Taller Ryan handled it well and awesomely. Major props to remote-Jenny, too.
David T approached the smoking area today where Niko, Rachel, and myself
were smoking. He asked Rachel for a cigarette and if the Omni could help
him. Rachel gave him a cigarette and started asking him what kind of help
he needed. He started expressing how he wasn't doing well, kind of like
interfacing with reality stuff. I was pretty sure I knew who he was, but
made sure, asking him his name. I asked him if he knew he was banned from
the Omni. At this point, he said yes. I let him know that included the
smoking area, so he was going to have to smoke the cigarette elsewhere.
He seemed non-receptive to this and didn't move. I let him know that if he
didn't leave, I was going to have to get some more folks. He said that
someone had told him that he could come back now. I told him that's not
true, and that he is still banned. He also expressed that he felt like he
was having to "jump through a ton of hoops" and was questioning why he even
came here.
I went and got more folks. I started by coming out with one. He had still
not left. I expressed to him again that he needed to leave and got no
response. More folks started trickling out slowly, and Taller Ryan got
pretty proactive and awesome, trying to help him through the process.
In many ways, he seemed to be stalling, although I could not hear all of
the conversation. Taller Ryan got in contact with Jenny, who had sent him
an email on January 8th, which he has not responded to, about starting
mediated conflict resolution.
Niko and Laura pointed out to me that he never made it onto the bans page,
which I have since rectified.
He was not physically threatening, but he certainly would not have left
without backup.
Here is a link to the discuss thread of the incident which led to his ban:
https://omnicommons.org/lists/private/discuss/2015-January/001498.html
I have attached a picture of him.
I do not foresee this being a continual issue. Just documentin'.
https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Improving_membership
Please add any notes if you have them. To review, we have a three-pronged
approach:
1. Immediate hacks that can drastically improve the membership process
2. Changes to policy / definitions of membership
3. Building new systems e.g. https://github.com/sudoroom/sudo-humans to
enable a more streamlined process that is not currently effective or
possible.
// Matt
Hey Guys & Gals,
My son’s best friend (Phoenix) is turning 9 in a couple of days and his mom (single, in school, no money) planned a Lego Building Birthday Party at a park this weekend but weather forecast predict rain for Sunday afternoon - all the invitations are out for 2 weeks so the date is in all the kid’s parent’s planners. She told me last night she is going to cancel the party because of the rain but I suggested that she might consider having it in the Omni - Ball Room or Basement or some room that is not in use.
I thought this would be a really good opportunity for Omni exposure to people (parents) who might not otherwise get their butts over to the Omni. Also the kids could have a significant positive life long influence.
About a week ago, I brought my son Aidan and Phoenix to the Omni. They played the video games on iPads quietly until Jake invited them to operate the Robot Arm. They had a blast. It it is possible and works with Jakes schedule I am sure the kids would love 60 seconds each spinning the knobs on the Robot controller.
Now that I think about it - the boys were pretty jazzed about the 3D printers as well. This could be a real opportunity to teach novices how to write code for 3 D printing - my husband would show up for that.
Ok - enough with my enthusiasm for having a kids b’day party at the Omni - what about getting the go a head from the people who say “yes” or “no”? Phoenix’s mom want’s to know who she has to talk to - to see if she (1) can use some space in the Omni as an alternative location if it indeed does rain on Saturday.
Please contact me by phone (Alice 415-272-0596) or Sujata by email.
I have no idea who to ask about using these other spaces. I guess you could send me a link if there is one location to check out overall scheduling for difference spaces at the omni.
Thanks for reading.
Alice the beekeeper
PS did you guys hear that I am teaching an Intro to Beekeeping class at
Counter Culture Labs on Sunday 2/15/15? 1 pm-4pm
Hei, sudo room.
I want to avoid as much conflict as possible here on discuss@ so I'll state up
front that I would really rather folks talk to me in person or off list in
response to this.
I had every intention of coming to Sudo last night as I infrequently do to see
whats up and hack on things and spend more time in the space. My knee
disagreed to I went home instead.
Had I made it I would've certainly blocked RAYC's membership.
I plan on showing up at Sudo Room next week to have a legitimate block in
person since phoning it in as I'm doing in this e-mail is bullshit and we all
know that. I would appreciate it a bunch if others were around to hear me
elaborate about my principled objection and give feedback if it has any
standing. I also don't think its all that excellent of an idea to try and
discuss this on a wednesday night when folks want to just get together and be
positive, so I'll certainly be making more of an effort to be at the space
before then for discussion.
Again, I'm not going to respond to this on the list but feel free to poke me
off-list or AFK :)
hi all,
sudoer kelsey breseman is organizing a low-stress, inclusive, short talks
night in berkeley. lots of great details about what the event will be like
here: http://www.meetup.com/APIs-to-Electrons/events/220269710/
you should sign up to give a talk! works in progress, ideas, things you've
been working on are all welcome. this will a supportive, collaborative
environment where people want to hear what others have to say.
best,
marina
On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 12:40 PM, Karissa McKelvey
<karissa.mckelvey(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey sudoers
>
> I'm teaching a web programming class of about 20 high school seniors
> (17-18 years old) who live in Oakland. They are primarily people of
> color and underprivileged in some way, having reached hardships enough
> to find themselves at a continuation high school due to bad grades.
>
> I'd like to bring them on a fieldtrip to sudo room/omni for an hour or
> two so they can see the tech, get a tutorial on 3d printers & see one
> in action. Maybe if people wanted to show off their projects they're
> working on, that'd be cool too!
>
> Anyone interested in this sort of thing?
Thanks for writing, Karissa! That sounds great and I'd love to help.
What timeframe were you thinking? If we set a date & time now, maybe
we can start organizing people around that. I'm down to give tours and
teach an intro to 3D printing. What are other sudoers down for?
I'm also including the "Omni Kids" email list. I'm not sure, but
there's a small chance that we have to wait until our legal situation
is clearer since we haven't yet passed a fire inspection and we don't
have an ADA bathroom. Hopefully someone on this mailing list knows for
sure what we're able to commit to right now!
Hope to keep in touch :)
yar
hi all,
i got a really fancy motor controller and a bunch of really fancy motors
with encoders built-in, and it all works together.. and I think we should
consider making another robot. Here is the controller:
product sheet:
http://spaz.org/~jake/bxi/BXi-Tool-Controller-Debuted.pdf
huge operation manual:
http://spaz.org/~jake/bxi/BX300HIFMan.pdf
basically the brain can control six motors, which i have, with very
precise motion control and tracking, for example for the joints of a giant
robot.
The motors I have are a couple of sizes, but I think we should go big and
use the 500W (2/3 horsepower) motors, so the thing can be expected to cart
its own batteries around and be autonomous.
never mind, this is a dumb idea. but i do have the motors and controller,
and i may be able to get more. I guess we could build a 4x8 foot laser
cutter or something mundane like that.
-jake
