Hey Sudoers,
I wrote a short blog post about that talks about my thoughts on liberating
space and why places like Sudo Room are so important..
http://hackerspa.com/where-are-the-commons/
Full text:
I recently came across this
article<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/14/opinion/what-tech-hasnt-learned-from-urba…>.
The basic argument is that the tech industry, while increasingly using the
terms like “commons” “town hall” and “community center”, is in practice
creating more spaces cut off from the public for employee use only.
The disappearing commons is not a problem caused by the tech industry. The
tech industry is just following along with the city’s already poor urban
planing. There are very few places that are even available at all for
public use in the Bay Area. In Oakland, you’ve got the library (where
funding is being cut left and right). You’ve got “public parks”, but we all
know what happens <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CcJeDBIixA> if you try
to stay past curfew in a public park. There are some Recreation
Centers<http://www2.oaklandnet.com/Government/o/opr/s/facility/>but
these are mostly for sports and rentals.
Where are the commons? Where are the places I can go to have a meeting with
friends and collaborators without having to pay $3 for a cup of coffee? Or
places where I can go to stay warm and chat with neighbors when the house
is cold and lonely. It is not just the tech industry that thinks in terms
of acquiring space instead of liberating it. Even in Berkeley, where there
are loud echos of the cultural revolutions of 60′s and 70′s, people have
large homes and small or non existent commons.
We need to liberate more space. In Oakland, as the steel industry left,
spaces that were once industrial centers became repurposed. In the past
decade there has been a migration of artists coming to Oakland specifically
because of the variety of space that’s available. What is also happening
(mainly through the work of post-occupy activists) is that space is being
repurposed for the commons. Organizations such as Sudo
Room<https://sudoroom.org/>and The
Bay Area Public School <http://bayareapublicschool.tumblr.com/> are leading
the way in this movement. But things are just getting started.
One day I would love to see a true community center in every neighborhood.
Where people can go to talk, create, plan, and most importantly share
resources. Sure the tech industry has created walled off cities for
Goolers, Mozillians, and Twits (?), but what’s the alternative for them?
Large fancy strip malls with $15 burritos? Just as they have used the
collective wealth off their companies to provide for the needs of their
employees, we must use the collective wealth of our communities to provide
for the needs of our friends, neighbors, and comrades.
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Andrew Lowe
(original message to sudo-discuss bounced due to too many recipients)
I arranged with John Givens a second trip to the Omni tomorrow, Thursday
12/19, at *3:30pm*. If folks need rides and things let me know I might very
well be able to pick you up or drop you off somewhere -
Newly-updated list of attendees tomorrow:
*Sudo Room*: Max Klein, Matt Senate, Jordan Cohen
*SALTA*: Sarah Pritchard
*Bay Area Public School*: Alana Siegel, Lara Durback, and I
Margit Galanter (dancer)
Liz Leger (visual artist)
Ali Tonak (activist)
Katherine Harr (tenants' rights activist)
Again, the address:
4799 Shattuck @ 48th in the Temescal neighborhood of Oakland, about 9
blocks north of MacArthur bart. Meet in front of the door right at the
corner.
As before, if you're planning on coming, please do RSVP with me first - as
this is not an open house, but a relatively small group - and, please don't
publish online any photos or video you take, but only share them privately.
Best,
David / 415-430-8362
I can come tomorrow too.
On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 2:39 PM, David Keenan <dkeenan44(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Updated list of attendees tomorrow:
> Sudo Room: Max Klein, Matt Senate, Jordan Cohen
> SALTA: Sarah Pritchard
> Margit Galanter (dancer)
> Liz Leger (visual artist)
> Bay Area Public School: Alana Siegel, Lara Durback, and me.
>
>
Hello all,
I arranged with John Givens a second trip to the Omni tomorrow, Thursday
12/19, at *3:30pm*. If folks need rides and things let me know I might very
well be able to pick you up or drop you off somewhere -
Those who have expressed an interest in attending:
Sudo Room: Max Klein, Matt Senate, Jordan Cohen
SALTA: Margit Galanter
Bay Area Public School: Alana Siegel, Lara Durback, and me.
Jen Angel (?)
Max / Tooth - let me know if you also can / want to come check it out?
Again, the address:
4799 Shattuck @ 48th in the Temescal neighborhood of Oakland, about 9
blocks north of MacArthur bart. Meet in front of the door right at the
corner.
As before, if you're planning on coming, please do RSVP with me first - as
this is not an open house, but a relatively small group - and, please don't
publish online any photos or video you take, but only share them privately.
Best,
David / 415-430-8362
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hi all,
we've been having discussions around membership and access. as part of that
discussion, i volunteered to consolidate some of the various ideas for
benefits that we can tie to membership.
check out the suggestions, add your own, keep a discussion going:
https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Membership_Benefits_Discussion
- marina
we all go through cycles of hackerspace burn out.
would it be nice to have a 2 minute therapy session on dealing with it? my
hackerspace burn out cycles follow my life. It's easy to be cynical and
burned out if you overdo things, or if you don't communicate - i think i'm
back on the up and up though!
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Romy Ilano
romy(a)snowyla.com
Hey I'd like to set a theme for wednesday's meeting
Especially if we have to discuss legalities and board of d. stuff.
I'm going to play MC5 (not too loud) and wear black.
Also as the holidays approach is this going to be the last meeting of the
year for many people?
That means anyone who can should try to show up -- and give hugs!
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Romy Ilano
romy(a)snowyla.com
