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
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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 !
Sent from my iPhone
A few of us @ Sudo Room have been casually throwing around ideas about ways
to generate money for the Omni without selling our soul to The Man and
becoming Capitalist Pigs*â„¢
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trademark_symbol>. *
One of our topics of discussion was the possibility of turning the Ballroom
into a working venue and having that sustain us monetarily while the
collectives focus on bringing excellence to the community. Robb, being as
excellent as he is, is starting to form a collective focused on
productions, from event management/AV training to actual execution of
events. Rise up pad here. <https://pad.riseup.net/p/omniproductions>
Some think we should continue as a non-profit, some think that we should
try to actually turn the Ballroom into a money-making venue to help better
serve the community. Perhaps a Benefit Corporation
<http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/252259> could be the bridge between
the two?
I'd like to open this up for discussion. I'm not super knowledgeable about
business, laws and how they work together but I know there are a lot of
really intelligent people at the Omni that could help brainstorm this.
Any thoughts, opinions, ideas or knowledge they'd like to share? By all
means, take me to school!
Thanks everyone!
my hope for a production collective is to learn & share the myriad skills
that go into producing a sucessful fundraising event.
if & when we get good at producing events, we will be able to help other
non-profits generate attention & funds for their projects...and for our own.
if access to the building & being a member of a collective at the omni is
not valuable enough alone to the members of the collective, perhaps we
could pay members who teach (sound/lights/stage setup) others during
events. if we teach, instead of work, events; i think we have a better
chance of having the $ we get for events being considered as from a
charitable source.
my $.02
~r
