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by Pete Forsyth

Dear Sudoroom, it's 10:40pm on a Friday. Most of you are partying your ass off, and I love you for it. Is anybody in possession of most of their brain? I have a little thing, and I need a little feedback. Got 15 minutes? I would so love to hear from you. Please reply if you are not at the club. -Pete

11 years, 10 months

April is Design Month at your friendly neighboring hackerspace

by David Rorex

Just passing this on, some people might be interested: 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…

11 years, 10 months

International Community/Mesh Network Coalition

by Marc Juul

Hi Labitators! We're starting a coalition for an international coalition of free/libre community and mesh networks. One of the first goals is to define a license for free networks similar to a free software license, so that all of the current free networks can connect to each other. We're trying to get funding from the Night Foundation and your tweets, facebook likes, etc. will help a lot! Here's the main link with more info: https://www.newschallenge.org/challenge/2014/submissions/toward-a-network-c… Also, thanks to everyone from Labitat who helped fund our local Oakland mesh project! Here's a small status update: We've developed a new OpenWRT compatible firmware based on German and Slovenian projects + our own code. We are currently testing ~25 nodes deployed around the bay area to find and eliminate the worst bugs before a wider release of ~100 nodes. We've been developing an automated mesh node deployment system that allows us to take supported routers out of the box and flash and configure them for use in our network with minimal human intervention. It is almost complete, and it uses the sticker printer program developed by Asbjorn from Labitat to automatically print a sticker with your basic info (e.g. your default password) that we stick on the the routers before shipping to new node operators. One of the awesome things about our firmware is that it allows you to choose how much of your own internet connection you want to share with the mesh, and all mesh traffic is routed through a VPN owned by the local mesh organization which handles all abuse complaints or legal inquiries. This functionality makes the mesh nodes immediately useful, even before we reach a node density where new nodes are likely to be within reach of existing nodes. This concept was first implemented by wlan slovenja so all credit to them! Our local non-profit mesh organization is called sudo mesh ( https://sudomesh.org ) and the network is called People's Open Network ( https://peoplesopen.net ). sudo mesh is providing a firmware and support for getting on peoplesopen.net and will start selling pre-flashed routers for peoplesopen.net later this year. sudo mesh is focused on Oakland. We are making sudo mesh an easily forkable organization, with all material (legal documents, code, marketing material, documentation) available under open licenses, and we are encouraging others to create groups like sudo mesh that support peoplesopen.net in other geographic areas. If someone wants to start a mesh organization in e.g. Copenhagen, as a fork of sudo mesh, then reach out to info(a)sudomesh.org and we will do our best to facilitate! -- marc/juul

11 years, 10 months

coming to bookfair? please bring tape & sharpies/pens :)

by David Keenan

we're on our way, but we forgot tape & pens Best, David

11 years, 10 months

Re: [sudo-discuss] Anarchist Bookfair table?

by Yar

Sorry for late notice, but my morning's cleared up and I can commit to being at the bookfair! I'm going to be at Sudoroom around 8am to pack up the printer and needed accessories and shoot for loading everything into my car by 8:45. It would be nice to have help during loading and unloading. I can pick people up in my car before or after this. I can't stay until the end though - ideally I'd like to pack up the printer mid-afternoon and then bring it to the Omni and set it up for that event, but we'll see how easy it is to transport out during peak hours. Lemme know if you'd like to help!

11 years, 10 months

Anarchist Bookfair table?

by Vicky Knox

What's the word on that? Would there be room at said table for an Oakland Wiki representative with laptop in hand?

11 years, 10 months

Sudo Non Profit Status for Grant App Challenge ending March 31

by Liberty Madison

Can someone clarify our current status? I am interested in applying for a grant however these are the requirements "I certify that the organization for which I am submitting this application is eligible to apply for the Challenge. This means my organization is a registered and recognized 501(c)(3) nonprofit with a registered office in the Bay Area. If you are a fiscal sponsor submitting an application for a sponsored group, the sponsored group must also be located in the Bay Area. " So do we qualify? Are we a 501(c)(3) Thanks! Liberty-

11 years, 10 months

Toward a network commons: Building an Internet for and by the people

by Jenny Ryan

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hey sudoers! A coalition of free/libre community-owned networks around the world has submitted an application for a Knight News Challenge grant aimed at strengthening the Internet for free expression and innovation. https://www.newschallenge.org/challenge/2014/submissions/toward-a-network-c… Please check it out, give us feedback in the form of Comments, and some "Applause" if you dig the idea! The goal of funding is trifold: * To support the development of the Network Commons License[1] and an organization to uphold it, * To support an international Free Networks summit to gather together representatives of free networks[2] in one place to share ideas and resources toward creating the aforementioned organization, * To support the creation of educational materials, workshops, and guides for the construction and maintenance of free networks. [1] There is currently an effort underway to develop a Network Commons License - similar to a Creative Commons License - to enable legal support for free networks. Two weeks ago, a group of folks representing Sudo Mesh, wlan-slovenija, LA Meshnet, Kansas City Freedom Network and Austin Freenet converged in Austin for the Free Network Foundation's winter summit. It was an awesome, intensive couple of days with remote participation from several other groups. You can read notes from the summit here: https://commons.thefnf.org/index.php/2014WinterSummitMondayNotes * Draft of the Free Network Definition: https://commons.thefnf.org/index.php/Free_network_definition * Draft of the Network Commons License: https://commons.thefnf.org/index.php/Network_Commons_License [2] The following groups helped draft the Knight News Challenge proposal, and we intend to reach out to many more in the coming weeks: * Sudo Mesh, launching the People's Open Network in Oakland, CA * Kansas City Freedom Network, in close alliance with the Free Network Foundation in Kansas City, MO. * wlan-slovenija across Slovenia and connecting Austria and Croatia! * Altermundi in Argentina * Guifi.net in Catalonia * Freifunk in Germany * Ninux in Italy * MedellinLibre in Medellin, Columbia * Village Telco in South Africa * Fédération FDN in France Many thanks for reading - please share with any relevant individuals and mailing lists you can think of! Cheers, Jenny http://jennyryan.net http://sudomesh.org http://thevirtualcampfire.org http://technomadic.tumblr.com `~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~` "Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories." - -Laurie Anderson "Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it." - -Hannah Arendt "To define is to kill. To suggest is to create." - -Stéphane Mallarmé ~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~` -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.14 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJTLMbaAAoJEHTWWpBUSeDhT6wIAIPWtW2aRTquGqHqeY6xRibJ BAXdlYvm9/Wj/sYie3O4hEzj7QcRx++M8smXOu/Z/toihHI1u3vlyqGP+iHP1IYo np+cJhSfPahk4ljA/0FfLm+emxzyxFmsVfIiVgRFGJXTh7dUC/VhSm63g2793ko/ pGiNF6i0L/xfwTQoUIGRqHS6IFkl950TDx4NwSnOZqKdvvDCPEzB6RlttOsxNr+4 MMC9aAgSiYzb9daKVR9iPvQ3x6B2N3lG6AJa0gjjfq6RkJuOxiWvUiBksnCs1ANu AGb/hwFPtwedB2yiaf6NM28wcoLdg6re7CDFeD+BzygoLbyzEZj2dTLBwI4N/0Y= =LY0R -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

11 years, 10 months

Reminder: Oakland Wiki Writeathon Tomorrow (3/22) at Oakland Public Library!

by Marina Kukso

Hi everyone, Just a reminder that our the first Oakland Wiki <http://oaklandwiki.org>writeathon of the spring will be taking place at the Oakland Public Library main branch <http://oaklandwiki.org/Main_Library> tomorrow (Sat. 3/22) from 2-4PM. Here is the full list of events <http://oaklandwiki.org/Oakland_Wiki_Events>this spring: - March 22 at the Main Library at 2PM - March 29 at the 81st Ave. Library at 2PM - April 5 at the Main Library at 2PM - April 12 at the Temescal Branch Library at 2PM - April 19 at the Temescal Branch Library at 2PM - April 26 at the Chavez Branch Library at 10AM Please share with others who you think might be interested and we look forward to seeing you. Best, Marina ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Marina Kukso <marina.kukso(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 2:45 PM Hi everyone, Oakland Wiki <http://oaklandwiki.org> has partnered with Oakland Public Library <http://oaklandlibrary.org/> to host a series of edit parties at different branches of the library this spring! See the event dates and locations at http://oaklandwiki.org/Oakland_Wiki_Events There's also a rad flyer that the wonderful librarians have made with all the necessary info attached here. FINALLY, if you're in Oakland tomorrow for first friday, drop by Sudo Room<http://sudoroom.org>where we'll be Drawing Oakland <http://oaklandwiki.org/Draw_Oakland>. We'll have art supplies and will be drawing whatever we want about Oakland - its neighborhoods, people, etc. We'll be scanning our drawings and uploading them to the wiki to illustrate entries. If you want to draw a logo or illustration of your neighborhood or a favorite park or taco truck, this is your chance :) Best, Marina

11 years, 10 months

Re: [sudo-discuss] Evictions in California

by Yar

On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 12:08 AM, Jeremy Entwistle <jwentwistle(a)cryptolab.net> wrote: > Steve Fox has written a bill (AB-1513) that would expedite and increase > evictions in California. It's going to committee this Tuesday and it would > be unfortunate if it progresses. > > You can read an overview on the OaklandWiki: > http://oaklandwiki.org/AB-1513 > > If anybody is interested in breaking the bill down into a very concise email > (and add more to the wiki), it would be much appreciated to the people > reaching out to anti-eviction groups. Wasn't there a group meeting at Sudo yesterday to organize against this? How did that go?

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