8 Sep
2023
8 Sep
'23
7:02 p.m.
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:
> 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
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