[sudo-discuss] [omni-consensus] WCK/CLP intro (fwd)

Oops, forgot to cc Billy who first sent it! On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 10:24 PM Yardena Cohen <yardenack(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all, I'm forwarding this to omni's "consensus" list because it's a > proposal that affects the whole community! > > I think CLP would be great as a new member collective at omni. They > are paying $200 for their current 10x10 storage unit and are willing > to pay omni the same for relatively unsecured space in the basement, > which is totally reasonable - generous even! They would also bring in > an active community of volunteers, which would be huge for omni. > Meeting Billy and Rafiq this weekend was a pleasure. > > It looks like there are now several new member collective proposals in > the pipeline, which is awesome! I hope that we can use this > opportunity to practice onboarding new groups in a way that is as > frictionless and accessible as we can, and also invite this potential > new generation of omni member collectives to co-create the process > alongside us. > > Our next delegates meeting is in ~2 weeks, April 7th. Typically for > important proposals (like a new member collective), we would have one > meeting to discuss details, give delegates another 2 weeks to bring > the proposal for discussion among their groups, and then come back for > (hopefully) full consensus at the next meeting, which would be April > 21st. > > I think it'd be great for folks to have conversations and ask > questions in the meantime so that we can all be prepared for the big > meetings once they happen. Thanks all :D > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: deskhandle via commons <commons(a)lists.omnicommons.org> > Date: Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 2:00 PM > Subject: [omni-commons] WCK/CLP intro > To: commons(a)lists.omnicommons.org <commons(a)lists.omnicommons.org> > Cc: Communityliberationprograms(a)protonmail.com > <Communityliberationprograms(a)protonmail.com> > > > Hey everyone, this is Billy with Community Liberation Programs, > formerly known as Worker's Community Kitchen. > > We are a socialist organization that creates dual power programs in > partnership with community members. > > Currently we have a water delivery/ unhoused encampment commissary > program as well as a community garden program both in Hayward. > > We have a program in Berkeley which works directly with the community > at People's Park to organize crucial material support and gear up in > defense of the upcoming eviction. > > We also have a reading group starting in the SF Mission as a > preliminary step to bring folks together for a new program forming > there, and another working group investigating a new program centered > in Oakland Chinatown. > > We are really excited to be invited to join the new phase at the Omni > and are particularly looking forward to supporting fund raising > efforts through event planning. We were already working on creating a > summer film series as a fund raising event for our organization and it > seems aligned to use this as an opportunity to support the Omni as > well. > > Additionally, we were told that we could potentially move some stuff > around in the area pictured below to take up a roughly 10 x 10 space > for our storage. Currently we have a storage unit in Berkeley so we'd > love to move that over here and start being in the space more > regularly! > > We can send a delegate to the regular meetings and are ready to start > event planning! > > I have CC'd the primary CLP email address to make sure it is put in > the communication loop! > > All the best! > Billy