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by Romy Ilano

It is unfortunate that the landlord is having issues with children. Maybe we can find some kind of legal way to resolve this issue? Children add greatly to the atmosphere at SudoRoom. They are part of the community and even more of our future than the tech we work on. To date I have not seen any out of control Children at SudoRoom throwing or breaking things. They are usually accompanied by parents. I can see a slight issue with the alcohol, but maybe there can be some legal way to work around this. I feel great knowing that everyone is working hard on this matter.

11 years, 4 months

final version of proposed logo from ryan!

by Marina Kukso

hi everyone, the amazing ryan has posted his current final version of the logo here: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Logo as you may recall, we've gone through about a million iterations with him and he has wonderfully done powerpoint presentations with us that have delighted us and made our meetings happier while providing us with a new logo ALL while being totally patient with us as we ripped his hard work apart. anyway, just fyi! - marina

11 years, 4 months

ART/PHOTO SHOW this 1st FRI 9/6 @ 2135 Broadway (downstairs)

by David Keenan

ANTISTASIS #2! ONE NIGHT ONLY! When: This First Friday 9/6, 6pm til late Where: *2135 Broadway<https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=2135+broadway,…> * (ground floor) @ 22nd, in the same Bay Area Public School / SUDO Room building - just next door to 2141! What: A last-minute ONE-NIGHT ONLY, POPUP art and photography show/party on FIRST FRIDAY! Imaginatively titled: ANTISTASIS#2! Presented by the Bay Area Public School - Featuring awesome NEW STUFF!: - esteemed semionautic explorer and rad artist ZACH HOUSTON, - radical photographers GUI KOMEL and AUDREY JONES, - as well as some new work from the ANTISTASIS show last week: Nicholas KOMODORE ! Brooke PORTER !! Daniel ARAUZ !!! Matt TAKAICHI !!!! Douglas NORRIS !!!!! Lauren O'CONNOR !!!!!! Drinks and music will be in attendance, as well as more surprise guests! Please do come by. Feel free to distro widely and with glee.. thanks!

11 years, 4 months

Meeting Minutes 9/4

by Jenny Ryan

Reposted for posterity on the wiki: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Meeting_Notes_2013-09-04 *https://pad.riseup.net/p/sudoroommaintenance =Attendance / Icebreaker= *Icebreaker: What's the first thing you took apart. Attendees: Liberty, Jenny, Jordan, Marc, Jonathan, Matt, JC, Troy, Marina, Ryan, =Announcements (Consent Agenda)= * Check the Sudo Room Calendar for the next week's events, and major monthly events: - * http://sudoroom.org/calendar **ALSO: Take the 2014 Mayor Key Issues Survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1cGV6N9pmpmJmHiKS8VmQAGlwJQ4mioShXyyxmrD-Ka… **sign-ups https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApmrUsz7z5DodDVaZnJ4TW1ndC1jd1… *Community Democracy Project - For participatory budgeting in the city of Oakland. http://communitydemocracyproject.org * A seed of a book, open for collaboration about creative communities and hackerspaces, including sudo room's inspirations, stories, history, and more! http://github.com/wrought/a-place-on-every-block *Add to the Sudo Room Neighborhood Outreach spreadsheet and take on a few to reach out to: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ao_Q7DQvNFT-dEdhZUJaQ3dDY2plMj… **Everyone? Jenny has added! Rabbit added! You should too! ==Other announcements:== = ACTION ITEMS = ==Old Action Items:== *Membership/bylaw/access hacking *1. Research tax structures [ https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Tax_Structure_Research] 2. [...] 3. Non-Profit! [Danny, Brendan] plus * Action Item: Become a California Non-profit Corporation - Brendan proposes this for discussion meeting on *August 21st* and* August 28th*. This is to be followed by the August 31st Today I Learned session on hacking the articles of association. *Auto-reminder for weekly meetings [Bill, and Nate] *Make a flyer, talking points [Jenny & Juul] **Jenny & Juul - copy, Anthony - lettering, Substack - art! ==Postponed:== *Add robots.txt for sudo room (open item for anyone to take on) *[Postponed until necessary] Eddan - Reference letter from George *git-ify & flow-diagram-ify our articles of association - Brendan *Add calendar 2141broadway.wordpress.com to Infobot's screensaver [Max] *Library - until RPS *Catalog - Max ==New Action Items== *We need someone to reboot the radio room *Announce bitcoin wallet address and post to site (jenny !@ juul) *Sudo Kids legal waiver *upgrade wordpress & plugins *Blitz on possible spaces with new funding strategy [Matt] =Fiscal Solvency= ''In this section we review our current financial situation and budget, approve monthly budgets, and discuss any other finance-related issues.'' *Exchequer: Marina / Jenny / Bill *Pay your dues!! *We now have lockers, part of fundraising * Review and consensus process: ** Fiscal Solvency Spreadsheet - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AlKk2X9KKqlFdFZJUy12x3ZUhDUmx2… ** Rent: $1500; Utilities: $220; Services: $50 **Target membership contribution: $88 per member (based on approx. 30 people) Current balance (Wed Sept. 4): $2,152.52 * Sudo Mate makes $50 a batch. ** how often do batches happen? =Amendments to the Articles of Association= *https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Articles_of_Association * Protocols for dealing with violations, given a variety of scenarios? =Conflict Resolution= *On Saturday night, a person who'd been asked by several members to leave after physically assaulting a sudoer in the space, who'd failed to engage with the conflict resolution process and had shown up several times since, was ushered from the space by a number of sudo room and public school members. In-meeting consensus is to ban Ariel from 2141 Broadway, with one week's notice for a final consensus to be reached next week. *We now have no way to get in contact with Tabitha, Arielle's sister, since Tabitha gave Arielle her phone. =Discussion Spillover= *New space options / possible CCL collaboration: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Space *General sense of sudoroom's values: 1. Appreciation for the existing assets and resources existent in sudo room (eg common space) 2. Excellent opportunity to collaborate with Counter Culture Labs to share space (economy of scale) 3. Excellent opportunity to continue collaborating with the Public School 4. MORE AUTONOMY. ALWAYS. * Sudo-kids on thin ice ** Assumption that sudo kids vandalized the space. People kept drawing penises in the bathroom. ** "Children (under 18) should not be in the space except when accompanied by their parent(s) with advance notice to us." ** 1. Address the bathroom vandalism issue and disambiguate it. 2. We have a family-oriented night with adult supervision, which would occur regularly on Tuesdays. We require that all children be here with parent supervision. 3. How do we remain accessible to people of all age groups? 4. If there is a regular kids/family event, someone needs to assume responsibility (ambiguous?) --------- Jenny http://jennyryan.net http://thepyre.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 ~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`

11 years, 4 months

Letter sent to Laurie, one of our Landlords

by Matthew Senate

Hey all, As a result of our meeting tonight and a discussion the on-going issue with sudo-kids, we drafted and sent this letter to Laurie. We wrote it in collaboration with folks at the space after the meeting, and sent it in do-ocratic fashion. We provide a copy below in transparency and accountability: Hi Laurie, This week George addressed a group of folks in the common area outside of Sudo Room and the Public School regarding the presence of minors in the building. His behavior was confrontational, hostile, loud, and very upsetting to many of those who were present, including some parentally-accompanied minors. There has unfortunately been a series of miscommunications about this issue, and we are dedicated foremost to resolving it amicably. First, thank you for communicating the building's policies on minors via email. Unfortunately, due to a lapse in our own internal communication, the contents of your email were not conveyed sufficiently to the relevant sudo room members before Wednesday of this week. Please understand this was a lapse in communication that has been rectified. Secondly, since early June, every Tuesday evening parent-supervised minors have attended sudo room. We provide no supervision services for minors. In fact, we provide no services to customers (we don't have customers) as we are a membership association. It was unclear that this event was specifically of any concern since it followed the requirement of supervision by parents. We are willing to meet the necessary requirements to ensure that you and George are provided with the appropriate advanced notification of any planned future sudo room events involving supervised minors and their parents. It is relevant to note that in the past we have allowed accompanied minors to be in the "Art Room" and not use common space, but in recent instances the common room has been used as well. Further, since we are interested in being as accessible as possible to different communities and demographics, we would like to clarify what opportunities there might be (through city services, insurance, waivers, etc.) for minors to be in the building in ways other than those outlined in your email. Thirdly, regarding the damage to the bathroom you discuss in your email, we understand your concerns and are sorry that it happened. We have raised awareness in hopes of preventing instances like this from happening in the future. While we are happy to take shared responsibility for ensuring the bathrooms are clean and usable, we want to communicate that we are not aware of any evidence that the minors who have been at sudo room were responsible for the damage. We fully support your desire to keep all parts of the space (including the bathrooms) vandalism-free, clean, and usable, so we have made all sudo room members aware of this incident, reinforced the expectations surrounding bathroom cleanliness, and reiterated the policy that children should not use bathrooms unaccompanied. Please let us know if you encounter any problems with the bathrooms in the future so that we can take appropriate action. However, we also ask for understanding that if there are problems with a shared space in the building, that absent specific evidence, sudo room may not have been the source of a particular problem. Finally, we would like to share with you a few of our expectations as lessees that we hope will help us continue to stay in this building that we have been very happy to rent for the last 9 months: Our Expectations: That issues with our use of common space or our use of our rented "Art Room" be conveyed in writing, with disrespectful confrontations being completely unacceptable, in any circumstances. Consistent with Sudo Room standards, that minors continue to be able to participate at Sudo Room, provided they are accompanied by parents or a legal guardian. To work together with you as we grow, which requires we be accessible to more communities and demographics. To consider options for mitigating liability through additional insurance, waivers, etc. // Matt

11 years, 4 months

Fwd: Children

by Matthew Senate

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Laurie Cooperman Rosen <Lscoop(a)comcast.net> Date: Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 8:01 PM Subject: Children To: eddan(a)eddan.com, mattsenate(a)gmail.com, exchequer(a)sudoroom.org, poems(a)zachhouston.com Hi All-**** We are having big problems with the number of children in the building. We are not insured for children, and to use that space for any type of children’s program the City has stringent requirements that must be met, both in terms of physical layout/inspections and insurance. Children (under 18) should not be in the space except when accompanied by their parent(s) with advance notice to us. There should be no special programs involving children happening in the upstairs area. We are also aghast at the destruction that has been done to the restrooms by the children, and ask that all children using the bathroom be accompanied by and monitored by their parents. The stress on the restrooms in general has been huge because of the number of people in the building from The Bay Area Public School and The Sudo Room, and we ask that you start to clean the bathrooms regularly or be prepared to start to pay for the additional Janitorial time/supplies that are driving us both crazy!**** Also, the ADA restroom is for the disabled, and should not be used except when others are full or for a special reason. The stress being put on that room could mean that when it is really needed it may not be in working condition.**** Please call George if you need any clarification on these issues, and thanks in advance for cooperating with us on these matters.**** Laurie & George**** ** **

11 years, 4 months

Fwd: [Double-Union] Tea and Lightning talks Sept 17 5pm

by Marina Kukso

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Liz Henry" <lizhenry(a)gmail.com> Date: Sep 4, 2013 7:03 PM Subject: [Double-Union] Tea and Lightning talks Sept 17 5pm To: "doubleunion(a)lists.doubleunion.org" <doubleunion(a)lists.doubleunion.org> Hallo world! Here is a double union update and event announcement... == What's Up with Double Union == Our search for a space to rent continues! The market is tough right now but we have some good leads. The first space we looked at fell through because they wanted a 3 year lease. Our negotiating skills are HONED. Double Union has collected some donated shelves, and quite a lot of fiber arts stuff and some tools and books (all in my garage at the moment). == Tea on Tuesday == We would like to invite everyone interested in the space to come to hang out for tea and lightning talks Tues. September 17 at Mozilla in SF... http://www.doubleunion.org/tea-and-lightning-talks-with-double-union/ Please do come :) == Bonus thing, Women Hacking Google Glass meetup == You may also be interested in the Women hacking Glass meetup tomorrow night also at Mozilla; here is the invite! We will have at least one Glass to mess around with and try out. Possibly more! http://womenhackingglass1.eventbrite.com/ Hack onwards, - Liz _______________________________________________ Doubleunion mailing list Doubleunion(a)lists.doubleunion.org http://lists.doubleunion.org/listinfo.cgi/doubleunion-doubleunion.org

11 years, 4 months

Does sudoroom want a table at the east bay anarchist book fair?

by Gregg Horton

It's the last Saturday in October, I can get us one.

11 years, 4 months

Fwd: Lease for "Art Studio" in 2141 Broadway

by Matthew Senate

Forwarding the sudo room lease previously sent through the hackerspaces.orgemail list. // Matt ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Matthew Senate <mattsenate(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 10:52 AM Subject: Fwd: Lease for "Art Studio" in 2141 Broadway To: "sudoroom(a)lists.hackerspaces.org" <sudoroom(a)lists.hackerspaces.org> Hey all, I'm planning to meet George at 4pm about Workshop Weekend, but this may be a convenient time to turn in the lease and get access to the "art studio" asap. Contacting Eddan about signing on behalf of Sudo Room. Please see Laurie's note below that we may have others on the lease, but insurance is simpler if it is simply Sudo Room (which I presume means those signatories on the Doing-Business-As aka Fictitious Business Name--Eddan and myself). // Matt ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Laurie Cooperman Rosen <lscoop(a)comcast.net> Date: Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 4:41 AM Subject: RE: Lease for "Art Studio" in 2141 Broadway To: Matthew Senate <mattsenate(a)gmail.com> Hi Matt-**** Attached please find a copy of the lease. I was extremely tired when I got home last night and just crashed out without finishing the lease. I’m so sorry about that! But I got up quite early as a result, so hopefully you’ll get this first thing in the morning.**** You’ll see that there is a little bit that we’re trying to work out with Utilities….since there is so much common area involved, there is a 6% load factor for your space which combines your exclusive space and a percentage of the common area space, which is obviously quite large. We are really not sure with what intensity the space will be used, nor the amount of electricity that will be used, since this will likely not be traditional office space, so we’re willing to start out at 4% (which would be fine if usage is mainly as a part-time space for people, without unusual amounts of electrical equipment or HVAC being used), but reserve the right to move it up to 6% if the load factor warrants it. In general, 1% of utilities amounts to an average of $30-$50/month, depending on the time of year, occupancy rate and overall tenant usage. If trash removal or janitorial for this space is or might become an issue, that’s something that we can discuss. **** We didn’t have an address for you so you should add that to the lease. If there are others responsible that you feel should be added that will be there on a regular basis that is fine; however, insurance would be best if it is a single policy covering the Sudo Room and all people that it might invite or allow to share its space with.**** Let me know if there are any other errors, inconsistencies or anything else in the lease that you might want to discuss. I will be home until mid-afternoon at 510-635-9500. **** I know that George is supposed to meet you later but we both have back-to-back acupuncture appointments on Piedmont Ave later. Mine is at 4:30 and George’s is scheduled for 5:30. If it’s possible to meet George sometime between 3 and 4:30 (whatever is most convenient for you) that would be great, because he will have to leave shortly after 5pm. Let us know what works for you.**** Thanks! Laurie**** ** ** **** ** ** *From:* Matthew Senate [mailto:mattsenate@gmail.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, November 07, 2012 9:45 PM *To:* travology(a)mindspring.com; lscoop(a)comcast.net *Subject:* Lease for "Art Studio" in 2141 Broadway**** ** ** Hi George and Laurie, After an online vote and our in-person meeting, we would like to sign a lease with you for the "Art Studio" space upstairs in 2141. If we can please clarify your most comfortable position on signatories of the lease, we would be happy to comply. Ideally, we would like to sign as the unincorporated association of Sudo Room (namely for instance that Eddan and I have signed to register Sudo Room as a ficitious business name). However, we can also sign as individuals if necessary, and would like to know how many folks you would allow to sign. Thanks, speak with you soon. George, I plan to see you Friday but we can receive the lease by email (or by paper) sooner. We would love to get access to the space upstairs as soon as possible. Thanks, Matt****

11 years, 4 months

800th Anniversary Of The Great Mongolia State

by Andrew

Is this your t-shirt?

11 years, 4 months

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