I just got back from Argentina and.
Is there a quick summary of what’s going on? I cannot make it this Tuesday because I have to go to a Noisebridge meetup to ask for collaboration with another engineering group.
Is there a Wednesday meeting after 7:45pm
The idea to form an LLC which could represent a coalition of individual
sub-lenders to bail out Omni Commons has been suggested by several people.
This would make it possible for people to lend an amount less than the total
$876K that we need (but not less than $10,000 lets say) to be a co-lender to
provide a new mortgage for Omni Commons to keep the building.
The LLC would be formed to represent the lenders in a way that they would be
paid back (with interest) according to the portion of the loan they put in,
and in case the Omni failed to pay its mortgage, the LLC would liquidate the
building to pay back the lenders. Or the members of the LLC could agree on an
alternate plan, and buy out anyone who didn't agree to the alternate plan.
If anyone is interested in helping CREATE this legal structure please let me
know.
In the meantime though I still think our best bet to keep the Omni is to find
a single lender willing to give us a bridge loan right now.
-jake
*People's Programs submitted a proposal to take over Omni Commons with
their authoritarian group as the leaders of the New Omni Commons.*
People's Programs has deep connections with Community Liberation Programs
(CLP), as they share very similar politics and end goals, with this
specific posted written by *Rafiq Ali of CLP* on the topic of *supporting
Iran against all enemies* foreign and domestic (the current Iranian state
regime as the model that People's Programs and Community Liberation
Programs both support):
https://medium.com/@PeoplesPrograms/the-legacy-of-the-iranian-revolution-
2c7de74b3df8 (CLP article published on People's Programs site)
*The leaders of People's Programs are Abbas Muntaqim and Delency Parham.*
Here is some interesting background info on this group:
Abbas and Delency are strongly connected to pro-Iran and pro-Russia
propaganda.
*Abbas Muntaqim works for PressTV, the English language arm of Iran state
propaganda.*
https://medium.com/@PeoplesPrograms
"He is also a host and producer for Press TV."
https://www.famsf.org/events/tales-of-the-town-film-screening-art-exhibit
*(description
mentions that Abbas Muntaqim works for PressTV, propaganda channel of the
Iran dictatorship)*
-----
*Abbas Muntaqim, leader of People's Programs, posts from a
pro-Russia/pro-Putin perspective (Putinist Russia as allies of the Iranian
dictatorship.)*
*Abbas views Ukraine as a Nazi Fascist country that is attacking Russia and
that Ukraine needs to be "liberated" by Russia.*
*This post by Abbas puts forth the argument that** anarchists are working
with neo-nazis and Al-Qaeda to attack Russia...:*
https://twitter.com/Abbas_Muntaqim/status/1504853626426036226
[image: image.png]
*People's Programs, in alliance with Community Liberation Programs as
comrades, will quickly remove all groups at Omni Commons that do not submit
to their authoritarian patriarchal leadership to bring in groups completely
loyal to their Marxist/Stalinist/Maoist model of hierarchy and unquestioned
subservience, also known as "Democratic" Centralism
<https://www.britannica.com/money/topic/democratic-centralism> !*
Lua
*Please spread this on any other Omni Commons communication platforms to
have a collective of collectives conversation on this important issue !*
here's what the HackerDojo newsletter looks like. It's nice!
https://hacker-dojo.ck.page/posts/hacker-dojo-newsletter-december11th-2023-…
We should try making one too right? I guess I should try ...
I'm going to the Noisebridge meeting tuesday night (tomorrow Dec 12). I'll
mention our mortgage issues!
*Romy Mimi Ilano*
*romy.ilano(a)gmail.com <romy.ilano(a)gmail.com>*
Counterculture Labs is asking for one of their lab benches back. Those are
the tables with the shelf above them, we have ten of them.
We have to give them at least one, but we could give them two... And then
get this 4x8 sturdy work table. Is anyone interested in making that happen?
"This well built and solid table needs to find a new home. It is on the
street on 26th between Magnolia and Adeline. This is a 4’x8’ table."
our mailing list system (postorius) is having problems... we're not sure what
it is but it looks like some spammer is entering random addresses into the
"join this mailing list" field and then our system is trying to email a
confirmation to those addresses.
Anyone want to log in and take a look at it, try to figure out what's going
on, and figure out a way to fix it? We might need to add a CAPTCHA or at
least a checkbox or some sort of puzzle so that people can't just
automatically enter email addresses in and have us email them.
-jake
I don't know why Andrew is trying to remove 72 square feet of space from
Sudoroom while there are plenty of rooms and spaces at Omni which would be
great for storage, and are being totally unused (several areas downstairs)
But I would like for our delegate to oppose selling off any of Sudoroom's
space. I do think it would be great for Omni to rent space to the Oakland
Tool Lending Library for $700 per month in an unused part of the building.
I think there are plenty of things people have been doing to make Sudoroom
nicer and more welcoming, and there's plenty more that we could be doing, and
people should come in and get involved.
I don't like how Andrew's words about Omni and Sudoroom sound a bit like the
group that we had to remove, who wanted to "revolutionize" the space to be
what they thought it should be, without input from anyone else.
I do like the idea of partnering with the Tool Library in terms of workshops
and skill sharing, and connecting to their broader network of people though.
This also reminds me of when someone else suggested moving Sudoroom into the
basement and claimed that we hadn't been paying our rent (we were actually
fully paid up and paid ahead a bit at the time)
-jake
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2023 14:32:56 -0800
From: Andrew R Gross <arg5029(a)gmail.com>
To: consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org, finance(a)lists.omnicommons.org
Subject: Re: [omni-consensus] Financial Report
I went to a meeting of the Oakland tool library a few months ago, and
they've got a somewhat inverted situation to us: they have a lot of money
that they're not sure how to use.
They're located out of the Piedmont branch of the Oakland public libraries,
just up the street from us, and they rent a storage locker about a half
mile south of Omni.
I asked, and they spend about $700 a month on a locker where they store
tools that they then drive by pickup truck up to the library twice a month
for a tool sale. They know Omni and Sudo through Peter Mui, but not that
well, but they said that they'd just as soon give us the money as the
storage locker business. If we set up a storage space on the ground floor
in Sudo Room, we could convert around 12 x 6 feet of floor space into $700
a month.
Additionally, they're pretty well organized, but they don't have a lot of
volunteers. If we partnered with them and cleaned up Sudo room, we could
start running fixit workshops and tool-use classes and things, which could
bring in revenue and members for Sudo Room. Overall, I think they have a
much better culture of Sudo Room, and could help connect us to a broader
network of people who share our mission but may not fall into the
traditional demographics we're connected with.
I really burned out of Sudo Room and Omni, but I'd like to come back in
2024 if I'm part of a functioning team, focused on genuinely reforming
Omni, starting with Sudo Room. It's a huge space that isn't well utilized
or welcoming to new members. I still believe a well-organized group of
about five people could change that, and create virtuous cycle that could
turn a lot of things around.
*Andrew R Gross, (he/him)*
412.657.5332 - shrad.org <http://www.shrad.org>
Hi all,
If anyone is looking for workshop space, we have some spots open at our
place in West Oakland, right by the West Oakland Bart.
Nice shipping containers with electrical and roll-up doors. $350-500
depending on the size, utilities included. 24/7 access, bathroom, internet,
gated yard.
A small group of fabricators, makers, engineers, artists, and other
businesses co-work in this space. The space can accommodate electronics
projects, metal work, woodworking, arts projects, etc.
Not a live-work space.
We have a range of different options available so come on by to check it
out and we can discuss your needs. Some pictures attached.
Get in touch if you're interested, we look forward to hearing from you!
Tell us a little about yourself and the projects you are working on.
- Alessandra
Hi Sudo Room,
A friend of mine with a small woodshop in the area is looking to move
places, and is interested in joining me in making another shared makerspace
in Omni, with a focus on woodworking.
I don't know if the delegates will vote on the proposal this week, but if
so, that will be before the Sudo Room monthly meeting. I would appreciate
comments and questions about the idea now, ideally so that Sudo Room could
make a vote by Thursday. I will be around today and tomorrow but welcome
comments on the google doc or over email.
Thanks,
Paige
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Paige P <pgeplan(a)gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Nov 27, 2023, 9:38 AM
Subject: Woodshop Proposal
To: consensus <consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org>
Cc: Klea Bajala <kleajb(a)gmail.com>
Hi,
This is proposal for creating a woodshop in the Omni (as a project or
tenant):
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-KbFCJnFfS9wCaGCentj8Ie5fCpdBgfHeQ9Ba9V….
It is still a working document but I hope the information here is
sufficient for the delegates and collectives to understand our aims.
Thank you,
Paige
we need a volunteer to help administer the front door access control system.
Someone comfortable with shell commands and vim and ssh, please speak up!
extra bonus if someone is available to help with cgi scripts for basic html
stuff, in order to make a way for nontechnical people of omni (who have
password access) to approve card access.
we can collaborate on this of course but i need someone to take over the basic
responses to the keycard requests now.
-jake
Hello Everyone!
Events working group is organizing a fundraiser on January 20th. An Omni
Commons Winter Maker Fair. We encourage all collectives to participate and
for folks to spread the sign up sheet to all artists! There will be space
for vending , performing, leading workshops and more! If you would like to
join the organizing committee let us know!
WINTER MAKER FAIR SIGN UP FORM!
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc3xM1LTMXlDpsAiNTABKP4DnXf5bmk2FQ…>
Hi Sudoers:
See below: Sodoroom member Thomas Lopes also runs the Raspberry Pi
interest group of the Berkeley Linux Users Group, he'll be holding their
meeting from 11am-2pm at Sudoroom, it'd be great to have a bunch of
veteran Sudoers present to hang out, help him host and welcome newcomers.
Thomas also knows how to flash the locked Dell Chromebooks so if you
wanted to unlock some more Chromebooks tomorrow would be a good day as
he's around. (We could use some more to hand out as general purpose
laptops.)
Cheers, -Peter
--------- Forwarded message ---------
From: tom r lopes <Unknown>
Date: Friday, November 17, 2023 at 9:17:40 AM UTC-8
Subject: Pi.BerkeleyLUG: Next meeting this Sunday 19.11.2023
To: BerkeleyLUG <Unknown>
Now with Pi 5!
I still have one Pi 5 8gb from the launch event last month and a 4gb
that I pre ordered from the announcement.
The launch event went pretty well. People were interested in how the 5
would work in their projects. And one 8gb Pi 5 was given out (and a
couple of 4s).
Sorry no giveaways this time.
So at SudoRoom in Sunday November 19 from 11 am to 2pm. There is a
buzzer at the door or call or txt me at 510-984-2455 for access.
I'll be 3d printing some parts and looking at Sudo's little metal lathe.
Alan had been checking out the lathe and we have gotten some parts but
there is still some things to check.
Hope to see you there.
Thomas
https://youtube.com/@sudoroomhackerspace
I did the deed!
You can post images and polls etc on the youTube channel too fyi. WIll try
to recopy the blog posts. If anyone wants to post anything on there just
holler.
=============================
Romy Ilano
romy(a)snowyla.com
Hey Sudo Room, what do you think about this statement that was posted to
consensus? The last two paragraphs were taken out by another editor but I
prefer them left in.
Solidarity for Palestinian Liberation
We at Omni Commons demand an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, an
end to the murder and genocide of Gazans, and all forms of apartheid,
occupation and ethnic or religious supremacy. We demand full human rights
for all people, including the right of return for Palestinians.
Israel allows Jews from anywhere in the world to move there, and become
full citizens. They give free plane rides and ten-day tours to young Jews
age 18-25, full of Zionist propaganda. This trip is called “Birthright
Israel” - it preys on ignorant and vulnerable Jewish youth by recruiting
them for Israel’s settler colonial project. Young people who fall for this
recruitment are then drafted into Israel’s occupation army. Even as war
rages, Birthright is shamelessly continuing with all their Winter trips.
Meanwhile, Palestinians’ freedom of movement has been restricted since the
1948 war, when Zionist terrorism drove hundreds of thousands to flee their
homes. Many of these families, now millions of people, still live in
refugee camps in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and the West Bank. The largest is
Gaza, with almost 2 million refugees. Some elders still carry the keys to
houses they left 75 years ago. If Israel was willing to recognize THEIR
birthright, we’d have had peace 30 years ago. Time and again, Israel walked
away from peace talks over this very issue. Instead, many Palestinians'
property was simply given to Jewish immigrants, with no consent or
compensation. This is stolen land.
Jews have always been the minority in Palestine. It was true in 1923, it’s
true in 2023. Israel maintains the illusion of a Jewish “majority” only by
brutal suppression of Palestinian human rights. This is Zionism! All human
rights should be respected, including Jews, but no government built on
minority rule has any right to exist.
We do not welcome Zionism at the Omni Commons. We are critical of anybody
who accepted Birthright trips to apartheid Israel in their youth, including
among our own organizers - but we also recognize that people can learn,
grow and change. Peace and justice require us to forgive people for their
mistakes.
We acknowledge that a stand for Palestine has to be a stand against
imperialism as a whole.
Biden is sending billions of dollars to fund Israeli settler colonial
projects to massacre the Palestinians while millions of us struggle to
survive here on the streets.
We believe in abolition. The abolition of open air prisons, caging
indigenous Palestinians genocide. The abolition of the Zionist state. The
abolition of US imperialism and greed for profit.
Liberation must be fought for. We must fight to make each other free.
There's an entire slack channel on Women Who Code of women from Latin
America learning English through programming chats. I'm learning Spanish
(Argentinian but Mexico is cool too)
I mentioned this for Women & NonBinary nights... but would it be cool to
suggest for SudoRoom in general?
I am travelling to Buenos Aires at the end of the month and won't be able
to be in a lot of the mondays and Tuesdays in November. I think this would
be a cool initiative though - help SudoRoom's wings spread!
=============================
Romy Ilano
romy(a)snowyla.com
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2023 21:21:40 -0700
From: Dana S. <dsniezko(a)gmail.com> To: info(a)sudoroom.org
Hey Sudo Room,
I'd like to invite you to join a meetup and mailing list for Bay Area arts
co-ops and makerspaces. We're trying to gather organizers from Bay Area
makerspaces to build connections, share what's working and where we are
struggling, and figure out how we might collaborate across spaces!
Here's the link:
https://groups.google.com/g/bay-area-makerspaces-arts-coops/about
We had a casual chat this month in SF with representatives from Syzygy,
Noisebridge, Maker Farm, the Box Shop, and Double Union in attendance.
We're planning to do another one in early November, this time in the East
Bay!
The current meetup plan is for November 9, 6-8pm at Temescal Brewery, 4115
Telegraph Ave (near MacArthur Bart).
- D
last night I played with the Sparcstation 5 that Phil got working, and tried
to get it on The Internet
it's plugged into ethernet, and i wanted to get it an IP address and all
that...but first i had to figure out why it didn't have a MAC address. Its
ethernet port is "le0" (in linux we're used to eth0) and something online said
do this:
# ifconfig le0 plumb
but then its MAC address was 0:0:0:0:0:0 which was not gonna work. Trying to
set it from ifconfig like this didn't work:
# ifconfig le0 hw ether 1:2:3:4:5:6
bad address
so I had to reboot and type a bunch of stuff into the "ok" prompt it boots up
to, like it says here
https://gist.github.com/amdprophet/e010803d581d676003a90ba36da8a269
after a reboot it started saying the MAC address I entered upon boot (before
the "ok" prompt) and actually it was trying to network boot, or access
something on the network - i had to press STOP and A to interrupt that, and
get the "ok" prompt, where i typed "boot disk" to boot up from disk.
Then I set the IP address and gateway route manually and was able to ping and
telnet sites by IP address, on the internet!!!! but DNS didn't work.
I put this in /etc/resolv.conf:
domain jackpumpkin
nameserver 8.8.8.8
nameserver 8.8.4.4
and then nslookup worked! But other commands line ping and telnet and the web
browser still couldn't resolve DNS names. I went home, but Marc says:
what does /etc/nsswitch.conf say?
You might have to do: cp /etc/nsswitch.dns /etc/nsswitch.conf
if the .conf does not exist
Apparently this OS ships with a bunch of example config files with different
extensions instead of .conf, and you copy the one you want to .conf and then
edit to your liking. That's probably how we should set up the networking,
rather than typing ifconfig commands each time.
also don't forget to run "bash" in the terminal so you're not stuck in an
annoying minimalist shell
here's the wiki page i made - if you don't have an account, request one!
https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Sparcstation#sparcstation_5
-jake
https://www.meetup.com/sudoroom/events/296830134/
I can't make it to this event tonight - can other people make it to this
meetup or edit it? for hadrware hack night?
We made it so more people could also edi the Omni meetup.com -
=============================
Romy Ilano
romy(a)snowyla.com
I mentioned in the sudoroom meeting last night that Omni is basically out of
money - we had a huge drop in events bookings because of the boycott (and our
non-response to it) and that was about 50% of our income. We also lost a
couple of tenants and have made zero progress getting new tenants.
(For context, TANC and their fellow printshop collective proposed joining us in
June, and if CLP had not blocked them we would have had another two tenants
with $1300/mo more income per month. CLP never paid us anything)
Did you know that Omni has a bunch of rooms available for rent? I think the
groups are preferred to be nonprofit (we can offer 501(c)3 umbrella financial
sponsorship!) but we'll take what we can get.
The sooner we get rooms filled - not only will it be money we can pay bills
with, but also it will look better on paper as we're trying to find a new
lender, as our present mortgage holder's agreement ends in DECEMBER and they
can foreclose on us if we don't have a new lender (or $900K)
-jake
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2023 16:43:12 -0700
From: Sarah Lockhart <sarah.ee.el(a)gmail.com>
To: consensus <consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org>
Subject: [omni-consensus] Urgent - Hellman Grant Reallocation Issue for
Consensus - Part 1: $ for Gen Ops
Hi there -- as I've mentioned in quite a few communications recently, Omni
is in dire need of funds for general operating expenses: mortgage,
utilities, insurance. I am humbly proposing that Omni re-allocate $7000 of
grant money so that Omni can pay its bills this month. See spreadsheet for
details
<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15qDtnI8P8d3kcuOb_4ZCqNZTVelKTl7I9yd…>
*The Version That Takes Up More Space*
Omni is currently sitting on about $35k of grant money restricted for
"Capacity Building". This money is in the Unify CU Savings Account. I am
hoping that Omni can decide to allocate more of the grant to reimburse the
general ops account for expenses that weren't paid out of the grant money,
but would still be considered Capacity Building expenses.
If Omni were to do the legwork and liquidate the savings accounts at other
banks (Self Help CU and Beneficial) -- that would free up about $6000.
However, Omni is also looking at having to pay approximately $20k in
property taxes in December. I would advise holding these other funds that
are in other banks at least until then.
Here is the spreadsheet showing the current state of grant funds and
allocations
<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15qDtnI8P8d3kcuOb_4ZCqNZTVelKTl7I9yd…>,
which has a column for what has already been paid out, and another column
for what contractors have billed Omni for but have not been paid yet. This
should be considered as "spent" in my humble opinion. The spreadsheet
also includes a bit at the bottom showing the detailed expenses the grant
could be "re-allocated to cover" - which would thus mean putting more money
into the general ops account to be used to pay general operating expenses.
When the $50k grant was received, it was understood (by Omni and the
funder) that some of the expenses the grant would cover had already been
paid out of general funds.
When Omni approved the grant budget this summer, there were a number of
expenses that grant money was allocated to which had already been paid.
Thus the money was "returned to the general fund" to "reimburse" the
general ops account.
Respectfully submitted,
Sarah L
Hi everyone,
Tonight is a sudo room meeting 8PM (
https://meet.waag.org/turtlesturtlesturtles or in o person) and tomorrow
night 7PM is an Omni delegates meeting (hybrid...ask for link). Jems is our
current delegate now.
Lots to talk about, but one better with some preparation is the collective
statement discussion.
Could people read them (or just the most recent one) and share some
comments and ideas about how we can put these goals to action?
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EvFSEvPpY1cCKHKLK1Pqh7f0_hs1NxNlp1_sNPl…
Paige
Hi:
Just a friendly reminder of tomorrow’s informal Fixit Clinic at the new
South San Francisco Library grand opening: this looks like it’s going to
be a really fun event so bring your friends and family e.g. see the two
bands playing:
https://www.ssf.net/departments/parks-recreation/library-parks-and-recreati…
WHAT: New South San Francisco Library Grand Opening
WHEN: Saturday Oct 28 anytime between 11:30AM and 3PM
WHERE: 901 Civic Campus Way, South San Francisco
https://www.ssf.net/departments/parks-recreation/library-parks-and-recreati…
We hope to have regular repair programming at this Library soon but
Saturday is more of a festive demonstration day and housewarming for the
Library’s beautiful new Makerspace.
There’s no need to commit to the whole day: just stop by when you can to
enjoy the festivities, hang out with other Fixit Coaches, check out the
new Library and help Makerspace Librarians Devin, Miriam Hart and Monte
Gordon recruit more local Fixit Coaches.
You don’t need to bring any tools – they’ve got some tools and sewing
machines already – but feel free to bring something you want to take
apart or sew as a demonstration. We might end up doing a few repairs if
local people go home and bring things back. (And bonus points for
wearing a Halloween costume (wink.))
The new Library is a pleasant 3/4 mile walk (or bike) along the Colma
Creek Centennial Way Trail from the South San Francisco BART if you want
to take public transit. See other options here:
https://www.ssf.net/departments/parks-recreation/library-parks-and-recreati…
Hope to see you there! -Peter
Peter Mui @ Fixit Clinic
www.fixitclinic.org – Fortifying exuberant, resilient communities
through do-it-together fix-n-learn disassembly and discovery
+1 408 647 5790
fixitclinic(a)gmail.com
P.S.: And don’t forget our Fixit Clinic next Saturday at Pescadero
Elementary School: sign up to Fixit Coach at
http://bit.ly/inpersoncoachsignup
WHAT: Fixit Clinic MVI (1006) Pescadero Elementary School
WHEN: Saturday, Nov 4, 11AM-2PM
WHERE: Pescadero Elementary School 620 North Street Pescadero, CA 94060
https://www.facebook.com/events/997718654780160/
Hi Sudoers:
Cross-posted from the #consensus channel in the Omni slack:
*
Susan Silber
11:06 PM
Hi all - friendly reminder about fundraising meeting on Wed. eve, 8-9:30
pm. I will be handing over the work I have done over the past few months
and making some suggestions for next steps. Here is the zoom info:
11:06
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2261744247?pwd=MU9nTWMyYU1aYTg5Y01ZdUs3cUR2QT09
Meeting ID: 226 174 4247
Passcode: B3Lv1s
*
Cross posted from the #fundraising channel in the Omni slack:
Susan Silber
11:07 PM
Fundraising meeting on Wed. 8-9:30 pm. I hope ya'll can make it!
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2261744247?pwd=MU9nTWMyYU1aYTg5Y01ZdUs3cUR2QT09
Meeting ID: 226 174 4247
Passcode: B3Lv1s
Susan says everyone is welcome.
Cheers, -Peter
Dear Sudoroom,
Today I voted in behalf of Sudoroom in favor of the MOP proposal, and they are
now a member collective of Omni Commons. I emailed about them on April 20th
but didn't hear anything back, so I hope everyone is okay with that decision.
Today a proposal was introduced for a new committee to be formed at Omni
Commons to value and protect the safety and interests of BIPOC/Non-Men.
this is the original proposal in PDF form:
https://omnicommons.org/pipermail/consensus/attachments/20220505/ab900701/a…
this is an editable "cryptpad" and
we are requested to "please leave comments in red"
https://cryptpad.fr/pad/#/2/pad/edit/6IhZqwyXxN6CrEvtiljmnqTa/
actually this is a cryptpad copy of their document just for sudoroom, and I
will forward our discussion to Rafiq to integrate our input.
Other collectives are asking questions too, so if you want to be more engaged
in the discussion, please join the [omni-consensus] list! But definitely make
discussion here in the sudoroom list and get engaged.
If Sudoroom members have concerns or objections, we need to communicate them
promptly and work toward agreeable amedments. It is not an option to simply
reject the proposal, but rather if you have specific concerns then we need to
work with each other to address those concerns and come up with something
agreeable.
-jake
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Yardena Cohen <yardenack(a)gmail.com>
Hey all, I'm boosting this email with a new subject line so that it's
clear to readers - this contains an important new proposal!!!
Brief summary: this proposal forms a congress of BIPOC and non-men
from all Omni's groups, who then elect a small committee which has its
own seat on the board, its own delegate, and a few specific powers
related to addressing racism and sexism. This is an important step
towards making omni representative and accountable! This finally
begins to put our Statement of Solidarity into action!
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: rafiq.ali <rafiq.ali(a)protonmail.com>
Date: Thu, May 5, 2022 at 12:16 PM
To: <consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org>
I added a little note at the beginning on our proposal and the events
from 2 weeks ago. Happy to provide a short statement. In general, I
appreciate the apologies made and think this can be a growing
opportunity to forge a stronger collective. If it's possible, we can
open discussion on the proposal this week if enough delegates have had
a chance to review with the idea of approving at the next delegate
meeting (or worst case, the one after).
As mentioned earlier, we are proposing the creation of a safe space
Committee (see attached). We appreciate and accept all
feedback/comments/concerns.
In struggle,
Rafiq
CLP
Alan was asking about a live center for the lathe in sudoroom. Today my
friend Rab was visiting from Austin and immediately recognized a lot of things
about our lathe.
I created a wiki page for that lathe:
https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Emco_Compact_5_Lathe
-jake
A few years ago I used SSB and Manyverse to chat with cool people
interested in new ways of looking at how humans communicate.
All my social links (it’s a “social network”, you can’t use it if you don’t
know anyone on it) have gone stale and I’m no longer on the network.
If anyone here is active, I’d like to reconnect
Hi Sudoers:
See below: can someone help Diana as below with her Linux box? Feel
free to email her directly.
If I invite her to come to sudoroom Tuesday night: will you be there? (I
think she lives near SF Chinatown.)
Many thanks for any reply, -Peter
-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject: can someone update Google Chrome on a Linux box?
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2023 23:46:43 +0000
From: Diana Greer <Diana.Greer(a)protonmail.com>
To: Fixit Clinic <fixitclinic(a)gmail.com>
can someone update Google Chrome on a Linux box?
Hello FixIt Clinic Community,
It seems simple but when I do the steps (listed below) nothing happens.
Aside from the constant notification that Google Chrome needs updating,
the pc continues to work fine.
I will bring the pc to you. I am not very interested in doing this
remotely but you can try to convince me if you want to - I am open to
change my mind.
update Google Chrome on Ubuntu 20.04 when the installation is done
through the .deb file:
1.
Open Software Updater. Select and install the available Google
Chrome update.
2.
Through Terminal. Type sudo apt-get update and then sudo apt-get
--only-upgrade install google-chrome-stable.
Warmly,
Diana Greer
Hi Sudo Room,
This is a collective statement addressing the CLP boycott, written today
after discussion in this last Thursday delegates meeting. If you are
interested in reading the many previous drafts over the last few weeks, I
can point you where those are, and encourage you to join the omni consensus
email where there is more discussion. We hope to make this public Tuesday
morning (we've talked about sending it to people who rent Omni, but also
may be put on the website? I'm not sure).
Dear neighbors,
We've been accused of racism - sadly, this has some merit. For nine years
omni has tried to include, support and empower communities of color - and
often failed. This has led to continued white dominance. We want nothing
more than to end this feedback loop, repair this harm, and be a project
where all people can take collective ownership of this building and its
resources. We are actively seeking accountability processes with those
who've been directly harmed at omni.
Nonetheless, there are still QTBIPOC and mutual aid groups doing important
work at omni, as there always have been. This is the core of what we want
omni to be, and the movement to improve omni should be led by people who’ve
been doing it all along. We urge the community to stand behind our most
vulnerable members. We are determined for this to be a safe space, so that
QTBIPOC-centered projects can grow and thrive here.
We're also accused of zionism - this we strongly deny. Try to find anybody
here to say anything nice about Israel - you'll have a hard time. While
some of us may have been complicit with apartheid in the past - because its
institutions prey on young Jews especially - all our feelings today range
from deeply critical to abolitionist. We want to embrace and center
Palestinian community, and welcome accountability to that end. We're now
collectively studying the steps to formally comply with BDS and become an
"apartheid free zone".
Some of these accusations were made by a former member collective. We
removed them because their behaviors were causing great harm, actively
driving away members of color. Their public "boycott" was a campaign of
retaliation, harassment, doxxing and lies. Even so, it has brought
attention to our very real mistakes. We wish to focus on those, and center
the majority of our community's concerns - without engaging directly with
this former group, because the harm is just too fresh.
We've taken this opportunity to give long time volunteers a break. Almost
all our groups have new delegates. None of the people mentioned in the call
outs have any formal power, and all of them are stepping back from decision
making roles, to focus on passing institutional memory to new people.
Meanwhile, we have a few vacant rooms - we'd love to share ownership with
more queer, trans, Black and indigenous led groups! Please contact us if
you'd like to help build an anti racist, anti zionist future at Omni
Commons.
happening nowish (1pm) if anyone wants to join
(text copied from omni slack message from natalie/ sketchboard collective
delegate)
we are constructing + finalizing the accountability statement (virtually)
thru the meeting link at 1pm tomorrow: it will take about a few hours, 2-3
at least. @yar + @Paige + myself will be there, and we welcome anyone else
who would like to help finish it in an intentional setting.
https://meet.google.com/qvr-oeqe-uqa
Hi Sudoers,
I hang out at Sudo Room, and I also volunteer with Berkeley NEED, a harm
reduction program. Through NEED, someone heard that we have free laptops
and requested one. Do we have laptops that are ready to hand out?
Thanks,
--Elaine
This member collective wants to join omni. I have worked a bit with Natalie
and trust them and Sketchboard is a great event
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Natalie G. <admin(a)sketchboardco.art>
Date: Fri, Sep 22, 2023 at 3:06 PM
Subject: [omni-discuss] Delegate Application: Sketchboard Co.
To: <consensus(a)omnicommons.org>, <discuss(a)omnicommons.org>
Hello!
- *What do you do that makes a difference in the world?*
At Sketchboard, our mission is to actively resist cultural homogenization
in San Francisco during times of economic uncertainty by fostering an
anticapitalist, intergenerational, and accessible artistic community. We
strive to create a space where diverse voices, perspectives, and artistic
expressions flourish, challenging the dominant narratives and structures
that threaten the vitality and diversity of our city.
We believe that during a recession, cultural preservation becomes even more
crucial as economic pressures often prioritize profit-driven ventures that
erode the unique fabric of San Francisco. Through our initiatives, we aim
to combat the forces of gentrification and commercialization that
contribute to cultural homogeneity.
We are dedicated to promoting an anticapitalist ethos, rejecting the
commodification of art and artists. By prioritizing artistic integrity over
financial gain, we foster an environment where creativity and personal
expression are valued above market demands. Our goal is to provide artists
with a platform to freely explore their artistic visions without
compromising their artistic integrity or conforming to mainstream
expectations.
Intergenerational collaboration lies at the heart of our community. We
believe in the power of bridging generational gaps and fostering meaningful
connections between emerging artists, seasoned practitioners, and
established figures. By encouraging dialogue, mentorship, and knowledge
sharing across age groups, we foster a rich tapestry of artistic
experiences and perspectives, ensuring the preservation of traditional
practices while embracing innovative approaches.
Accessibility is a cornerstone of our organization. We are committed to
breaking down barriers that prevent marginalized communities from accessing
and participating in the arts. By creating inclusive spaces, providing
affordable or free opportunities, and actively seeking out diverse voices,
we ensure that everyone, regardless of socioeconomic status, race, gender,
or ability, can engage with and contribute to our community.
Through these core principles of anticapitalism, intergenerational
collaboration, and accessibility, Sketchboard serves as a beacon of hope
and resistance against cultural homogenization. We strive to be a catalyst
for change, fostering a vibrant and diverse artistic landscape that
celebrates the unique identity and cultural heritage of San Francisco.
- *Briefly recap your history as an organization.*
Started in 2013 between 2 femme identifying individuals, and later, the
baton was passed onto Natalie and Alida. 2023 is the first year with more
than 2 organizers on the team.
- *How do you make decisions? How many people are involved?*
We make decisions democratically, between 3 organizers: Natalie, Alida, and
Ben.
- *Please include links to any organizing documents you may have:
bylaws, mission statement, etc.*
Our mission statement: Sketchboard serves as a creative act of resistance
against cultural homogenization. Born from a shared, community-driven
interest in creating art with both friends and strangers, creating
community and supporting the artistic culture of San Francisco, Sketchboard
is the only known workshop series in the Bay Area reflecting the full
vibrancy of San Francisco, featuring the bodies of people existing at the
intersection of multiple identities, including those who are BIPOC, Queer,
Trans, Intersex, and Disabled. Celebrating diversity and offering
living-wage rates, Sketchboard seeks to honor, uplift, and increase
visibility for people from traditionally marginalized communities. (currently
working on bylaws as we transition to a 501c3/c7)
- *State your goals for becoming an Omni member collective. How would
your presence in the Omni contribute to its purpose and Statement of
Solidarity?*
Our goals as an Omni member collective is to spearhead more visual arts
workshops and classes within the space, and join BOGGS to ensure diversity
within Omni. Our presence contributes to the purpose and statement of Omni,
as we center the perspectives and experiences of poor, BIPOC, women, and
transgender individuals - who have been marginalized from capitalism's
chokehold.
- *What dedicated space do you need? What will you do in it? (For
example: office, work space, etc)*
We would just need space to store our art supplies, which would include 1-2
portable platforms for our models, which would be made and manageable on
wheels. It would be used once a month (said DIY platform). And to have a
plastic storage full of our art supplies, which wouldn't be any bigger than
a 20 quart flat bin. Possibly some horse chairs included, no more than 4.
- *What shared space do you need? What will you do with it?*
N/A
- *Will you need to modify the building? (Include floor plans if that
makes your proposal clearer.)*
N/A
- *How much are you able to pay?*
From our conversation with Silver, we are able to pay $465 for weekly use
of the disco room, and monthly use of the ballroom. We would use the space
every First Sundays from 2-5pm, and Second to Last Thursdays of every
month, between 630-830pm. Each event requires 30 minutes of set up before
and clean up after.
-
*(Budget, balance sheet, P & L), size, incorporation status, space needs,
and reach an agreement with you about your financial contribution and legal
relationship to Omni Commons. *
Our incorporation status is currently an LLC, S-Corp, with Natalie Gvidia
as the sole owner. We are willing to be fiscally sponsored by Omni, as it
would help us reach our goal to become a nonprofit within the next 2 years.
Willing to discuss further about the legal relationship to Omni and
Sketchboard.
- *If you need to make modifications to the building, Finance may ask
you to get preliminary inspections, consult with the Building Working
Group, or provide other information to determine if the changes are
possible and advisable.*
N/A
Looking forward to the next delegation meeting and securing ourselves with
y'all.
*Warmly*;
Sketchboard Co.
@sketchboard.co | www.sketchboardco.art
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Hi, it seems like the omni president title I took continues to be mistaken
for a point of power in decision making. Also this is a lot to take on
right now for me, and ideally we would be rotating delegates. Could someone
else volunteer as the SR delegate next meeting? I can help as best I can
and by getting input from other members on how we should vote. I also plan
to attend the meeting. The meeting will be on Thursday, in person with a
remote option, at 7PM.
Thanks,
Paige
I have a proposal to make meetings weekly at Sudo Room (rather than 1x a
month). My idea is 2 of these are structured with agendas, votes, and notes
(maybe the first and third Wednesdays, so we have time to review proposals
that will be voted on in delegates meeting), and other ones would be
informal, but at least focused on some cooperative project (i.e. building
out/fixing up work stations, working on wiki documentation, laptop program
work, or doing some outreach). Hopefully we could pool together some food
for these too for community building.
Context: Last night there was discussion about ways Omni isn't working
right now. One of the complaints that resonated with me is that delegates
aren't really acting like delegates right now (in the horizontal
organizing/anarchist sense), and do have power. Yea by some it was getting
framed that they are power hungry white supremacists who won't step down,
but my perspective is that they reluctantly have power because there is not
an engaged membership that they can represent - they have to do a lot of
the decision making work on their own (not good). At the least, I think
that's true of sudo room right now, and I hope this Wednesday idea could
help foster community and consensus building efforts. Yes I know some of
this happens Tuesday and Mondays night, but for the most part those are
focused on personal project hacking (which is well and good, just
different).
Paige
A couple Hardware Hack nights ago I brought a dual 10Gbe card (10Gb over
copper)
Hp 561FLR-T It has what looks like an offset pcie connector.
Jake thought it wasn't real pcie and he was right. Plug it in and
nothing. lspci shows nothing.
The connector is actually "Flexible-LOM" But someone has reverse
engineered it and designed an adapter:
https://github.com/TobleMiner/HPE-FlexibleLOM-adapter I got an adapter on
Ebay
which was probably copied from that github. And it works. Getting 8Gb up
and down on Sonic Fiber.
These cards are scavenged from old HP servers and you can get them cheap.
Like $20 for 2.
But I found a regular pcie card: Supermicro AOC-STG-i2T which can be found
for about $25 and
doesn't need an adapter.
Thomas
So the new Raspberry Pi (5) computer as been announced and will be
available to order soon. I applied to the Raspberry Pi Foundation to host
a community demo event and was accepted.
I have just received 2 Pi 5 8GB kits.
So I am hoping to have the event on Saturday the 21st from noon to 3 at
Sudoroom. I don't see anything on the calendar that conflicts
Also I have been doing a low key "Pi meeting" on third Sundays of the
month. This group is an offshoot of the Berkeley Linux Users Group. It's
been just me and one or two others and more of "Hardware Hack - day
edition" then Raspberry pi.
Next one is this Sunday and all are welcome. Check out the new Pi 5 or
just stop by.
Below see the BerkeleyLUG announcement with details
Thomas
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From: tom r lopes <tomrlopes(a)gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Oct 13, 2023 at 2:06 AM
Subject: Pi.BerkeleyLUG: Meeting this Sunday 15.10.2023 Now with Pi 5!!
To: BerkeleyLUG <berkeleylug(a)googlegroups.com>
Yes now we have a couple sets of the new Raspberry Pi 5 courtesy of the
Raspberry Pi Foundation.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/AYSi99pVMXtsf42y7
Meeting this Sunday the 15th from 11 am to 2pm or so
In person at Sudoroom 4799 Shattuck, Oakland, CA 94609
Virtually at meet.jit.si/Pi.BerkeleyLUG
My agenda will be working up a demo or presentation of the Pi 5
I want to create a Pi 5 demo event for the next week. I'm thinking
Saturday the 21st from noon til 3pm (so as not to conflict with the
Berkeley LUG
meeting on Oct 22)
My thoughts:
Run the 5 and the 4 side by side comparing (I have a pi 4 but I don't think
8GB)
Demo 2 cameras (the connector uses the small fpc like the one on the Zero)
Demo the USB3 -- maybe run a couple external ssds
Explore the pcie connector?! How? Connector is .5mm 16 pin FPC. I would
have to
solder such a cable to a pcie riser. I may have an M.2 extender so that
could get an
nvme drive on the Pi?
Anyways the Saturday event would be put out on the Sudoroom announce and
probably Meetup
via Peter Mui.
Thomas
As you may have heard, CLP was not happy with being ejected from the Omni
Commons by the rest of the delegates on 9/28 after it became clear that their
goals were in opposition to Omni's mission and continued survival.
CLP (primarily Rafiq) have been waging a smear campaign/boycott on instagram
and by other public messaging, and so Omni has called a public meeting at 7PM
tonight (thursday) at Omni. In person.
If you care about Omni, and defending us against this boycott campaign and
people who will be showing up to discuss it (and ask questions) you should
show up.
Instagram post @omni.commons:
"We will host an in-person meeting Thursday 7-9pm at Omni, 4799 Shattuck. All
neighbors and community members are encouraged to join.
We will not hold an online meeting. Please disregard the google meet link.
We're sorry for the short notice"
https://www.instagram.com/p/CyPp7OMOaMW/
-jake
We got a really nice 3D printer donation from someone I hope will start coming
around and join us! Welcome Scott
-jake
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Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2023 21:39:31 -0700
From: Scott Griffitts
Subject: Re: [sudo-info] 3D printer donation
Hey, Dropped off the printer with Toby and met a few folks who were excited,
skeptical, and questioning the printer. I figured I would share some info on
it.
Here is the page on the upgraded Z mod I did: https://seckit3dp.design/kit/triple-z
Here is the page for the main printer build: https://github.com/SecKit/SK-Go_SK-Mini
Here is some info on the firmware it can run: https://www.klipper3d.org/
(I think if you do some digging, you can find examples for the kinematic bed)
Here is the bed probe I used: https://coex3d.com/products/bltouch-v3-1-automatic-bed-leveling-probe
The stepper motor board used is big tree tech octopus v1.0 with TMC2209 drivers
If you have any other questions let me know :)
Also,
If you guys need volunteers or anything, let me know. I’d love to help out with really cool people like you guys.
Regards
Scott Griffitts
On Sat, 22 Jul 2023, Scott Griffitts wrote:
> Hi,
> My name is Scott. I've been in the middle of
> upgrading a Seckit SK-GO² core-XY 3D printer. I'm
> about 90% done, but have lost interest in it. The
> machine has been an absolute workhorse with its
> large build volume, but I think it is time for Oppy
> (named after the rover) to move on to a new owner
> who can utilize and attend it properly. It needs
> about 3-5 hours of work to get it running, and maybe
> 3hrs of tuning. Worst case, it is loaded with
> aluminum extrusions, hardware, stepper motors,
> linear rails, and a Pi!
> Let me know if I can donate the printer to your
> space :)
> Regards,
> Scott Griffitts
Hi all:
RU going to Omni today or sometime soon? Can you check if there's an
umbrella at Sudoroom, perhaps near the table on the floor?
Phil Chin texted me early this morning: "Peter, I just realized that I
left my umbrella at Sudo Room. It should be on the floor where I was
sitting..."
TIA, -Peter