Hello all,
Coming out of vacation I'm realizing I do not have the ability to perform
delegate role and take care of myself. I will need to step down and I am
happy to assist in any kind of transfer required. I'll be at the SudoRoom
meeting tomorrow and I am happy to help answer any questions for anyone who
is interested in taking on the role and I will aid in any kind of transfer
to the best of my ability.
I will also be attending the accountability meeting coming up this weekend
and it would be great to have more sudoroom folks come out as well.
Wishing you all the best,
Jemma Love
Hey,
Im around most of today and free later this week if anyone can help me with
some building todos.
For sudo room, we need to rehang the tarp and funnel it into something.
for the rest of the building, we have some fire inspection requests that we
are chipping away at but could use help with and donations for materials.
Whats left are hanging/wiring 1 more exit sign, making more legit looking
or buying some "not an exit signs", putting stair grip tape on all stairs
in omni, and repairing/remounting some doors.
There is a detailed list I can share upon request.
Thanks,
Paige
here's a potentially useful resource:
https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1t5VA9aPBnh_Za0hrRS2rQ6buvOEewPiKJnq…https://www.alternativejustices.com/
On Tue, Jan 2, 2024, 1:00 PM Z Silver Zahn <natashazahn27(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Reminder this upcoming Friday all members of collectives are invited to a
> facilitated accountability meeting. January 5th, Friday 6pm to 9pm at Omni
> Commons.
>
> YOU’RE INVITED : We are hosting a huge meeting again for all members and
> collectives to talk about what is not working and how we can move forward
> with making our decision of how we will move forward with our upcoming
> foreclosure. We can also move forward talking about our status of boycott
> and talking about the harm we have caused and received at Omni Commons.
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I have a meetup event up for 8pm. Is anyone going tonight? I can take it
down... I'd like to go but am on the fence not sure if people are going to
show up.
I realized that the sewing room has an event up so I'm leaning
towards going.
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Romy Ilano
romy(a)snowyla.com
At last night's sudoroom meeting, we were joined by omni's development
director. We spent the first 45 minutes arguing over whether to kick her
out of the meeting, because some anonymous person raised an anonymous
concern.
What was the concern? Because her family members had worked with People's
Programs. And because last time she raised a point about racial equity and
someone felt that she was accusing people of racism.
It's incredible to me that people don't see how racist this is. How are you
going to move to a community and then treat someone with SUSPICION for
having personal ties to other people who grew up here???
No matter what you think of PP's politics on their blog and twitter, you
have to accept that this group mostly grew up in Oakland, and people are
going to know each other. Local ties and allegiances and face to face
interactions are always going to be a counter force against Internet
abstractions. That's one of the beautiful things about having a local
community.
Someone literally offered this heuristic: we should only have people in the
meeting who are "more connected to sudoroom than people programs". Really
think about what this means. A decision making process needs to prioritize
the voices of people whose allegiance is predetermined because they didn't
grow up here?? And exclude everyone else?
I must beg this community to stop falling into these kinds of patterns of
fear and insularity which DIRECTLY perpetuate white supremacy. At this
point I don't care what anybody's intention was. It was an incredibly
damaging path for sudoroom to be taken down.
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Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2024 00:43:24 -0800
From: We Are The Ones <wevebeenwaitingforus(a)gmail.com>
To: consensus <consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org>
Subject: [omni-consensus] Decision Making & Accountability
I have a few thought sto share on decision making and accountability
*Decision Making*
*“A do-ocracy is an organizational structure in which individuals choose
roles and tasks for themselves and execute them. In do-ocracy, everyone
does jobs that they think need to be done, without everyone’s input. In a
do-ocracy, whoever does the job gets it, regardless of their qualifications
or skill level.”*
While this decision-making model may have been effective in the past, it is
not a suitable model for Omni's current challenges.* Horizontal Leadership
requires Horizontal Accountability*, and the latter part does not really
seem to be happening. Rotating delegates pass the buck onto the next person
with little to no investment other than being physically (or digitally)
present. Too many things have fallen thru the cracks and piled up over
time and now were scrambling to create high-stakes solutions using a very
casual low-stakes decision making model. These next couple of months are
too crucial to leave high level items up in the air or completely swept
under the rug.
My suggestion is to create an interim-committee of super delegates
dedicated to participating in every stage of the foreclosure &
accountability processes. The committee should be open to any members or
volunteers who have a vested interest in Omni's well being. This approach
will provide a sense of focused structure, attention and organization that
we urgently need right now.
*Accountability *
Accountability and foreclosure discussions must be prioritized together as
they are interrelated. The boycott will continue to impact Omni’s ability
to generate income even if a solution to the foreclosure is immediately
found. There is a lot of energy behind foreclosure proposals, and not
nearly enough energy toward accountability and call-outs of racism.
Omni needs to develop a comprehensive roadmap demonstrating a commitment to
becoming actively anti-racist. The addition of hired BIPOC support, and the
3-hour Accountability Training this Friday are great steps in the right
direction, but these alone will not be enough to repair past harm or
prevent it moving forward. Please think of the historical implications of
relying solely on BIPOC people to do the labor that feels unsettling or
uncomfortable? The amount of emotional and mental labor it requires to
engage in this space as a BIPOC person is incredibly exhausting. Compounded
with the lack of collective action to change, it’s honestly no surprise to
me why BIPOC people are in and out like a revolving door and quick to
co-sign CLP's Boycott Campaign. I do see that a lot of individual people
do care, and organizing that care into concrete collective action needs to
happen next, and fast.
The integrated version of John / Page / Silver’s 10/17 Boycott statement
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EvFSEvPpY1cCKHKLK1Pqh7f0_hs1NxNlp1_sNPl…>
includes
a comprehensive set of action items that should be considered. If youre
wondering, a statement has not been put out yet because… do-ocracy. Any of
these statements as-is would leave us open to more scrutiny and heat that
we absolutely do not need. An impactful statement will:
1. Acknowledge our harm and wrong doings (some of these do) *without
excuses *
2. Debunk any lies and misinformation with evidence and hard proof
(Silver and Pivalli are already on this)
3. Show a commitment to changed behavior with a solid plan. (Decision
Making)
Hopefully after this weeks retreats we can walk away with a better idea of
what is needed to move forward and take control of the narrative.
I created an #anti-racist-work channel in slack
<https://join.slack.com/share/enQtNjQxNDE5MzcwNTQ0NC1mNjM5NzE5NDQwZWVlZjA2M2…>
so we can have a dedicated space for this on-going discussion. Please
utilize this channel to discuss anti-racism, and share resources and
literature for education, organize and make plans. There is no perfect way
to do this work. Its important to understand that we are all at different
levels of understanding and mistakes are bound to happen. Failure is the
best teacher and it’s important to lean in with humility, compassion, and a
willingness to learn and do better. I really hope that folks will heed
these suggestions, take personal initiative and be proactive in engaging
others in this critical work
XO,
G
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Omni Commons Accountability Retreat
Friday Jan 5, 2024 ⋅ 6pm – 9pm
Pacific Time - Los Angeles
Join with Google Meet
https://meet.google.com/ztn-tmqk-rpk?hs=224
A retreat organized for accountability & visioning.We are hosting a
huge meeting again for all members and collectives to talk about what is
not working and how we can move forward with making our decision of how we
will move forward with our upcoming foreclosure. We can also move forward
talking about our status of boycott and talking the harm we have caused and
received at Omni Commons. The meeting can be hybrid but we encourage people
to show up in person.https://meet.google.com/des-hkce-hof Dial in (audio
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natashazahn27(a)gmail.com
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admin(a)sketchboardco.art
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sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org
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