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Sun Makerspace Grand Opening this Saturday!

by Carl Gorringe

Hey Sudoers, There's a new hackerspace just south of Oakland ! The Sun Gallery Makerspace in Hayward will be hosting it's Grand Opening party this Saturday August 12th 1 - 4pm, You’re invited to our Makerspace Grand Opening & Art Meets Tech Show. Location: 1015 E Street, Hayward, CA It's been a long-time goal of the Hayward Techies & Makers to get our own hackerspace. More info here: https://sungallery.org/makerspace-grand-opening-art-meets-tech-show/ cheers -Carl

2 years, 8 months

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How can we make Sudo more friendly as a hangout?

by Jonathan Cadle

One thing that comes up at nearly every meeting I've been to is a desire to see more people using the Sudoroom space itself. Aside from Hardware Hack Night on Tuesdays, we generally seem to be seeing lower attendance at events. Part of this may be inertia in getting new events started up that have more interest, but I think it might be helpful to start a discussion about how the space itself can be made friendlier, and more pleasant to be in. I'll get things started with a couple of ideas, but what I'm really hoping for are some great ideas from people who currently aren't making much regular use of the space. - Air Circulation. The nature of any workspace, especially one with so much legacy hardware, is to be dusty/musty. There are numerous possible solutions here (open doors, fans, etc.) - Water. I'd love to have a small water dispenser in the space, perhaps that we share with CCL. If this idea is approved, I'm happy to keep my eyes peeled for a free/cheap dispenser on Craigslist, and to help with doing water runs on a bi-weekly basis or something like that. - Reading area. We have space set aside for a library, but because our main seating area doubles as a workspace, there's often a lot of hardware around. As we continue to clean out unwanted items and consolidate our storage, perhaps we could set up a small nook (maybe under the stairs?) where people can read? These are just a few ballpark ideas. Jonathan

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Wednesday party 8/9/23

by Jonathan Cadle

Are there any plans for what we’re doing tonight? Any projects that could use a hand? Jonathan Sent from Proton Mail for iOS

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Fwd: [dorkbotsf] Fantastic Part-Time Job for the right Builder/Maker

by Patrik D'haeseleer

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: kal spelletich <spellkal(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Aug 8, 2023 at 6:42 PM Subject: [dorkbotsf] Fantastic Part-Time Job for the right Builder/Maker To: Hello, The amazing Stochastic Labs has an interesting job position open. Please pass it along to any interested parties (possibly students with maker skills who have recently graduated or are soon to!). I can vouch for them for being one of the best live in residencies anywhere (as well as the other projects they get up to). It is an extremely rare place of innovation, play, inquiry and magic. Hope all is well, Kal *++++++++++++++++++++++++=* *Stochastic Labs <http://stochasticlabs.org> (*located just a few blocks north of the UC Berkeley campus) is currently looking for a* very part-time shop manager and all around handy human *to keep our building and workshop in tip-top shape! *This live-work position includes* *a fully private, beautiful 1-bedroom apartment,* rent-free, all utilities included, in one of Berkeley's most sought after neighborhoods. You will have 24-7 access to all onsite tools, including laser cutter, 3d printers, shopbot etc. No Pay. Stochastic Labs supports world-class artists, engineers, scientists, and entrepreneurs working at the uncharted intersections of their fields. This is truly a dream opportunity to engage with, support, (and build!) an incredible community of creative and dedicated innovators. *To apply: *Please send resume/cover letter to work(a)stochasticlabs.org highlighting any specific carpentry, handyperson, and shop experience -- https://www.tttelematiccc.com/galactic-scale-inquiries-into-the-nature-of-t… -- PEOPLE DOING STRANGE THINGS WITH ELECTRICITY --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "dorkbotSF" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dorkbotsf-blabber+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/dorkbotsf-blabber/CAO%2Bp9m3Hoz7ahFkOn6GH… <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/dorkbotsf-blabber/CAO%2Bp9m3Hoz7ahFkOn6GH…> .

2 years, 9 months

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Stickers for laptop decoration have arrived

by Jonathan Cadle

The stickers I ordered for the laptop debranding event in September have arrived! Sent from Proton Mail for iOS

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Re: Omni Commons income and mortgage search update

by Jake

correction: Pro Arts not Safer DIY ---------- Forwarded message ---------- On Thu, Aug 3, 2023 David Keenan <dkeenan44(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi - > > Apologies if someone else has already responded -- I only skimmed but > wanted to just briefly clarify that Safer DIY doesn’t pay rent / occupy > space at Omni. > > Best, > David On Thu, Aug 3, 2023 Z Silver Zahn <natashazahn27(a)gmail.com> wrote: My apologies! I meant Pro Arts , which Sarah is apart of. She is also apart of safer DIY and I mixed up the groups!

2 years, 9 months

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Omni Commons income and mortgage search update

by Jake

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2023 15:28:32 -0700 From: Z Silver Zahn <natashazahn27(a)gmail.com> To: consensus <consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org> Subject: [omni-consensus] Updates Update CSC will formally move out of the current room and is pending their decision on moving to the current omni office or sticking to their other space by the end of the month. Also ANV gave their 30 day notice and is moving out of Omni , (they recently got city slicker farm as their new csa location whoo)! However if CSC moves on then we will earn $200 a month less in rent + ANV office space which is $675. Losing total of $875 monthly rent income. Reminder that collectives pay monthly rent of : Sudo room : $2,000 Counter Culture Labs : $2,000 Sudo Mesh : $200 Global Women Strike : $200 Food Not Bombs : $500 Village of Love : $1,800 (months behind on rent) Myriad Outreach Program : $100 Safer DIY : $300 Monthly rent will be around , $6,100 Events have been averaging $5k for the year of 2023. I don’t have the number for donations but it’s definitely not a lot and averages $1k. So our income is roughly 12k (Sarah please correct me if I’m way off, this is just my newbie research) Huge thanks to Sarah for book keeping and making sure events and tenants know where they are at with their invoices! And so much more in the finance realm that i'm still trying to grapple! I report monthly how much we make from events , (the cost of the event that occured that month and not invoices previous or future events) and can try to report monthly expenses on our contractors. Example : Event Coordinator Budget Tracker <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14-JhFQ8GUHyDI4IRe0inoVg6KUe0NMw-k-8…> * Curious if any financial experts can support monthly reports of our expenses? feel inclined to join a finance working group to help understand our accounts more! *Collective financial transparency is liberating!* Our expenses in July was around 17k+ which is our average utility/insurance etc costs plus contractors costs that began from Hellman grant, for Billy and myself at $30 an hour for events. Sarah was already contracted as our book bookkeeper and Susan as our grant writer. Meaning if we keep things exactly the same we will be losing $5k a month which is how much we give our mortgage lender. *Things are financially unwell and I think we need to focus on bringing in a new collective vision aligned with who can pay monthly consistent rent.* We were dependent on events to help raise revenue but we hardly get requests. I think it’s a combination of decay neglected entrance hall that easily turns people away. The building WG for the last few months has been meeting weekly on Sunday tending to the common spaces and the next big action item is a dump run day! This would be greatly done collectively , does Sunday afternoon anytime noon to 6pm work for folks? + We approved a budget for building cleanliness. I suggest paying part of that budget to Phil who has been cleaning Omni for years as a volunteer. Deep cleaning all the bathrooms taking out all the trash mopping commons areas, etc. Secondly our outreach and website needs to be ramped up. I have been doing a lot of the work and think it’ll only be successful in a collective manner! *We approved $2k for a website contractor and outlined the scope of the work. I suggest we empower the website working group to hire the best candidate!* Also with rooms opening up to collectively decide what we want to rent out and for how much. I’ve proposed moving the Omni Office to VOL smaller room (that room was Joey's suggestion) to ease their monthly rent so we can rent out the current office to so man interested collectives! Or even moving the Omni office to the current mail room? The Den and ANV office is available for future tenants as well~ Lastly I would suggest renting out the ticket booth room for a collective. It hasn’t been functional since I volunteered back in 2018. Now it has some scaffolding but it hasn’t been used for years as well. Also as Sarah mentioned a committee to actively invite possible new tenants. I'm losing a little hope as delegates meetings have been feeling like containers of blockages. Especially since most delegate representatives don’t participate in any working groups that need support rather than blocks. I encourage delegates to participate at least in one working group~ That being said I’ve posted marketing and outreach coordinator (approved from Hellman grant) for more capacity building and for my slow transition out of Omni Commons. Sorry for the long rant , these are just concerning thoughts. I believe we can pull through this financial deficit with some collective creativity!! Last year our private loan investor extended our balloon payment by a year due to the incredible fundraising efforts with people power. This year we’re losing collectives, money, general activation & participation. Thats not encouraging our lender to continue their investment by the end of this year of our due date of 890k .We are not a viable candidate for refi with loss of revenue . Maybe we should start talking about plan B if refinance isn't feasible?

2 years, 9 months

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[omni-consensus] Marketing & Volunteer Outreach Coordinator! (fwd)

by Jake

FYI this is an omni commons proposal ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2023 14:54:10 -0700 From: Z Silver Zahn <natashazahn27(a)gmail.com> To: consensus <consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org> Subject: [omni-consensus] Marketing & Volunteer Outreach Coordinator! Hello all, Two days ago I put out a hiring flyer for marketing & volunteer outreach coordinator. We approved 4k for 4 months, about 33 hours a month at $30 an hour. While I do a large chunk of the work, I only clocked in 12.5 hours for the month of July. Meaning we have a budget to expand our marketing & outreach team that we deeply need! So far we've gotten 25 applicants and want to propose a working group minimum of 3 folks choosing the top 3-5 for an interview and possibly a test design project for Omni to see their skills. The hiring committee will also create guidelines that promote a healthy work culture. See the example we made for our grant writer Susan Silber MOU PDF below: http://omnicommons.org/pipermail/consensus/attachments/20230803/496b19b2/at… Now that the Hellman grant budget has been approved we should move forward using it to capacity build at Omni Commons! Hellman Grant Allocated $4,000 to Marketing & Outreach Coordinator $30 an hour for 4 months Creates weekly posts through slack, mailing lists, social media (FB & Instagram) *need more activity on twitter, for volunteers to participate in the many projects happening at Omni. Building a working group meets weekly on Sundays and has been a great way for new folks wanting to plug in to join. Responding to all volunteer inquiries on the sign up form linked to instagram *needs to be integrated to website Coordinate monthly tours for large groups to better understand Omni and learn how they would like to get involved in the many different working groups and collectives going on. Being in active communication & relationship with the different collective members to support their work with interested volunteers. Also upkeep news from other collectives helps content creation for our social media platform and newsletter that get published monthly. - Responsible for responding to all social media interactions and directing them with answers. - Make sure to receive or take documentations of events at Omni to share on social media. - Improve websites for better user experience so folks can plug in more easily. - Works closely with fundraising working groups, plans for large fundraisers and DAF. - Create at least 1- 2 social media posts to share publicly our activities. - Reach out to neighbors and build a relationship with them, plan neighborhood assembly. *Proposal :* Omni Commons should have a front desk individual scheduled every Sunday & Monday 3pm to 6pm. This will encourage more openness of the building. Also, the clinic is already open for Tuesdays and Wed - Sat 3pm to 6pm. The free store is open near the entrance. This role should be appointed by the M & O coordinator so they can give tours for those who want to book an event or check out omni, rather volunteers try to coordinate a mutual time. I think it is critical we have more Omni folks in the building helping answer questions. Or greet potential donors we often miss because doors are closed. This will also support in gathering stories for grants. This can also be an opportunity for us to sell merch and other items, classes, workshops etc. The goal is to hire the most compatible applicant within a month! The budget will be tracked and shared monthly along with work metrics to delegates!

2 years, 9 months

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[omni-consensus] Application to Become a Member Collective: Oakland Printshop (fwd)

by Jake

FYI sudoroom, as a member collective of Omni Commons, will be asked to vote (through our delegate) on whether this group should be able to join as a member collective and/or rent space in the Omni (which we desparately need, as ANV is leaving Omni and we need to present a strong monthly income if we want to keep the building) -jake ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2023 09:47:06 -0700 From: Daniel Tutt <daniel.g.tutt(a)gmail.com> To: Sarah Lockhart <sarah.ee.el(a)gmail.com>, consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org, discuss(a)omnicommons.org, sdlefebvre(a)gmail.com Subject: [omni-consensus] Application to Become a Member Collective: Oakland Printshop Hi all, Been at the last couple delegate meetings talking mostly about TANC, but here's the official application for the Oakland Printshop to become a member collective at the Omni! This move has already been preliminarily approved by the shop. We could move in as early as late September, though perhaps October is more realistic. Sam L should also be at the meeting tonight to discuss or answer questions. Also, the shop is aiming to become a 509a2 organization, which is under the 501c3 umbrella. This may take a couple months, and in the meantime we are ok with sponsorship. Thank you, Dani *1. What do you do that makes a difference in the world?* The Oakland Printshop provides at cost printing to members, generally oriented at leftist political printing. Currently, the shop is used to print zines for prisoners, to print for TANC, to print for union drives and the Emergency Workplace Organizing committee, and for individual printing projects. *2. **Briefly recap your history as an organization.* The shop has been around for a long time, since before 2016 when I became aware of it. We now have about 15 dues paying members. *3. How do you make decisions? How many people are involved?* The shop makes decisions by consensus unless decisions are time sensitive, in which case we do vote by large majority (~75 percent). We meet as needed but about every month. *4. Please include links to any organizing documents you may have: bylaws, mission statement, etc.* The shop is an analog, word of mouth organization. We are currently working on bylaws to get our official nonprofit status. *5. State your goals for becoming an Omni member collective. How would your presence in the Omni contribute to its purpose and Statement of Solidarity?* The shop provides at cost printing to members and political projects, so having it in the Omni would be a potential benefit to all the collectives. Specifically, our Risograph printer is relatively unique and hard to find elsewhere. The shop also currently supports prison abolition, tenant union organization, and worker union organization. *6. What dedicated space do you need? What will you do in it? (For example: office, work space, etc)* The shop requires space for printers, paper, other machines and material, etc. In short, the shop is looking for a home. The space should be open to shop members and should be lockable, since there are valuable pieces of equipment and other materials stored inside. *7. What shared space do you need? What will you do with it?* The shop does not need shared space. *8. Will you need to modify the building? (Include floor plans if that makes your proposal clearer.)* We are not aware of any modification to the building, but would be willing to contribute labor and funds to make any happen if needed. *9. How much are you able to pay?* The shop currently pays $450 in rent, and may be open to more for a space that's larger than our current one.

2 years, 9 months

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[omni-consensus] Hellman Capacity Grant Funds - Budget Completed (fwd)

by Jake

dear sudoroom, I didn't attend the delegates meeting last night so sudoroom didn't get represented. Someone else should step up to be sudoroom's delegate so we don't get marked as "inactive". -jake ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2023 09:31:41 -0700 From: Sarah Lockhart <sarah.ee.el(a)gmail.com> To: consensus <consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org>, fundraising <fundraising(a)lists.omnicommons.org> Subject: [omni-consensus] Hellman Capacity Grant Funds - Budget Completed Hi everyone, Thank you everyone for your participation and support in this process of allocating the $50k Hellman capacity building grant. My goal with pushing these decisions to be made -- is so that we could see the effects of the spending sooner rather than latter, which ideally would be increased revenue (to qualify for the refi) as well as general improvements to Omni functionality and morale (e.g. paying volunteers who were on the verge of burn out). [Below is] a pdf is the entire consensed upon budget: http://omnicommons.org/pipermail/consensus/attachments/20230721/ea7b6f82/at… If for various reasons, some of these funds don't end up being spent on their allocated purposes, we could revisit the budget at a later date. Perhaps the first meeting in September would be a good opportunity to check in about the status of these things. In Solidarity, Sarah L

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meeting notes 8/2/2023

by Paige P

https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Meeting_Notes_2023-08-02

2 years, 9 months

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What’s a bank account so we can get donations off the meetup page ? Action Required: Meetup Donations for SudoRoom Hackerspace

by Romy Ilano

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Here is a 3D scan of the Osborne Computer from tonight's hardware hack night!

by Romy Ilano

https://poly.cam/capture/C833E236-105F-4875-B6C6-0A33D606E498 ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

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old, old computer donation today

by Paige P

Hey everyone, Heads up that a donation of really old computers came today. We have good contact with owner and he is coming by tomorrow. I am leaving it out on the main table for the hw hacking crowd to check out, but I will be in tomorrow to move as required for hacking workspace needs. But should be fun to talk with the donor about all this gear tomorrow night. His name is Tom and he said hed come by at 7 and is happy to take back whatever we dont want. So we should figure out what we want now. Or later and deal with it some time soon along with all are other ewaste (another discussion...). The big one todays crowd was excited about was the Osborne 1. But the other stuff seems sellable but depends on if we can get it turning on. Paige

2 years, 9 months

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Photos & Graphics of Omni Commons!

by Z Silver Zahn

Hello everyone! We are trying to update Omni Commons website, landing pages for community space search engine and general audiences gaze of Omni Commons. Please send over or upload images, videos and or even graphics you have of Omni Commons from o er the years! Let’s show them a beautiful story of our collective building in visual format ❤️ https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-84ZsmC7alzSFPU1i9w9LUqzrABCtSUz

2 years, 9 months

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Reminder: Sudo's big August meeting is tomorrow night: Wednesday, August 2nd!

by Andrew R Gross

Hi everyone! This *Wednesday, August 2nd @ 8 - 9 PM* is our usual big monthly meeting, in person and at meet.waag.org/turtlesturtlesturtles! *Why should you come?? I'm glad you asked!* As always, there's a carrot and a stick: The 🥕: Show up to have fun and see awesome shit like the new old terminal computers and the analog synth, and set up a day to decorate computers and maybe shirts?!? We're also discussing road safety proposals in our community, and sharing show-n-tell as always! The 🏒 : Another month has passed, and again we find ourselves at a recurring crossroads: more people are showing up, more people are joining, but less time remains for us to meet our goals to help ensure Omni has a future in 2024. Involvement is how we survive. *See you tomorrow night!* *Andrew R Gross, (he/him)* 412.657.5332 - shrad.org <http://www.shrad.org>

2 years, 9 months

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Laptop party

by Z Silver Zahn

Hey y’all Johnathon brought up a laptop decorating party post rebranding it. Then they need a bit of hacking to they are ready for deployment , how do folks feel about me sharing this flyer Johnathon and I made? Can make a google form for folks Intrests

2 years, 9 months

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Heads up: if you want Grand ave. to go on a road diet, the city needs to hear from you on Tues.

by Andrew R Gross

Hey Sudoers, I just learned that Oakland's city planners are being pressured by AC Transit to curtail their bikable city plan on Grand Avenue! And there's a public hearing meeting on *Tuesday, July 25 at 6:30 - 7:30* here: https://meet.google.com/tzk-sbcu-uwk You can read more details here (SF Streetsblog) <https://sf.streetsblog.org/2023/07/18/oakdot-killing-grand-avenue-road-diet…>, but the short version is that the city said it wants to make Grand Avenue look more like Telegraph, which I love, and instead the bus company is like, "No, fuck that, add in another lane of high speed traffic through an urban neighborhood. We might want it in the future. Fuck parks and restaurants, we want concrete and steel suffocating the community. If you've got a minute during Hardware Hacking Tuesday, drop in and be heard. This is crazy, and I really hope we can speak loudly enough to keep AC Transit from fucking up a good plan. Lots of love, *Andrew R Gross, (he/him)* 412.657.5332 - shrad.org <http://www.shrad.org>

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[sudo-info] Computer Donation (fwd)

by Jake

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2023 18:26:45 +0000 From: Gabriell Valentine <gvalentine(a)sfaf.org> To: "info(a)sudoroom.org" <info(a)sudoroom.org> Subject: [sudo-info] Computer Donation Good morning! I work for the San Franciso AIDS Foundation's IT department, I'm reaching out because my org is restructuring, and we will be clearing out our inventory soon. We have a large collection of micro form-factor desktops (2-5 year old ThinkCentre's and HP Pro Desks mostly) that will get e-wasted if no one has any interest in them, which I think is a waste. Would your collective have any interest in this hardware or know anyone else that would? The hardware is business class, and is good for small scale projects, project servers, automation, ect. Cheers, Gabriell Valentine (it /its) Business Process & Automation Specialist San Francisco AIDS Foundation 1035 Market St., San Francisco, CA 94103 gvalentine(a)sfaf.org | https://www.sfaf.org [SFAF logo] Find updates about SFAF programs and services at https://sfaf.org/covid19 Support local emergency HIV and harm reduction services at https://sfaf.org/donate

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Re: old, old computer donation today

by Hilary Naylor

Wow! You have to be pretty old to have ever even heard of an Osborne 1! A revolution in portable computing -- a 30 lb suitcase! :) I knew Adam Osborne slightly, he was a member of the Berkeley Amnesty International chapter for a while. He became frustrated because Amnesty decision-making moves so slowly -- not nimble and adventurous like innovative entrepreneurial types like Adam. It should be an interesting evening, sorry I can't make it. cheers Hilary --- Original Message --- Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2023 01:18:39 -0700 From: Paige P <pgeplan(a)gmail.com> Subject: [sudo-discuss] old, old computer donation today To: SudoRoom <sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org> Hey everyone, Heads up that a donation of really old computers came today. We have good contact with owner and he is coming by tomorrow. I am leaving it out on the main table for the hw hacking crowd to check out, but I will be in tomorrow to move as required for hacking workspace needs. But should be fun to talk with the donor about all this gear tomorrow night. His name is Tom and he said he'd come by at 7 and is happy to take back whatever we dont want. So we should figure out what we want now. Or later and deal with it some time soon along with all are other ewaste (another discussion...). The big one todays crowd was excited about was the Osborne 1. But the other stuff seems sellable but depends on if we can get it turning on. Paige --- Hilary Naylor, Ph.D. www.a2zed.us Oakland CA

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8/1 Osborn Computer presentation @ hardware hack night! – Sudo Room

by Romy Ilano

https://sudoroom.org/8-1-osborn-computer-presentation-hardware-hack-night/ Updated the meetup and instagram too 🕺 Sent from my iPhone

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Last Month's Income & Expenses

by Omni Commons

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SudoRoom hardware hack night theme for 8/29 - Audio hardware hacking!

by Romy Ilano

https://sudoroom.org/events/hardware-hack-night-2023-08-29/ Just for fun I added a theme for the August 29 hardware hacking night. I realized that people feel pressure to aleady have a completed hardware project when coming to the space - I decided it'd be cool to have starting off points for exploring specific areas. So I will bring worksheets like "how to design your own hardware hack!" and we can even do stuff like explore the history of the DJ and audio equipment you have! ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

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[sudo-info] Need Laser Engraving! (fwd)

by Jake

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2023 09:27:07 -0700 From: Michael Davidson <michaeld(a)octant.bio> To: info(a)sudoroom.org Subject: [sudo-info] Need Laser Engraving! Hello, I was given your alls info by a friend. I need laser engraving done on a toaster. Would you all be able to do that? Here is the toaster: https://us.balmuda.com/collections/toaster Michael -- Michael Davidson Operations - Facilities / Lab Operations michaeld(a)octant.bio | (510) 502-0757

2 years, 9 months

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New 7/1 women & non binary night theme - Coding with AI tools & the social impacts!

by Romy Ilano

we have a new theme for our monday event. https://sudoroom.org/upcoming-nonbinary-night-using-ai-tools-social-impacts… For this session we’ll have a short presentation and demo of using AI to do live coding. - Is coding with an AI agent “cheating” and will it make you a weaker programmer or - Is it like pair programming with a cool senior or dumb junior dev that makes you a better engineer? - What are the pitfalls? How would people catch bugs? Is the AI version the proper solution when there are so many different ways to tackle the problem? - How much will this be used in everyday life in the future? It’d also be cool to see people who never code use some of these tools to make code. *Impact on women and nonbinary folks* Before the advent of digital processes in graphic design in the 1970s design was very much a “man’s” world and very macho. (See the film Making Graphics <https://computerhistory.org/blog/making-graphic-means-an-interview-with-des…>) Automation and digital processes enabled many women enter the field, creating a ton of pink collar design and graphics jobs. Often women were selected because they were cheaper, and it created a huge cultural shift, though men retained the prize higher level jobs. With the advent of AI agents will more women enter the space in pink collar jobs or will they be able to be a greater part of the product design process? If all goes well maybe we can make a quickie group project and put it up on our sudoroom GitHub! we also had a nice discussion the other night. Like women coding events always seem to be around either: * parenting topics * career trajectories and career counseling we'd like to explore more stuff around doing things creatively in a safe space! ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

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Invoice 2982 from Omni Commons

by Omni Commons

Dear Sudo Room, Here's your invoice! We appreciate your prompt payment. Thank you for stewarding the commons. Love and solidarity, Omni Commons ---------------------------------- Invoice --------------------------------- 4799 Shattuck Ave Oakland, CA 94609 US +1 5105456582 https://omnicommons.org Invoice #: 2982 Date: 08/01/2023 Due Date: 08/25/2023 Terms: Net 25 Amount Due: $1,925.00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill To: Sudo Room 4799 Shattuck Ave Oakland, CA 94607 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ****************************** Account Summary ***************************** 07/01/2023 Balance Forward $2,000.00 08/01/2023 Payments and credits already applied to this -75.00 Other payments and credits after 07/01/2023 -2,000.00 New charges (details below) 2,000.00 Total Amount Due (activity through 08/01/202 1,925.00 **************************************************************************** Date Activity Qty Rate Amount 08/01/2023 Furnishing Fa 1 2,000.00 2,000.00T ____________________________________________________________________________ SubTotal: $2,000.00 Tax: $0.00 -------------------------------------- Total Of New Charges: $2,000.00 Total Amount Due: $1,925.00 Greetings Sudo Room! This is your monthly donation invoice. Thank you for stewarding the commons! Love and solidarity, Omni Commons Finance Working Group

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Update on Wednesday's party

by Andrew R Gross

Hey Sudoers, First, if you haven't already, please answer the three question *July Member Survey* <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScfBIFiym1lzDB4J0tGRqTXylMCJj-6_-z…> . Second: does anyone know how to turn on JacksMill <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/JacksMill>? It is surprisingly difficult to turn on. The good news is that we've got a sick whiteboard now! I didn't bring in any markers yet, but will next week. If you've got any, go try it out and collaborate on some shit! Last thing: I want a Sudo Room shirt. Do we have any shirt designs floating around? And does anyone want to go in on an order? Cheers! *Andrew R Gross, (he/him)* 412.657.5332 - shrad.org <http://www.shrad.org>

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3rd Friday Build Nights at Circuit Launh

by Peter Mui

The 3rd Friday of every month at Circuit Launch is Build Night and me at CC are there running Fixit Clinic: you're most welcome to attend. https://www.meetup.com/circuit-launch/events/294549177/

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Call for Exhibitors Sat Sept 23 San Jose Reid Hillview Airport Community Day

by Jake

this event is free and looks like it might be fun -jake ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2023 01:56:53 -0600 From: dean(a)dmccully.com To: info(a)sudoroom.org Hi Friends at Sudo Room Calling all groups in the Valley to host a FREE booth and strutting your stuff to 10,000+ enthusiastic young people and families... FREE BOOTH SPACE APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN for the Saturday Sept 23 For San Jose Reid Hillview Airport Community Day After a few years of COVID-era chilling etc, the Silicon Valley STEAM Fest crew is baaaaacccckkkk.... And we're helping build the next STEAM Fest & Aviation Faire at San Jose Reid Hillview Airport Community Day Saturday September 23, 2023!!!! Where: San Jose Reid Hillview Airport 2500 Cunningham Ave, San Jose When: Saturday September 23, 2023, 10am-3pm. Our target is to attract at least 10,000 attendees. So we expect big crowds. Got cool stuff to show off? Fancy science-y stuff, aircraft, fire trucks, hands-on science stuff, robots, RC airplanes, community resources of any kind, education stuff, recreation stuff, sports stuff, you name it, bring it on! ** Example: Got Science Technology Engineering Arts Math S.T.E.A.M? Or History too? OR anything educational and cool? Bring on the educational stuff ** Example: Got Robots? We are building a 'Robot Zoo' with a bunch of robotics-ed stuff. Bring on the bots! ** Example: Got Emergency Vehicles? We are building a 'Disaster Alley' featuring fire trucks, police, military, etc. Got emergency hardware? Or CPR classes or emergency prep or disaster response? Bring it on! ** Example: Got Community Service Booths? Boy Scout or Girl Scout or 4H etc recruiting, Rotary/Interact, Kiwanis/Key-Club, Boys & Girls Clubs, At Risk Youth programs, Volunteer Activities, Enviro/Eco groups, you name it? If it serves the community, this is a great crowd for outreach. ** Example: Got Education or Career or Military Service etc? We are spotlighting educational and career opportunities for local youth. Are you a recruiter for a college, trade school, armed forces, whatever? Apply for a booth and we'll get you in front of a bunch of potential students/recruits/etc ** Example: Got Airplanes? Well it is an airport after all, so if you have cool aircraft to display, let us know. And yes, we are working on high tech self-driving air taxies etc. What would be better at an Aviation/STEAM fest than demos of self-driving air taxis!?!? Apply online asap and we'll try to fit you in: https://www.friendsofrhv.org Spread the word to people with other cool stuff to show off. The more cool exhibitors, the merrier! We hope to see you Sept 23 at San Jose Reid Hillview Airport. In the meantime have a great rest-of-the-summer! Stay safe and healthy! Blue Skies! Dean McCully

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Oppenheimer Event at UC Berkeley

by Peter Mui

Oppenheimer-related event at UC Berkeley Friday Jul 28 11:30am : if interested RSVP soon, it'll fill up: https://mailchi.mp/0b81e7dc0176/join-us-for-oppenheimers-berkeley-years-pio…

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Tonight’s Wednesday party plan

by Andrew R Gross

Hey sudoers. I’m going to be in tonight at 8 setting up a cnc, hanging a white board, and working in general facilities upgrades. If this is your jam, please stop by and/or message me, by email or phone (412.657.5332)! Cheers, Andy -- *Andrew R Gross, (he/him)* 412.657.5332 - shrad.org <http://www.shrad.org>

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need better links to "login" to sudo-humans

by Jake

i've been tripped up this myself!!! People don't know where to go to log into sudo humans (our monthly dontaions portal) and we don't make it easy! when people go to https://sudoroom.org there is a "login" button but it takes people to the wordpress login! they're trying to login to that with their Sudo Humans credentials and getting nowhere. And we need the money! so can we change that login button to a disambiguation that makes sure that people know where they're logging into? to remind everyone, the proper link for sudo humans is this: https://sudoroom.org/humans -jake

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events page needs more info so people can get in!

by Jake

unfortunately somewhere along the lines we stopped telling people how to actually get our attention to be let into the building. The Jitsi telepresence link is present but we need to explain that that's how to get our attention to be let in. Otherwise people will show up and assume the doors will be open. We should edit the text at this meetup so it explains that! https://sudoroom.org/events/hardware-hack-night-2023-06-27/ -jake On Mon, 17 Jul 2023, Romy Ilano via sudo-discuss wrote: > https://www.meetup.com/sudoroom/events/ > > D'oh I don't know why I didn't do this before but I copied all the sudoroom > events so they're very visible on our meetup page until mid august. > Sometimes people can't make it to one event so they look to the next one in > the future! > > Feel free to change anything - I can add you as an admin or I can change > the listing myself. I started putting the fixit it clinic in here too > > > ============================= > > Romy Ilano > romy(a)snowyla.com >

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Online Conference: Bridging California’s Digital Divide

by Peter Mui

Some of you might be interested in this free, online conference "Bridging California’s Digital Divide" - happening now and the next two days: https://www.ppic.org/event/bridging-californias-digital-divide/

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SudoRoom Meetup events - copied them until mid august!

by Romy Ilano

https://www.meetup.com/sudoroom/events/ D'oh I don't know why I didn't do this before but I copied all the sudoroom events so they're very visible on our meetup page until mid august. Sometimes people can't make it to one event so they look to the next one in the future! Feel free to change anything - I can add you as an admin or I can change the listing myself. I started putting the fixit it clinic in here too ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

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Meetup created for fixit clinic Tuesday nights!

by Romy Ilano

I can't make it to this one (Have family in town this week) - feel free to ask me to be an admin on this experimental Meetup account I'm testing out. You can then modify the events. We're using them because it gives more visibility to SudoRoom and appears in people's meetup feeds. https://www.meetup.com/sudoroom/events/294875035/?utm_medium=referral&utm_c… ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

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made some more meetups for this week (part of my experiment)

by Romy Ilano

I'm paying for the meetup account as an experiment. It's been successful in bringing "outsiders" in for the women and non binary group (I always point back to the sudoroom meeting page too) https://www.meetup.com/sudoroom/events/294842373/ I made one for the hardware hack night adnt he women's coding night. Is the Thursday group active? I can't make it this week, but are there any nights when nobody or another group is using the ballroom? I'm probably going to bring in some outside folks and try to absorb them into sudoroom for the audio visual event. I went to a nice art show in Berkeley, it sort of devolved into an involuntary childcare event for all the women, but there were serious artists, wondered if Is hould invite them to the space for an art show! ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

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Awesome stuff happening this week

by Andrew R Gross

Hey Sudoers. There's a lot going on this week: *Tuesday, July 11 (Tonight!) @7 PM:* Hardware & SoftWEAR hacking night (thx to Romy for posting this on Meetup! <https://www.meetup.com/sudoroom/events/294719087/>) *Weds. July 12 @8 PM:* Facility Upgrades! We're reinstalling a CNC! We'll also be installing a whiteboard if there's time. *Thurs. July 13 @8PM:* Everyone Codes (everywhere! All at once!). Come hang out, code, whatever. *Fri. July 14 @7:30 PM: *East Bay Bike Party is riding from the El-Cerito BART station. Participants are encouraged to wear alternative clothes (but not nothing). https://www.facebook.com/events/960821201802628 *Sat. & Sun., July 15-16, all day: *The Open Sauce maker con is happening this weekend in SF at the Embarcadero. I know a couple Sudoers who will be there, and I think Noisebridge people too. If you're going, respond to this message so folks can travelpool or just hang out! Cheers, *Andrew R Gross, (he/him)* 412.657.5332 - shrad.org <http://www.shrad.org>

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Re: Awesome stuff happening this week

by Andrew R Gross

Do you mean the convention, or the ferry? The convention doesn't allow dogs. According to the ferry website, non-service animals need to be in a carrier. I've met your dog, though, and they're small. I bet they could get away with sitting on your lap, but I don't have enough experience with the ferry to say for sure. I've CC'd the rest of the mailing list. Does anyone know if the ferry enforced the dogs-in-carrier rules? *Andrew R Gross, (he/him)* 412.657.5332 - shrad.org <http://www.shrad.org> On Fri, Jul 14, 2023 at 9:14 AM Jonathan Cadle <jcadle(a)pm.me> wrote: > > Taking the ferry over sounds like fun. Is it dog friendly? > > > Jonathan > Sent from Proton Mail for iOS > > > On Tue, Jul 11, 2023 at 2:30 PM, Andrew R Gross via sudo-discuss < > sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org > <On+Tue,+Jul+11,+2023+at+2:30+PM,+Andrew+R+Gross+via+sudo-discuss+%3C%3Ca+href=>> > wrote: > > I'll be at Open Sauce, and I'd love to have people to meet up with. This > is my first convention since the pandemy and I'm excited, but would love to > have company. > > I'm planning to take my bike via the ferry from Jack London square if > anyone wants to join me. > > *Andrew R Gross, (he/him)* > 412.657.5332 - shrad.org <http://www.shrad.org> > > > On Tue, Jul 11, 2023 at 2:28 PM Andrew R Gross <arg5029(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hey Sudoers. There's a lot going on this week: >> >> *Tuesday, July 11 (Tonight!) @7 PM:* Hardware & SoftWEAR hacking night >> (thx to Romy for posting this on Meetup! >> <https://www.meetup.com/sudoroom/events/294719087/>) >> >> *Weds. July 12 @8 PM:* Facility Upgrades! We're reinstalling a CNC! >> We'll also be installing a whiteboard if there's time. >> >> *Thurs. July 13 @8PM:* Everyone Codes (everywhere! All at once!). Come >> hang out, code, whatever. >> >> *Fri. July 14 @7:30 PM: *East Bay Bike Party is riding from the >> El-Cerito BART station. Participants are encouraged to wear alternative >> clothes (but not nothing). >> https://www.facebook.com/events/960821201802628 >> >> *Sat. & Sun., July 15-16, all day: *The Open Sauce maker con is >> happening this weekend in SF at the Embarcadero. I know a couple Sudoers >> who will be there, and I think Noisebridge people too. If you're going, >> respond to this message so folks can travelpool or just hang out! >> >> Cheers, >> *Andrew R Gross, (he/him)* >> 412.657.5332 - shrad.org <http://www.shrad.org> >> >

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fixing the leak in the sudoroom roof/ceiling

by Jake

As you all might remember, the roof leaks a lot in the southwest corner of sudoroom, when it rains. Going up there, we concluded that there is a low area in that corner, due to settling of the building. There may be other ways to "fix" this, but the most obvious to me is to install a new drain on the roof, in the middle of the low spot. I have acquired a drain that's SOMEWHAT like this: https://www.homedepot.com/p/The-Plumber-s-Choice-3-1-2-in-4-in-Kitchen-Sink… we have pipes and a drain in sudoroom (that's presently connected to a traffic cone funnel catching rain from the tarp) that we can connect to this drain. I have a plan for connecting to the drain from inside, after installing it in a hole in the roof, that does not involve a person reaching the ceiling inside sudoroom. Instead, we would put the threaded lower part of the drain assembly on the end of a pipe, and screw the pipe onto the drain from below, by holding the lower end of the pipe from the top of the ladder we have (saving about 10 feet I think) Cutting the hole in the roof is straightforward, using a hole saw through the tarpaper and wood that makes up the roof in that spot. Then we place the upper part of the drain assembly into the hole and hold it there while the person inside threads the pipe / lower threaded assembly onto the drain. Then we connect a hose/pipe to that pipe to the drain on the floor in sudoroom. anyone who is available to help do this task, please get with me. This idea has already been run through the omni building group and after an initial freakout of "omg drill a hole in the roof!?!?" people realized that the roof has several drains in it already and that's how you remove water from it. There are not objections from that group anymore. -jake

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Hello from noisebridge hackerspace, and question about opensauce.live (fwd)

by Jake

-------- forwarded message from Ryan Sternlicht --------------- Hey hope you all have been doing well, I know some of you know who I am and some don't or might not remember me, I am Ryan Sternlicht (pyconaut), I am a long time Member of Noisebridge hackerspace, and proponent of bay area makerspace and hackerspaces. I have often been an event orginiser at noisebridge and have helped out at many maker faire booths and local maker events, as well as I have advised a few makerspaces and hackerspaces on tools to buy, how to orginise events, and how to create a good community. I am guessing some of you know that this weekend in San Francisco will be a big maker / maker youtuber event called opensauce.live. Since the loss of Maker faire bay area, there has been a severe lack of get togethers of the bay area maker community. I know since the pandemic and even before then some of our spaces have been in need of help, space wise, finacially, community wise, etc. And events like this can be a good way to help get the word out to the larger maker community. At the noisebridge booth we will be having a FIND A MAKERSPACE / HACKERSPACE table with info from spaces around the bay (this means all of you). PLEASE FILL OUT INFO IN THIS DOCUMENT (So that I can make a few booklets for people to look through) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1URzM_MKuVCH04BezEwmHSRBGYdTZAs44JR4HdlX… If possible I would also like to get things to hand out such as Stickersbuisness cardsStamppinsPostcards from as many of you as possible Feel free to drop these off at noisebridge over the next few days (there will be a box inside of the main space near the roll up door that says FOR OPENSAUCE). Or if you know anyone going to opensause have them come drop them off at our booth to put on our table. I will also have space at the booth for some small projects, If you want to have one of your projects on display please fill out this form. https://forms.gle/FEAhhTm5FhPuqKpk8 I will be at noisebridge today from around 4pm to 1am, tomorrow from 6pm to 1am, thursday from 6pm to 1am, and friday during random hours. If you want to drop a project off, please do it while I am there or give it to someone you know at the space that can put it in a locker for you. So that projects do not get messed with, I will be putting them in lockers, or bringing them home with so that they do not sit out at noisebridge. Bring as many projects as you want, (as long as the are not massive), any that do not get displayed at Open Sauce will be safley stored and returned to you after the weekend (or can be picked up to show at the parties). I will be hosting Parties at noisebridge on Thursday, Friday, and Sunday. Feel free to drop by and hang out, show of a project that can't be brought to opensauce, and meet people. I will have the stage set up if you want to announce about your space. Also come to the unofficial saturday party at SF brewing Co. party links Thursday- https://www.meetup.com/noisebridge/events/294734110/?utm_medium=referral&ut… Friday- https://www.meetup.com/noisebridge/events/294734062/?utm_medium=referral&ut… Saturday- https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-official-unauthorized-open-sauce-after-par… Sunday- https://www.meetup.com/noisebridge/events/294734098/?utm_medium=referral&ut… The quickest way to contact me is through discord, my username is "pyconaut", feel free to DM me, or reach out on noisebridge Slack (pyconaut) or noisbridge discord (pyconaut), or type stuff in the google doc. for those who do not know what makerspaces are cc'ed on this email 1.) Noisebridge Hackerspace- ryanrokey1(a)yahoo.com2.) Hacker Dojo - ed(a)hackerdojo.com3.) Humanmade - sarayah(a)humanmade.org4.) Queerious Labs - info(a)queeriouslabs.com5.) Sudo Room - info(a)sudoroom.org6.) ACE Makerspace - rachel(a)acemakerspace.org7.) Double Union - board(a)doubleunion.org8.) The Crucible - info(a)thecrucible.org 9.) Maker Nexus - jenny.higgins(a)makernexus.org , eric.hess(a)makernexus.org 10.) Chimera Arts - joe(a)chimeraarts.org 11.) Foothill Makerspace - kaspereira(a)krauseinnovationcenter.org12.) Circuit Launch - hi(a)circuitlaunch.com13.) Mothership Hackermoms - info(a)hackermoms.org14.) Pev Works - hello(a)pev.works 15.) Girls Garage - info(a)girlsgarage.org16.) Benicia Makerspace - info(a)beniciamakerspace.org 17.) Shared - membership(a)shared-sf.com 18.) The Box shop - info(a)boxshopsf.org 19.) Bay Area Maker Farm Alameda - bayareamakerfarm(a)gmail.com 20.) Biocurious - info(a)biocurious.org 21.) Counter Culture labs - info(a)counterculturelabs.org22.) Idea Fab Labs Santa Cruz - santacruz(a)ideafablabs.com23.) Pawprint Prototyping - info(a)pawprintprototyping.org24.) Robot Garden - info(a)robotgarden.org25.) PLACE - hi(a)place.community26.) Haward Techies - haywardtechies(a)gmail.com and a few other people On a seperate note, a few of us around the bay have wanted to restart a thing called B.A.C.H. for a long time (bay area consortium of hackerspaces/makerspace), so that as a group we could more easily share each-others event's, info, and help eachother in times of need. Maybe this can be the start of that. Please check out these links for more info on BACH. Also if you are not currently on the hackerspaces.org map, maybe think about adding yourselves, https://wiki.hackerspaces.org/Bay_Area_Consortium_of_Hackerspaces BACH - Noisebridge Hope to hear from you all soon, | | | | | | | | | | | BACH - Noisebridge | | | Sincerely,Ryan SternlichtNoisebridge Hackerspace

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Re: Hello from noisebridge hackerspace, and question about opensauce.live (fwd)

by J Clark

Thanks Jake, FWIW, here's a newsletter that we created in 2013 for this kind of thing. #ShareTheLove judi ---- On Wed, 12 Jul 2023 01:27:49 -0700 Jake via sudo-discuss <mailto:sudo-discuss@sudoroom.org> wrote --- -------- forwarded message from Ryan Sternlicht --------------- Hey hope you all have been doing well, I know some of you know who I am and some don't or might not remember me, I am Ryan Sternlicht (pyconaut), I am a long time Member of Noisebridge hackerspace, and proponent of bay area makerspace and hackerspaces. I have often been an event orginiser at noisebridge and have helped out at many maker faire booths and local maker events, as well as I have advised a few makerspaces and hackerspaces on tools to buy, how to orginise events, and how to create a good community. I am guessing some of you know that this weekend in San Francisco will be a big maker / maker youtuber event called opensauce.live. Since the loss of Maker faire bay area, there has been a severe lack of get togethers of the bay area maker community. I know since the pandemic and even before then some of our spaces have been in need of help, space wise, finacially, community wise, etc. And events like this can be a good way to help get the word out to the larger maker community. At the noisebridge booth we will be having a FIND A MAKERSPACE / HACKERSPACE table with info from spaces around the bay (this means all of you). PLEASE FILL OUT INFO IN THIS DOCUMENT (So that I can make a few booklets for people to look through) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1URzM_MKuVCH04BezEwmHSRBGYdTZAs44JR4HdlX… If possible I would also like to get things to hand out such as Stickersbuisness cardsStamppinsPostcards from as many of you as possible Feel free to drop these off at noisebridge over the next few days (there will be a box inside of the main space near the roll up door that says FOR OPENSAUCE). Or if you know anyone going to opensause have them come drop them off at our booth to put on our table. I will also have space at the booth for some small projects, If you want to have one of your projects on display please fill out this form. https://forms.gle/FEAhhTm5FhPuqKpk8 I will be at noisebridge today from around 4pm to 1am, tomorrow from 6pm to 1am, thursday from 6pm to 1am, and friday during random hours. If you want to drop a project off, please do it while I am there or give it to someone you know at the space that can put it in a locker for you. So that projects do not get messed with, I will be putting them in lockers, or bringing them home with so that they do not sit out at noisebridge. Bring as many projects as you want, (as long as the are not massive), any that do not get displayed at Open Sauce will be safley stored and returned to you after the weekend (or can be picked up to show at the parties). I will be hosting Parties at noisebridge on Thursday, Friday, and Sunday. Feel free to drop by and hang out, show of a project that can't be brought to opensauce, and meet people. I will have the stage set up if you want to announce about your space. Also come to the unofficial saturday party at SF brewing Co. party links Thursday- https://www.meetup.com/noisebridge/events/294734110/?utm_medium=referral&ut… Friday- https://www.meetup.com/noisebridge/events/294734062/?utm_medium=referral&ut… Saturday- https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-official-unauthorized-open-sauce-after-par… Sunday- https://www.meetup.com/noisebridge/events/294734098/?utm_medium=referral&ut… The quickest way to contact me is through discord, my username is "pyconaut", feel free to DM me, or reach out on noisebridge Slack (pyconaut) or noisbridge discord (pyconaut), or type stuff in the google doc. for those who do not know what makerspaces are cc'ed on this email 1.) Noisebridge Hackerspace- ryanrokey1(a)yahoo.com2.) Hacker Dojo - ed(a)hackerdojo.com3.) Humanmade - sarayah(a)humanmade.org4.) Queerious Labs - info(a)queeriouslabs.com5.) Sudo Room - info(a)sudoroom.org6.) ACE Makerspace - rachel(a)acemakerspace.org7.) Double Union - board(a)doubleunion.org8.) The Crucible - mailto:info@thecrucible.org 9.) Maker Nexus - mailto:jenny.higgins@makernexus.org , mailto:eric.hess@makernexus.org 10.) Chimera Arts - mailto:joe@chimeraarts.org 11.) Foothill Makerspace - kaspereira(a)krauseinnovationcenter.org12.) Circuit Launch - hi(a)circuitlaunch.com13.) Mothership Hackermoms - info(a)hackermoms.org14.) Pev Works - mailto:hello@pev.works 15.) Girls Garage - info(a)girlsgarage.org16.) Benicia Makerspace - mailto:info@beniciamakerspace.org 17.) Shared - mailto:membership@shared-sf.com 18.) The Box shop - mailto:info@boxshopsf.org 19.) Bay Area Maker Farm Alameda - mailto:bayareamakerfarm@gmail.com 20.) Biocurious - mailto:info@biocurious.org 21.) Counter Culture labs - info(a)counterculturelabs.org22.) Idea Fab Labs Santa Cruz - santacruz(a)ideafablabs.com23.) Pawprint Prototyping - info(a)pawprintprototyping.org24.) Robot Garden - info(a)robotgarden.org25.) PLACE - hi(a)place.community26.) Haward Techies - mailto:haywardtechies@gmail.com and a few other people On a seperate note, a few of us around the bay have wanted to restart a thing called B.A.C.H. for a long time (bay area consortium of hackerspaces/makerspace), so that as a group we could more easily share each-others event's, info, and help eachother in times of need. Maybe this can be the start of that. Please check out these links for more info on BACH. Also if you are not currently on the hackerspaces.org map, maybe think about adding yourselves, https://wiki.hackerspaces.org/Bay_Area_Consortium_of_Hackerspaces BACH - Noisebridge Hope to hear from you all soon, | | | | | | | | | | | BACH - Noisebridge | | | Sincerely,Ryan SternlichtNoisebridge Hackerspace_______________________________________________ sudo-discuss mailing list -- mailto:sudo-discuss@sudoroom.org To unsubscribe send an email to mailto:sudo-discuss-leave@sudoroom.org More options at https://sudoroom.org/lists/postorius/lists/sudo-discuss.sudoroom.org/

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Meetup links for women and non binary night & hardware hack night.

by Romy Ilano

https://www.meetup.com/sudoroom/events/294718697 ^^ women and non binary night I'm still in mexico city can't make it. I'm still experimenting with meetup and having these piont back to the sudoroom main website. Just using these to augment. What's nice is that people can subscribe to the feed and it pops up in others. and here's hardware hack night https://www.meetup.com/sudoroom/events/294719087/ ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

2 years, 10 months

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help with processing grant to sudoroom

by Jake

i'm somehow in the middle of a bunch of paperwork for a grant that Judy and Peter helped Sudoroom get. We have been approved for the grant but there is a bunch of followup required, including documenting the things we repair (or try to repair) at sudoroom, and reading through the agreements and staying on top of this. i'm overcommitted so hopefully someone else can step in and help me, Judy and Peter stay on top of this, so we can get the money. It's $10,000 which is pretty important for sudoroom (and Omni) to stay afloat, since our monthly donations are not enough to pay our rent. -jake

2 years, 10 months

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[omni-consensus] Application to Become a Member Collective: TANC (fwd)

by Jake

Hi Sudoroom, this proposal came in today. I haven't read much of it but it looks ok to me so I would be inclined to vote in favor of the proposal on behalf of sudoroom. As our delegate to the Omni Commons meetings, I represent our collective will about issues like this. If Sudoroom discusses this then I can forward and represent whatever we agree on according to our own bylaws. I would love for someone else to step up and act as sudoroom delegate instead of me! I am not available to make all the meetings anyway so if we want representation someone else will have to step in in august at least. -jake ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2023 13:58:18 -0700 From: Daniel Tutt <daniel.g.tutt(a)gmail.com> To: consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org, discuss(a)omnicommons.org Subject: [omni-consensus] Application to Become a Member Collective: TANC Hi all, Been at the last couple delegate meetings and talking with some of you, but here's the official application for TANC (the tenant union, https://baytanc.com/) to become a member collective at the Omni! This is also going up for a vote at the TANC assembly in later July, so it would have to be tentative until then, but my sense is there is broad support! We could move in as early as August, though perhaps September is more realistic. Also, TANC is a 509a2 organization, which is under the 501c3 umbrella. Thank you, Dani TANC Onboarding Coordinator *1. What do you do that makes a difference in the world?* TANC is a tenant union, so we are tenants getting organized to fight back against the landlord class. From our website: We are a group of Bay Area tenants who are fed up with rising rents, evictions, and harassment at the hands of landlords. We are fed up with our neighbors having no option but to live unsheltered and at constant risk of police harassment. We want to stop landlords, developers, and cops from looting our communities. Capitalism is what connects all of these housing issues. Profit has been prioritized over our quality of life. There is only one way to push against a system that exploits our need for housing: we have to get organized. Together we can take collective action, and begin to force overdue rent reductions across the Bay Area. If you or someone you know wants to organize for lower rents, timely maintenance, end landlord harassment, or focus on any other housing issue—reach out to us. *2. **Briefly recap your history as an organization.* TANC was founded in 2018, and has grown since then, splitting into multiple union locals and approving an official constitution. We now have about 800 dues paying members and are actively organizing multiple buildings at any time. *3. How do you make decisions? How many people are involved?* TANC has various ways of making decisions, detailed here <https://baytanc.com/constitution/>. Organization-wide decisions are made at monthly assemblies or yearly conventions by vote of the membership. At least 20 people must vote to make a quorum for any decision, and it's currently rare to have more than 60 people vote. *4. Please include links to any organizing documents you may have: bylaws, mission statement, etc.* Same link as above, here <https://baytanc.com/constitution/>. *5. State your goals for becoming an Omni member collective. How would your presence in the Omni contribute to its purpose and Statement of Solidarity?* TANC organizes working class tenants, generally aligns with the statement of solidarity, and also puts a lot of effort into language justice. The union also has many members and should be able to contribute consistently to the culture and operations of the Omni. *6. What dedicated space do you need? What will you do in it? (For example: office, work space, etc)* TANC would be looking to move our office to the Omni. We use the office for union work, meetings, some storage, and weekly office hours. *7. What shared space do you need? What will you do with it?* TANC already uses the Omni shared space for our North-West local meetings and our conventions and other large events. We plan to continue doing so, and would pay similar rates while the OMNI is in financial difficulty. *8. Will you need to modify the building? (Include floor plans if that makes your proposal clearer.)* We've looked at an office space upstairs, currently being rented unused by the Chiapas Support Committee and the Global Woman's Strike groups, with the understanding that they would be happy to hand over the space. No modifications necessary! *9. How much are you able to pay?* TANC can pay $700 per month for the office space.

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CNC activities

by Jake

> For a next Wednesday activity, a few of us are planning to check out the > status of /try and use one of the cnc routers we have. Anyone else > interested in coming by? I think the one we were looking at is this one > here: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/CNC (under the laser comp desk). I updated the CNC wiki page, we presently have two (not including the robot) and one is next to the robot, and the other is underneath the southwest table! -jake

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july 5 meeting notes

by Paige P

Hi everyone, here are the meeting notes from last night: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Meeting_Notes_2023-07-05 For a next Wednesday activity, a few of us are planning to check out the status of /try and use one of the cnc routers we have. Anyone else interested in coming by? I think the one we were looking at is this one here: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/CNC (under the laser comp desk). Paige

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Sudo Room's July meeting is tonight at 8

by Andrew R Gross

Hi everyone, It's the first Wednesday of the month, which means that it's the big Sudo Room meeting. We'll review how we did at meeting our goals for June and set plans for July. If you want to see Sudo Room and Omni thrive, please attend! Cheers, Andy

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Last Month's Income & Expenses

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Meetup is working well - here are the links for Monday and Tuesday

by Romy Ilano

Hi the Meetup experiment is working well so far! We were able to get people not part of the usual crowd to come for the women and coding night, and then also hardware hack night. Here's the meetup link for th next Tuesday hardware hack night https://www.meetup.com/sudoroom/events/294422810/ and for th ewomen and nonbinary night https://www.meetup.com/sudoroom/events/294422782/?isFirstPublish=true I won't be able to go as I haven't been resting enough and am visiting Mexico City this week for the first time! ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

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