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From: Laurie Cooperman Rosen <Lscoop(a)comcast.net>
Date: Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 4:02 PM
Subject: RE: Children
To: Matthew Senate <mattsenate(a)gmail.com>
Hi Matt-****
I received your note and drafted a response that night, but didn’t mail it
out because I wanted to make sure George has nothing to add first. You
will have it this weekend. The number one concern (before even anything
else) is that WE are not insured for this and have received no evidence of
coverage from your group either. At this point everybody who has any
visitors on a regular basis MUST have insurance coverage with us as named
insureds, and we at this point need to enforce that. Next on the list are
permitting related issues from the City of Oakland for children to be
allowed in any kind of day care setting, and also arrangements that will
need to be made by your group (and the School too) to take care of
janitorial during and immediately after any group activities being held
there. This is not necessarily inclusive, but a start. We can discuss
the possibility of this happening (allowing children in eventually), but
not until these and other issues are fully addressed. I apologize for the
miscommunications on both sides that caused George to get upset about this
and perhaps act too heated, but it was not without reason (given that he
assumed that the communications had been disbursed), and for the time being
we need to start with the insurance issue because it looks like that will
be required because of all of the traffic whether children are able to use
the space eventually or not.****
Sorry, I worked on the email and saved it and was waiting for George to
have time to look at it. The first month always keeps us both hopping and
we only pass like ships in the night!****
Laurie****
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*From:* Matthew Senate [mailto:mattsenate@gmail.com]
*Sent:* Friday, September 06, 2013 1:38 PM
*To:* Laurie Cooperman Rosen
*Subject:* Re: Children****
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Laurie,****
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Please let me know when you have a chance to read our note, even if you are
unable to respond immediately.****
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Thanks,
Matt****
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On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 11:23 PM, Matthew Senate <mattsenate(a)gmail.com>
wrote:****
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.****
Thanks,
Matt****
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hi everyone,
immediate but short term animal volunteer opportunity for a
computer-literate person. this is from lauren, who is a totally amazing
oaklandwikian and works at an animal shelter in oakland. please reply to
her directly, or if you have any questions, feel free to email me.
- marina
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From: Lauren Briskin <Lauren(a)hopalong.org>
Date: Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 2:53 PM
Subject: Help us help the animals!
To: "marina.kukso(a)gmail.com" <marina.kukso(a)gmail.com>
Hey Marina, ****
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We’ve got a Super Last Minute volunteer opportunity for techies who want to
help animals! Hopalong rescues dogs and cats and once a year we hold a
fundraiser called Furball. This year we’re using a software that’s new to
us called Greater Giving and, while it’s probably going to be a super easy
job for computer people, it’s over our heads. Basically, we need someone to
set up the WYSIWYG internal website and then serve as the point person for
the other volunteers using the software. ****
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Thank you so much for sharing this around- I’m hoping to get someone
started as soon as possible so we can get back to the business of saving
lives. Corny, but so true!****
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Cute kitten picture included :)****
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Lauren****
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Lauren Briskin****
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Volunteer Coordinator****
Hopalong Animal Rescue****
www.hopalong.org****
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w. 510.267.1915 x103
f. 510.444.3741****
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Those who can, do.****
Those who can do more, volunteer.****
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Current Volunteer Opportunities <http://hopalongvolunteers.blogspot.com/>!**
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www.facebook.com/HopalongRescue****
@hopalongrescue <http://www.twitter.com/hopalongrescue>****
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Hey all, just curious who all might be come'n out for 1st Friday.
I'm gearing up the S.S. Hack Life Boat
https://sudoroom.org/wiki/File:SS_Hack_Lifeboat.jpg and will be rolling it
towards sudo this afternoon, equipped with some sound and such, think'n
about mooring near the alley and/or "sudo square", and should have enough
juice to do a couple of cruises as well.
--
ThanX,
;+)
https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Fort
This is formal notice that Ariel has not respected our conflict
resolution process and is not welcome at the space. If seen, she
should be asked to leave. This temporary ban will be in place until
next week's meeting (Wed Sep 11 7pm), during which time any Sudoer has
a chance to object. If nobody objects, the ban is permanent.
For background, she's been witnessed:
* assaulting a sudoer, scratching his face
* stealing money from donation jars, twice
* kicking in a car window on the street
In addition to other generally antagonistic, disrespectful and
threatening behavior. She's been asked and/or forced to leave on about
four separate occasions by four separate groups of people. The
landlord is also aware of her and prepared to back you up in removing
her.
As usual, calling the police should be a very last resort.
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.
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
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!
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
---------- 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****
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