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Action items to save Sudo Room & Omni Commons

by Andrew R Gross

*Hey Sudo! * Tonight about a dozen people met face-to-face to lay out Sudo Room’s plan help save this hackerspace and Omni Commons. Below is a summary of the situation with bulleted action items. If you want to help, just email me and say, “I’d like to help ____” and I’ll point you in the right direction. *Where we are* The Omni Commons building was bought with money from an anonymous donor who will begin foreclosure proceedings on our building unless we pay them $900k by December 1st. Sudo Room is receiving ~$1,000 per month that it pays to Omni, which is half of our obligation of $2k /mo. That $1000 comes from 49 paying members. *What we’re going to do* Money - Our target is to generate $3000 on a monthly basis by November 1st. Ⓐ Renew or upgrade your membership. ** If all current members paid $60 /mo our financial goal would be complete. ** Ⓐ Call a current or past member from our member list to let them know what’s happening and ask them to renew or upgrade their monthly donation. Labor - We need hands. Ⓐ Volunteer to host/Co-host an event. Ⓐ Make or share a piece of promotional art on Instagram. Ⓐ Volunteer to do 4 hours of work for the Omni funding working group. Ⓐ Volunteer to help one day with the Omni facilities and building maintenance working group Ⓐ Volunteer to help setup, run, or clean up after a scheduled event Influence - We’d like to call on influencers to boost Omni’s fund raiser and drive traffic to Sudo Room’s upcoming events. Ⓐ Suggest influencers to the Sudo media working group that you think you could reach out to who might signal boost us. Do not reach out to them until you’ve talked to someone in the media working group. *This is not a comprehensive list of all you can do. *But it’s a starting point. If you want to help but don’t know which of these to do, just email me and say, *“I wanna help.”* Cheers! *Andrew R Gross, (he/him)* 412.657.5332 - shrad.org <http://www.shrad.org>

2 years, 4 months

Last Month's Income & Expenses

by Omni Commons

2 years, 4 months

Can people roller skate in the ballroom

by Romy Ilano

Can people roller skate in the Omni ballroom Sent from my iPhone

2 years, 4 months

Next Meeting

by Anonymousemail

Sudo Room, Is next meeting going to be soon ?  I see that there is video. Is this the meeting going on now ? Looks like only one person https://meet.waag.org/turtlesturtlesturtles Joma

2 years, 4 months

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, 4 months

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, 4 months

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, 4 months

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, 4 months

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, 4 months

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

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