Greetings Sudo Web Craftians,
tldr: opportunity to make/finish a web-app for volunteer Doulas, doing
social good and making a small amount of cash at the same time.
I have been working with Spiral Doulas, an organization that mostly
provides abortion support to low-income individuals in Minneapolis, to
create a web-app that would manage their client interactions. Abortion
doula organizations have very special privacy needs for their clients, and
yet have no off the shelf technology at all to support them. The system
must match clients and doulas anonymously until both parties accept the
match, then swap contact information, and track results. In the spring,
working closely with organizers we created a UI prototype which you can
play with at http://doula.cs.umn.edu/client.html. The Spiral saw so much
potential in the prototype that they asked if we could complete it this
summer - which the old team can't. Would you like to help?
The goal is to polish the front-end, which is half-complete, and implement
the backend. We spent a lot of time prototyping the UX and running it
through user testing, so we know we have something useful on our hands. In
fact there are many volunteer doula organizations that have identical
needs, so there might be many instances of this system rolled out.
Which technologies to use? At the moment we have just written some
javascript and css (all open source). As for the backend we were planning
to use mysql and django, but don't consider the backend technology to be a
deal breaker, you could make your choice. The old team would be glad to
jump back in and help with development and support starting in the fall.
The compensation right now is not finalized. Spiral have indicated that
they have some money for summer development. This a small team with
non-profit funding of only a few thousand dollars per year, so calibrate
expectations accordingly. You'll also receive the satisfaction of writing a
program that people will actually use, and use to make a positive change in
the world.
Email me max(a)notconfusing.com to find out more.
Make a great day,
Max Klein ‽ http://notconfusing.com/
Last night Diana was safe-space-banned for physical violence against a
member. This is after using the Omni as their living room for months,
playing WoW all day and night and contributing nothing back.
Sand was previously banned for repeated sleeping and lying about it, in
case you missed that.
Here's the wiki entry with a photo of Diana (did not get one of Sand):
https://omnicommons.org/wiki/Asked_to_Leave#Individuals_Asked_to_Leave_the_…
--
marc/juul
Up for consensus at the next Omni Delegates Meeting (June 16th).
Please weigh in by the 15th with any questions, concerns, feedback!
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Laura Turiano <scylla(a)riseup.net>
Date: Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 1:22 PM
Subject: [omni-consensus] Proposal for GCS/YES to become member collective
To: "consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org" <consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org>, "
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Cc: ALmaz <ahana75(a)gmail.com>
Application from Global Communication Services/YES Program to become a
member collective of the Omni Commons
1. Mission statement
What do you do?
The mission of Global Communication Services (GCS) is to provide community
service for individuals, families, and community groups toward health
consulting, health benefits, cultural exchange and immigrate support here
in United States and international.
The mission of Youth Empowerment Services (YES) is to advance and support
children, youth, and family on academic breakthroughs in life development,
job placement and other activities focusing and envisioning a community
where all young people have the opportunities and access to programs
without restriction of race, cultural difference or socioeconomic status.
What happens in the world because you exist?
Our program serves the community by tutoring/mentoring and providing
educational workshops. We also teach cultural art history, and different
languages through workshops and events. Our services encompass problem
solving approaches based on education and tapping into the cultural
strengths and living experiences of African immigrants and Black African
American youth and families. We help to uncover the individuals hidden
talents and strengths which leads to healthy self esteem, individual and
group self-reliance. Our program is open to all ethnic groups who choose to
excel and claim their genius!
2. Origin and group history
How did you start?
Originally, Global Communication Services (GCS) was established in 2012 as
my (Almaz’s) consulting business to provide community service for
individuals, families, and community groups toward health consulting,
health benefits, immigrate support. Which included language interpreting
and translating services. I had people working with me doing the same
thing. As a part of GCS we taught cultural literacy for African immigrant
youth, like cultural dance, language; as well as sports and hiking and
camping trip to Yosemite National Park. After a long time personal
experience working with immigrant families and being one of the reader for
13 afterschool programs at the City of Oakland in 2013. I seen the main
problem children face especially around the low-income families and how new
immigrant dealt within the public school system. At the end of 2014 decided
to incorporate a few staff members to GCS and enhance the youth program,
YES, which will focus on youth academic and life development support.
How does your group make decisions?
Our group makes decision collectively by majority vote if necessary to
do so. So fare we don’t have any conflicts or misunderstanding, each staff
member contributes to the program cooperatively.
What have you done?
We have helped several youth with their academic work, job placement,
health and wellness training. We host community based cultural events and
workshops. We are a pioneer collective group with different cultural and
educational backgrounds. We work collectively with community groups
locally, nationally and internationally. Our staff meets at least once per
month.
3. Participation in the Omni
Why are you interested in becoming a member? How does your group intend to
use the space? What are your needs?
Our mission and the objectives of the Omni are aligned. We both are
working diligently to improve and empower individuals and the community.
We also enjoy the location of the Omni. Hosting events at the Omni would be
of great value to our team.
Becoming a part of the ownership team is also a very exciting opportunity
for our organization.
We would like to be fiscally sponsored by the Omni.
How does your group intend to use the space?
We intend to use the space for workshops, classroom trainings, events,
rehearsals, and collective member meetings.
What are your needs?
Our need is to have space at the Omni as a member collective. We will use
the space to have locked storage, books, and a table for small class
meetings. We will also have larger events like fundraisers, health
trainings, or music and cultural programs that we would like to hold in the
larger common spaces.
4. Group finances and paying rent?
What does your group do to support itself financially? What is your best
plan for contributing your potential share of rent to the Omni?
Please include relevant financial statements, documentation of sufficient
income (e.g. balance sheet, bank statement profit & loss statement).
We have about $500 from the community fundraiser events and we are planning
to charge sliding scale admission for workshops, classroom trainings, and
other large music events. We have been invited to apply for several
government and private grants. Our anticipated largest funding source for
our youth project will be coming from grants and monthly member donations.
We propose to pay $100 a month in rent plus utilities for the first
three-months until we receive grants to support our program. After the
first three months we will pay $200 for rent plus utilities and would like
to become the stewards of the blue classroom and have priority use of that
space. We do not plan to charge youth or low-income families for our
services however, we do accept donations.
We do not currently have a bank account. As a fiscally sponsored project we
would open a sub account under the Omni’s bank account.
5. Dedicated space
If your group would like some dedicated space at the Omni, what square
footage and what features are you looking for? Which specific rooms do you
feel might be suitable?
We are proposing to steward and maintain the Blue classroom and keep a
locked storage cabinet there after our first three months of membership. We
would have priority for our youth classes and family consulting, and would
make the space available to other groups when we were not using it.
6. Other contributions to the Omni
This question should inspire some imagination. We are exploring
ideas to pay rent and purchase the building in the long-term. The basic
plan is for each group paying a share of rent. Potential plans include
groups sharing profit from their activities, producing Omni events, and
booking other events. What is the best-case scenario for using the Omni
space to further support your group?
One of the ways that we may be able to generate funds is by hosting
monthly events. At first this income may be slow yet if we continue we
will look to attract sponsors and also grow our attendance of our events.
We also plan to produce mutually beneficial community programs for the
Omni that would entail youth related film screenings, concerts & workshops…
We can help the Omni by participating on the working groups. Almaz has
been volunteering with the Commons working group for about 2 months.
We hope that this project will greatly expand the scope of the
Omni’s community and increase its visibility. There is a chance that
funders and donors introduced to the Omni through our Program would
financially support the project of the Omni. We plan to bring more African
and African American community members and others who would increase the
diversity of the Omni’s community in many ways, including inviting
programming for and by community groups who represent our neighborhood and
community.
Wanda Sabir of KPFA and Sophie of KPOO are also media supporters of
YES. We can mention the Omni on our radio broadcast and other media
collaborations.
7. Additional information?
Is there any other information that you think would be useful for us to
know about your group?
Our collective will have diverse group members, artists, business
owners, educators, musicians, authors, which all those who organize and
those who participate are all considered collective members. Will also have
volunteers temporary member participates from deferent community groups,
which include college/university students and community educators. All
participates in our program would not necessarily be considered members
unless they show constant involvement at YES program.
Introduce your key collective members here
Almaz Yihdego Founder and program coordinator/Tigrinya/Amharic teacher.
Noura Hassaini Child Development English/French/ and Arabic teacher
Lawrence Brisco Business development, entrepreneurship trainer through
creative gardening and landscape design.
Daniel Williams Swahili and mathematics teacher
Akanke Adesokan Holistic health and culturally relevant
Responsive holistic empowering counselor and performing artist
Eden Mana health and wellness, health eating habits and nutrition counselor
Fiyory Melake chemistry and biology teacher
Mical Free art and graphic-design teacher
Baba Kala Music and cultural history teacher
Far I Shields musician, artist and author for global transformation
Melvin Cowan program fund and resource advisor
Yoel Haile student academic resource and job placement coordinator
Thank you,
Almaz Yihdego
www.globalcommunicationservices.org
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Weekly Omni Delegates' Meeting - 2 June 2016
[https://omnicommons.org/wiki/Event:2016/05/19_Delegates_Meeting Last
meeting's notes]
== Who's Here? ==
* Laura, Building Bloc
* Mary Ann, Chiapas
* Rachel, GWS
* Ken, CCL
* Robb, sudo
* Matt, sudo
* Jenny, sudo
* Kazoo, ABDC
* Quentin
* Marcus, various working groups
* Raines, preparing a big event July 9:Progress and Poverty ("Recession
Generation") - East Bay Cohousing http://www.RecessionGeneration.com/
* Judith, FNB
* Betsy, presentation on the commons (and East Bay Cohousing/Cohousing
California)
* Steve, BAPS delegate
* Mary, CCL
* Joe - Food not Bombs
* Liz, Liberated Lens remote
* Jabari - Liberated Lens
* Angel - LL
=== Meeting Roles ===
* Facilitator/s: Laura
* Explanation of hand signals: "deaf applause", "raised hand", "point of
process", "direct response"(wildcard), etc.
* Stacktaker: Judith
* Timekeeper: Kazoo
* Notetaker/s: Jenny, Raines, Matt
** URL of this pad: https://pad.riseup.net/p/omninom
* Vibe Reader:
* Next meeting's facilitator(s):
=== Delegates ===
* BAPS: Steve
* BH: inactive
* CCL: Ken
* CSC: Mary Ann
* FNB: Joe
* GWS: Rachel
* HNJ: inactive
* LL: Liz remote, haaaiii
* Sudo: Jenny
* TIL: inactive
* Quorum: Yes (7/7 active)
=== Introductions ===
Introduce yourself: Name; Preferred Pronoun; Affiliation
* See above
== Announcements ==
* Matt: Here are plums from my backyard
* Raines: Love Our Neighborhood day in northwest Oakland in Emeryville,
inviting Omni Commons folks to participate with East Bay Cohousing
presence: http://oaklavia.org/love-our-neighborhood-day-2016-press-release
* Betsy: June 12th Temescal Street Fair, noon to 6, BonfireMakers play on
gentrification in the ballroom that day
http://temescaldistrict.org/Temescal-Street-Fair
* Juneteenth in Berkeley, 6/19 http://www.berkeleyjuneteenth.org/
* Matt - went to oakland planning commission meeting about Nautilus
development at 51st and Telegraph; commented that only 8.4% (17 / 204) of
the planned units will be offered at below market rate, the commission
ignored my comment to increase the number of these units, project approved
* robb - today demolition started of the book store on 47th & telegraph. i
got video
** Matt - they did rat abatement
* Judith - Informal memorial circle for Matt Dodt in Disco Room on Monday
at 7pm
* Ken - David Keenan and Niki are having a wedding reception this saturday.
it's a private event.
** Jenny: Help out with cleaning up the building tomorrow and Sat, work
party!
== Bans ==
* Joe - Marc found Sand sleeping again after many warnings and told him not
to come back.
** Also there was a confrontation last week involving Babs and Ranette.
Ranette is not permitted in the building.
* Judith - Ranette threatened Judith after that as well. Followed Judition
in to the building, made phyiscal contact with her. Threatened to slap her.
Juditon consideriing restraining order.
* Steve - Lots of incidents like this, propose a think tank for long-term
strategies, space to discuss and work through these issues
* Robb - incident with Jackson. Mailman said he waas breakiing into our
mailbox. When informed he could not receive mail w/o "c/o a collective" he
became verbally threatening.
== Working Group Report-Backs ==
=== Building & permits ===
Meetings: Mondays at 8pm
* This group needs help; https://omnicommons.org/lists/listinfo/building
* Joe: Working on the wall and the electrical. Insulation is almost
finished, will take pictures of the insulation for the inspector
* Robb: Some A/V upgrades in the ballroom
=== Commons ===
Meetings: Second and Fourth Thursdays at 7pm
* Had a great Capoeira event last week
** And an awesome African dance & music event the Saturday prior, and a
lively Balkan dance & music event the night before that!
* Events this past month brought in about $2500
* Some new volunteers have joined, but we're also getting more event
requests. Definitely could always use more help!
=== Communications ===
* Jenny: Please send in updates for the June newsletter - would like to get
it out by the 10th! send to comms at omnicommons dot org
=== Finance ===
Meetings: Every other Thursday at 6pm
* Paid the rent today!
* Had to borrow another $5K from a community member to make rent for this
month :(
=== Buy the Building ===
Meetings: Mondays at 6:00pm
* Jenny: Our 1023 (nonprofit) application is almost ready to go! This
mostly dovetails with Finance currently - next steps are taxes, then loan
applications to buy the building. Lots to do - we could use more heads in
the game!
==Proposals==
=== Proposal: Room switcheroo (Liberated Lens and Phat Beets) ===
[
https://omnicommons.org/wiki/Event:2016/05/19_Delegates_Meeting#Proposal:_R…
Discussion from last meeting]
* Angel: We've been ready to move, can't really work up there cuz of the
heat. All ready to start cleaning up and rearranging the space
* Max: Sorry our collective doesn't participate more in the Omni, barely
staying afloat. Want street access as we have elders who don't like going
up and down the stairs, and we have youth who are scared of the basement.
Approached by Liz re: the room switch, weren't going to propose it but were
invited to. Carry a lot of stuff up and down the stairs. People often won't
come to work here because they don't like the office space, though I don't
mind it, thrive in these conditions.
* Matt: [can't transcribe ...]
* Rachel: Don't see a conflict so long as all groups can pay the rent
* Jabari: Worried that the price was too high (what Phat Beets is paying
for that room)
* Angel: I think we can do it, everyone else is working to step it up
* Confusion about what LibLens proposed to pay for that room $150
* Liz: This is a simple and logistically sound proposal. It requires no
special build-out to implement, doesn't raise permitting issues, and
greatly benefits two existing and very active collectives in the Omni. If
people won't accept the proposal because LL isn't offerring enough, then
please at least consider the room upgrade for Phat Beets. LL is actively
looking for new sources of income
* Joe: to Max: Can you keep your stuff contained in the room
** Max: Yes, we're getting rid of a lot of stuff
* Ken: I think someone suggested they start paying utilities
* Steve: Strongly in support of LibLens moving downstairs, so they can keep
working
Straw Poll:
* Jenny: Concerned about money, would like to see more of a committment
from folks to help raise funds as Omni is barely (actually not even) making
rent each month
* AngeL: We can definitely hustle a bit more, to bring
* Liz: Can we be given a reasonable amount of time to work up to $300/mo?
** Jenny: that would be dope
** Liz: We've been researching a lot of grants, and we're also beginning to
plan the FTP fest again, that brings in a good bit of cash, but takes 2
months to organize
* Ken: This proposal changes the dynamics of the basement in significant
ways
* Jenny: My only concern is that we have the ability to rent out the room
by the back door (buried seeds) for $750-$1000 plus utilities, plus the
$750 from Phat Beets with them in the basement.
** Maybe there's some way to ensure that there is some dedication in the
proposal for raising the funds in the gap.
* Ken: LL is willing to make a video for raising money for kitchen in
basement, including a microbrewery. LL is willing to work in on the
* Robb: Suggest we move forward with the proposal as is, then review the
LibLens $$ contribution in a few weeks.
* Laura: Amendment to proposal to review the $$ contribution three meetings
from now, July (third thursday)
* Proposal:
** Phat Beets $750 / mo (former buried seeds)
** Liberated Lens $150/mo basement (former phat beets)
* In Favor: Joe (FNB), Steve (BAPS), Mary Ann (CSC), Rachel (GWS), Ken
(CCL), Liz (LibLens)
* Abstain: Jenny (sudo)
Proposal passes :) <<<333
== Proposal: ABDC ==
>From Kazoo email to consensus May 19:
The basement won't work for us until there is adequate ventilation. We are
fine with using the space that was Buried Seeds if there is no way to make
the main hall work, though our preference is still to be in the main hall
to keep our operations more open and public. We unfortunately cannot pay
800$/month at this point. We would need to have 16 members to reach that
rent rate, and it may take us a couple of months to get there. Currently we
have 5 potential members ready to throw-down.
We propose to move in June 1st, and pay for the security deposit ($800),
and the first 3months rent (600$) 200$/mo for the first 3 months while we
build our collective and get enough people to support the regular 800$/mo
rent. We will begin paying full rent in September. So our proposed move in
cost will be $1400 on June 1st.
Please mention that our current space is 3 times the space of the Buried
Seeds room and we pay only 400$/mo including trash and utilities. We have
until January 2018 to be in the SF studio, so there is no rush for us to
move out. That said, we are excited to be at Omni, and would love to move
in by June 1st.
We would love to be fiscally sponsored by Omni. This would help us obtain
Bay Area Community Resource grants, and other local funding. What are the
details they need from us to make this happen?
http://kazoostudios.net/Omni_full_floorplan4.png
Please let us know what options are on the table. It sounds like the best
situation for everyone's concerns is for us to go to the "Utility Room".
===Discussion===
* Kazoo: We are super radical, we are really interested in being part of
the Omni because it is a radical structure. Currently we have 9 members in
our SF studio. The position here is that some of our members in Oakland,
and some folks who want to print with us need wheelchair-accessible space,
so the proposal came to the front hall or the Buried Seeds room. As soon as
they said sure, a bunch of other collectives said "Hey, we want that
space." It seems like at the moment there's no place for us to go. We could
be mobile -- things don't have to be set. Made a proposal for how we could
pack up our stuff really tightly in the front room.
* Matt: Clarification: It's not necessarily impossible to be in the
entrance hall, though there are zoning issues nothing is set in stone -
it's just going to take some work. No one's talking to the Health Dept yet,
for instance, and further discussions can be had w/ Planning & Zoning
* Jabari: Member of Liberated Lens - him/he pronouns, we're proposing to
move downstairs (1) we don't have a lot of room (2) we want more video
editing stations (3) we have a lot of sensitive equipment, trying to get
away from this heat, it can fry our equipment, (4) would be better to put
all of our stuff in one location. and (5) Phat Beets needs an upgrade
* Considered that Kazoo can move into the ticket booth.
* Robb: Great idea for two reasons - accessible and if you're modular, can
pack your stuff away and folks
* Kazoo: That room looks good. Desire dedicated space, wouldn't be
available for other folks to meet in there because we have a darkroom and
need storage space. Unless we could build a darkroom outside of the room
** Robb: Any impeding on ballroom space could reduce our capacity, and
there's nowhere else to store our chairs
* We're not too picky about the particulars, just want to be able to start
silkscreening in here.
* Judith: I believe there are probably grants available for us to be able
to make more wheelchair-accessible spaces. Anyone know about that? (No)
* Joe: We were planning on adding a new closet over by the SW corner of the
ballroom floor. We canned that idea before, but we could do something like
that now. I think the chair storage problem can be solved.
* Our space is currently underutilized, but we have a couple of prospective
members in the east bay who want to create a business out of printing. It's
empty a lot of the time. However, this would be a different opportunity
here -- if you build it they will come.
* The equipment is about the size of a large table and a small table that
cannot be broken down, though they can be moved around. So if there was an
event, say an accessibility training, they could be moved out of that room
for the event
* Robb: Wanted to raise the possibility of dual use, having some activities
in the basement for those who aren't in a wheelchair
** Kazoo: That would still exclude the person in the wheelchair, we have
two people in wheelchairs interested in joining the coop
* Ken: You can be a paying member and have access, you can be a volunteer,
or you can be a part-time user ($15 for 3 hours). There are several
different levels of membership. Members who have 24-hour access, we can't
really share that, right?
** Kazoo: Correct, we'd have to communicate about using that room.
* Steve: Think your project is terrific. [I am terrible at transcribing
Steve, sorry] Even with all of your stuff in there there's still about as
much space as the Blue Classroom, which does get used. Other secondary uses
of the room still possible, especially if equipment can be temporarily
moved to the ballroom
* Laura: What do you think about times when there will be loud music and
events in the ballroom?
** Robb: Sometimes events need a green room for musicians and such... we
were thinking of using that room, but now Lib Lens is discussing cleaning
up space in the basement for that, and then musicians could have a
backstage entrance
* Matt: Next issue is that there's no accessible sink. Every proposal has
its hitches, that emerge each time we talk about this. When will this
god-awful nightmare end?
** Lots of back and forth about the sink issues, possibility to build out
plumbing, using the ADA bathroom and installing a large sink there for
washing out screens, etc
* Would like to have youth programs at some point in the future, when the
space is ready for it. Several coop members are youth educators
* Straw poll re: ticket booth room: Most in favor, some not sure, none
opposed
* Ken: Could you one more time write a formal proposal for using the ticket
booth room
* Kazoo: could have two or three people in wheelchairs if we had our stuff
in the room. If we can build the darkroom outside of the room
* Laura: thanks Kazoo for her patience through this process. this is the
real work of learning to live together, meet each others needs.
* Mary Ann: Once we buy the building this will all change, we can get
funding to make the building more accessible
==Application from Global Communication Services/YES Program to become a
member collective of the Omni Commons==
Proposed by Almaz Yihdego, 6/2/16
1. Mission statement
What do you do?
* The mission of Global Communication Services (GCS) is to provide
community service for individuals, families, and community groups toward
health consulting, health benefits, cultural exchange and immigrate support
here in United States and international.
* The mission of Youth Empowerment Services (YES) is to advance and support
children, youth, and family on academic breakthroughs in life development,
job placement and other activities focusing and envisioning a community
where all young people have the opportunities and access to programs
without restriction of race, cultural difference or socioeconomic status.
What happens in the world because you exist?
* Our program serves the community by tutoring/mentoring and providing
educational workshops. We also teach cultural art history, and different
languages through workshops and events. Our services encompass problem
solving approaches based on education and tapping into the cultural
strengths and living experiences of African immigrants and Black African
American youth and families. We help to uncover the individuals hidden
talents and strengths which leads to healthy self esteem, individual and
group self-reliance. Our program is open to all ethnic groups who choose to
excel and claim their genius!
2. Origin and group history
How did you start?
* Originally, Global Communication Services (GCS) was established in 2012
as my (Almaz’s) consulting business to provide community service for
individuals, families, and community groups toward health consulting,
health benefits, immigrate support. Which inculeds language interpreting
and translating services. I had people working with me doing the same
thing. As a part of GCS we taught cultural literacy for African immigrant
youth, like cultural dance, language; as well as sports and hiking and
camping trip to Yosemite National Park. After a long time personal
experience working with immigrant families and being one of the reader for
13 afterschool programs at the City of Oakland in 2013. I seen the main
problem children face especially around the low-income families and how new
immigrant dealt within the public school system. At the end of 2014 decided
to incorporate a few staff members to GCS and enhance the youth program,
YES, which will focus on youth academic and life development support.
www.globalcommunicationservices.org
How does your group make decisions?
* Our group makes decision collectively by majority vote if necessary to do
so. So far we don’t have any conflicts or misunderstanding, each staff
member contributes to the program cooperatively.
What have you done?
* We have helped several youth with their academic work, job placement,
health and wellness training. We host community based cultural events and
workshops. We are a pioneer collective group with different cultural and
educational backgrounds. We work collectively with community groups
locally, nationally and internationally. Our staff meets at least once per
month.
3. Participation in the Omni - Why are you interested in becoming a member?
How does your group intend to use the space? What are your needs?
Our mission and the objectives of the Omni are aligned. We both are
working diligently to improve and empower individuals and the community.
We also enjoy the location of the Omni. Hosting events at the Omni would be
of great value to our team. Becoming a part of the ownership team is also a
very exciting opportunity for our organization. We would like to be
fiscally sponsored by the Omni.
How does your group intend to use the space?
* We intend to use the space for workshops, classroom trainings, events,
rehearsals, and collective member meetings.
What are your needs?
* Our need is to have space at the Omni as a member collective. We will use
the space to have locked storage, books, and a table for small class
meetings. We will also have larger events like fundraisers, health
trainings, or music and cultural programs that we would like to hold in the
larger common spaces.
4. Group finances and paying rent?
What does your group do to support itself financially? What is your best
plan for contributing your potential share of rent to the Omni? Please
include relevant financial statements, documentation of sufficient income
(e.g. balance sheet, bank statement profit & loss statement).
We have about $500 from the community fundraiser events and we are planning
to charge sliding scale admission for workshops, classroom trainings, and
other large music events. We have been invited to apply for several
government and private grants. Our anticipated largest funding source for
our youth project will be coming from grants and monthly member donations.
We propose to pay $100 a month in rent plus utilities for the first
three-months until we receive grants to support our program. After the
first three months we will pay $200 for rent plus utilities and would like
to become the stewards of the blue classroom and have priority use of that
space. We do not plan to charge youth or low-income families for our
services however, we do accept donations.
We do not currently have a bank account. As a fiscally sponsored project we
would open a sub account under the Omni’s bank account.
5. Dedicated space - If your group would like some dedicated space at the
Omni, what square footage and what features are you looking for? Which
specific rooms do you feel might be suitable?
We are proposing to steward and maintain the Blue classroom and keep a
locked storage cabinet there after our first three months of membership. We
would have priority for our youth classes and family consulting, and would
make the space available to other groups when we were not using it.
6. Other contributions to the Omni - This question should inspire some
imagination. We are exploring ideas to pay rent and purchase the building
in the long-term. The basic plan is for each group paying a share of rent.
Potential plans include groups sharing profit from their activities,
producing Omni events, and booking other events. What is the best-case
scenario for using the Omni space to further support your group?
* One of the ways that we may be able to generate funds is by hosting
monthly events. At first this income may be slow yet if we continue we
will look to attract sponsors and also grow our attendance of our events.
* We also plan to produce mutually beneficial community programs for the
Omni that would entail youth related film screenings, concerts & workshops…
* We can help the Omni by participating on the working groups. Almaz has
been volunteering with the Commons working group for about 2 months.
* We hope that this project will greatly expand the scope of the Omni’s
community and increase its visibility. There is a chance that funders and
donors introduced to the Omni through our Program would financially support
the project of the Omni. We plan to bring more African and African American
community members and others who would increase the diversity of the Omni’s
community in many ways, including inviting programming for and by community
groups who represent our neighborhood and community.
* Wanda Sabir of KPFA and Sophie of KPOO are also media supporters of YES.
We can mention the Omni on our radio broadcast and other media
collaborations.
7. Additional information?
Our collective will have diverse group members, artists, business owners,
educators, musicians, authors, which all those who organize and those who
participate are all considered collective members. Will also have
volunteers temporary member participates from deferent community groups,
which include college/university students and community educators. All
participates in our program would not necessarily be considered members
unless they show constant involvement at YES program.
Introduce your key collective members :
* Almaz Yihdego - Founder and program coordinator/Tigrinya/Amharic teacher.
* Noura Hassaini - Child Development English/French/ and Arabic teacher
* Lawrence Brisco - Business development, entrepreneurship trainer through
creative gardening and landscape design.
* Daniel Williams - Swahili and mathematics teacher
* Akanke Adesokan - Holistic health and culturally relevant responsive
holistic empowering counselor and performing artist
* Eden Mana - health and wellness, health eating habits and nutrition
counselor
* Fiyory Melake - chemistry and biology teacher
* Mical - Free art and graphic-design teacher
* Baba Kala - Music and cultural history teacher
* Far I Shields - musician, artist and author for global transformation
* Melvin Cowan - program fund and resource advisor
* Yoel Haile - student academic resource and job placement coordinator
== Discussion: Judith issue relevant to FNB & Omni ==
* Judith: Concerned about the security of the building - incident with
someone sleeping in the shower and becoming violent. Space does not feel
safe to me, very anxiety-provoking. Think the shower has to stay locked,
want to talk with FNB about it, part of the issue for me is the sleeping
ban - people wouldn't be sneaking off to little corners of the building if
it were acceptable to fall asleep in a chair here. Need to discuss it with
FNB, mostly women on the FNB list were in favor of locking the shower. Do
women feel safe here? Need to talk about it with the FNB collective, we
couldn't come to consensus on anything last night at our meeting
* Laura: Security comes up over and over again, we've tried lots of
things... shower has come up before but not what happened to you. Talk to
the users of the shower and come up with a proposal would be a good next
step.
* Matt: Think it's worth spending 15 minutes on this now [folks agree]
* Ken: Just want to second your observations that women likely feel more
threatened ... feels threatening to anyone to kick people out at 2 or 3 in
the morning. Could charge for use of the shower and generate more income
for Omni (except of course those who contribute to Omni). Zero tolerance
policy on anyone making threats.
* Matt: Put up a camera at the front door so you can see who's on the other
side of the door without opening it (it's not recording). Get really fed up
with cleaning up after people who stay here who aren't members and are
irresponsible on top of it. For some reason we can't come to an agreement /
implement our policy that people have to be a collective member to enter
the building.
* Judith: Would like to have a donation can, if someone wants a shower
who's not a keyholder, the person lending the key ensures it's used
responsibly. Proposal to have 5-6 keys.. and one on a master keyring. Whole
access system has serious flaws, need to rethink what forms of rest from
our guests and volunteers are acceptable, encourage a healthier culture
around naps.
* Max: One thing about locking the bathroom, some people don't want others
to know that they're houseless... can be stigmatizing. Secondly, re:
violence, some people with mental health needs use their language really
loosely. Context is key, if someone's triggered and responds with violence,
often they're responding to a different kind of violence. If someone says
"I'm going to kill you," need to look at the context, what agitated them to
say that in the first place.
* Robb/Matt: Agitated about kicking people out, enforcing the non-member
policy
** Member will say someone is their guest, but then they never leave,
that's one of the core issues
* Joe: I think we should have the showers open an hour or two a week, I
brought this up before and volunteered to steward it. Would be a great
service to provide.
* Matt: Two distinct issues with the shower. 1) currently a resource
provided for members and their guests... if member isn't present when a
guest is using the shower that's an issue
MEETING ADJOURNED
== Discussion: How do we communicate with our neighbors? ==
* Julio: Scuttlebutt mailing list: How is it used? Okay to delay
discussion to next meeting if run out of time and others don't want to
discuss.
== Discussion: How to get the Communications Working Group Working ==
== Example Discussion Item ==
= End of Meeting =
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onto the omni wiki
* then please erase the contents of this pad
* then please cut & paste a blank template from here:
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I'm selling my Vectrix. It's not as fast as a Tesla but has an AC
drivetrain and it's battery can be upgraded more easily than a
Tesla's.
My Zero, on the other hand, can go as fast as most Teslas. But it's
not for sale.
On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 1:07 PM, Jake <jake(a)spaz.org> wrote:
> i am selling my fastest computer.
>
> get it? because it's basically a giant computer with a huge battery... that
> can go 155 MPH (software limited)
>
> http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/cto/5620059008.html
>
> special offer to hackers interested in this car: if you have root access to
> any linux server, i'll set you up with root on the car, so you can literally
> do anything you want from in there. Imagine the possibilities!
>
> (the car has a cellular modem so it's online all the time from everywhere)
>
> ok, apologies for posting a "car for sale" on hackerlists, but it's really a
> hacker car so get over it.
>
> http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/innovation/tesla-model-s-desktop-computer-wheel…
>
> https://www.reddit.com/r/teslamotors/comments/3tbzop/what_type_of_computers…
>
> https://transportevolved.com/2014/04/08/owners-hack-tesla-model-s-electroni…
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Best Regards.
This is unedited.
P-)
hi,
i found a digidesign 882 i/o audio interface on the sidewalk this weekend
w/o a power supply.
the specs for psu:
Input: 100-240 Vac
EING 50/60 Hz
1.0A Max
Output: +5Vdc/3.0A
+15Vdc/2.0A
-15Vdc/0.5A
36W Max
UMEC
AC Adapter UP0403A-03P
can i just use an inverting op amp on a 5v 12v power supply & be done?
or is 3v too big a difference (15v may just be for balancing the analog
signal)?
on the other hand, if anyone knows where to get a psu matching the above
specs, that would be stellar too!
thx
this week, June 7th, I won't be able to make it to Hardware Hacking
Tuesday, because i'm going to Toorcamp.
If anyone else is available, please show up at Sudoroom and welcome
newcomers as best you can! try to help them with their projects and
introduce them to others (including people who are not present) who might
share their interests or have answers for them.
try to have a good time even though I won't be there.
IMPORTANT: Tuesday don't forget to vote for Bernie Sanders! This message
not endorsed by Sudoroom or The Omni.
If you are a "No Party Preference" voter, you can still vote in the
democratic primary, but you will have to specifically ask for a ballot
with those choices on it. If you start filling out the ballot without
those choices, you can still exchange it for the right one, they just
void the one you wrote on and give you a new one. Don't take no for an
answer, don't "mail it in" and don't be pacified with a "provisional
ballot"
-jake
this saturady, there is an an occupation/vigil at people's park in honor of
our recently departed comrade, Midnight Matt, one of the Tree People and
long time member of Food Not Bombs.
if you have any large marine/car batteries or ways of generating power -
that we may use for the event - plz let me know
thx
I have a very small item that is on a .stl file which needs to be produced
on the 3D printer, tonight or tomorrow. Can anyone please reply with a
firm commitment? Will pay for your troubles.
Thank you
Somehow forgot to send sudo's june invoice...
------------------------ Invoice Summary --------------------------
Invoice # : 1335
Invoice Date: 05/01/2016
Due Date: 05/25/2016
Terms: Net 10
Amount Due: $2,000.00
The complete version has been provided as an attachment to this email.
---------------------------------------------------------------------
I found Sand sleeping again at Omni tonight. Lying down on the couch in the
front area. Several people, including myself, have had several
conversations with him about sleeping here and about contributing in
general but he continues to come here and fall asleep, sometimes at the
computer and sometimes lying down.
He claimed not to be sleeping of course, as he always does, but he was not
responding to us when we stood right next to him and tried to engage him
with increasingly loud voices until I clapped loudly and he woke up.
I told him he's banned for breaking the no sleeping rule.
--
marc/juul
Hi,
Every year for the past few years I've taught electronics to 4th and 5th graders for the Summer Camp at CDS, a cool school with sliding scale (and half taught in Spanish during the school year). It doesn't pay much, but I really enjoy it.
They are looking for someone to teach 3D printing for a week in July. If you are interested, please contact Charles directly. A bit more info, below.
Thanks,
Mitch.
-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject:
Summer Camp
Date:
Mon, 23 May 2016 10:51:01 -0700
From:
Charles DiRicco <charlesd(a)cds-sf.org>
To:
Mitch Altman
Hey there Mitch!
I hope all is well. As always, we are all so excited to
have you back for another year of camp. One year we will
somehow steal you for the entire summer.
I was wondering if you had a contact who is looking for
work and would be able to lead a 3D Printing camp this summer
from July 11 - 15. Any help would be most appreciated. Talk to
you soon!
Best,
Charles
--
Charles DiRicco
Extended Program Director
Children's Day School
333 Dolores St. SF, CA 94110
(415) 861-5432
x315 (ph)
(415) 861-5419 (fx)
charlesd(a)cds-sf.org
www.cds-sf.orghttp://extendedprogramcds.posterous.com/
a 16 channel snake has been installed along the rafters going to the
library mezz area so we can now operate the mixer from up there.
we recently received another 16 channel snake (thank you Seb & David) so we
can still operate the mixer any where on the floor too.
a dmx line was also installed along the rafters to the mezz which is used
to control the various light bars over the stage for stage lighting
(finally online, apologies for the delay).
the baps projector has been installed in the rafters pointing at the stage
for video on the stage. this one, actually, took the longest as splicing in
ethernet cable to lengthen vga cable is a pain in the arse (jake said i
couldn't do it :))
for now, i will leave my wireless keyboard/touchpad in the a/v room so you
don't have to be in the crow's nest to operate the video player/computer.
please let me know if you have any questions
~r
we should consider limiting mailman's alcohol intake.
it appears they passed out again
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> 4. ballroom a/v upgrades (robb)
> 5. Re: [omni-discuss] ballroom a/v upgrades (Laura Turiano)
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> 7. Re: vinyl cutter/plotter & wax printer online (Marc Juul)
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> 9. Re: vinyl cutter/plotter & wax printer online (Jake)
> 10. Re: vinyl cutter/plotter & wax printer online (robb)
> 11. Re: vinyl cutter/plotter & wax printer online (Jake)
> 12. Invoice 1335 from Omni Commons (Omni Commons)
> 13. Re: Invoice 1335 from Omni Commons (Jenny Ryan)
> 14. Re: vinyl cutter/plotter & wax printer online (Jake)
> 15. Re: Invoice 1339 from Omni Commons (danarauz(a)gmail.com)
> 16. Re: [omni-discuss] ballroom a/v upgrades (danarauz(a)gmail.com)
> 17. Re: [omni-discuss] ballroom a/v upgrades (robb)
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> From: Pete Forsyth <peteforsyth(a)gmail.com>
> To: Sudo room <sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org>
> Subject: [sudo-discuss] Bay Area WikiSalon on Wednesday evening
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> All:
>
> You're invited to the second monthly Bay Area WikiSalon, this Wednesday
> evening at 6pm at the Wikimedia Foundation (downtown SF). It's an
> opportunity to talk wiki, in all senses...Wikipedia, local wikis, Sudo
> wiki; social, technical, etc. Sometimes we have a formal presentation, but
> not this month. There might be discussion of pending California legislation
> to apply copyright to works of the state government, about various tecnical
> and social projects in the Wikipedia world, etc.
>
> All info (and link to *mandatory* registration form) here:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bay_Area_WikiSalon,_May_2016
>
> (Sorry, building security requires advance registration.)
>
> Hope you can make it!
> -Pete
>
> p.s. Perhaps this is something we'd like to do at the Omni for one or more
> future dates. If anybody's interested in that, let me know!
>
Dear Sudo Room,
Here's your invoice! We appreciate your prompt payment.
Thanks for stewarding the commons!
Omni Oakland
------------------------ Invoice Summary --------------------------
Invoice # : 1339
Invoice Date: 05/02/2016
Due Date: 05/15/2016
Terms: Net 30
Amount Due: $446.00
The complete version has been provided as an attachment to this email.
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Dale C (DC) came by the sudo party & we got the xerox phaser 8650 wax
printer working & the US Cutter vinyl plotter seems to work too (boots
nicely :/)
Dear Sudo Room,
Here's your invoice! We appreciate your prompt payment.
Thanks for stewarding the commons!
Omni Oakland
------------------------ Invoice Summary --------------------------
Invoice # : 1298
Invoice Date: 03/22/2016
Due Date: 04/21/2016
Terms: Net 30
Amount Due: $386.69
The complete version has been provided as an attachment to this email.
---------------------------------------------------------------------
All:
You're invited to the second monthly Bay Area WikiSalon, this Wednesday
evening at 6pm at the Wikimedia Foundation (downtown SF). It's an
opportunity to talk wiki, in all senses...Wikipedia, local wikis, Sudo
wiki; social, technical, etc. Sometimes we have a formal presentation, but
not this month. There might be discussion of pending California legislation
to apply copyright to works of the state government, about various tecnical
and social projects in the Wikipedia world, etc.
All info (and link to *mandatory* registration form) here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bay_Area_WikiSalon,_May_2016
(Sorry, building security requires advance registration.)
Hope you can make it!
-Pete
p.s. Perhaps this is something we'd like to do at the Omni for one or more
future dates. If anybody's interested in that, let me know!
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Date: Mon, May 23, 2016 at 7:28 PM
Subject: The Omni Commoner, May 2016 Edition!
To: announce(a)lists.omnicommons.org
The Omni Commoner
*Issue 2, May 2016*
*omnicommons.org*
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The Omni Commons currently hosts a dozen collectives committed to the
mission of equity and community. We’re actively recruiting new members for
existing groups as well as entirely new organizations to collaborate with
us. Please visit *omnicommons.org/wiki*
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to learn more, or contact *info(a)omnicommons.org* <info(a)omnicommons.org>
with inquiries on how to participate!
Big changes are continuing on the exterior of the building. The Italian
Cypress trees along Shattuck Ave have been pruned to overhead height
allowing better egress and visibility.
High definition night vision security cameras have been installed on the
Shattuck-facing and main entrances. New street lights have been installed
along the building on Shattuck by the Temescal Business Improvement
District.
We recently passed our 2016 fire inspection for the ballroom! In addition,
we designed and built our evacuation maps for the building in-house, and
daresay the Omni Commons may now host the largest evacuation maps in the
East Bay!
*Join!*
Are you connected to an aligned group looking for occasional or permanent
space? We have space available and are actively seeking new member
collectives to rent it out! Apply to be a member collective at*
omnicommons.org/join
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!*
*Participate!*
We’re always welcoming new volunteers to participate in various working
groups - in particular finance, building & maintenance, commons (event
management), and fundraising. Check the calendar for the next working group
meeting, or visit *omnicommons.org/lists*
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to join the relevant mailing list.
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DONATE NOW TO KEEP US GOING!
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*Updates From Member Collectives*
The Omni Fair, part of the Bay Area-wide Open Engagement conference, was a
great success! Thanks to everyone who came out, and to our panel guests
from Qulture Collective, 924 Gilman, Black Salt Collective, and Design
Action Collective.
Check out the photos
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This Tuesday, May 31st, Liberated Lens will be showing *Petals in the Dust:
The Endangered Indian Girls*
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as part of this month's local filmmaker series. Doors open at 7pm, film
starts at 7:30. Director Nyna Pais Caputi will be in attendance for Q&A
afterwards! Free snacks and popcorn!
Representatives from Counter Culture Labs, Biocurious, and the Open Insulin
Project participated in a panel on DIY Biology at this weekend's Maker
Fair. Check out photos of the panel and the rest of Maker Faire 2016 from
CCL member and globetrotting DIY Bio documentarian Daily Laurel here
<http://omnicommons.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7b3df74e35ed3cfc94d1f7…>
!
Donate much-needed items from our Wishlist - we are especially in need of
cleaning supplies, nice bookshelves and building materials!
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Have a Question?
Chances are the answer is already on our website or wiki at omnicommons.org
- Come visit and send us a comment or feedback at *info(a)omnicommons.org*
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!
Recurring Events
Monday
*Fundraising / Buy the Building / Until the Revolution Working Group*, 6pm
in the Blue Classroom - Working on fundraising strategies for the Omni and
the logistical tasks toward buying the building - until the revolution,
when property becomes obsolete.
*Synthetic Biology, Biohacking and Cheese*, every other Monday at 7pm in
Counter Culture Labs – Real Vegan Cheese is a not a cheese substitute! It
all starts with regular old baker’s yeast. Through synthetic biology, we
engineer our yeast to become milk-protein factories. Our milk proteins are
then combined with water and vegan oil to make Vegan Milk which is
ultimately converted into Real Vegan Cheese through standard cheese-making
processes – just like cheese made from cow or goat milk!
*The Art of Science, the Science of Art*, 4th Mondays at 7pm in Counter
Culture Labs - Come by CCL at Omni Commons to show, tell and share anything
that you are interested in relating to the intersection of art with
science, math and engineering.
Tuesday:
*Hardware Hack Night*, 7pm in Sudo Room - Come learn about any aspect of
hardware hacking and hack with others. The *giant robot arm*
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would like to let you know that everyone is welcome.
*Biohackers and Mad Scientists Social*, 7pm in Counter Culture Labs - Come
meet our Biohackers and other Mad Scientists in our new space at the Omni
Commons to discuss science, brainstorm projects, learn more about Counter
Culture Labs, and plot world domination. And hey – free pizza! See you
there!
*Birdhouse Art Collective Weekly Meetups* - 7-9pm in the Omni Entrance
Hall. More info *here*
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.
*Film Night @ The Omni*, every other Tuesday, 7pm in the Disco Room -
Regular film screenings hosted by resident radical film-making member
collective Liberated Lens.
Wednesday:
*Sudo Room Weekly Social*, 7pm in Sudo Room - Open to all! Potluck!
(optional)
*East Bay Homes Not Jails Meeting*, 7pm in the Blue Classroom - Homes Not
Jails is a consensus-based collective of squatters and squat supporters who
believe housing is a human right. Our goal is to open as much vacant
housing as possible and to keep it open as long as possible.
*Fermentation Station MycoFermentoOmniMondo*, 7pm in Counter Culture Labs
- A Chatauqua style event with several hands on activities going on
concurrently with occasional focus for attendees on one or more of the
activities. Sort of a three ring circus style in a sideshow presentation
with a potluck format.
*Open Source Insulin*, 7pm in Counter Culture Labs - Developing the first
open source protocol to produce insulin simply and economically. Our work
may serve as a basis for generic production of this life-saving drug and
provide a firmer foundation for continued research into improved versions
of insulin.
*BACE Timebank Monthly Meetups*, 1st Wednesdays at 6:30pm in the Treatment
Room - The Bay Area Community Exchange Timebank promotes and facilitates
the use of Time instead of money in the exchange of goods and services.
*Thursday:*
*Omni Delegates Meeting*, 1st and 3rd Thursdays at 7pm in the Ballroom -
Open to all! We’ll give space for brief announcements, updates from working
groups, proposals up for consensus, and discussion around important issues.
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*Commons Working Group*, 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 7pm in the Entrance Hall
- Coordinates scheduling, maintenance, and use of the common spaces. We
discuss issues that arise in the commons, meet with folks who have in-depth
questions about the space, and review pending event requests.
*Finance Working Group*, 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 6pm in the Blue Classroom
- Mission: To ensure the continued financial health of the Omni Commons.
*Javascript Study Group*, 7pm in Sudo Room - Weekly get together where we
work through javascript tutorials and projects, ask each other questions,
or ignore each other while we code (up to you). Self-paced, and all
experience levels welcome!
*BAAM Mushroom Lab*, 1st & 3rd Thursdays, 6:30pm in CCL - This meetup is
for people interested in mushroom cultivation at all experience levels.
Beginners (primordia) are welcome, and experienced cultivators are
encouraged to bring their own ideas, cultures, and experiments to the table.
Featured Recent & Upcoming Events
*May 19, 7-10pm - Wild Fermentation! Ferment Change! with Sandor Katz*
Author Sandor Katz will join with the Phat Beetz Youth Pickle Co and
Ferment Change! For a night of fermentation, discussion, and tastings! This
is a culture swap and potluck, please bring something to share!
*May 20, 7:30-11pm - 16th Antika Bulgaria Kick-Off!*
Like ethnic, deep rootsy music? Like bass-y music, (dub step, d’n’b,
hip-hop)? Didgeridoo? Bulgarian folklore, drone-y chanting songs/harmonies
…. Put it all together and you get ORATNITZA, straight from Sofia,
Bulgaria! The local SF-based Balkan-inspired LA PÊCHE will open with
traditional and original Balkan songs! The night will end with acoustic
bag-pipe set by a Bulgarian ex-pat heavy-weight, and revered Bulgarian
folklore legend, Vassil Bebelekov. Expect line dancing, holding hands, as
well as freaky new age-y moves!
*May 21, 7-11pm - Y.E.S. Fundraiser - Rhythm and Groove of Africa*
Global Communication Services presents a fundraiser event for youth
empowerment services afterschool progrsams. Featuring Ankanke, Sankofa
Akili Dance, Ensemble, Takuma King, DJ World Music, Come and enjoy some
African food and drink, music and craft!
*May 27, 6-10pm - Community, Connect!*
Join EBCOHO Member Patricia Mikkelson at the Omni Commons this Tuesday for
an evening of meaningful fun and empathy where you very likely could:
• make new friends and deepen existing friendships
• find potential clients and housemates
• expand your knowledge of the life-changing activities going on in the Bay
area.
• discover kindred spirits with common interests with whom you can
collaborate.
*May 27-29, 10am-9pm - Capoeira Mandinga Batizado and Women's Event*
The objective of this multi-day Women’s Event is to provide an environment
in which to showcase the work of women that have been inspirational to us
and have laid a path for others in capoeira.This event will be open to all.
Recurring Events (cont.)
*Hegel for Communists*, 1st and 3rd Thursdays, 7pm in the Treatment Room -
Studies and close readings in Hegel’s *Phenomenology of Mind*.
*Bernard Stiegler Reading Group*, 2nd and 4th Thursdays, 6:45pm in the
Disco Room - We will begin by making our way through Bernard Stiegler’s
Technics and Time, 1 // The Fault of Epimetheus. We will keep a blog to
follow the group: bernardstiegler.tumblr.com
*Heidegger for Mystics,* 2nd and 4th Thursdays, 7pm in the Blue Classroom.
This reading group will investigate Heidegger’s esoteric and “poetic”
writings about language and the event, texts composed approximately between
1936-1942.
Saturday:
*Synthetic Biology project: Engineer an evolved bacterial sunscreen*,
10:30am-12pm in Counter Culture Labs - Come get your hands dirty with some
of the most advanced genetic engineering concepts – synthetic biology,
directed evolution, and more!
Sunday:
*Open Insulin Lab Day*, 12-3pm in Counter Culture Labs - Regular meeting to
do lab work.
*Oakland Jericho: Prisoner Writing & Analysis*, 3-5pm in the Basement Hall
- We will review prisoner writings for the purpose of analyzing their
thoughts, views and revolutionary ideologies and develop a working model in
which we are able to publish their writings so others may learn and
benefit. In addition, we will be writing our CA Political Prisoners, and
others- in order to get to know their needs, form relationships and provide
services per Oakland Jericho’s missives for Political Prisoners.
*Community Democracy Project Weekly Meet Up*, 6:30pm in the Basement Hall -
Participatory democracy is real democracy–join us to say: Local People,
Local Resources, Local Power!
*Liberated Lens Weekly Meetup*, 7pm in the Ballroom Mezzanine - A radical
digital filmmaking collective at the Omni. *Contact to join, learn and
collaborate*
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*Open Circle: Families Fighting for Justice!* - Every 4th Sunday from
3::30-5:30pm
in the Entrance Hall or Disco Room. Open Circle, first and foremost, is an
opportunity to build community with one another. Secondly, it is a space to
reflect and collaborate on strategies and actions to bring about justice
for the families who’ve lost loved ones to police terror and to bring an
end to these egregious crimes.
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with radical and contestatory politics.
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*Food Not Bombs* - Bringing free food to parks, political events,
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toward the return of military spending to the community, starting with
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change.
*Phat Beets* - A food justice group building farmers markets and gardens in
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From: uhjai <2014(a)atothet.com>
Date: Sun, May 22, 2016, 11:52 AM
Subject: [villagecraft] right now! Huge Garage Sale, Berkeley 9am-2pm (Sat
5/22)
To: <villagecraft-bayarea(a)list.villagecraft.org>
Hey friends! My friends coop house is being shutdown and everything must
go, even free, please come through! And if you have better alternative
suggestions to goodwill we'd love to hear!Much love, Ajay
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De: *Meagan Morse* <meagan.morse(a)gmail.com>
Fecha: sábado, 21 de mayo de 2016
Hi crafties!
Our lease is ending without renewal, so our sweet co-op is parting ways. We
have TONS of clothing, furniture, dishes, kitchenware, shoes, books, games,
jewelry, and more and more that we will be selling super super cheap (and a
number of things for free) at a garage sale tomorrow.
9am-2pm
1917 MLK JR WAY
BERKELEY CA 94704
We'd love for these things to go to sweet new homes!
-m
Meagan Morse
The Well Within | Bay Area Doula Care
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$540.24 in the bank with $2798 due in 3 weeks.
Sudo Room supports the Omni Commons project financially by providing over
15% of its monthly income. Your donations support not just sudo room, but
also meeting space for over a dozen activist projects in the bay area as
well as event space for innumerable social justice, artistic, scientific,
and cultural endeavors. We are thisclose to buying the building, reducing
our costs, and keeping the Omni alive as a community space for decades to
come.
*Please check that you are paying your membership dues. *
*At the end of the month, we will be cancelling door access to all
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Hmm, this seems like a good way to get around Paypal fees, no?
// Matt
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From: Mitar <mitar(a)tnode.com>
Date: Fri, May 20, 2016 at 2:10 PM
Subject: Donation through PayPal Giving Fund
To: Matthew Senate <mattsenate(a)gmail.com>, Jenny Ryan <tunabananas(a)gmail.com
>
Hi!
I wonder, I have not found you among possible recipients of PayPal
Giving Fund:
https://www.paypal.com/givingfund/
I think it would be great because then I could donate to you using
PayPal, and 100% of donations would go to you.
Mitar
--
http://mitar.tnode.com/https://twitter.com/mitar_m
thanks for the responses.
On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 4:20 AM, Marc Juul <juul(a)labitat.dk> wrote:
>
> Yes but you could block their membership within the four week period.
>
i don't see any legitimate grounds for blocking.
i'm still confused a bit how a for-profit startup's office space rental is
a tax exempt donation but there are a great number of mysteries in the
universe & i'm ok w/that.
On Thu, 19 May 2016, Marc Juul wrote:
> On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 3:01 PM, Jake <jake(a)spaz.org> wrote:
> Is anyone going to work on a web app for the vending machine, so people can pay for things coming out of it?
>
> You mean this one?
>
> https://github.com/sudoroom/hack-o-mat-webapp
>
> Yeah I'll try to get it to a working state this weekend. I've been testing the latest Amazon Fire $40 tablet and I'm really impressed with it so I'm going to mount one on
> the vending machine as the user interface. If you never register it with Amazon and just install your .apk manually then it doesn't even show any ads and enabling developer
> mode is super easy.
awesome!!! wait is there something wrong with github?
"Latest commit 22c1d6c on Nov 27, 2014 @Juul Juul added credit card
payment stuff"
yesterday we received a donation of a box of cool hacking gear, including
arduino shields and servo motors and breadboards and stuff.
among the stuff was a Gabotronics XMEGA Xprotolab, a tiny oscilloscope
with a lot of functions!!!!! it's the coolest thing ever.
http://www.gabotronics.com/development-boards/xmega-xprotolab.htm
it's presently hanging on the electronics workbench in its bag, and the
bag has a stuff.sudo sticker on it that links to
https://sudoroom.org/wiki/O:305
I look forward to putting these things in the vending machine.
Is anyone going to work on a web app for the vending machine, so people
can pay for things coming out of it?
-jake
we got a giant laser for the robot. This will allow it to cut things
precisely for us, even if they're really large.
of course to do this we'll have a safety interlock to prevent use by
untrained people, and we'll have a safety curtain or folding wall to
deploy around the robot while the laser is enabled, so nobody can
accidentally see the light coming from it.
I don't know the wavelength of the laser, but it's a giant laser diode
array with a lens on the end, and it has a water cooling jacket, and i
think i was told it's a 75 watt laser. we do have a way to power it.
if anyone wants to get involved with playing with this, please let me
know. I think we could get it to the point where it could cut through
some serious stuff, and the extremely large work area of the robot is a
big deal.
-jake
as I said in February, the vending machine is basically at operational
status:
https://sudoroom.org/pipermail/sudo-discuss/2016-February/011770.html
and as I said in April, I now know how we will perfect the motor homing
issue:
https://sudoroom.org/pipermail/sudo-discuss/2016-April/011894.html
but for now, it works well enough that I was able to dispense one of the
candy bars in the machine without cheating and opening up the machine.
I didn't even need to power cycle it, the beaglebone in there was just up
and working already!
thanks to rcsheets who stocked the vending machine with delicious candy
bars! products 1030, 1031, and 1032 by the way
let me know if you want to help get the vending machine working better.
we need simple hardware work, complex hardware work, and software work!
-jake
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrospinning
I am getting really interested in this rapidly expanding field that crosses
between many different disciplines. Specifically, for me, I am interested
in the intersection of electric fields and textile fiber creation and just
general structural emergent properties.
Wondering if there are others on the list that might find this area
interesting and want to work on making a diy electrospinner?
-Cere
Hello all,
I've been meaning to try to come to Sudo Room and hang out and see what
kinds of stuff are going on for a while now, and finally have some more
free time to do so. Is there a good time y'all would recommend I come to
be able to meet folks, see what's up, etc? (I saw that last month there
were some informal "Hacker Happy Hour" things, but seems like those aren't
on any more)
Cheers
Rohit
--
Rohit Upadhya
Berkeley, CA
nyancat theme is perhaps optimal.
what's the status of this project btw (and cc'ing sudoers)
On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 4:30 PM, Marc Juul <juul(a)labitat.dk> wrote:
> A while back we proposed to have a system that plays a song in all of Omni
> when it's time for everyone to spend 10 minutes cleaning and kick out all
> non-members.
>
> Yesterday I finally got around to testing a solution where all our wifi
> routers will have speakers added. Parts have been ordered and will be
> arriving soon.
>
> We can probably only fit one or two pieces of music onto the routers.
> Taking requests for cleanup music in this thread.
>
> I'll start:
>
> * Leek spin music
> * Nyan cat theme
>
> --
> marc/juul
>
>
>
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>
Dan Kalb (District 1 representative including omni and sudo room) hosted a
community meeting with the developers Nautilus Group tonight, and below are
the notes I took.
In particular, I was given a verabl agreement with Randy Miller (president
of Nautilus Group -- rmiller(a)nautilusgrp.com) that if we were impacted by
pests, such as rests, due to their demolition of the plot at 48th and
Shattuck Ave, they would be willing to compensate us for that. I told him
we would email a proper accounting of those costs. Please let me know if
you can help with that.
* Dan Kalb makes introduction, includes planners assigned to this project
** Mike & Darron
* Developers -- Nautilus Group
** Brian Caruso, John ? , Randy Miller, Charlie Testrum, Joseph Lee
* Dan is going to let Nautilus give an update, ask question, give comments,
etc
** Get to your point, make it clearly and articulately, as quickly as you
can. We'll take notes of course
** If you have questions, staff and nautilus Group
* Planning Commission Hearing 6pm on June 1st (Weds) @ City Hall
* Nautilus
** President -- Randy Miller, working on this project for 2.5 years
(actually)
*** I see a lot of familiar faces, some of you I don't believe we've spoken
to you before
*** The site itself has a much longer history
*** Former site of 1989-shut down Pussycat Porn Theater.
*** Global Video Store closed 7-8 years ago (or so)
*** Various development proposals for this site have been heard for ~10
years.
*** Acquired site in late 2013, implemented fairly large survey and survey
groups
*** Held a design competition to ask local architects to submit their
concepts
**** Then we developed our own design.
*** Been working with the city, and now it's scheduled to be heard before
planning commission.
*** It's not too late to make adjustments.
*** I will stay late to talk with anyone 1-on-1 if there's not time to
cover something.
*** We've razed the bank (video store project), and have a demonstration
project of urban farm.
*** Two levels of subterranean parking. Clarke st is proposed entrance.
*** 144 spaces of first level retail parking.
*** 2nd level is secured gate residential parking (~148 spaces)
*** 204 Residential units (including 17 below-market rate units) + ~30,000
ft of retail
**** Primary retail is grocery store, plus street-level retail
*** Town homes will face little frog park and claremont, as well as Clarke
at 51st st
*** 5 floors of apartments on top of the retail, stepping down toward Clarke
*** On top of project is urban farm with greenhouses incroporated.
*** Slide: 15 community meetings; Over 100 1-on-1 meetings, 13 open houses,
5 meetings with councilmember Kalb
* City of Oakland
** Planning Department - Mike Rivera
*** Working with applicant for a final design solution.
*** We studied w/ design review committee back in 2015 (sept 30th?)
*** City will be looking at land use issues and Sigua? issues --
documentation available on the city website
**** Impacts include: traffic, air quality, noise, aesthetics, shadow, and
this doc will be discussed at the commission, to which the public is
invited.
*** Applicant has consulted with staff, traffic consultant, and traffic
planner.
**** Based on the plan submitted by the applicant, including new / revised
sidewalk ramps around the site (ADA) and wider sidwalks on 51st and
telegraph.
**** Includes removing the slip lane at claremont and telegraph. This is a
narrow stretch and the goal is to eliminate that, revise the crosswalk, and
create a bulb-out.
***** The goal of the bulb-out is to provide more space for pedestrians.
**** New crosswalk on Clarke st & 51st, as well as on Clarke St at Redondo.
**** In addition to those improvements, the applicant is proposing to
remove the nose-something of the island at corner of 51st and telegraph.
**** Decorative landscaping on 51st aproaching Telegraph
**** Public use walkway at Claremont, through the property to Clarke street.
* Q & A
** What about the low-income units?
*** Price depends on number of people in family, should be 30% of annual
income (~50,000-$35,000 / year or below).
** Apartments are the plan, over condos at the time.
*** If condo demand was more substantial demand, they would change to for
sale.
*** Currently planning on apartments.
** Where are the low-income units going to be located?
*** Dispersed, price will be set by market by time project is completed.
*** $3k-$4k / mo range. Studios for $2500.
** Concern brought up that teachers and nurses can't afford these units.
*** Explanation is that there is an alternative to make more
moderately-affordable units, but that's going to take another year and they
don't want to do that.
** Teresa from Frog Park (friends of?)
*** Asked to move entrance to 51st st. Trucks have been moved to 51st st,
requesting residential and retail also enters the garage on 51st st.
*** The short st of Clarke has bad sightlines. This is going to be 100s of
people coming in and out every day with their cars.
*** Respectfully request to move all the entrances to 51st st.
** Traffic Review is available on city's website
** Concern about gridlock, traffic in event of an emergency
** At this point, most of these issues are being recorded rather than
responded to by the developer
** Will there be a caveat (covenant?) in the permit that prevents the
development unit residents from being eligible for permitted street parking?
** Will there be a wall to abate the noise / dust nuisance during
contstruction?
** 18-20 months is construction duration, have not resolved truck access
yet, have not yet made the construction management plan.
**
I need a USB sound card with stereo input.
does anyone have one I can buy cheap? I'm going to hack its inputs to be
DC-coupled ADC's, so any fancy features are wasted on me.
ebay is full of those cheap USB sound cards but they only have one-channel
input.
i might give up and just use multiple of those, but it will be hard to
synchronize them, although that may not matter for my purposes.
-jake
Hey remember the MRI project we were talking about a year or two ago?
Does anyone still have any copies of their MRIs? I'm stopping by SudoRoom
to jam and check out this project, probably work on it a little.
http://sudoroom.github.io/MRI-Art-Landing-Page/
=============================
Romy Ilano
romy(a)snowyla.com
* i made a microphone out out of an electret mic capsule that matt found in
sudo w/the following circuit:*
* 10u
+---------o-------------||------o----------------- HOT (2)
| | |
| |- |
| CAPSULE 22k
| |+ |
| | 10u |
| o-------------||------|------o---------- COLD (3)
2k2 | | |
| 2k2 | 22k
| | | |
| o--330R---o----o------o------+
| +| +| |+
| 10u 12V 10u
| -| -| |-
--o---------o---------o----o------------------------ GROUND (1)
*
*and it works well! very responsive*
*-it must have phantom power (48V from mixer/mic preamp)*
*-"12V" in the diagram is a 12v zener diode*
*- 10u in the diagram are plastic film caps. (if you only have 10uF
electrolytic caps also use 100nF in parallel, like i did))*
*source <http://www.epanorama.net/circuits/microphone_powering.html>*
a kid friend of mine really really wants minecraft.
apparently you have to pay $27 for it. i could buy it for him but i don't
want to be his sugar daddy, and probably someone on this list has a copy
or code or whatever it is, and wants to give it away to a nice kid.
if so, please email me.
thanks,
-jake
Ok, so either 8am tomorrow morning or some time on Thurs? I'd be fine with
going for the sake/experience of it, or not. Just lmk.
I'm not at omni yet, I'll be by tonight for hardware hacknight and such.
Yeah, there are also many items that do not need to be stored in the
entrance hall, so I would like to put them away properly for good measure.
Finally, I'm cc'ing sudo room and ccl about this timeline and working
together to do an E-waste run before the rough inspection. Anyone available
to make that run? I suggest Universal Waste Management 721 37th Ave (just
off the fwy) open 8am-4pm every day (and they don't charge for most e-waste
and recyclables) http://www.unwaste.com/
// Matt
On Tue, May 3, 2016 at 5:09 PM, David Keenan <dkeenan44(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Ok. Those cmtee mtgs seem to be 2h so I doubt that would be enough time
> for you, Matt. Plus if I recall there is usually an advance time window for
> building inspections of at least 2h.
>
> I have to be back at Building Dept Thursday AM so I may schedule for Thurs
> aft, if that time is available from the city. Otherwise I'll schedule for
> Fri aft as I am down at Health on Fri AM.
>
> Also, I stopped by Omni to help u move stuffs but you musta left already.
>
> The area of work should have about 5' clear (opposite the exposed
> studs) so if anyone has time to move the stuff that's presently
> being stored there, that'd be really great.
>
> I'll go pick up a check from Matt G. and file for the elec permit when I
> go pick up the plans tomoro.
>
> Best,
> David
>
>
> On Tuesday, May 3, 2016, Matt Senate <mattsenate(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm busy tomorrow at 9:30am for the BID Promotion & Security Committee
>> meeting as well at ~12pm for a meeting about preserving the gardens at
>> laney college. I could go downtown between these two times, for instance.
>> Or I could go before the BID meeting in the morning between 8-9am.
>>
>> It seems reasonable to schedule the rough inspection on Thursday.
>>
>> // Matt
>>
>> On Tue, May 3, 2016 at 4:43 PM, Matt Griffin <griffin.matt.j(a)gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Sweeet
>>>
>>> Weve got funds so if u wanna grab a check from me thats cool
>>>
>>> Matt
>>>
>>> On May 3, 2016, at 4:25 PM, David Keenan <dkeenan44(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Good news, the application just finished its final stage of processing a
>>> few minutes ago, so it (and an elec. trade permit if we choose to add that
>>> on, which we probably should) is ready for pick up tomorrow.
>>>
>>> Can anyone with a bank card (to pay for the elec permit) meet me
>>> downtown tomoro, and if so, when is good? Or I can pick up a blank check
>>> from someone? The electrical permit should come in under $300, but I don't
>>> have the exact Amy (Matt G., Do we have the funds?)
>>>
>>> I will also schedule a rough inspection tomorrow, either same day or
>>> Thursday dep. on Matt S.'s schedule? When is good, Matt S.?
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> David
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, May 3, 2016, David Keenan <dkeenan44(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Also, we should figure a time to go back to the city and pull the
>>>> attendant elec permit if necc. I'm going to see if it won't make things too
>>>> complicated to use the completion permit for elec work done onthe acoustic
>>>> wall to cover this area as well, so as to save us $2-300, but we'll
>>>> probably need to figure that out at the counter when we go pick up the
>>>> field copy & job card.
>>>>
>>>> On Tuesday, May 3, 2016, David Keenan <dkeenan44(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello all,
>>>>>
>>>>> I just received word that the plancheck is done for the
>>>>> drywall permit and we are just waiting on final processing over the next
>>>>> cpl days.
>>>>>
>>>>> I will be out of town this weekend unfo but this might be a good time
>>>>> to procure DW and any other supplies we may not have on hand (mud, tape,
>>>>> sandpaper, screws, primer, paint etc). Does anyone wanna take the lead on
>>>>> this, or sched a work party to put up the DW soon?
>>>>>
>>>>> It also means that barring any reasons to the contrary I can
>>>>> probably schedule the rough inspection before Sat.
>>>>>
>>>>> Matt, since you prepped the planset may I ask, what is your schedule
>>>>> this week? Are mornings ok?
>>>>>
>>>>> Best,
>>>>> David
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>
Hi Folks,
I have an interactive real-time hardware project where I am wanting good
(non headache coding) interrupt processing that also has good rt support.
I was hoping to leverage the easier function of a linux micro controller
like Beaglebone for the interrupt side, with a connected Teensy for better
RT function. Yet, I haven't seen many people do this and I am worried that
I don't really understand the devil in the details about the tradeoffs well
enough.
Are there ppl on this list that build projects with these kinds of
interactive real-time demands that can help me sort through the best
choices during some hack night?
Thanks,
-Cere
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Helping a friend close down a West Oak hacker house today. There's a ton of (nice) furniture, a couple monitors, grocery/pantry items, and stacks upon stacks of quality, basically brand new mattresses and beds. They are getting rid of everything today. I immediately thought of Sudo/Omni; maybe the org or some individuals could use some stuff. As time is of the essence, I'd encourage you to email me directly at championsoundsystem(a)gmail.com or text me at 415-378-3335 if this could be of use.
best,
Liz
sudoroom has a nice air compressor.
some pictures here:
http://imgur.com/gallery/QBOG4
here is the manual:
http://www.chpower.com/IMAGES/pdfs/manual00/611301_0504.pdf
I am presently trying to figure out why it leaks air from a valve whose
purpose I don't understand. In the meantime it is working now.
My friend is offering to lend us a plasma cutter, which is like a welder
but cuts metal instead of welding it together. It uses electricity and
compressed air, and when we attach the business end to the robot, we will
be able to cut precise shapes out of steel of significant thickness,
making the laser cutter very jealous.
can someone print out the air compressor manual (PDF link above) and
perhaps put it in a binder so it doesn't get grimy? We can attach it to
the compressor somehow.
-jake