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by Yar

On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 8:11 PM, Danny Spitzberg <stationaery(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I'm currently renewing my HUB membership (already > 3 years in, a really open-minded organizer is has their community engagement > role) and was prompted to click agree/disagree with the following: > > [snip] > > So, my question: has there been any discussion around membership > recruitment/ retention/ rebooting? I added this to our meeting agenda on a whim. Most of the discussion was me being bitter about their co-option of language. Hol had the quote of the night: "they're ctrl-v-ing the hell out of us", referring to the Kopimist cut-and-paste mantra. I'd always been skeptical of them. Their fundraiser got 100k in one night, and they charge $400/month for their co-working space. They have paid positions, and their leadership appears hierarchical and opaque. For example, there is no mailing list, only a glitzy "newsletter". While I was inspired by their hosting Oakland Data Day, I felt most of the value came from volunteer attendees. In other words, where is that money going? This ridiculous video didn't help me take the "impact hub" concept seriously: http://vimeo.com/35373512 Put simply, Sudoroom is a grassroots organization and always will be. Our ultimate goal is to serve our communities. I believe the HUB's ultimate goal is to extract rent from our communities. After reading on Oakland Wiki yesterday that their building is owned by Signature, the same developers behind Brooklyn Basin, I believe all hypothetical good faith I had in that project has vanished. It's marketing, marketing, marketing. You could argue the HUB is not their landlord, but then why are they naming their new building complex "The Hive"? It turns out this "hive" also includes the 5 story condo building a block from Sudo that has literally had a "now selling" sign since we moved in two years ago. This is absolutely a collaboration between speculators and gentrifiers in my mind, and I think it is extremely gross and fucked up. To be honest, I think we'd be very wise as an organization to explicitly distance ourselves from these kinds of projects.

11 years, 10 months

Fwd: [OpenOakland Brigade] Fwd: EveryoneOn Workshop on the Digital Divide

by Danny Spitzberg

whoa ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Cris Cristina" <cris(a)codeforamerica.org> Date: Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 9:58 AM Subject: [OpenOakland Brigade] Fwd: EveryoneOn Workshop on the Digital Divide To: "openoakland(a)googlegroups.com" <openoakland(a)googlegroups.com> > If anyone knows of community leaders/activists in Oakland who would be > interested in low-cost computers and high-speed internet, help spread the > word. > EveryoneOn is awesome, especially since RecordTrac co-creator Sheila is > there now :) > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Sheila Dugan <sheila(a)everyoneon.org> > Date: Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 4:08 PM > Subject: EveryoneOn Workshop on the Digital Divide > To: > Cc: Norma Fernandez <norma(a)everyoneon.org>, Mai-Ling Garcia < > mgarcia(a)oaklandnet.com> > I had the pleasure of meeting and working with many of you during my Code > for America fellowship. I wanted to give you an update on what I'm doing > now. > I work for EveryoneOn <http://www.everyoneon.org/>, a nonprofit > organization working to close the digital divide. Through partnerships with > leading Internet service providers and hardware providers, we make low-cost > computers and high-speed Internet services for as low as $10 a month > available to all unconnected U.S. residents. > On April 23, 2014, EveryoneOn is hosting a workshop in City Hall. The > workshop will teach community leaders about the available low-cost Internet > options and how they can get their constituents online. > You can view more event details below: > Getting EveryoneOn: Creating an Inclusive Digital Society > Date: Wednesday, April 23, 2014 > Time: 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. > Location: City Hall, 1 Frank Ogawa Plaza, Hearing Room #4 > You can register for the event or learn more by clicking > here<http://www.eventbrite.com/e/getting-everyoneon-creating-an-inclusive-digita…> > . > Feel free to forward this email to your friends and colleagues if you > believe they would be interested in attending the workshop. > Thank you in advance for your help! > Best wishes, > Sheila Dugan > Marketing and Communications Manager > EveryoneOn > 718 7th Street NW > Washington, DC 20001 > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OpenOakland" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to openoakland+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to openoakland(a)googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/openoakland/CAPHsygrMPhYjDgqzu2F_i-DatL8A…. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

11 years, 10 months

Xavier's Ban.

by Xavier Peniche

I have no problem being Banned out of the Sudo Room. This is Because I have undergone a sever economic depression that has left of my liberalist plans in queue. Since I am unable to launch a political platform to present my liberation, as a leader of a movement beyond precedent, I rather wait until I can get my career back in track, save enough resources, open a few businesses, and do such. I am willing to do whatever it takes to make my dreams come true. I believe this ban is about me hanging on the skinny rope of my impoverished persona FOR TOO LONG. I have never really done anything for the Sudo Room. Except for scrap some e-waste. But I always eat, drink, converse, make friends, make art, bring friends, use & work on computers. And I am very thankful to had such experiences in my life. This is not a good bye, just a "see ya later". I am really motivated to turn my act around, make some money, and put it where my dreams are living, dying perhaps, existing in vacuum, underground, isolated. At this point I don't care to defend my self against Eliot anymore. Making Marc Juul, and Yardena feel threatened is definitively past my original intentions. Like I said, the environment is turning me into a person I don't want to be. I opened a can of worms with Eliot, and I end up receiving all of its composite matter first hand. I do not ever want to experience that ever again in my life. My friend told me not to. And I did. It's my fault, but everything happens for a reason. When random Reasons are seen as holly water in the pouring rain, One can save the water for the dry weather, and be thankful, For something good came out a random fault. Who makes the clouds go round? BE SAFE.

11 years, 10 months

Fwd: [Awesome SF] Fwd: [Awesome Friends] April is Design Month at Ace Monster Toys

by Hilary Naylor

I hope to see some awesome proposals from people who participate in these events! :) thanks Hilary --- Hilary Naylor Awesome Foundation Trustee www.a2zed.us Oakland CA ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Awesome San Francisco <sf(a)awesomefoundation.org> Date: Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 2:26 PM Subject: [Awesome SF] Fwd: [Awesome Friends] April is Design Month at Ace Monster Toys To: awesome-foundation-sf(a)googlegroups.com Cc: Rachel McConnell <rachel(a)xtreme.com> Rachel, an amazing Awesome trustee alum, wanted to alert you all to a bunch of special, April design workshops at Ace Monster Toys Hackerspace in Oakland. Cheers! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Rachel McConnell <rachel(a)xtreme.com> Date: Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 2:16 PM Subject: [Awesome Friends] April is Design Month at Ace Monster Toys To: Awesome Friends <SF-awesome-friends(a)googlegroups.com> Hello Awesome Friends, I write to ask your help spreading the word about the program that Ace is having next month. If you have a list you're on that this information is appropriate for, please send it! thanks, Rachel McConnell --- Starting April 5, Ace Monster Toys Hackerspace in Oakland is pleased to host a month of design courses and workshops with Régis Lemberthe of A&Ré Design. Originally trained as an industrial designer, Régis graduated with his Master's Degree in Humanitarian Design And Sustainable Living before moving to Berlin and getting involved in the local maker community. He now presents several different workshops there, in parallel with his activities as part of A&Ré Design Studio. From his description of the Design Tour (http://2014.design-tour.org): "One of the most appropriate and exciting answers to mass production and consumption, the maker movement has in the last years gained considerable recognition. Fab labs and hacker spaces are being created in every major city, offering those familiar with low-scale productions techniques access to adequate machinery, as well as training for everyone else. Skill sharing in fab labs is based on the know-how and experience of artists, designers, makers, programmers and hackers committed to making production accessible to all. Yet, while some techniques are widely spread, others sadly remain more confidential. After a few years spent facilitating events at Betahaus Berlin, French designer Régis Lemberthe goes on tour - a series of craft workshops and social+collaborative design courses hosted in maker spaces of various different cities - lasting for a month, wherever interest and facilities are. It has started in 2013 in Betahaus Berlin and will continue in early 2014 in the US, Canada and London before proceeding towards south-east Asia. " List of Events: - Upcycling Lecture (free) http://www.meetup.com/Ace-Monster-Toys/events/172725002/ - Social & Humanitarian Design Lecture (free) http://www.meetup.com/Ace-Monster-Toys/events/172728292/ - Design 101: A 4 part class series on beginning design thinking: http://www.meetup.com/Ace-Monster-Toys/events/172725702/ - Product & System Design for Social Good: An 8 part class series on humanitarian design: http://www.meetup.com/Ace-Monster-Toys/events/172727482/ - Concrete Objects Cast In Reclaimed Materials: A 2 part workshop on creating designed objects from concrete ( http://www.meetup.com/Ace-Monster-Toys/events/172728842/ or http://www.meetup.com/Ace-Monster-Toys/events/172728632/) - Low Cost Silicone Mold Workshop: A one part workshop on making cheap silicone molds from hardware store materials ( http://www.meetup.com/Ace-Monster-Toys/events/172729242/ or http://www.meetup.com/Ace-Monster-Toys/events/172729042/) - Reclaimed Paper Pulp Lampshade Workshop: A one part workshop on using paper pulp paste as a design material ( http://www.meetup.com/Ace-Monster-Toys/events/172729742/ or http://www.meetup.com/Ace-Monster-Toys/events/172729882/) - Pimp Your Hood with Collaborative Design: A fast-paced collaborative design session, includes a buffet dinner ( http://www.meetup.com/Ace-Monster-Toys/events/172731372/ or http://www.meetup.com/Ace-Monster-Toys/events/172731272/) Visit the MeetUp calendar (http://www.meetup.com/Ace-Monster-Toys/#calendar) for full event details and to sign up. All meetups are open to members of the public. Hope to see you there! For questions please contact Ace Monster Toys at info(a)acemonstertoys.org or visit our website at http://acemonstertoys.org/content/april-design-month-amt-learn-hack-more-mi… Best Regards, David Donovan Director, Ace Monster Toys -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Awesome Foundation, San Francisco Chapter www.awesomefoundation.org twitter: @awesomesfo email: sf(a)awesomefoundation.org facebook: http://bit.ly/cRlniY providing $1k grants to Awesome projects ------------------------------------------------------------------------

11 years, 10 months

[hacking] Arduino Day, March 29 (and cheap Arduinos)

by Dana

Not a lot seems to be happening in the Bay Area for it, but I thought folks might find this interesting: Saturday is the 10th anniversary celebration for Arduino (wow, it's been that long?), http://day.arduino.cc/ Also, a $3, $6, $9 flash sale on boards (allowing backorders) if anyone is looking to stock up! https://www.sparkfun.com/arduinoday ~ dana

11 years, 10 months

Oakland Wiki meeting special guests! (TONIGHT)

by Vicky Knox

Hi everyone! This is a reminder that we will be having our bimonthly (as in twice a month) meeting tonight at Sudo Room at 7pm. We will be graced by the presense of two amazing local orgs: - *Anti-Eviction Mapping Project: *This activist mapping group has been doing work to visualize and collect stories around gentrification and displacement in San Francisco. They are looking to expand their work into the east bay, and are coming to talk with us about how LocalWiki can be used as a shared storytelling platform around experiences of eviction and displacement and a resource center for tenants. - *The Bay Area Video Coalition*: This media workers advocacy nonprofit is looking at LocalWiki as a place to house some of their archival media. See you tonight! Vicky

11 years, 10 months

Re: [sudo-discuss] Head's up! Carpet-cleaning 3:30pm Thu (tomoro)

by Yar

On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 10:53 AM, David Keenan <dkeenan44(a)gmail.com> wrote: > The common area and some other rooms are to be carpet-cleaned tomorrow > starting at 3:30. I'm not sure where they'll start or how long it will take, > but George has asked for our help in moving furniture about. He will also be > cleaning one of the empty rooms and the roof starting 630. If our tenancies survive for another rave like this I think we should try harder to coordinate the cleanup scheduling and press for it to happen earlier in the week on one of our less busy nights, and ideally earlier in the day as well.

11 years, 10 months

Re: [sudo-discuss] [Mesh] So, about those Meraki Sparky boards

by Somebody

Excellent news! :) Pete Forsyth <peteforsyth(a)gmail.com> wrote: >_______________________________________________ >sudo-discuss mailing list >sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org >https://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss

11 years, 10 months

hack money out of politics – this Sat/Sun in SF

by Danny Spitzberg

Hi all, this weekend, several dozen folks – and you? – are assembling to "hack money out of politics. I'm helping organize and raise funds for the event http://www.eventbrite.com/e/hack-for-democracy-registration-10711042015 (discussion flowing here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7438022). Rootstrikers, Move to Amend, The Sunlight Foundation, Maplight, and other organizations inspired and are partly involved with this newly-formed, nonpartisan initiative. Personally, I'm eager to see us go deeper than the majority of civic hacking with real and consequential political action. Your inspiration and participation can shape the initiatives and the future of this work! Sign up or join the waiting list. Spots are opening up Thursday night! Ping me with questions or proposals – especially for pitches or prize ideas. warmly, Danny

11 years, 10 months

Omni meeting tonight 7pm.

by David Keenan

Hi Sudoers, The Omni Collective, a collective of collectives that includes Sudo Room and the Bay Area Public School, will be holding a delegates meeting tonight at 7pm at our main space at 2141 Broadway (enter on 22nd, door code *2580# or buzz in to 2nd flr) in one of the side rooms. All are welcome to attend, and we will hold an informational introduction to the effort to all newcomers and answer any questions about the project. Best, me.

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