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Board Meeting: Monday Oct. 27th, 7pm

by Vicky Knox

The results of the poll are in! Please bring a snack to share! :]

11 years, 1 month

stuff.sudo - TAG ALL THE THINGS!

by Marc Juul

Our inventory tracking system is now up and running again! Go to: http://stuff.sudo Create labels by filling out the form and hitting "save and print" (remember to look at the preview of the label before printing, you have to manually hit enter in the description textbox to create newlines). Stick the label on the item, and you can either scan the QR code to go to the item's wiki page, or look at the ID on the printed label and for e.g. ID 42, go to: http://o.sudoroom.org/42 When you print a label it will come out of the label printer next the the wooden 3D printer. If it doesn't work, ensure that the label printer is on (it should have a green light) and connected. The software has been updated to the latest codebase so it should crash less and will automatically restart if it does crash. The code is here: https://github.com/sudoroom/labitrack Unfortunately (or fortunately) our old database was lost in the mists of moving (or maybe it wasn't but I couldn't find it) but the wiki pages remain, so it should be easy enough to create redirects. -- marc/juul

11 years, 1 month

Re: [sudo-discuss] Backspace Space proposal

by yar

On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 12:58 PM, yar <yardenack(a)gmail.com> wrote: > It's not your fault, it's not anybody else's fault either. I really > hope the confusion isn't interpreted as bad faith or a lack of > support. We all need to get better at that, of course, but also get > better at forgiving each others' mistakes, in the spirit of jubilee. I want to just reiterate this in light of the past few days of conversation. I have heard a lot of different narratives about what happened with Backspace over the past few months. I don't claim to know exactly what happened anymore, but it seems to boil down to a huge string of communication failures that resulted in Backspace paying for space to operate, yet having no space until now. At Thursday's meeting, the subject of past-due utility bills came up, but it seems apropos to mention that lots of Omni groups have not paid utility bills, or even rent, and one of the amazing potential things about Omni is our capacity to be a non-evil landlord - each according to their ability and their need. It's clear that most backspace folks are WORKERS whose primary concern is being able to see their clients and students and make a living wage. It's also clear to me that the primary benefit of having Backspace at Omni is NOT the money they'd bring in, but the new people, energy and perspectives. It would REALLY SUCK if we lost all that by fighting with them over money. Other than money, the only other concern I'm hearing about this proposal is about space. While I have expressed concerns about "enclosure" in the past, Backspace's plans for the den or "storage room" are NOT enclosures. They're stewardship of commons. This is exactly the model I always dreamed of for our building! Finally, there's BAPS. I think it might help to separate BAPS' pragmatic need to host many evening classes from BAPS' position as a roving "nomadic" group without dedicated space, and both from the concept of "enclosure". Because it seems to me like Backspace's pragmatic needs are similar to BAPS - to assemble in spaces and occupy them for a finite period, for classes and 1-on-1 sessions. So what are the ways we can frame this as a collaboration rather than a competition? I think these problems would get solved a lot faster if we were all able to trust each other, the best path to building trust is for Backspace to begin operating at the Omni ASAP, and the best way for that to happen is to show support and forgiveness all around. Thanks.

11 years, 1 month

Dustin

by niki

A fellow named Dustin has been spending the last several days hanging out all day in La Commune. I talked to him today and explained that we're not yet open and that, while he's here, he needs to either be vouched for by someone who is a member of a member collective or attending an event or otherwise involved in work related to the Omni. I told him that I was leaving at 7pm and he'd need to find someone to vouch for him at that time or else he'd have to leave. He said ok. I mentioned this to him again around 7:15 and he said that someone at Sudo said he could be in the building until 10pm. I told him that this was not the case, and explained again our pre open to the public access policy. He walked away from me saying "You're the only one who has said that to me." heading back inside the building. He said that "the guy with dreadlocks" told him he could hang out here. I went and got Chris B and Mary from CCL and we approached him together. Chris told him that he wasn't vouching for him and that he should leave. Mary and I both told him that we'd be open to the public eventually but that we just are not at the present moment. He left and said he wasn't coming back. Just sending this email so it's on the record. I'll try to add to the wiki, as well. Niki

11 years, 1 month

Re: [sudo-discuss] [omni-consensus] [backspace] Re: [BAPS-Organizing] Re: Backspace Space proposal

by yar

On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 11:35 AM, margaretha haughwout <margaretha.anne.haughwout(a)gmail.com> wrote: > No we are exploring co-administration with other groups so that classes > could be taught in the disco. 2 dedicated rooms. On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 1:18 PM, Andrew Lowe <andrew(a)lostways.com> wrote: > The proposal was for: > > Dedicated Space: > > BDRM 2, STORAGE 1 Hmm. When I asked Sara for clarification, she said it was only one dedicated locked room: https://omnicommons.org/lists/private/consensus/2014/000105.html I worry it might be harder to reach consensus if there is no potential for the kids' room (storage1) to actually be a kids' room at any time of the day.

11 years, 1 month

Brown couch in La Commune

by niki

Can the folks who brought the brown couch in and left it La Commune please move it by Saturday? We are renting the ballroom for an event on Sunday and they will be using the cafe to stage catering. Additionally, La Commune is hoping to have the bookstore provisionally open by November first. This would be a transitional period while we continue to work on getting the cafe open. If y'all could help us out by not leaving stuff in La Commune but rather taking it to wherever its final destination w/in the Omni will be, that would be tremendous. <3 Niki

11 years, 1 month

Fwd: [Bay Area Youth and DIY Education] The Exploratorium is looking for a Tinkering...

by Marina Kukso

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11 years, 1 month

taking a break from 3d tuesday

by yar

I'm taking an extended break. Trying to do self-care better. Won't be showing up every night like I have all year. Will still teach by scheduled appointment. Thanks.

11 years, 1 month

Submitting Tax Information to State of California by Nov 7

by Matthew Senate

We received a notice from the State of California Franchise Tax Board, notifying us that (since we have yet to submit or complete our 501(c)3 application) we must fill out state form 3500 to convince California not to levy state taxes for last year, 2013. I've filled out this form to the best of my knowledge so far, but it is incomplete. It needs some more attention. See attached: "state_tax_form_3500_sudo_room.pdf" which should have saved my submitted values to many of the required fields. We need a few things: 1. Review what I've already added (make sure dates and such are correct!) 2. Complete the rest of the form to the best of our ability 3. See if any lawyerly advice can help us ensure this goes smoothly 4. *Submit before Friday November 7* (30 days from October 9, 2014) "Send us either your tax exempt letter, Form 3500, Form 3500A, or Form 100 with a copy of this letter within the next 30 days or we may issue a tax assessment based on available information. A penalty of 25% of the additional tax may be assessed for failure to provide information upon written request." // Matt

11 years, 1 month

Re: [sudo-discuss] [backspace] Re: [BAPS-Organizing] Re: Backspace Space proposal

by yar

On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 8:42 AM, margaretha haughwout <margaretha.anne.haughwout(a)gmail.com> wrote: > It's hard for me to understand how two dedicated small rooms (old TIL and > the small bedroom) and the part time administration of the den and disco for > wellness (some of which, mine, at least would be donation based) is too much > space for the Wellness Wait just to be clear, the Backspace proposal from last week wasn't this. It was about dedicating ONE room, the eyeball room, and having part-time scheduling priority in two common rooms, the den and storage1. It didn't say anything about the disco room, which OMNIdance has paid for exclusively until Dec 1, and which the Commons WG is proposing to steward starting Dec 1. This Commons WG proposal was on the pad at last week's meeting but the meeting went too long and the delegates didn't have time to talk about it, sorry.

11 years, 1 month

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