[sudo-discuss] Re: [omni-building] Re: OMNI Commons - Rat and pest abatement.

We also need to rat-proof the trash room from the disco room’s ground floor stair landing side. On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 12:15 Jenny Ryan via sudo-discuss < sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org&gt; wrote: On 2/23/22 11:57, Sarah Lockhart via sudo-discuss wrote: Just FYI -- I just ordered the hardware cloth to rat-proof under the > stage of the ballroom. There should be some left over that can be put in > omni's toolroom and used for various sites where we need to more > emphatically demonstrate that we are not a rodent-inclusive building > On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 9:59 AM Ian C &lt;icumming2020(a)yahoo.com&gt; wrote: >> "think that it would be really nice to have the space clean and >> organized and >> inviting, and the way we will do that is by people coming into the >> space and >> cleaning and organizing it. There is no substitute for that, and >> people who >> think that turning away donations (which have supplied literally >> everything in >> sudoroom) are mistaken, and their suggestions harm us and don't help >> anything." >>> Jake, David, and Sarah: >> Two nights ago, as I was leaving, I saw a large rat, run down the hall >> past the restroom, >> towards the front room. >> Last night I saw the same rat run from the beige couch in the entrance >> hall, >> to the far side of the building, and as I was leaving, the rat ran from >> the far side of the building towards the Beige couch. >>> You have rats and food. >> Two nights in a row. >>> You can have a professional exterminator come and remove it, >> or you can wait until the health department closes all food operations >> down. >> If you want to ever have a commercial kitchen, ( Which I have worked >> in) >> you need to handle pests professionally. ( Which my former roommate >> worked for Clarke ). >> Or any time you ask for a permit, the health department will ask to >> see your extermination bills and records, which makes some commercial >> kitchens, >> not viable, and they either have to shut down, or they never get >> started. >>> The Town fridge needs a clean up in front of the building. >> There is food spread all over, >> THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING. >> Remember the neighbors who complained about the front steps? >> Also, another toaster was removed, >> I will be emptying SuDo Rooms trash tonight. >>> So, Jake is out of town, and these problems, >> and gone from a concern, to urgent, to Emergency. >> This is what happens when you ignore problems, >>> If a rat bites someone, >> ( because it is now living in the front entrance hall) >> Do you understand the consequences of not doing anything? >>> There are currently places that I can point out where rats are moving >> into the walls. >> The hole I saw has enlarged since last night. >>> Here are some suggestions: >> Have David, put out as many commercial traps, and get some exclusion >> material. >> Install today, not tomorrow, or the next day: >> When Sudo room had a mice problem, that I noticed, >> I put traps out that day. >> When Counter Culture Labs had a mouse, >> they put out traps immediately. >> AVN keeps all food off the floor. >> They are meticulous about it. >>> Here is the alternative: >> You really never want a kitchen, >> and you want the fate of the Redstone building in San Francisco to >> repeat: >> "San Francisco's Redstone Building sells below..." >> ( reduced from $22M to $7M. a 69% Devaluation. ) >> Most probably because of unabated pests. >> Could the OMNI survive a 69% devaluation? >>> "Nov 19, 2021 — Despite years of advocacy >> to keep the historic Redstone Building in community hands, >> the building has been sold to a real estate company" >>> When you are flying a 747, another 747 flying at you, >> looks like a tiny dot, until It gets really big, and then you are >> dead. >>>>>> On Saturday, February 19, 2022, 03:19:34 PM PST, Jake via sudo-discuss >> &lt;sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org&gt; wrote: >>> On Sat, 19 Feb 2022, Alexander Papazoglou wrote: >>> > I don't have any concrete suggestions other than finding a way to >> make >> > stuff transit though sudoroom in a more orderly fashion. Like with >> planned >> > events, maybe in concert with other hackerspaces. But I'm probably >> just >> > echoing Joule's sentiments there. >>> I listed concrete suggestions: I said "come and get involved, spend >> time >> understanding what we have and why, and make an impact." >>>>> _______________________________________________ > 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/