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by Jake

there's a payphone mounted on the front of Omni, by the front door. When we installed it, it was working and when you would lift the receiver, it would connect to the asterisk server in the rack, and say "Press 1 to connect to Sudoroom, press 2 to connect to Counter Culture Labs..." and there were VOIP phones in CCL and sudoroom that would ring when it was used.... I wanted to set it up so the phones could beep the door open while someone was on the line. Presently the receiver on the payphone is broken, but we have a replacement. I am willing to repair the phone and get the system back up and running, if someone with software skills is interested in helping tune up the asterisk server and configure the phones indoors. We also need to clean the graffiti off of the phone. This needs to happen ASAP as there will be a building inspection by the insurance company and we need the outdoors to look good. The alternative is to remove the payphone and maybe "someday" put it back but that would be a step back. Is anyone interested in collaborating on this? Obviously the priority is to clean the appearance of the phone and replace the handset, so that it doesn't detract from the appearance of the building. -jake

6 years, 5 months

Last Month's Income & Expenses

by Omni Commons

6 years, 5 months

Fwd: [omni-discuss] Late night basement events

by Jenny Ryan

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 ---------- Forwarded message --------- 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 > > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > discuss mailing list > discuss(a)lists.omnicommons.org > https://omnicommons.org/lists/listinfo/discuss >

6 years, 5 months

Tech Exchange Pile in Sudo

by Matt Senate

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

6 years, 5 months

Invoice 2006 from Omni Commons

by Omni Commons

Dear Sudo Room, Here's your invoice! We appreciate your prompt payment. Thank you for stewarding the commons. Love and solidarity, Omni Commons ------------------------ Pledge Summary -------------------------- Invoice # : 2006 Invoice Date: 02/01/2020 Due Date: 02/25/2020 Terms: Net 25 Amount Due: $4,000.00 The complete version has been provided as an attachment to this email. ---------------------------------------------------------------------

6 years, 5 months

sudo make clean

by Matt Senate

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

6 years, 5 months

Fwd: [omni-helpdesk] Y'all have use for electronics tools and components?

by Laura Turiano

Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: Sam Brown <baudot(a)gmail.com> > 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? > > NOTE: emails to the helpdesk list were sent to an individual email address (such as info(a)omnicommons.org) with the PRESUMPTION OF PRIVACY. They may include personal information which the sender would not have sent to a public list (such as omni-discuss). If you must forward messages to a public list, please take great care to REMOVE SENSITIVE INFORMATION! > > _______________________________________________ > helpdesk mailing list > helpdesk(a)lists.omnicommons.org > https://omnicommons.org/lists/listinfo/helpdesk

6 years, 5 months

Call for Facilitators / Participants in a sudo Men's Group

by Matthew Senate

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

6 years, 5 months

RFP for omni dBA meter array

by David Keenan

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

6 years, 5 months

Water heater electrical service

by Adam Munich

Does anyone know what the electrical service is to the room with the water heater? Also, if there is a circulation pump?

6 years, 6 months

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