KDE is an open-source desktop environment, and also an organization that builds a variety of software tools (also all open-source). They recently added a page to their site specifically talking about how open source software can be used by activists to safely and securely organize and communicate: https://kde.org/for/activists/
I was thinking this might be useful info for other groups at the Omni, but I wasn't sure how best to get it out to them. Any ideas?
Hi all,
I just wanted to follow-up on what I've figured out about the donated
electronics we got a couple of weeks ago.
I grabbed the following:
- Dell Latitude E6420
The Dell laptop seems to be perfectly functional aside from a dead battery.
I installed Debian 11 and Windows 10 on it with no issues. I also ordered a
replacement battery for it for around $20, which seems to be working just
fine. Here's the one I ordered: https://www.ebay.com/itm/264468438245
#NotSponsored
- iPad 3rd Generation
The iPad 3 tablets need to be factory reset, because the school apparently
didn't bother to even log students out of their accounts on the one I got.
I had to go through the settings until I found "profiles", which had a
student and a teacher profile, and deleted both profiles. That revealed the
hidden factory reset button. After resetting the tablet to a fresh state, I
learned that the iPad 3 is, unfortunately, too old to do much with as is.
The newest iOS version that supports the hardware is iOS 9.5.something, and
there are almost no apps available anymore that will run on it. I did
manage to jailbreak it using 3uTools, but that didn't get me anywhere, as
there aren't any Linux distributions that can be installed on the iPad. The
jailbreak was also kind of a pain, because 3uTools doesn't run on Linux,
the jailbreak required an Apple ID, and the iPad is old enough that the
jailbreak only worked from Windows 7 (which itself is a bit old and not
completely straightforward to get anymore).
One thing I'm interested in is that several people seem to have had success
repurposing the screen, albeit without the touch capabilities:
https://hackaday.com/2014/06/07/customized-ipad-lcd-screen-clips-onto-macbo…https://hackaday.com/2019/07/18/put-those-ipad-displays-to-work-with-this-e…
- HP tablet
I haven't done as much research on this device, as it seems more obscure,
but I'm afraid it had probably suffered a similar fate to that of the iPad;
It's so old at this point, that there's not much that will run on it.
However, I have not confirmed this. It's possible that it's still totally
usable for something.
Thanks,
--Elaine
sudo room will have to form an opinion on this
-jake
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Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2023 08:00:00 -0700
From: Z Silver Zahn <natashazahn27(a)gmail.com>
To: consensus <consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org>
Subject: [omni-consensus] Event working group proposal
Written by Jacqi Galea with references to my previous event manager
proposal!
Proposed Compensation Model for Omni Events Team
Overview:
The Omni events team aims to book around 10k in event revenue monthly. Each
event team member spends anywhere from 2-15 hours per event booking as a
point person. In order to create a sustainable labor model, maintain the
event revenue and decrease burnout amongst team members, we propose the
point person for each event receive 10% of the total event revenue. This
percentage is based on the reflection that if we continue to bring in
$10,000 per month this is $120,000 per year, 10% of that amount is only
12k. If we were to hire an events manager at $30 per hour 10 hr/wk (minimal
hours necessary) that would be about $14,400 per year.
Proposal:
10% of all event monthly revenue goes into events team banking accounts.
The budget will allow us to pay event stewards and improve venue facilities
when needed. Each point person can choose to receive 10% of event revenue.
This 10% is based on the following breakdown of tasks. Every point person
completes a combination of the below tasks for every event along with
maintenance tasks in between assigned events. Each event constitutes at
least 1-2 hours of labor, usually more. The event payout will usually be
$100 or more. Events larger than $1,500, payout will be model based on
hours at $25-$30 an hour put into the event.
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Events working group members (currently 3-4) would ideally be w-2
employees of omni? Or independent contractors?
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Those who are being compensated are responsible for tracking events
dates and payout amounts to be invoiced to the Events Finance Manager
monthly.
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A new member of the events team must complete 2-3 events in partnership
with an experienced member of the events team before taking point and
compensation.
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Max amount of events team members being compensated? Should not matter
as percentages are all relative to the number and amount of events coming
in.
Task Breakdown:
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The following tasks are ongoing and split amongst event working group
members through volunteer hours
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The following tasks are split between working group members on an
ongoing and event by event basis in order to maintain the functionality and
presentability of the facilities at Omni.
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The following tasks are done by all of the events working group members
on an ongoing and event by event basis in order to maintain flow,
communication, and organization of events.
-
The following tasks are carried out mainly by one member of the events
team (currently silver) who bills their hours accordingly. Maintaining
financial records, invoicing, and following up to ensure payments are
received is integral to events and Omni as a whole.
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Hi Sudoers,
As you may have heard, we're building a Makerspace at the Sun Gallery in Hayward.
We are getting ready to purchase supplies for the space, but before we do so, we'd like to ask you if you happen to have any items on our list that you no longer need and would like to donate! In that way we can save some money to invest in things that we can't get donated.
It was suggested that we come visit Sudo Room and take a look. So a few of us plan to take a visit there tonight during Hardware Hacking. The idea is to sort some of your excess supplies, and place them in a pile with a note saying that we plan to take these items with us unless you want to keep them, in order to give people at Sudo Room a chance to take any items back that they wish to keep. Then we come back at a later date to pick them up. Sounds good?
Here are some items we're interested in:
- Electronics & Robotics: Multimeters, heat guns, power supplies, wire cutters, crimpers, wires and cables of various kinds, adapters, electrical parts (resisters, LEDs, diodes, etc.), motors, sensors, servos, Arduinos, microcontrollers, Raspberry Pi, robotics parts, soldering irons & solder, etc.
- Mechanical & Power Tools: screwdrivers, hammers, wrenches, sockets, clamps, pliers, rulers, calipers, box cutters, hack saws, wood saws, drills, bits, dremel tools, etc.
- Textile Tools: Sewing machines, fabric scissors, needles, pins, quilting tools, fabric, thread etc.
- General: Tool cabinets, toolboxes, power strips, power extension cords.
- 3D Printers, working laptops (under 10 years old), computer monitors (with HDMI), 50" HDTV, milling/CNC machine, video projector, VR headsets.
Please email us at haywardtechies(a)gmail.com with descriptions and any photos of items you'd like to donate.
The Sun Gallery Makerspace meets every Saturday at 12 noon at 1015 E Street, Hayward, CA.
SAVE THE DATE:
Makerspace Grand Opening and Art Meets Tech exhibit on Saturday August 12th 1pm.
Thank You,
-Carl
yes this is great news for Sudo
But Omni Commons in general is not doing so well. As you may have noticed if
you read the delegates meeting notes, we are due for a tax payment by the end
of this month, of $60,400. And we don't really have that much, although we
are going to be able to get the check to clear by creative shuffling of
various accounts.
if we don't pay the PG&e bill, we don't lose the building. if we don't pay the
water bill, even if the water gets turned off we don't lose the building. But
if we don't pay the tax bill, we can lose the building. so we are prioritizing
that.
sudoroom pays omni Commons $2,000 each month in rent. we are on time with
that, but Omni Commons in general needs more money. The GoFundMe is still
active, and is a great way to contribute extra money that's burning a hole in
your pocket.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/save-the-omni
We also need volunteers to join the finance team specifically to help find a
new lender for the building, since the mortgage we have right now is balooning
in December. We are also always looking for people to find and apply for
grants to keep the whole operation going. Shit we struggle to have enough
people on the finance team to collect rent from all the tenants/collectives.
-jake
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> Just wanted to let y'all know, and especially the fine members of
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Hi Tom and cc: Sudoers:
Thanks for for organizing this. I'm still hoping that FUSD will unlock
the Chromebooks so check occasionally as you process them to make sure
they're still locked.
Also see:
USPIRG’s petition to extend the life of Chromebooks:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc-QGoW0UzE0t0oUsKzM6Xsxft1kHM-d6b…
For more background see “Chromebook Churn”:
https://pirg.org/edfund/resources/chromebook-churn-report-highlights-proble…
And Fixit Clinic's efforts to keep already AUEed Chrombooks in service
as general purpose computing devices:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JSbGXhJFJeABWVOn1wO4M6bPT-gPBLV4oQ85xMy…
Maybe we can launch a broader "Keep 'Dem Chromebooks" public good
program at Sudoroom and get a bunch of Linux-enhanced Chromebooks in
circulation in the community to improve digital literacy, digital
equity, and digital inclusion?
Cheers, -Peter
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tom r lopes <tomrlopes(a)gmail.com>: May 18 09:24PM -0700
This Sunday 21 May 2023 from 11am to about 2pm at SudoRoom in Oakland.
SudoRoom is on Shattuck Ave between 51st and Telegraph
4799 Shattuck Ave., Oakland, CA 94609
The entrance is on the corner of Shattuck and 48th
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wtxH4mtxL2HUe3y5JXJlhe7iqSDnikT8/view?usp=…
The project this time is converting chromebooks to Linux.
Peter Mui of Fixit Clinic was given a stack of EOL chromebooks from the
Fremont school district. Unfortunately they neglected to unlock them
first.
But I have found that the bios can be reflashed so you can boot a Linux
installer bypassing the Google check.
I had a thought of using a Pi to do the flash as PI gpio can do SPI. But
most of the
chromebooks have 1.8V bios chips while the PI has 3.3V gpio.
I probably have level shifters but I have recently dumped stuff unorganized
into
storage. So I will likely not find them in time.
For now I am using a USB programmer with an 1.8V adapter.
Yes I will also try to be online at
meet.jit.si/Pi.BerkeleyLUG This will be a conference room mic and speaker
in a
shared space so maybe some background noise.
Thomas
P.S. You may be interested: SudoRoom has a hardware hack night every
Tuesday from 7pm
Also It's a Fixit Clinic.
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