-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi all! The Omni Oakland Collective is the non-profit organization serving as an umbrella for the current 'collective of collectives' seeking to move together into 4799 Shattuck. We are currently in the process of applying for 501c3 status. "OMNI Oakland Collective is comprised of several Bay Area collectives. Its express purpose is to build consensus among member collectives with minimal possible bureaucracy for the administration of a common space and sharing of resources for the use and stewardship of the greater community. The point of the OMNI Oakland Collective is NOT to function as any sort of governing body for the groups involved in any general sense. There are no senators. Its only and sole point is to administer the space, pay bills, make group decisions about the shared space, resolve any conflicts between the groups in the space, interface with the state, banks, authorities, etc. Logistics and bureaucracy: That's it." See the current draft of the bylaws here: http://wiki.omni-oakland.org/w/Bylaws Feedback is requested over the next month to incorporate them into the new version of the bylaws. You can post feedback or questions to this thread, make a diff on the wiki, or add to the Riseup pad: http://pad.riseup.net/p/omnibylaws Cheers, Jenny http://jennyryan.net http://sudomesh.org http://thevirtualcampfire.org http://technomadic.tumblr.com `~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~` "Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories." - -Laurie Anderson "Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it." -Hannah Arendt "To define is to kill. To suggest is to create." - -Stéphane Mallarmé ~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`