Hey everyone,
I hope this wont seem weird to formally announce this, but I decided
tonight that if I am gonna attend any meeting, I am going to attend the
whole meeting all the way through to its initially-slated /
official ending-time, or I will just not attend. I decided it is just too
disrespectful to others to hop in and out of meetings before they are
slated to be finished, even if it is for other, equally pressing omni
business (which has, in every case I can think of, been the only reason I
have ever felt compelled to do so.)
Therefore I respectfully ask anyone that feels I personally need to step
away to attend to something else or answer a query, or even wants a quick
sidebar on somethin at a given merting, simply not ask but wait until the
meeting is done - barring of course some sort of all-out emergency.
By the same token, if a meeting runs over its running time, I may have
to leave that meeting at some point thereafter - and I sincerely hope that
no one at that extended meeting will be offended if I do so at that point -
I encourage others to try this model with me, which I probably should have
been following all along. Honestly, I am really not the best multitasker in
the world (as I am sure this is already readily apparent to everyone
anyhow), so I dont know why I tried to attempt otherwise.
I hope this doesn't seem narcissistic or anything to announce publicly - as
if its sooo important somehow - but I just want to make sure moving
forward, that no one is offended if I have to defer talking to em (or
otherwise engage with another matter) right away whilst I am still in a
meeting, or have to leave a meeting that is running over.
Love to all,
David
Hello!
I have been thinking about making some legs for turning those hollow core
doors into tables when needed.
I came across this recently: *http://www.thefloydleg.com/story-of-the-leg/
<http://www.thefloydleg.com/story-of-the-leg/>* and thought.. we could make
something like that!!
I only have some rudimentary soldering skills, but I'd really like to learn
more heavy duty welding / metallurgy. Anyone here have experience with that
at all?
Anyone interested in working on a project like this with me? Not
necessarily tomorrow, but in the not-too-distant future?
xo
N
Can anyone at Omni block off the loading zone and the space behind it for
the truck that's coming to remove the debris situation outside Omni on 48th?
Can I also get all available hands to help load the truck up from at least
8pm on tonight? I know the OOC meeting will probably run late, but we need
some bodies to help load up that truck. If we do not load up the truck, we
risk getting cited for obstruction and that could be several hundred
dollars at this point considering the amount of stuffs.
I've arranged with J.C. & Ricky to bring their box truck to Omni in a
couple hours so we can do a dump run. They will have to be remunerated. I
don't know what it will be but it should be under $600 total. John had
scheduled with Waste Management for bulky pickup (which was also going to
be expensive due to the amount and type of stuff) but they flaked for 2
days, then said they can't take ceiling tiles, or broken-up furniture, or
actually pretty much anything we have out there, so it will have to be
hauled. Other options like a dumpster was explored but this was really
expensive and we would not get it for days (at least $750 + cost of parking
obstruction permit from city = over ~$1000). I don't anticipate the cost of
hauling exceeding $600 but this will have to be assessed by Ricky, JC et al
with the truck.
Note the cost of disposal will mostly be on john but partly on OOC. That's
because John doesn't think he should have to pay for e.g. the disposal of
the ceiling tiles from the bookstore-cafe (that collective should pay for
that), or actually, the extra 3 big wardrobes removed from CCL/Sudo room,
or of our garbage that we did not put out on Tuesday, etc. The exact
portion we are responsible for needs to be negotiated a bit with John (I
don't think this will not be a big deal), but re: the wardrobes for
example, as John expressed, since Sudo took 3 of them and we are keeping
one in the ballroom (4 total), we are also responsible for the other 3 we
don't need - it was a take them all or take none sort of deal (yar can
perhaps speak better to this). So who is responsible for what on our side
will need to be sorted out, I figure our responsibility is about 30%. We
had probably 7-8 bags of garbage and many, many bags of ceiling tiles, the
wardrobes were big and heavy, etc.
David
On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 4:29 PM, <hol(a)gaskill.com> wrote:
> i'm curious how many meetups we have regrouped at 4799 after the move. i
> noticed js meetup is now happening at a bar about a block from our old spot.
Yeah, and the Oakland Privacy Working Group seems to be meeting at Impact Hub.
I think it's partly the disruption of the move, and partly the
location. 2141 was more centrally located in the city.
We should accept that some groups will decide other places are better
for them, and find the new groups that do want to meet at our new
space. There will be a lot of them!
> i hope
> we find a solid footing in the new neighborhood and keep welcoming new
> members and visiting groups a priority. cheers.
Agreed!
On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 6:28 AM, Cere Misc <cere.misc(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> HUGE shout out to all the people who helped but up and clear stuff
> from the CCL side of the Bocci room during the last couple of days!
>
> Now that we have room, CCL will continue cleaning and have a very
> active moving-stuff-in session on Friday eve! Yay! Noise will
> happen. Please schedule accordingly.
This is exciting! Yay! I can't wait to see the new CCL space.
HUGE shout out to all the people who helped but up and clear stuff
from the CCL side of the Bocci room during the last couple of days!
Now that we have room, CCL will continue cleaning and have a very
active moving-stuff-in session on Friday eve! Yay! Noise will
happen. Please schedule accordingly.
Thanks,
Cere
i have visited two hackerspaces here in Toronto, including
http://hacklabs.to
and
http://torontotoollibrary.com
and it's clear that a hackerspace needs a laser cutter. Sudoroom doesn't
have one yet, so we should start thinking about which one we will get.
I heard we had $12,000.00 too much in the bank, and here at TTL they have
a HUGE laser cutter called the Lasersaur. It's a kit, sortof, but it's a
very serious machine. It uses a 100 watt laser! and that means it can
cut through 3/4" plywood (in multiple passes)
http://www.lasersaur.com/
okay maybe we're not ready for something like this quite yet, but when
we're ready we should keep it in mind. We can skip over the step of
getting a cheap lame cutter like those other hackerspaces.
speaking of other hackerspaces, hacklabs has one from Universal Laser
Systems that they got off Craigslist for $500 because the controller was
fried. They built a motor control system (the hard way) and then they had
a nice laser cutter! I think it's 25 watts.
-jake
Hello Sudoroomers. I spoke to some of you in person and they recommended i
use the listserv to speak to more of you at once. I am *NOT* a member of
the listserv so if you respond to my message *please* email me off list at
thegayscience(a)gmail.com.
I'm looking for someone with an interest in and operant knowledge of
robotics who can help me build an unguided, fast-moving robotic filing
cabinet on wheels. My intention is to battle it with a hammer, naked, in a
crowded room. I intend to get injured, but not as injured as the filing
cabinet.
I am looking for someone who can help me create this-not someone who
can provide guidance or advice. I'm afraid the learning curve is just too
steep for me, and i'm too busy, between working full time, participating in
the growth of Omnispace and developing a (seperate, unrelated) dance
project.
I would provide all the necessary materials.
The filing cabinet would have to move fast enough to hurt me, but not
fast enough to *really* hurt me. It must be unguided because its necessary
that 1. i am battling it and not a human user somewhere and 2. It must have
the potential to injure my audience as well. It must have a minimum of
three axes of movement. Other than that the sky is the limit.
I'm willing to discuss compensation, that is money, for your help.
If i have piqued your interest, email me back and we can meet (i'm at
omni space often) and i can provide more details/rationale if you need
that.
Thanks!
-Kevin
