On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 10:19 PM, Matthew Senate <mattsenate(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Please confirm the availability of the big space on Friday, 6/20 (evening)
> for another one of Sean’s events…..thank you!
Who is Sean? Is this another rave?
The common space is booked for the Heart's Desire Reading Series,
which is a poetry reading hosted by BAPS:
https://sudoroom.org/events/hearts-desire-reading-series-2/
Saturday night is still open on the calendar though.
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From: Laurie Cooperman Rosen <Lscoop(a)comcast.net>
Date: Thu, May 29, 2014 at 1:46 PM
Subject: Use of big space on Friday, 6/20
To: mattsenate(a)gmail.com, poems(a)zachhouston.com, melissadmack(a)gmail.com
Hi All-
Please confirm the availability of the big space on Friday, 6/20 (evening)
for another one of Sean’s events…..thank you!
Laurie
fwd'd
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From: David Keenan <dkeenan44(a)gmail.com>
Date: Thu, May 22, 2014 at 9:00 PM
Subject: [omnilogistics] Fwd: [omnidelegates] Kazoo Introduction
To: "omnilogistics(a)lists.riseup.net" <omnilogistics(a)lists.riseup.net>
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From: *Kazoo* <lovekazoo(a)gmail.com>
Date: Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Subject: [omnidelegates] Kazoo Introduction
To: omnidelegates(a)lists.riseup.net
Hello Omni!
I am happy to be involved in this project! The Thursday meetings are hard
for me to make because I have an intern who comes to my SF studio and gives
me free labor on Thursday evenings, but I will try to rearrange that with
her starting next week. I have also been a little late to the game because
I have two other large projects starting that I had planned way before I
knew about the Omni- building a studio from the ground up in Oakland, and
writing and recording an album of my own music. I have been planning this
six-month period from now until September for full-time engagement in those
two previous projects canceling my regular teaching schedule. Ideally I
would love to stay involved in the planning process with the Omni through
the fall, but not begin my specific project within the space until the
November. I'm not sure how that feels to all involved. I welcome your
feedback.
Here is a quick synopsis of what I want to do with the Omni Project:
Creative Empowerment Project
CEP is a screen printing and collateral production studio that makes all
manner of printed media: tshirts, posters, book jackets, perfect-bound
books, business cards, CD and DVD packaging, and various graphic design.
The space has several functions. There will be a cooperative screen
printing space where coop members will pay a small monthly fee (maybe 50$)
to have 24hour access to the community screen printing space. The screen
printing space will be equipt with 8 printing stations so that many people
may use it at the same time. I currently bottom-line a space like this in
San Francisco where I have been screenprinting for the past three years.
This will help cover our portion of the Omni rent. There will also be an
Education/Vocation component to the space where people who are formerly
incarcerated, targeted by racism, or otherwise challenged to survive within
the oppressive economic/justice system can build capacity for
self-employment and group empowerment. Participants in the E/V program
will learn the skills of screenprinting, digital design, layout,
cooperative business functions, and self-promotion through classes and
practice. The E/V collective will take jobs in printing and production to
support its portion of the rent as well as paying its participants for
their labor. Eventually I would like the E/V project to expand to include
people who are under 18, targeted by racism, and disengaged with the public
school system. The E/V project will employ its own students, and hopefully
be taken over by those who have successfully completed the program.
As far as the space is concerned, I think this could happen anywhere in the
building, if it happens in the basement we would require some windows and a
separate entrance so the coop members could have 24hour access without
necessarily accessing the rest of the Omni building.
Looking forward,
Kazoo
* please vote for my design: *
* http://www.independentmusicawards.com/imanominee/13th/Design
<http://www.independentmusicawards.com/imanominee/13th/Design> *
*and this is what i do:*
*etsy.com/shop/kazoostudio* <http://etsy.com/shop/kazoostudio>
*www.thepartystarterdotcom.com/readingrainbow.jpg
<http://www.thepartystarterdotcom.com/readingrainbow.jpg> *
Some of you may have noticed the blackboard message in the common room
today. For those who haven't, it says:
PLEASE MOVE. PLEASE TAKE YOUR ELITIST SELF-ABSORBED ASSES TO YOUR
DREAMSPACE UPTOWN "OMNI" SPACE AND STOP PRETENDING TO REPRESENT "COMMUNITY"
Last night at about 11:30 pm I was sitting in the common space, hacking
away on my laptop, when Johannes (one of the tenants of the building) set
up the projector and started watching a comedy tv show in the common room.
It was just him near the projector and me and Anthony sitting in the
couches near sudo room.
Johannes went and turned off half the lights in the common room without
communicating with us. I was bothered by this and went over and turned the
lights back on. He then came over to me and angrily asked if I really
_needed_ the lights on. I calmly responded "I prefer the lights on". He
then got very upset and started ranting at nobody in particular (though of
course in response to me) as he stomped around the room. I then said "It's
polite to ask before changing the lighting in a room with other people".
This is truly the extent of our interaction, and I communicated in a calm
and neutral manner throughout. Johannes kept angrily ranting, then turned
off the projector. He came back in and out of the room carrying a
blackboard several times. It wasn't until I got up from the couch later
that I saw the message he'd left.
I realize this negative interaction could potentially have been prevented
had I talked to Johannes first instead of just turning the light back on
(though I have attempted this before when he's been disruptive in the
common space, with limited success). The reason I bring this up on the list
is that I am concerned by the disproportionate anger that this small
incident triggered. I feel like it requires a serious lack of
self-awareness / empathy to deal with the incident as Johannes did.
I am documenting this in case this becomes a pattern of behavior that needs
to be addressed in the future.
--
marc/juul
Hey Sudoers,
Anyone able to pick up some computers, monitors, keyboards, mice, and
headsets this Thursday or Friday?
Thanks,
Matt
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From: Rachael Evarts <REvarts(a)foe.org>
Date: Tue, May 27, 2014 at 1:02 PM
Subject: RE: FW: Extra servers
To: Matthew Senate <mattsenate(a)gmail.com>
Hey Matt,
We finally got our new computers in and we have 6 desktops to donate.
Would you also want any extra monitors, keyboards, mice, and headsets? Are
you available sometime on Thursday or Friday to pick up from the office?
Thanks!
Rachael
Rachael Evarts
Operations Associate
Friends of the Earth
1100 15th St NW, 11th Floor
Washington, DC 20005
REvarts(a)foe.org
(202) 222-0734
I have been afraid. I don't often feel fear, or let myself get carried by
that fear, but in this circumstance it has taken over me periodically for
months now.
I was afraid of Timon. I was afraid of his physical and psychological
intimidation. I have been targeted, among others, by him, and this has made
sudo room an unsafe space whenever he is present.
But I'm no longer afraid. I no longer will allow this abuse to continue.
Timon *asked *that I send a written message, so I sent an email to him and
our landlords that indeed, Timon has no right (legal or otherwise) to sudo
room, the public school, or the common space of 2141 Broadway. This is
unequivocally true.
However, the more important matter is that I sent this message because I,
among others, have been habitually harassed and targeted by Timon.
This harassment ends now. We provide a space that is safe for everyone to
be fully expressed, where safe space and mutual respect is prioritized far
over ideology. There is no argument to be had; your fellow members are
begging for help, to hold fast and expect the most minimal of standards for
behavior for anyone who enters our space.
Please help end this abuser's targeting of myself and other sudoers.
I know I will be present on Wednesday in full confidence and unencumbered
by my previous fear. I have overcome this fear through support of the
friends and community that truly makes sudo room an amazing place. Please
join me if you have shed this fear too.
Together we will resist this and future patterns of abuse.
// Matt
A sudoers car was broken into tonight right in front of the sudo room
entrance. It was unlocked and was empty so nothing was stolen or broken.
The car owner caught them in the act and they fled.
Later, another sudoer saw one guy breaking into another car on the street
and then attempting to break into the same car from earlier (which was
apparently now locked). The sudoer ran toward the culprit and the culprit
fled on his bike.
The people breaking in seemed two be two teenagers. Those who saw them
estimate that they were about 17.
--
marc/juul
Hey all,
Looks like we've finished up migrating the calendar events from our old
calendar to the new one. Please take a look at the calender here and let us
know if you spot any inconsistencies!
https://sudoroom.org/calendar/
Many thanks to Ashley Graham and Judi Clark for moving these over!
// Matt
People should be making more blog posts.
When you have an event, make a blog post!
When you do a cool thing at sudoroom, make a blog post!
Pictures are even better.
If you don't have an editor account yet, the best way to reach people
with admin access is info(a)sudoroom.org or the sudo-sys list.