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

by yar

At tonight's Sudoroom meeting, there were no major objections to BDRM2 ("the eyeball room") becoming dedicated and lockable for Backspace, or to the DEN and STORAGE1 being schedulable commons where Backspace gets priority. The biggest concern is that the Public School would still have room for its evening classes, but we don't have enough info to speak for them obviously. Just curious - even though we all seem to be converging on a pattern of scheduled multi-use space, there's still this distinction between these rooms being "administered by Backspace" and "administered by the commons working group." I know Backspace prefers the former, but can you say a little about why, and what is the meaningful difference for you? Is it the worry about being scheduled out? Is it the desire for veto power over the layout and aesthetic of the spaces? Thanks. Lastly, Matt pointed out some issues with how the money is being framed: > We would pay $1000 per month starting in October. Is this a typo? It seems to contradict the next section. > Backspace founder Andrew Lowe put forward $6000 to the Omni for Backspace in May 2014. This money was paid ahead as a commitment by Backspace to the Omni and vice versa. We would like to allocate that money in the following way: > > $3000 for July Rent (first month, last month, deposit) > $1000 for Septemer > $1000 for October > $1000 for November Except what actually happened, was Backspace paid $2k for first month, $2k for last month, and $2k for deposit, and then realized later that they couldn't continue paying that much per month. It's not just a semantic problem - that $2k deposit went to the landlord, and not to the Omni. This pretends that Omni saw $1k that we didn't actually see. Also, IANAL (I Am Not A Lawyer) but it's a scary legal grey area for a landlord to redefine deposit money as rent money. It might be better to be honest about what happened instead of retconning it, and just say that Omni is now giving Backspace a second chance to exist at Omni with a grace period and a new "lease on life." Just a thought.

11 years, 5 months

Re: [sudo-discuss] [omni-consensus] Fwd: Backspace Space proposal

by yar

On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 12:59 PM, Laura Turiano <scylla(a)riseup.net> wrote: > The tension happening right now will be significantly reduced. We should > keep the support of the future calendar in mind as we make our decisions > about space. > > So, Yar and Jenny, thank you so much for working on this! Is there any way > we non-tech people can help you? Any estimate of how long it will take? It will take as long as it takes, somewhere between a day and a week perhaps. The absolutely most helpful thing that people can do in the meantime is to be extra nice to us and to each other and to themselves. <3

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Re: [sudo-discuss] Backspace Space proposal

by yar

On Thursday, October 16, 2014, Scott Nanos <scott.nanos(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> Crazy idea but I'm also a little worried that BAPS and commons >> Wg don't have the labor power to handle all this commoning (pragmatically >> speaking, in the form of scheduling and organizing)... >> >> What if Baps, backspace, and commons wg all teamed up on these common >> spaces, granting *x* amount of privileged hours in specific areas for >> collectives? On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 8:18 AM, Sara Larsen <saralarsenyoga(a)gmail.com> wrote: > However, I feel like your suggestion is exactly what I was trying to move > forward with the BAPS backspace proposal that BAPS recently voted against > moving forward with! Is that what happened? I didn't go to every single meeting but my understanding was that BAPS were still open to it but needed more time to talk about it and make up their minds, and Backspace just doesn't want to wait any longer. It seemed (from the outside) like this urgency and time pressure for Backspace was the biggest reason why things didn't work out that way. It's not that I blame you. I can imagine how frustrating it is to try to organize a bunch of skeptical bodyworkers to do their work at Omni, this weird building full of construction debris, contentious politics, dysfunctional processes and so on. Trying to create a wellness collective at Omni at this time is an ambitious goal and I fully recognize and respect all the emotional labor that I've seen you and other Backspace folks put into it, Sara, and I want it to succeed too. I think the new energy and people you guys bring in will be an especially valuable thing for all of us and our communities. I only hope that you can try not to blame the rest of us either for the difficult situation. We've all been working very hard with what we have. I feel like we're reaching at each other through a fog of fear, uncertainty and doubt, trying to make high-stakes decisions that might affect us all years into the future, when we only have a few months or even weeks of experience being in some of our spaces and learning to know and trust all the people. There are so many rooms with different names. It's been 24 hours since your proposal and it's taken us this long just to be sure exactly which rooms you're talking about. There's confusion over what commoning means (the commons wg only started meeting 2 weeks ago), what scheduling will feel like (we're still developing the calendar system), what the rooms will look and feel like, whether people will clean up their messes like they say they will, and any number of hypothetical scarcities and disasters that we have no idea if the future might bring. 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. Sorry for the rant, but thanks for listening. <3

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Come join us for our first Biohacker Social this evening!

by Patrik D'haeseleer

Counter Culture Labs is starting a weekly Biohacker Social, Tuesdays at 7pm. We'll have some free pizza and beer, some fun projects to ogle, maybe even some hardware to disassemble and/or fix - and of course, your fellow biohackers to socialize and brainstorm with! http://www.meetup.com/Counter-Culture-Labs/events/209528582/ See you there! Patrik

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Re: [sudo-discuss] [omni-consensus] Fwd: Backspace Space proposal

by yar

On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 3:36 PM, Jenny Ryan <tunabananas(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> Is Backspace interested in sole use of that room, or open to the current >> proposal of it being a dedicated Kids Room as well? On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 3:52 PM, yar <yardenack(a)gmail.com> wrote: > You're thinking of a different room - we've been calling the former > TIL office the "Kids Room." Backspace is talking about the other room > across from that one, under the staircase, which has BAPS books in it > now. Sorry about this. Jenny was right, I was wrong. Looks like Backspace does want STORAGE2, the former TIL office. I'm not sure if it's ADA accessible, haven't been in there since June. This makes it sort of ambiguous since at Sudoroom meeting discussion we assumed it was STORAGE1. Will need more time to make sure we are all still ok with this. Sorry again. Also, to address other concerns in this thread, IMO a good software setup will solve a *lot* of the issues around space sharing and scheduling. If we make it easy to schedule events and easy to see what's scheduled, that could go a very long way. Jenny and I are still working on that new calendar system and plan to put some good hacking hours into it in the next few days.

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SolaRPi update!

by hol＠gaskill.com

OK folks sorry for the late follow up, but I finally got a chance to tinker with this some more and was able to serve up a website from the raspberry pi using node.js, running of course on a battery rather than solar panels as it was about midnight by that time. Big thanks to The Doctor who recompiled node on his B+ over the better part of a day. I recommend following this link and using this package if you want to set node up on your RPi. Once I get a bit further along in terms of functionality, I'll share my whole B+ image and power electronics schematic for other people to use. forwarded from the good doctor a few weeks ago: >in a bit of a pickle here. trying to get node working on a >raspberry pi B+ for a lightweight solar powered server. anyone >accomplished this? Yes, but not easily. I followed the tutorial you linked to later in your post, but was unable to get it to work reliably. What did work was compiling libv8 and node.js manually and building .deb packages, a process that took most of a day on a RasPi model B. If you want to give the package a try, here's the link to our public repo: http://svn.virtadpt.net/byzantium/v0.5b/armel/node_0.10.18-1_armhf.deb - -- The Doctor [412/724/301/703] [ZS] Developer, Project Byzantium: http://project-byzantium.org/

11 years, 5 months

Roaches.

by David Keenan

Hi all, While I was there to meet with Ben, matt S. and I saw our first roach in the corridor kitchen. The garbage area and kitchen must be kept super clean.. If an inspector sees this = bad.

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Fwd: [omni-consensus] proposal for an Omni Rental Policy and Fee Structure

by Jenny Ryan

Up for consenso at next week's sudo meeting! Please share feedback, suggestions, concerns et al - keep in mind that events sponsored by any member-group in the Omni receive priority and that the fees are for for unsponsored events. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Danny Spitzberg <stationaery(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 10:31 PM Subject: [omni-consensus] proposal for an Omni Rental Policy and Fee Structure To: "consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org" <consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org> Hey all, over the past week I drafted a rental policy and fee structure for Omni. It puts our political vision and values up front. You can see the 1-page doc here <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-7iXSl8oMmNRdeLFfUQ8uSy85FXUccMr09zfpGu…> and below. This is a two-part proposal because it introduces a loose rental fee structure as well as a statement about how we prioritize events aligned with our vision and values. For context, this doc builds on shared experiences in booking events (with Scott, on specific discussions about what Omni is all about prompted by an event request addressed to Sudo Room from a venture capital firm, and after researching rates and policies among a half-dozen local venues. humbly submitted, Danny --------- Omni Rental Policy and Fee Structure The Omni Oakland Commons (“the Omni”) is a collective space to share and create. Omni rents our ballroom, basement, and other common area for performances, celebrations, and other events. Rental revenue funds go towards structural and logistical improvements of the Omni Commons. Our rental process and fee structure are intended to make our space available and accessible to all of Oakland. Rental Policy Omni is a political project with clear vision and values. Our vision is an equitable commoning of resources and meeting of human needs over private interests or corporate profit. Our values include radical commoning of space and resources, liberation of knowledge, and transformative justice. We stand in solidarity with struggles against capitalism, racism, transmisogyny, and other forms of violence. As Omni is a commons, we dedicate the majority of the monthly calendar to events that build our communities. For event rentals, we prioritize requests from individuals/groups aligned with our vision and values, and we reserve the right to decline requests from groups that oppose our vision and values. Omni considers all event inquiries and booking requests submitted. In situations where a member group in Omni voices a concern about an event, we work in good faith with individuals/groups making the booking request to address any concerns in a mutually-satisfactory way before confirming events. Fee Structure We offer competitive rates for various groups. The fee structure below is provided as a summary. We evaluate the final fee for each event on a case-by-case basis, depending on impact on the space. $300–1,000 per 4 hour rental, Monday through Thursday $400–1,200 per 4 hour rental, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday Rental time includes setup and cleanup. Additional time adds a fee of $75–200 per hour. We are open to exploring custom arrangements for complex events. Generally, Omni determines rental fees based on the principle “from each according to their abilities, to each according to their needs.” Specific factors we consider for each event fee include: - attendance - public benefit - ability to pay and charitable/nonprofit status - needs for setup, cleanup, and other assistance - needs for audio/visual equipment, chairs, tables, etc. - relationship with Omni and/or member groups We require a 50% deposit three weeks prior to any event. Refund and other terms are outlined in a separate facility use agreement document. _______________________________________________ consensus mailing list consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org https://omnicommons.org/lists/listinfo/consensus

11 years, 5 months

Re: [sudo-discuss] [omni-consensus] Fwd: Backspace Space proposal

by yar

On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 3:36 PM, Jenny Ryan <tunabananas(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Is Backspace interested in sole use of that room, or open to the current > proposal of it being a dedicated Kids Room as well? You're thinking of a different room - we've been calling the former TIL office the "Kids Room." Backspace is talking about the other room across from that one, under the staircase, which has BAPS books in it now. >From what I understand, they're proposing to have domain over the room with the understanding that it would be unlocked and usable by other groups whenever Backspace isn't using it. They want to do renovations to make it clean and safe enough for bodywork sessions, and the bodyworkers want to be able to have final say over the layout and aesthetics of the room.

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Fwd: [BAPS-Organizing] help with shipping via fedex

by Stephen Novotny

Arnass Lucassen needs his personal belongings, which DK had been working on, but since he's stepping back from responsibilities could someone else help out?? I thought Arnas might have been involved with Sudo somehow and thought you might all possibly have some familiarity with this situation. I personally cannot help out with this right now. Read below messages for further details. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: 'DZ Brazil' via BayAreaPublicSchool-organizing < bayareapublicschool-organizing(a)googlegroups.com> Date: Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 10:34 AM Subject: [BAPS-Organizing] help with shipping via fedex To: Bay Area Public School Organizing < bayareapublicschool-organizing(a)googlegroups.com> dear friends : i have received the following email (below) from david keenan. i am attempting to help take some workload off him, but i absolutely can not do this right now. i really dont know the right omni channels through which to shunt the below, so i am sending this to the BAPS list in the hope that someone (not niki!) can help with this. the solution to david keenan's overwork is not my overwork, or niki's overwork -- if anyone is able to help with this, i might be able to contribute some help, but i absolutely cannot do it by myself. please backchannel me if you can help with this -- love -- david ----- Forwarded Message ----- *From:* Kristin <kmcarthur(a)homeshipping.com> *To:* David Keenan <dkeenan44(a)gmail.com>; DZ Brazil <dzbrazil(a)yahoo.com> *Cc:* Arnas Lucassen <arnas.lucassen(a)gmx.de> *Sent:* Thursday, October 9, 2014 2:02 PM *Subject:* Re: HS105548 OCEAN SHIPMENT TO HANNOVER, GERMANY Good afternoon, The location listed below (as long as they accept FedEx Ground shipments) that location will be okay for drop off these pieces. Thank you, kristin On 10/9/2014 11:05 AM, David Keenan wrote: Kristin / Arnas - At this late point and due to the large pickup timeframe (8am-6pm), I feel it is probably better if we just drop off the cargo at a FedEx location. I assume the following location would work?: FedEx - 5895 Christie Ave, Emeryville, CA (510) 594-9800 David B. - Thanx for being willing to take on some of my task workload at Omni - if you are agreeable, I was hoping you might be willing to take on this small task of coordinating with Kristin and Arnas (copied above) to make sure his stuff is picked up from the ballroom (or ticket booth room if the boxes is back inside after drywalling it)? This is at this point a pressing matter I cannot attend to right now do due to taking some time off -- Arnas does need his belongings, and they are long overdue to be shipped. Arnas' boxes were not picked up originally for two reasons: - They all needed to be re-taped with packing tape (they were originally taped with duct tape, which apparently was not allowed.). This has been done. - There were two large (but light) chairs and cushions that *still needed to be packed*. I personally spent an afternoon going to 7 different stores attempting to find shipping boxes large enough to accommodate the chairs. Boxes this large are apparently not sold at moving places, and the appliance / grocery stores with large boxes would not give them to me - they get crushed / compressed at 5am before the store is open and I could not get them to set any aside. Therefore, I set a volunteer looking for something to do, towards fabricating shipping boxes for these chairs - and indeed there are two large boxes fabricated, in the ballroom. These 2x large boxes need the following: - 1 chair & 1 associated cushion put in each box - Packed with shipping peanuts or similar cushioning material to reduce movement inside the box - These 2 boxes particularly should be *entirely enclosed in packing tape (all external surface areas)* - they will be put on a container ship, so this needs to be solid. - Remaining 2 shipping labels printed out and affixed & instructions re: labelling followed (pasted in below). I bought more packing tape for the boxes for this purpose into the ballroom by the boxes, but I am not sure where that tape is at this time, since I am not there. Anyhow David, if you can please finish packing these boxes, and get them over to FedEx? Relevant contact infos: Arnas: arnas.lucassen(a)gmx.de Kristin McArthur Operations Dept Dispatch Team Universal Express www.homeshipping.com 14930 S. Figueroa St. Gardena, Ca 90248 310-243-2900 ext 110 fax 310-243-2905 Attached are: - the shipping labels. Most have been already affixed, again it is just the two boxes for the chairs that still need to be printed out and affixed - Instructions regarding the labels - please read through (below) A million thanks, David -- Dear Customer, (please read all the instructions very carefully) Terms and conditions: http://www.homeshipping.com/legal/terms.asp 1- Please find attached the FedEx Labels pertaining to your shipment. FROM YOUR HOME TO OUR CUSTOMS WAREHOUSE 2- Please print the labels (you are receiving one label per box) and Secure labels extremely well on the side of the box. USE CLEAR PACKING TAPE TO SECURE THE LABELS (IF YOU HAVE TO WRAP THE TAPE AROUND EACH BOX/BAG COMPLETELY) 3- *If label is peals off,* *your **shipment may be be subject to loss.* 4- To avoid that, please affix *two* (of the same label) on each box; 5- Place a copy of the label inside the box PLEASE WRITE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN USA ON EVERY BOX/BAG 6- *With a black marker write down the tracking number on box.* 7- The tracking number is located (under the bar code) on the box. 8- No need to write the number inside the ( ) on the FedEx label. *If you are shipping DUFFEL BAGS/LUGGAGE PLEASE USE LUGGA**GE TAGS and THEY ARE FILLED OUT WITH YOUR INFORMATION* 9- Make sure the boxes or luggage are well packed. 10- We suggest that you wrap every box or luggage with plastic wrap (Home depot or packing places) 11- Load heavy items at the bottom, and light items on top. 12- *For boxes, make sure you tape the Middle of the box and tape all twelve edges of each box.* 13- Prepare the labels prior to the appointment time. 14- Drivers are not allowed to go inside your home. Prepare boxes outside your door. 15- Do not over pack. Your boxes will endure a very long trip. 16- Tens of people will handle your boxes and luggage before you receive it again. 17- If the box is too heavy and you cannot carry it, it will jeopardize the safety of the box. 18 - Make sure that your boxes do leave your house before they are well packed and protected. 19- No one cares about your items more than you. 20- Understand your Destination charges. All shipments traveling overseas are expected to pay Local Terminal Charges as follows: - Destination Terminal Handling Charges for ocean freight shipment LCL is estimated between $175-$350 in local currency - Destination Terminal Handling Charges for Air freight shipment that is: estimated between $75-$100 in local currency When vessels and air crafts arrive, local customs send the trucks to retrieve the cargo, dismantle it and keep it a safe warehouse until customs has cleared. That service is called (Terminal Handling Charge). This is a local charge that is paid in local currency. We do not see it or profit from it. It is based on the feedback of our clients who shipped with us since 1995. On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 10:01 AM, Kristin <kmcarthur(a)homeshipping.com> wrote: Good morning, Our records indicate that FedEx labels were provide to you for a pick up of 18 pieces and according to FedEx these pieces have not yet been picked up. Please advise if you need this pick up reschedule and what day you prefer Monday- Friday, or would you like us to provide you with a local FedEx location so that you can drop off the cargo. Thank you, Kristin -------- Original Message -------- Subject: HS105548 OCEAN SHIPMENT TO HANNOVER, GERMANY Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2014 08:19:53 -0700 From: Kristin <kmcarthur(a)homeshipping.com> <kmcarthur(a)homeshipping.com> To: dkeenan44(a)gmail.com, Arnas Lucassen <arnas.lucassen(a)gmx.de> <arnas.lucassen(a)gmx.de> Good morning, Our records indicate that FedEx labels were provide to you for a pick up of 18 pieces and according to FedEx these pieces have not yet been picked up. Please advise if you need this pick up reschedule and when you what day Monday- Friday you prefer. Thank you -- Kristin McArthur Operations Dept Dispatch Team Universal Expresswww.homeshipping.com 14930 S. Figueroa St. Gardena, Ca 90248310-243-2900 ext 110 fax 310-243-2905 -- Kristin McArthur Operations Dept Dispatch Team Universal Expresswww.homeshipping.com 14930 S. Figueroa St. Gardena, Ca 90248310-243-2900 ext 110 fax 310-243-2905

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