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so what cool creative projects are folks working on this week?

by Romy Ilano

it's like, it doesn't even have to be even anything tangible like a work project. or an art project. it can be like the old sudoroom "today I learned" meetups where we talked about what we learned that week! https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Today_I_Learned FYI today i learned was never a "teaching class" like the kind they use to get funding and stuff for "teaching stem to people" from rich non profits. it was pretty authentic and people were allowed to be as weird as they anted to be. Maybe we can get these started again, it's a lot easier since so much is online now! I did one a few years ago on comics, 3d printing and the universe https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Today_I_Learned#May_11,_2013_Comics,_3D_Printing_… again it was NOT a teaching class to "teach STEM" https://sudoroom.org/wiki/ComicsAndMore ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

2 years

Sudo Room is holding its first in-person hackerspace meeting this Wednesday at 8!

by Andrew R Gross

HEY! This *Wednesday, August 31st @ 8 - 9 PM* Sudo Room is hosting its first *in person on-site* meeting in over two years. Our agenda is pretty simple: We're going to discuss how closely Sudo Room is meeting the financial obligations necessary to avoid losing our building at the end of the year, and lay out plans to meet those obligations in time to save the Omni Commons. We will still welcome guests remotely at the usual link: https://meet.waag.org/turtlesturtlesturtles You can donate and share the link to the Omni Commons fundraiser here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/save-the-omni Cheers! See you this Wednesday night! *Andrew R Gross, (he/him)* 412.657.5332 - shrad.org <http://www.shrad.org>

2 years

the problem with gender specific activities

by romy＠snowyla.com

I think it's good to view gender specific activities with caution whether it's creating a women's embroidery group or making events "more friendly for women. While I like the Girl Scouts, I heard a NY times episode where girls wished they could do all the cool adventure and science projects the boy Scouts do. Usually they get directed to community service and making jewelry which is a little sad! when I see how Girl Scouts are directed to community service and work it reminds me of the "women's groups" I see popping up even today at women in tech spaces. maybe there's a solution where people can stop getting pushed into these really weird areas. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/nov/23/girl-scouts-boy-scouts-diff… Despite the similarities between the programs, a 2011 study in Gender & Society, a journal focused on gender studies, found that Girl Scouts are generally discouraged from scientific pursuits while Boy Scouts are pushed away from artistic interests. The study found that the girls are offered more art activities than the boys, but science activities make up only 2% of their activities and 6% for the boys. The girls’ activities are more communal, with 30% of their badge work taking place in groups, while the boys work is more self-oriented with less than 20% of their work taking place in a group. The study also found that boys were instructed to look for answers in the back of their guide, something that “fosters intellectual dependence and passivity”, whereas girls were encouraged to do original research. What badges can they earn? There are over 100 merit badges offered to Boy Scouts in subject areas including sports, crafts, science, trades, business and future careers. In order to earn a badge, a scout must pick the subject they’re interested in, meet with a merit badge counselor, complete the task, and then present either the finished product or their new knowledge to the counselor. The Girl Scouts also offer a range of badges, in areas including first aid, crafting and practical life skills. Scouts must prove themselves proficient in an area before receiving a badge. Some subjects (cookie business, financial literacy, skill building, etc) have progression badges, where scouts earn a higher level in the same subject area as they grow increasingly proficient. They also offer the Make Your Own Badge option for those scouts whose interests lie outside of the offerings.

2 years

OK guys I have had the sudoroom YouTube account of years - does anyone else have access to it besides me

by Romy Ilano

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWIMCcVWFxQwFl3knuXmyDg I'm trying to figure out how to share it. - Can anyone set up a youtube account that says it's sudoroom? I'm hoping I don't have exclusive control of this because I can't figure out how to share the account. - It has about 3 cyberwizard videos on it. oh by the way, a PEW study says that half of people who watch youtube do so for "educational" videos <https://www.videomaker.com/study-shows-half-of-youtube-users-are-there-for-…>!!! education! cha-ching! just kidding. No, does anyone have control of this account? seems to be linked to a goolge account email does anyone know who owns this? - sudoroom-3096(a)pages.plusgoogle.com sorry for the typing, i cut my finger chopping cabbage last week. ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

2 years

WNB coding night is tonight

by Juliana A

I'm heading back from a short trip so won't be able to be in oakland on time. Coding night is happening anyway, have fun you all!✨✨-- julianaferreira(a)gmail.com

2 years

BOGSS Congress/Kickoff (FINAL REMINDER)

by Jake

Just to help people keep track; the BIPOC and Oppressed Gender Safe Space Committee (BOGSS) proposal was passed in the June 16, 2022 Omni Delegates meeting, and the final text is available here: http://omnicommons.org/pipermail/discuss/attachments/20220616/277ee1b2/atta… thanks Rafiq! -jake On Mon, 29 Aug 2022, rafiq.ali wrote: > Hello All, > > I've heard back from a lot of folks. Just want to put a final reminder in > before we kick off the congress process. Would really love to see > representation from as many OMNI collectives as possible. Please respond to > this email by Tuesday September 6th! > > Please email me if you are interested in serving on the BOGGS congress. You > must be a someone who faces gender and/or race based oppression to > participate. See previous email for details. > > In Solidarity, > Rafiq > CLP > > ------- Original Message ------- > On Tuesday, August 9th, 2022 at 3:34 PM, rafiq.ali <rafiq.ali(a)protonmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello All, >> >> Sorry for the delay on this, I've been very busy with my job and organizing >> work outside of OMNI and was also out of the country for around month. >> >> I'd like to organize this congress and get the committee off the ground, >> there are a few steps here. See attached for the approved BOGGS proposal. >> >> 1) Can each member collective identify their congress members and send me an >> email with their names and email addresses. As a reminder these reps must be >> non-white or non-cismen. Member collectives may send up to 5 reps. Those >> renting space may send 2 reps. If you are an OMNI organizer at large in one >> of our working groups (not renting or part of a collective) and you are >> interested please email me back directly and I will add you to the list. >> Please send this to me by 8/19! >> >> 2)Once I have this list I will send out a scheduler for the congress session >> to identify a time where the maximum number of attendees are available. We >> are aiming to have this congress occur in September. Objectives will be >> electing the committee and creating the structure needed to execute BOGGS' >> goals. >> >> 3) We will announce the results of the congress to the General OMNI >> community afterwards. This will be the same audience that will receive >> reports on investigations, reports, decisions, and recommendations. >> >> I'm asking everyone to get me a list of your reps by the end of next week. >> Let me know if you have any questions. >> >> I've sent this to discuss and consensus email lists, please forward to >> anyone I may have missed. >> >> Regards, >> Rafiq

2 years

Involve more videos about the process

by Romy Ilano

Besides the save Omni video I think it’d help to make a what I do at SudoRoom video for anyone with time. This could be directly linked to a fundraising page https://www.videomaker.com/study-shows-half-of-youtube-users-are-there-for-… Sent from my iPhone

2 years

Reminder: Pledge [Pledge No.] from Omni Commons

by Omni Commons

Dear Sudo Room, Just a reminder that we have not received a payment for this invoice yet. Let us know if you have questions. Thanks for your business! Omni Commons ---------------------------------- Invoice --------------------------------- 4799 Shattuck Ave Oakland, CA 94609 US https://omnicommons.org Invoice #: 2546 Date: 08/01/2022 Due Date: 08/25/2022 Terms: Net 25 Amount Due: $14,000.00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill To: Sudo Room 4799 Shattuck Ave Oakland, CA 94607 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ****************************** Account Summary ***************************** 07/01/2022 Balance Forward $12,000.00 Other payments and credits after 07/01/2022 0.00 New charges (details below) 2,000.00 Total Amount Due (activity through 08/01/202 14,000.00 **************************************************************************** Date Activity Qty Rate Amount 08/01/2022 Furnishing Fa 1 2,000.00 2,000.00T ____________________________________________________________________________ SubTotal: $2,000.00 Tax: $0.00 -------------------------------------- Total Of New Charges: $2,000.00 Total Amount Due: $14,000.00 Greetings Sudo Room! This is your monthly donation invoice. Thank you for stewarding the commons! Love and solidarity, Omni Commons Finance Working Group

2 years

So what are the cool projects people are working on this week?

by Romy Ilano

I have my own creative project 😎 Still getting used to being in a place with so much cat dependency. Cars make the west coast really suck 😢 but wondering how we can make it better. Nyc rules! I’d like to build more links with SudoRoom and nyc as well as Berlin . When I was a member of Rps collective we’d often come up with creative fundraisers based on creative projects people did in the space. There were many spontaneous examples among them stuff that became a dj party out of a comics workshop Not sure about Omni commons long term survival will be based on new members getitng put into consensus meetings, cleaning 🧹 projects or pushing women to teach and care for kids 🤣. But that’s just me I like the womens coding night. I can’t make it but it’d be cool to see a showcase of projects! Sent from my iPhone

2 years

[omni-consensus] PROPOSAL: remove inactive member collectives (FYE and Liberated Lens) (fwd)

by Jake

dear sudoroom members, as your delegate i will be asked to represent our collective will on these proposals. I believe they are uncontroversial and we should approve the proposal. -jake ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2022 12:40:45 -0700 From: Yardena Cohen <yardenack(a)gmail.com> To: consensus <consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org> Subject: [omni-consensus] PROPOSAL: remove inactive member collectives (FYE and Liberated Lens) Neither FYE or Liberated Lens has shown up to a delegates meeting or occupied space in the building for a long time. Neither exists as an active group in any meaningful way. I think we should formally declare together that these groups are dissolved, are no longer member collectives, no longer fiscally sponsored projects, and no longer have delegates or board members at Omni Commons. Current delegates, please discuss among your groups. If there are no objections, we can use our next meeting to formalize this - Thursday September 1, 2022. _______________________________________________ consensus mailing list consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org https://omnicommons.org/lists/listinfo/consensus

2 years

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