8 Sep
2023
8 Sep
'23
11 p.m.
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
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From: Jonathan Cadle via sudo-discuss <sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org>
Reply-To: Jonathan Cadle <jcadle(a)pm.me>
Date: Fri, September 8, 2023 at 7:02 PM
To: Jenny Ryan <jenny(a)jennyryan.net>
Cc: <sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org>
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> 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:
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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> wrote:
Yea I dont think it is, but maybe it will be different from normal crowd
given this is a fundraiser event. If doing a laptop giveaway, we could also
make and post flyers outside the temescal area to see if we could get
better rep.
But yea Im also generally interested in seeing what the event description
looks like. Can someone send that through?
Paige
On Thu, Sep 7, 2023, 1:05 PM ch1rxpy3 via sudo-discuss
<sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org> wrote:
> Hi Andy,
>
> I think if we want to shift the balance of membership at sudoroom we need
> to be very intentional about where we do outreach. Can you explain the
> choice of Temescal Brewery as the best place to reach out to demographics
> underrepresented at sudoroom and hackerspaces in general? Would you
> describe it as a predominantly queer, female, low-income, youth, or POC
> space?
>
> Three
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> On Sep 5, 2023, 10:27 PM, Andrew R Gross via sudo-discuss <
> sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org> wrote:
> As always, participate in person or remotely from 8 - 9 PM!
>
> http://meet.waag.org/turtlesturtlesturtles
>
> We will be discussing plans to do a member outreach event at Temescal
> Brewery on the 21st of September! We'll also discuss our complicated,
> onerous new member process.
>
> If you'd like to add something to the agenda, reply below!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Andrew R Gross, (he/him)
> 412.657.5332 - shrad.org <http://shrad.org>
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