Still a good number of seats left for the non-violent communication
workshop that the Challenging Dominant Cultures working group is holding,
this Saturday at 11!
I encourage anyone interested in improving their communication and conflict
resolution styles to attend. Please email me or Niki (email below) to RSVP!
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: niki <niki.shelley(a)gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 9:48 AM
Subject: [omnilogistics] Non-Violent Communication Workshop - Saturday,
August 23rd
To: omnilogistics <omnilogistics(a)lists.riseup.net>
Dear OMNI,
The Challenging Dominant Cultures committee is proud to present a free
workshop on Non-violent Communication this Saturday, 9/23 at 11am at the
Omni.
Facilitated by Lynda Smith, this workshop is limited to 23 people.
If you would like to attend, you are strongly encouraged to *RSVP
to challengingdominantcultures(a)gmail.com
<challengingdominantcultures(a)gmail.com>* by this *Thursday, August 21st. *
*Lynda Smith is a graduate of BayNVC's Leadership Program and has been
teaching NVC throughout the Bay Area in classes and workshops since 2004.
She also works with individuals and couples in private sessions and offers
one-on-one empathic support to inmates at San Quentin. She is a former
newspaper editor (San Francisco Chronicle, USA Today, Miami Herald) and a
former Waldorf School class teacher**.*
*xo*
*CDC*
fyi :D
http://www.shareable.net/blog/how-oakland-wiki-empowers-the-local-community
Shareable is a great read on sharing/commons projects like Oakland Wiki
(which I consider to be a "local knowledge commons"). I highly recommend
checking out more articles if you haven't already! And if you'd like to
help build out the ever-evolving Oakland Wiki Resources portal
<http://oaklandwiki.org/Resources>, please get in touch!
Take care,
Vicky
Upon further consideration and based on input from our community I
recommend we move forward in Stages.
First Stage: Service the server area (dedicated 20A breaker), 3d print area
and Museum with another 20A breaker. Thus satisfying the Fire inspection
needs.
Stage 2, phase 1: Install plugs along Eastern wall (3rd 20A breaker)
Stage 2, phase 2: Install 240V service to Robot on Eastern wall. Other 240v
needs?
Stage 2, phase 3: Install overhead power (either using the 4th available
position of the Balcony breaker or tying into the 3d printer/museum j-box)
I need to know about the Robot power requirements. I looked through the
manuals posted by Jake and have not found the amperage rating for the
control box+robot. Im working under the assumption that she requires a 30A
dedicated 240V supply and Jake will preform 3phase magicianary.
The reason I ask is because I need to size the breaker accordingly, and we
have limited real estate within the Balcony panel (located in the music
room). Currently (no pun intended) there are 4 breaker positions available
in the Balcony panel. I think that all 240V supply, be it 30A(robot?) or
50A(welder?) any exhaust fans, dust collection service or whatever will
have to be supplied from, not the Balcony panel, but the sub that feeds the
Balcony called "Above Stage" panel.
I recommend having dedicated breakers for the 240V supplies. Unless we know
exactly what will be powered, there is no way of passing the <50% amperage
usage per plug requirement of the NEC. This is simply the best practice.
Furthermore, this should not be an issue if we are using the "Above Stage"
panel because according to notes on the panel, most breakers within are not
being utilized- so there is plenty of space.
I'll continue to draft the drawings based on what I have written here.
Hopefully the package will be complete and ready for review by this Friday.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Fgw5himtlmemiXReP-fG6rP-I2RoXsSP_MA…
Thanks,
Whit
On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 6:05 PM, Whitney Lawrence <whitneyel3(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm not making it to the meeting this evening. I have a draft together minus
> the quantity sheets, however, current q estimates are included in the shared
> spreadsheet under the Qty. tab. You will notice that the estimate is $1k.
> Please take a look at the pdf's and mark them up however you like and send
> me red-lines I will then make v1.1 of the package with hopes of getting the
> q sheet(s) done by Friday.
Whitney, sorry I just saw this now, so I don't think it got on our
meeting agenda.
You think we should be allocating $1k to electrification rather than
the $500 we agreed on last week - do I understand that right?
> Additionally, I request that my August and
> September dues be in the form of electrical design and installation.
We definitely encourage people to consider their labor as dues if they
are otherwise unable to pay. :)
> Lastly,
> because I am not a licensed electrician, these drafts need to be reviewed by
> a professional prior to construction. It would suck if we had to re-run or
> otherwise modify our work once the inspector comes. So if anyone has an
> electrician friend that can weigh in that would be helpful. Also has anyone
> put any effort into weather or not we need a permit prior to beginning this
> improvement?
Once the draft is ready, I think we have two electricians in our circle so far:
* the person Jake suggested, not C10
* Dave Pedroli (gone til september)
Maybe we can ask one of them how permitting works?
are here: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Meeting_Notes_2014-08-20
Highlights:
* Two new prospective members: Sean & Adam!
* Omni potluck tonight, 6-8 in the ballroom. Please bring food!
* BACH unconference Oct 18-19
* new vending machine
* Julio is (tentatively) hosting Newbie Night on Tuesday
Most of the time was taken discussing general Omni issues. In sum, the
Omni is going through an exciting formative moment and needs as many
volunteers as possible, especially to:
* fix fire code violations - research fire extinguishers, put up drywall
* assist David Keenan in delegating other permit tasks
* attend working groups such as finance, legal, maintenance &
challenging dominant cultures
* come up with plans for: parking, litter, insurance issues
* replace our board secretary
* replace me as Sudoroom's delegate to the Omni :)
In addition, Sudo urgently needs volunteers to:
* set up new ways to donate money
* fix the internet!!!!!
Hey Sudoers,
I know that some Sudo folks have been temporarily storing some things in
the room off of the stage.
It seems that the door has been locked, however, and there are light
switches that control some outdoor lighting that we need to get to.
Anyone know who locked this room / who may have a key? We should keep that
door unlocked, moving forward (or give all collectives keys) in the event
that prospective new Omni members / tenants may want to consider using that
space.
xo
Niki
I'm not making it to the meeting this evening. I have a draft together
minus the quantity sheets, however, current q estimates are included
in the shared
spreadsheet
<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Fgw5himtlmemiXReP-fG6rP-I2RoXsSP_MA…>
under
the Qty. tab. You will notice that the estimate is $1k. Please take a look
at the pdf's and mark them up however you like and send me red-lines I will
then make v1.1 of the package with hopes of getting the q sheet(s) done by
Friday. Additionally, I request that my August and September dues be in the
form of electrical design and installation. Lastly, because I am not a
licensed electrician, these drafts need to be reviewed by a professional
prior to construction. It would suck if we had to re-run or otherwise
modify our work once the inspector comes. So if anyone has an electrician
friend that can weigh in that would be helpful. Also has anyone put any
effort into weather or not we need a permit prior to beginning this
improvement?
Thanks,
Whit
On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 3:42 PM, <hol(a)gaskill.com> wrote:
> as long as it's only to fool a pin on the controller that should be
> fine. are you familiar with rotary phase converters? i looked into this
> issue a while back when i was foolishly considering purchasing a bridgeport
> mill and it came up on the forums as the best thing for big 3 phase
> inductive loads. i'll have to look at those pdfs you posted to get up to
> speed on the specs for the motors themselves. big props to really getting
> in there and hacking this thing jake, definitely above what i would have
> ever bitten off.
>
>
>
> cheers
>
>
>
>
> On 2014-08-20 15:33, Jake wrote:
>
> I think the balcony breaker has plenty of power, it's got 200A x 230V service from the other breaker, and we'll never use even 50A total ever.
>
> as for the robot power, I figured out how to fake out the third phase, using a 1666 ohm resistor and a 10uF capacitor, because I don't actually need the third phase for power, only to fool the motor controllers into thinking power is there.
>
> the motor controllers are just rectifying the AC into DC so it doesn't matter whether there are three legs of AC or only two (which we have)
>
> I agree that we should run 230v to the shop area, which we need for the robot anyway. Other appliances (welders and stuff) can just share the circuit.
>
> -jake
>
> On Mon, 18 Aug 2014, hol(a)gaskill.com wrote:
>
> do y'all know what the rated amperage to the balcony panel is? i thought
> i had it but i only have the label numbers in the document i was thinking
> of. might be good to run 230V over to the shop area too. for the robot's
> 3-phase power, they do make rotary phase converters which seem to be
> commonplace for switching between single phase and 3 phase, basically a
> single phase motor with a 3 phase genset
> http://modesto.craigslist.org/tls/4619369559.html i am stoked about
> electrical upgrades - do y'all know if anyone is working on ventilation
> too? david was thinking for one area of running a blower as the first
> stage up into one of the existing roof-mounted exhaust fans. if we can get
> 230V and exhaust in the shop corner we are in serious business. cheers
> On 2014-08-17 21:31, Jake wrote: Hi Whit, Sorry I didn't write back to
> your previous post! I am super glad you're here, your skills are exactly
> what is needed. I would say that you have more experience running pipe an d
> wire and installing outlets than I do, so I will call you the lead on
> making this happen. I looked at the attached PDF (I hope you saw the
> spreadsheet I made too) and I think that your map is very complete. I had
> been thinking of about half as many outlets, but you are right to suggest
> we do the job right the first time, rather than rush ing to get it done.
> That said, if we find ways to leave some outlets for later (after the
> upcoming fire inspection) we should keep in mind that the priority right
> now is to eliminate use of extensi on cords, and do so ASAP. We can always
> add more service later. As for service levels, I believe the standard 20
> amp breaker for each leg of outlets (shared by two boxes of two duplex
> sockets each) will be plenty for all outlets. we will no t be running more
> than one 20A circuit worth of servers or anything else, and the only
> high-power users are temporary things like occasional power tools. About
> the robot: the breaker labeled for it (in the middle on the right, at the
> balcony panel) is connected right now! you can see the wire running down to
> its control box. I t is "temporary" but has been very important in working
> on the robot to figure out what we need next. I would like for us to add
> service (red black white and green) to the area you listed as "Plug J" for
> the robot, since it will be located there according to consensus. The buil
> ding does not have 3-phase power though, so I will be doing some
> electronics magic to make the thing run anyway. I looked into the hanging
> outlets phenomenon (the ceiling beams are pretty high in sudoroom) and I
> don't think we should hang extension cords.. are you familiar with the
> "correc t" way to make power drops? I believe one is supposed to use
> twist-lok cord-mounted sockets on tension-rated cords, grabbed by special
> strain reliefs when they leave the juncti on boxes high up. Then one can
> make regular outlet boxes with twist-lok plugs to connect to the hanging
> service.. but i really don't know what's "right". Anyway, since you're the
> lead on this project, please let us (sudoroom and the omni) know what your
> budget is (consider editing the spreadsheet I made) and when you are
> availabl e to start. Also, please tell us how many helpers you want and
> when, and what skills are desirable. I volunteer myself both for electrical
> work (i do have those skills) and for helping coordinate other volunteers.
> I can also help get supplies, when we know exactly what to get . After we
> complete the installation, we will hire a professional electrician to
> inspect our work and sign off on it, so we can be partially reimbursed by
> the landlord. thank you -jake 415-533-3699 On Sun, 17 Aug 2014, Whitney
> Lawrence wrote: Jake,I understand you are the Lead for the electric
> install. Please look at the attached .pdf, I made a first pass on the
> locations of outlets. I think we should use the 3 free breaker spaces in
> the Balcony breaker box, in addition to the abandoned "marquee" breaker.
> Looking at the front of the Sub-panel above the stage it looks like the
> plan is to power the robot arm directly from there, with a 30A breaker.
> Also we need to figure out the plan for the conduit runs after the outlet
> type and locations are finalized. We will need volunteers to help with
> prepping the space for install (moving shelving etc away from walls), and
> for doing the installation. Let me know what else I can do to get power to
> the people! The draft should be reviewed by everyone to be sure we are
> planning for all needs. For example- what are the immediate power needs
> for the server? Can we build in the potential for up-sizing? Similarly for
> the robot arm- where will it be located? It requires 3phase 240 correct?
> Thanks, Whit
>
>
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