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
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
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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