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Re: Omni Commons income and mortgage search update

by Jake

correction: Pro Arts not Safer DIY ---------- Forwarded message ---------- On Thu, Aug 3, 2023 David Keenan <dkeenan44(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi - > > Apologies if someone else has already responded -- I only skimmed but > wanted to just briefly clarify that Safer DIY doesn’t pay rent / occupy > space at Omni. > > Best, > David On Thu, Aug 3, 2023 Z Silver Zahn <natashazahn27(a)gmail.com> wrote: My apologies! I meant Pro Arts , which Sarah is apart of. She is also apart of safer DIY and I mixed up the groups!

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Omni Commons income and mortgage search update

by Jake

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2023 15:28:32 -0700 From: Z Silver Zahn <natashazahn27(a)gmail.com> To: consensus <consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org> Subject: [omni-consensus] Updates Update CSC will formally move out of the current room and is pending their decision on moving to the current omni office or sticking to their other space by the end of the month. Also ANV gave their 30 day notice and is moving out of Omni , (they recently got city slicker farm as their new csa location whoo)! However if CSC moves on then we will earn $200 a month less in rent + ANV office space which is $675. Losing total of $875 monthly rent income. Reminder that collectives pay monthly rent of : Sudo room : $2,000 Counter Culture Labs : $2,000 Sudo Mesh : $200 Global Women Strike : $200 Food Not Bombs : $500 Village of Love : $1,800 (months behind on rent) Myriad Outreach Program : $100 Safer DIY : $300 Monthly rent will be around , $6,100 Events have been averaging $5k for the year of 2023. I don’t have the number for donations but it’s definitely not a lot and averages $1k. So our income is roughly 12k (Sarah please correct me if I’m way off, this is just my newbie research) Huge thanks to Sarah for book keeping and making sure events and tenants know where they are at with their invoices! And so much more in the finance realm that i'm still trying to grapple! I report monthly how much we make from events , (the cost of the event that occured that month and not invoices previous or future events) and can try to report monthly expenses on our contractors. Example : Event Coordinator Budget Tracker <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14-JhFQ8GUHyDI4IRe0inoVg6KUe0NMw-k-8…> * Curious if any financial experts can support monthly reports of our expenses? feel inclined to join a finance working group to help understand our accounts more! *Collective financial transparency is liberating!* Our expenses in July was around 17k+ which is our average utility/insurance etc costs plus contractors costs that began from Hellman grant, for Billy and myself at $30 an hour for events. Sarah was already contracted as our book bookkeeper and Susan as our grant writer. Meaning if we keep things exactly the same we will be losing $5k a month which is how much we give our mortgage lender. *Things are financially unwell and I think we need to focus on bringing in a new collective vision aligned with who can pay monthly consistent rent.* We were dependent on events to help raise revenue but we hardly get requests. I think it’s a combination of decay neglected entrance hall that easily turns people away. The building WG for the last few months has been meeting weekly on Sunday tending to the common spaces and the next big action item is a dump run day! This would be greatly done collectively , does Sunday afternoon anytime noon to 6pm work for folks? + We approved a budget for building cleanliness. I suggest paying part of that budget to Phil who has been cleaning Omni for years as a volunteer. Deep cleaning all the bathrooms taking out all the trash mopping commons areas, etc. Secondly our outreach and website needs to be ramped up. I have been doing a lot of the work and think it’ll only be successful in a collective manner! *We approved $2k for a website contractor and outlined the scope of the work. I suggest we empower the website working group to hire the best candidate!* Also with rooms opening up to collectively decide what we want to rent out and for how much. I’ve proposed moving the Omni Office to VOL smaller room (that room was Joey's suggestion) to ease their monthly rent so we can rent out the current office to so man interested collectives! Or even moving the Omni office to the current mail room? The Den and ANV office is available for future tenants as well~ Lastly I would suggest renting out the ticket booth room for a collective. It hasn’t been functional since I volunteered back in 2018. Now it has some scaffolding but it hasn’t been used for years as well. Also as Sarah mentioned a committee to actively invite possible new tenants. I'm losing a little hope as delegates meetings have been feeling like containers of blockages. Especially since most delegate representatives don’t participate in any working groups that need support rather than blocks. I encourage delegates to participate at least in one working group~ That being said I’ve posted marketing and outreach coordinator (approved from Hellman grant) for more capacity building and for my slow transition out of Omni Commons. Sorry for the long rant , these are just concerning thoughts. I believe we can pull through this financial deficit with some collective creativity!! Last year our private loan investor extended our balloon payment by a year due to the incredible fundraising efforts with people power. This year we’re losing collectives, money, general activation & participation. Thats not encouraging our lender to continue their investment by the end of this year of our due date of 890k .We are not a viable candidate for refi with loss of revenue . Maybe we should start talking about plan B if refinance isn't feasible?

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[omni-consensus] Marketing & Volunteer Outreach Coordinator! (fwd)

by Jake

FYI this is an omni commons proposal ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2023 14:54:10 -0700 From: Z Silver Zahn <natashazahn27(a)gmail.com> To: consensus <consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org> Subject: [omni-consensus] Marketing & Volunteer Outreach Coordinator! Hello all, Two days ago I put out a hiring flyer for marketing & volunteer outreach coordinator. We approved 4k for 4 months, about 33 hours a month at $30 an hour. While I do a large chunk of the work, I only clocked in 12.5 hours for the month of July. Meaning we have a budget to expand our marketing & outreach team that we deeply need! So far we've gotten 25 applicants and want to propose a working group minimum of 3 folks choosing the top 3-5 for an interview and possibly a test design project for Omni to see their skills. The hiring committee will also create guidelines that promote a healthy work culture. See the example we made for our grant writer Susan Silber MOU PDF below: http://omnicommons.org/pipermail/consensus/attachments/20230803/496b19b2/at… Now that the Hellman grant budget has been approved we should move forward using it to capacity build at Omni Commons! Hellman Grant Allocated $4,000 to Marketing & Outreach Coordinator $30 an hour for 4 months Creates weekly posts through slack, mailing lists, social media (FB & Instagram) *need more activity on twitter, for volunteers to participate in the many projects happening at Omni. Building a working group meets weekly on Sundays and has been a great way for new folks wanting to plug in to join. Responding to all volunteer inquiries on the sign up form linked to instagram *needs to be integrated to website Coordinate monthly tours for large groups to better understand Omni and learn how they would like to get involved in the many different working groups and collectives going on. Being in active communication & relationship with the different collective members to support their work with interested volunteers. Also upkeep news from other collectives helps content creation for our social media platform and newsletter that get published monthly. - Responsible for responding to all social media interactions and directing them with answers. - Make sure to receive or take documentations of events at Omni to share on social media. - Improve websites for better user experience so folks can plug in more easily. - Works closely with fundraising working groups, plans for large fundraisers and DAF. - Create at least 1- 2 social media posts to share publicly our activities. - Reach out to neighbors and build a relationship with them, plan neighborhood assembly. *Proposal :* Omni Commons should have a front desk individual scheduled every Sunday & Monday 3pm to 6pm. This will encourage more openness of the building. Also, the clinic is already open for Tuesdays and Wed - Sat 3pm to 6pm. The free store is open near the entrance. This role should be appointed by the M & O coordinator so they can give tours for those who want to book an event or check out omni, rather volunteers try to coordinate a mutual time. I think it is critical we have more Omni folks in the building helping answer questions. Or greet potential donors we often miss because doors are closed. This will also support in gathering stories for grants. This can also be an opportunity for us to sell merch and other items, classes, workshops etc. The goal is to hire the most compatible applicant within a month! The budget will be tracked and shared monthly along with work metrics to delegates!

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[omni-consensus] Application to Become a Member Collective: Oakland Printshop (fwd)

by Jake

FYI sudoroom, as a member collective of Omni Commons, will be asked to vote (through our delegate) on whether this group should be able to join as a member collective and/or rent space in the Omni (which we desparately need, as ANV is leaving Omni and we need to present a strong monthly income if we want to keep the building) -jake ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2023 09:47:06 -0700 From: Daniel Tutt <daniel.g.tutt(a)gmail.com> To: Sarah Lockhart <sarah.ee.el(a)gmail.com>, consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org, discuss(a)omnicommons.org, sdlefebvre(a)gmail.com Subject: [omni-consensus] Application to Become a Member Collective: Oakland Printshop Hi all, Been at the last couple delegate meetings talking mostly about TANC, but here's the official application for the Oakland Printshop to become a member collective at the Omni! This move has already been preliminarily approved by the shop. We could move in as early as late September, though perhaps October is more realistic. Sam L should also be at the meeting tonight to discuss or answer questions. Also, the shop is aiming to become a 509a2 organization, which is under the 501c3 umbrella. This may take a couple months, and in the meantime we are ok with sponsorship. Thank you, Dani *1. What do you do that makes a difference in the world?* The Oakland Printshop provides at cost printing to members, generally oriented at leftist political printing. Currently, the shop is used to print zines for prisoners, to print for TANC, to print for union drives and the Emergency Workplace Organizing committee, and for individual printing projects. *2. **Briefly recap your history as an organization.* The shop has been around for a long time, since before 2016 when I became aware of it. We now have about 15 dues paying members. *3. How do you make decisions? How many people are involved?* The shop makes decisions by consensus unless decisions are time sensitive, in which case we do vote by large majority (~75 percent). We meet as needed but about every month. *4. Please include links to any organizing documents you may have: bylaws, mission statement, etc.* The shop is an analog, word of mouth organization. We are currently working on bylaws to get our official nonprofit status. *5. State your goals for becoming an Omni member collective. How would your presence in the Omni contribute to its purpose and Statement of Solidarity?* The shop provides at cost printing to members and political projects, so having it in the Omni would be a potential benefit to all the collectives. Specifically, our Risograph printer is relatively unique and hard to find elsewhere. The shop also currently supports prison abolition, tenant union organization, and worker union organization. *6. What dedicated space do you need? What will you do in it? (For example: office, work space, etc)* The shop requires space for printers, paper, other machines and material, etc. In short, the shop is looking for a home. The space should be open to shop members and should be lockable, since there are valuable pieces of equipment and other materials stored inside. *7. What shared space do you need? What will you do with it?* The shop does not need shared space. *8. Will you need to modify the building? (Include floor plans if that makes your proposal clearer.)* We are not aware of any modification to the building, but would be willing to contribute labor and funds to make any happen if needed. *9. How much are you able to pay?* The shop currently pays $450 in rent, and may be open to more for a space that's larger than our current one.

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[omni-consensus] Hellman Capacity Grant Funds - Budget Completed (fwd)

by Jake

dear sudoroom, I didn't attend the delegates meeting last night so sudoroom didn't get represented. Someone else should step up to be sudoroom's delegate so we don't get marked as "inactive". -jake ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2023 09:31:41 -0700 From: Sarah Lockhart <sarah.ee.el(a)gmail.com> To: consensus <consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org>, fundraising <fundraising(a)lists.omnicommons.org> Subject: [omni-consensus] Hellman Capacity Grant Funds - Budget Completed Hi everyone, Thank you everyone for your participation and support in this process of allocating the $50k Hellman capacity building grant. My goal with pushing these decisions to be made -- is so that we could see the effects of the spending sooner rather than latter, which ideally would be increased revenue (to qualify for the refi) as well as general improvements to Omni functionality and morale (e.g. paying volunteers who were on the verge of burn out). [Below is] a pdf is the entire consensed upon budget: http://omnicommons.org/pipermail/consensus/attachments/20230721/ea7b6f82/at… If for various reasons, some of these funds don't end up being spent on their allocated purposes, we could revisit the budget at a later date. Perhaps the first meeting in September would be a good opportunity to check in about the status of these things. In Solidarity, Sarah L

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meeting notes 8/2/2023

by Paige P

https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Meeting_Notes_2023-08-02

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What’s a bank account so we can get donations off the meetup page ? Action Required: Meetup Donations for SudoRoom Hackerspace

by Romy Ilano

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Here is a 3D scan of the Osborne Computer from tonight's hardware hack night!

by Romy Ilano

https://poly.cam/capture/C833E236-105F-4875-B6C6-0A33D606E498 ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

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old, old computer donation today

by Paige P

Hey everyone, Heads up that a donation of really old computers came today. We have good contact with owner and he is coming by tomorrow. I am leaving it out on the main table for the hw hacking crowd to check out, but I will be in tomorrow to move as required for hacking workspace needs. But should be fun to talk with the donor about all this gear tomorrow night. His name is Tom and he said hed come by at 7 and is happy to take back whatever we dont want. So we should figure out what we want now. Or later and deal with it some time soon along with all are other ewaste (another discussion...). The big one todays crowd was excited about was the Osborne 1. But the other stuff seems sellable but depends on if we can get it turning on. Paige

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Photos & Graphics of Omni Commons!

by Z Silver Zahn

Hello everyone! We are trying to update Omni Commons website, landing pages for community space search engine and general audiences gaze of Omni Commons. Please send over or upload images, videos and or even graphics you have of Omni Commons from o er the years! Let’s show them a beautiful story of our collective building in visual format ❤️ https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-84ZsmC7alzSFPU1i9w9LUqzrABCtSUz

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