking this learning back for
reflection in the humanitarian world and our work on conceptualising an
innovation centre for refguees in Uganda.
I am going to be in Oakland for the East Bay Mini Maker Faire tomorrow and
wondered if it would be possible for me to pop in to say hi and see what
you're up at some point during the day (perhaps before or after the faire).
I noticed you do have some events running tomorrow, but do you stay open
past 5pm?
Thanks
Louise
Louise Bloom
Research officer
Humanitarian Innovation Project
www.oxhip.org
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Hey All,
I'm teaching a seed saving workshop on Monday through the East Bay Urban Farmer Field School, at the Ecology Center, 2530 San Pablo Ave Berkeley.
11-1 Free
Patrick
Come one, come all, to sudo room's monthly Cryptoparty, tomorrow from 2-5pm!
We have some excellent organizers who'll be giving talks and leading
workshops throughout the afternoon, covering topics such as:
*Certificate Authorities and SSL
*Encrypted email solutions
*Mobile phone security
*Verifiable Builds
*OTR (off-the-record chat)
*and more!
All skill levels welcome! Bring your phone! Bring your laptop!
It will be rad.
More info here: http://sudoroom.org/wiki/Cryptoparty
Jenny
http://jennyryan.nethttp://thepyre.orghttp://thevirtualcampfire.orghttp://technomadic.tumblr.com
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"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
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Hey all,
First: is anyone in contact with folks at The New Parkway Theater?
This group, Existence is Resistance, is trying to put on a screening of a
documentary in Oakland about hip-hop artists who travel to Palestine to
teach and learn. They're reaching out to The New Parkway, but as a
fallback, I've offered the common space at 2141.
I checked the public school and sudo calendars, I did not see any
reservations for 7pm-10pm Saturday night, please correct me otherwise.
https://sudoroom.org/ai1ec_event/tentative-hip-hop-is-bigger-than-the-occup…
I assume The Public School will want to support this as well.
++++
View Trailer: http://youtu.be/PGvP0OREI2E
Hip Hop is Bigger than the Occupation is a documentary about a ten day
journey of artists traveling through Palestine, teaching and performing
nonviolent resistance through the arts. The tour included M1 of Dead Prez,
Shadia Mansour, Marcel Cartier, Mazzi of Soul Purpose, DJ Vega Benetton,
Lowkey, Jody McIntyre and Trinidad, Brandon and Lavie from the South West
Youth Collaborative/University of Hip Hop Chicago.
Staying in the heart of Balata Refugee Camp at the Yafa Cultural Center in
Nablus the group witnesses night raids, toured places like Hebron where
there are roads for the Arabs and roads for the Jews, they meet families of
shaheeds as well as young Palestinians who have been jailed, shot and
humiliated. The group visits Bi’lin where they get shot at and tear gassed
and experience first hand what it felt like living under occupation.
++++
// Matt
Greetings,
This is your informational email for tabling at the East Bay Anarchist
Book Fair. It will tell you most of what you need to know to get through
Saturday. Volunteers and organizers will be milling around to help all
day long, and are identifiable by their name tags. If you need anything
please flag one of them down and we will do what we can for you.
First up. There was some confusion about this last year, so we want to
clarify the issue this year. There are no free tables at the East Bay
Anarchist Book Fair. We have chosen to adopt the percentage model, as
used at The Montreal Anarchist Book Fair successfully for almost 15
years. We will not ask for payment in advance. We will come around late
in the day on Saturday and ask to collect 10% of your sales. If you are
an organization that does not sell anything or asks for donations or
does sales under $200, then we require a minimum of $20. So please be
prepared. We will come around about 4:30 or so to remind people and then
check back in with each table around 5:30. If you are not tabling but
receiving this email please tell those who will be tabling. Last year a
few organizations did not pay stating they "did not know" payment was
required. That response will not be acceptable this year. Anyone who
does not pay this year will not be eligible to table next year. And we
will grimace at you. A lot.
The other thing to give you a heads up about is that we are encouraging
Halloween costumes and would like to give out prizes for the best
costumes. We are going to come around and ask people if they would like
to donate something to the prize vault. Perhaps you will have an item or
two that you would be happy to give!
On to the logistics of the day. The book fair opens to the public at
10am, doors open for you at 8:30am. There are 27 tables, and we are at
capacity. Selection is first come first serve. There is a great deal of
wall space and outlets at regular intervals along the two long walls.
You should bring your own power strips/extension cords if you anticipate
needing power. There is wi-fi in the hall.
We will have the area in front of the hall on 27th Street blocked off,
for unloading and free hands to help you carry your wares. There is free
parking on both sides of 27th Street. However, technically there is a
two hour limit, Humanist hall says the city generally does not enforce
this. We will have volunteers check periodically during the day to see
if cars are being marked. There is a small parking lot behind the Hall
on 28th Street, that will hold roughly a dozen cars, where it is safe to
park all day. The helpers outside can direct you to this lot and it will
be marked so you can't miss it. Again, parking here will be first come
first serve.
Each tabler gets a standard-six-foot-book-fair-table and two chairs. We
can provide additional chairs upon request. We will do what we can to
make the day as comfortable and as enjoyable for you as possible. There
will be volunteers on hand to watch your table if you need a break or
want to spend time enjoying the event.
There will be coffee available on a limited basis to tablers and
conversation holders until early afternoon. In terms of food, there are
several small neighborhood places, and a Whole Foods about a third of a
mile east on 27th Street. About a mile south on Broadway is downtown
Oakland and Chinatown and about a mile northeast is a small business
district on Piedmont Avenue. Each of these areas has quite a number of
restaurants. More information about this will be available on Saturday
at the info table.
Tabling is scheduled to go until 6pm. Again there will be volunteers
available to help carry and load you back to your vehicle if you require
it. After tabling is over there will be karaoke and everyone is
encouraged to attend.
The complete schedule for the day can be found online at
http://eastbayanarchist.com/conversations/
The complete list of tablers can be found at
http://eastbayanarchist.com/tablers/ . Please check your listing and see
that it is to your liking. Words, phrasing, link etc.
For announcements, updates, and information on all the other events
happening over the weekend visit
https://www.facebook.com/events/227860837363480/?fref=ts
If you have any questions or concerns please contact us and we will
respond as quickly as possible.
Thanks so much for participating, see you Saturday, October 26!
On behalf of the EBAB planners,
-ariel
Hi everysudoer
For those of you who don't already know, sudo room is aiming to incorporate
as a california non-profit, with the long-term goal of reaching 501(c)3
status.
For now, we're working out Articles of Incorporation. These are based
mostly on Noisebridge's Articles of Incorporation:
https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Articles_of_Incorporation
In reading this, it may surprise people to see all of this talk of a board
of directors and hierarchical structures. Most, if not all of this is
required by law ( this law:
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/calawquery?codesection=corp ) and we can
safely ignore it in the day to day running of our hackerspace. Instead of
trying to explain, I will quote Mitch Altman responding to the question
"What is the management structure [of Noisebridge] like?":
"There isn't any. The official line is that we're an anarchist collective
but the reality is that it's more of a web of trust model, with the usual
elements of feudalism that crystallize out of any anarchic group. There's a
board that appoints officers who technically have executive authority with
regards to the space, but the reality is that if any of them actually
exercised power they'd get thrown out. For certain things, like insurance,
taxes, and our nonprofit filings, they have duties but those are invisible
to the day-to-day operations."
So, the important thing to remember is that these Articles of Incorporation
allow the members to throw out any director who abuses their power. We will
then go on to define how our day to day space is run outside of the
articles of incorporation (e.g. in our bylaws).
The power of a majority of the members to remove directors is defined in
7.6.c.2:
https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Articles_of_Incorporation#c._Removal_of_Directors
If we want to tweak the Noisebridge articles of incorporation at all, I
believe that the following are most in need of editing:
* Article 3 - This is about our purpose and values. We can and should
more or less freely change 3.1 and 3.2, but 3.3 should remain unchanged.
* Article 6.1 - A member is proposed for membership by one existing
member. Do we want to change this to two?
* The Articles talk about how the board can fix fees for the members to
pay, but we are almost certainly interested in letting members pay for
their membership with work, by putting in time instead of money. I don't
think we can put this into our articles of incorporation for two reasons:
1. The California Corporations code specifically says that the board
may levy dues, but says nothing about levy'ing anything in place of dues:
"5351. A corporation may levy dues, assessments or fees upon its
members pursuant to its articles or bylaws, but a member upon
learning of them may avoid liability for them by promptly resigning
from membership, except where the member is, by contract or
otherwise, liable for them. Article or bylaw provisions authorizing
such dues, assessments or fees do not, of themselves, create such
liability."
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=corp&group=05001-0600…
2. I'm worried that we may count as an employer if we give out
membership in return for work, which may subject us to a whole set of other
laws. However, I am not a lawyer.
Keep it mind that "membership" for the purposes of the articles of
incorporation only refers to the right to vote on things related to the
board and articles of incorporation. So we could fix this by simply
defining additional membership in our bylaws that define the more important
things, such as being part of decision-making at our weekly meetings and
24/7 access to the space, and defining a membership fee in the bylaws that
can be substituted by putting in work. We then simply have the directors
set an official membership fee of 0. The only weirdness with this solution:
It would be easier to become a member in the eyes of the articles of
incorporation (requiring only trust of another member) than it would be to
become a member in the eyes of the bylaws.
--
Marc/Juul
I'd like to post a copy of this Sunday's crypto meetup flyer here at my workplace, but I left my physical copy at home. Can someone direct me to a printable version online, or send me one at this address? Thanks,
-Windsor
#maxogden4cio just saying!
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From: Adam Stiles <adam(a)stiles.io>
Date: Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 12:29 PM
Subject: [OpenOakland Brigade] Oakland is hiring a CIO
To: openoakland <openoakland(a)googlegroups.com>
Oakland is hiring a CIO bit.ly/H0hTJS <http://t.co/AeXnr3LTVs>
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On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 12:56 AM, Eddan Katz <eddan(a)clear.net> wrote:
> Perhaps it was purposely
> distributed just before the meeting and not before then so that those who
> did not send the email would have had less of a chance to review it?
Eddan, did you read Marc's link?
http://lists.sudoroom.org/pipermail/sudo-discuss/2013-October/003910.html
I sent that email 12 days ago!
Frankly, I'm tired of waiting on incorporation any more. I am thankful
to Marc for helping us move forward. I respect the desire to find more
radical horizontal legal hacks but the truth is, even being a regular
corp would not make us any worse-off than we are NOW, where we have a
DBA, bank account, lease and trifling assets in the legal names of a
handful of people with no accountability other than the goodness of
their hearts. IMO, we'd actually be closer to horizontal than now, as
bizarre as that sounds. We'd also be generally more likely to exist at
all, given that incorporation is the bottleneck for a wide variety of
solutions to problems that damage our community with every week of not
being solved.
Which brings me to my other point: no amount of legalese in the world
will make up for souring human relationships. With respect to the
horror stories of orgs being slyly pwnd by white-collar embezzlement
because of loopholes in their bylaws, it is vastly more likely that
sudoroom would get pwnd by more informal, intangible problems like our
board having poor skills at empathy, communication and listening. I am
not indulging any fantasies about us turning Founding Father and
overcoming our differences via parliamentary intrigue. If we can't
work together on a simple document over several weeks, then this is
pointless.
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From: Cere Mona Davis <ceremona(a)gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 11:03 PM
Subject: [CCL] uh, why can't we get in on this action?
To: cclabs <counterculturelabs(a)googlegroups.com>
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/10/oaklands-plan-to-become…
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Best Regards,
Cere Davis
ceremona(a)gmail.com
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Hey all, please forward this message to invite folks to this screening on
Saturday.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Nancy Mansour-Leigh <shadiamanagement(a)gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 11:08 PM
Subject: EXISTENCE IS RESISTANCE PRESENTS "HIP HOP IS BIGGER THAN THE
OCCUPATION"
To: "eir-organizers(a)googlegroups.com" <eir-organizers(a)googlegroups.com>
Peace all, please please if you can, share with your lists....all the
support we have been shown so far is so amazing and I cannot thank you
enough.....
Existence is Resistance has finally made it to the West Coast and we are
screening our documentary "Hip Hop Is Bigger Than The Occupation" at SUDO
Room THIS SATURDAY (additional screening locations below).
*View Trailer: http://youtu.be/PGvP0OREI2E*
*Facebook Event Page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/594600013935599/?source=1*
Hip Hop is Bigger than the Occupation is a documentary about a ten day
journey of artists traveling through Palestine, teaching and performing
nonviolent resistance through the arts. The tour included M1 of Dead Prez,
Shadia Mansour, Marcel Cartier, Mazzi of Soul Purpose, DJ Vega Benetton,
Lowkey, Jody McIntyre and Trinidad, Brandon and Lavie from the South West
Youth Collaborative/University of Hip Hop Chicago.
Staying in the heart of Balata Refugee Camp at the Yafa Cultural Center in
Nablus the group witnesses night raids, toured places like Hebron where
there are roads for the Arabs and roads for the Jews, they meet families of
shaheeds as well as young Palestinians who have been jailed, shot and
humiliated. The group visits Bi’lin where they get shot at and tear gassed
and experience first hand what it felt like living under occupation.
*Saturday October 19, 2013*
*SUDO ROOM : 2141 Broadway St, Oakland, California 94612*
*
*
*7PM - 8.30PM - FILM SCREENING
*
*8.30PM - 10PM - Q & A AND PANEL DISCUSSION W/:
Harrabic Tubman, Co-Founder, Existence Is Resistance
Shango Aviola - Black Riders Liberation Party - Oakland
Sanyika Bryant - Malcolm X Grassroots Movement - Oakland
Ziad Abbas - Middle East Childrens Alliance (TBC)*
*Fransisco Garcia - GUPS SF State
*
https://sudoroom.org/ai1ec_event/tentative-hip-hop-is-bigger
-than-the-occupation-documentary-artists-in-palestine/?instance_id=71344<https://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsudoroom.org%2Fai1ec_event%2…>
There will be additional screenings at the following locations in the event
you cannot make Saturdays:
*Friday, October 18, 2013*
*3.30PM (Screening and Q&A)*
*Masjid Waritheen*
*1702 47th Ave*
*Oakland, CA 94601*
*Monday, October 21, 2013*
*6.30PM (Screening and Q&A)*
*UC Berkeley**
*
*132 Boalt Hall,
Berkeley, CA 94720*
*https://pad.riseup.net/p/sudoroommaintenance
==Attendance / Icebreaker==
*Icebreaker: should i stay or should i go
Present:
marc, matt, eddan, miguel, max, jordan, danny,
==announcements==
*public schule general meeting tommorow 530
- '''we have concensed that if there are no objections accompanied by
an alternative set of article of assocition within a week that we will
use the articles of association marc has proposed to drive to sacramento
and get incorporated'''
==articles of incorporation==
marc is proposing a modified form of noisebridges articles of incorporation.
finer points
===board of directors===
we can kick them out by majority vote
thinking of ways to have them be officious but without too much dictator
powers
*Alternatives proposed
**Term limited stop gap board
**Charade board "cardboard cut out", only do bare minimum. (liked by peeps)
**No fundraising
=====board action====
the four things that are necessary for a board action are:
*meeting
*notice
*quorum
*voting
===decision making===
board would decide by consensus n-1
a certain number of nonboard members would have to be at every board
session for quourum with no executive session
===profit donations records funding===
this has to be non-profit, what activities are precluded for that?
start-ups. maybe peeps are not ok with that.
===federal tax status===
we will do 501c* and decide the wildcard later
===articles of association by laws===
we need by laws and they could be based on articles of association
should include
*exclude board members from voting in recall
*require open meetings
*have some number of nonvoting member
*no exec session
===risk assessment===
there will power in a few people, can this be stemmed by cultural norms and
ease to
===insurance===
from the noisebridge copypasta
===articles 6.1===
who becomes members?
noisebridge says one person has to vouch you~
or application process
===articles 3===
this is noisbridge copypasta plus our values from articles of association
Niki!
Thanks for hacking it out!
That works for me! Ill message you directly
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note™, an AT&T LTE smartphone
-------- Original message --------
Subject: Re: [sudo-discuss] Film Hacking : Hack A Film in a Day - OCT 20 Sunday at SudoRoom 9AM-4PM
From: niki <niki.shelley(a)gmail.com>
To: Jenny Ryan <tunabananas(a)gmail.com>
CC: Re: [sudo-discuss] Film Hacking : Hack A Film in a Day - OCT 20 Sunday at SudoRoom 9AM-4PM
Hey Liberty,
We do have language classes scheduled on Sundays at the Public School but they don't start until noon (not sure how long you were anticipating this might run).
Let me know if it would be helpful at all to have use of our room from 9am-12pm.
Niki
On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 12:35 PM, Jenny Ryan <tunabananas(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Liberty et al;
Given that the Cryptoparty has been scheduled for this coming afternoon (I'm making an announcement shortly but it has been on the calendar for weeks), I'd like to ask that you either rent one of the side rooms (or the front room) for this event or see about borrowing the Public School's room. Though we haven't done much of a promotional push for this particular Cryptoparty, they tend to be quite popular and bring in a sizeable number of people.
In the future, I'd like to request that people please check both the Common Space calendar (http://2141broadway.wordpress.com) and the Sudo Room calendar (http://sudoroom.org/calendar) and contact the organizers of potential concurrent events before scheduling an event at the same time.
Jenny
http://jennyryan.nethttp://thepyre.orghttp://thevirtualcampfire.orghttp://technomadic.tumblr.com
`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`
"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
~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`
On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 4:17 PM, Liberty Madison <liberty(a)libertymadison.com> wrote:
FILM HACKING!
Video and Film is no longer left in the hands of filmmakers. Anyone with access to Technology is a filmmaker!
Are you tired of watching YouTube and not having your own work featured on YouTube?
Perhaps you have a great idea and just need it to come to life?
Need a video to explain your cause, project, mission, or start up?
ALL ideas are welcome and we will hack them!
WHY: Because hackers hack! We are in the digital space and nothing is more relevant that telling a story in a digital format
WHEN: October 20, 2013 at 9am (can leave when you are done no time restrictions)
WHERE: SudoRoom 2141 Broadway Oakland CA USA (Exit 19th Street Bart and walk up 2 blocks)
WHO: Digital Media Hackers, Open to all levels of experience, Actor, Editors, Models, Screenwriters, Make up, Comedians, Dogs, etc EVERYONE
WHAT TO BRING: Bring your cameras, editing laptops, audio equipment, extra battery, scripts, whatever, props, IDEAS, or just bring yourself!
GOAL: You will have a searchable YouTube video for the world
Tech Founder Tim Bull at Film in A Day San Francisco!
AND ONE OF MY FAVES! Tech Giant Tim Bull is amazing in this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELlPsjpi-gs
SEE THE HACKS WE HAVE WORKED ON!
http://libertymadison.com/film-hacking-hack-a-film-in-a-day/
RSVP
https://filmhacking.eventbrite.com/?ref=estwenivtefor001
SUDO Calendar
https://sudoroom.org/ai1ec_event/film-hacking-hack-a-film-in-a-day/?instanc…
PLEASE PASS ALONG - EVERYONE IS WELCOME AND INVITED
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I'm about to order some pig hearts for a science experiment form C&M Meats
in Berkeley, but they won't deal with an order of less than five.
So - anyone want a free pig heart? About the same size and shape as a human
heart. Halloween is coming up. So is end of BBQ season - hint, hint...
Also perfect for dissection classes! These hearts are food grade, but will
be much more intact than what you might find at the butcher (what's called
a "bio-heart" in the trade: arteries still attached, no slit through the
chambers to let the blood drain, etc.)
Come on, have a heart!
Patrik
Hi Jenny! And others
The calendar was cunsulted and Crypto is scheduled for Sunday at 2-5p correct?
On any given day there are simultaneous events/meetups held at Sudo/common room on multiple days at multiple times Every Day. Ie Thursday nights with CCL , Oakland Wiki, Java Script, Phython as one example. Which to me is the makings of a excellent hackerspace!
Executing Crypto does not exclude other events/ meetups /people from gathering/assembley/ visiting / touring/ hacking at Sudo/ Public School or the common space. It of course would prevent a similar large scale event from executing at the same time.
Hack a Film in a Day was booked on that day (sunday oct 20)because the execution needs do NOT conflict with any standing events. The event, like many meetups held at Sudo,does not monopolize the space in the same way Crypto or a Oakland nights live event does. It requires neither a podium nor folding chairs :)
If it were a large scale event or interfered with Crypto I would have certainly reached out to you personally or simply selected another date.
The event begins at 9am at Sudo and remains on location for about 2-3 hours.
If you have never attended a film hacking event or are unsure of what to expect please feel free to reach out off line.
I understand your concern and need to ensure your event is ran successfully. I love Crypto! The last one was excellent! Both events will be a hit!
I will certainly promote your event to anyone who attends Hack a Film in Day on Sunday ! Come for the digital and stay to encrypt it!
Collaboration is key!
Please feel free to reach out off list if you have specific questions or concerns or if you are curious of the format!
I would love to have you attend!
Liberty
415.937.3785
Liberty(a)libertymadison.com
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note™, an AT&T LTE smartphone
-------- Original message --------
Subject: Re: [sudo-discuss] Film Hacking : Hack A Film in a Day - OCT 20 Sunday at SudoRoom 9AM-4PM
From: Jenny Ryan <tunabananas(a)gmail.com>
To: Liberty Madison <liberty(a)libertymadison.com>
CC: Re: [sudo-discuss] Film Hacking : Hack A Film in a Day - OCT 20 Sunday at SudoRoom 9AM-4PM
Hi Liberty et al;
Given that the Cryptoparty has been scheduled for this coming afternoon (I'm making an announcement shortly but it has been on the calendar for weeks), I'd like to ask that you either rent one of the side rooms (or the front room) for this event or see about borrowing the Public School's room. Though we haven't done much of a promotional push for this particular Cryptoparty, they tend to be quite popular and bring in a sizeable number of people.
In the future, I'd like to request that people please check both the Common Space calendar (http://2141broadway.wordpress.com) and the Sudo Room calendar (http://sudoroom.org/calendar) and contact the organizers of potential concurrent events before scheduling an event at the same time.
Jenny
http://jennyryan.nethttp://thepyre.orghttp://thevirtualcampfire.orghttp://technomadic.tumblr.com
`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`
"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
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On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 4:17 PM, Liberty Madison <liberty(a)libertymadison.com> wrote:
FILM HACKING!
Video and Film is no longer left in the hands of filmmakers. Anyone with access to Technology is a filmmaker!
Are you tired of watching YouTube and not having your own work featured on YouTube?
Perhaps you have a great idea and just need it to come to life?
Need a video to explain your cause, project, mission, or start up?
ALL ideas are welcome and we will hack them!
WHY: Because hackers hack! We are in the digital space and nothing is more relevant that telling a story in a digital format
WHEN: October 20, 2013 at 9am (can leave when you are done no time restrictions)
WHERE: SudoRoom 2141 Broadway Oakland CA USA (Exit 19th Street Bart and walk up 2 blocks)
WHO: Digital Media Hackers, Open to all levels of experience, Actor, Editors, Models, Screenwriters, Make up, Comedians, Dogs, etc EVERYONE
WHAT TO BRING: Bring your cameras, editing laptops, audio equipment, extra battery, scripts, whatever, props, IDEAS, or just bring yourself!
GOAL: You will have a searchable YouTube video for the world
Tech Founder Tim Bull at Film in A Day San Francisco!
AND ONE OF MY FAVES! Tech Giant Tim Bull is amazing in this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELlPsjpi-gs
SEE THE HACKS WE HAVE WORKED ON!
http://libertymadison.com/film-hacking-hack-a-film-in-a-day/
RSVP
https://filmhacking.eventbrite.com/?ref=estwenivtefor001
SUDO Calendar
https://sudoroom.org/ai1ec_event/film-hacking-hack-a-film-in-a-day/?instanc…
PLEASE PASS ALONG - EVERYONE IS WELCOME AND INVITED
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This is super cool. And a great example of why I think we should become more aware of developing country innovation because their constraints are more likely to embed sustainability design values.
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West African Inventor Makes a $100 3D Printer From E-Waste
http://inhabitat.com/west-african-inventor-makes-a-100-3d-printer-from-e-wa…
by Timon Singh, 10/12/13
Kodjo Afate Gnikou, a resourceful inventor from Togo in West Africa, has made a $100 3D printer which he constructed from parts he scrounged from broken scanners, computers, printers and other e-waste. The fully functional DIY printer cost a fraction of those currently on the market, and saves environmentally damaging waste from reaching landfill sites.
Discarded electronic equipment is one of the world’s fastest-growing sources of waste, as consumers frequently replace “old” models that become more obsolete each year. However instead of letting e-waste sit them on the scrap pile or head to the landfill, Kodjo Afate Gnikou decided to utilize spare parts in order to create a cheap, DIY 3D printer.
Gnikou is part of WoeLab, a hackerspace in the city of Lomé, and has big plans for his recycling project. According to his crowd funding page, he is working with FacLab-France in the WAFATE to Mars project, which aims to make machines from recycled e-waste to prepare for missions on Mars. Systems like the 3D printer could become a crucial part of missions on the Red Planet should they ever go ahead.
Gnikou’s 3D printer was mostly made from materials he obtained from a junk yard in Lomé, though he did have to buy a few parts. The entire system cost about $100 which is a bargain considering current models on the market can cost thousands of dollars.
According to his fundraising page, Gnikou aims that with his project, he will “put technology into needy hands and give Africa the opportunity to not only be a spectator but to play the first role in a more virtuous industrial revolution.”
To support Gnikou’s project, click here.
sent from eddan.com
Two things in one email!
1. Awesome PDF guide to cohousing legal issues (relevant to Sudo's ideas
about buying a space together)
2. Flyer for a workshop on starting a food business (relevant to...
sudomate?)
-Rabbit
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From: Alfred <mail(a)firstcultural.com>
Date: Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 12:26 AM
Subject: [spaghettinight] Fwd: Shared Housing Toolkit
To: The Spaghetti Night mailing list <spaghettinight(a)tentacle.net>
For those who wanted to go to the co-owning housing workshop but couldn't
make it, here are some resources from the presenters.
Alfred
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From: Ricardo Nuñez <ricardo(a)theselc.org>
Date: Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 4:38 PM
Subject: Shared Housing Toolkit
Hi everyone!
I wanted to thank you for coming to our Teach-in on Co-housing at the HUB
last week. As promised, attached is our Cohousing Toolkit, resources to
help move your cohousing dreams forward!
Cheers,
Ricardo
p.s. We're having our Legal Eats
Workshop<http://legaleats5.eventbrite.com/>to advance your food
enterprise
*this Saturday, Oct. 19th, *from 12:30-5:30. *Please help SELC by passing
this along to organizations, friends and family who could benefit from this
donation based training. *Food and drinks will be available to participants!
--
*Ricardo Samir Nuñez *
Legal Services Program Director
Sustainable Economies Law Center <http://www.theselc.org/>
436 14th St. Suite 1120, Oakland, CA 94612
Direct: 562.234.0817 | SELC: 760.569.6782
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Hi everybody,
My phone got interrupted while upgrading the firmware and I was
wondering if anybody would be interested in fixing it. I'm willing to
pay if you can get it running again. I have spent quite a bit of the
weekend trying to fix it and I'm at a breaking point with it.
It's a Samsung S2 for Sprint (D710) and it boots to Odin mode, but not
recovery mode. However, my computer... and a few other computers I've
tried won't recognize my phone in Odin mode. It was running Android
4.0.4 with the eMMc bug. I read that you might still be able to do it in
Hiemdall, but I don't want to invest another weekend into fixing it.
Take care,
Jeremy
--
https://twitter.com/jwentwistle
It's a mistake I'm happy you made.
On Oct 15, 2013 7:00 PM, "Xavier Valarino" <xvalarino(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Was actually sending myself link as a reminder to read it and the new
> message in inbox popped up (too much key mashing and an overall newb move).
> Looks like a good read though. See you all Sunday!
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 6:57 PM, Xavier Valarino <xvalarino(a)gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/29/magazine/dave-eggers-fiction.html?_r=1&
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 1:25 PM, Jenny Ryan <tunabananas(a)gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> This Sunday (2-5pm) is Sudo Room's monthly Cryptoparty!
>>>
>>> Event listing here:
>>> https://sudoroom.org/ai1ec_event/cryptoparty-a-digital-security-privacy-wor…
>>>
>>> PARTY LIKE IT’S 1984!!
>>>
>>> • Learn security techniques & software.
>>> • Understand why responsible security is important.
>>> • Meet with other proactive residents!
>>>
>>> Specific presentations on: GPG, SSL and Certificate Authorities, and a
>>> new encrypted email platform!
>>>
>>> Bring your laptop! Bring your phone!
>>>
>>> All skill levels welcome, from novice to expert!
>>>
>>> Sign up to the Cryptoparty mailing list to join in the planning and
>>> continue the conversation:
>>> http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/cryptoparty
>>> Sudo Room is located at 2141 Broadway, two blocks from the 19th St
>>> Oakland BART (entrance on 22nd). Bring a dish, snacks or some beverages to
>>> share!
>>>
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hey all,
this seems relevant to many of our interests.
- marina
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From: Kate Clabby <kateclabby(a)gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 4:45 PM
Subject: [spaghettinight] Temescal Crop Swap/Harvest to Feed
To: The Spaghetti Night mailing list <spaghettinight(a)tentacle.net>
Hi all,
I am helping to organize a new crop swap in North Oakland starting this
Friday. Details below.
Calling all backyard gardeners!
As an urban gardener, you probably find that you sometimes have more
edibles than you can consume. If you're looking for a way to put this
produce to use, mingle with fellow gardeners, and share with community
members in need, join us at the Victory Garden Crop Swap and Harvest to
Feed!
Meet on Friday, October 18th; 12- 2 pm at the Telegraph Community Center,
5316 Telegraph Ave, Oakland 94609 (across from the Temescal Library.) This
is the location of the North Oakland Telegraph Ministry Center Food Pantry
that distributes food to those in need. About 200 people are served each
week. Bring homegrown crops and seeds to share or trade with fellow
gardeners and members of the community. All excess produce will be donated
to the food pantry.
Please join us - Bring your abundance! Bring a few crops! Bring yourself and
a smile!
We are currently also looking for volunteers to help run the crop swap. If
you are interested and have time to share, come by a few minutes early on
Friday to chat with us! We will be there starting at 11 to set up. If you
can't make it on Friday, email your interest to victory.garden(a)comcast.net
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This Sunday (2-5pm) is Sudo Room's monthly Cryptoparty!
Event listing here:
https://sudoroom.org/ai1ec_event/cryptoparty-a-digital-security-privacy-wor…
PARTY LIKE IT’S 1984!!
• Learn security techniques & software.
• Understand why responsible security is important.
• Meet with other proactive residents!
Specific presentations on: GPG, SSL and Certificate Authorities, and a new
encrypted email platform!
Bring your laptop! Bring your phone!
All skill levels welcome, from novice to expert!
Sign up to the Cryptoparty mailing list to join in the planning and
continue the conversation: http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/cryptoparty
Sudo Room is located at 2141 Broadway, two blocks from the 19th St Oakland
BART (entrance on 22nd). Bring a dish, snacks or some beverages to share!
FILM HACKING!
Video and Film is no longer left in the hands of filmmakers. Anyone with
access to Technology is a filmmaker!
Are you tired of watching YouTube and not having your own work featured on
YouTube?
Perhaps you have a great idea and just need it to come to life?
Need a video to explain your cause, project, mission, or start up?
ALL ideas are welcome and we will hack them!
WHY: Because hackers hack! We are in the digital space and nothing is more
relevant that telling a story in a digital format
WHEN: October 20, 2013 at 9am (can leave when you are done no time
restrictions)
WHERE: SudoRoom 2141 Broadway Oakland CA USA (Exit 19th Street Bart and
walk up 2 blocks)
WHO: Digital Media Hackers, Open to all levels of experience, Actor,
Editors, Models, Screenwriters, Make up, Comedians, Dogs, etc EVERYONE
WHAT TO BRING: Bring your cameras, editing laptops, audio equipment, extra
battery, scripts, whatever, props, IDEAS, or just bring yourself!
GOAL: You will have a searchable YouTube video for the world
Tech Founder Tim Bull at Film in A Day San Francisco!
AND ONE OF MY FAVES! Tech Giant Tim Bull is amazing in this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELlPsjpi-gs
SEE THE HACKS WE HAVE WORKED ON!
http://libertymadison.com/film-hacking-hack-a-film-in-a-day/
RSVP
https://filmhacking.eventbrite.com/?ref=estwenivtefor001
SUDO Calendar
https://sudoroom.org/ai1ec_event/film-hacking-hack-a-film-in-a-day/?instanc…
PLEASE PASS ALONG - EVERYONE IS WELCOME AND INVITED
Sorry in advance if this isn't appropriate for the list or our impending
era of post-capitalism - just wanted to make sudoroom people aware of a
science job opportunity:
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From: Mike Schachter <mschachter(a)eigenminds.com>
Date: Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 11:37 AM
Subject: signal processing job at UC Berkeley
To: ml <ml(a)lists.noisebridge.net>, "neuro(a)lists.noisebridge.net" <
neuro(a)lists.noisebridge.net>
For anybody that has somewhat of an engineering, audio signal processing,
math, machine learning, or computer science background, maybe an interest
in Neuroscience, and is looking for a job:
http://bit.ly/16KHLmM
mike
the discussion about the military sponsored stuff is a no-brainer. not
consistent with sudoroom values...
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> 1. Re: [HELP] Oak Tech teacher requests space 6hrs/1x/month
> **starting Sunday** (Vicky Knox)
> 2. Re: [HELP] Oak Tech teacher requests space 6hrs/1x/month
> **starting Sunday** (Vicky Knox)
> 3. Re: [HELP] Oak Tech teacher requests space 6hrs/1x/month
> **starting Sunday** (Marc Juul)
> 4. Re: [HELP] Oak Tech teacher requests space 6hrs/1x/month
> **starting Sunday** (Anthony Di Franco)
> 5. Re: [HELP] Oak Tech teacher requests space 6hrs/1x/month
> **starting Sunday** (Hol Gaskill)
> 6. Re: Breaking: Oakland to lead country in diverting
> anti-terror funding to ubiquitous warrantless surveillance
> (David Keenan)
> 7. Re: Can BAPS share SUDO table at Anarchist Bookfair?
> (David Keenan)
> 8. Re: Can BAPS share SUDO table at Anarchist Bookfair?
> (Gregg Horton)
> 9. Re: [HELP] Oak Tech teacher requests space 6hrs/1x/month
> **starting Sunday** (William Budington)
> 10. Re: [HELP] Oak Tech teacher requests space 6hrs/1x/month
> **starting Sunday** (Julio Rios)
> 11. George says "Rent is late. If not paid by Oct 15 3pm, then 5%
> late fee". (Max Klein)
> 12. Re: George says "Rent is late. If not paid by Oct 15 3pm,
> then 5% late fee". (Jenny Ryan)
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2013 00:25:00 -0700
> From: Vicky Knox <vknoxsironi(a)gmail.com>
> To: juul(a)labitat.dk, Sudo Room discuss
> <sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org>
> Subject: Re: [sudo-discuss] [HELP] Oak Tech teacher requests space
> 6hrs/1x/month **starting Sunday**
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>
> Marc's response is justified, though I reject the language of the two
> opening questions.
>
> My conversation over the phone with Vivienne lead me to believe that she
> was participating in a competition organized by her school and I didn't
> carefully scan the email explanation that she sent me afterward to send to
> the list. I am really down about my oversight and apologize for it.
>
> I did learn the details of the competition's funding when she and a
> colleague came to see the space and pick up the key the night before their
> practice, and at that point I processed the explanation of the sponsorship
> much differently than Marc. While she is not happy about the sponsor,
> Vivienne's justification of pursuing this event was that this was a great
> opportunity for her students to get a hold of resources and a learning
> environment they would otherwise not have had. She wanted to be able to do
> this event at a hackerspace because her ultimate goal was to use this
> competition as a bridge to connect to a critical, hacker community (for
> what this bridge is worth, given the obvious discrepancy). I felt at once
> uneasy and understanding. I respect the sentiment that she expressed that
> she needed to take the opportunity that was there, just as I am not quick
> to jump to judgment of many of my bright and fascinating friends back home
> who were in a position in which they (felt that they?) needed to join the
> military in order to realistically afford higher education. That said, I
> stand with Marc in my rejection of the military industrial complex (or
> whatever you would like to call it), but I do not know the answer to more
> nuanced questions of access to aspirational education within a race-class
> divided society. I invite your conversation.
>
> If Marc or anyone else would like to bring up this topic at the general
> meeting, I could not make it this Wednesday but am available the following.
>
> Vicky
> On Oct 13, 2013 7:31 PM, "Marc Juul" <juul(a)labitat.dk> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 4:06 PM, Vicky Knox <vknoxsironi(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Do you all have any recommendations on how to expedite this? What is the
> >> current status of the large room and using it for events?
> >>
> >> For background, this teacher origianally contacted info@sudoroom but
> >> never got a response, and called the SR number today, slightly frantic.
> I
> >> think it would be really awesome if we were able to help her out. This
> >> event seems quite an incredible opportunity for young people.
> >>
> >
> > What? What have you been smoking?
> >
> > The Air Force Association's CyberPatriot? Sponsored by Northrop
> Grumman?!Why are people assuming that this is something sudo room wants to
> support
> > or in any way encourage?
> >
> > This sounds terrible. I am going to take this up at this Wednesdays sudo
> > room meeting. I am completely against anything like this happening in or
> > near sudo room in any way shape or form. I do not believe I am alone in
> > feeling like this. I am both surprised and very disappointed that a
> > critical and sceptical approach was not taken in dealing with something
> > like this on behalf of sudo room.
> >
> > --
> > Marc
> >
>
Do you all have any recommendations on how to expedite this? What is the
current status of the large room and using it for events?
For background, this teacher origianally contacted info@sudoroom but never
got a response, and called the SR number today, slightly frantic. I think
it would be really awesome if we were able to help her out. This event
seems quite an incredible opportunity for young people.
ykciV
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From: Vivian Pustell <vivian.pustell(a)ousd.k12.ca.us>
Date: Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 4:16 PM
Subject: Space use?
To: info(a)sudoroom.org
Hi Sudo Room!
I'm a teacher at Oakland Tech High, not far from you. I've organized a team
of students who are all taking part in the CyberPatriot info sec
competition. They're training really hard--and learning a lot--so that they
can enter the competition. We've run into a stumbling block, though--the
competition windows for reach round are always on a weekend, and the school
district has informed me that I can't use the school on the weekend without
paying.
We are a small group--me, our mentor, and about four students--and we need
space to compete once a month (with one month where we compete twice) for
about six hours on a Sunday afternoon.
Is there any way we can negotiate use of some space at a reasonable rate?
They're really excited about this, but I'm afraid we might not have a place
to meet and compete if I can't find a space we can afford.
Thanks so much for any consideration you can give to us, or any suggestions
for other locations we might try!
Best,
-Vivienne Pustell
Teacher, OTHS
George has just said that to me in sudo Oct 14, 3:20pm.
What is current status? If not enough, I will issue sudo an interest free
loan to avoid late fee.
Max
hey guys,
Public School just found out apparently there is no room for us this year
at the Bookfair.. strange! And very sad!
Is there any way the Public School might squish into the SUDO table at the
bookfair super ultra pretty pleaze?
sadness,
David
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/14/technology/privacy-fears-as-surveillance-…
October 13, 2013
Privacy Fears as Surveillance Grows in Cities
By SOMINI SENGUPTA
OAKLAND, Calif. — Federal grants of $7 million awarded to this city
were meant largely to help thwart terror attacks at its bustling port.
But instead, the money is going to a police initiative that will
collect and analyze reams of surveillance data from around town — from
gunshot-detection sensors in the barrios of East Oakland to license
plate readers mounted on police cars patrolling the city’s upscale
hills.
The new system, scheduled to begin next summer, is the latest example
of how cities are compiling and processing large amounts of
information, known as big data, for routine law enforcement. And the
system underscores how technology has enabled the tracking of people
in many aspects of life.
The police can monitor a fire hose of social media posts to look for
evidence of criminal activities; transportation agencies can track
commuters’ toll payments when drivers use an electronic pass; and the
National Security Agency, as news reports this summer revealed,
scooped up telephone records of millions of cellphone customers in the
United States.
Like the Oakland effort, other pushes to use new surveillance tools in
law enforcement are supported with federal dollars. The New York
Police Department, aided by federal financing, has a big data system
that links 3,000 surveillance cameras with license plate readers,
radiation sensors, criminal databases and terror suspect lists. Police
in Massachusetts have used federal money to buy automated license
plate scanners. And police in Texas have bought a drone with homeland
security money, something that Alameda County, which Oakland is part
of, also tried but shelved after public protest.
Proponents of the Oakland initiative, formally known as the Domain
Awareness Center, say it will help the police reduce the city’s
notoriously high crime rates. But critics say the program, which will
create a central repository of surveillance information, will also
gather data about the everyday movements and habits of law-abiding
residents, raising legal and ethical questions about tracking people
so closely.
Libby Schaaf, an Oakland City Council member, said that because of the
city’s high crime rate, “it’s our responsibility to take advantage of
new tools that become available.” She added, though, that the center
would be able to “paint a pretty detailed picture of someone’s
personal life, someone who may be innocent.”
For example, if two men were caught on camera at the port stealing
goods and driving off in a black Honda sedan, Oakland authorities
could look up where in the city the car had been in the last several
weeks. That could include stoplights it drove past each morning and
whether it regularly went to see Oakland A’s baseball games.
For law enforcement, data mining is a big step toward more complete
intelligence gathering. The police have traditionally made arrests
based on small bits of data — witness testimony, logs of license plate
readers, footage from a surveillance camera perched above a bank
machine. The new capacity to collect and sift through all that
information gives the authorities a much broader view of the people
they are investigating.
For the companies that make big data tools, projects like Oakland’s
are a big business opportunity. Microsoft built the technology for the
New York City program. I.B.M. has sold data-mining tools for Las Vegas
and Memphis.
Oakland has a contract with the Science Applications International
Corporation, or SAIC, to build its system. That company has earned the
bulk of its $12 billion in annual revenue from military contracts. As
the federal military budget has fallen, though, SAIC has diversified
to other government agency projects, though not without problems.
The company’s contract to help modernize the New York City payroll
system, using new technology like biometric readers, resulted in
reports of kickbacks. Last year, the company paid the city $500
million to avoid a federal prosecution. The amount was believed to be
the largest ever paid to settle accusations of government contract
fraud. SAIC declined to comment.
Even before the initiative, Oakland spent millions of dollars on
traffic cameras, license plate readers and a network of sound sensors
to pick up gunshots. Still, the city has one of the highest violent
crime rates in the country. And an internal audit in August 2012 found
that the police had spent $1.87 million on technology tools that did
not work properly or remained unused because their vendors had gone
out of business.
The new center will be far more ambitious. From a central location, it
will electronically gather data around the clock from a variety of
sensors and databases, analyze that data and display some of the
information on a bank of giant monitors.
The city plans to staff the center around the clock. If there is an
incident, workers can analyze the many sources of data to give leads
to the police, fire department or Coast Guard. In the absence of an
incident, how the data would be used and how long it would be kept
remain largely unclear.
The center will collect feeds from cameras at the port, traffic
cameras, license plate readers and gunshot sensors. The center will
also be integrated next summer with a database that allows police to
tap into reports of 911 calls. Renee Domingo, the city’s emergency
services coordinator, said school surveillance cameras, as well as
video data from the regional commuter rail system and state highways,
may be added later.
Far less advanced surveillance programs have elicited resistance at
the local and state level. Iowa City, for example, recently imposed a
moratorium on some surveillance devices, including license plate
readers. The Seattle City Council forced its police department to
return a federally financed drone to the manufacturer.
In Virginia, the state police purged a database of millions of license
plates collected by cameras, including some at political rallies,
after the state’s attorney general said the method of collecting and
saving the data violated state law. But for a cash-starved city like
Oakland, the expectation of more federal financing makes the project
particularly attractive. The City Council approved the program in late
July, but public outcry later compelled the council to add
restrictions. The council instructed public officials to write a
policy detailing what kind of data could be collected and protected,
and how it could be used. The council expects the privacy policy to be
ready before the center can start operations.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California described
the program as “warrantless surveillance” and said “the city would be
able to collect and stockpile comprehensive information about Oakland
residents who have engaged in no wrongdoing.”
The port’s chief security officer, Michael O’Brien, sought to allay
fears, saying the center was meant to hasten law-enforcement response
time to crimes and emergencies. “It’s not to spy on people,” he said.
Steve Spiker, research and technology director at the Urban Strategies
Council, an Oakland nonprofit organization that has examined the
effectiveness of police technology tools, said he was uncomfortable
with city officials knowing so much about his movements. But, he said,
there is already so much public data that it makes sense to enable
government officials to collect and analyze it for the public good.
Still, he would like to know how all that data would be kept and
shared. “What happens,” he wondered, “when someone doesn’t like me and
has access to all that information?”
This is really rad!
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Lindsey Boldt <lindsbo(a)gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 10:33 AM
Subject: {BayAreaPublicSchool} After School Tutoring @ The Holdout
To: bayareapublicschool(a)googlegroups.com
Hey BAPSters,
Do folks already know that The Holdout Social Center (http://theholdout.org/)
is now providing after school tutoring for youth? Very exciting! I know
some folks involved with BAPS have expressed an interest in working with
Oakland youth, especially in a non-school setting, so this would be a great
opportunity to do that. Tutors are needed and welcome.
They're currently offering homework help and youth programming "such as
Youth Power and Healthy Hoods" on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3-6pm. Here's
a link to their fundraising page.
http://www.razoo.com/story/Holdout-Tutoring?referral_code=share
They're currently trying to raise money for books, supplies and healthy
snacks.
They're also looking for donations of: Nourishing Snacks, Pencils/ Pens/
Paper, Books, Crayons/ Colored Pencils, Scissors/ Glue, AND tutors!
I personally have not been over to check it out yet, but am excited by the
prospect of a radical space like The Holdout offering something as
necessary as homework help to the immediate community surrounding its
space. So cool!
All best and happy weekend all,
Lindsey
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currently noisebridge is used by 99% non-Members, 1% Members.
currently, 99% of noisebridge Members do not use noisebridge.
currently, Membership at noisebridge requires ongoing cash flow into
noisebridge either by tradition or rules, it is not clear which.
I think this is not working out. Noisebridge's rent gets paid but the
people who come to noisebridge have zero motivation to become a member,
and so they don't bother. We should be adding several new members weekly.
Membership at Noisebridge should be a valuable tool to encourage
cooperation and a sense of belonging, while reinforcing accountability
and support between users of the space (including Members and Guests)
There is no reason for membership to be tied to giving money to
noisebridge. If someone is excellent and wants to be a part of
noisebridge, and no Member blocks them, they should be allowed to join.
Members should remain in good standing regardless of their financial
contributions as long as they are remaining excellent and accountable for
their actions, and those of their guests.
I propose that Noisebridge change the rules of Membership to do away with
the cash flow requirement, and to expressly do away with the informal and
inappropriate "bribe", which defeats the purpose of asking the potential
member to step out while their membership is consensed upon _or_not_.
We agreed last week to close noisebridge to non-Members from 23:00 to
10:00 every day, with the exception of guests of Members and
Members-in-Application who have two signatures. We will be able to take
advantage of this policy by encouraging more SUPPORTERS of noisebridge to
become Members. We can do this by removing the payment requirement.
If people want to support Noisebridge with money, they should feel free to
do so, whether they are Members or not. If people want to support
Noisebridge with their presence, excellence, and accountability to one
another, they should feel free to do so, whether they are in a position to
supply cash or not. I think this should be obvious.
I ask that absentee Members, who have been unable or unmotivated to offer
their support in the form of their presence, excellence, and
accountability, please stand aside from this proposal if they have
objections (or offer friendly amendments in the spirit of problem
solving). People who are not regularly using the space should not stand
in the way of improvements to be made by those who do use and contribute
to the space regularly.
The proposal should be worded as follows:
Membership to Noisebridge should no longer be dependant on a person's
ability or willingness to pay money to noisebridge, or to bring food or
beer to a meeting, but only on their ability to acquire sponsorship
signatures and be consensed upon at a meeting, after leaving the meeting
to give opportunity for any objections to be discussed before they return.
Members will thus enter and remain in good standing without regard to any
financial contributions they do or do not make in that time.
-jake
I got ya'll a table, so just show up with stuff to table with.
i'm not going to be at tonight's meeting but people should talk about
what should go on the table and if you wanted to share it with other
hackerspaces.
http://eastbayanarchist.com/
i have one in storage, it works and i am pretty sure it is available for
the following offer. it is well worth it should vast copies of *some
awesome sudoroomian publication* need duplication. fraction of a penny per
pAge. get in touch; i cannot personally transport it at this time (both
because I haven't the truck and due to physical limitations) but AFAIK it
can be set up *in situ*.
for b&w copies, at least for the first rationally sized run, just add
paper (no i cannot define rationally at the moment; but i can certainly
find out).
--
*Be seeing you.*
CA Senate Bill SB-255 - now §647(j)(4) as of Oct. 1 - is first 'revenge porn' law in the US.
Eric Goldman (awesome Santa Clara Law prof) has an interesting analysis on the legal implications - http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericgoldman/2013/10/08/californias-new-law-show….
If anyone has some technical observations or other feedback, I'd be interested to hear other takes on this. Seems like a very tricky socio-technical problem.
§647
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=pen&group=00001-01000…
> 647. Except as provided in subdivision (l), every person who
> commits any of the following acts is guilty of disorderly conduct, a
> misdemeanor:
> (a) Who solicits anyone to engage in or who engages in lewd or
> dissolute conduct in any public place or in any place open to the
> public or exposed to public view.
> (b) Who solicits or who agrees to engage in or who engages in any
> act of prostitution. A person agrees to engage in an act of
> prostitution when, with specific intent to so engage, he or she
> manifests an acceptance of an offer or solicitation to so engage,
> regardless of whether the offer or solicitation was made by a person
> who also possessed the specific intent to engage in prostitution. No
> agreement to engage in an act of prostitution shall constitute a
> violation of this subdivision unless some act, in addition to the
> agreement, is done within this state in furtherance of the commission
> of an act of prostitution by the person agreeing to engage in that
> act. As used in this subdivision, "prostitution" includes any lewd
> act between persons for money or other consideration.
> (c) Who accosts other persons in any public place or in any place
> open to the public for the purpose of begging or soliciting alms.
> (d) Who loiters in or about any toilet open to the public for the
> purpose of engaging in or soliciting any lewd or lascivious or any
> unlawful act.
> (e) Who lodges in any building, structure, vehicle, or place,
> whether public or private, without the permission of the owner or
> person entitled to the possession or in control of it.
> (f) Who is found in any public place under the influence of
> intoxicating liquor, any drug, controlled substance, toluene, or any
> combination of any intoxicating liquor, drug, controlled substance,
> or toluene, in a condition that he or she is unable to exercise care
> for his or her own safety or the safety of others, or by reason of
> his or her being under the influence of intoxicating liquor, any
> drug, controlled substance, toluene, or any combination of any
> intoxicating liquor, drug, or toluene, interferes with or obstructs
> or prevents the free use of any street, sidewalk, or other public
> way.
> (g) When a person has violated subdivision (f), a peace officer,
> if he or she is reasonably able to do so, shall place the person, or
> cause him or her to be placed, in civil protective custody. The
> person shall be taken to a facility, designated pursuant to Section
> 5170 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, for the 72-hour treatment
> and evaluation of inebriates. A peace officer may place a person in
> civil protective custody with that kind and degree of force which
> would be lawful were he or she effecting an arrest for a misdemeanor
> without a warrant. No person who has been placed in civil protective
> custody shall thereafter be subject to any criminal prosecution or
> juvenile court proceeding based on the facts giving rise to this
> placement. This subdivision shall not apply to the following persons:
> (1) Any person who is under the influence of any drug, or under
> the combined influence of intoxicating liquor and any drug.
> (2) Any person who a peace officer has probable cause to believe
> has committed any felony, or who has committed any misdemeanor in
> addition to subdivision (f).
> (3) Any person who a peace officer in good faith believes will
> attempt escape or will be unreasonably difficult for medical
> personnel to control.
> (h) Who loiters, prowls, or wanders upon the private property of
> another, at any time, without visible or lawful business with the
> owner or occupant. As used in this subdivision, "loiter" means to
> delay or linger without a lawful purpose for being on the property
> and for the purpose of committing a crime as opportunity may be
> discovered.
> (i) Who, while loitering, prowling, or wandering upon the private
> property of another, at any time, peeks in the door or window of any
> inhabited building or structure, without visible or lawful business
> with the owner or occupant.
> (j) (1) Any person who looks through a hole or opening, into, or
> otherwise views, by means of any instrumentality, including, but not
> limited to, a periscope, telescope, binoculars, camera, motion
> picture camera, camcorder, or mobile phone, the interior of a
> bedroom, bathroom, changing room, fitting room, dressing room, or
> tanning booth, or the interior of any other area in which the
> occupant has a reasonable expectation of privacy, with the intent to
> invade the privacy of a person or persons inside. This subdivision
> shall not apply to those areas of a private business used to count
> currency or other negotiable instruments.
> (2) Any person who uses a concealed camcorder, motion picture
> camera, or photographic camera of any type, to secretly videotape,
> film, photograph, or record by electronic means, another,
> identifiable person under or through the clothing being worn by that
> other person, for the purpose of viewing the body of, or the
> undergarments worn by, that other person, without the consent or
> knowledge of that other person, with the intent to arouse, appeal to,
> or gratify the lust, passions, or sexual desires of that person and
> invade the privacy of that other person, under circumstances in which
> the other person has a reasonable expectation of privacy.
> (3) (A) Any person who uses a concealed camcorder, motion picture
> camera, or photographic camera of any type, to secretly videotape,
> film, photograph, or record by electronic means, another,
> identifiable person who may be in a state of full or partial undress,
> for the purpose of viewing the body of, or the undergarments worn
> by, that other person, without the consent or knowledge of that other
> person, in the interior of a bedroom, bathroom, changing room,
> fitting room, dressing room, or tanning booth, or the interior of any
> other area in which that other person has a reasonable expectation
> of privacy, with the intent to invade the privacy of that other
> person.
> (B) Neither of the following is a defense to the crime specified
> in this paragraph:
> (i) The defendant was a cohabitant, landlord, tenant, cotenant,
> employer, employee, or business partner or associate of the victim,
> or an agent of any of these.
> (ii) The victim was not in a state of full or partial undress.
> (k) In any accusatory pleading charging a violation of subdivision
> (b), if the defendant has been once previously convicted of a
> violation of that subdivision, the previous conviction shall be
> charged in the accusatory pleading. If the previous conviction is
> found to be true by the jury, upon a jury trial, or by the court,
> upon a court trial, or is admitted by the defendant, the defendant
> shall be imprisoned in a county jail for a period of not less than 45
> days and shall not be eligible for release upon completion of
> sentence, on probation, on parole, on work furlough or work release,
> or on any other basis until he or she has served a period of not less
> than 45 days in a county jail. In all cases in which probation is
> granted, the court shall require as a condition thereof that the
> person be confined in a county jail for at least 45 days. In no event
> does the court have the power to absolve a person who violates this
> subdivision from the obligation of spending at least 45 days in
> confinement in a county jail.
> In any accusatory pleading charging a violation of subdivision
> (b), if the defendant has been previously convicted two or more times
> of a violation of that subdivision, each of these previous
> convictions shall be charged in the accusatory pleading. If two or
> more of these previous convictions are found to be true by the jury,
> upon a jury trial, or by the court, upon a court trial, or are
> admitted by the defendant, the defendant shall be imprisoned in a
> county jail for a period of not less than 90 days and shall not be
> eligible for release upon completion of sentence, on probation, on
> parole, on work furlough or work release, or on any other basis until
> he or she has served a period of not less than 90 days in a county
> jail. In all cases in which probation is granted, the court shall
> require as a condition thereof that the person be confined in a
> county jail for at least 90 days. In no event does the court have the
> power to absolve a person who violates this subdivision from the
> obligation of spending at least 90 days in confinement in a county
> jail.
> In addition to any punishment prescribed by this section, a court
> may suspend, for not more than 30 days, the privilege of the person
> to operate a motor vehicle pursuant to Section 13201.5 of the Vehicle
> Code for any violation of subdivision (b) that was committed within
> 1,000 feet of a private residence and with the use of a vehicle. In
> lieu of the suspension, the court may order a person's privilege to
> operate a motor vehicle restricted, for not more than six months, to
> necessary travel to and from the person's place of employment or
> education. If driving a motor vehicle is necessary to perform the
> duties of the person's employment, the court may also allow the
> person to drive in that person's scope of employment.
> (l) (1) A second or subsequent violation of subdivision (j) is
> punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year,
> or by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000), or by both
> that fine and imprisonment.
> (2) If the victim of a violation of subdivision (j) was a minor at
> the time of the offense, the violation is punishable by imprisonment
> in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceeding
> two thousand dollars ($2,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment.
>
>
"Today I Learned" has leveled up to "Today We Learned"!
We've had a lot of fun at TILs and other events (open hack nights at LOL
makerspace <http://pocmakerspace.org/>!) learning together informally, so
we're trying out a new format for Saturday afternoons - open co-learning
with time available for people to give workshops, present things they're
working on, etc.
>From the wiki <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Today_We_Learned>:
Hi everyone! We're trying out a new experiment in co-learning.
*two hours of time*
Every Saturday from 2PM to 4PM (but really till whenever) in the common
area of Sudo Room.
*to learn together*
We get to figure out what that means. What's most useful to us? What do we
want to learn? What do we want to share? How do we want to do this?
*with minimal, optional coordination beforehand*
https://pad.riseup.net/p/twl
This pad has the next TWL's date and a bunch of empty space. Share what
you're planning on working on; what you'd like to learn; if you'd like to
sign up to do a workshop, do it here; if you want to give a lightning talk
about some new thing you're working on/learning, post it here (you can even
post a time...like, "I'll be giving a short talk on some new things I've
been working on at 3PM").
We'll fill up the pad throughout the week and we'll clear it out after that
week's session so that we have a nice, fresh sheet for the following week.
You can share the pad with others to invite them to your workshop or to
work on a topic together (for example, you can post that you'll be learning
python <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_%28programming_language%29>and
then send this to everyone you know to say "hey! i'll be learning
python! if you want to work on python together, come join me!").
come tomorrow for the first one & add what you want to learn/plan to work
on on the pad: https://pad.riseup.net/p/twl!
- Marina
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From: George <travology(a)mindspring.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 17:46:10 -0700
Subject: Fw: [Long Now Members] Manual for Civilization
To: Matthew Senate <mattsenate(a)gmail.com>
----- Original Message -----
From: Alexander Rose
To: members(a)list.longnow.org
Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2013 10:57 AM
Subject: [Long Now Members] Manual for Civilization
Long Now Members,
Please help us find the most useful books in the world...
We have begun an effort to populate our upcoming book collection for
the Salon called The Manual for Civilization. This will be the 3500
books you would most want if you had to restart civilization.
So.. If you were stranded on a desert island, what books will YOU
pick? Come on, be honest (and selective).
Behold the ONE TRUE GOOGLE FORM. We have made strides to make it as
easy as possible to make submissions. Our main identifier is an
Amazon URL which will later be parsed by a massive child labor force
in a secret underground bunker into things like ISBN and book size
etc.
But right now we are trying to grow the list as broad as possible with
amazing selections. Dont get too hung up on details or categories,
just make good submissions. There will be a later vetting process
that will be more fun that playing "Hot or Not" in 01998.
Ready, set, go..! (dont forget to bookmark this page so you can come
back to it as you think of more books later)
--
Alexander Rose
Long Now executive director
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Dear friends from other organizations,
We just wanted to give you a brief update on what we've been doing,
hopefully you can pass it along to your respective organizations. The
resolution project is in slow motion, as is the shareholder proposal
project. There is a Rally Against Mass Surveillance in DC on October 26th,
and we are raising money to send Bay Area residents to the rally by train,
https://www.wepay.com/donations/restore-the-fourth-sf-bay-area-1026-rally-f…
Our checking account is with the Internet Archive's credit union, which we
think is really cool!
We're not able to give a location for the local 10/26 activities just yet,
but we know it will be from 9 am to 12 pm.
Two other upcoming privacy events: Sudoroom's monthly cryptoparty is on Oct
20th
https://sudoroom.org/ai1ec_event/cryptoparty-a-digital-security-privacy-wor…
we will be presenting at the Aaron Swartz Hackathon Nov 8-10.
http://aaronswartzhackathon.org/
Best,
Alice
Legal Advisor
Restore the Fourth SF Bay Area
http://www.restorethefourthsf.com/
there are only four of us here, for the weekly meeting.
we had an initial vote on whether or not we should have a minimum of 10 people in order to make an official meeting; and that we call it a sudo-minyan.
the result of the vote was 2 votes yes, 2 abstentions.
sent from eddan.com
Is Sudo Room planning a booth a East Bay Mini Maker Faire, weekend after
next? If so - any idea where you'll be located?
The EBMMF is much smaller, more intimate, and has much more of a community
feel than the giant San Mateo Maker Faire. Typically lots more families as
well. Different atmosphere, but just as much creative fun - strongly
recommended!
We'll have a booth for Counter Culture Labs (I did a booth for BioCurious
the past two years). Use code CCLAB for a 15% discount off you ticket. Last
year, we were in the same room as Ace Monster Toys, Tekla Labs, and Hacker
Moms - great neighbors!
Patrik
November 15 is the date of the main even that we need a space for. There are other events in October.
Yall should come on the tour de ferment if you got bikes.
Patrick