I guess the ban is formally "dissolved" by decree of the Executive Director,
after a threat not to talk about the ban,
along with instructions not to talk about the dissolving of the ban.
Sudoroom, please lets have a meeting and talk about what is going on.
-jake
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2024 11:34:50 -0800
From: Jamal Taylor <lemmeeducateyou(a)gmail.com>
To: jake(a)spaz.org
Cc: Paige P <pgeplan(a)gmail.com>, maydayjt(a)riseup.net
Subject: Re: …
[View More]Temporary Ban from Omni Commons
Good morning,
After a few conversations I have informed the board that it is my position
in the role they have asked me to occupy that it is your right to have a
full response and a list of the complaints. In that regard, and given the
nature of the complaints a full investigation will take place. This will
take time and a series of conversations with those that have made
complaints against you and a review of emails and messages that have been
sent. Once that fact finding is completed you will be given a notice of the
complaints and an opportunity to make your responses.
You may not interfere with the investigation in any way, nor may you
attempt to unduly influence board members or witnesses. Following your
written response, after the notice, I will review the facts and inform the
board and you of my dispensation. Once this action is complete you may
appeal my final dispensation to the board.
This notice is not a public notice, nor is it a tool to generate any
additional controversy. The ban is dissolved with the stipulations set
forth above. Have a great day!
On Sun, Jan 7, 2024 at 6:38 PM Jamal Taylor <lemmeeducateyou(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> Good evening, Jake,
>
> I want to take the time to send this correspondence to invite you to make
> time to speak with me if you need more clarity on this decision.
> Accountability can feel dysregulating, sometimes confusing, and emotional.
> We want to make sure that you feel supported as you engage in much needed
> reflection. In the face of the serious nature of complaints that have been
> made against you it is imperative that you sit with the fact that these
> events noted have not been isolated, nor or they limited to one person.
>
> Additionally, it has been brought to my attention that there are a series
> of emails going back and forth in your collective. The email that I am
> responding to has also been shared with an entire collective. I want you to
> reflect and think about what goal you had in sending this message rather
> than reaching out to me or a member of the board. Did you think it showed
> that you were reflective of the decision that was made? I want to mention
> that not only is this counterproductive, but it distracts from the ability
> of the organization to focus on the pressing matter of foreclosure. This
> self-centering behavior that invites additional conflict into this space is
> unwelcome and quite frankly is not indicative of an individual that has
> stopped to think what additional harm might be caused. I invite you to
> truly think how you are continuously centering yourself and quite frankly
> consuming valuable space for healing.
>
> As a final thought I want to mention very directly that sending messages
> inquiring about who made decisions relative to your behavior, to an entire
> collective, is counterproductive and borders on retaliatory conduct. I also
> want to name that additional accountability action will be taken where
> repeat behaviors occur during this ban. I say with a spirit of sincerity
> that love is liberatory, and I am happy to meet and chat with you in that
> spirit. I am happy to walk you through what might also help to lessen the
> time period of the ban. Feel free to reach out. I would once again admonish
> you to discontinue retaliatory or harmful behaviors that may in fact
> continue to perpetuate a cycle of harm or distract from the business of
> focusing on foreclosure.
>
> I wish you a season of reflection and healing.
>
> Jamal
>
> On Sun, Jan 7, 2024 at 1:04 PM <maydayjt(a)riseup.net> wrote:
>
>> Jake,
>>
>> Yesterday's Omni Commons delegates accountability meeting voted to
>> temporarily ban you from all communications and access to Omni Commons
>> for a 3 month period (effective until March 7, 2024).
>>
>> This decision was made given a history of harm, including
>> conflict-escalating behavior, disrespect, racist comments, and a lack of
>> accountability. Your behavior has been unacceptable, and mediation
>> sessions with you have been ineffective.
>>
>> If you choose to participate in an accountability process until
>> resolution, we will welcome you back to the space after the 3 month time
>> period. We will follow up with you on this process.
>>
>> In the meantime, we offer you space to sit with yourself, and
>> self-reflect on harm done. We hope you come back with a commitment to
>> listen deeply and learn from complaints made rather than acting
>> defensively.
>>
>> We appreciate all the work you have done here and hope you do the work
>> required to be a part of this community.
>>
>> To schedule a time to collect belongings, or if you have further
>> questions you may contact Jamal.
>>
>> John Torok
>> Liberated Lens Film Collective delegate
>> On Behalf of the Omni Commons Delegates Assembly
>>
>
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Reminder this upcoming Friday all members of collectives are invited to a
facilitated accountability meeting. January 5th, Friday 6pm to 9pm at Omni
Commons.
YOU’RE INVITED : We are hosting a huge meeting again for all members and
collectives to talk about what is not working and how we can move forward
with making our decision of how we will move forward with our upcoming
foreclosure. We can also move forward talking about our status of boycott
and talking about the harm we have caused and …
[View More]received at Omni Commons.
Omni has invited you to join a video meeting on Google Meet. Join the
meeting: https://meet.google.com/des-hkce-hof Dial in (audio only):
(US) +1 567-334-1148 PIN: 934 912 442# Other numbers:
https://tel.meet/des-hkce-hof?pin=5240178658114
[image: Omni Commons (1).jpg]
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Hi Sudoers:
We’ve got a Fixit Clinic this Saturday (Jan 13) at the Hayward Main
Library: can you coach people trying to repair? Sign up at
http://bit.ly/inpersoncoachsignup.
WHAT: Fixit Clinic MLIX (1059) USA-CA-Hayward Hayward Main Library
WHEN: Sat, Jan 13, 2024 11AM to 2PM
WHERE: 888 C Street Hayward, CA 94541
https://www.hayward-ca.gov/public-libraryhttps://hayward.librarycalendar.com/event/fixit-clinic-13312https://www.facebook.com/events/872188044562622/
- It’s our inaugural …
[View More]Fixit Clinic at this beautiful new Library that
opened in Sept. 2020.
- We’re graciously hosted by Fixit Coach extraordinaire (and now,
Hayward Librarian too!) Sandra Stewart.
- The City of Hayward has a free parking garage right behind the Library
and it’s a .25-mile walk from Hayward BART.
This is another in the network of ongoing in-person repair events
throughout the SF Bay Area: we can and should promote and encourage
people to keep repairing through Sudoroom / Omni Commons on Tuesday
evenings.
Sign up at http://bit.ly/inpersoncoachsignup so that we can have lunch
for you. And if you know anyone else who would make a good Fixit Coach:
bring ‘em along!
Hope to see you Saturday, -Peter
Peter Mui @ Fixit Clinic
www.fixitclinic.org - Fortifying joyous, resilient communities through
all-ages do-it-together hands-on fix-n-learn community disassembly and
discovery
408 647 5790
fixitclinic(a)gmail.com
========
P.S.: There’s another Fixit Clinic at the Redwood City Library the
following Saturday (Jan 20):
https://www.redwoodcity.org/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/72825/2638
…and at the Millbrae Library Sat Feb 3:
https://smcl.bibliocommons.com/events/65876ebdb6d9893800850f44
Hope to see you at those too.
P.P.S.: Join the Global Fixers Server on Discord, an online resource for
knowledge sharing and training amongst repairers where we broaden
skills, share skills, cross-train, and bring items we’re struggling to
repair on their own: follow the instructions in this Google Doc:
https://bit.ly/joinglobalfixers -p
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I agree with Andrew. Jake has always been responsive and helpful to
me. I can't believe such allegations about someone like him.
Hilary
--- Original Message ---
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2024 15:55:52 -0800
From: Andrew Werby <awerby(a)juxtamorph.com>
Subject: [sudo-discuss] Re: Temporary Ban of Jake from Omni Commons (fwd)
To: sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org
This is total crap. Jake is the heart and soul of SudoRoom, and I really
don't think he's a "racist". It looks like Omni is circling the …
[View More]drain,
and Jake's been one of the few clear voices trying to salvage the
situation. But it looks like the "collective" would rather engage in
fruitless internal conflicts than pull together and figure out a
solution to Omni's problems. If this stands, I'm gone, and I doubt I'm
the only one.
AW
---
Hilary Naylor, Ph.D.
www.a2zed.us
Oakland CA
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There are many who disagree with most of the Omni bans but we usually don’t have a voice because we don’t have time to sit through meetings and are just making stuff
Could we call a quick counter ban meeting
Thanks,
Busy making and doing
Sent from my iPhone
https://www.dnalounge.com/calendar/2024/01-05d.html
<https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.dnalounge.com/calendar/2024/01-05d…>
I'm turning 48 - you're all invited to hang out at goth event Dark Sparkle
(it's only $5) at DNA Lounge Friday night!
Hoping to introduce tons of SudoRoom and Noisebridge folks to each other
and be way more social this year!!!
I'm making a resolution to reach out to people more, socialize more with
folks, connect people I know. I dunno why I haven't been …
[View More]doing it lately.
it makes sense!!!!!
Hope to see you there!
*Romy Mimi Ilano*
*romy.ilano(a)gmail.com <romy.ilano(a)gmail.com>*
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This event has been updated
Changed: title
Omni Commons Accountability Retreat *Reminder*
Friday Jan 5, 2024 ⋅ 6pm – 9pm
Pacific Time - Los Angeles
Join with Google Meet
https://meet.google.com/ztn-tmqk-rpk?hs=224
A retreat organized for accountability & visioning.We are hosting a
huge meeting again for all members and collectives to talk about what is
not working and how we can move forward with making our decision of how we
will move forward with our upcoming foreclosure. …
[View More]We can also move forward
talking about our status of boycott and talking the harm we have caused and
received at Omni Commons. The meeting can be hybrid but we encourage people
to show up in person.https://meet.google.com/des-hkce-hof Dial in (audio
only): (US) +1 567-334-1148 PIN: 934 912 442# Other
numbers: https://tel.meet/des-hkce-hof?pin=5240178658114
Organizer
Z Silver Zahn
natashazahn27(a)gmail.com
Guests
Z Silver Zahn - organizer
admin(a)sketchboardco.art
jacqigalea(a)gmail.com
consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org
patrikd(a)gmail.com
yardenack(a)gmail.com
pgeplan(a)gmail.com
maydayjt(a)riseup.net
xuplankton(a)gmail.com
ebfnb(a)lists.omnicommons.org
epikurewicz(a)gmail.com
sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org
wevebeenwaitingforus(a)gmail.com
pallavi.kidambi(a)gmail.com
atallam(a)gmail.com
admin(a)sketchboard.co
lathag1350(a)gmail.com
arg5029(a)gmail.com
aidanhill(a)protonmail.com
arnoldoga(a)gmail.com
blue393(a)lmi.net
cclarent4799(a)gmail.com
daniel.g.tutt(a)gmail.com
hefinkel(a)gmail.com
jcocasiojr(a)gmail.com
jharrison(a)thevillageoflove.com
joshhubbard997(a)gmail.com
junenelsonx(a)gmail.com
lemmeeducateyou(a)gmail.com
m.ni.sidach(a)gmail.com
Nancy K
qeazye(a)gmail.com
rcm00189(a)gmail.com
romy(a)snowyla.com
ronwei(a)yahoo.com
susansilber07(a)gmail.com
theresa_halula(a)yahoo.com
Tuan Nguyen
guqinone(a)gmail.com
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This is an ancient repo about 11 years old. But why not resuscitate it? I
moved it to the sudoroom github :
https://github.com/sudoroom/SudoRoomRenPyGame
Anyone willing to participate?
=============================
Romy Ilano
romy(a)snowyla.com
Hi Sudo Room,
Here are the meeting notes from last night
https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Meeting_Notes_2024-01-03
A few things we forgot
1. We forgot to discuss the media lab proposal. Jake shared the email
thread, but here is a direct link to their proposal:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PT-IinygR9IsPa7GP-XbtZQwwAAdVt0suNMw0Om…
There shouldnt be a vote today, but this delegates meeting is a time to ask
questions and make comment or requests on it before voting the week after.
If you …
[View More]have questions please forward them to Eric and/or me for the
delegates meeting.
2. mentioned in notes but reminder there is an all hands meeting tomorrow
https://sudoroom.org/lists/hyperkitty/list/sudo-discuss@sudoroom.org/thread…
3. Also there is a maker fare at Omni on the 20th, Sudo room was asked to
table! Theyre also taking calls for other people who want to table or
perform: https://www.instagram.com/p/C1mCqsFrrmi/
Easy ideas I was thinking is showing off our modular and visual synths. Or
running a fixit clinic in sudo at the same time? Please send ideas and
availability to help at the event.
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Hey! Do we have a meeting tonight? I'm planning to come at 8 PM since this
was when we've done them in the past. Is anyone else planning to be there?
I'm going to repost a proposal I introduced in a separate email:
"
*I would like to submit a proposal: I think Sudo Room should hold elections
for a "board of responsibility and limited power" in late February.*
Our meetings are frequently long, disorganized, and acrimonious. We have no
meaningful systems of accountability. We experience the …
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with effectively organizing ourselves and finding consensus again and again
and again. And I think in this context, we should go back to basics.
Most organizations use variations on the same structures: a few people are
selected by the collective to assume the primary responsibility for key
functions like running meetings, maintaining infrastructure, providing a
key contact for member concerns and arbitrating disputes and allegations of
violations of a code of conduct. I think it's somewhat quixotic that we as
a group persist in using unconventional tools that have consistently failed
us (catastrophically, imo) in our attempts to execute Sudo Room's statement
of purpose.
I don't think we need to throw the baby out with the bathwater. I'm not
proposing that we discard our ideals of horizontal power distribution. I
think the elephant in the room is that we don't have a horizontal power
structure. A few people hold the power to assert their will unilaterally,
and most people only have enough power to derail a meeting, but not enough
to bring it back on track. Perhaps if we rebuild trust and teach more
people how to make themselves heard, a board will become unnecessary and we
can effectively execute the vision that we're unsuccessfully trying to
execute now. But I think it is long, long past time to actually make
substantive changes to how we operate, and agreeing to have a consistent
meeting chair and a membership coordinator, etc. selected by the collective
sounds to me like simple common sense.
*This proposal is now open for discussion at tomorrow's meeting (Weds. 1/3)
and ongoing discussion and revision. If there is no block, it becomes
eligible to be accepted at our February meeting on Weds. Feb. 7.*
*"*
*Andrew R Gross, (he/him)*
412.657.5332 - shrad.org <http://www.shrad.org>
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