yes this is great news for Sudo
But Omni Commons in general is not doing so well. As you may have noticed if
you read the delegates meeting notes, we are due for a tax payment by the end
of this month, of $60,400. And we don't really have that much, although we
are going to be able to get the check to clear by creative shuffling of
various accounts.
if we don't pay the PG&e bill, we don't lose the building. if we don't pay the
water bill, even if the water gets turned off we don't lose the building. But
if we don't pay the tax bill, we can lose the building. so we are prioritizing
that.
sudoroom pays omni Commons $2,000 each month in rent. we are on time with
that, but Omni Commons in general needs more money. The GoFundMe is still
active, and is a great way to contribute extra money that's burning a hole in
your pocket.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/save-the-omni
We also need volunteers to join the finance team specifically to help find a
new lender for the building, since the mortgage we have right now is balooning
in December. We are also always looking for people to find and apply for
grants to keep the whole operation going. Shit we struggle to have enough
people on the finance team to collect rent from all the tenants/collectives.
-jake
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: Sarah Lockhart via finance <finance(a)lists.omnicommons.org>
> Date: Tue, May 23, 2023 at 3:34 PM
> Subject: [omni-finance] Please Forward to sudo list - re rent
> To: <finance(a)lists.omnicommons.org> <finance(a)lists.omnicommons.org>
>
> Just wanted to let y'all know, and especially the fine members of
> sudoroom -- that they are now current with their financial obligations
> to Omni -- and prepaid through June
>
> thank you!
> Sarah L / bookkeeper
> _______________________________________________
> finance mailing list
> finance(a)lists.omnicommons.org
> https://omnicommons.org/lists/listinfo/finance
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From: Sarah Lockhart via finance <finance(a)lists.omnicommons.org>
Date: Tue, May 23, 2023 at 3:34 PM
Subject: [omni-finance] Please Forward to sudo list - re rent
To: <finance(a)lists.omnicommons.org> <finance(a)lists.omnicommons.org>
Just wanted to let y'all know, and especially the fine members of
sudoroom -- that they are now current with their financial obligations
to Omni -- and prepaid through June
thank you!
Sarah L / bookkeeper
_______________________________________________
finance mailing list
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Hi Tom and cc: Sudoers:
Thanks for for organizing this. I'm still hoping that FUSD will unlock
the Chromebooks so check occasionally as you process them to make sure
they're still locked.
Also see:
USPIRG’s petition to extend the life of Chromebooks:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc-QGoW0UzE0t0oUsKzM6Xsxft1kHM-d6b…
For more background see “Chromebook Churn”:
https://pirg.org/edfund/resources/chromebook-churn-report-highlights-proble…
And Fixit Clinic's efforts to keep already AUEed Chrombooks in service
as general purpose computing devices:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JSbGXhJFJeABWVOn1wO4M6bPT-gPBLV4oQ85xMy…
Maybe we can launch a broader "Keep 'Dem Chromebooks" public good
program at Sudoroom and get a bunch of Linux-enhanced Chromebooks in
circulation in the community to improve digital literacy, digital
equity, and digital inclusion?
Cheers, -Peter
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tom r lopes <tomrlopes(a)gmail.com>: May 18 09:24PM -0700
This Sunday 21 May 2023 from 11am to about 2pm at SudoRoom in Oakland.
SudoRoom is on Shattuck Ave between 51st and Telegraph
4799 Shattuck Ave., Oakland, CA 94609
The entrance is on the corner of Shattuck and 48th
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wtxH4mtxL2HUe3y5JXJlhe7iqSDnikT8/view?usp=…
The project this time is converting chromebooks to Linux.
Peter Mui of Fixit Clinic was given a stack of EOL chromebooks from the
Fremont school district. Unfortunately they neglected to unlock them
first.
But I have found that the bios can be reflashed so you can boot a Linux
installer bypassing the Google check.
I had a thought of using a Pi to do the flash as PI gpio can do SPI. But
most of the
chromebooks have 1.8V bios chips while the PI has 3.3V gpio.
I probably have level shifters but I have recently dumped stuff unorganized
into
storage. So I will likely not find them in time.
For now I am using a USB programmer with an 1.8V adapter.
Yes I will also try to be online at
meet.jit.si/Pi.BerkeleyLUG This will be a conference room mic and speaker
in a
shared space so maybe some background noise.
Thomas
P.S. You may be interested: SudoRoom has a hardware hack night every
Tuesday from 7pm
Also It's a Fixit Clinic.
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This is today at 7pm!💻 All women/nb folx are invited!
All men in this list, I’d like you to spread the word out about this night
and invite at least one woman/nb for Mondays🙏 There are physical paper
flyers at Sudoroom and the link in the calendar has a good description of
it. Attendance has been a bit low lately so it’d be great if all can help!
--
julianaferreira(a)gmail.com
she/her
Dear Sudo Room,
Just a reminder that we have not received a payment for this invoice yet. Let us know if you have questions.
Thanks for your business!
Omni Commons
---------------------------------- Invoice ---------------------------------
4799 Shattuck Ave
Oakland, CA 94609 US
+1 5105456582
https://omnicommons.org
Invoice #: 2878
Date: 05/01/2023
Due Date: 05/25/2023
Terms: Net 25
Amount Due: $10,000.00
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bill To:
Sudo Room
4799 Shattuck Ave
Oakland, CA 94607
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
****************************** Account Summary *****************************
04/01/2023 Balance Forward $10,000.00
Other payments and credits after 04/01/2023 -2,000.00
New charges (details below) 2,000.00
Total Amount Due (activity through 05/01/202 10,000.00
****************************************************************************
<u> Date </u><u> Activity </u><u> Qty </u><u> Rate </u><u> Amount </u>
05/01/2023 Furnishing Fa 1 2,000.00 2,000.00T
____________________________________________________________________________
SubTotal: $2,000.00
Tax: $0.00
--------------------------------------
Total Of New Charges: $2,000.00
Total Amount Due: $10,000.00
Greetings Sudo Room!
This is your monthly donation invoice. Thank you for stewarding the
commons!
Love and solidarity,
Omni Commons Finance Working Group
I originally planned to hold the final climactic session of the Solarpunk
rpg Fully Automated this Wednesday, however I have a conflict, and will
have to push it back to the following Wednesday.
Dear Sudo Room,
Here's your invoice! We appreciate your prompt payment.
Thank you for stewarding the commons.
Love and solidarity,
Omni Commons
---------------------------------- Invoice ---------------------------------
4799 Shattuck Ave
Oakland, CA 94609 US
+1 5105456582
https://omnicommons.org
Invoice #: 2912
Date: 06/01/2023
Due Date: 06/25/2023
Terms: Net 25
Amount Due: $10,000.00
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bill To:
Sudo Room
4799 Shattuck Ave
Oakland, CA 94607
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
****************************** Account Summary *****************************
05/01/2023 Balance Forward $10,000.00
Other payments and credits after 05/01/2023 -2,000.00
New charges (details below) 2,000.00
Total Amount Due (activity through 06/01/202 10,000.00
****************************************************************************
<u> Date </u><u> Activity </u><u> Qty </u><u> Rate </u><u> Amount </u>
06/01/2023 Furnishing Fa 1 2,000.00 2,000.00T
____________________________________________________________________________
SubTotal: $2,000.00
Tax: $0.00
--------------------------------------
Total Of New Charges: $2,000.00
Total Amount Due: $10,000.00
Greetings Sudo Room!
This is your monthly donation invoice. Thank you for stewarding the
commons!
Love and solidarity,
Omni Commons Finance Working Group
Camaradas, Hope all is well,
I have finally... begun to start the end of wrapping up the opensource
'cyberdeck' project, and I have posted a preview on r/cyberdeck
Let me know what you think. I am off on PTO for a bit, and will be back
early June to show off the unit and spin some drippy mixes with yall
Thanks to all who helped with the build, I want to put some more photos and
videos of the team, hardware night, ect on the project GitHub
Links to the reddit post and GitHub:
https://www.reddit.com/r/cyberDeck/comments/13lcch1/opensource_dj_cyberdeck…https://github.com/aiaaaa/WMDJ/blob/main/README.md
-ian (waffle)
[image: IMG_2166.jpg]
Hi Sudoroom,
as sudoroom delegate i have to represent sudoroom on this important issue.
Also I think it's pretty obvious what needs to be done. Sudoroom is still
behind on rent with Omni Commons and we need increased monthly donations to
get on track!
Ask each other and yourselves to check on your monthly donations through
https://sudoroom.org/humans
or make donations at
https://sudoroom.org/donate
-jake
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Thu, 18 May 2023 19:02:36 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jake <jake(a)spaz.org>
To: omni finance list <finance(a)lists.omnicommons.org>,
"consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org" <consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org>
Subject: Re: [omni-consensus] Omni taxes payment plan immediately
I have not heard back from anyone but Sarah on this issue and it's extremely
pressing and important. To reiterate, we have to start a payment plan on our
$300,000 delinquent property taxes or the county can auction off our building.
We are in the process of getting an exemption for much of that money but until
it goes through, we have to pay it. If the exemption goes through we will get
a refund in case we overpaid, but most likely we will still owe the amount we
are about to pay.
We have to pay $60,000 by the end of MAY (less than 2 weeks) or else we have
to pay $60,000 in JUNE plus an additional $2700 in interest. This is not a
hard choice.
We will discuss this at tonights delegates meeting. The form (attached) just
needs my signature and of course a check for $60,398.63 (20% + $75 application
fee)
People are going to say "we don't have the money" because some of our money is
"earmarked" for certain things, or hasn't been paid yet by collectives that
are behind on rent (primarily because nobody has been reminding them) but WE
DO HAVE THE MONEY and it's pretty silly to lose the building over "earmarked"
funds.
-jake
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 17 May 2023 12:13:15 -0700
From: Christina Oatfield <christinaoatfield(a)gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Omni taxes payment plan immediately
Hi Jake,
I've filled out the attached form here.
If you have easy access to a printer you can print it, sign, date, and add
your phone #, and mail it with a check to the address on the form. CHECK
AMOUNT: $60,398.63 (that's the 20% installment plus $75 application fee).
If you prefer, I can mail this to Omni or your home or wherever (just let me
know a good mailing address) and include a priority mail envelope to the tax
collector's office plus an envelope for them to mail us the receipt. I can set
it up to track with its arrival at the tax collector's office via my USPS
account so you will just need to sign, add the check, seal the envelope and
drop it in the mail.
You can also take it in person to the tax collector in Alameda if you are
nervous about mailing a large check. Just let me know how you'd like to
proceed.
-- Christina Oatfield
Attorney & Advocate
On Tue, May 16, 2023 at 5:46 PM Jake <jake(a)spaz.org> wrote:
> Hi Christina,
>
> Thank you for helping us stay on track with this! I think we should
> immediately sign up for this payment plan and send the first installment
> which will be $60,323.63. If we do this before the end of May, we will save
> $2764.
>
> Someone wanted me to ask you "can we pay just the first year of taxes" and
> delay the delinquency that way, or is there any other way we can prevent
> becoming delinquent, that might allow us to pay less? We can just barely
> swing the $60K right now so if there are any other options we need to know.
>
> But assuming the answer is no, I am ready to sign whatever and get us going
> with this payment plan. Would you be able to sign us up for that or should
> we see if someone else among us is qualified? I can barely write my name so
> I'm out.
>
> I should clarify, we presently have $64800 in Unify, $6876 in BSB, and
> Sudoroom just deposited $8880 for a total of $80,556. That will leave us
> with $20,000.00 after making this payment.
>
> Thank you!
> -jake
> Omni President
>
> On Tue, 16 May 2023, Christina Oatfield via finance wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I called the county tax collector to confirm that the deadline to enter
>> into an installment payment plan for the back taxes owed would be June 30.
>>
>> There is a $75 fee to enter into an installment payment plan.
>>
>> The installment plan is a 5 year plan with annual instalment payments of
>> 20% of the delinquent "back taxes" due in each year.
>>
>> If the payment plan is entered into and first installment paid this month
>> (May) then the first installment will be 20% of $301,618.15.
>>
>> If the payment plan is entered into and first installment payment made in
>> June then the first installment will be 20% of $304,382.58.
>>
>> The interest on delinquent taxes accrues each month, hence the increasing
>> amount each month.
>>
>> If Omni does not enter into an installment payment plan before June 30 then
>> later on there will be still be an opportunity to redeem the property (i.e.
>> to save it from the tax auction) during the following 8 months, but you
>> will need to pay the full delinquent amount plus interest owed in one
>> payment of over $300K to save the property so I would suggest getting a
>> loan prior to June 30 and entering into an installment plan.
>>
>> If one of the Omni officers (eg president or treasurer) could please
>> confirm receipt of these messages and provide me with any quick updates on
>> where Omni is at with making a payment plan I'd appreciate it.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Christina
>> --
>> Christina Oatfield
>> Attorney & Advocate
It's nice to have the Omni Commons building so that we can have sudoroom in it
(and for other reasons)
unfortunately we have to find a new loan, since our present one expires in
December, and we will have to come up with almost $900,000 and the only way to
do that is with another loan. We have the building as collateral, and it's
worth a lot, but for various reasons it's not as easy to get a loan as you
might think.
Does anyone want to work on this so we don't lose the building? Literally
we have no prospects right now.
-jake
