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Tools for a Not-for-Profit from Friends of the Oakland Tool Lending Library

by Peter Mui

Hi Sudoers: See the message below from our dear friend Jack at the Friends of the Oakland Tool Lending Library: can you help them find a home for this windfall? Email Jack directly. Great seeing everyone at last night's visioning exercise, -Peter -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Passthrough Donation of Tools? Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2025 19:23:54 +0000 (UTC) From: Jack Soares <jacksoares(a)sbcglobal.net> Peter-- FOTLL has come into a large tool donation in Kensington. It includes a table saw, router table, and bench grinder. FOTLL's storage space is already overflowing. We'd be happy to pass some of this windfall along to another nonprofit. The East Bay German International School has first dibs for their planned Makers Space. Do any of the aforementioned tools strike your fancy for immediate delivery -- today or tomorrow? Onward and upward... --Jack.

1 year, 4 months

Fwd: Two New Shows and Two Free Admission Opportunities

by Romy Ilano

1 year, 4 months

Fwd: Non Stop Bhangra This Friday at Oakland Museum

by Romy Ilano

1 year, 4 months

Omni Gathering Rescheduled + Reminder of Request for Input

by Valerie Jameson

Happy Monday everyone! I want to provide an update that we will be pushing back tomorrows building gathering to the following Tuesday, April 1st from 5:30-7 pm (see the attached flyer) Please encourage as many past and present Omni members to attend! In light of this change, I will also be extending office hours [SIGN UP HERE <https://calendly.com/valerie-thecalli/30min>] for this week so that we can get as much input on the Building Rules as possible. If those times lots don't work for you but you are interested in meeting or going over the document via phone I am amenable to that. Please tell all of your participants and group members to submit a response through the FEEDBACK FORM <https://forms.gle/hEJhREnduWD4im8L8>. You do not have to submit your name and email address if you don't feel comfortable and would prefer to be anonymous. I welcome feedback in all forms and want to help meet people where they are. If there are opportunities to outreach about the feedback form and upcoming gathering at your groups upcoming events please let me know. Note that after this review process once any updated edits are made, the Building Rules will be going into effect. While there will be annual reviews and edits may arise when major changes come up, this is still the ideal timeframe to voice your perspective and engage with the content before it starts getting implemented. I look forward to hearing and seeing more input come through. Take care, -- *Valerie Jameson* (she/ella) Stewardship (Property) Manager - 4799 Shattuck Avenue *Collective Action & Land Liberation Institute (CALLI) * CALLI Website <https://www.thecalli.org/> East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/ebprec> | X <https://www.x.com/ebprec> | Instagram <https://www.instagram.com/eb.prec> | YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/ebprec> | LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/company/ebprec>

1 year, 4 months

Are we having any monthly sudoRoom meetings? I'd like to propose one before our super late Tuesday events-- it can be short and sweet!

by Romy Ilano

Are we having any monthly sudoRoom meetings? I'd like to propose one before our super late Tuesday events-- it can be short and sweet! we could have a "tea" or a potluck and it could be cut short to about an hour. For me I'd prefer anything that isn't sitting and something as in person and not remotely run as possible! ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

1 year, 5 months

Posted the April 22nd creative reuse event on the blog -> we should theme our April 22 hardware hack night around it

by Romy Mimi Ilano

https://sudoroom.org/neighborly-event-how-to-start-a-reuse-center/ I posted the April 22nd creative reuse event on the. blog. We should theme our April 22nd hardware hack night around the creative reuse event! Maybe even hand out flyers to those who are attending at Creative reuse and invite them ! *Romy Mimi Ilano* *romy.ilano(a)gmail.com <romy.ilano(a)gmail.com>*

1 year, 5 months

Monday night ideas - Persian AI Tea - Women don't -have- to use AI but a lot fewer are knowledgeable about it than men!

by Romy Ilano

I have been reading articles that women in general use AI tools much less than men. I don't think that people =have= to use it, but at AI meetups, unless people are already research scientists, I'm just seeing a lot fewer women and non-binary folks. I guess this would be a good theme for a casual, non stressful "let's catch up with AI" (again it is not something to push people ot use these tool but to be aware) I will try to schedule some during the women and non-binary night or right before the SudoRoom Hardware Hack night (a 6:30-7:45pm session would be really great for us early risers) - https://www.library.hbs.edu/working-knowledge/women-are-avoiding-using-arti… <https://www.library.hbs.edu/working-knowledge/women-are-avoiding-using-arti…> - Why are fewer women using AI? https://www.bbc.com/news/business-67217915 ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

1 year, 5 months

75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving

by Romy Ilano

1 year, 5 months

Capacity Building Grants from the Kauffman Foundation

by Peter Mui

Hi Sudoers: FYI: the Kauffman Foundation offers these capacity-building grants from $100,000–$250,000 https://www.kauffman.org/funding/grants/capacity-building/ Here's their grant cycle calendar: https://www.kauffman.org/funding/grants/#timeline Sincerely, -Peter

1 year, 5 months

Fwd: Looking for someone to repair an interesting machine

by Peter Mui

Hi Sudoers: See below: anyone here interested in taking on this scientific instrument repair request for pay? Or as a group project for Sudoroom? Cheers, -Peter -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Re: Looking for someone to repair an interesting machinee Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2025 12:39:58 -0700 From: Steve Berl <steveberl(a)gmail.com> To: Ben Burress <bburress(a)chabotspace.org>, Adam Tobin <atobin(a)chabotspace.org>, Peter Mui <petermui(a)gmail.com>, Alan Roche <alan(a)enterprisetel.com> Adding Alan Roche On Tue, Mar 25, 2025 at 12:38 PM Steve Berl <steveberl(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hello folks, > > I just got a call from an old friend and he has a repair problem. > His partner works at a lab that runs a "superconducting magnetometer", > an instrument for measuring very weak magnetic fields, typically in > rock samples. It was build in the 1990's. > > It stopped working and the guy who built it has died. It is a critical > piece of gear for this lab and their future is at risk if they can't > get it working. > > So do you guys have any ideas on someone who might be interested in > looking at this machine and figuring it out? I imagine this would be a > paying gig. > > Ben, I was thinking about that big machine that we had in one of the > exhibit halls that did some sort of plasma, or something demo. It was > full of electronics, and gas cylinders and other plumbing. Do you > remember who built that and if they are still around? > > Adam, any thoughts on ex Exploratorium people? > > Peter, any of the Fixit Folk? > > Anyone else that might know someone? > > Thanks in advance, > Steve > -- > -steve -- -steve

1 year, 5 months

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