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Monthly Funding Model, Call for Feedback

by Max Klein

Hello Sudo, As your new treasurer and co-treasurer Hol and I came up with a model for a way to track our monthly finances so we could report them at the end of the year. We are inviting your feedback, and artistic remixes on the accompanying infographic at the end. - Revenues - recurring - member dues - community donations - one time - grants - events - programs (ongoing) - sudomate - subiir - lockers - mesh - projects (has an end) - sudouino - tshirts - Expenses - Fixed - rent - utils, pge, ebmud - internet - garbage - Variable - permits and legal - event support - Internal granting - Programs (ongoing) - Projects - Funds - Rainy day - Operations (month to month variable costs) - Maintenance (capital improvements) - Investments - Monthly Procedure 1. Total revenue subtract fixed costs 2. If operations not full, top it off. 3. x_0 % to rainy day 4. fund programs 5. fund projects 6. x_1, x_2, x_3 %'s split into remaining funds [image: Inline images 1] notconfusing

12 years, 3 months

Decode -- a sudo room community call to action

by Matthew Senate

Hey all, At last night's meeting I shared that many recent threads on the email list and off-list have made me feel hurt emotionally. I get the impression that there is a feeling of a lack of resolution, and that major issues get left ignored to fester. I need help--I want to ask sudoers to *decode* our communications to get closer to core issues that we can learn to address to improve as a community to perform our values https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Articles_of_Association#Values I have reached out to find resources to help us grow emotionally and socially over the coming months, and I encourage others to do the same. // Matt p.s. For some time, I was burnt out on the sudo-discuss email list. In the space, on frustrated occasions, I spouted verbal negativity about the list and how I felt derailment, non-sequitur, and miscommunication promoted further negativity and did not reflect sudo's values. However, I realized this isn't how I feel about the sudo-discuss list. I have always felt it is necessary to embrace our online communications--and community--as much as any other contributing element or energy in sudo room. For this reason, it is even more crucial that I extend my personal appreciation, offer vindication for any time (all cycles) spent on sudo room, and remind myself publicly that our discussion list is a core component to running a creative community and hacker space.

12 years, 3 months

NEXT OMNI MEETING : Thursday, December 5, 7PM @ Public School Classroom (2141 Broadway)

by DZ Brazil

Dear Friends : Please join us for the next special Public School meeting concerning THE OMNI (the new space on Shattuck Avenue), Thursday, December 5, 7PM @ 2141 Broadway (the Public School classroom). There's plenty to discuss, & many exciting new groups are interested -- This meeting is open to everyone, so please join us -- & spread the word ! Love & solidarity -- David Brazil

12 years, 3 months

Openwrt success! ...now what? Fun/useful networking projects?

by Pete Forsyth

Gals 'n guys: I am rather pleased with myself. Last night I was able to install OpenWRT, a free firmware replacement, on a D-Link router. If I were able to get QoS working on it (I haven't been), there's a possibility I might put this to use as my main router. But considering that that's a long shot for me (I'm not exactly one to go around building my own linux kernels and such, though I'm not necessarily opposed to trying...) I'm looking for ideas about fun projects to try with it. I know there's a group working on neighborhood mesh networks, and would be super psyched to experiment if there's anybody within range of my house! (Adeline betw. 32nd and 34th.) Unfortunately I can't make Thursday evening meetings, or I'd come check in with you guys in person. Any other fun projects anybody would suggest? Also, as long as I'm on the topic -- I have a few network devices I'm not currently using, and would gladly loan/donate (or in the case of the last 2, maybe sell for a few bucks) to anybody looking to hack on them (or just put them to use). - Netgear ADSL 2+ modem DM111P (note, this is a v1, which I was *not* able to get to work in bridging mode for my Sonic connection. It should be fine if you want to use its built-in routing capabilities.) - Linksys 802.11b router with 4 port switch (BEFW11S4 v4 -- yeah, it's ancient :) - Belkin N300 wireless router/switch (model F9k1002 v4) - Arris DOCSIS 3 cable modem with 2 phone jacks (model TM722G) Pete

12 years, 3 months

Stop with the race baiting immediately

by The Batkid

I don't understand the strange self flagellating threads about gentrifying people out of Oakland while searching for a space. It's not productive and I truly do not understand what the end goal is here. We're not going to solve racism in the bay area with the mailing list. It's ok to displace the Chinese, but not blacks? WTF? Incentives applicable at this location: * The City of Oakland is offering business license and sales tax abatement as incentives * The State of California's manufacturing equipment sale and use tax exemptions * The State of California's California Competes income tax credit * The State of California's New Employment Credit * No African Americans would be displaced, only Chinese

12 years, 3 months

EHSM-2014 CFP - pushing the frontiers of open source and DIY

by Sébastien Bourdeauducq

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION Exceptionally Hard & Soft Meeting pushing the frontiers of open source and DIY DESY, Hamburg site, June 27-29 2014 http://ehsm.eu @ehsmeeting Collaboration between open source and research communities empowers open hardware to explore new grounds and hopefully deliver on the "third industrial revolution". The first edition of the Exceptionally Hard and Soft Meeting featured lectures delivered by international makers, hackers, scientists and engineers on topics such as nuclear fusion, chip design, vacuum equipment machining, and applied quantum physics. Tutorials gave a welcoming hands-on introduction to people of all levels, including kids. EHSM is back in summer 2014 for another edition of the most cutting-edge open source conference. This year we are proud to welcome you to an exceptional venue: DESY, Europe's second-largest particle physics laboratory! Previous EHSM lectures may be viewed at: http://ehsm.eu/2012/media.html ATTEND WITHOUT PRESENTING: Attendance is open to all curious minds. EHSM is entirely supported by its attendees and sponsors. To help us make this event happen, please donate and/or order your ticket as soon as possible by visiting our website http://ehsm.eu. Prices are: * 45E - student/low-income online registration * 70E - regular online registration (until February 1st) * 95E - late online registration (after February 1st) * 110E - door ticket * 272E - supporter ticket, with our thanks and your name on the website. * 1337E - gold supporter ticket, with our thanks and your company/project logo on the website and the printed programme. EHSM is a non-profit event where the majority of the budget covers speakers' travel and transportation of exhibition equipment. SPEAKERS: SUBMIT YOUR PRESENTATION Is there a device in your basement that demonstrates violations of Bell's inequalities? We want to see it in action. Are you starting up a company to build nuclear fusion reactors? Tell us about it. Does your open source hardware or software run some complex, advanced and beautiful scientific instruments? We are eager to learn about it. Do you have stories to tell about your former job manufacturing ultra high vacuum equipment in the Soviet Union? We want to hear about your experiences. Do you have a great design for a difficult open source product that can be useful to millions? Team up with the people who can help implement your ideas. Whoever you are, wherever you come from, you are welcome to present technologically awesome work at EHSM. Travel assistance and visa invitation letters provided upon request. All lectures are in English. This year, we will try to improve the conference's documentation by publishing proceedings. When relevant, please send us a paper on your presentation topic. We are OK with previously published work, we simply expect high quality and up-to-date content. To submit your presentation, send a mail to team(a)ehsm.eu with typically the following information: * Your name(s). You can be anonymous if you prefer. * Short bio * Title of the presentation * Abstract * How much time you would like * Full paper (if applicable) * Links to more information (if available) * Contact information (e-mail + mobile phone if possible) * If you need us to arrange your trip: * Where you would be traveling from * If you need accommodation in Hamburg We will again have an exhibition area where you can show and demonstrate your work - write to the same email address to apply for space. If you are bringing bulky or high-power equipment, make sure to let us know: * What surface you would use * What assistance you would need for equipment transport between your lab and the conference * If you need 3-phase electric power (note that Germany uses 230V/400V 50Hz) * What the peak power of your installation would be Tutorials on any technology topic are also welcome, and may cater to all levels, including beginners and kids. We are counting on you to make this event awesome. Feel free to nominate other speakers that you would like to see at the conference, too - just write us a quick note and we will contact them. KEY INFORMATION: Conference starts: morning of June 27th, 2014 Conference ends: evening of June 29th, 2014 Early registration fee ends: February 1st, 2014 Please submit lectures, tutorials and exhibits before: May 15th, 2014 Conference location: DESY Notkestrasse 85 22607 Hamburg, Germany WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO WELCOMING YOU IN HAMBURG! - EHSM e.V. <http://ehsm.eu>

12 years, 3 months

New Spaces, Sudo Room, and the Public School.

by David Keenan

Hello, The new potential space on 8th & Alice by Laney sounds cool. On its face it seems about the same price per square foot as the Omni (base+projected NNN). I'd love to check it out. I realize the landowners of this space are trying to attract light-industrial hackerspacey folk, ostensibly in an effort to incubate startups out of Laney, so I'm not sure how the Bay Area Public School might fit into this scheme as a possible co-tenant, and I guess that concerns me in a worried-for-the-revolution sort of way. Call me a sap, but I would like Sudo and the Public School to move somewhere together. To me that is more important than where we move. I think it's a more ambitious, radical vision than moving somewhere each on our own, or even Sudo moving in with a bunch of other hackerspaces. BAPS and Sudo have truly complementary visions which I think is special. I also like the idea of creating a big radical space where a variety of community needs are served - imagine walking in and being able to take a language or political philosophy class at BAPS, or 3d print at Sudo, or letterpress / print something at Timeless Infinite Light, or cut a film, use the darkroom, or hear a talk, or perform, or radically organize? A site of radical production; a radical space thats a nexus for new ways of building community, instead of balkanizing it into a diaspora of separate spaces struggling just to survive and get by. A whole, that is greater than the sum of its parts kind of thing. A place for a greater kind of community, not one echo chamber for hackers, and another one across town for poets. A place that we would one day *own*. Dreaming big. I'm not married to the Omni, but the 8th & Alice space is envisioned by the developers seems a little like an adjunct to Laney, with a (however noble) capitalist vision of incubating tech out of this community... dare I say, perhaps a kind of after-school program for Laney students sort of vibe? Is this anything to worry about? But more to the point, what about BAPS and Sudo not breaking up, wherever we end up? Love, David

12 years, 3 months

Fwd: Talk on TPP Negotiations by members of EFF and the Wikimedia Foundation

by mattsenate＠gmail.com

Hey all, a major policy event at Wikimedia foundation. Please consider yourself invited. // Matt ----- Forwarded message ----- From: "Angelica Tavella" <angelicatavella(a)gmail.com> To: "Matthew Senate" <mattsenate(a)gmail.com>, "Maximilian Klein" <isalix(a)gmail.com>, "Kevin Gorman" <kgorman(a)gmail.com> Subject: Talk on TPP Negotiations by members of EFF and the Wikimedia Foundation Date: Tue, Nov 26, 2013 14:27 I'm holding this event at the WMF office next week for the PoP students. Come! Pass it around. Maybe sudoroom list-serve?? -a ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Angelica Tavella <angelicatavella(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 2:23 PM Subject: Talk on TPP Negotiations by members of EFF and the Wikimedia Foundation To: Angelica Tavella <angelicatavella(a)gmail.com>, Rodrigo Kazuo <ro(a)riseup.net>, Mi Tar <mitar(a)tnode.com>, Tony Chen <tonychenkt(a)gmail.com>, Spencer Hitchcock <spencerhitch(a)gmail.com>, Derek Razo <derekrazo(a)gmail.com>, Camille Villa <cvilla100(a)gmail.com> Come join us for a talk at the Wikimedia Foundation headquarters on the TPP negotiations. When: 6:30-7:30 pm Wed, December 4th Where: Wikimedia Foundation headquarters 149 New Montgomery St. San Francisco, CA 6th floor Speakers: Maira Sutton (global policy analyst at Electronic Frontier Foundation) Yana Welinder (legal counsel at Wikimedia Foundation) What are the Trans Pacific Partnership negotiations? The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a secretive, multi-national trade agreement that threatens to extend restrictive intellectual property (IP) laws across the globe and rewrite international rules on its enforcement. For more info: https://www.eff.org/issues/tpp There was recently a release on Wikileaks.org of the chapter on Intellectual Property, which proves problematic on several fronts and will be discussed at this event: http://wikileaks.org/tpp/ Light refreshments will be provided. For questions, contact angelica at: angelicatavella(a)gmail.com.

12 years, 3 months

Home Wireless Network Keeps the Snoops Away - NYTimes.com

by Neil Planchon

Mesh Networks! Several of us are passionate, interested or both. NYT doing an article is somewhat of a milestone. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/14/technology/personaltech/homemade-wireless… Share, learn and enjoy! Neil

12 years, 3 months

helium regulator needed

by Jake

does anyone have a spare regulator for a high-pressure helium tank? Argon or other noble gases (also Nitrogen) would work fine. I need this because I got a TIG welder recently from harbor freight tools. It's the cheapest TIG welder i've ever seen, lacks all the most basic features. But it still needs inert gas, and so i need a regulator (i have a tank) so if you have one, please let me know. thank you -jake

12 years, 3 months

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