Found a box of soldering supplies and dropped it off at Sudo, along with a
working laptop suffering from minor mechanical issues. The screen-spring
is unhinged, requiring it to be leaned against something, but it'd make a
decent, maybe a public terminal.
--
Eric Anderson
206.295.1751
Oakland Local Archive <http://oaklandlocal.com/author/amasym/>
On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 12:12 PM, Candace Lazarou
<candacelazarou(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Will this be around in 2 hours or so? I'm not a member of sudoroom yet
> because my work schedule has prevented me from attending a meeting for about
> a year now, BUT I wanted to stop by the omni, see the new space, and discuss
> possible membership now that things have settled down for me. Oh and also
> eat this food and grab some for communal houses, that sounds nice too.
It'll be around until it's gone. There's not many people here so far. :)
There is this fancy food startup in San Francisco which donates a meal
for every meal purchased: https://munchery.com/how-it-works/
Apparently "we provide a meal for someone in need" means their truck
drives around various places in Oakland until it's empty. And the Omni
has become the truck's last stop, which means this will happen every
Saturday. I counted 150+ packaged meals this run.
We may supplement this feast with an impromptu screening of Slavoj
Zizek about "the surprising ethical implications of charitable
giving": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpAMbpQ8J7g
last night (sunday) as the last of us were getting ready to leave after a
long day of BACH, i noticed that Pidgeon was sitting alone in CCL with
headphones in and using a laptop.
[pidgeon prefers the pronoun "they" but it is a single person]
knowing that this person made trouble at noisebridge in the past, and
assuming that they were trying to squat the omni, i went up and gave
notice that "we are getting ready to leave and close up" and Pidgeon took
the hint and started packing up their backpack...
twenty minutes later pidgeon was still slowly gathering things together to
get ready to leave.. it was annoyingly obvious that they were trying to
delay leaving so that I would leave first and they could stay.
tonight, Korl mentioned that Pidgeon was present but did not seem to be
anyone's guest, and I agreed that they were here without anyone's
sponsorship of any kind. A person with no member-sponsor present can be
asked to leave for no reason, but before doing that I went to speak with
others present about the situation.
No one present claimed Pidgeon as their guest, or objected to asking them
to leave. I mentioned this to marc and started posting the following to
irc:
https://www.noisebridge.net/pipermail/noisebridge-discuss/2014-February/042…https://www.noisebridge.net/pipermail/noisebridge-discuss/2013-October/0399…
a minute later marc returned from a "sweep" of the building and found
Pidgeon in a downstairs room with the door pulled shut, getting
comfortable, lying on their belly listening to music.
Marc asked if they were part of a collective, Pidgeon said they were not,
and Marc said that we are not open to the public and asked them to leave.
please be aware that people are already trying to squat the omni and it
will only get more intense. I have no patience for this because I feel
that the omni is more valuable to us as a community space, shared for all,
rather than a big building to be turned into private quarters for the few
who care little enough about their community to do something like that.
Noisebridge regularly has problems with people sleeping on top of the
elevator, above the loft areas, and in the basement of the building, and
their building is not nearly as cavernous and expansive as ours.
-jake
If everyone on these lists gave a couple of bucks a week and at the least,
shared this link, we could collectively boost regular funds to Omni to
offset the cost of rent, utilities, taxes, building improvements, et al!
Please donate and share, even $1 a week adds up!
https://gratipay.com/omnicommons/
Jenny
http://jennyryan.nethttp://thepyre.orghttp://thevirtualcampfire.orghttp://technomadic.tumblr.com
`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`
"Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories."
-Laurie Anderson
"Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it."
-Hannah Arendt
"To define is to kill. To suggest is to create."
-Stéphane Mallarmé
~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`
Call to action for folks to come by tomorrow and help with ballroom/stage
cleanup!
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: niki <niki.shelley(a)gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 5:31 PM
Subject: [omni-discuss] Need help cleaning the ballroom this weekend!
To: "discuss(a)lists.omnicommons.org" <discuss(a)lists.omnicommons.org>
Hi friends,
The Naomi Klein event is happening this Sunday morning at 10am.
I am going to spend as much time as I have tomorrow (Saturday) cleaning up
the ballroom and doing any little touch up jobs that I can.
If anyone is around I would greatly appreciate your help!
Things that need to get done:
- Remove from windows and store sound proofing baffles (these can probably
go into the ticket booth room - extra points if you feel like painting them
black!)
- Putting away tools on the stage - I organized these several weeks ago and
look at them! (cry!!!)
- Moving all sound equipment / speakers from stage - anyone know who this
stuff belongs to? If you can direct me, I will contact them!
- Moving punching bag - is this meant to live in the ballroom? Can we
identify a place to store it during events? Maybe the ticket booth room?
- General sweeping / dusting / cleaning
<3
Niki
646-577-7957
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Hey Omni booking folks + Sudo and friends,
The Beehive Collective was told by UC to relocate their Tuesday, Oct 21
event. They reached out to Omni through friends at the Gill Tract (see
occupythefarm.org). I know it's last minute, but there doesn't seem to be
anything on the calendar, so I put a hold for them.
Their request is to show their giant, portable murals about global issues
of all kinds at Omni, 6:30–9pm Tuesday, with appx. 25–50 guests. They are
an all-volunteer group on tour but can chip in some $ to Omni.
Before I confirm it this event I want to ask, *Does anyone have any
blocking concerns about this event?*
For more details, here's the blurb:
Based out of small-town Machias across the country in rural Maine, the
Beehive Design Collective is an all-volunteer organization of activists,
artists, educators and organizers. Our main focus is creating and
presenting graphic works about global issues internationally. These
portable murals are teeming with intricate images of plants and animals,
illustrating surreal but meticulously researched scenes of sociocultural
realities in the modern world. Not only are our graphics detailed,
beautiful works of art, but they also are tools in understanding the big
picture of a region's struggles.
Thanks,
Danny
On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 5:38 PM, Danny Spitzberg <stationaery(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> PS folks from the Gill Tract and Occupy the Farm (separate groups with
> some overlapping members) intended to host the Beehive folks but ran into
> unfounded blocking from UC campus.
>
> April, might you be open to talking with them about possible collaboration
> for an event of some sort?
>
> Danny
>
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 11:55 AM, april glaser <april.glaser(a)riseup.net>
> wrote:
>
>> I'd be happy to coordinate them doing a teaching at sudo. I think it'd
>> be a wonderful and edcuational gathering. Let me look at the calendar
>> and get back.
>> On 10/14/14 11:11 AM, yar wrote:
>> > On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 5:12 PM, april glaser <april.glaser(a)riseup.net>
>> wrote:
>> >> http://store.beehivecollective.org/
>> > Who wants to invite them to Sudo? :)
>>
>> _______________________________________________
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>> sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org
>> https://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss
>>
>
>
this is happening! a great example of empowered people using creativity to
solve problems. The bees do intense research on subjects like mountaintop
removal coal mining and now, California Water Politics (which i haven't
seen yet) and then they make a giant poster with compelling artwork that
makes it easy to see the big picture.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 15:37:47 -0700
From: Sakura Saunders <sakura.saunders(a)gmail.com>
To: Beehive Design Collective <pollinators(a)beehivecollective.org>
Subject: Bees swarm Bay Area with new graphic and tour! Oct 19-21
PLEASE FORWARD!
We have some exciting news: the Bees will be swarming the Bay Area with a
new graphic and tour focused on California water politics in the midst of a
massive drought. Sucked Dry: Examining Drought and Privatization from
Mesoamérica to California, draws inspiration from struggles against
large-scale
infrastructure projects throughout MesoAmerica, connecting local and the
global struggle for control and protection of water.
Oct 19: 2pm Dolores Park, SF
Oct 20: 6:30pm Greenpeace warehouse, 955 7th St., W. Oakland co-sponsored
by Rising Tide
Oct 21: 5:30pm Gill Tract Farm, Albany (at the intersection of Marin & San
Pablo) co-sponsored by Food & Water Watch & California Student
Sustainability Coalition
About the tour:
California is in the midst of a historical drought, the most severe the
region has had in the last 500 years. This water crisis has devastated
resources,
with several communities facing the prospect of running dry. A number of
projects advocating infrastructure development such as the BDCP and Prop 1
have
been proposed as solutions for the state, but are they truly in the
interests for all? What are their impacts to our drying rivers and
reservoirs?
Fisheries and communities? Drawing inspiration from struggles against
large-scale infrastructure projects throughout MesoAmerica, the Bees will
take you
on a visual journey touching on the local and the global struggle for
control and protection of water.
We will also be introducing a *brand new graphic* (still in draft form)
that deals specifically with the fight to stop the Tunnel project that
threatens
the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
About the Bees
Based out of small-town Machias across the country in rural Maine, the
Beehive Design Collective is an all-volunteer organization of activists,
artists,
educators and organizers. Our main focus is creating and presenting graphic
works about global issues internationally. These portable murals are teeming
with intricate images of plants and animals, illustrating surreal but
meticulously researched scenes of sociocultural realities in the modern
world. Not
only are our graphics detailed, beautiful works of art, but they also are
tools in understanding the big picture of a region's struggles.
More on the Bees (VIDEO): http://www.upworthy.com/the-poster-is-mesmerizing-
the-story-it-tells-is-electrifying-have-you-seen
More on MesoAmérica Resisté (graphic): http://beehivecollective.org/beehive_
poster/mesoamerica-resiste/
with honey,
the bees"
*thanks to the Center for Biological Diversity and the Story of Stuff for
help spreading the word!
Hey SudoRoomers,
One Laptop Per Child San Francisco (OLPC-SF)[1] is a volunteer group
here in San Francisco. This weekend we're hosting our FREE annual
Community Summit[2]. Learn about the intersection of education and
technology in this global movement. We'll have folks from Sugar
Labs[3] presenting, the creators of the Sugar Learning Environment,
the free/libre open source software that powers the iconic XO laptop.
Following the Summit, we'll be hosting Turtle Art Day[4]! Turtle Art
is an application which teaches programming and design by moving a
turtle with a pen around the screen. This event is happening around
the world throughout October. Turtle Artists are gathering to teach
and learn together and celebrate Turtle Art. The event is geared
towards 6-12+ year-olds but no one is too old for Turtle Art! It's
free to attend, no hardware required -- just bring your creativity!
Location: San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Avenue @ 19th Ave
Business Building 2nd floor, room 202
San Francisco, CA
When: Saturday October 18th OLPC-SF Community Summit
Sunday October 19th Turtle Art Day
[1] http://www.olpcsf.org
[2] http://www.olpcsf.org/CommunitySummit2014
[3] http://www.sugarlabs.org
[4] http://www.olpcsf.org/TurtleArtDay2014
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Hilary Naylor, Ph.D.
www.a2zed.us
Oakland CA
