Hi:
Just a friendly reminder of tomorrow’s informal Fixit Clinic at the new
South San Francisco Library grand opening: this looks like it’s going to
be a really fun event so bring your friends and family e.g. see the two
bands playing:
https://www.ssf.net/departments/parks-recreation/library-parks-and-recreati…
WHAT: New South San Francisco Library Grand Opening
WHEN: Saturday Oct 28 anytime between 11:30AM and 3PM
WHERE: 901 Civic Campus Way, South San Francisco
https://www.ssf.net/departments/parks-recreation/library-parks-and-recreati…
We hope to have regular repair programming at this Library soon but
Saturday is more of a festive demonstration day and housewarming for the
Library’s beautiful new Makerspace.
There’s no need to commit to the whole day: just stop by when you can to
enjoy the festivities, hang out with other Fixit Coaches, check out the
new Library and help Makerspace Librarians Devin, Miriam Hart and Monte
Gordon recruit more local Fixit Coaches.
You don’t need to bring any tools – they’ve got some tools and sewing
machines already – but feel free to bring something you want to take
apart or sew as a demonstration. We might end up doing a few repairs if
local people go home and bring things back. (And bonus points for
wearing a Halloween costume (wink.))
The new Library is a pleasant 3/4 mile walk (or bike) along the Colma
Creek Centennial Way Trail from the South San Francisco BART if you want
to take public transit. See other options here:
https://www.ssf.net/departments/parks-recreation/library-parks-and-recreati…
Hope to see you there! -Peter
Peter Mui @ Fixit Clinic
www.fixitclinic.org – Fortifying exuberant, resilient communities
through do-it-together fix-n-learn disassembly and discovery
+1 408 647 5790
fixitclinic(a)gmail.com
P.S.: And don’t forget our Fixit Clinic next Saturday at Pescadero
Elementary School: sign up to Fixit Coach at
http://bit.ly/inpersoncoachsignup
WHAT: Fixit Clinic MVI (1006) Pescadero Elementary School
WHEN: Saturday, Nov 4, 11AM-2PM
WHERE: Pescadero Elementary School 620 North Street Pescadero, CA 94060
https://www.facebook.com/events/997718654780160/
Hi Sudoers:
Cross-posted from the #consensus channel in the Omni slack:
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Susan Silber
11:06 PM
Hi all - friendly reminder about fundraising meeting on Wed. eve, 8-9:30
pm. I will be handing over the work I have done over the past few months
and making some suggestions for next steps. Here is the zoom info:
11:06
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2261744247?pwd=MU9nTWMyYU1aYTg5Y01ZdUs3cUR2QT09
Meeting ID: 226 174 4247
Passcode: B3Lv1s
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Cross posted from the #fundraising channel in the Omni slack:
Susan Silber
11:07 PM
Fundraising meeting on Wed. 8-9:30 pm. I hope ya'll can make it!
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2261744247?pwd=MU9nTWMyYU1aYTg5Y01ZdUs3cUR2QT09
Meeting ID: 226 174 4247
Passcode: B3Lv1s
Susan says everyone is welcome.
Cheers, -Peter
Dear Sudoroom,
Today I voted in behalf of Sudoroom in favor of the MOP proposal, and they are
now a member collective of Omni Commons. I emailed about them on April 20th
but didn't hear anything back, so I hope everyone is okay with that decision.
Today a proposal was introduced for a new committee to be formed at Omni
Commons to value and protect the safety and interests of BIPOC/Non-Men.
this is the original proposal in PDF form:
https://omnicommons.org/pipermail/consensus/attachments/20220505/ab900701/a…
this is an editable "cryptpad" and
we are requested to "please leave comments in red"
https://cryptpad.fr/pad/#/2/pad/edit/6IhZqwyXxN6CrEvtiljmnqTa/
actually this is a cryptpad copy of their document just for sudoroom, and I
will forward our discussion to Rafiq to integrate our input.
Other collectives are asking questions too, so if you want to be more engaged
in the discussion, please join the [omni-consensus] list! But definitely make
discussion here in the sudoroom list and get engaged.
If Sudoroom members have concerns or objections, we need to communicate them
promptly and work toward agreeable amedments. It is not an option to simply
reject the proposal, but rather if you have specific concerns then we need to
work with each other to address those concerns and come up with something
agreeable.
-jake
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Yardena Cohen <yardenack(a)gmail.com>
Hey all, I'm boosting this email with a new subject line so that it's
clear to readers - this contains an important new proposal!!!
Brief summary: this proposal forms a congress of BIPOC and non-men
from all Omni's groups, who then elect a small committee which has its
own seat on the board, its own delegate, and a few specific powers
related to addressing racism and sexism. This is an important step
towards making omni representative and accountable! This finally
begins to put our Statement of Solidarity into action!
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: rafiq.ali <rafiq.ali(a)protonmail.com>
Date: Thu, May 5, 2022 at 12:16 PM
To: <consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org>
I added a little note at the beginning on our proposal and the events
from 2 weeks ago. Happy to provide a short statement. In general, I
appreciate the apologies made and think this can be a growing
opportunity to forge a stronger collective. If it's possible, we can
open discussion on the proposal this week if enough delegates have had
a chance to review with the idea of approving at the next delegate
meeting (or worst case, the one after).
As mentioned earlier, we are proposing the creation of a safe space
Committee (see attached). We appreciate and accept all
feedback/comments/concerns.
In struggle,
Rafiq
CLP
Alan was asking about a live center for the lathe in sudoroom. Today my
friend Rab was visiting from Austin and immediately recognized a lot of things
about our lathe.
I created a wiki page for that lathe:
https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Emco_Compact_5_Lathe
-jake
A few years ago I used SSB and Manyverse to chat with cool people
interested in new ways of looking at how humans communicate.
All my social links (it’s a “social network”, you can’t use it if you don’t
know anyone on it) have gone stale and I’m no longer on the network.
If anyone here is active, I’d like to reconnect
Hi Sudoers:
See below: can someone help Diana as below with her Linux box? Feel
free to email her directly.
If I invite her to come to sudoroom Tuesday night: will you be there? (I
think she lives near SF Chinatown.)
Many thanks for any reply, -Peter
-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject: can someone update Google Chrome on a Linux box?
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2023 23:46:43 +0000
From: Diana Greer <Diana.Greer(a)protonmail.com>
To: Fixit Clinic <fixitclinic(a)gmail.com>
can someone update Google Chrome on a Linux box?
Hello FixIt Clinic Community,
It seems simple but when I do the steps (listed below) nothing happens.
Aside from the constant notification that Google Chrome needs updating,
the pc continues to work fine.
I will bring the pc to you. I am not very interested in doing this
remotely but you can try to convince me if you want to - I am open to
change my mind.
update Google Chrome on Ubuntu 20.04 when the installation is done
through the .deb file:
1.
Open Software Updater. Select and install the available Google
Chrome update.
2.
Through Terminal. Type sudo apt-get update and then sudo apt-get
--only-upgrade install google-chrome-stable.
Warmly,
Diana Greer
Hi Sudo Room,
This is a collective statement addressing the CLP boycott, written today
after discussion in this last Thursday delegates meeting. If you are
interested in reading the many previous drafts over the last few weeks, I
can point you where those are, and encourage you to join the omni consensus
email where there is more discussion. We hope to make this public Tuesday
morning (we've talked about sending it to people who rent Omni, but also
may be put on the website? I'm not sure).
Dear neighbors,
We've been accused of racism - sadly, this has some merit. For nine years
omni has tried to include, support and empower communities of color - and
often failed. This has led to continued white dominance. We want nothing
more than to end this feedback loop, repair this harm, and be a project
where all people can take collective ownership of this building and its
resources. We are actively seeking accountability processes with those
who've been directly harmed at omni.
Nonetheless, there are still QTBIPOC and mutual aid groups doing important
work at omni, as there always have been. This is the core of what we want
omni to be, and the movement to improve omni should be led by people who’ve
been doing it all along. We urge the community to stand behind our most
vulnerable members. We are determined for this to be a safe space, so that
QTBIPOC-centered projects can grow and thrive here.
We're also accused of zionism - this we strongly deny. Try to find anybody
here to say anything nice about Israel - you'll have a hard time. While
some of us may have been complicit with apartheid in the past - because its
institutions prey on young Jews especially - all our feelings today range
from deeply critical to abolitionist. We want to embrace and center
Palestinian community, and welcome accountability to that end. We're now
collectively studying the steps to formally comply with BDS and become an
"apartheid free zone".
Some of these accusations were made by a former member collective. We
removed them because their behaviors were causing great harm, actively
driving away members of color. Their public "boycott" was a campaign of
retaliation, harassment, doxxing and lies. Even so, it has brought
attention to our very real mistakes. We wish to focus on those, and center
the majority of our community's concerns - without engaging directly with
this former group, because the harm is just too fresh.
We've taken this opportunity to give long time volunteers a break. Almost
all our groups have new delegates. None of the people mentioned in the call
outs have any formal power, and all of them are stepping back from decision
making roles, to focus on passing institutional memory to new people.
Meanwhile, we have a few vacant rooms - we'd love to share ownership with
more queer, trans, Black and indigenous led groups! Please contact us if
you'd like to help build an anti racist, anti zionist future at Omni
Commons.
happening nowish (1pm) if anyone wants to join
(text copied from omni slack message from natalie/ sketchboard collective
delegate)
we are constructing + finalizing the accountability statement (virtually)
thru the meeting link at 1pm tomorrow: it will take about a few hours, 2-3
at least. @yar + @Paige + myself will be there, and we welcome anyone else
who would like to help finish it in an intentional setting.
https://meet.google.com/qvr-oeqe-uqa
Hi Sudoers,
I hang out at Sudo Room, and I also volunteer with Berkeley NEED, a harm
reduction program. Through NEED, someone heard that we have free laptops
and requested one. Do we have laptops that are ready to hand out?
Thanks,
--Elaine
