16 Mar
2020
16 Mar
'20
7:04 p.m.
Thank you all for replying and sharing your suggestions and concerns.
Cici, submitted a formal request and I will follow up with her listing out
all the suggestions in this thread as requirements. Due to the fact that my
partner is in the "high risk" pool during this pandemic, I will try to
limit contact with people to a minimum, which means I will not be able to
be at the Omni for long or at all. I can continue the conversation with
Cici and write up a contract, but may need someone else to take the lead on
being at the Omni physically for this. Perhaps Sierk?
I agree with Jenny in needing to focus and talk more about next steps as a
community place-based organization. Thank you Jenny for reviving the slack
channel, it will be a useful way to communicate during these odd times. I
think should be a priority to try to figure out how to pay our mortgage,
wether it be requesting belayed payments or crafting a
fundraising strategy, we have a large and tight network that we can reach
out to, that mat be able to help. Unfortunately, half of our income comes
from event rentals, which as noted, have for the most part been cancelled,
the other of course if office rental from collectives, perhaps this could
be a place where we as collectives can be more proactive in.
For our reoccurring meetings such as Delegate assemblies, and working
groups, we should try to meet online via zoom or whatnot. "Safer DIY" it
would be great if you can set something up - Thanks.
I am inspired by the strength and love of our omni family. Rag-tag and all,
we hold so much collective passion, knowledge, skills, expertise, and more
importantly we hold a great care for our communities. I am certain that
collectively we can rise up to the occasion and surmount the challenges
ahead.
Let's continue the conversation on slack =].
Caminando,
Roberto Martinez
On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 1:01 PM Patrik D'haeseleer <patrikd(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
FYI - CCL does not have a big stash of N95 masks. We
may have a couple
lying around from the fires last year, but that is probably single digits.
We tried to order a pack of surgical masks to be used in cases like this
where we may need to deal with infected people in the community, but even
the lab supplier was back ordered and had to cancel the order.
IF YOU HAVE N95 MASKS IN ORIGINAL PACKAGING, UNOPENED, DO NOT OPEN THEM! I
think the local hospitals will be desperate to get them in about 2-3 weeks
from now, when all the new cases from St. Paddy's day hit (sigh). They are
currently not yet accepting such donations from the public, but they may
need to in the future...
You should only be using an N95 mask if you are a healthy individual
nursing somebody who is sick, and if you know how to properly put them on,
test for fit, and take them off without infecting yourself. They are far
too valuable to squander them to just walk around the street.
"Surgical" masks (typically just a pleated rectangle with ear loops) are
most useful on an *infected* person, to keep them from infecting the people
around them.
For some really useful info on DIY masks (get out those sewing machines!)
and even cleaning and reusing masks, check out this resource:
https://smartairfilters.com/en/knowledge-base/
Patrik
On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 11:47 AM Jenny Ryan <jenny(a)jennyryan.net> wrote:
Hey all!
While I'm replying to Roberto's message, I'm also cc'ing various Omni
mailing lists (including member collectives):
Yes, I think we should be a dropoff point - but only if the organizers
will staff it *fully* and abide by *extremely high hygiene/sanitization
standards*.
We all need to be talking more about next steps as a community
place-based organization. I've revived our Slack channel here so we can
have real-time conversations:
*Click Here To Join Chat!
<https://join.slack.com/t/omnicommons/shared_invite/zt-coe108tt-rd~SdFHo_DN_l6l51ANPdQ>*
*Questions for the community:*
- *Should we send a request to our mortgage lender to belay payments
for a month or two?* We have $30K as bare-minimum operating reserves
(which I'd rather not touch), and an additional $15K in the kitchen fund.
Our checking account is currently at a little over $3K, with March mortgage
and utilities paid, but we are not receiving ~$1K in member collective
payments, and half our necessary monthly income (~$5K of ~$11K) comes from
event rentals... that have all been cancelled...
- *Builders/handypeoplez: *I have put out a call/request for someone
to install the touchless soap dispenser i bought last year - it is powered
by rechargeable C batteries and needs to be mounted onto tile with masonry
drill bits - all materials (dispenser, batteries, charger, masonry bits and
drill) are in the secure storage; foaming unscented hand soap is in massive
quantities in the cleaning closet (please lock! but share combo lock code
liberally with trusted folks who won't steal all the TP ;) - it could also
be wired to existing electrical. I personally can't do it as I'm currently
a probable asymptomatic vector of covid-19. At my home in W Oakland, we
have a box of N95 masks (I believe CCL ordered more?) and lots of food as
well as herbs and some meds, so ping me if you need and I will leave it
outside our door for you <3 Can also order things online if anyone needs
and doesn't have the resources right now.
- Per requests from Robb, I have purchased 4 bottles of 70% Isopropyl
alcohol with spritz bottles, as well as a dozen air filters. Who is
currently regularly at Omni (Robb? Sierk? AB? anyone else?) that can be my
point of contact for delivery updates? If you think of other things we need
you can make a purchase request here:
https://omnicommons.org/budgetrequest
*Some relevant announcements:*
- CCL has recently purchased various supplies for decontamination and
cleanliness. Also a good resource for people with questions about the
virus. Patrik, lmk if you need to go halfsies with Omni on the sanitizer
dispensing station - if CCL is strapped, that is - cuz Omni will be in
coming months.
- *Please donate* to Omni <https://omnicommons.org/donate> and/or Sudo
<https://sudoroom.org/donate> right now! Also, consider making a
donation to CCL member (and my former beloved housemate!) Craig, who is
working on a vaccine - he is currently trying to raise $1500: You can send
PayPal donations to: finance(a)renegadex.bio - or Venmo: Craig-Rouskey
<https://venmo.com/Craig-Rouskey>
- I'll be sending out a financial report with coming-month
prospectives by the end of March. This is one of my priorities right now,
and I'm downshifting my full-time job and other gigs to do it and will not
be charging my $25 bookkeeper contract rate for those hours. I am concerned
about the lack of financial support from events (most all of which have
been cancelled or postponed), as well as from Phat Beets (4 months unpaid
rent, $2,518) and FYE (1.5 months unpaid rent, $525) - PB & FYE - please
let us know how your orgs are doing and what we can do to best support you
and in turn, Omni Commons as a whole!
- Current costs and recurring income sources have been regularly
updated on the Finance Wiki Page: https://omnicommons.org/wiki/Finances
*Additional Resources:*
- COVID-19 Mutual Aid Resources- Huichin/Oakland
<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/1/d/1q8gPladEOi0vI8oU7Z37AYJQsy22SKdwNhVUDMJc3mQ/edit#gid=0>
- https://bayrising.org/organizingduringcoronavirus/
- https://covid19freelanceartistresource.wordpress.com/
-
https://www.needhelppayingbills.com/html/alameda_county_food_banks.html
- Alameda County Public Health Deptartment's COVID-19 resource hub
<http://www.nikki4oakland.com/r?u=Qw7BN9spnH2-QGQihzneFoQv17feW3ezjwg15mnJvsuC3XV2h3gusKLTeMGHN1OG&e=d47a11b8ed371f26a8957974a847a9c1&utm_source=nikki4oakland&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=covid_19_evictions_moratorium&n=15>
- http://www.alamedacounty.info/content/housing-and-renting-aid
- Bay Area Financial Solidarity <http://Tiny.cc/covidmutualaid>
Mad love & solidarity - and hope to see you on the chat! (link above)
<3 jnny
On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 10:07 AM Roberto Martinez via commons <
commons(a)lists.omnicommons.org> wrote:
Hello all,
I got a request about using the Omni as a location for dropping off
donating goods. Are we doing something already? If not are we open to have
the Omni as a drop of place?
I’ll ask them to submit a formal request and take it from there.
Thanks,
RM
Sent from my iPhone
Begin forwarded message:
*From:* Cc Raye <viviraye(a)gmail.com>
*Date:* March 15, 2020 at 8:16:01 PM PDT
*To:* Margot Brennan <margot(a)seedsandstones.org>
*Cc:* Roberto Martinez <rcm00189(a)gmail.com>
*Subject:* *Re: Omni as a distribution point*
Hi Roberto,
Thanks Margot for connecting us.
Some of us are trying to coordinate some mutual aid and wanted to
suggest a centralized location for dropping off donated goods that could
then be redistributed.
Do you think Omni might be open to this for some period of time?
Would we need to have designated times?
Looking forward to being in touch if y'all are open to this.
Thanks!
Cici
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