[sudo-discuss] Re: Sudo's September meeting is Wednesday, September 6th!

Yes, a mis-understanding. Though the synth would be neat, it’s pretty darned cumbersome for mobile use. I also think there might be other things we can do. Cere and I staffed a Sudo table for an Omni open house around a year ago- I brought in my Violet Wand and Cere set-up a micro camera for SMD work. Something with some visual appeal. Happy to bring my Violet Wand. I’m sure we can find some other neat gizmos to bring. And stickers :) -Kent -Kent ----- Kent Leech Illustration http://www.kentleech.com kent(a)kentleech.com +1 (510) 504-0634 -- From: Jonathan Cadle via sudo-discuss &lt;sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org&gt; Reply-To: Jonathan Cadle &lt;jcadle(a)pm.me&gt; Date: Fri, September 8, 2023 at 7:02 PM To: Jenny Ryan &lt;jenny(a)jennyryan.net&gt; Cc: &lt;sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org&gt; Subject: [sudo-discuss] Re: Sudo's September meeting is Wednesday, September 6th! I think there's a misunderstanding - there was no intention of auctioning any machines, or selling them. Currently, all of the laptops in Sudoroom are sitting in storage, not being given to anyone, because people and children in need are largely unaware of the program and the space. The Temescal Brewing event was not initially organized by anyone at Sudoroom - we were invited to participate in something that the Omni was already doing, and it seemed like a good opportunity to create more local awareness of the space. The proposed idea was to simply bring 5-10 of the older laptops that we have, both to demonstrate the ease and functionality of open source software, and to give to people who expressed an interest in learning more about open source software. This was just one idea, and we've been asking for contributions of other ideas that would be helpful to promoting Sudoroom. Instead, the only two ideas that were presented (this one, and a demonstration of the synthesizer) were both shot down, with no alternatives suggested. Frankly, at this point, I'm not sure I want to bother anymore. There were no proposals for any kind of tabling or community outreach to bring more people into the space, or to inform the community of the services we provide. This one was brought to us, and there have been no constructive proposals for how we can make use of this opportunity. I can accept that my ideas need improvement, but when any discussion of better ideas is either nonexistent or negative, that's just not a group I want to participate in. ------- Original Message ------- On Friday, September 8th, 2023 at 2:54 PM, Jenny Ryan via sudo-discuss < sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org&gt; wrote: Giving laptops to disadvantaged folks who need them is entirely the premise of the project, which we're tied to via internal ethics as well as our nonprofit fundraising for upgrading, repairing + distributing donated laptops. They are furthermore in no state to be auctioned for fundraising at a hipster Temescal brewery - these are bare-minimum-specs machines. Forgive me if I'm missing context here. I initiated this project in 2016, and can share the extensive documentation spreadsheet with whomever is currently working on this. - jnny On 9/8/23 14:45, Jake Watters via sudo-discuss wrote: I think that giving away laptops to people who actually need them and will use them should take priority, and that's not the same thing as handing them out to people as a promotion of our space at a bar. Also I want to remind everyone that Sudoroom got a $4000 grant for diverting waste, and in order to get the whole thing we need to submit reports indicating actions we've taken to redistribute things that would otherwise become waste. That translates to: if we give away computers we should record each one (model number at least) and something about who we gave it to, for our report to the granting organization (Altamont Stop Waste program) -jake On Thu, Sep 7, 2023 at 1:42 PM Paige P via sudo-discuss < sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org&gt; wrote: _______________________________________________ sudo-discuss mailing list -- sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org To unsubscribe send an email to sudo-discuss-leave(a)sudoroom.org More options at https://sudoroom.org/lists/postorius/lists/sudo-discuss.sudoroom.org/ _______________________________________________ sudo-discuss mailing list -- sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org To unsubscribe send an email to sudo-discuss-leave(a)sudoroom.org More options at https://sudoroom.org/lists/postorius/lists/sudo-discuss.sudoroom.org/ _______________________________________________ sudo-discuss mailing list -- sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org To unsubscribe send an email to sudo-discuss-leave(a)sudoroom.org More options at https://sudoroom.org/lists/postorius/lists/sudo-discuss.sudoroom.org/