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Re: [sudo-discuss] Dia de los Muertos fundraiser: is happening?

by yar

On Sat, Nov 1, 2014 at 11:24 AM, Johnny <mostmodernist(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Please quit the rabid accusation of cultural appropriation. It is ugly, cuz > the people of this community are basically "culture warriors", most of whom > I am sure are very keen to be respectful, who basically walk on cultural > eggshells in a concerted effort to be inclusive and non-alienating. And > why? THEY KNOW THAT CULTURAL EXCHANGE IS IMPORTANT. Sorry, but to me the only thing rabid, incendiary or ugly in this thread is the idea that naming power relationships is somehow itself rabid, incendiary, or ugly. This is the "she who smelt it dealt it" theory of sociology, and in my experience it only serves to silence marginalized people.

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Temporary Ban of Chris B

by Matthew Senate

Hey all, https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Meeting_Notes_2014-10-29#Conflict_Resolution "Amendment: Any further sleeping by ChrisB at Omni will result in an immediate temporary ban." I'm here at omni alone, except Chris B is asleep in the basement. The lighting room above the stage (aka "crow's nest" aka "man cave") is still rather full of equipment, project pieces, personal effects, etc of Chris. It seems that instead of completely cleaning out the room after our last meeting on Wednesday, he cleaned up part of it, and set up a "DJ booth" inside sudo room on the "networking platform" behind the stage. A bunch of this DJ equipment is occupying what was the freshly cleaned table myself and other sudoers unearthed during our defragmentation, making it available to the community for printing, omni network maintenance (read: whole building), and mesh network activities. The newly acquired paper cutter I bought and donated to sudo was pushed aside to make room for this DJ setup. There's also a container on the floor among other objects around the table that take up all the desk and sitting space (~6ft long, three chairs). There is also various audio equipment lining the wall upstage in the ballroom, and a table full of equipment at center stage. Sudo Room itself is nearly clean thanks to the many hours of effort by sudoers, especially some extremely excellent new members. I appreciate the shared work, including new members' presences, enthusiasm, and respect as we nurture this shared environment. I do not appreciate the consistent disrespect and negligence demonstrated time and time again by Chris B in his use of the space. I'm not happy about this result, nor finding him asleep just now, but my patience has completely evaporated at this point, like a batch of mate left boiling for hours on the stove. I leave this to other sudo room members to figure out what to do next. I plan to leave Chris alone, sleeping in the Omni until someone else wakes him up. // Matt

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essay on getting good at programming

by Praveen Sinha

For anyone out there that is into programming but feels not confident to find good work in it, read this essay it's actually really on the dot: http://okepi.wordpress.com/2014/08/21/how-to-become-a-programmer-or-the-art…

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(No Subject)

by refugia

I apologize for feeding the troll, twas bad nettiquite in lak'ech

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URGENT: help finish state taxes

by april glaser

Hi all, We started working on the state tax exemption form, because the federal 501c3 is way less urgent. We need to send in our state info by Nov 6. Wrote it all out for clarity. There are two roles that need to be filled, one organizing our fundraising data and one bottom lining the copyedit and final review. *PLEASE STEP UP & HELP OUT :)* I'd also love some help researching amendments and updating them. The state taxes form attached is for reference. Feel free to also reference our brain dump ether pad: https://pad.riseup.net/p/sudo501c3 *DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 6* Thanks, April *Here's a list of what we need to fill out in the form:* --Fill out Questions 8 (Whitney is working on question 8) --Fill out part III, financial data (Max, can you bottomline this page, if not, let us know asap) --must include copy of receipts and expenses-- like bank transaction data --Fill out part IV, list all officers and trustees (wrangle names and addresses of board members) --Fill out part 6, number 1 describe fundraising --part 6, number 3 lease information *What needs to be submitted with the form:* --Rental and lease agreement --Articles and bylaws (most updated) --Any form signed by Sec. of State, and we should have already filled out the information form, SI 100 and if CT-1 or other forms were filled out, we need to include that in our submission as well --$25 check (from Sudo Room, payable to Franchise Tax Board) --Copy of receipts and expenses (transaction history) --AND EVERYTHING WE ATTACH MUST INCLUDE ORG NAME AND STATE ID NUMBER (C3617428) *Delegated Roles*: *Whitt* Question 8 Fill out part 4 *Vicky *Document wrangler (SI-100, CT-1) Poke Matt to make sure we have them Make sure all roles are moving along and SHIP IT! * April *Reconcile bylaws and articles NEEDS help -- if people are open to helping research for past amendments, please let me know *Max *Financial data -- fill out part 3, side 4 -must include copy of receipts and expense -- like bank transaction data *NEEDS A PERSON TO BOTTOM LINE, YOU?* Fill out part 6 describing Sudo Room Fundraising, number 1 and 3 --get a copy of the lease Who can do this? *FINAL COPY EDIT AND REVIEW, WHO CAN DO THIS? *We need someone to read the whole form and review all attachments, check 100 times make sure it's good to go Who can do this? --

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Sunday Yoga at the Omni future schedules

by Noemie Serfaty

Hello all! Just a heads up that the yoga class will have slight schedule variations: Tomorrow, it will be at 7pm because i'll be at the Occupy Oakland Meeting for the pre Mayoral Election gathering. In the rest of November: Yoga will be from 4:30 pm to 6 pm In December, It will be from 5 pm to 6:30 pm. Thanks for your understanding! <3 Noémie -- Noémie Serfaty 108 rue du Faubourg du Temple 75011 Paris Tel: 06 27 76 88 84 Tel: 01 71 50 51 82 noemieserfaty(a)gmail.com

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Stuff from China?

by Mitch Altman

Greetings from Beijing! I'm buying a bunch of stuff from China for Noisebridge to bring home (since lots of stuff is way cheaper here). I'm happy to buy stuff for Sudo Room, too, if you add it to the list on the wiki page I set up : https://noisebridge.net/wiki/ChinaShoppingList Best, Mitch.

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History is past. Let's celebrate the future.

by Lesley Bell

Hey all, As I said before, due to the violent, dreadful, oppressive history of our primate species, all mention of DDM has been dropped from the event description <https://omnicommons.org/wiki/Event:2014/11/01_Transhuman_Masquerade_Ball> and flyer out of respect for those who object. Death sucks, losing people sucks, and it's awesome that it's 2014 and we're the closest we've ever been to figuring out the solution to humanity's biggest problem. That's the point of the event, and my hope is that we can celebrate with freedom, love, and respect. Doors at 7:30, introduction and lightning talks at 8-8:30ish, music 9-9:30ish. Lesley

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Re: [sudo-discuss] Fwd: Subject: Re: Dia de los Muertos fundraiser: is happening?

by yar

From: refugia <refugia(a)zoho.com> > The time you put into these emails are your own choice. The sudolist is much > larger than sudo's membership. I'm not sure who either of you are. I don't > see you at sudo. I don't sympathize with your or Sonya's perspectives but > you are probably both well interventioned. Sniping on burner's cultural > appropriate of indigenous culture is bit too easy and those types of > discussions are best had in person if your intent is not malicious. People > get defensive and close off if they think they are being called out as > racist. I disagree with a couple of your premises. I think naming cultural appropriation is an important job to be done, even more important than cleaning the toilets or emptying the trash bins. It's not easy, it's hard. It's socially risky. And speaking our truths is so important, it doesn't often feel like a simple choice. > If your intent is to be politically correct in your speech don't use the > terms hispanic or latino, especially when talking to strangers. In the > liberal lexicon they are vague racial-cultural. Just say spanish speaking, > if that's what you mean and won't confuse people further. People are > confused on their own. You know what else you probably shouldn't do when talking to strangers you don't know? Lecturing them about THEIR identity politics. Especially when they've made it pretty clear how they feel on the subject, and asked not to be contacted off-list. > The terms latino and hispanic are used to erase peoples indigenous identity. > I think that sort language and the obfuscating conception of race are much > more damaging than white people painting skeletons on their face or making > altars. Call first nation peoples by their actual names. Don't lump them all > together. It's a habit that americans should stop, especially if they regard > themselves as some sort of radical. > > The holiday is a derivative of the Nahua holiday. Speaking spanish doesn't > give one special dibs on venerating their dead. In Mexico it's been > appropriated by mexicans broadly, by non-Nahuatl speaking indigenous > peoples, mesitizos and white mexicans. In mexico it's a constructed national > holiday (like american halloween) with a multitude of local variations. You > don't get this sort of exclusionary discourse about who can participate in > the holiday in Mexico but you do see criticism of Halloween elements being > included in dia de los muertos. In the post-revolution era there was a > campaign to invent a national identity in a huge and extremely diverse > territory. The sugar skulls used in dias in other part of Abya Yala are > post-colonial. Sugar aint from here:) Patrick, I think of all the things in your email, this bothers me the most. It seems like you're responding to an argument about power and turning it into an argument about authenticity. Claiming a cultural marker has very little to do with what is or isn't "pre-colonial" - it has everything to do with the power relationships involved. The part about sugar not being native to the Americas is especially problematic, given the role sugar played in colonization, slavery, genocide, and construction of the racial categories that still give white people disproportionate wealth and power today. > There are other related versions of the holiday not related to the Nahuah, > Guede, Finados. All souls day is a european christian holiday which is part > of many the of the modern syncretic versions of the holiday. Most > traditional cultures on all continents have a similar holiday around this > time year. Misses the point. It's about power, not authenticity. > What does it mean to establish consent with another culture, consent to > participate in ceremony? There real tensions in between the ideas of the > free culture movement and left wing attempts at non-colonial intercultural > relations y understanding. On that, we agree. There certainly are. Personally, I think it illustrates the limits of "freedom" as a concept, which is one of the many reasons I am not a liberal, a neoliberal or a libertarian. > Anywhoo the only event happening at the omni is a Haitian dance performance. > There was no proposal for the event at a sudo or omni meeting. It's not > worth spending that much time writing emails. *says it's not worth time writing emails* *writes a long email*

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Re: [sudo-discuss] Dia de los Muertos fundraiser: is happening?

by Hep Svadja

Bringing this back to the list because, as per usual I do not enjoy being contacted offlist and berated about my culture, or berated about white people's entitlement to my culture. This is a problem. -hep On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 5:32 PM, Sonja Trauss <sonja.trauss(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I'm from the east coast, Philadelphia. Philadelphia is 45,45,10 black, > white, Hispanic (mostly Puerto Rican) + Asian (Cambodian, Vietnamese, > Filipino, Korean and Chinese). As you can maybe imagine, day of the dead is > really not a thing in Philadlephia. When I lived there, I never went to a > DD party, or even really had heard of it. > > Here, in the bay, the racial/ethnic distribution is way different. I never > meet Puerto Ricans any more, and there are way fewer blacks. There are more > Asians and Hispanics. Not only is the current Hispanic population here > bigger, this area was settled by Spanish soldiers (unlike Philadelphia, > settled by Dutch and English mostly. Also some Germans). The Spanish > settler influence is all over - in names, in the types of old buildings. > The white people I meet here are Way more likely to speak Spanish than the > people I grew up with. the white people I meet here know more about Mexico > and Central America than the ppl back east. The point is, California is a > way more Hispanic part of the US overall than anywhere I lived before. > > Therefore, it is not surprising at all to see way more DD. Moreover, it > doesn't seem strange to me that people who live near each other > would celebrate the same holidays. The thing that makes many Hispanics > celebrate day of the dead (seeing Hispanics celebrate day of the dead) also > makes white people celebrate day of the dead. > Put another way, is it weird to you how many atheists and non-Christians > in America celebrate Christmas? Probably not - you can see that at on > December 25th, Christmas is just the thing to do. > When you see white people celebrating DD here, it's not because they want > to steal your holiday, it's because your culture is pervasive here. > Does that make sense? > > > > On Friday, October 24, 2014, Hep Svadja <hepkitten(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> hi guys: >> >> a little bothered by the cultural appropriation of this event. as a Bay >> Area Hispanic I find it quite strange when groups of mostly white people >> with no ties to the actual culture of ddlm host events not in the actual >> spirit of this extremely reverent Hispanic holiday. basically if you don't >> build an ofrenda on your ancestors' graves every year i find it really >> problematic to be jumping aboard this holiday as you are clearly not of >> this culture. using it as an excuse for a dance party is even more >> questionable as is encouraging people with no understanding of this >> cultural holiday to dress up, which i understand is for the best of reasons >> but also pretty exploitative of a culture you don't belong to. what is >> wrong with just making this a Halloween party and not contributing to the >> ongoing exploitation of local Hispanic communities of color? >> >> -hep >> >> * edited this to be less of a jerk. >> >> On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 1:54 PM, yar <yardenack(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 12:42 PM, Lesley Bell <zvezdalune(a)gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> > Hello! >>> > >>> > The Omni needs funds. Dia de los Muertos is a thing. We would like to >>> > introduce new people to the space and expand our community. >>> > >>> > I have attached a flyer for a possible event, a funky >>> transhumanist/Dia de >>> > los Muertos themed costume ball. Should this happen? Is there a reason >>> > anyone would like to block? >>> > >>> > Also, steampunk zombies! Mechanical corpses! Post-singularity glittery >>> > things covered in LEDs! Ordinary awesome humans! >>> >>> Looks fun! Right now the way to book events is: >>> >>> 1) check the calendar for conflicts: >>> https://omnicommons.org/wiki/Calendar >>> >>> 2) submit this form: bit.ly/omniballroom >>> >>> Full explanation and future changes to the process will go here: >>> https://omnicommons.org/wiki/How_to_book_events >>> _______________________________________________ >>> sudo-discuss mailing list >>> sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org >>> https://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> HEPIC PHOTOGRAPHY >> 415 867 9472 || http://hepic.net >> > -- HEPIC PHOTOGRAPHY 415 867 9472 || http://hepic.net

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Fwd: Subject: Re: Dia de los Muertos fundraiser: is happening?

by Hep Svadja

Yet another white person (assuming) steps forth to tell me how to display and refer to my own culture. Massively awkward when white people try and educate hispanic and/or latino people on how to self-identify. Ironically I use hispanic and latino because most white people don't understand what chicano means. Also as someone who is 1/4 Jicarilla Apache, I also do not need a lesson on First Nations identification either. -Hep ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: refugia <refugia(a)zoho.com> Date: Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 2:57 PM Subject: Subject: Re: [sudo-discuss] Dia de los Muertos fundraiser: is happening? To: hepkitten(a)gmail.com The time you put into these emails are your own choice. The sudolist is much larger than sudo's membership. I'm not sure who either of you are. I don't see you at sudo. I don't sympathize with your or Sonya's perspectives but you are probably both well interventioned. Sniping on burner's cultural appropriate of indigenous culture is bit too easy and those types of discussions are best had in person if your intent is not malicious. People get defensive and close off if they think they are being called out as racist. If your intent is to be politically correct in your speech don't use the terms hispanic or latino, especially when talking to strangers. In the liberal lexicon they are vague racial-cultural. Just say spanish speaking, if that's what you mean and won't confuse people further. People are confused on their own. The terms latino and hispanic are used to erase peoples indigenous identity. I think that sort language and the obfuscating conception of race are much more damaging than white people painting skeletons on their face or making altars. Call first nation peoples by their actual names. Don't lump them all together. It's a habit that americans should stop, especially if they regard themselves as some sort of radical. The holiday is a derivative of the Nahua holiday. Speaking spanish doesn't give one special dibs on venerating their dead. In Mexico it's been appropriated by mexicans broadly, by non-Nahuatl speaking indigenous peoples, mesitizos and white mexicans. In mexico it's a constructed national holiday (like american halloween) with a multitude of local variations. You don't get this sort of exclusionary discourse about who can participate in the holiday in Mexico but you do see criticism of Halloween elements being included in dia de los muertos. In the post-revolution era there was a campaign to invent a national identity in a huge and extremely diverse territory. The sugar skulls used in dias in other part of Abya Yala are post-colonial. Sugar aint from here:) There are other related versions of the holiday not related to the Nahuah, Guede, Finados. All souls day is a european christian holiday which is part of many the of the modern syncretic versions of the holiday. Most traditional cultures on all continents have a similar holiday around this time year. What does it mean to establish consent with another culture, consent to participate in ceremony? There real tensions in between the ideas of the free culture movement and left wing attempts at non-colonial intercultural relations y understanding. Anywhoo the only event happening at the omni is a Haitian dance performance. There was no proposal for the event at a sudo or omni meeting. It's not worth spending that much time writing emails. Saludos, Patrick -- HEPIC PHOTOGRAPHY 415 867 9472 || http://hepic.net

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"Do you think Google will find a cure for cancer?"

by Vicky Knox

This is a poll question the KTLA website seems to find interesting and/or important. I've attached a screen grab, which includes their suggested timelines. Internet anthropology!

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Fwd: It's a Celebration! A SELC Fall Celebration!

by Vicky Knox

Hello everyone, The Sustainable Economies Law Center is looking for items to auction off during its annual Fall fundraiser. They also like to use the opportunity to highlight the organization or individual that the item comes from. Would any of you be interested in contributing an item (3D-printed magnets?) either for Sudo Room or for yourself? Take care, Vicky ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ricardo S. Nuñez <ricardo(a)theselc.org> Date: 2014-10-30 15:43 GMT-07:00 Subject: It's a Celebration! A SELC Fall Celebration! To: Vicky Knox <vknoxsironi(a)gmail.com> [image: Sustainable Economies Law Center] <http://www.theselc.org/?e=d015d4bc4f6d9b9eaa2408c2cea71a9e9fc8416d&utm_sour…> Hi Vicky, You are the movers and shakers of the new economy and we want you to join us in a celebration! You're receiving this email because you've experienced first hand the work that SELC does through the Resilient Communities Legal Cafe. I wanted to take this moment to extend an invitation to join us as we celebrate our 5th year in creating legal resources for just and resilient local economies. Its my pleasure to invite you to our upcoming *Fall Celebration & Showcase <http://www.theselc.org/2014_selc_fall_celebration?e=d015d4bc4f6d9b9eaa2408c…> * on *November 18th at Impact HUB Oakland* -- it’ll be a fun and informal evening with *dinner and drinks*, but also an opportunity for us to share all the work that SELC has been up to. Also, there will be a lot of squash! At each Fall Celebration, we host a silent auction to help raise the necessary funds to keep our nonprofit operating. *Would you be able to donate an item or gift certificate to our silent auction? *This is a great way to get exposure for your organization or business, and it helps us provide our community a sample of the goods and services of the new economy. If you're able to donate an item, please reply to this email with the item that you can donate and I'll arrange a drop off or pick up time with you. And, as always, if you would like to give us feedback <http://www.theselc.org/legal_cafe_feedback?e=d015d4bc4f6d9b9eaa2408c2cea71a…> on your Legal Cafe experience, feel free to share it with us here <http://www.theselc.org/legal_cafe_feedback?e=d015d4bc4f6d9b9eaa2408c2cea71a…>. Ricardo S. Nuñez http://www.theselc.org/ <http://www.theselc.org/?e=d015d4bc4f6d9b9eaa2408c2cea71a9e9fc8416d&utm_sour…> Sustainable Economies Law Center · Oakland, CA 94612, United States This email was sent to vknoxsironi(a)gmail.com. To stop receiving emails, click here <http://www.theselc.org/unsubscribe?e=d015d4bc4f6d9b9eaa2408c2cea71a9e9fc841…>. You can also keep up with Ricardo S. Nuñez on Twitter <http://www.theselc.org/r?u=http%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FMulengaRicardo&utm_ca…>. Created with NationBuilder <http://www.theselc.org/r?u=http%3A%2F%2Fnationbuilder.com&utm_campaign=fall…>, the essential toolkit for leaders.

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Sudo meetings and Omni delegation

by Jenny Ryan

Hi all, Who will be the sudo room delegate tonight? It's not clear from the notes, and it would appear that the items up for consensus at tonight's Omni meeting were not discussed. For future sudo meetings, please set aside some time each week to designate the delegate and check the Omni delegates meeting pad, where items up for consensus are listed: https://pad.riseup.net/p/omninom All delegates should also join this (low-traffic) mailing list: https://omnicommons.org/lists/listinfo/consensus Thanks and <3, Jenny http://jennyryan.net http://thepyre.org http://thevirtualcampfire.org http://technomadic.tumblr.com `~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~` "Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories." -Laurie Anderson "Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it." -Hannah Arendt "To define is to kill. To suggest is to create." -Stéphane Mallarmé ~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`

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Board Meeting Notes

by Maximilian Klein

A:"You're basically an executive" M:"I wish employers would see it that way" https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Meeting_Notes_2014-10-27 ==Attendees == * potential: Vicky, April, Yar, Whitney, Jenny, Anca, Matt, Hol, Julio, Scott * actual: julio, cere, anca, yar, hol, max, vicky, scott, brendan, april, matt, marc * official board members here: julio, hol, max, vicky, matt, anca, marc * quorum: 7. JUST BARELY. ==Next Meeting== * Next Year's Meeting will be on: 2015-10-20. October the twentieth in two thousand fifteen in the year of our lord, common era. * Max will schedule email $ date -d 'Tuesday, October 20, 2015 7:00 PM PDT' +%s 1445392800 ==501c3== * Create an action plan and deadline to complete our 501(c)(3) application. * Whitney, Vicky and April will bottom-line this. Julio is on stand-by. * Since our 501(c)(3) form has not been completed, we need to fill out state form 3500 to convince California not to levy state taxes for last year (2013). ==State Tax things== * Due Nov. 7. * Matt, Julio and Hol will bottom line it and working on it tonight. == CT1 == * did we file this last year? == New Treasurer == Find a new Treasurer to replace Max. General Responsibilities: # be responsible for filing yearly taxes, # deposit misc. funds into the bank account # give out misc money that sudo room approves # report to sudo room the state of finances. Also, Fundraising: * Additionally, since Sudo Room is once again receiving less income each month than expenditure, a good Treasurer would have some fundraising ideas, and/or want to execute other's ideas. Who wants to do it? * We're pretty sure treasurer is liable for all sudo's debts, and also omni's debts since we're a signatory on the omni lease. But not 100% sure. Also, people are saying if we get 501c3 that won't be an issue. * Do we have a transparent sheet listing where all the money goes? Not really but we can mine the meeting notes. It's pretty much just omni shared expenses + internet. * Anca's done stuff before. Mentions quickbooks. * Matt points out membership roles: exchequer. separate from the state-mandated role. they should be doing the work. * To be very clear, our values don't call for a powerful treasurer position. This is just something the state requires us to do. We will absolutely limit their power and responsibility to that and only that. * Vicky and Scott are both interested. * Vicky wonders whether she's even a member anymore. But you don't have to be a member to be on the board. * lots and lots of debate over sudoroom's debt and hypothetical disaster scenarios * yet another tangent about dvorak keyboards * shouldn't we figure out general board membership first? * lots of confusion over our bylaws. we need to read them in full again. they were just copied from noisebridge. * you have to go to one meeting a year. that's really the bare minimum. * apparently california also requires from a 501c3: president, secretary, CEO, Treasurer and/or CFO ** http://www.nonprofitlawblog.com/treasurer-duties/ * marc is willing to do it * unanimous vote of present board members, plus jenny remotely: Marc Juul is our new treasurer, replacing Max Klein. '''Voted 7-0 in favour of Making Marc Juul new Treasurer''' == New People == Discuss refreshing the Board with a new set of members. * Update Board page on the wiki: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Board * who wants to be on the board this year? raise your hand: vicky, scott, anca, julio, matt * are we keeping the other folks? * einstein could be chairdog * last time everybody was nominated * april wants to do it * We'll put another round of nominations to the mailing list ==Address Change== We have to notify California that our address has changed. We're no longer at 2141 Broadway... ==Meeting Notes== discussion about board members and role of the members. Who should be a member? ==A third working group (Matt and Vicky and)== Write a description fro board memebers for treasurer, then blast the list and announce for a timeline for nominating new board members, and timeline for voting on them then april will make an announcement at the general meeting this week == outtake== what was your favorite thing about this meeting? * scott laughing at his jokes * seeing all of you here! * efficient. sudo meetings are getting shorter. * low-key. and fixing my IDE. * wine club. and everyone here. * they already did everything when i got here * chips & guac * that we don't know what the hell we're doing * the we accomplished our purpose - find a new treasurer * that we had quorum, and that our next meeting is on Tuesday October 20th 2015 Make a great day, Max Klein ‽ http://notconfusing.com/

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Re: [sudo-discuss] Sudo meetings and Omni delegation

by yar

On Thursday, October 30, 2014 11:06:44 AM Jenny Ryan wrote: > it would appear that the items up for consensus at tonight's Omni > meeting were not discussed. There's only one consensus item on the pad - to spend $1k of omni money on ballroom soundproofing materials - and Sudoroom already discussed it at last week's meeting (with unanimous yes).

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Meeting Notes 10/29

by Jenny Ryan

Announcements: * New Board nominations begin in 20 days * Marc Juul is our new treasurer * We are cleaning and organizing sudo RIGHT NOW - come and help! * Film night tonight! * What we want and don't want: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Donations New Members * For extended pondering: Claire - wants to run zine workshops! drawing, crafts! * For extended pondering: Trisha - also zines, excited about the sewing machines :) * Alex has been pondered, is now a member! Money * ~ $3700 in the bank, November rent and October shared expenses paid ($2340.86) * Now making $570/week on Gratipay! New goal is $1K/week Second Internet Line * Jenny checking with Sonic.net about a second line Backspace Proposal Consensus on the backspace proposal: - As long as this is a 3 month trial period we agree to the proposal, with the following amendments: - backspace does not take the downstairs room and pays $750 per month instead. - backspace has no special privilege over any other member collective in accessing or regulating access to common space. - In addition: sudo room feels that backspace, being a for-profit renting private space, should be a tenant and not a member collective but we can discuss this over the next three months. Conflict Resolution - Update on conflict with ban of person that Pigeon asked us to ban. Referred to as J. - Korl and Liz are finishing up an interview with one more person and they are leaning toward proposing a lift of the provisional ban of J we passed at a meeting earlier this month. - Korl and Liz are very interested in preventing blind solidarity (which seemed likely to occur unless someone spoke up), especially without having both sides of the story, and as much information as possible. We are also keen on working to help set a fair precident for situations like this; that both sides of a story/ incedent are sought out by an objective party, before Any decisions are made, to prevent social bias and blind solidarity. - Important aspects: None of the people involved in the conflict are members of the Omni, and the conflict happened three years ago. This issue was brought up by a person who is not part of the Omni and has been known to act untrustworthily and dishonestly, within the greater community. - Juul proposes a 1 month ban of person who was using a knife to attempt to open the omni door and when confronted was super rude, calling one of our members a bitch. Person was drunk. Juul and others kicked this person out yesterday and told him that him he was banned until it could be brought up at todays meeting where he could show up. He looked disheveled and was holding a can of beer but seemed otherwise reasonable and attempted to defend his attempt at opening the door as trying to demonstrate a security problem and said he wished to apologize to the person he was rude to. - Remote-Jenny votes yes on ban. - One abstention, rest approve. Passes. - Need to take a picture. - Proposal: Temporary Ban of Chris B (unspecified duration) for being in "bad standing" with regard to sudo room's values, specifically in disregarding the needs of the sudo room and omni communities with his use of the space above the stage (aka "crow's nest" aka "man cave"), as well as often attempting to sleep in the space, despite warnings, confrontations, and a clear expectation of it not being permitted. - During the BACH Unconference, Mitch Altman found Chris B sleeping under a sign in the basement that read "No Sleeping". - Amendment and consensus: Any further sleeping by ChrisB at Omni will result in an immediate temporary ban. Notes recorded for posterity at: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Meeting_Notes_2014-10-29 Jenny http://jennyryan.net http://thepyre.org http://thevirtualcampfire.org http://technomadic.tumblr.com `~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~` "Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories." -Laurie Anderson "Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it." -Hannah Arendt "To define is to kill. To suggest is to create." -Stéphane Mallarmé ~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`

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Board nominations begin in 21 days!

by Vicky Knox

The Sudo Room general membership is cordially invited to begin nominating new Board Members 21 days from now. I will send a reminder. This announcement is just a legal thing. Beep blop.

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Fwd: Dia de los Muertos fundraiser: is happening?

by Lesley Bell

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Lesley Bell <zvezdalune(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 2:38 PM Subject: Re: [sudo-discuss] Dia de los Muertos fundraiser: is happening? To: Vicky Knox <vknoxsironi(a)gmail.com> You're right Vicky. The flyer has been changed--it is, after all, better to make death obsolete than the remembrance of it, although some people believe that technological resurrection may be possible someday. Also, no one brought it up, but I realized it could be possible that the very Halloween-ish nature of the event could be somewhat offensive. People who are perceived to be using technology in way that transgresses the traditionally accepted human form are very much discriminated against, e.g. Steve Mann's attack in France. I've been called a "cyborg freak," and "autistic" for my wearable tech experimentation. I hoped to address this perceived uncanniness of these technologies through the playful "cyborg zombie" invitation, but I understand that that could be very offensive to some people questioning their primate-body-identities who have been harassed or attacked because of other people's fear. This has been an interesting discussion. I appreciate all of your feedback very much. Here's the new flyer. Peace everyone! On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 2:53 PM, Vicky Knox <vknoxsironi(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hey Lesley, I want to clarify that my intention wasn't to put you down, > but rather to suggest an alternative. > > I also wanted to say that I grew up somewhere where the holiday was more > something that everyone celebrated, so I can maybe empathize with how you > may feel coming here to the Bay where there is more tension around the > holiday. > > 2014-10-28 13:04 GMT-07:00 Max B <maxb.personal(a)gmail.com>: > > +1 thanks Vicky! >> >> On October 28, 2014 12:25:51 PM PDT, Vicky Knox <vknoxsironi(a)gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Lesley, >>> >>> I would strongly suggest a language change to the flyer. >>> >>> The flyer currently asks: "What would Nov. 1 look like if Dia de los >>> Muertos was obsolete?" For me, Día de los Muertos is a day to immortalize >>> my loved ones who have passed away. Given this sentiment, the idea of it >>> becoming "obsolete" doesn't make sense to me. Also, I'm certain you don't >>> mean it this way, but I feel like it even borders on judgmental, like it >>> brushes off that sentiment and the immortality of the event itself. I would >>> suggest language that asks how Día de los Muertos might be reimagined in a >>> futurist framework. Does that make sense? >>> >>> Thank you, >>> Vicky >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> sudo-discuss mailing list >>> sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org >>> https://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss >>> >>> > -- Lesley Bell 432-266-0397 zvezdalune(a)gmail.com <http://lesleybell.com> -- Lesley Bell 432-266-0397 zvezdalune(a)gmail.com <http://lesleybell.com>

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OPD data

by Rachelle Annechino

Hi sudo-discuss, I've been doing some poking around looking into police accountability in the US... seems like one major stumbling block is a lack of public access to police data. Here in Oakland, it looks like OPD has a ton of data on use of force and complaints that could be de-identified and made available to the public, used in data visualizations, etc. -- but isn't. (Not that OPD's data should be the only data source in investigating accountability, but I figure it's a start. Also it looks like *some* of this data is available, but it's a super limited subset + kind of all over the place) Recently I requested some data through RecordTrac <http://records.oaklandnet.com>, chatted with the public records request coordinator... just kind of curious about what would happen and how it worked. A lot of the OPD requests I saw on RecordTrac received PDF documents as responses -- but OPD is entering this stuff electronically AFAIK; you'd think a structured dataset would be easier to produce if anything. Anyway, I'm wondering if other people on this list are interested in this stuff, have suggestions, thoughts, etc. It seems like there should be a coordinated effort out there working on work on this, but I haven't found one (?) Thanks!

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burn a screen?

by april glaser

Any sudo-ers know how to burn a screen? I kind of do, but have these three stretched screens and want to use at least one of them for our library project (https://www.newschallenge.org/challenge/libraries/submissions/the-library-f…). See the image in the link. Please let me know, will pay back in delicious and healthy take out food. <3, A

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** Urgent - need help to dissassemble FREE WORKING WALKIN into basement kitchen

by David Keenan

Hi all, The restauranteur who let us take the compressor and condenser for our upstairs walkin fridge, has offered to let us dissassemble another walk-in at another of his restaurants in SF that he is remodelling -- IF we do it asap. He wants us to come tomorrrow - I realize this is probably too soon for us to organize properly, but I would like a crew of Omniers to be able to do it perhaps the day after tomorrow. This would be perfect for a walk-in in the basement kitchen, so that it can be a more professional woking kitchen that can help pay us and FNB back for the money we are spending fixing it up. This has been part of the plan for the basement kitchen since the beginning, so this is amazing and great! It could go either into the room by the furnaces or part of the current larger pantry along shattuck. To disassemble this beast I think ideally we want at least four people, as well as Carl from People's Refridgeration to disconnect the compressor properly and remove the refridgerant. We will also want someone who know how to safely cap off the electrical and plumbing. We also want to bring several drills, an anglegrinder, the fien saw, a full hex key set and set of wrenches, and electrical tools. - there are lots and lots of screws. Last time, Alice was an unstoppable force of nature who told us how to disassemble it all and did most of the heavy lifting herself. This time around, if Alice is free, it would be best if Alice directed us and others did most of the work. Alice really went all-out last time on our behalf and we need to do this ourselves. The restauranteur also has lots of chairs and tables that we could use in La Commune, which is awesome, plus lots of other stuff / infrastructure.. David

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Fwd: [Double-Union-announce] NodeSchool, December 6, 1-5pm

by Marina Kukso

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MiMi Nguyen On Epic Dream Dates with Keanu Reeves, Tenure & Obscurantist Labor @ RADAR Productions

by Romy＠snowyla

She's righteous!!! http://www.radarproductions.org/mimi-nguyen-on-epic-dream-dates-with-keanu-… MiMi Nguyen On Epic Dream Dates with Keanu Reeves, Tenure & Obscurantist Labor MiMi will be reading at the November 4 Radar Reading Series at the San Francisco Public Library. We asked her some questions about dating, writing and advice for artists. Tell us about something that challenged you during your last (or a current) project. The worst thing about writing the first book (The Gift of Freedom) was that I had to finish it according to an external deadline – tenure. At some point I found I wasn’t writing to answer a question about liberal empire, or to close the circle of the argument, but to meet an institutional metric for a “productive” scholar. And even though I was writing with friends confronting the same metric –we would literally sit in a room together and write for hours, next to one another, chatting about a sentence one minute and leading each other through some stretches another—it was still an incredibly isolating experience. The moment I remembered that I had an intensely satisfying creative and intellectual life long before I came to the academy was transformative. A feminist literary scholar named Janice Radway came to my campus and in a lecture discussed my work as a zinester (with particular reference to the Race Riot compilations, and feminist critical theory in my zines) and its relationship to my scholarship now. I had been feeling so under seige on the tenure track that I cried for a few days afterward, because I understood so acutely what I had been missing for the last few years – which was writing to the question, for the argument, and of course, for myself. You get to have an epic dream date with anyone dead or alive: who are they and where do you go on your date? My friends reading this would know it’s a lie if I chose anyone but Keanu Reeves. That said, I have no idea what an “epic dream date” would be, and having only been on a few “proper” dates, and it seems like it would be awkward to go on a grown-up, straight-person date with Keanu Reeves. But pretending as if this isn’t the most awkward question, we could just go to a punk show on his motorcycle (or if he still has access to that time-traveling telephone booth, we could take the booth to the Hong Kong Café to see The Bags or The Go-Go’s in 1979), and then spend a few hours going through the boxes of zines and records in my living room I haven’t made time to read or listen to yet. After that, we could choreograph a mash-up of a movie-fu fight with Kate Bush’s “Wuthering Heights” dance and put it on YouTube as a performance piece. I hope he kept his sleeveless denim jacket from River’s Edge, because I would wear the crap out of it in the video. (Also I would be wearing Madonna’s boots from Desperately Seeking Susan, since those are the most epic shoes.) And then we could make a 24-hour zine about making art and getting older, and I could impress him with my carefully hoarded Letraset collection. I should note that I am answering these questions with a cold fogging my brain. The other night, while otherwise wiped out on Advil, I randomly started a site to archive all the responses to Kara Walker’s “A Subtlety, or The Marvelous Sugar Baby.” I am totally a good time, Keanu. Give us one piece of advice you want to share with artists – about life, bills, process, editing, brainstorming, anything. I don’t have advice as much as I have “random questions about the nature of work.” How do we reproduce troubling measures of civic and capitalist productivity through binaries of activity/passivity in our cultural work? How do we evaluate an artistic process or object or experience? Through what measures of value, accountability – and to whom? As a scholar, I hear from both administrators and activists that the intellectual labor I do “should” yield concrete outcomes – whether in publications or grants, or in something measurable as “social change.” I worry about what these utilitarian (and sometimes authoritarian) demands mean for us, especially because I want to hold out a place for creative and intellectual labors that are slow to unfurl, or otherwise appear to the efficacious eye as useless, obscurantist, impractical, marginal, or wholly unproductive. Sent from my iPhone

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new adblocker adon

by refugia

https://dhowe.github.io/AdNauseam/

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Re: [sudo-discuss] Dia de los Muertos fundraiser: is happening?

by Vicky Knox

Hi Lesley, I would strongly suggest a language change to the flyer. The flyer currently asks: "What would Nov. 1 look like if Dia de los Muertos was obsolete?" For me, Día de los Muertos is a day to immortalize my loved ones who have passed away. Given this sentiment, the idea of it becoming "obsolete" doesn't make sense to me. Also, I'm certain you don't mean it this way, but I feel like it even borders on judgmental, like it brushes off that sentiment and the immortality of the event itself. I would suggest language that asks how Día de los Muertos might be reimagined in a futurist framework. Does that make sense? Thank you, Vicky

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light-up disco dancefloor

by Jake

I just want to remind everyone that the disco dancefloor can light up, but the controller doesn't exist anymore. John (the landlord) says that all the lights in there work, which means all we need is a controller. I have plenty of relay boards we can hook up to that stuff, so anyone who is interested in getting the lightup dancefloor working again should let me know, and we can work on it together. Or at least i can supply you with the parts and materials and help you if you get stuck. -jake On Mon, 27 Oct 2014, niki wrote: > Hi Noemie! > The Disco room is currently OMNIdance's space (until the end of November, I believe) so they are the ones you should speak to about this. > > After November, the Disco room may get folded back in to the commons at which point this would be the right place to direct inquiries about reserving time > there :) > > <3 > > Niki > > On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 3:13 PM, Noemie Serfaty <noemieserfaty(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hello! > Is it possible to book the disco room from 5 to 6:30 pm on sundays for free yoga classes? > > Thank you! > Noémie > -- > Noémie Serfaty > 108 rue du Faubourg du Temple > 75011 Paris > Tel: 06 27 76 88 84 > Tel: 01 71 50 51 82 > noemieserfaty(a)gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > booking mailing list > booking(a)lists.omnicommons.org > https://omnicommons.org/lists/listinfo/booking > > > >

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Sudo Room to be Organized

by mattsenate＠gmail.com

Wow! Look what wonderful possibilities there are, in the arrangement of the sudo room. Come organize the space. Help make room for: + mesh and networking platform + robot galaxy + computer nursery + hardware equipment + workshop + sewing and embroidery station + multimedia classroom + common tables + drawing and art station + testing station + more! Come get creative and set up the space as you like! // Matt

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Re: [sudo-discuss] Dia de los Muertos fundraiser: is happening?

by yar

On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 5:53 PM, Sonja Trauss <sonja.trauss(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I just didn't want to seem aggressive or like I'm trying to troll the list > or criticize you in public. Replying privately with an argument is in some ways more aggressive than replying on the list. It can make people feel cornered, makes it harder for them to call for backup, and can potentially enable triangulation gaslighting. Please ask for explicit permission from people before starting private email arguments. > But since you do - can you explain a thing I always wonder about when I read > authoritative statements about "My Culture" - > What should I make of Hispanics that don't agree with you - Hispanics who do > not care who celebrates their holidays, or Hispanics who don't feel > particularly connected to their holidays? Which one of you speaks for all > Hispanics? Speaking from an identity position is not the same as "I speak for everybody who shares my identity." Missing a subtle but important distinction like that and then haranguing somebody else over it, is the hallmark of a well-played troll. You've been warned several times on this list for creepy racist behavior. Please end it once and for all. Thank you.

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Board meeting TONIGHT!

by Vicky Knox

Friendly reminder! We'll begin at 7pm in Sudo Room's new space at 4749 Shattuck. Bring a snack!

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Workgroup Membership

by Timothy Baron

Last night Kevin mentioned that the Sudo Room is expected to have at least three of its members participating in Omni Workgroups. Are we satisfying that requirement? I know Ben is in the permits/construction workgroup. And I think Yar is a part of the recently created scheduling workgroup. Is there anyone else? If not, is anyone willing to step up?

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Re: [sudo-discuss] Sudo Defragmentation all Weekend

by april.glaser

Part two is tomorrow. Same time, same place, piles to sort, shelving to move. Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone <div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: mattsenate(a)gmail.com </div><div>Date:10/25/2014 1:23 PM (GMT-08:00) </div><div>To: sudo-announce(a)lists.sudoroom.org, sudo-discuss <sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org> </div><div>Subject: [sudo-discuss] Sudo Defragmentation all Weekend </div><div> </div>Starts at 12pm noon both days! Come reorganize and optimize the space. // Matt

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Eat the Ccili!

by David Keenan

Hey all I saved a whole bunch of the chili from the event last night for ppl to eat - it's in the fridge - PLEASE GRUB it with with wild abandon - The ziplocks are veggie chili, the plastic bins have meat chili - Any not eaten today, must be put into the freezer TONIGHT, or thrown out. Seriously.. So hork it yo! David

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funky fridge

by refugia

I noticed last night that one of the fridges upstairs is making louder noises, sounds problematic. I think it's the fan. Does anyone know about refrigerators? -P

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RSVP for Board Meeting + Action Items

by Vicky Knox

Hello fellow (and future?) Board of Responsibility and Little Power members, In case you missed it, we're planning a meeting that will happen within the next week. It should be delicious (potluck style). Please RSVP with your preferred time slots here: https://dudle.inf.tu-dresden.de/sudofivezero1c3/ Here are things that need to be discussed/done: *We need to create an action plan and deadline to complete our 501(c)(3) application. *Since our 501(c)(3) form has not been completed, we need to fill out state form 3500 to convince California not to levy state taxes for last year (2013). *We need to find a new Treasurer to replace Max. *We may want to discuss refreshing the Board with a new set of members. *We need to update the Board page on the wiki: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Board I've started a planning document with these items and space for meeting notes, here: <https://pad.riseup.net/p/2014sudoboard>. Please add anything you think is missing. Below is a message from Matt S. with more details and relevant documents attached. Cya, Vicky ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Matthew Senate <mattsenate(a)gmail.com> Date: 2014-10-19 12:41 GMT-07:00 Subject: [sudo-board] Submitting Tax Information to State of California by Nov 7 To: sudo-discuss <sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org>, Board of Responsiblity and Little Power <board(a)lists.sudoroom.org> We received a notice from the State of California Franchise Tax Board, notifying us that (since we have yet to submit or complete our 501(c)3 application) we must fill out state form 3500 to convince California not to levy state taxes for last year, 2013. I've filled out this form to the best of my knowledge so far, but it is incomplete. It needs some more attention. See attached: "state_tax_form_3500_sudo_room.pdf" which should have saved my submitted values to many of the required fields. We need a few things: 1. Review what I've already added (make sure dates and such are correct!) 2. Complete the rest of the form to the best of our ability 3. See if any lawyerly advice can help us ensure this goes smoothly 4. *Submit before Friday November 7* (30 days from October 9, 2014) "Send us either your tax exempt letter, Form 3500, Form 3500A, or Form 100 with a copy of this letter within the next 30 days or we may issue a tax assessment based on available information. A penalty of 25% of the additional tax may be assessed for failure to provide information upon written request." // Matt _______________________________________________ Board mailing list Board(a)lists.sudoroom.org https://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/board

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free lockers up for grabs (in SF)

by Patrik D'haeseleer

They've been sitting out on the curb since this afternoon. Definitely worth checking out if someone happens to have a truck in SF though: http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/zip/4733003784.html Patrik

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Re: [sudo-discuss] Piccolo - the tiny cnc robot

by Jake

that's a neat little device, but don't forget that our 3d printers can do the same stuff and they're already built and sitting there! you can attach a marker to the head of one of our 3d printers and use it to write stuff, just like the piccolo does, except it will be way more accurate. Maybe a little slower but not necessarily. also we have a bunch of those smaller 3d printers from "3d systems" that were donated, and people should start playing with them once we get the space back put together. -jake On Fri Ben wrote: http://www.piccolo.cc/ <http://www.piccolo.cc/> Tiny CNC robot does tiny things in video… including watercolor!

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robot is moved and bolted in

by Jake

last night several of us used human power to move the robot from its pallet to its new home, where it is bolted to the floor. http://spaz.org/~jake/robot/pix/boltedin.jpg it is parked pointing straight up, so it doesn't take up extra space when it is not being used. The control cabinet has been moved to the place where the motorized stock saw is in this picture, in the upper left of the frame. All the cables and stuff have been moved too, but i haven't finished neatly arranging them or connecting everything up. I intend to put big hooks on the wall behind, and hang the spare cables there, out of the way. If you are a robot hacker, know that the robot is disconnected for the moment until a little more work is done to reconnect it and power it. If you want to help, please run a length of CAT5 network cable (with ends crimped on) from the server rack to the robot YASNAC. This cable will carry RS-232 signals from the space.local sudo gateway computer to the YASNAC. We will be using that computer instead of the 3d printer computer as our serial interface, if there are no objections. -jake

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Helps - Need 1 more volunteer 4pm-6pm

by David Keenan

Hi all I'm desperately in need of one more volunteer for tonight's rental - can anyone who hasn't already committed please come by and do Omni a solid? If all you can do is late aft/early part of the evening, that's cool to - 2 more volunteers would be even better :) Love, David

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Need help Sunday re Alette / Party prep

by David Keenan

All, I'm hoping someone(s) can help: - We need to have the scaffolding down, the ballroom and mezzanine mopped and all it's bathrooms super dooper clean before 4pm tomorrow (Sunday) for the $3K afternoon/evening event that goes til 10. - I need one other person aside from Chris Bee to help keep track of bikes that will be parked inside in The cafe & Gabriela's area. 4-10pm - Ben, Joe and I will also volunteer at the event outside as 'neighborhood ambassadors' - Although they offered to pay bike parkers/watchers directly, that has been clarified and all $ is going to Omni - not to worry. I am hoping that those organizing Alette can help clean up after their event - with 1.5 hands I am sort of not very efficient right now - Can people show up at 2pm to help with this? That'd be really great - David 415-430-8362

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yoga is back!

by Noemie Serfaty

dear geeks with tight shoulders Yoga is back! 4:30 pm at the omni! <3 Noémie -- Noémie Serfaty 108 rue du Faubourg du Temple 75011 Paris Tel: 06 27 76 88 84 Tel: 01 71 50 51 82 noemieserfaty(a)gmail.com

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event tomorrow - any other volunteers available?

by Jenny Ryan

Turns out my parents are only visiting for 4 days, so I shouldn't have volunteered myself to work as an outdoor watch tomorrow. I'm really sorry about this :( Is anyone else available to be around tomorrow evening? Jenny

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Sudo Defragmentation all Weekend

by mattsenate＠gmail.com

Starts at 12pm noon both days! Come reorganize and optimize the space. // Matt

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Aaron Swartz Day Hackathon at the Omni? 8-9 Nov

by Phil Wolff

November 8 is Aaron Swartz Day (Aaron's birthday) ( http://www.aaronswartzday.org) and folks are hosting hackathons in many cities. I knew Aaron when he was a kid helping with RSS and other protocols. A more recent friend of his, Lisa Rein, asked me if Sudo Room would host the Sunday part (9 Nov) of the San Francisco hackathon. So... 1. Are you interested in attending? In hosting/facilitating? 2. Availability/use of Sudo's and Omni commons spaces for hackathon purposes? On Sunday I see "Phat Beets is going to have an event to highlight their youth program! They will need 4 hours in the ballroom (yet to be set in stone). They are paying to rent the space." Is this a conflict? http://omnicommons.org/wiki/Event:2014/11/09_RENTAL_Phat_Beets 3. Is our network ready for a few dozen concurrent demanding users? All of the building or just some parts? 4. Ideas for food sponsors for the event? Phil Wolff P.S. Aaron Swartz was an American computer programmer, writer, political organizer and Internet Hacktivist. He died last year. If you use creative commons art, blogs and feeds, markdown, Reddit, or open data, a bit of Aaron lives on. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz pwolff(a)gmail.com skype:evanwolf +1-510-343-5664 http://about.me/evanwolf bio <http://letmydatago.org/>http://twitter.com/evanwolf @ http://www.linkedin.com/in/philwolff cv http://LetMyDataGo.org blog http://www.facebook.com/philwolff face

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Re: [sudo-discuss] Dia de los Muertos fundraiser: is happening?

by yar

On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 12:53 PM, Lesley Bell <zvezdalune(a)gmail.com> wrote: > We could change it to English, Day of the Dead, or simply...let go of the > holidays of the past and start celebrating in advance humanity's possible > technological end to death. I am totally open to changing the name and > theme to Day of the Immortals only. Or ... it could be a halloween party. How about that? Technofuturist robots, cool, yay. I'm down.

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Film Night Tonight

by Eske Silver

Tonight at Omni Film Night (in the basement) we'll be hacking a Hacker night! We'll be showing the new documentary, 'The Internet's Own Boy' followed by a discussion about Aaron Swartz, the state of information in the digital age, the word "Hacker", and more. Any and all are welcome to come and join the discussion. To end the night on a light note, we'll also feature the 1995 movie 'Hackers'. As always, it's BYO(Drinks, Snacks, Pillows, Blankets, etc), but popcorn and tea will be provided. The first movie starts around 7:15, so don't be late! Hope to see you there :) ~Korl

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found battery and charger

by Noemie Serfaty

**Annoucement** A battery and its charger are looking for their camera in sudo room. If their camera or camera owner wishes to reunite, please approach Noemie or Liz. It will be kept in the OPAL film collective's locker in the meantime. **End of annoucement** :) -- Noémie Serfaty 108 rue du Faubourg du Temple 75011 Paris Tel: 06 27 76 88 84 Tel: 01 71 50 51 82 noemieserfaty(a)gmail.com

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Allied Media Projects Fwd: Hiring! Communications Manager

by April Glaser

There are my friends! If you want to move to Detroit or know folks there, pls forward along. tyvm :^) -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Hiring! Communications Manager Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 21:01:28 +0000 From: Allied Media Projects <info(a)alliedmedia.org> Reply-To: Allied Media Projects <info(a)alliedmedia.org> To: <april(a)eff.org> Hiring! Communications Manager Allied Media Projects seeks a Communications Manager to join our team. This position is full time and based in Detroit, Michigan. Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser <http://us7.campaign-archive2.com/?u=ed3193a97f901cbe49364e914&id=fb1825d0ff…>. <http://alliedmedia.us7.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=ed3193a97f901cbe49364…> AMP is hiring a Communications Manager! The Communications Manager will co-develop and implement a communications strategy in support of AMP’s mission to cultivate media-based organizing strategies for a more just, creative, and collaborative world. The Communications Manager will work daily on behalf of the projects operating under our organization’s umbrella, while also communicating the mission and vision of the organization as a whole. *Promoting AMP's Sponsored Projects:* Through Allied Media Projects’ Sponsored Projects program we offer art, media, and technology projects support services such as: fiscal sponsorship, project planning and management, fundraising support, and communications strategy. The Communications Manager will work to increase the visibility, accessibility, understanding, and reach of AMP’s growing network of Sponsored Projects. *Expanding and Deepening Participation in the Allied Media Conference: *The Communications Manager will support outreach for and documentation of the annual Allied Media Conference, with the goal of expanding and deepening participation in the AMC and projecting wider the vision and ideas emerging from the conference. AMP is committed to innovation in how we work and in how we communicate about our work. We aim for captivating and authentic storytelling presented with beautiful and compelling design. We are seeking a candidate who shares and will help grow these communications values. Deadline to apply: _November 21_ /*AMP is an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourages people of color, women, LGBTQ, and disabled candidates to apply.*/ FULL JOB DESCRIPTION + HOW TO APPLY » <http://alliedmedia.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ed3193a97f901cbe49364e…> <http://alliedmedia.us7.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=ed3193a97f901cbe49364…> Propose a Track, Practice Space, or Network Gathering for AMC2015 The AMC is accepting proposals for tracks, practice spaces and network gatherings for the 17th annual Allied Media Conference. The deadline to submit your proposal is November 3, 2014. Read more » <http://alliedmedia.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ed3193a97f901cbe49364e…> <http://alliedmedia.us7.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=ed3193a97f901cbe49364…> Three awards to AMP from the Knight Arts Challenge AMP is proud to be the recipient of three awards from the Knight Arts Challenge. The grants to AMP will support the launch of an AMC music festival, Detroit Future Schools' "Data Murals" project, and the Detroit Digital Stewards' "Detroit Music Box." Read more » <http://alliedmedia.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ed3193a97f901cbe49364e…> <http://alliedmedia.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ed3193a97f901cbe49364e…> The AMC2014 Social Media Parallel Universe AMC2014 was four beautiful days in June: learning, building, exploring, and dancing in Detroit. But parallel to that universe another AMC was taking place… on the Internet. Read more » <http://alliedmedia.us7.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=ed3193a97f901cbe49364…> Follow on Twitter <https://www.twitter.com/Allied_Media/> Friend on Facebook <http://alliedmedia.us7.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=ed3193a97f901cbe49364…> Follow on Tumblr <http://alliedmedia.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ed3193a97f901cbe49364e…> Forward to Friend <http://us7.forward-to-friend2.com/forward?u=ed3193a97f901cbe49364e914&id=fb…> You have received this email because you opted in on our website or at one of our public events. *Our mailing address is:* Allied Media Projects 4126 3rd St, Detroit, MI Detroit, MI 48201 Add us to your address book <http://alliedmedia.us7.list-manage.com/vcard?u=ed3193a97f901cbe49364e914&id…> unsubscribe from this list <http://alliedmedia.us7.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=ed3193a97f901cbe49364e…> update subscription preferences <http://alliedmedia.us7.list-manage1.com/profile?u=ed3193a97f901cbe49364e914…>

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Fwd: Sunday: Documenting SF feminist/trans/queer/women-centered spaces & history

by Vicky Knox

Join me at Double Union this Sunday for a San Francisco LocalWiki editathon on the city's feminist/trans/queer/women-centered spaces and history. [details below] Please also make sure to read DU's policies < https://www.doubleunion.org/policies> before coming. :] -ykciV ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Vicky Knox <vknoxsironi(a)gmail.com> Date: 2014-10-21 15:42 GMT-07:00 Subject: Sunday: Documenting SF feminist/trans/queer/women-centered spaces & history To: Come to our local feminist hackerspace this weekend to help build community documentation using the San Francisco LocalWiki <http://localwiki.net/sf/>. Tell all your friends! No computer required. :] ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Britta <brittag(a)gmail.com> Date: 2014-10-21 15:12 GMT-07:00 Subject: Editing meetup at Double Union on Sunday October 26, 4-6 pm To: SFLocalWiki(a)googlegroups.com Hi everyone! Our first SF LocalWiki editathon at Double Union in August was fun, so let's do another one on Sunday afternoon from 4-6 pm or so (we could extend it a little earlier or later if that's easier for anyone). Here's a blog post with details about how to visit the space, which is a few blocks from the 16th Street BART station: http://doubleunion.tumblr.com/post/100591807764/san-francisco-localwiki-edi… The second part of the post proposes a theme - feminist, women-centered, queer-centered, and/or trans-centered spaces and history in San Francisco. It includes a bunch of links to local history materials that I've been excited about. The area around 16th & Valencia is really rich in interesting stories, and it makes a lot of sense for Double Union to help bring them out and share them. :) A related thing I've been doing is sending article links to the Mission Mission neighborhood blog, which sometimes publishes them: http://www.missionmission.org/2014/07/29/about-that-old-police-station/ + http://www.missionmission.org/2014/08/25/about-that-big-hulking-building-th… The San Francisco subreddit can also be a good place to post individual articles that are likely to appeal to a broad audience: http://www.reddit.com/r/sanfrancisco/comments/2c5gpz/old_mission_police_sta… + http://www.reddit.com/r/sanfrancisco/comments/2ee6gt/ever_curious_what_that… This shares the information with more people (yay!), and sometimes you get great comments with tips that you can integrate into the articles. It could be fun to aim for writing more articles that could be distributed like this. Britta -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "San Francisco LocalWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to SFLocalWiki+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to SFLocalWiki(a)googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SFLocalWiki/2c66fba7-7c1b-4de3-ba9f-cd38f… <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SFLocalWiki/2c66fba7-7c1b-4de3-ba9f-cd38f…> . For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

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Re: [sudo-discuss] Dia de los Muertos fundraiser: is happening?

by yar

On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 12:42 PM, Lesley Bell <zvezdalune(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hello! > > The Omni needs funds. Dia de los Muertos is a thing. We would like to > introduce new people to the space and expand our community. > > I have attached a flyer for a possible event, a funky transhumanist/Dia de > los Muertos themed costume ball. Should this happen? Is there a reason > anyone would like to block? > > Also, steampunk zombies! Mechanical corpses! Post-singularity glittery > things covered in LEDs! Ordinary awesome humans! Looks fun! Right now the way to book events is: 1) check the calendar for conflicts: https://omnicommons.org/wiki/Calendar 2) submit this form: bit.ly/omniballroom Full explanation and future changes to the process will go here: https://omnicommons.org/wiki/How_to_book_events

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