On Sun, Nov 8, 2015 at 12:26 PM, Torrie Fischer
<tdfischer(a)hackerbots.net> wrote:
> I guess my next question then is: what concrete goals, objectives, and
> roadblocks have been identified as far as an actual strategy goes?
Finance wg is working on getting our previous records in order, which
is the next big hurdle to applying for 501c3. Building wg is working
on fire safety, which is the first step to getting our permits
settled. Commons wg is working on making it easier to intake
volunteers, so we can hold more events.
someone was asking a while ago if we would sell this sewing machine.
it's the Juki, and it's an industrial machine that normally gets mounted
on a big motor table, and uses an oilpan under it, etc...
I think we should accept an offer of money for it and send it onto its new
home, we have too many sewing machines and this one would be a lot of
work, whereas the normal home sewing machines (the plastic kind with
internal motors) seem to be good enough for what people do with them.
As for the embroidery machine, it works great as a sewing machine and as
an embroidery machine so I think it's worth having around, but if we
decide to get rid of it I can get back onto that mission.
-jake
We mailed the wrong DSL modem back to Sonic, so we haven't got our deposit
back. Does anyone know where the Pace 5168 modem is?
it looks like this:
https://wiki.sonic.net/wiki/File:Pace5168n.png
someone just told me that we never had that modem. Does that mean that
Sonic is mistaken about the hardware we were using?
If you know of a modem like this please tell me where it is, it's worth
$150 to sudoroom to get our equipment deposit back.
thank you,
-jake
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2015 14:31:22 -0800
From: Sonic.net Tech Support
Subject: Re: [Sonic #3519117] [BILLING] Re: Sonic.net Invoice #7734422
Greetings,
Upon review of your account, the equipment that was returned was not the
correct equipment in which we requested. The item in which was returned
was a Zyxel modem, which at the time we were selling those to our
customers and did not require the return for them.
However the return label that was issued was for a Pace 5168 which was
issued for the service in which was on your account.
We are more then happy to return the charge to the account once we receive
the correct equipment.
<...>
"Most events that we do in the
ballroom are educational, and collecting door money could fit into a
donations framework pretty easily."
unfortunately, unless a group that rents the ballroom is ok with making the
event appear as though the omni is hosting/organizing the event, i'm afraid
the group would have to be fiscally sponsored by the omni in order for the
$ to be "from a charitable source"...even if the event is educational.
~r
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From: In Tension <in.tension.sf(a)gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 7:53 PM
Subject: [omni-helpdesk] In/tensión series of events at SFAI
To: info(a)omnicommons.org
Dear Omni Commons Staff,
We are pleased to invite you to an exciting and important evening of art,
discussion and ceremony at the San Francisco Art Institute. We have
gathered artists, community activists and Native American leaders to engage
with the idea of *displacement, *as a force that has historically defined
and continues to shape the San Francisco Bay Area.
We hope to count with your participation and support in our effort of
understanding this important and difficult phenomenon. Please share this
information with your friends, followers and constituencies. We will be
sending you more detailed information about the schedule of the evening and
the guest speakers soon.
Warm regards,
Anita Giansante & Juan Pablo Pacheco
co-curators
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On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 9:00 PM, Torrie Fischer <tdfischer(a)hackerbots.net> wrote:
> Is not making money an implicit attribute of being a Non Profit or something?
Sort of. You can make money, but most of it has to be from charitable
donations. There's complicated math about exactly how much - at least
60%, but for large donations only the first $5k counts towards the
total, it's based on a 4-year average, etc etc etc. The more
non-charitable income you get, the more you have to worry about that
stuff, and there's incentive to structure as much income as you can as
"donations". The fundraising working group has been working for months
on this, and the plan is for many member collectives to become
fiscally sponsored by Omni, and all their members' payments to be
called donations instead of dues. Most events that we do in the
ballroom are educational, and collecting door money could fit into a
donations framework pretty easily.
On Sat, Nov 7, 2015 at 1:01 PM, Romy Ilano <romy(a)snowyla.com> wrote:
> Hi my dad is a retired machinist, heating and air conditioning engineer. I could bring him over to examine the omni if you'd like! He is used to maintaining systems at large buildings like airports
Airflow and ventilation is an unsolved problem throughout the
building. If he'd like to help with this issue, I'm sure there's a lot
of work he could do. But right now what we need most is people willing
to commit and follow through with tasks. I'm copying the building WG
list for their info.
Hello everyone!
Due to low volume of interest for this time around, and the fact that I am
sick as a dog, I'm post-poning SudoHack. But if you happen to be there,feel
free to hack things up, anyway! Just because my lungs are swollen doesn't
mean you can't make the place spiffy. :)
Thanks everyone!
Hi my dad is a retired machinist, heating and air conditioning engineer. I could bring him over to examine the omni if you'd like! He is used to maintaining systems at large buildings like airports
Would you need help?
He is kind of cranky but mellowed with age but generally most very good mechanics are like that.
I could try to bring him over an evening !
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