- sudo-discuss - sudoroom.org

by johanna faust

if anyone has a place for me to tow the bmw that i am selling as is please respond -- it is at risk of being towed -- -- *Be seeing you.*

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Humans inBetween Homes Dinner Party and Art Show

by Julio Rios

FYI, this is happening at the Omni on December 5.... in case anyone wants to donate. https://www.gofundme.com/tyb2udrg Love, Julio

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Re: [sudo-discuss] Invoice 1184 from Omni Oakland

by yar

On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 7:38 PM, Charley Sheets <rcsheets(a)acm.org> wrote: > On Tue, 17 Nov 2015 10:58:57 -0800 (PST) > Omni Oakland <quickbooks-email(a)intuit.com> wrote: > >> ------------------------ Invoice Summary -------------------------- >> Invoice # : 1184 >> Invoice Date: 11/17/2015 >> Due Date: 11/27/2015 >> Terms: Net 10 >> Amount Due: $385.33 >> >> The complete version has been provided as an attachment to this email. >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This invoice (for utilities, taxes, and insurance) has been paid. Thank you, Charley!! This is such a relief.

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Re: [sudo-discuss] [lol-hackers] Fwd: [sfchalkboard] The Oakland Artist Housing and Workspace Survey is now live!

by yar

On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 10:42 AM, Vicky Knox <vknoxsironi(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Here's a survey by city staff who are apparently crowdsourcing > artist/workspace data as it intersects with gentrifying cost of living and > cost of workspaces (but not obvious demographic factors like race). I'm not > sure what exactly this will accomplish since the damage is already pretty > deep, but there's a section at the end where you can directly share your > thoughts with the city staff running the survey. I really let them have it!! > :] Thank you Vicky! I would love to know what you said to them. :)

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Fwd: [sfchalkboard] The Oakland Artist Housing and Workspace Survey is now live!

by Vicky Knox

Here's a survey by city staff who are apparently crowdsourcing artist/workspace data as it intersects with gentrifying cost of living and cost of workspaces (but not obvious demographic factors like race). I'm not sure what exactly this will accomplish since the damage is already pretty deep, but there's a section at the end where you can directly share your thoughts with the city staff running the survey. I really let them have it!! :] ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 5:47 PM Subject: [sfchalkboard] The Oakland Artist Housing and Workspace Survey is now live! To: sfchalkboard <sfchalkboard(a)lists.riseup.net> Hello chalkies, Just passing this important survey along. https://oakland.granicusideas.com/surveys/artist-housing-and-workspace-surv… If you want to share the Facebook link you can find it here: https://www.facebook.com/OaklandArts-196872017003005/ Thanks!

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Invoice 1184 from Omni Oakland

by Omni Oakland

Dear Sudo Room, Here's your invoice! We appreciate your prompt payment. Thanks for your business! Omni Oakland ------------------------ Invoice Summary -------------------------- Invoice # : 1184 Invoice Date: 11/17/2015 Due Date: 11/27/2015 Terms: Net 10 Amount Due: $385.33 The complete version has been provided as an attachment to this email. ---------------------------------------------------------------------

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Fwd: [omni-helpdesk] How to Build Better Hacking Communities

by Sadie Harmon

This came through the helpdesk, FYI: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Andy <cmtyresearch(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 1:56 PM Subject: [omni-helpdesk] How to Build Better Hacking Communities To: info(a)omnicommons.org Hi Omni Commons, We are running a *paid* research study and looking for people who are active volunteers in the intersection between hardware/software (e.g. maker communities, raspberry pi etc.) to talk to about their experiences as volunteers in maker communities / fablab communities. The study is for a large open source company and the goal is to understand how to create better experiences for volunteer contributors in open source and education focused, technology communities. To take part it requires 1 hour of your time over a video call (skype or similar). We will be able to reimburse you for your time with a $75 gift certificate to Amazon.com. If interested, please fill out this short form: http://goo.gl/forms/Y4chIu53pZ We thought this might be of interest for contributors in your community and where hoping you could help us spread the word by sharing to your community. Your time would be greatly appreciated! Don't forget to fill it out :) https://docs.google.com/forms/d/13dl2QrtKN_sbHKjxQEkixDINeDjzNj3KxSZFDgs8Tx… Best regards, Andy _______________________________________________ helpdesk mailing list helpdesk(a)lists.omnicommons.org https://omnicommons.org/lists/listinfo/helpdesk

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Invoice 1172 from Omni Oakland

by Omni Oakland

Dear Sudo Room, Here's your invoice! We appreciate your prompt payment. Thanks for your business! Omni Oakland ------------------------ Invoice Summary -------------------------- Invoice # : 1172 Invoice Date: 11/17/2015 Due Date: 11/27/2015 Terms: Net 10 Amount Due: $2,000.00 The complete version has been provided as an attachment to this email. ---------------------------------------------------------------------

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Please Let's Help Linda

by danarauz＠gmail.com

Hello Everyone, Linda Grant needs our help. WHO IS LINDA GRANT? For those that don't know Linda, Linda Grant is a mother and local Activist here in Oakland. Linda is a comrade that has been in the front line so many times helping different causes that includes supporting mothers who had lost their children due to Police brutality, etc. Now, Linda is the one suffering a lost and needs support. WHAT HAPPENED? Last week Linda's grandson, a 2 year old, was killed in a car accident, and her daughter lost one of her arms. TWO WAYS TO HELP: 1- She reached out to me if we, at Omni Commons, can help her by providing space where the repass can be taking place. They need to know this answer desperately, and if it can be for free if possible. I offered my help to find out, so that's why I am writing this email and I will follow up in person with some of the working group that handle the events. -I asked Linda for the date and time, but they don't know this yet, but they will be providing that information by Monday at the latest. 2- While in communication I requested her any link to the fund rising for the funeral so that I can share it with us here; so perhaps some of us can help her with some money. Please help if you can. I know Linda from the Occupy days, and she deserves all the help that we can give to her and her family. So, while the date and time comes to us, please, please, reach out to the gofundme page: https://www.gofundme.com/b8922mp8 and donate what you can. Many thanks in advance, Daniel -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Help open a people-powered common space in Oakland, California! https://omnicommons.org/donate - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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web voip client for sudo phone?

by Jake

can someone set up a webpage voip client on the sudoroom router computer, so that one can web in and telephone the sudophone (or CCL or liberated lens or the payphone or fnb...) if you need credentials i can grant them if i trust you. if you're a member.

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large boxes of persimmons to donate to food not bombs

by Romy Ilano

I have several large boxes of fresh persimmons to donate. I'd like to drop them by SudoRoom or the Omni. Probably stopping by Sunday evening. Miss the place! ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

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Re: [sudo-discuss] My dad the mechanic can visit the omni

by yar

On Sun, Nov 8, 2015 at 9:20 AM, Romy Ilano <romy(a)snowyla.com> wrote: > He can do a lot in a day but I'm not sure if the collective decision making and slower tempo to enable full democracy even from people with little experience in these maters would make this sense . I'll do what I can to help but yes it was just a thought ! The building WG is not embroiled in any democratic process right now. At this point it's a few skilled people with a long list of noncontroversial tasks to do, and not enough time in the day to organize new volunteers to do them. Help wanted.

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Sudoers looking for new housemates in Fruitvale district

by Lesley Bell

Hi all! We're looking for two new housemates in our community house in the Fruitvale district of Oakland. Rent is 740 + utils. We're having a small social hacking and music playing social time this evening, so if you'd like to check out the house and meet everyone, please come by, or alternatively message me offlist to work out another time. 3276 Logan St ~8PMish

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SUDO HACK REDUX

by Mari M.

Hey guys! I apologize for postponing my involvement in Sudo Hack. I've been suffering from severe asthma and needed to time in an allergen free environment to recover. I'm feeling a bit better and I should ok within the next few weeks. Last Sudo Hack, I didn't do too good of job getting people's individual contact information so when I sent emails to Sudo-Discuss, I didn't get a response back. These are some dates that are available taking into account the holidays: Dec 5th Dec 19th Jan 4th Please email me with contact info and which date you're available if you'd like to come help clean the space. :)

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THURSDAY: Design for imperfect manufacturing and challenges of making wireless optical system KORUZA

by Jenny Ryan

Stop by sudo this Thursday at 8pm and meet Musti, inventor of the open hardware optical wireless system KORUZA <http://koruza.net>. KORUZA is a 1Gbps wireless optical system for locations up to 100m apart, using an eye-safe infrared light beam. A low cost, open source and open hardware, wireless optical system, making the free space optical (FSO) technology available to masses and providing an alternative to Wi-Fi networks for RF spectrum congested urban areas. *Design for imperfect manufacturing and challenges of making wireless optical system KORUZA* Complicated and precise systems can be designed more smartly with imperfect tools and machines, demonstrated by the example of KORUZA, a low-cost wireless optical and open source open-hardware system for gigabit 100m wireless communication in urban areas. Motivation for developing this project comes from Wi-Fi, which is the most popular choice for creating low-cost networks these days. However, a large number of such networks fail to co-exist in urban environments due to RF spectrum congestion. KORUZA solves this problem by using a highly collimated optical beam for bi-directional communication. In this talk I will discuss the use of 3D printing for development of precise optical setup with imperfect parts, how to design a system using and re-purposing mass-produced off-the-shelf components, discuss impacts of setting up a global distributed experiment World Wide Koruza l experiment and observing the developed product in real-life. I will also demonstrate the latest KORUZA 1.0 prototype now suitable to make wireless optical gigabit links between buildings. *Bio:* Luka Mustafa is a Shuttleworth Foundation Fellow and working full-time on developing the wireless optical system, KORUZA, at Institute IRNAS Rače in Slovenia, which he founded in 2014. He is also working on his PhD at University College London. For the past year he has led a keen young team at IRNAS to develop open hardware manufacturing solutions ranging from precise 3D printing of plastics and other more unusual materials to large-scale CNC and plasma cutters for heavier metalwork, innovating on the use of optical fibres for these applications. He promotes and deploys open wireless networks with the "wlan slovenia" project, manages national and international wireless backbones and contributes to several open-hardware and electronics projects worldwide. He has wide experience interning on projects from sound-systems to particle accelerator control systems. ( http://koruza.net ) Sudo Calendar: https://sudoroom.org/events/design-for-imperfect-manufacturing-and-challeng… Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/427453017463929/ Can't make it this Thursday? You can also attend KORUZA event at Noisebridge on the 16th: https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Noisebridge_Koruza_event

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Fwd: Ace Monster Toys Hackerspace Holiday Party! December 12th

by yar

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Rachel Sadd <crafty.avenger(a)acemonstertoys.org> Date: Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 3:32 PM Subject: [sudo-info] Ace Monster Toys Hackerspace Holiday Party! December 12th To: info(a)sudoroom.org Dear Sudo Room, Ace Monster Toys loves that you are using the maker movement to strive for social justice, and we want to invite you and your members to join us for a night of music, making, and monster refreshments, all while exploring hands-on activities in our space. Our first-ever holiday party will include maker labs geared toward grown-ups, such as laser-cutting your own snowflakes and 3D printing lacy ornaments. 'Tis also an excuse for us to do what we love...Experimental Science Time! We'll create instant ice cream using liquid nitrogen and find out if cookie cutters can be made on a CNC mill. A jolly good time is sure to be had. Please join us, and let you members know about our party. Saturday, December 12 — 6 - 9:30pm Ace Monster Toys | 6050 Lowell Street. Ste. 214. | Oakland, CA 94608 Click here to RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ace-monster-toys-hackerspace-holiday-party-tic… Learn more about Ace Monster Toys here: http://acemonstertoys.org/ Crafty Rachel President, Director acemonstertoys.org meetup.com/Ace-Monster-Toys facebook.com/acemonstertoys

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Techno-Activism Third "Mondays": TPP Special, Next *TUESDAY* Nov 17 at Noisebridge 3PM-7PM!

by Danny O'Brien

San Francisco's Techno-Activism Third Mondays shifts 24 hours into the (hopefully not too dystopian) future next week. We're teaming up with colleagues in Washington DC for a special on the Trans-Pacific Partnership with the: >> FLUSH THE TPP HACKATHON Join us for an evening of hacking, building, and meme-making as part of a week of action against the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement! The TPP, a trade agreement whose text was released just this month: https://www.eff.org/issues/tpp . Its e-commerce and intellectual property chapters would extend copyright terms in many countries, limit governments' ability to require source code, place bans on circumventing DRM, increase ISP liability, and strip away privacy for domain owners. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/10/final-leaked-tpp-text-all-we-feared At this Tuesday hackathon, we'll be working on making new online tools, resources, and graphics for people to use and spread the word about the threats of the TPP. IN WASHINGTON D.C: WHEN: Tuesday, November 17 5:00pm ~ late WHERE: First Trinity Lutheran Church, 4th and E Sts., NW and worldwide* WHO: Activists, hackers, artists, and tinkerers. Some technical background encouraged but not required. IN SAN FRANCISCO, CA: WHEN: Tuesday, November 17 3PM-7PM WHERE: Noisebridge Hackerspace, 2629 Mission St, San Francisco WHO: Techno-activist regulars, and anyone else with an interest in learning more about how the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement affects the Internet and innovation. This will be a hands-on session, where you can participate in projects being developed in both spaces. Here are some sample project ideas: * TPP Quiz: A way for people to become acquainted with the problems of these deals and help them become better at conveying the threats to their friends and family. * Inspect the Text: A tool to highlight portions of the text and how they would affect the public interest, so that people can see what language in the actual text translates to specific regulatory concerns. It could also reveal which industries may have lobbied for or would benefit from this language. * Media/Graphic Repository: A platform where all shareable images, videos, and other media can be put in one place for ease of reference and use. Ideally, this would also have share buttons and also have a way to specify usage via Creative Commons licenses. Hope to see you there! Want to receive these TA3M-SF updates regularly? Join our mailing list at: https://lists.eff.org/mailman/listinfo/ta3m-sf

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11/16 Sort & Snack - RSVP to Help Organize the Electronics Components at Noisebridge!

by James Sundquist

This last Monday the first Sort & Snack event went really well and we'd like to have another before the holidays! Your help is invaluable. Bring snacks, a laptop, or just yourself! Monday, November 16, 19:00: Sort & Snack - Help organize the electrical components at Noisebridge, Two hours of sorting and snacking! Bring drinks, snacks or just yourself. No experience necessary! Together we will organize the electronics components and input them into our swanky database. Enthusiasm and curiosity encouraged. Please RSVP to our Hardware Mailinglist with your name and whether you can sort (no xp needed) or input (xp encouraged). Link to the Noisebridge Hardware Mailinglist follows: https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/hardware/%7Chardware

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Re: [sudo-discuss] [omni-discuss] Benefit Corporation?

by yar

On Sun, Nov 8, 2015 at 12:26 PM, Torrie Fischer <tdfischer(a)hackerbots.net> wrote: > I guess my next question then is: what concrete goals, objectives, and > roadblocks have been identified as far as an actual strategy goes? Finance wg is working on getting our previous records in order, which is the next big hurdle to applying for 501c3. Building wg is working on fire safety, which is the first step to getting our permits settled. Commons wg is working on making it easier to intake volunteers, so we can hold more events.

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juki sewing machine

by Jake

someone was asking a while ago if we would sell this sewing machine. it's the Juki, and it's an industrial machine that normally gets mounted on a big motor table, and uses an oilpan under it, etc... I think we should accept an offer of money for it and send it onto its new home, we have too many sewing machines and this one would be a lot of work, whereas the normal home sewing machines (the plastic kind with internal motors) seem to be good enough for what people do with them. As for the embroidery machine, it works great as a sewing machine and as an embroidery machine so I think it's worth having around, but if we decide to get rid of it I can get back onto that mission. -jake

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$150 DSL modem missing

by Jake

We mailed the wrong DSL modem back to Sonic, so we haven't got our deposit back. Does anyone know where the Pace 5168 modem is? it looks like this: https://wiki.sonic.net/wiki/File:Pace5168n.png someone just told me that we never had that modem. Does that mean that Sonic is mistaken about the hardware we were using? If you know of a modem like this please tell me where it is, it's worth $150 to sudoroom to get our equipment deposit back. thank you, -jake ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2015 14:31:22 -0800 From: Sonic.net Tech Support Subject: Re: [Sonic #3519117] [BILLING] Re: Sonic.net Invoice #7734422 Greetings, Upon review of your account, the equipment that was returned was not the correct equipment in which we requested. The item in which was returned was a Zyxel modem, which at the time we were selling those to our customers and did not require the return for them. However the return label that was issued was for a Pace 5168 which was issued for the service in which was on your account. We are more then happy to return the charge to the account once we receive the correct equipment. <...>

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Fwd: [sudo-info] Domain Status Change Notification

by danarauz＠gmail.com

FYI ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *GoDaddy* <donotreply(a)godaddy.com> Date: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 Subject: [sudo-info] Domain Status Change Notification To: info(a)sudoroom.org Domain Backorder Notification <http://www.godaddy.com?isc=gdbbxp363&ci=84589&cvosrc=bounceback.363.gdbbxp3…> 24/7 Support: (480) 505-8877 <(480)%20505-8877> Sudo Room — Customer Number: 9174531 Domain Status Notification This notification is generated automatically as a service to you. We have received a request that the *status* be changed to: Locked for the following domain name(s): SUDOROOM.ORG If you are monitoring this name with Domain Backorders, the above change can also be accessed in your Account Manager under "Domain Backordering". Manage Domain Monitoring / Backordering <https://dcc.godaddy.com/default.aspx?activeview=monitoring&prog_id=GoDaddy&…> You do not need to respond to this email. If, however, you think this change may have been made in error or fraudulently, *please contact us within 15 days.* If you need to address this matter, or in any way need further assistance or technical support, call 24/7 Support at (480) 505-8877. We appreciate your business! Please do not reply to this email. Emails sent to this address will not be answered. Copyright © 1999-2015 GoDaddy Operating Company, LLC. 14455 N. Hayden Rd, Ste. 219, Scottsdale, AZ 85260. All rights reserved. -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Help open a people-powered common space in Oakland, California! https://omnicommons.org/donate - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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Re: [sudo-discuss] Benefit Corporation?

by robb

"Most events that we do in the ballroom are educational, and collecting door money could fit into a donations framework pretty easily." unfortunately, unless a group that rents the ballroom is ok with making the event appear as though the omni is hosting/organizing the event, i'm afraid the group would have to be fiscally sponsored by the omni in order for the $ to be "from a charitable source"...even if the event is educational. ~r

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Fwd: [omni-helpdesk] In/tensión series of events at SFAI

by Jenny Ryan

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: In Tension <in.tension.sf(a)gmail.com> Date: Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 7:53 PM Subject: [omni-helpdesk] In/tensión series of events at SFAI To: info(a)omnicommons.org Dear Omni Commons Staff, We are pleased to invite you to an exciting and important evening of art, discussion and ceremony at the San Francisco Art Institute. We have gathered artists, community activists and Native American leaders to engage with the idea of *displacement, *as a force that has historically defined and continues to shape the San Francisco Bay Area. We hope to count with your participation and support in our effort of understanding this important and difficult phenomenon. Please share this information with your friends, followers and constituencies. We will be sending you more detailed information about the schedule of the evening and the guest speakers soon. Warm regards, Anita Giansante & Juan Pablo Pacheco co-curators _______________________________________________ helpdesk mailing list helpdesk(a)lists.omnicommons.org https://omnicommons.org/lists/listinfo/helpdesk

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Re: [sudo-discuss] [omni-discuss] Benefit Corporation?

by yar

On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 9:00 PM, Torrie Fischer <tdfischer(a)hackerbots.net> wrote: > Is not making money an implicit attribute of being a Non Profit or something? Sort of. You can make money, but most of it has to be from charitable donations. There's complicated math about exactly how much - at least 60%, but for large donations only the first $5k counts towards the total, it's based on a 4-year average, etc etc etc. The more non-charitable income you get, the more you have to worry about that stuff, and there's incentive to structure as much income as you can as "donations". The fundraising working group has been working for months on this, and the plan is for many member collectives to become fiscally sponsored by Omni, and all their members' payments to be called donations instead of dues. Most events that we do in the ballroom are educational, and collecting door money could fit into a donations framework pretty easily.

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Re: [sudo-discuss] My dad the mechanic can visit the omni

by yar

On Sat, Nov 7, 2015 at 1:01 PM, Romy Ilano <romy(a)snowyla.com> wrote: > Hi my dad is a retired machinist, heating and air conditioning engineer. I could bring him over to examine the omni if you'd like! He is used to maintaining systems at large buildings like airports Airflow and ventilation is an unsolved problem throughout the building. If he'd like to help with this issue, I'm sure there's a lot of work he could do. But right now what we need most is people willing to commit and follow through with tasks. I'm copying the building WG list for their info.

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POSTPONED SudoHack

by Mari M.

Hello everyone! Due to low volume of interest for this time around, and the fact that I am sick as a dog, I'm post-poning SudoHack. But if you happen to be there,feel free to hack things up, anyway! Just because my lungs are swollen doesn't mean you can't make the place spiffy. :) Thanks everyone!

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My dad the mechanic can visit the omni

by Romy Ilano

Hi my dad is a retired machinist, heating and air conditioning engineer. I could bring him over to examine the omni if you'd like! He is used to maintaining systems at large buildings like airports Would you need help? He is kind of cranky but mellowed with age but generally most very good mechanics are like that. I could try to bring him over an evening ! Sent from my iPhone

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Benefit Corporation?

by Mari M.

A few of us @ Sudo Room have been casually throwing around ideas about ways to generate money for the Omni without selling our soul to The Man and becoming Capitalist Pigs*™ <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trademark_symbol>. * One of our topics of discussion was the possibility of turning the Ballroom into a working venue and having that sustain us monetarily while the collectives focus on bringing excellence to the community. Robb, being as excellent as he is, is starting to form a collective focused on productions, from event management/AV training to actual execution of events. Rise up pad here. <https://pad.riseup.net/p/omniproductions> Some think we should continue as a non-profit, some think that we should try to actually turn the Ballroom into a money-making venue to help better serve the community. Perhaps a Benefit Corporation <http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/252259> could be the bridge between the two? I'd like to open this up for discussion. I'm not super knowledgeable about business, laws and how they work together but I know there are a lot of really intelligent people at the Omni that could help brainstorm this. Any thoughts, opinions, ideas or knowledge they'd like to share? By all means, take me to school! Thanks everyone!

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Re: [sudo-discuss] Benefit Corporation?

by robb

my hope for a production collective is to learn & share the myriad skills that go into producing a sucessful fundraising event. if & when we get good at producing events, we will be able to help other non-profits generate attention & funds for their projects...and for our own. if access to the building & being a member of a collective at the omni is not valuable enough alone to the members of the collective, perhaps we could pay members who teach (sound/lights/stage setup) others during events. if we teach, instead of work, events; i think we have a better chance of having the $ we get for events being considered as from a charitable source. my $.02 ~r

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Fwd: Dec 3: 2.Oakland's annual celebration of our Tech and Innovation ecosystem!

by Vicky Knox

fyi.. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Neil Planchon (Director | 2.Oakland) <neil(a)swansway.com> Date: Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 4:40 PM Subject: Dec 3: 2.Oakland's annual celebration of our Tech and Innovation ecosystem! To: Vicki <vknoxsironi(a)gmail.com> View this email in your browser <http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=5dc7f27d9a58ff1fdb6dcba16&id=5b6cbff8c6…> *You are cordially invited to our annual celebration of Oakland**’s technology and innovation community.* Connect with your fellow innovators, tech startup founders, business and community members that helped make 2015 a banner year for our Tech and Innovation ecosystem! *What:* 2.Oakland's Technology and Innovation Celebration *When:* Thursday, December 3, 2015 - 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM *Where:* Kaiser Mall Roof Garden Lounge @ The Port Workspaces 344 Thomas L Berkley Way, Oakland 94612 Food, drink, music, networking and some surprises! Help get the word out by sharing this invitation. Bring a friend. Space is limited - Register Now <http://neilplanchon.us1.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=5dc7f27d9a58ff1fdb6d…> <http://neilplanchon.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5dc7f27d9a58ff1fdb6dc…> Share <http://neilplanchon.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5dc7f27d9a58ff1fdb6dc…> <http://neilplanchon.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5dc7f27d9a58ff1fdb6dc…> Tweet <http://neilplanchon.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5dc7f27d9a58ff1fdb6dc…> <http://us1.forward-to-friend.com/forward?u=5dc7f27d9a58ff1fdb6dcba16&id=5b6…> Forward <http://us1.forward-to-friend.com/forward?u=5dc7f27d9a58ff1fdb6dcba16&id=5b6…> *Copyright © 2015 Neil Planchon | 2.Oakland, All rights reserved.* You are receiving this email because we are connected thru our technology circles and you've received mail from me in the past! *Our mailing address is:* Neil Planchon | 2.Oakland 930 Clay Street #U Oakland, CA 94607 Add us to your address book <http://neilplanchon.us1.list-manage2.com/vcard?u=5dc7f27d9a58ff1fdb6dcba16&…> Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences <http://neilplanchon.us1.list-manage2.com/profile?u=5dc7f27d9a58ff1fdb6dcba1…> or unsubscribe from this list <http://neilplanchon.us1.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=5dc7f27d9a58ff1fdb6dc…>

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Openings at Commons Machinery

by Vicky Knox

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jonas Öberg <hello(a)commonsmachinery.se> Date: Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 12:32 PM Subject: Looking to join the team? To: vknoxsironi(a)gmail.com If you're interested in joining the Commons Machinery team, read on to learn what we're up to. If you're not, well, keep reading any way. You may find it interesting :-) I'm just back from a ceremony in Stockholm where I formally accepted the SKAPA Innovation Award in memory of Alfred Nobel, which we announced already back in September. The award is for our work on Elog.io and turning the tables by putting provenance and users first, rather than copyright and copyright holders. Over the past weeks, we've given a lot of thought to Elog.io and what we would do different today. You can read that in my blog post at FSFE <http://blogs.fsfe.org/jonas/?p=28>. Some of this will serve as useful input as we work with Kennisland on a fingerprint algorithm for videos, which enables the creation of a whitelist and provenance record for videos. We're using some of the thinking from Elog.io, and taking the opportunity while we're doing so to also update the algorithm we used for images. This is exciting work, but we would be love to have more people as part of our team! For Commons Machinery, we're looking very specifically for software developers with experience from developing Python, Node.js, and with knowledge of RDF and semantic structures, ideally with a pinch of maths and algorithm knowledge. Demonstrated ability to create a JSON API with backend database and frontend tools would be welcome. Previous knowledge of RabbitMQ and Celery beneficial. If you think you fit the bill, or know someone who might, send them to hello(a)commonsmachinery.se! Stay tuned to this channel for more exciting news! Sincerely, Jonas -- Unsubscribe <http://lists.coyote.org/?p=unsubscribe&uid=d9ef428edc7476e5527d7fbe4a5e319c> | Change your subscription options <http://lists.coyote.org/?p=preferences&uid=d9ef428edc7476e5527d7fbe4a5e319c> | Forward this message <http://lists.coyote.org/?p=forward&uid=d9ef428edc7476e5527d7fbe4a5e319c&mid…>

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food not bombs needs online donation option. ideas?

by robb

oi mates, food not bombs is considering setting up a paypal acct to accept donations/ticket $ for the feb 13 fundraising shindig at the omni. do we know of any better options? ideally, ones that allow having different simultaneous campaigns. thx ~r

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Node Knockout?

by Morgan Allen

Hey all! wondering if there is any interest in competing in Node Knockout. It's a casual 48-hour programming contest. I've participating in the last 3, it's a load of fun but...... I signed up and simply dont' have the time to actually do it this year. So if anyone is interested, I've a registered team I would love to see get used. Let me know if you want it. Check their site for details. http://www.nodeknockout.com/ -- http://ithoughtyouweretherobot.com Metal and Wire http://nolonelyguineapigs.com/ Wandering and Rambling http://morglog.org Old and Neglected. -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: OpenPGP.js v.1.20121007 Comment: http://openpgpjs.org xsBNBFG3btUBB/9+/WJNOSIuc/praKPaPOweqXV5s7PGRD+HAnNWF/19YAY3 AFtfeoelhhY4sMJoobTaJzcZojznZ1kl/7UuuYCnbJO3Z9kaSMVrVxEZMSLe YmW8Hc4ZsTnl9f05DQFy8ABpAvMLmXJQXh63BbfzjFqNbSWQfLhrubSM2Elq xmN6EsmRyAuEeYlSnal+Di2MlViohpCbbagE2D6AZTUECIamTib6+DuLG4XO b4GGKHR9TXu2qS1VH6hqcvdEz2MDE5OqZzAnBgcF2dvcOdTk9gAOoR1T+qKj IJtg2X0ETbxcPqEXQoXE8VrxN0MLT5JQKTg26+csU4P2w0rEWsUsJombABEB AAHNJU1vcmdhbiBBbGxlbiA8bW9yZ2FucmFsbGVuQGdtYWlsLmNvbT7CwFwE EAECABAFAlG3btwJEG9pFLKaVEfeAAD7hwf+K8LN/kfgi8GTRLiTcuM+hSbm uAeiBY+VaJIQFLzoFlt8A0hBlLNPFNNmUDxdPrMErdHgZ7HtJW/6RANuBTti 5hr3EBguH1GQyK7BbUqJGvaEX4UNRej3uyX3ufXDsIB/3NsKaTyyu+SO0+Hv Cn2DwmlfSXcPhoarx6Turizn/WwgtTN3tqrMWxxiCKWydLH5xYuz+23BLMdc oF/zkbF+7ddFhmyfiFh4Ej9//tsfwPj2cACU3uLTrcwCo7IxUtkrqMF/fhlm LEqjhzDDjq9v7GNWb/5xB2xgTaucJ7/ljuS8nPlZqwCI8NlTgSqC8nyVLyjS yVtOzkItcS0UqyW1Mg== =V/Ia -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

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seeking electronics assembler for part time work

by Jake

a company in Oakland is looking for someone to do electronics assembly work for part-time hours every week, probably 20-30 hours each week. job includes lots of soldering, drilling, and assembling of things, and requires solid understanding of voltage, current, fuses, and polarity, as well as the ability to solve problems when putting something together requires creativity to make things fit. Please contact me off-list if you have questions. thanks! -jake

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don't put my email address on the omni calendar

by Jake

I don't know who posted this, but I am happy about everything except the fact that my email address is presented (in text with the @ symbol and all) without my permission, on the open web: https://omnicommons.org/calendar/events/hardware-hack-night-2015-11-03/ I don't know how to edit this calendar entry and remove or edit my email address. Can someone remind me how to do it, or do it for me? Also I would like to know who posted this so i can make sure they understand that they should get my permission before posting my email address anywhere. thank you! -jake

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Re: [sudo-discuss] [omni-discuss] Benefit Corporation?

by yar

On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 1:22 PM, Mary Ward <maryhbw(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Do we need the Omni to be come a non-profit entity since we will have > several fiscal sponsors in the building? We can be a for profit business > that makes no profits, without risking an audit, and with less accounting > headaches. Can you fiscally sponsor a for-profit company? The delegates decided we should apply for 501c3 back in August.

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Re: [sudo-discuss] [omni-discuss] Benefit Corporation?

by yar

On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 10:22 AM, Mari M. <strawberrypilabs(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Some think we should continue as a non-profit, some think that we should try > to actually turn the Ballroom into a money-making venue to help better serve > the community. Perhaps a Benefit Corporation could be the bridge between the > two? Also, I want to unpack this: "turn the Ballroom into a money-making venue to help better serve the community". Can you explain what you mean by this? Who would be better served and how? It's worth mentioning that the whole point of making money in the ballroom is to help the Omni Commons survive as a horizontal collective dedicated to the radical commoning of space and resources, fighting gentrification, and creating alternatives to capitalism. I hope we will always be mindful that we're doing it as a last resort, it will never be the core of our project, everything will always to be sliding scale down to zero, the community will still be able to block events which conflict with our values and delegates can override anything that a production collective does. And if someday we are able to own the building and lower our expenses enough, we will return to doing what we've wanted to do all along - offer everything for free to the people who need it most. This will bring changes if we are not careful. When people are making money, they have an incentive to manipulate our processes in order to keep making money, and new people are incentivized to join who care more about money than about the project's values. All of our processes are designed with the assumption of good faith, and vulnerable to rules-lawyering unless we have a healthy, vigilant culture.

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Re: [sudo-discuss] [omni-discuss] Benefit Corporation?

by yar

On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 10:22 AM, Mari M. <strawberrypilabs(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Some think we should continue as a non-profit, some think that we should try > to actually turn the Ballroom into a money-making venue to help better serve > the community. Perhaps a Benefit Corporation could be the bridge between the > two? We had a long conversation with our lawyer about this a couple months ago. Basically it would risk the nonprofit status of the whole building. He told us most things we would do count as "educational" and could be structured as donations, and the things which absolutely don't, could still make up to 30% of our budget. This is even if you paid people to do the labor. I would say there are many simpler things we have yet to try before resorting to a for-profit company, such as offering to pay event bottom-liners, which wouldn't even require any structural changes.

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SudoHack Saturday, Nov 7th

by Mari M.

Hello everyone! This Saturday, Nov 7th (and MAYBE the 8th), we are getting together to Hack Sudo and make it sparkle. We have a Ride up pad <https://pad.riseup.net/p/sudohack> with a list we'd like to do. Stop by if you wanna make Sudo Room a better place by putting some elbow grease in!

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Fwd: [sudo-info] It ends at noon.

by danarauz＠gmail.com

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *Los Angeles Makerspace* <awesome(a)lamakerspace.com> Date: Tuesday, November 3, 2015 Subject: [sudo-info] It ends at noon. To: info(a)sudoroom.org [image: Los Angeles Makerspace] <http://www.lamakerspace.com/?e=681b3b0e63406d60a2b12a39a000a15e&utm_source=…> As of this writing, we are number 10. Earlier today, we were number 11. If we're number 11 at noon, at the moment when voting closes, we will not be considered for the $100,000. The organization that is right behind us, that will take our chance at the grant if we let it—is a for-profit organization. Under the rules of the grant, they were allowed to compete. That doesn't make it right. If you haven't voted, the URL is tiny.cc/LAM2050 <http://www.lamakerspace.com/r?u=http%3A%2F%2Ftiny.cc%2FLAM2050&e=681b3b0e63…>. If you have, try to get just one more person, directly, to vote. We'll find out what happened in December. With love and appreciation for your patience in all this, Los Angeles Makerspace http://www.lamakerspace.com/ <http://www.lamakerspace.com/?e=681b3b0e63406d60a2b12a39a000a15e&utm_source=…> Los Angeles Makerspace · PO Box 16311, Los Angeles, CA 91615, United States This email was sent to info(a)sudoroom.org. To stop receiving emails, click here <http://www.lamakerspace.com/unsubscribe?e=681b3b0e63406d60a2b12a39a000a15e&…>. You can also keep up with Los Angeles Makerspace on Twitter <http://www.lamakerspace.com/r?u=http%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FLAMakerspace&e=6…> or Facebook <http://www.lamakerspace.com/r?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FLAMakerspa…>. Created with NationBuilder <http://www.lamakerspace.com/r?u=http%3A%2F%2Fnationbuilder.com&e=681b3b0e63…>, the essential toolkit for leaders. -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Help open a people-powered common space in Oakland, California! https://omnicommons.org/donate - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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sudoroom hacker's conference

by robb

in order to raise funds and continue our mission of education, i have been thinking we should host a hacker's conference at the omni sometime after the new year. what do you think? some possibilities might include: inviting other hackerspaces to participate getting keynote speakers to appear remotely (richard stallman, edward snowden ;) sat & sunday event stream event live organize news team to engage online stream audience ~r

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Fwd: production collective @ the omni

by robb

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: robb <sf99er(a)gmail.com> Date: Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 11:06 PM Subject: Fwd: production collective @ the omni To: "Gabrielle Klassen (via Google Docs)" <thegklass(a)gmail.com>, Robb Anonymous <sf99er(a)gmail.com>, Arktivist I <arktivist(a)gmail.com>, "isabella c." <icarrerasthresher(a)gmail.com>, Troy Massey <TroyMassey.1100(a)gmail.com> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: robb <sf99er(a)gmail.com> Date: Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 11:02 PM Subject: production collective @ the omni To: discuss <discuss(a)lists.omnicommons.org> in order to promote effective fundraising events for the east bay radical community and beyond, a production collective @ the omni oakland commons shall be established. if you are interested, please respond to this email and/or ionclude contact or ideas at https://pad.riseup.net/p/omniproductions we plan to meet this coming thursday at 5:00pm somewhere (written on frontroom whiteboard) in the omni before the 7:00 omni general assembly (delegates meeting) :) ~r

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Fwd: [Becoming Omni Commons] Documentation and follow up of Becoming Omni

by Julio Rios

FYI. Thanks to Yar and others for taking notes and others for compiling this! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Laura Turiano <scylla(a)riseup.net> Date: Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 2:19 PM Subject: [Becoming Omni Commons] Documentation and follow up of Becoming Omni To: "discuss(a)lists.omnicommons.org" <discuss(a)lists.omnicommons.org>, " becoming(a)lists.omnicommons.org" <becoming(a)lists.omnicommons.org> Friends, Here is a link to the documentation of all three Becoming Omni workshops: http://we.tl/Xs2XrXT1LC. Please download it now and share it with your collectives and everyone you know who is associated with the Omni. The link will be available for about a week. There's a lot to digest. I've included the mostly unedited notes, tables of the decisions reached through some of the processes, and photos. The BO follow-up team would like to set up times to discuss the outcomes in your collective and working group meetings so your questions can be answered. Please have someone from your collective or wg pm me to set up a time when we can do this. Email threads will not be a very productive way to discuss this so please let's do it in person. Onward with love - Laura _______________________________________________ becoming mailing list becoming(a)lists.omnicommons.org https://omnicommons.org/lists/listinfo/becoming

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Re: [sudo-discuss] Collabazaar This Saturday!

by Torrie Fischer

Yo, Sudo. This Berry Maker person is wanting to have a thing this saturday. Its actually the person who gave the name Merry from back on the meeting on the 21st. She has been banned from Noisebridge for safe space reasons. I also note that on that meeting she's trying to apply for membership. Without further comment, I provide: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Meeting_Notes_2015-10-21 > Have you ever been banned from a hackerspace or any other collective?

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Re: [sudo-discuss] [omni-discuss] finance-wg report back

by yar

On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 9:51 AM, Andrew cardoza <threve35(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Are there any calculations of how much money we would need to raise in the > following months? if so, what will be the monthly goals? > Also, what are we currently raising per month? > What is the shortfall? > where is the money coming from? > > events? > from collectives? > that kickstarter? > grants? > > Who do I ask, if no one responds to these inquiries? Just for the record, the best place to ask these questions is the Omni's finance working group mailing list, which I've CC'd here. finance(a)lists.omnicommons.org https://omnicommons.org/lists/listinfo/finance

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1.75mm plastic?

by yar

I wanted to bring out the Type A to print magnets for Omni's Collabazaar, but can't find any of the 1.75mm plastic we used to have. Where did it all go? Did it get used or taken? Is it stored in a special place or do I have to run to home depot or something?

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big rats are fighting in CCL

by Jake

it's 1:30AM and giant rats are fighting under the big wooden shelf covered with rotting fruits and vegetables. this is a seperate problem from the fact that at least one of the containers is smelling really bad, and at least one is breeding fruit flies. -jake

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USRP sdr anyone?

by Brendan Van Gorder

I'm working on a radio project....is anyone able to bring a USRP (sdr) in some night to help me test a specific software..... It would be a HUGE help! Thanks... -Brendan

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WARNING: Shawn Landden seen @ Noisebridge

by Patrick O'Doherty

Hey all, Shawn Landden showed up today @ Noisebridge. Shawn was banned by consensus in 2013 and has a criminal history crossing 3 states, having been arrested for for assault, harassment, felony stalking, violating restraining orders, and stalking. Shawn knows full well that he is 100% NOT WELCOME at Noisebridge, and showed up today with a scraggly beard apparently hoping he'd go unnoticed. His photos along with all other information are on the Noisebridge 86 page https://noisebridge.net/86 Given his history of assault if Shawn shows up at either Noisebridge or Sudoroom he should be asked to leave *IMMEDIATELY*. There's possibly still outstanding warrants for his arrest, we're looking through public records tonight. Take care, p

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