Last week's meeting recorded here:
https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Meeting_Notes_2015-09-02
This week's meeting recorded for posterity here:
https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Meeting_Notes_2015-09-09
*Sudo Room Meeting 9 Sep 2015*
=Intros=
* Icebreaker: Do you see the fnords?
* marc/juul/he: i _do_ see the fnord. they're everywhere
* robb/he: all the time
* morgan: i do not see them, and i fixed chrome
* lesley/*(gender pronoun is speakers' choice): some fnords I can see, but
most likely not all.
* matt/he: all i see is fjords (fnords).
* jeremy: still don't know what a fnord is
* sigma-remote/they: see a what? This icebreaker makes me uncomfortable
* remote-jnny/she: wut
=Announcements=
* Matt finished the flyer for the upcoming Omni rent party where we're
going to try to make the shortfall of funding up ($5000). We're gonna have
a rummage sale and need people to help find stuff in sudo that we can sell
for the sale.
** Sat 9/19 10 am to 8 pm. Live venues in too places. It's gonna be a big
ass blowout. We need volunteers to cook, setup, teardown, etc. etc.
=Finances=
* $2,871.49 in the bank
* Monthly expenses are on the order of $2400/month.
* We should endeavor to have at least $7500 in the bank as reserve
* $400 filing fee for 501c3 application
* Will need to pay rent early this month to ensure Omni can pay rent,
luckily we'll be able to!
=New Members=
=Proposals=
* Kyle Mitchell, who's been working on our 501c3 application, has
volunteered to be sudo's official Secretary, one of the 3 roles we have to
fill for our nonprofit status
** Matt previously Secretary, bump to 'President'? (I prefer supreme ruler
of heck hell +1 +1 )
*** Let's ask around for people who can act as officers.
*** Matt would prefer to be neither secretary nor president.
*** Matt will do whatever is necessary to keep the sudo room community
alive.
** Marc listed as Treasurer. Does he want to remain so or hand off to Jenny?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ussCHoQttyQ
Some concerns that it might not be ideal for all the parties (Kyle, sudo
room, the membership, etc). Should hear Kyle out see what he things makes
doing this worth it.
=Conflicts/Bans=
* Manual (also goes by 'Manny') was asked to leave and never return for
repeatedly stealing from sudo room after being repeatedly told not to. May
assert that 'Jake told me I can take e-waste'.
** See
https://sudoroom.org/pipermail/sudo-discuss/2015-September/011054.html for
more context
* Draft of message to send all the members:
** Warning to all members:
*** If you see anyone, specifically a person named Manny (or Manual),
removing items from the sudo room, demand that they consult a member of the
sudo room first before doing so. Manny has repeatedly taken usable,
desirable items from sudo room (effectively theft). Manny has been told he
is not welcome at sudo room and he is not welcome to remove any items from
sudo room for any reason.
Do not trust name-dropping, especially if they refer to "Jake" or say "Jake
says it's okay". Demand you see the actual message, or contact the member
directly before letting someone go with items.
Thanks,
Matt
* We will put up a big sign saying "get permission from a member before
removing anything from sudo room" that we generate with
http://rasterbator.net/
* sigma-remote: Worth suggesting to people who are asking individuals to
leave to take a picture as an initial step? If so, maybe including in the
mass email?
=Action Items=
* Send Kyle our bank info for 501c3 filing fee [Jenny]
** Question of what is our bank account number? IFCU lists a generic ICFU
'account number' in addition to routing number and suggests adding a note
listing our individual account #. I see a Member # on our bank statement
but can't find anything specifying an 'account number.' Maybe someone who
set up our Stripe or Paypal knows? With many credit unions, "member number"
= "acount number". Thanks for that tip! Sure, I'm trying ot google 'IFCU'
specifically but am not even finding a definite result.
***
https://internetcreditunion.org/special-posts/wire-money-to-your-account/
Ok...well, I can't find anything on their site, but according to
https://www.oregoncommunitycu.org/resources-tools/glossary, "member number"
is "the unique number that identifies you as a member of our credit union."
*** Account Number = Member Number -- Matt
=Interesting talks=
* CCCamp talks: https://media.ccc.de/browse/conferences/camp2015/index.html
* Battlemesh talks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxfh-2aOR5hZUjxJLQ2CIHw
* Defcon talks (incomplete?):
https://media.defcon.org/DEF%20CON%2023/DEF%20CON%2023%20presentations/
--
Jenny
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-Laurie Anderson
"Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it."
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Hey all,
To cover our Omni Commons budget shortfall this month, *WE NEED YOUR HELP!*
*If you can't help with something below, please tell us what you can do to
help!*
Francisco and I are hosting a Rent Party for Omni Commons on *Sat 9/19 10am
- 8pm *as a gift from everyone to everyone! This will be concurrent with
the La Commune blow-out sale, as we've coordinated to hold the same times
as well as advertise together.
https://omnicommons.org/calendar/events/rent-party-omni-commons/
*Rummage Sale | Bake Sale | Lunch / Dinner | Live Music*
- 10am – Open Rummage Sale + Bake Sale
- 12pm – Open Meal Service
- All day until 8pm – Live Music / Performances
*WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP:*
- *Attend our preparatory meeting Sat 9/12 @ 10am at Omni Commons*
- Help cook & serve (Contact: Francisco - francisco(a)tucanvinegars.com)
- Need 4-6 cooking volunteers
- Need 2-4 serving volunteers
- Need 1-2 volunteer hosts
- Food Not Bombs + Phat Beets are going to help resource food, but
could use more help procuring non-perishables and other harder-to-come-by
items!
- Check in with Francisco about the prix fixe menu!
- Help book and host musical acts / performances (Contact: Dragon)
- Connect musicians / bands / performers with us by sending a
description of their act, available times on sat 9/19, and equipment or
other needs.
- Share your unique talents and entertainment skills with your
friends!
- Help set up and break down various acts either (a) in the ballroom
or (b) in La Commune
- Help prepare baked goods for the bake sale (Contact: TBD)
- Or just show up with baked goods by 10am on Sat 9/19!!!
- Help identify, price, arrange, and sell items at the rummage sale
(Contact: Matt - mattsenate(a)gmail.com)
- Find all the items we have throughout Omni Commons that we don't
want or need by 12 midnight on Thurs 9/17!
- All the items on the right-hand-side of the kitchen basement
pantry are going to the sale. (Left-hand-side are for keeps ;)
- Price and arrange all items by 12 midnight on Friday 9/18!
- Help finish drywall & other repairs in the ballroom (Contact: Building
& Maintenance Working Group - building(a)lists.omnicommons.org)
- Or come to the next work party on Sat 9/12 @ 12 noon!
- Help advertise and promote this Rent Party (Contact: Jenny Ryan -
tunabanas(a)gmail.com)
- Advertise online, through social media, etc
- Advertise in-person, through verbalization, etc
In love and solidarity,
Matt
today a guy (claimed his name was manny) was taking 2 monitors and trying
to take more stuff when i asked him who he was and what he was doing
(jeremy had already informed me he was "e-wasteing" in coordination with
jake.
sounding similar to a prior incident that matt intervened in, i pressed him
for when he last spoke with jake about e-wasting the things on our shelves.
he claimed he last talked to jake months ago, which sounded even more like
the case matt described.
i informed him that he needed to bring the items back and he left, not to
return.
matt (the senate) can i get a description of the guy you caught "e-wasting"
our harddrives?
~r
Dear friends, lovers and acquaintances of the Omni Commons,
Consider these questions:
* How does racial justice relate to economic justice and anti-capitalism?
* How does racism affect each of us as individuals and as a community?
* Why is there no such thing as “reverse racism”?
* What does it mean to experience intersectional oppression?
* What kinds of structures and processes can help us dismantle forces of
oppression at the Omni?
If you have ever wanted to discuss any of these questions, if you are
interested in racial justice, or if you have experienced racism at the
Omni, you are invited to join in a series of conversations about race and
racism to be hosted weekly at the Omni for the month of September.
The conversations will be structured as racial identity caucuses. Racial
identity caucusing is a strategy that recognizes racism as a system that
effects different racial groups very differently. There will be space at
the start of each caucus to discuss the use of this strategy. Anyone
unfamiliar with the strategy is encouraged to check out the resource
attached to this email.
We will begin with a three-part series for September, which can be
continued if there's interest:
*People of Color-only Caucus*: Sunday, September 13th, 12pm-3pm
*White-only Caucus*: Sunday, September 20th, 12pm-3pm
*Open to all Caucus*: Sunday, September 27th, 12pm-3pm
*Lunch: 12pm-1pm, Conversation: 1-3pm*
The conversations will be hosted in the *Disco Room*, and there will be a
potluck lunch beforehand, so please bring an open heart and something
tasty. If you plan to attend, RSVP to transculturalcinema(a)gmail.com with
the following information: which caucus you plan to attend, what food you
can bring, whether you are interested in co-facilitating, and any questions
or issues you would like to discuss.
These caucuses/conversations are being hosted as part of the *Becoming Omni
*process, which is a 30-hr. Visioning and Planning Process currently being
planned for the beginning of October. We welcome all those interested in
helping shape the future of the Omni to join in this process. If you want
to learn more, please email becoming(a)lists.omnicommons.org
Love & solidarity,
Libbie
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*Omni Commons*
4799 Shattuck Ave.
Oakland, CA 94609
*omnicommons.org <http://omnicommons.org>*
https://www.facebook.com/events/1017781461575079/
hi i don't personally want to be known as the sudoroom social media girl,
but i made a Facebook invite for Sudomesh. I would like to see more people
helping out with this
if you don't like Facebook ignore this invite
buti f you are ok with using Facebook and getting more people involved then
could you invite people to sudomesh general meeting tomorrow night?
*i do NOT want to be a social media girl for sudoroom - i prefer to do
coding. =D*
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Romy Ilano
romy(a)snowyla.com