11 May
2017
11 May
'17
10:38 a.m.
hey marcus, welcoming folx, all,
thanks for all this – wish i was around this month to help more. will
definitely sign up for a front desk shift upon return!
being a book lover, sad to hear the library isn't part of the vision for
the future of the entrance hall. i get that not having someone looking
after the library makes it less useful and less attractive. i guess the
plan is to get rid of ALL of the shelves/books? i kinda wish i'd known
that was part of what "beautifying" meant; i might have felt more
motivated to try to come to the welcoming meetings and try to find an
option that doesn't mean getting rid of EVERYTHING. of course i know
this isn't your first email about this, & the meeting notes have been
getting logged, so it's on me for not knowing. it's just we get so many
emails (long ones! many of us could work on brevity! i like to use a
word counter for this...), it's hard to keep up with things primarily
communicated that way...
sigh.
sorry if this is annoying... just, dunno, publicly mourning.
anyway, overall very excited about what y'all are up to, and appreciate
it very much.
happy mothers day,
julian
On 5/7/17 8:08 PM, Marcus Zamani wrote:
Hey all,
Laura reminded me that next Sunday is Mother's Day. which doesn't seem
a good date to have a work/painting party.
That said let's push everything, but the book removal over one week:
Book deadline still Mon May 15
Front hall cleaning & painting: Sun May 21
Omni Pay What You Can Sale: Sun May 28 (if the ballroom is still open
that day)
Dump run: Tues May 30
Hello Omni,
The Welcoming Working Group is slowly getting more organized, sorry
it’s taking so long, if you would like to sign-up for a door shift you
can add your name to our online shift tracker…
https://www.omnicommons.org/frontdesk
<https://www.omnicommons.org/frontdesk>
Even if someone has already signed up on a shift you want go ahead and
sign up for the same time as well. That’s actually a good thing,
because then someone can stay watching the door while someone else can
give tours.
We will also be compiling a door shift training manual very soon that
goes over Omni rules that must be followed and how to greet/interact
with visitors.
We are going to be painting and beautifying the front entryway next
Sunday May 14.
Painting, which will encompass the walls and ceiling, will begin at 5pm.
Before painting though some prep work needs to get done, including
patching some holes in the walls, replacing ceiling tiles and
consolidating & organizing wires, this will happen Saturday night &
Sunday morning/afternoon.
Contact me if you would like to paint, patch, glue or whatever else in
this endeavor.
There’s a lot of work to get the whole main hall beautified and part
of that is we are shifting, moving, donating books that were a part of
the former library.
That said, if there are any books you would like to keep for yourself
GET THEM NOW, they will be donated and gone by Monday May 15.
The Omni Pay What You Can Sale is going down Sunday May 21 all
afternoon in the ballroom.
I am personally motivated to clear out the basement again, but this is
an opportune time for any group or area of Omni to get cleaned out.
If there is something your collective wants to get rid of please get
it ready for the move to the ballroom.
We’re asking that you keep that stuff in your area until the day of
the sale, DO NOT move it to the main hall or basement. If you
absolutely need the space in your area before May 21 you may move it
to the basement ONLY if you are giving your word of honor that you
personally will carry it up from the basement to the ballroom on the
day of the event.
Stuff that does not make its way out via the sale will be hauled away
to the dump Tuesday May 23. Hopefully the sale will have generated
enough cash to pay for the dump runs.
Come to the Welcoming Working Group meetings Mondays @ 5pm or contact
me personally if you have any questions or want to help,
Marcus
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