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Fwd: [sudo-info] Makerspace for Oakland Park and Rec

by danarauz＠gmail.com

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: danarauz(a)gmail.com <danarauz(a)gmail.com> Date: Sun, Jan 8, 2017 at 4:13 AM Subject: Re: [sudo-info] Makerspace for Oakland Park and Rec To: Rick Abruzzo <rick(a)ricksemail.org> Hello Rick, I am sorry for this delay to acknowledge your email if you have not received any replies. Regardless, I am forwarding your email to the main discuss list. I hope someone will get back to you soon! Thanks! #daniel On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 12:30 PM, Rick Abruzzo <rick(a)ricksemail.org> wrote: > Hello Sudo > > I'm reaching out to you today because I have been given the opportunity to > submit a proposal to Oakland Park and Rec to turn a park facility into a > makerspace/workshop, mostly oriented towards programming for children and > their families, in the surrounding community. Jonathan Foote and Mitch > Altman suggested your organization as a potential partner and I would like > to sit down with your team and discuss ideas on how best to proceed. > > If your organization has interest in being part of this endeavor, please > let me know and we can setup a meeting in the immediate future. > > Thank you for your time and consideration. > > Sincerely, > Rick Abruzzo > > -- > > FIGMENT Oakland: oakland.figmentproject.org > Oakland Awesome Foundation: awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/oakland/ > <http://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/oakland/> > Dancehall of Beautiful Radiant Things: dancehallofbeautifulra > diantthings.com > > Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/rick.abruzzo> | Instagram > <https://www.instagram.com/rickinthe510/> | Twitter > <https://twitter.com/rickabruzzo> > > Portfolio <http://ricksproductionportfolio.com> > > > _______________________________________________ > Info mailing list > Info(a)lists.sudoroom.org > https://sudoroom.org/lists/listinfo/info > > -- Daniel Signal: 415.336.9143 <https://whispersystems.org/> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Help open a people-powered common space in Oakland, California! https://omnicommons.org/donate - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- Daniel Signal: 415.336.9143 <https://whispersystems.org/> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Help open a people-powered common space in Oakland, California! https://omnicommons.org/donate - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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Fwd: [sudo-info] [Declaration of Intent to Join] Steve Leach

by danarauz＠gmail.com

fyi #daniel ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sudo Room <info(a)sudoroom.org> Date: Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 10:07 PM Subject: [sudo-info] [Declaration of Intent to Join] Steve Leach To: info(a)sudoroom.org (Pseudo)nym or Name: Steve Leach Email: stevenaleach(a)gmail.com Why do you want to be a member of sudo room?: Too much time on my hands? I'm a geek recently returned to coding and obsessed with machine learning and distributed systems. Also, a van dweller inhabiting a 160 ft^2 box truck that sat in a field for 20 years sinking into the ground before I got it - access to tools now and again during renovation and rehabilitation might be important :-) If you know already, what are you excited to do at sudo room?: A few hardware projects that must wait until I can fund them, in the meantime, my current primary obsession is machine learning and some ideas for distributing training across a p2p environment with a shared parameter space. If you know already, what are you excited to share with the sudo room community?: What spotty skills I have to offer, I'm a rusty lapsed C guy recently turned to Python+Theano+Lasagne. I'm pretty excited about IPFS (Interplanetary Filesystem) at the moment. Beyond that, I'm good with a broom and mop, so there's that. Have you ever been banned from another hackerspace? If so, when and why?: No _______________________________________________ Info mailing list Info(a)lists.sudoroom.org https://sudoroom.org/lists/listinfo/info -- Daniel Signal: 415.336.9143 <https://whispersystems.org/> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Help open a people-powered common space in Oakland, California! https://omnicommons.org/donate - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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Fwd: [sudo-info] membership

by danarauz＠gmail.com

I wonder if this person had been helped. I cannot help, I hope someone would. #daniel ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Anthony Maes <anthonymaes(a)gmail.com> Date: Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 5:58 PM Subject: Re: [sudo-info] membership To: info(a)sudoroom.org Hi, I applied to be a member over a month ago. Two weeks ago, I gave my credit card info and began an automatic monthly payment for membership. I believe I am a full member by now, but the sudoroom/humans page still shows me as a comrade. Am I a member? Can I have the access code to get into the building? Thanks, Anthony Maes sudoroom account name: tmaes On Fri, Nov 4, 2016 at 2:05 PM, Anthony Maes <anthonymaes(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > I applied to be a member a few weeks ago (has it been 4 weeks yet?). > Today, I gave my credit card info and began an automatic monthly payment > for membership. What are the next steps to complete my membership > application process? > Thanks, > Anthony Maes > sudoroom account name: tmaes > _______________________________________________ Info mailing list Info(a)lists.sudoroom.org https://sudoroom.org/lists/listinfo/info -- Daniel Signal: 415.336.9143 <https://whispersystems.org/> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Help open a people-powered common space in Oakland, California! https://omnicommons.org/donate - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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Re: [sudo-discuss] [sudo-info] donate large 60 inch printer

by danarauz＠gmail.com

Hey Chris, I know this reply late and most likely irrelevant, but I wanted to thank you for thinking about Sudoroom for that donation. Thanks, #daniel On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 11:23 AM, Christopher Bassano <cpb73(a)cornell.edu> wrote: > Hey Sudoroom, > > I found a free 60inch printer on Craigslist and asked the guy to donate it > to a hackerspace. Noisebridge already has one, so do you want it? > > If so, I can help pick it up but I don't have a truck. We'd have to rent > or borrow one. The guy wants it picked up from Berkeley this weekend or > next week. > > Here is the printer <http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/zip/5922659022.html> > > Thanks, > Chris > > -- > Christopher Bassano > > _______________________________________________ > Info mailing list > Info(a)lists.sudoroom.org > https://sudoroom.org/lists/listinfo/info > > -- Daniel Signal: 415.336.9143 <https://whispersystems.org/> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Help open a people-powered common space in Oakland, California! https://omnicommons.org/donate - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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Fwd: [sudo-info] visit

by danarauz＠gmail.com

An email from Nov 2016, but forwarding it to the discuss list in case someone would like to reply. #Daniel ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Guillermo Machado <gmachado(a)thinkglobalschool.org> Date: Sun, Nov 27, 2016 at 8:08 PM Subject: [sudo-info] visit To: info(a)sudoroom.org Hi there I would like to have a phone chat with someone there if possible, regarding a possible visit of a few students who are doing a project on smart cities. These students are really curious, scholarship students from many different countries.. 10 students in total, who would like to learn a little about what you do at the Sudo room. We would be able to compensate a guide for their time if this was possible. Thanks for considering! Best Guillermo _______________________________________________ Info mailing list Info(a)lists.sudoroom.org https://sudoroom.org/lists/listinfo/info -- Daniel Signal: 415.336.9143 <https://whispersystems.org/> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Help open a people-powered common space in Oakland, California! https://omnicommons.org/donate - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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Truck available this afternoon?

by Patrik D'haeseleer

Does anyone have a truck I can borrow for an hour or two this afternoon? Need to remove a bit more concrete debris and dirt from the Phat Beets room, left over from our plumbing work for CCL. Can repay you with two bags of unused concrete mix, if inetersted... Thanks! Patrik

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Fwd: [OpenCon] CFP: Citizen Science and Citizen Labs - 31/01/2017

by Cere Davis

Interesting opportunity to write about experiences at sudo and ccl. There's an ironic bit somewhere in all of this about needing a masters of PhD in order to be a first author for some publication types but I haven't looked at the details in depth. --- emailing from a cell @ceremona http://CereDavis.com ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Gary McDowell" <garymcdow(a)gmail.com> Date: Jan 6, 2017 12:45 AM Subject: Fwd: [OpenCon] CFP: Citizen Science and Citizen Labs - 31/01/2017 To: "manylabs-workspace" <manylabs-workspace(a)googlegroups.com> Cc: Hello all, > > I wanted to forward this open call for papers in English, Spanish or > Portuguese on citizen science/citizen labs in case anyone might be > interested: > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Iara Vidal <iaravidalps(a)gmail.com> > Date: Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 7:18 PM > Subject: [OpenCon] CFP: Citizen Science and Citizen Labs - 31/01/2017 > To: OpenCon Discussion List <opencon-discussion-list(a)googlegroups.com> > > > Hey everybody, > > Brazilian OA journal "Liinc em Revista" is accepting submissions in > Portuguese, Spanish and English for a dossier on "Citizen Science and > Citizen Labs", > organized by Guest Editors Henrique Parra (Unifesp, São Paulo), Mariano > Fressoli (Cenit, Buenos Aires) and Antonio Lafuente (CSIC, Madri). > Deadline is January 31st, just scroll this message to see the full call for > papers in portuguese, spanish and english. > > Happy 2017! > Iara Vidal > http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1360-6127 > http://iaravps.wordpress.com > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > > > [pt] CHAMADA da Liinc em Revista: "Ciência Cidadã e Laboratórios Cidadãos" > > > [es] LLAMADA DE ARTÍCULOS Liinc em Revista: “Ciencia ciudadana y > > > laboratorios ciudadanos” > > > [en] CALL FOR PAPERS Liinc em Revista: "Citizen Science and Citizen Labs" > > > > > > > > > A Liinc em Revista está aberta à submissão de artigos, para avaliação às > > > cegas por pares, para publicação no número 1, volume 13, de maio de > > > 2017. Aceitam-se artigos originais em português, espanhol e inglês. > > > > > > Esse número conterá o dossiê “Ciência Cidadã e Laboratórios Cidadãos”, > > > organizado pelos professores Henrique Parra (Unifesp, São Paulo), > > > Mariano Fressoli (Cenit, Buenos Aires) e Antonio Lafuente (CSIC, Madri), > > > cuja ementa é a que segue. > > > > > > Os estudos sociais em ciência e tecnologia têm observado, nos últimos > > > anos, a emergência de uma multiplicidade de práticas e espaços > > > alternativos de produção de conhecimento, recompondo as fronteiras e as > > > identidades entre cientistas experts e público engajado, entre o > > > laboratório científico e o laboratório cidadão. Inspiradas nas vertentes > > > mais críticas da pesquisa "selvagem" e colaborativa, da ciência aberta > > > ou cidadã, e num diálogo tenso com as dinâmicas do governo biopolítico e > > > da mercantilização do conhecimento, surgem atores cognitivos e políticos > > > cujas práticas interessa-nos investigar. > > > > > > As contribuições ao dossiê poderão incluir temas como: > > > *Ciência aberta, ciência cidadã e ciência comum > > > *Ciência e produção do comum > > > *Comunidades de práticas, comunidades epistêmicas e contra-expertise > > > *Laboratórios cidadãos e experimentação política > > > *Fablabs, hackerspaces, movimento maker > > > *Ciência aberta e movimentos de inovação “na base” (grassroots > > > innovation movements) > > > *Produção de conhecimento científico contra-hegemônico e apropriação > > > tecnológica > > > *Protocolos, infraestruturas, tecnologias e modos de organização > > > para a produção aberta e colaborativa de conhecimentos. > > > > > > > > > O dossiê incluirá também uma seção com relatos de experiências > > > inovadoras nos temas propostos. > > > > > > Nos artigos, o primeiro autor deverá ter preferencialmente titulação > > > acadêmica de Doutor e não poderá ter titulação inferior à de Mestre. Nos > > > relatos de experiências inovadoras não há titulação mínima. Demais > > > regras para submissão encontram-se em > > > http://liinc.revista.ibict.br/index.php/liinc/about/ > submissions#authorGuidelines > > > > > > Além do dossiê, a Revista está aberta à submissão de artigos e resenhas > > > sobre outros temas em seu escopo de reflexão, conforme suas normas. > > > > > > Prazo de submissão: DE 15 DE SETEMBRO DE 2016 ATÉ 31 DE JANEIRO DE 2017, > > > pelo endereço http://www.ibict.br/liinc > > > > > > > > > ------------------ > > > > > > [es] LLAMADA DE ARTÍCULOS Liinc em Revista: “Ciencia ciudadana y > > > laboratorios ciudadanos” > > > > > > Dicho número contará con un dossier sobre “Ciencia ciudadana y > > > laboratorios ciudadanos”, organizado por los profesores Henrique Parra > > > (Unifesp), Mariano Fressoli (Cenit, Buenos Aires) y Antonio Lafuente > > > (CSIC, Madrid). > > > > > > En los últimos años, los estudios sociales de la ciencia y la tecnología > > > permiten observar la emergencia de una multiplicidad de prácticas y > > > espacios alternativos de producción de conocimiento. Estos espacios > > > redefinen las fronteras e identidades entre científicos expertos y > > > público comprometido, y entre el laboratorio científico y el laboratorio > > > ciudadano. Inspiradas en las vertientes más críticas de la investigación > > > “salvaje” y colaborativa, de la ciencia abierta y/o ciudadana, y en un > > > dialogo tenso con las dinámicas de gobierno biopolítico y de la > > > mercantilización del conocimiento, surgen actores cognitivos y políticos > > > cuyas prácticas interesa investigar. > > > > > > Las contribuciones podrán incluir los siguientes temas: > > > > > > *Ciencia abierta, ciencia ciudadana y ciencia común > > > *Ciencia y producción de los comunes > > > *Comunidades de prácticas, comunidades epistémicas y experticias > > > alternativas > > > *Laboratorios ciudadanos y experimentación política > > > *Fablabs, hackerspaces y movimientos maker > > > *Ciencia abierta y movimientos de innovación de base (grassroots > > > innovation movements) > > > *Producción de conocimiento científico contra-hegemónico y > > > apropiación tecnológica > > > *Protocolos, infraestructuras, tecnologías y modos de organización > > > para la producción abierta y colaborativa de conocimientos > > > > > > El dossier incluirá también una sección de crónicas de experiencias > > > innovadoras sobre los temas propuestos. > > > > > > Para la presentación de artículos, se requiere que el primer autor posea > > > al menos título de doctor (preferencialmente) o maestría. Mientras que > > > para la presentación de experiencias innovadoras no se requiere > > > titulación mínima. Para información sobre el resto de las reglas de > > > presentación de trabajos, por favor véase el siguiente link: > > > http://liinc.revista.ibict.br/index.php/liinc/about/ > submissions#authorGuidelines > > > > > > Además del dossier, la Liinc em Revista está abierta a la presentación > > > de artículos y reseñas sobre otros temas en su espacio de reflexión, de > > > acuerdo a sus normas editoriales. > > > > > > Plazo de presentación de los trabajos: 15 de septiembre de 2016 al 31 de > > > enero de 2017, siguiendo las instrucciones en el siguiente link: > > > http://www.ibict.br/liinc > > > > > > ------------------------ > > > > > > [en] CALL FOR PAPERS Liinc em Revista: "Citizen Science and Citizen Labs" > > > > > > Liinc em Revista is inviting submission of articles, subject to > > > double-blind evaluation, for publication in Vol. 13, n. 1 (May 2017). We > > > accept unpublished articles in Portuguese, Spanish and English. > > > > > > This issue will present a dossier on "Citizen Science and Citizen Labs", > > > organized by Guest Editors Henrique Parra (Unifesp, São Paulo), Mariano > > > Fressoli (Cenit, Buenos Aires) and Antonio Lafuente (CSIC, Madri), > > > within the theme proposed below. > > > > > > Social studies of science and technology have observed in the last few > > > years the emergence of multiple practices and alternative spaces of > > > knowledge production, redesigning identities and frontiers between > > > scientists and a concerned public, between the scientific laboratory and > > > the citizen laboratory. > > > > > > Inspired by the more critical tendencies of collaborative science and > > > research “in the wild”, of open or citizen science, and by a tense > > > dialogue with the dynamics of biopolitical government and of > > > commodification of knowledge, there are new cognitive and political > > > actors whose practices we wish to investigate. > > > > > > *Contributions to this dossier may include topics such as: > > > *Open science, citizen science and "common" science > > > *Science and the production of the common > > > *Communities of practice, epistemic communities, and counter-expertise > > > *Citizen labs and political experimentation > > > *Fablabs, hackerspaces, and the maker movement > > > *Open science and grassroots innovation movements > > > *Production of counter-hegemonic scientific knowledge and > technological appropriation > > > *Protocols, infrastructures, technologies and modes of organization > > > for open and collaborative production of knowledge. > > > > > > The dossier will also include a section for texts recounting innovative > > > experiences within these topics. > > > > > > First authors of the articles should have doctoral or master degrees. > > > This rule does not apply to accounts of experiences. 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Invoice 1550 from Omni Commons

by Omni Commons

Dear Sudo Room, Here's your invoice! We appreciate your prompt payment. Thanks for stewarding the commons! Omni Oakland ------------------------ Invoice Summary -------------------------- Invoice # : 1550 Invoice Date: 01/15/2017 Due Date: 01/25/2017 Terms: Net 10 Amount Due: $2,446.00 The complete version has been provided as an attachment to this email. ---------------------------------------------------------------------

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man! we were gossiping (in a good) way. we miss kelly peng!

by Romy Ilano

man! we were gossiping (in a good) way. we miss kelly peng! ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

9 years, 1 month

Re: [sudo-discuss] [omni-consensus] Proposal: Repurpose 'Omni1' 501c3 into a Land Trust

by David Keenan

Hi all, So sorry to spam all the lists.. After a month, I'm bumping this proposal up again for this Thursday's omni delegates' meeting / GA, because it has become suddenly pressing in the wake of the Ghostship fire. I was really hoping member collectives might be able have had some discussion about this and hopefully attned this thursday's meeting to achieve quorum (and maybe even, pass the proposal? :) The proposal is in essence the following: 1. Repurpose Omni's 'extra' 501c3 corporation we no longer need, which originally was going to be wound down, to be used as a non-profit Land Trust and resource specifically for DIY / community spaces (also for DIY living spaces) currently in need of much support as they are presently facing a wave of punitive code enforcement and eviction. 2. For this to happen, some logistical hoops have to be jumped through: - Complete the disengagement of omni's finances of last year, from our old 501c3. Yes, I'm told this could take a while, but I'm optimistic :) - Mild modifications to the old c3's statement of purpose, charitable activities, bylaws (this being mostly low-level stuff.) Jesse, our lawyer, has verified this should be possible. 3. After such a proposal was approved and the necessary logistical steps taken, this land trust could then optionally become omni's land trust, at the collective's choosing -- i.e., a Trust ensuring that the building stays used for community use into the foreseeable future and follows its own bylaws, founding document, statement of solidarity etc long after we are all gone. Personally I think this is very important to the long-term survival of omni, but that particular aspect, of being Omni's land trust specifically, is *not* part of the scope of this proposal at this time, as it would have to be a later and more substantial proposal unto itself, encompassing many logistical aspects. So this proposal is just a proposed use for our old 501c3, for when we have fully disengaged our finances from it and no longer need it. 4. In the immediate wake of Ghostship (note: which occurred after I made the original proposal), members of the wider oakland community assembled to help DIY spaces stave off eviction, code-related closures, and to commit core fire life-safety improvements: The 'DIY Safety Group'. This group, which I (among many) helped to assemble, currently raises donations for such work, and this money is presently being stewarded by Omni as a fiscally sponsored project to the tune of ~7% in fees (not atypical for a sponsoring 501c3.) The sooner Omni is able able to unmoor our 'extra' 501c3 corporation to use as a land trust dedicated to helping and preserving DIY spaces like Omni, the sooner that group can take on the accounting overhead, eliminate this 7% fee and rather use 100% of funds raised to help other critical community spaces are currently being actively threatened. Anyhow I am hoping the dire needs of the community at large in this time is enough to get quorum Thursday and hopefully, consensus on the productive use of this extra c3 per this proposal :) If anyone has any questions or objections, please fire away :) Best, David On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 8:19 AM, Kazoo Studios <lovekazoo(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hey David! > > I like the way you're thinking, and the direction things are moving. > Creating the land trust out of the former c3 seems prudent in terms of > effort, money, and time. Also, making the building a community land trust > feels like a ray of sunshine in the darkness of the next 4 years. We could > be very useful in helping other spaces resist the rampant privatization > that will likely follow in the near future. > > I'm out of the country for the next week so won't be able to comment more, > but appreciate the creative thinking and resourcefulness of this plan. > > Thanks for all that you do, > Kazoo > > Kazoo Studios > www.KazooStudios.net <http://www.kazoostudios.net> > > On Dec 1, 2016, at 4:37 PM, David Keenan <dkeenan44(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > With the 'Omni1' > 'Omni2' switcheroo required by the building purchase > arrangement currently in escrow, Omni's current 501c3 and EIN will no > longer be used. > > *(More explicitly: In order to intake tax-free the large donation that > makes the building purchase possible, Sudo Room's 501c3 corporation will be > intaking that donation and renaming itself Omni Commons -- and > subsequently, Sudo Room will become will become a fiscally-sponsored > project of Omni. This in turn leaves us with Omni Oakland Commons' 501c3 > corporation basically no longer in use.)* > > Rather than let this incredibly-hard-earned 501c3 corporation lapse into > disuse, my proposal is to repurpose our c3 corp into a Land Trust focusing > on being a resource and trust for non-residential collective / radical > spaces and commons's like Omni. Per our lawyer Jesse, doing so would also > largely already be in line with the c3's existing stated charitable > activities, and I believe, would require only minor changes to the existing > corporate structure, bylaws etc. > > From the inception of Omni, a major goal was to partner with an existing > Land Trust in order to provide a check/balance on Omni into the future, > i.e. to ensure that Omni generally follows its bylaws and mission statement > (founding document), and essentially *ensure that the building remain off > the market and used as a community resource forever into the future* > (prevent the building from being sold later on, for example) -- even after > all of us volunteers have passed on to greener pastures. > > My initial thought is that this new Trust could potentially function in > that role for Omni, as well as for any other non-residential collective > work spaces that desired it, in one of the traditional land trust > arrangements (land/improvements split, 99yr lease etc.) > > However, in terms of this proposal, the potential terms or complications > of any Land Trust functioning as such for Omni *not* in the scope of this > proposal. > > This proposal is simply to advocate repurposing this c3 to this end -- a > Land Trust for collective / commoned / radical spaces focused on community > organizing and related resources like Omni and in line with Omni's values. > > Another reason for the trust is that existing land trusts and foundations > we met with (those with which we had a shared politics), focused primarily > on co-housing -- not on 'commercial' spaces for working or organizing, let > alone anything as novel as Omni's multi-tenant, inter-collective structure. > > It became clear that there is not a good local trust that had solid > experience with radical spaces for community & collective work, who had > principles and politics in line with our own. (This contrasts to the > housing front, where there are a number of active land trusts and > foundations that are already doing a great job with lots of experience to > boot.) > > In any case, this trust would also function to centralize and disseminate > as a resource what I feel is a bounty of experience, information, best > practices, and connections built up under the course of Omni to aid in the > development and support of other radical spaces centered on similar > community organizing. > > What do people think? > > Best, > David > > _______________________________________________ > consensus mailing list > consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org > https://omnicommons.org/lists/listinfo/consensus > >

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