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by danarauz＠gmail.com

Folks, It just hit me that I should have shared this on the list a long time ago: There is a recruiter looking (or was on Nov 3) for a System Administrator for College of Marin. Here is the quote of the email I got: "Systems Administrator for a 6 month contract to hire opportunity. Hourly rate is $45/hr. for the contract phase, and upon conversion to FTE, salary would be $80k + full comp. package. I wanted to reach out to you and see if you were interested or if there is anyone you know who could be a good fit? " I have the recruiter's contact info if someone is interested. Thanks, D. -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Help open a people-powered common space in Oakland, California! https://omnicommons.org/donate - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

9 years, 3 months

Help moving small fridge to CCL?

by Patrik D'haeseleer

Anyone have a van, pickup truck, or even a large hatchback available, to help me transport a 1/2 size fridge from South SF to CCL? I bought an undercounter lab fridge on a biotech auction last week (to replace the one in the BSL2 lab that decided it would rather be a freezer), but now I need to go pick it up by the 17th. I could rent a uHaul, but with mileage that would cost more than the fridge did in the first place... Anyone available today, Wed. or Thu? Thanks! Patrik

9 years, 3 months

'emergency' mtg tonite re: Omni & protests, 7pm entrance hall

by David Keenan

hi all, ok not really an 'emergency' unless you count the forthcoming four-year-long state of emergency we're entering into post-Trump - I would like to get together with anyone who is feeling the rage and despair against the election outcome, to brainstorm how Omni can best provide shelter, workspace and solidarity to those presently engaged in the protests against the insanity of recent events which has ignited the bay area. This might mean: - Making a flyer encouraging activists to use omni for meetings, going to protests, and handing them out? - Organizing banner-making sessions, weekly assemblies, etc? - protest tactics, info sessions? - generally getting the word out that omni can serve as a site of interconnection and possible collaboration for various groups of activists and activated friend groups, etc - what can member groups supply the effort..? Ideas: Sudo - (just riffing here): -- disseminate peoplesopen.net to support protests? -- fab some drones? BAPS: -- classes on community, solidarity, resistance, political philosophy meeting praxis others: ? I am aware of other calls to action and convergences elsewhere, but I figure we as the omni community at large should also figure out how we might best make available our resources to the mass effort. Niki and I will be hosting, we will try to bring some yummy food -- and super late notice I realize but we figured hell, no time like the present please come if you can :) and pass the word on - love & solidarity David

9 years, 3 months

Stopped by Sudoroom this week

by Romy Ilano

And I'm proud it's still here ! Congrats on making It this far and stick together Sent from my iPhone

9 years, 3 months

Fwd: [omni-discuss] Washington Post editor seeking opinion pieces

by Patrik D'haeseleer

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Laura Turiano <scylla(a)riseup.net> Date: Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 12:01 PM Subject: [omni-discuss] Washington Post editor seeking opinion pieces To: I just got a message from a friend saying that the Washington Post digital editor is looking for opinion pieces from activists, DREAMers, and "protest organizers." His name is James Downie and his email is james.downie(a)washpost.com He wants people to pitch their piece to him, not the full piece. I assume he wants reaction to the election and where the country is going. Please feel free to forward. Laura _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss(a)lists.omnicommons.org https://omnicommons.org/lists/listinfo/discuss

9 years, 3 months

need ink for sudoroom circuitboard printer

by Jake

unfortunately the ink blocks I acquired from a friend were for the wrong model printer. We have a Phaser 8560. In order to do more DIY circuitboards in sudoroom like this: http://imgur.com/gallery/TbzsP we need three ink blocks for our printer: Black, Magenta, and Cyan. Black for $8.25: http://www.ebay.com/itm/XEROX-PHASER-8560-SOLID-INK-Black-One-1-/1523006925… Magenta for $8.99: http://www.ebay.com/itm/One-1-XEROX-PHASER-8560-SOLID-INK-Magenta-/15230069… Cyan for "$16.99 or best offer" http://www.ebay.com/itm/OEM-Xerox-Phaser-8560-8560MFP-Cyan-Solid-Ink-Sticks… won't someone get these so we can make more circuits? -jake

9 years, 3 months

Re: [sudo-discuss] [sudo-board] [URGENT] Please sign incoming document to resign from Sudo's Board

by hol＠gaskill.com

I need to be at home during tonight's membership meeting but will plan to attend remotely starting around 8-8:30. If membership concurs tonight that board should resign prior to establishing terms of fiscal sponsorship agreement I will send mine in tonight. On 2016-11-09 17:25, Jenny Ryan wrote: > We do not and should not have to wait for omni & sudo consent to the exact terms of the fiscal sponsorship agreement. That will take at least 8 days - the sudo membership and omni delegates can consent on those exact terms later - we *do* urgently need the current sudo directors to resign before we can proceed with the many subsequent steps. The sudo board does not actually have power - the members can discuss at the meeting this evening and craft a proposal for the omni delegates meeting next thursday. > > In sum: sudo room decisions are made by consent of the membership, hence the name 'Board of Responsibility and Little Power'. As such, resignation of current directors has no bearing on the consensus process re: the fiscal sponsorship agreement. > > See the Timeline spreadsheet [1] and in particular Column D, "Relevant Parties". The only action the Sudo board needs to take is to resign - the rest of the decisions are in the hands of the membership. The 45-day notice is regarding amending the portion of the new bylaws terminating membership, which requires a 45-day notice OR written consent of ALL members (there are roughly 90 members). > > The new Sudo/Omni board that I elect once the rest resign can amend the bylaws with the exception of the part about terminating membership. > > The 10-day notice sent to the Sudo members on Nov 5th for a Nov 16th meeting (next Wednesday) is for amending our Articles of Incorporation to change our name and activities. Membership consent re: changing our Articles is required in our current bylaws with a 10-day notice. > > I hope this clears things up. I don't mean to be rude when I say, please resign asap so we can move forward with the rest of the process. > > Bureaucratically yours :P, > > Jenny > > Help open a people-powered common space in Oakland, California! > https://omnicommons.org/donate > > `~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~` > "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 > ~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~` > On Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 1:47 PM, <hol(a)gaskill.com> wrote: > > I think review should fit within currently planned timetable as I understand it. Jesse made some updates to the fiscal sponsorship doc Jenny linked to below, could use eyes on as I won't have a chance to read until tonight. I believe we need to meet this upcoming monday to stay on track - can some folks commit to meeting at sudo? We are allowed to meet via email but would be good to see folks and catch up IRL. > > Some of the elements as proposed still need to be confirmed by Omni board (this week?) namely the proposed rent cap/reduction. Once the terms of the fiscal sponsorship agreement are cleared with both sudo and omni, we pass the resolution ASAP and can resign, then I *believe* the 45 day period only applies to the official changes that need to be made to bylaws, which the new board can take care of. > > On 2016-11-08 19:08, Scott Edmonds wrote: > Hol, is it my understanding that the timetable on all this stuff is getting pushed back for a better review, re: resignations? > > Best, > Scott Edmonds > 510-928-3469 [2] > Sent from mobile device > > On Nov 7, 2016, at 6:03 PM, hol(a)gaskill.com wrote: > > You're doing an exceptional job in your role representing sudo on Omni BOD Jenny and I can only process a few nuts and bolts of the arrangement at a time so let's not even go there :) I will continue to help as much as I can but, fair warning, I am getting married in less than 2 weeks and can only contribute in short bursts until Dec. > > Thanks for sending this discussion over to Jesse to hash out some details. To save folks time reviewing the convo I'll re-summarize the latest below: > > Jesse has provided some preliminary feedback that while it's unrealistic (or alternately, just unfair to other orgs) to cap rent due to variability of inevitable costs, so I propose Omni1 or Omni2 specifically enumerate the allowable reasons to raise rent. After reading the draft fiscal sponsorship agreement it looks like there are only some minor revisions needed so the 'bit of time' you spent on it was epic and has already gotten us to the home stretch pending Jesse's detailed review. There are some common sense conditions placed on the sponsorship arrangement that I concur with, so will happily walk back the 'without precondition' part. HOWEVER, SECTION 8 I THINK WE NEED TO STRIKE COMPLETELY AS ALLOWING ARBITRARY TERMINATION OF FISCAL SPONSORSHIP: > "8. THE BOARD RETAINS THE RIGHT TO TERMINATE COLLECTION OF FUNDS FOR THE PROJECT AT ANY TIME UPON GIVING WRITTEN NOTICE TO THE COMMITTEE. IF THE BOARD TERMINATES COLLECTION OF FUNDS UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH, ANY FUNDS HELD BY THE CORPORATION AS OF THE DATE OF SAID TERMINATION MAY BE SPENT BY THE COMMITTEE PURSUANT TO THIS RESOLUTION AFTER THE DATE OF TERMINATION." > > On another important topic, has Omni1 agreed to the $2k all-in rebasing of rent? I have not seen discussion on the topic but it seems like unless Omni2 is anticipated to load up on additional cash, all orgs' rent should go down to ~1/2 of existing rate assuming we refinance with a 30-year mortgage around $250k additional costs to pay down old debt and make repairs to building, etc prior to the balloon payment. None of this money is sudo's to spend regardless, I am just asking in order to get a sense of what sudo's expenses would look like on a cost recovery basis. There has been some discussion of 'market' adjustments but this seems to conflict with the overarching principle of maintaining this space as a commons so I propose we nip it in the bud. > > Thanks again to all who have gotten us to this point! > On 2016-11-06 23:37, Jenny Ryan wrote: > > I'm sorry, Hol! I was very overwhelmed by the textwall, I'll admit. My personal task list regarding this process is extremely long and time-sensitive, involving over 20 documents that need to be signed by or sent to a multiplicity of parties. The Timeline spreadsheet doesn't even list half of them, though I will try to add them for the sake of transparency. > > Replies inline: > > On Sat, Nov 5, 2016 at 9:54 PM, <hol(a)gaskill.com> wrote: > > sudo room membership, > > I understand Jenny and many other folks have worked hard on this and I fully believe that sudo room's future is inseparable from the Omni. That being said I have deep concern about the way this is being pushed through. The meeting minutes from 10/12 and other docs linked to today still refer to a 50/50 split and tenants in common agreement whereas my understanding was that the legal entity we have been calling 'Omni2' would have sole ownership of the building to keep things much simpler. Any resolution the board passes should match what the membership has approved and not take liberties with important variables. This entails having actual meetings that are actually facilitated by someone who actually creates an agenda, communicates with the membership, takes notes, and records them on the list and on the wiki. That has not been happening for many months now, and my agreements with others to take over facilitating such meetings with sudo have not, to my knowledge, other than Marc presenting the 10/12 proposal on my behalf, resulted in anything resembling facilitated and structured meetings. We need to meet on Wednesday then, and pass this proposal. I will update the agenda and facilitate this Wednesday, unless someone else volunteers. > So far the board are just being asked to resign (to be clear, I am happy to step aside myself rather than sign something that puts sudo room's ability to receive donations at full face value) and trust that Omni's board will act in our interest, but given the level of distrust some individuals within that group have expressed of sudo room, it seems wholly defensible for us to define some critically important terms prior to handoff while we are still legally whole. Omni's bylaws empower a Delegate's Council composed of a representative from each member collective - including Sudo Room - to approve decisions by consensus. Would people feel more confident with Hol as director of Sudo Room? It has been me since 2014, but I'm happy to cede that seat and remain an officer (secretary or president) if and as nominated and elected. If neither, Hol you will need to work closely with me over the next several weeks to review and sign many documents. > Per Jenny's and my meeting 2 weeks ago with Kyle (while he was still our legal counsel) the current board was to pass the resolution renaming sudo room's legal entity and enshrine a few protections for the soon to be much more vulnerable sudo room prior to resigning to make way for the new board. Pasted below are the concerns that I raised on 10/20 on the board listserv. There was no discussion on this topic on that listserv other than from Jenny and Kyle, so I am repeating now for the general membership to weigh in and maybe clarify how these concerns relate to some of the discussion at the 10/12 meeting, and their sense from being there. THE MOST CRITICAL IS ISSUE 2 WHERE WE WOULD NEED TO CLEARLY INDICATE THAT SUDO ROOM WOULD BE A FISCALLY SPONSORED PROJECT OF OMNI2 IN PERPETUITY, WITHOUT CHARGE OR PRECONDITION, REGARDLESS OF MEMBERSHIP STATUS WITHIN THE OMNI. IF THIS IS ALREADY INCLUDED IN THE DOCUMENTATION YOU LINKED, PLEASE POINT US TO IT, BUT I DID NOT SEE ANYTHING COVERING THIS. This is a really excellent point. As mentioned in the timeline spreadsheet, Jesse is preparing the fiscal sponsorship agreement, but that document is not ready yet and would be consented on in collaboration with both Omni and Sudo's responsible groups (Omni's Finance WG + sudo room's membership consensus at a meeting). However, given the concerns you've raised and the timeliness of the matter, I took a bit of time to draft a version of Omni's standard fiscal sponsorship agreement myself and shared it with Jesse in the event further edits are needed. Please comment with proposed changes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FpE1-OikfLmqENzIprlHatZpi9UhCzJteI6qcTG… [8] > _PROPOSAL TO INCLUDE IN TRANSITION DEAL:_ SUDO ROOM'S RENT AND PERCENTAGE ALLOCATION OF SHARED COSTS ARE CAPPED AT CURRENT LEVELS, AND CURRENT SPACE ALLOCATIONS ARE PRESERVED AS LONG AS OMNI2 OWNS OR MANAGES THE BUILDING. SUDO ROOM WOULD HOWEVER NOT BE EXEMPT FROM NORMAL CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO OTHER COLLECTIVES FOR MAINTAINING GOOD STANDING. ANY FUTURE INCREASES IN RENT OR DECREASES IN SPACE MUST PASS BY CONSENSUS AMONG SUDO ROOM MEMBERS. There was discussion around issue 1 in the notes but nothing in the resolution. I will pass this along to Jesse, but again, such decisions are governed by the Omni Delegates Council, and Sudo's Delegate is responsible to represent the consensus of the membership. > issue 2: fiscal sponsorship > This is the obvious one - by becoming a fiscally sponsored project of Omni2, we would need guaranteed continuity in fiscal sponsorship, free of charge or precondition. > _PROPOSAL TO INCLUDE IN TRANSITION DEAL:_ SUDO ROOM WILL BE FISCALLY SPONSORED BY OMNI2 UNCONDITIONALLY AND FREE OF CHARGE OR PRECONDITION AS LONG AS OMNI2 AND SUDO BOTH CONTINUE TO OPERATE, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUDO ROOM REMAINS A COLLECTIVE IN GOOD STANDING WITH, OR TENANT OF, OMNI2. The conditions are outlined in the fiscal sponsorship agreement, and this seems extreme. Any collective - including Sudo - could become soured by nefarious characters or general malaise, and no responsible organization would sign a document tying them to another indefinitely regardless of the other remaining in good standing. Either way, sudo would have no difficulty obtaining a new fiscal sponsor immediately if the paths of both orgs were to diverge. The charge is the monthly rent, which I've proposed to reduce from $2446 to $2000. Omni will remain fiscally-solvent, and sudo moreso, as our currently monthly income is around $1500 (we've been heavily subsidized by generous members for months now). I will make this an official proposal in the coming week. > issue 3: sunset > If the mission has been completed or changed from 4799 ownership, org reverts to sudo room control. No assets, building, etc, just the piece of paper back. Intent is to leave language allowing Omni 2 to do more than this, but at a minimum maintain 4799. This is the whole reason it makes sense to go out on this limb, to stand our ground and maintain a commons where we are. > _proposal to include in transition deal:_ In the event Omni2 amends its mission statement to no longer include ownership and management of the building or otherwise reassigns this activity to another organization, or should 4799 Shattuck for any other reason no longer be in the possession of Omni2, the mission of the organization shall revert to the original sudo room mission and the sudo room general membership shall nominate a new board. That is a really interesting piece I didn't grok fully when I first read your email. I will pass this along to Jesse. We could possibly incorporate this into new-omni's bylaws. > That's the end of the text I sent the board. Below are 2 new minor issues I observe from looking through the google doc folder: > -Actions for sudo room's board reference an Exhibit A (and in the Omni folder an Exhibit B is mentioned) but neither exhibits appear to be in cluded in the shared folder for review. Everything is still in process, namely the amended bylaws which I will work on tonight. Relevant notes for this are in the 'Status' column. > -Whereas 45 day notice is claimed, the date on the proposed meeting for sudo room is 9 days from now. I would ask Jesse to clarify whether this detail of the proposed schedule satisfies legal requirements. There are 2 special meetings of the members that are being called, because according to Sudo's bylaws, a 45-day notice of a special meeting and quorum consent by members is needed in order to pass an amendment to the Bylaws terminating membership. The new-Omni board can pass the rest of the amended Bylaws. So the 1st meeting, which requires only a 10-day notice, is for sudo's membership to change it's Articles of Incorporation to reflect a name change to'Omni Commons' and to incorporate the charitable activities of Omni. This was sent to the membership list (not the full -discuss list, as only members can vote) on Nov. 5th, scheduled for Nov. 16th at 7pm. I updated the membership mailing list prior to sending the notice, incoporating any new currently-paying members registered on sudo-humans. That list has 93 members. We need a quorum of 10 in consensus to pass the proposed amendment. The new Board of Directors, whom I am electing upon resignation of the rest of the Directors, incorporates an updated list of Directors consented on at the last Omni Delegates Meeting. I have compiled this new BoD list here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bml7wmHk1l1gwB-hRV-CHB0w2x_hv6tCZhZKMij… [9] > Thanks to all who made it this far in this brutal textwall. Again, I am happy to step aside if seeking written resolution of these concerns comes across as obstructionist - I am simply reading as much of the plan as currently proposed as I can in the same day, and sharing my analysis with sudo room's membership, which is the behavior that I think led to me being asked to occasionally read and sign things in the first place. You are awesome. Thank you for your dedication to our value of transparency and general due diligence. > Much Love, > Hol > > On 2016-11-05 12:05, Jenny Ryan wrote: > > Greetings sudo-board! > > The time has come to engage in a number of actions to complete the transition from Sudo Room -> Omni Commons as we proceed to buy the building. Your help is needed! > > I will shortly be sending you a Letter of Resignation for each current director to sign via DocuSign. Since we need at least one Director to remain on the Board and elect the new Board, and I am on the Board of both Sudo and Omni, I will not resign and will elect the new Board. > > This new Board will pass resolutions amending our Articles and Bylaws to reflect those of Omni's. > > You can see the full timeline of these next steps here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17qHsn6HUcqWGElqFEdmauFQTrdE-JhyT5pZ… [1] > > And all the docs Jesse and I have been working on here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4_Q7DQvNFT-UHl3Q2ZGTks1Njg [3] > > If you're a bit behind on what's been going on re: the building purchase, you can review that here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/12412blyXCVLkjJHrKXIipJTRaOzpNbQcB8SddSq… [4] > > Thank you all for your helping to steward Sudo's Board of Responsibility and Little Power over the years. Sudo will become a fiscally-sponsored project of this new Omni, with the option to become a full 501c3 again sometime in the future. > > This action has been approved by the members of Sudo Room at our last meeting on 10/12: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Meeting_Notes_2016-10-12#Consensus [5] > > and authorized by Jesse Palmer, who now legally represents both the Omni Oakland Commons and Sudo Room. > > Thank you, > Jenny > > Help open a people-powered common space in Oakland, California! > https://omnicommons.org/donate > > `~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~` > "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 > ~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~` > _______________________________________________ > board mailing list > board(a)lists.sudoroom.org > https://sudoroom.org/lists/listinfo/board [6] > _______________________________________________ > sudo-discuss mailing list > sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org > https://sudoroom.org/lists/listinfo/sudo-discuss [7] _______________________________________________ board mailing list board(a)lists.sudoroom.org https://sudoroom.org/lists/listinfo/board [6] > _______________________________________________ > board mailing list > board(a)lists.sudoroom.org > https://sudoroom.org/lists/listinfo/board [6] _______________________________________________ board mailing list board(a)lists.sudoroom.org https://sudoroom.org/lists/listinfo/board [6] _______________________________________________ board mailing list board(a)lists.sudoroom.org https://sudoroom.org/lists/listinfo/board [6] _______________________________________________ board mailing list board(a)lists.sudoroom.org https://sudoroom.org/lists/listinfo/board Links: ------ [1] https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17qHsn6HUcqWGElqFEdmauFQTrdE-JhyT5pZ… [2] tel:510-928-3469 [3] https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4_Q7DQvNFT-UHl3Q2ZGTks1Njg [4] https://docs.google.com/document/d/12412blyXCVLkjJHrKXIipJTRaOzpNbQcB8SddSq… [5] https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Meeting_Notes_2016-10-12#Consensus [6] https://sudoroom.org/lists/listinfo/board [7] https://sudoroom.org/lists/listinfo/sudo-discuss [8] https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FpE1-OikfLmqENzIprlHatZpi9UhCzJteI6qcTG… [9] https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bml7wmHk1l1gwB-hRV-CHB0w2x_hv6tCZhZKMij…

9 years, 3 months

Sudo Monthly Meeting-Flavored Party Tonight

by Jenny Ryan

7pm! We need a quorum of 10 members to consent to the amended building purchase proposal: Since the last monthly sudo meeting, in which we consented <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Meeting_Notes_2016-10-12#Proposals> to a 50/50 split of ownership with the omni by accepting the $1m donation, amending our name and bylaws to mirror that of the current Omni entity, and becoming a fiscally-sponsored project of this reformed org, the Omni's Fundraising Working Group has developed a proposal that eases the financial and bureaucratic overhead of splitting all income, expenses, and responsibilities. The delegate council of the Omni has consented to a proposal that sudo room accept BOTH the $1m donation and the $1m loan, fully adopt Omni's bylaws and Board of Directors, and steward full ownership of the building moving forward. *Proposal: Extending the proposal consented on at the October 12th meeting, Sudo Room will also accept the $1m loan and steward full ownership of 4799 Shattuck. To this end, Sudo Room authorizes Jennifer Ryan and Matthew Senate, who are currently the authorized signatories of Sudo Room's bank account, to make any financial transactions necessary to complete the building purchase on behalf of the organization.* If you cannot attend in-person, you can attend remotely on the pad. Hope to see some of you tonight! Cheers, Jenny Help open a people-powered common space in Oakland, California! https://omnicommons.org/donate `~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~` "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 ~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`

9 years, 3 months

Re: [sudo-discuss] [sudo-board] [URGENT] Please sign incoming document to resign from Sudo's Board

by hol＠gaskill.com

sudo room membership, I understand Jenny and many other folks have worked hard on this and I fully believe that sudo room's future is inseparable from the Omni. That being said I have deep concern about the way this is being pushed through. The meeting minutes from 10/12 and other docs linked to today still refer to a 50/50 split and tenants in common agreement whereas my understanding was that the legal entity we have been calling 'Omni2' would have sole ownership of the building to keep things much simpler. Any resolution the board passes should match what the membership has approved and not take liberties with important variables. So far the board are just being asked to resign (to be clear, I am happy to step aside myself rather than sign something that puts sudo room's ability to receive donations at full face value) and trust that Omni's board will act in our interest, but given the level of distrust some individuals within that group have expressed of sudo room, it seems wholly defensible for us to define some critically important terms prior to handoff while we are still legally whole. Per Jenny's and my meeting 2 weeks ago with Kyle (while he was still our legal counsel) the current board was to pass the resolution renaming sudo room's legal entity and enshrine a few protections for the soon to be much more vulnerable sudo room prior to resigning to make way for the new board. Pasted below are the concerns that I raised on 10/20 on the board listserv. There was no discussion on this topic on that listserv other than from Jenny and Kyle, so I am repeating now for the general membership to weigh in and maybe clarify how these concerns relate to some of the discussion at the 10/12 meeting, and their sense from being there. THE MOST CRITICAL IS ISSUE 2 WHERE WE WOULD NEED TO CLEARLY INDICATE THAT SUDO ROOM WOULD BE A FISCALLY SPONSORED PROJECT OF OMNI2 IN PERPETUITY, WITHOUT CHARGE OR PRECONDITION, REGARDLESS OF MEMBERSHIP STATUS WITHIN THE OMNI. IF THIS IS ALREADY INCLUDED IN THE DOCUMENTATION YOU LINKED, PLEASE POINT US TO IT, BUT I DID NOT SEE ANYTHING COVERING THIS. ISSUE 1: PRESSURE FOR SPACE, PAST AND FUTURE For the past 2.5 years it has been a struggle to keep the building occupied, energized, and above water in terms of expenses. Huge amounts of energy have been spent by key sudo room members and there has been much progress and stability compared to those early days, and with the prospect of owning the building I think alot of orgs that were tentative or on the fence will want in. From reading the notes it appears this is already occurring. While those here today know that sudo room and the people it brought into the building have been essential to carrying us to this point, this may not always be the case, and we may be faced with growing pressure to pay more than we can afford, or make do with less than we need, when so much has been sacrificed to stake out this small piece of space in Oakland for our activities. Since moving to the Omni and almost doubling our expenses to keep things afloat we have not been fiscally solvent and we must protect against further rent increases as part of this transition if we are to exist long enough to bask in the success of Omni as a whole. As we will be buying the building outright, I cannot think of a financial pretext for future rent increases on sudo room, and any increases in sudo room donations can go toward our important work. _PROPOSAL TO INCLUDE IN TRANSITION DEAL:_ SUDO ROOM'S RENT AND PERCENTAGE ALLOCATION OF SHARED COSTS ARE CAPPED AT CURRENT LEVELS, AND CURRENT SPACE ALLOCATIONS ARE PRESERVED AS LONG AS OMNI2 OWNS OR MANAGES THE BUILDING. SUDO ROOM WOULD HOWEVER NOT BE EXEMPT FROM NORMAL CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO OTHER COLLECTIVES FOR MAINTAINING GOOD STANDING. ANY FUTURE INCREASES IN RENT OR DECREASES IN SPACE MUST PASS BY CONSENSUS AMONG SUDO ROOM MEMBERS. There was discussion around issue 1 in the notes but nothing in the resolution. issue 2: fiscal sponsorship This is the obvious one - by becoming a fiscally sponsored project of Omni2, we would need guaranteed continuity in fiscal sponsorship, free of charge or precondition. _proposal to include in transition deal:_ sudo room will be fiscally sponsored by Omni2 unconditionally and free of charge or precondition as long as Omni2 and Sudo both continue to operate, regardless of whether sudo room remains a collective in good standing with, or tenant of, Omni2. issue 3: sunset If the mission has been completed or changed from 4799 ownership, org reverts to sudo room control. No assets, building, etc, just the piece of paper back. Intent is to leave language allowing Omni 2 to do more than this, but at a minimum maintain 4799. This is the whole reason it makes sense to go out on this limb, to stand our ground and maintain a commons where we are. _proposal to include in transition deal:_ In the event Omni2 amends its mission statement to no longer include ownership and management of the building or otherwise reassigns this activity to another organization, or should 4799 Shattuck for any other reason no longer be in the possession of Omni2, the mission of the organization shall revert to the original sudo room mission and the sudo room general membership shall nominate a new board. That's the end of the text I sent the board. Below are 2 new minor issues I observe from looking through the google doc folder: -Actions for sudo room's board reference an Exhibit A (and in the Omni folder an Exhibit B is mentioned) but neither exhibits appear to be in cluded in the shared folder for review. -Whereas 45 day notice is claimed, the date on the proposed meeting for sudo room is 9 days from now. I would ask Jesse to clarify whether this detail of the proposed schedule satisfies legal requirements. Thanks to all who made it this far in this brutal textwall. Again, I am happy to step aside if seeking written resolution of these concerns comes across as obstructionist - I am simply reading as much of the plan as currently proposed as I can in the same day, and sharing my analysis with sudo room's membership, which is the behavior that I think led to me being asked to occasionally read and sign things in the first place. Much Love, Hol On 2016-11-05 12:05, Jenny Ryan wrote: > Greetings sudo-board! > > The time has come to engage in a number of actions to complete the transition from Sudo Room -> Omni Commons as we proceed to buy the building. Your help is needed! > > I will shortly be sending you a Letter of Resignation for each current director to sign via DocuSign. Since we need at least one Director to remain on the Board and elect the new Board, and I am on the Board of both Sudo and Omni, I will not resign and will elect the new Board. > > This new Board will pass resolutions amending our Articles and Bylaws to reflect those of Omni's. > > You can see the full timeline of these next steps here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17qHsn6HUcqWGElqFEdmauFQTrdE-JhyT5pZ… > > And all the docs Jesse and I have been working on here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4_Q7DQvNFT-UHl3Q2ZGTks1Njg > > If you're a bit behind on what's been going on re: the building purchase, you can review that here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/12412blyXCVLkjJHrKXIipJTRaOzpNbQcB8SddSq… > > Thank you all for your helping to steward Sudo's Board of Responsibility and Little Power over the years. Sudo will become a fiscally-sponsored project of this new Omni, with the option to become a full 501c3 again sometime in the future. > > This action has been approved by the members of Sudo Room at our last meeting on 10/12: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Meeting_Notes_2016-10-12#Consensus > > and authorized by Jesse Palmer, who now legally represents both the Omni Oakland Commons and Sudo Room. > > Thank you, > Jenny > > Help open a people-powered common space in Oakland, California! > https://omnicommons.org/donate > > `~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~` > "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 > ~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~` > _______________________________________________ > board mailing list > board(a)lists.sudoroom.org > https://sudoroom.org/lists/listinfo/board

9 years, 3 months

I will miss Hardware Hacking Tuesday this week

by Jake

I will likely miss this week's Hardware Hacking Tuesday because I will likely attend this post-election event at NIMBY of Oakland https://www.eventbrite.com/e/electoral-catharsis-tickets-28847902854 Hardware Hacking Tuesday will resume next week and we will hack 2X as hard to make up for it. Of course if you access Sudoroom this tuesday night you are encouraged to hack hardware (or whatever) without me. thank you, -jake

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