FYI - it would be great to have a new sudo room delegate! Anyone interested?
An overview of what's entailed: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Omni_Delegate
In the past, sudo room has stepped up when the larger Omni collective has
lost its path, so to speak, toward stewarding an actual commons - wherein
decisions are made collectively, and delegates are actually delegate
representatives in a spokescouncil.
Omni is slipping, and at the risk of a community group that is intimately
tied with our very foundations. Please step up - we need all sorts of help
right now:
- Noise complaints and issues with the building manager across the way on
48th
- Property insurance may pull out of insuring us given dilapidated state of
building
- Dilapidated state of building, general
- Desperate need for funding / support for refinance before our mortage
balloon payment in Jan 2022
- Upcoming fire inspection (Feb/March), property insurance inspection
(2/13), and property tax exemption (county) inspection (Feb)
- Upcoming property tax exemption app annual filing (massive amounts of
work)
- Stalled kitchen renovation (not enough funds)
Reply here to this thread, talk with people, join an upcoming meeting or
work party, or reach out privately if you'd like to help!
Love and solidarity,
Jenny
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From: Jenny Ryan <jenny(a)jennyryan.net>
Date: Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 11:00 PM
Subject: Re: [omni-discuss] Late night basement events
To: Laura Turiano <scylla(a)riseup.net>
Cc: commons <commons(a)lists.omnicommons.org>, discuss <
discuss(a)lists.omnicommons.org>, <consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org>
There are significant problems with this "decision," and since it did not
acquire consensus in actuality (I blocked as remote sudo room delegate on
the pad), I must speak up to revert this statement.
Apologies, Laura, as I know very well how much effort you've put into this
issue and attempting to resolve it.
A) This proposal was never submitted to the Delegate's List a week prior to
its decision-making process, as is protocol, but rather brought up suddenly
at a Delegate's Meeting amidst a haze of elicited fear, uncertainty, and
distrust by less-than-informed community members.
B) All proposals must be submitted to consensus at least a week prior to
being consensed upon, so that delegates have time to confer with their
collectives. Just a friendly reminder: we are a collective of collectives
experimenting with radical participatory democracy - not a standard
nonprofit board in which representatives make uninformed decisions on
behalf of uninformed groups.
C) Not one of the basement events actually run by SPAZ has elicited any
noise complaints - specifically, the events that have elicited noise
complaints were SKAST (third-party, midsummer), Putivuelta (third-party,
December) and FYE (December, and somehow exempt from this decision?).
I am not trying to come at anyone - just merely clarifying the actual facts
of the matter.
Given that none of our actual processes for decision-making and
self-governance were employed, this decision is, imho, moot. Nevertheless,
SPAZ decided to hold off on any upcoming events (to the detriment of their
own expenses for storage and equipment maintenance, despite events still
being approved such as FYE's late-night event that will utilize SPAZ
soundsystem on Friday), I call a hard block and look forward to having
actual discussions with our respective collectives and seeing you all at
the next delegate's meeting on Thursday to clear up the very many
miscommunications clearly at play here. It is also likely that SPAZ will be
ready to submit their membership application at this meeting - I will
submit it on their behalf in advance of the meeting. Because that is, in
fact, how we operate.
Love and solidarity,
On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 5:28 PM Laura Turiano <scylla(a)riseup.net> wrote:
> I want to let everyone know who wasn’t at the delegates meeting last night
> about a decision that was made.
>
> Due to neighbor complaints and ongoing conflicts about use of the basement
> for late night events, the delegates unanimously decided to not allow late
> night events by anyone other than member collectives. Once a protocol for
> such events is approved and other conflicts are resolved they will consider
> allowing outside group events again.
>
> Member collectives having late night events need to coordinate w the
> commons wg to ensure there are no further complaints.
>
>
> Laura
>
>
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Hey all,
First off I wanted to apologize to Rayc, Sierk, Louis, and Jenny for acting
out too much of my frustration in sudo earlier tonight. I was being
sensitive about the state of the space and should have been more thoughtful
in responding instead of reacting!
Wanted to clarify that Ian gave me a call back and we are going to work
together tomorrow night at the hardware hack night to sort out the pile of
PC equipment that is in the entrance of the space. The plan is to dismantle
the pile and redistribute the pieces appropriately as soon as possible,
with an ultimate deadline of next Monday.
I'll be helping to do a run to Tech Exchange both for donations and for
e-waste recycling.
Take care all,
Matt
Dear Sudo Room,
Here's your invoice! We appreciate your prompt payment.
Thank you for stewarding the commons.
Love and solidarity,
Omni Commons
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Rayc is interested in a cleaning party. There's lots more to do, anyone
else want to meet up at sudo room?
The tools and materials in the workshop corner could use a good game of
`sort`!
I hope to see folks on Tuesday night as well, come by if you're free and
want to coordinate.
- Matt
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> Date: January 16, 2020 at 8:01:39 AM PST
> To: info(a)omnicommons.org
> Subject: [omni-helpdesk] Y'all have use for electronics tools and components?
>
>
> I have quite a bit of tools and components for electronics work that there's no room for in my new apartment. I'd love to find some place where they could be of service, rather than just dumpstering them. Does Omni Commons have any use for electronics?
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Hey all,
I wanted to reach out for some feedback. Seeking folks who would want to
facilitate or participate in a men's group.
I've previously participated in small groups like this and found them
beneficial for various reasons. I would like to see if folks have had
similar or different experiences.
The way I'm thinking about this would culminate in something like a regular
meeting for men in the sudo room community to discuss relevant issues
including those of identity, oppression, privilege, patriarchy, gender,
sexuality, stereotypes, safe space, and mutual support.
This may not be the best or even a viable path to approach these topics,
but I wanted to throw it out there to see if there is any interest.
Thanks,
Matt
Hi,
It would be helpful to Omni’s well-being to hack together an array of dBA
readers for monitoring ambient sound levels only around omni’s roof
perimeter. Not this would not record anything other than dB (ambient sound
levels).
Periodic readings from around the perimeter would be continually logged and
ignored until there is a noise complaint, at which point we could review
and determine if omni or some exterior noise has indeed quantifiably
transgressed the time-weighted ambient noise ceiling for our neighborhood /
zone.
Handheld meters are cheap, but ideally what we want is a system monitoring
from multiple points.
I’d anyone has capacity to hack on this with me, preferably with hardware
hacking skills that’s be great - lmk -
<3
David
David
Omni Building Working Group is hosting a work and cleaning party on
January 26, from 10am until about 5pm. Meet in the Entrance Hall. Come
through any time and bring your friends.
We will have a list of maintenance and cleaning tasks, and people
available to guide you, if you need assistance. Tasks will probably
include painting, installing occupancy sensors, small repairs,
decluttering, and ballroom and disco room floor repair and cleaning. If
you have a suggestion for a job, let the WG
(building(a)lists.omnicommons.org) know and we may add it to the list.
There will be snacks and drinks.
In the past, work days have been fun and and productive. Lets start the
year with a cleaner, more organized, better functioning building!
Love,
BWG
