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From: Bonfire Makers <bonfiremakers(a)gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 7:48 PM
Subject: [sfchalkboard] The Bay Area Childcare Collective is looking
for volunteers!
To: sfchalkboard(a)lists.riseup.net
Hey Activists! Hey Childcare Providers! Hey folks who want to build
power and spend time with kids!
The Bay Area Childcare Collective (BACC) is looking for new members!
We offer childcare resources to grassroots organizations composed of
and …
[View More]led by m/others who face multiple oppressions, primarily by
providing competent and politicized childcare to low/no income
immigrant m/others and m/others of color. We are currently working
with Causa Justa: Just Cause, La Collectiva, and Left Roots.
If you want to:
-support local grassroots organizing led by women and m/others of color
-Spend at least 4 hours per month with kids
-Connect and build community with other folks who love working with kids
-Learn and share skills
-HAVE FUN!
THEN BACC IS A GREAT FIT FOR YOU!
Come to our new member orientation on Saturday September 19th from 2-4
PM in North Oakland to learn more. Contact Sonia at 510-697-1268 or
e-mail us at bayareachildcarecollective(a)gmail.com for location
details.
Visit our website at https://bayareachildcarecollective.wordpress.com/
for more information about what it looks like to be a part of our
volunteer collective!
WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONNECTING WITH YOU!
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On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 4:02 PM, yar <yardenack(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Please don't do anything important until the DNS finishes propagating.
> Avoid any important mailing list messages, wiki edits, blog posts,
> etc. I will send an update when we're done. Thanks!
Ok, all should be well now. If you have any trouble please email
sudo-sys(a)lists.sudoroom.org. Thanks!
Hi everyone. My name is Jeffrey Gordon. I'm a 4th grade teacher at Ruby
Bridges Elementary School in Alameda, where I've taught for seven years.
My school's population is 80% free/reduced lunch (high poverty) and 10% of
our students are homeless, as our population zone includes The Alameda
Point Collaborative.
I've been developing a curriculum in Scratch, that I use to reinforce my
math lessons. Each week, my students build a little modeler that
reinforces that week's work in math. My …
[View More]students use their free time
throughout the week to add to and change the projects. Here's a studio
that my students have organized of some of those projects. We also use it
to share resources for projects.:
http://scratch.mit.edu/studios/373147/projects/
My goal this year was to create a portable and modular curriculum to share
with other teachers to use in their own classrooms. What I've come to
understand, is that this is a basically unfeasible goal; while nearly every
educator I show them to sees the value of the modelers instantly, none of
them has felt comfortable leading their students to build them.
Here's a Google Doc of the curriculum in progress. I'm doing the page
layouts this summer, but most of the actual projects have been coded and
tested by kids at this point, and just need to be commented and laid out.
I'm hoping to get about 25 lessons done over the next month or so:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WXwnMZTeIcZYLMyB_seGqaZ8R9JOhFQTh-wXP17…
I spoke to Matt about the issues you've had with liability and insurance
concerns. It sounds like a new space might solve some of those problems,
but I think I have an idea that may compliment the existing sudo-kids
project.
Many elementary schools have art docent programs, which bring in community
volunteers to lead students in art lessons while a teacher attends to the
business of running the classroom. The liability and legal concerns in
running one of these programs are relatively simple: volunteers will need
to undergo a federal background check and Livescan fingerprinting.
Districts have existing procedures in place for these sorts of things,
which means the principal of the school will make the choice, rather than a
committee of administrators (which is how most good things die in
education.)
I could arrange matchmaking for docents and teachers, facilitate background
checks, model the lessons for docents with actual students, and assist with
teachers with integrating the curriculum into their everyday math
instruction.
What I would need is one or two (to start) volunteers to work with a couple
of known excellent educators and their 4th-grade students next year on a
weekly basis. Those volunteers would need to be competent with Scratch and
able to read and understand the code linked to above. That would mean
about 60 kids would benefit.
If you have the time and inclination, please, look closely at the modelers
and the curriculum.
If anyone is interested in working with me, there are a couple of weeks
left in the school year, and I'd be happy to demo a lesson with my
students.
Thanks,
Jeffrey Gordon
4th Grade Teacher
Ruby Bridges Elementary School
Alameda, CA
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I just spent the whole weekend at Hackerscouts Leadership meeting. Basically they will be providing Hackerspaces very discounted insurance coverage and nonprofit status help (streamline the whole paper work process) for those willing to hold Hackerscouts Guilds at their spaces. I am willing to help train/mentor set up Hackerscouts for Sudo Room so you can get insurance if and when you guys end up at a new place or if George changes his mind about everything and realizes his behavior in front of …
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Carolyn
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hi all,
during this evening's meeting we'll be discussing how best to address
laurie's last message below. as you can see, a number of issues are tied
together here, including having children in the space. all of you are
welcome this evening to help us come up with a solution to this situation.
additionally, while we're on pause for tuesday evenings, this is a good
time to evaluate where we want to go with sudo kids. what do we envision as
the future of this program? how much and what can we …
[View More]contribute to making
it happen? what needs to happen in order for sudo kids to be a success? is
once a week in the evenings a good time? how should programming be
organized, etc?
i'll start:
- my bandwidth for helping organize sudo kids and being present at sudo
room every tuesday night is rapidly shrinking and i'm afraid i can't take
on any new obligations at this time.
- with the larger # of kids the last few times, i didn't feel that we were
able to provide the kind of adult support that i'd like to see for the
kinds of things that i envision sudo kids to be about: hacking, making
stuff, learning, etc.
- i think that in order to move forward, an insurance/waiver situation will
be necessary. it will be necessary for someone to investigate the options
and then for us to figure out a way to pay for it. i can't do this right
now :(
- one way to move forward would be to partner with other organizations
and/or become a chapter or affiliate of a larger program. one option here
would be to pursue a possible collaboration with hackerscouts (who are
looking for a new place and may be open to collaboration ...i am currently
not able to start conversations with those folks about this).
- finally, there is the option of getting a separate sudo kids space,
whether it's one of the other rooms at 2141, or a separate space entirely.
this would involve looking for locations,finding enough people to commit to
paying a regular share of the rent, etc. etc. i can't take the lead on this
process either.
all right, that's it for me! what do others think?
- marina
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Subject: [sudo-discuss] Fwd: Children/Security/Janitorial issues.....
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From: *Matthew Senate* <mattsenate(a)gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 9:16 PM
To: sudo-discuss <sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org>
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Laurie Cooperman Rosen <Lscoop(a)comcast.net>
Date: Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 6:03 PM
Subject: RE: Children/Security/Janitorial issues.....
To: Matthew Senate <mattsenate(a)gmail.com>
Hi Matthew…****
I think a meeting would be best because there are so many issues. I agree
that the confrontation was bad, and that George has a problem when
something hurts him deeply. Hopefully those who know him understand that
he has a huge heart, and repays kindness with kindness, but has a hard time
handling any type of abuse relating to people, animals or the building, and
he simply can’t control his emotions and what he says when a violent
incident occurs that is uncalled for. Accusations were not made at a
particular person but there was ranting about the lack of control in the
evenings and lack of responsibility/training/accountability for those using
the premises that allowed this to happen, and in that he was righteous. ****
The problem boils down to the security in the building. Doors are being
left open in the evening and are not being monitored. People not affiliated
with the group having an event can enter, hide, and do what they want later
(which only by INCREDIBLE luck has not been grand theft thus far). We
won’t be able to continue the late hours and will have to shut the building
down after a certain time in the evening UNLESS we have a direct
responsible person on-site that is trustworthy, has his/her own security
code, and is fully conversant with the shutting down procedures and who
also knows which doors should be shut (and when) throughout the entire 2141
floor during the evening. It’s not ok for The Sudo Room (or the Public
School) to leave it to the last member staying late to shut down and
monitor what is happening in the building if that person is not trained and
knowledgeable and does not have his/her own security code.****
Sometimes people in 2141 leave the door from the office corridor to the
bathrooms open when they should not. This has never been a problem until
recently, when traffic started coming in from the rear door. In the past
all traffic came in from the front door. The person in charge should make
sure that the rear door from the bathrooms into that corridor is always
locked throughout the evening.****
We have fixed the lock on the 22nd St. entrance so there should no longer
be a reason to keep that door open during non-business hours (during
business hours when certain hair stylists are there it might be kept open,
because the stylists can’t use your security buzz-in system….something that
should be rectified and would help building security IMMENSELY. I have
also noticed that even when not being buzzed in the elevator is always
accessible…something that should not be the case). ****
We are now getting calls up until as late as 3am on a fairly regular basis
(one at 3am this past weekend—usually more like until 11:30 on weekdays and
12-12:30am on weekends), and it is almost at the point where we are
throwing our hands up and saying “don’t send the police” at a time when it
is possible that a robbery COULD be in process or the building could be
open to theft in the middle of the night, because we don’t know who is in
charge or who to call at that hour. ****
For our part, we need to put in more cameras in a couple of places,
although I will draw the line at having them in a restroom stall. We met
the gentleman who was likely the last person there the night of the awful
event, and we believe that although his group was not directly responsible,
he did say that nobody checked the restrooms before leaving, which should
not have been the case. For both security and for those that arrive in the
morning, we are now asking that after every evening group meets that the
restrooms be checked, excess trash disposed of and paper towels/toilet
paper replaced as needed. We have never been responsible for cleanup after
events and since what has been happening there has been way beyond normal
usage, we ask that you get together with the Public School to purchase some
extra toilet paper/paper towels to keep on hand and to make sure that the
restrooms are clean, stocked and ready for use when folks arrive in the
a.m. The person in charge for the evening (see more on that below) should
be in charge of that (janitorial/security) aspect as well. We will
continue to come in late afternoons to take care of trash that builds up
during the daytime. In order for this to happen we will ask on every
evening if your groups have people there after 9pm that we have the
name/phone number of the person on the premises who will be closing up and
whom we can contact in case of security issues. It is possible for you
(and a couple of others from The Sudo Room & Public School as designated by
us) to be able to give people temporary codes for the security system if a
person is trained but will not have access to the building on a regular
basis. The responsible people may give out “one time” security codes as
needed, with the ability to call those codes in directly to Sonitrol (you
would use your own passcode when calling them, and then give them the name
of the temporary person and temporary passcode) as the responsible person
allowed to give out additional temporary codes. ****
Also, George had me take care of the recycling on Saturday while he was
dealing with the restroom incident. We should not have to be doing that.
It took at least an hour to sort through the massive amount of glass to
make sure that the insides of the bottles were cleaned out and that the
plastic and glass (recyclable) was separated from the cans (which are
returned for deposit). In that mess was also a modicum of some gross
garbage that found its way into the recycling. We ask that this be done
for us (glass-plastic separated, washed, into one set of plastic bags, and
clean rinsed aluminum cans into another) and we will be happy to continue
to haul them away, unless you prefer to haul them away yourselves—at this
time the aluminum cans bring in a small amount of money after amassed for a
month or two but the rest goes in our recycle can at home. When unwashed
they attract all kinds of bugs and animals which is why they need to be
cleaned out if we are to take them.****
I think that this and the other message covers all of the main issues.
There is more to discuss if a related but separate group wants to be
holding some child care sessions on the premises, but I think that should
be via a conversation with all parties present to address issues of
permits, security, insurance and likely additional rent.****
I think this is a fairly thorough response to most of the items, except the
one (child care) that will require more discussion, because we don’t want
to see anybody spend money for permitting or separate child care insurance
until a more full understanding and agreement is made between all
participating parties. Obviously, at this point in a lot of ways it would
be much easier if the Sudo Room and related parties were to expand into
some additional space so that more of our costs for that space are covered
and so that we can put some better security features in place and have less
worry about constantly having to clear out excess furnishings, objects and
garbage that do not belong in the large common space, as well as our
complete inability to rent out space to unrelated parties on any regular
basis with the way the space is being used. At this point the headaches,
stress, lack of sleep (for us) and stress on the building contents (i.e.
walls, carpeting) and vulnerability of the building and its tenants are not
aligned with the amount of rent received from your groups. That is not in
any way to say that we don’t support and love what your groups are
doing……just that we very much would like to have it work and be a win-win
for all of us, without putting our other tenants at risk.****
Your thoughts would be much appreciated.****
Laurie****
** **
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hi all,
during this evening's meeting we'll be discussing how best to address
laurie's last message below. as you can see, a number of issues are tied
together here, including having children in the space. all of you are
welcome this evening to help us come up with a solution to this situation.
additionally, while we're on pause for tuesday evenings, this is a good
time to evaluate where we want to go with sudo kids. what do we envision as
the future of this program? how much and what can we …
[View More]contribute to making
it happen? what needs to happen in order for sudo kids to be a success? is
once a week in the evenings a good time? how should programming be
organized, etc?
i'll start:
- my bandwidth for helping organize sudo kids and being present at sudo
room every tuesday night is rapidly shrinking and i'm afraid i can't take
on any new obligations at this time.
- with the larger # of kids the last few times, i didn't feel that we were
able to provide the kind of adult support that i'd like to see for the
kinds of things that i envision sudo kids to be about: hacking, making
stuff, learning, etc.
- i think that in order to move forward, an insurance/waiver situation will
be necessary. it will be necessary for someone to investigate the options
and then for us to figure out a way to pay for it. i can't do this right
now :(
- one way to move forward would be to partner with other organizations
and/or become a chapter or affiliate of a larger program. one option here
would be to pursue a possible collaboration with hackerscouts (who are
looking for a new place and may be open to collaboration ...i am currently
not able to start conversations with those folks about this).
- finally, there is the option of getting a separate sudo kids space,
whether it's one of the other rooms at 2141, or a separate space entirely.
this would involve looking for locations,finding enough people to commit to
paying a regular share of the rent, etc. etc. i can't take the lead on this
process either.
all right, that's it for me! what do others think?
- marina
Forwarded conversation
Subject: [sudo-discuss] Fwd: Children/Security/Janitorial issues.....
------------------------
From: *Matthew Senate* <mattsenate(a)gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 9:16 PM
To: sudo-discuss <sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org>
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Laurie Cooperman Rosen <Lscoop(a)comcast.net>
Date: Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 6:03 PM
Subject: RE: Children/Security/Janitorial issues.....
To: Matthew Senate <mattsenate(a)gmail.com>
Hi Matthew…****
I think a meeting would be best because there are so many issues. I agree
that the confrontation was bad, and that George has a problem when
something hurts him deeply. Hopefully those who know him understand that
he has a huge heart, and repays kindness with kindness, but has a hard time
handling any type of abuse relating to people, animals or the building, and
he simply can’t control his emotions and what he says when a violent
incident occurs that is uncalled for. Accusations were not made at a
particular person but there was ranting about the lack of control in the
evenings and lack of responsibility/training/accountability for those using
the premises that allowed this to happen, and in that he was righteous. ****
The problem boils down to the security in the building. Doors are being
left open in the evening and are not being monitored. People not affiliated
with the group having an event can enter, hide, and do what they want later
(which only by INCREDIBLE luck has not been grand theft thus far). We
won’t be able to continue the late hours and will have to shut the building
down after a certain time in the evening UNLESS we have a direct
responsible person on-site that is trustworthy, has his/her own security
code, and is fully conversant with the shutting down procedures and who
also knows which doors should be shut (and when) throughout the entire 2141
floor during the evening. It’s not ok for The Sudo Room (or the Public
School) to leave it to the last member staying late to shut down and
monitor what is happening in the building if that person is not trained and
knowledgeable and does not have his/her own security code.****
Sometimes people in 2141 leave the door from the office corridor to the
bathrooms open when they should not. This has never been a problem until
recently, when traffic started coming in from the rear door. In the past
all traffic came in from the front door. The person in charge should make
sure that the rear door from the bathrooms into that corridor is always
locked throughout the evening.****
We have fixed the lock on the 22nd St. entrance so there should no longer
be a reason to keep that door open during non-business hours (during
business hours when certain hair stylists are there it might be kept open,
because the stylists can’t use your security buzz-in system….something that
should be rectified and would help building security IMMENSELY. I have
also noticed that even when not being buzzed in the elevator is always
accessible…something that should not be the case). ****
We are now getting calls up until as late as 3am on a fairly regular basis
(one at 3am this past weekend—usually more like until 11:30 on weekdays and
12-12:30am on weekends), and it is almost at the point where we are
throwing our hands up and saying “don’t send the police” at a time when it
is possible that a robbery COULD be in process or the building could be
open to theft in the middle of the night, because we don’t know who is in
charge or who to call at that hour. ****
For our part, we need to put in more cameras in a couple of places,
although I will draw the line at having them in a restroom stall. We met
the gentleman who was likely the last person there the night of the awful
event, and we believe that although his group was not directly responsible,
he did say that nobody checked the restrooms before leaving, which should
not have been the case. For both security and for those that arrive in the
morning, we are now asking that after every evening group meets that the
restrooms be checked, excess trash disposed of and paper towels/toilet
paper replaced as needed. We have never been responsible for cleanup after
events and since what has been happening there has been way beyond normal
usage, we ask that you get together with the Public School to purchase some
extra toilet paper/paper towels to keep on hand and to make sure that the
restrooms are clean, stocked and ready for use when folks arrive in the
a.m. The person in charge for the evening (see more on that below) should
be in charge of that (janitorial/security) aspect as well. We will
continue to come in late afternoons to take care of trash that builds up
during the daytime. In order for this to happen we will ask on every
evening if your groups have people there after 9pm that we have the
name/phone number of the person on the premises who will be closing up and
whom we can contact in case of security issues. It is possible for you
(and a couple of others from The Sudo Room & Public School as designated by
us) to be able to give people temporary codes for the security system if a
person is trained but will not have access to the building on a regular
basis. The responsible people may give out “one time” security codes as
needed, with the ability to call those codes in directly to Sonitrol (you
would use your own passcode when calling them, and then give them the name
of the temporary person and temporary passcode) as the responsible person
allowed to give out additional temporary codes. ****
Also, George had me take care of the recycling on Saturday while he was
dealing with the restroom incident. We should not have to be doing that.
It took at least an hour to sort through the massive amount of glass to
make sure that the insides of the bottles were cleaned out and that the
plastic and glass (recyclable) was separated from the cans (which are
returned for deposit). In that mess was also a modicum of some gross
garbage that found its way into the recycling. We ask that this be done
for us (glass-plastic separated, washed, into one set of plastic bags, and
clean rinsed aluminum cans into another) and we will be happy to continue
to haul them away, unless you prefer to haul them away yourselves—at this
time the aluminum cans bring in a small amount of money after amassed for a
month or two but the rest goes in our recycle can at home. When unwashed
they attract all kinds of bugs and animals which is why they need to be
cleaned out if we are to take them.****
I think that this and the other message covers all of the main issues.
There is more to discuss if a related but separate group wants to be
holding some child care sessions on the premises, but I think that should
be via a conversation with all parties present to address issues of
permits, security, insurance and likely additional rent.****
I think this is a fairly thorough response to most of the items, except the
one (child care) that will require more discussion, because we don’t want
to see anybody spend money for permitting or separate child care insurance
until a more full understanding and agreement is made between all
participating parties. Obviously, at this point in a lot of ways it would
be much easier if the Sudo Room and related parties were to expand into
some additional space so that more of our costs for that space are covered
and so that we can put some better security features in place and have less
worry about constantly having to clear out excess furnishings, objects and
garbage that do not belong in the large common space, as well as our
complete inability to rent out space to unrelated parties on any regular
basis with the way the space is being used. At this point the headaches,
stress, lack of sleep (for us) and stress on the building contents (i.e.
walls, carpeting) and vulnerability of the building and its tenants are not
aligned with the amount of rent received from your groups. That is not in
any way to say that we don’t support and love what your groups are
doing……just that we very much would like to have it work and be a win-win
for all of us, without putting our other tenants at risk.****
Your thoughts would be much appreciated.****
Laurie****
** **
** **
** **
*From:* Matthew Senate [mailto:mattsenate@gmail.com]
*Sent:* Wednesday, September 11, 2013 4:48 PM
*To:* Laurie Cooperman Rosen
*Subject:* Re: Children****
** **
Laurie,****
** **
Thanks for replying briefly, when do you expect you will be able to send a
full response? We also need to address the incident on this past Saturday,
which was another unacceptable confrontation and accusation.****
** **
Thanks,
Matt****
** **
On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 4:02 PM, Laurie Cooperman Rosen <Lscoop(a)comcast.net>
wrote:****
Hi Matt-****
I received your note and drafted a response that night, but didn’t mail it
out because I wanted to make sure George has nothing to add first. You
will have it this weekend. The number one concern (before even anything
else) is that WE are not insured for this and have received no evidence of
coverage from your group either. At this point everybody who has any
visitors on a regular basis MUST have insurance coverage with us as named
insureds, and we at this point need to enforce that. Next on the list are
permitting related issues from the City of Oakland for children to be
allowed in any kind of day care setting, and also arrangements that will
need to be made by your group (and the School too) to take care of
janitorial during and immediately after any group activities being held
there. This is not necessarily inclusive, but a start. We can discuss
the possibility of this happening (allowing children in eventually), but
not until these and other issues are fully addressed. I apologize for the
miscommunications on both sides that caused George to get upset about this
and perhaps act too heated, but it was not without reason (given that he
assumed that the communications had been disbursed), and for the time being
we need to start with the insurance issue because it looks like that will
be required because of all of the traffic whether children are able to use
the space eventually or not.****
Sorry, I worked on the email and saved it and was waiting for George to
have time to look at it. The first month always keeps us both hopping and
we only pass like ships in the night!****
Laurie****
****
****
*From:* Matthew Senate [mailto:mattsenate@gmail.com]
*Sent:* Friday, September 06, 2013 1:38 PM
*To:* Laurie Cooperman Rosen
*Subject:* Re: Children****
****
Laurie,****
****
Please let me know when you have a chance to read our note, even if you are
unable to respond immediately.****
****
Thanks,
Matt****
****
On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 11:23 PM, Matthew Senate <mattsenate(a)gmail.com>
wrote:****
Hi Laurie, ****
This week George addressed a group of folks in the common area outside of
Sudo Room and the Public School regarding the presence of minors in the
building. His behavior was confrontational, hostile, loud, and very
upsetting to many of those who were present, including some
parentally-accompanied minors. There has unfortunately been a series of
miscommunications about this issue, and we are dedicated foremost to
resolving it amicably. ****
First, thank you for communicating the building's policies on minors via
email. Unfortunately, due to a lapse in our own internal communication, the
contents of your email were not conveyed sufficiently to the relevant sudo
room members before Wednesday of this week. Please understand this was a
lapse in communication that has been rectified. ****
Secondly, since early June, every Tuesday evening parent-supervised minors
have attended sudo room. We provide no supervision services for minors. In
fact, we provide no services to customers (we don't have customers) as we
are a membership association. It was unclear that this event was
specifically of any concern since it followed the requirement of
supervision by parents. We are willing to meet the necessary requirements
to ensure that you and George are provided with the appropriate advanced
notification of any planned future sudo room events involving supervised
minors and their parents. It is relevant to note that in the past we have
allowed accompanied minors to be in the "Art Room" and not use common
space, but in recent instances the common room has been used as well.
Further, since we are interested in being as accessible as possible to
different communities and demographics, we would like to clarify what
opportunities there might be (through city services, insurance, waivers,
etc.) for minors to be in the building in ways other than those outlined in
your email. ****
Thirdly, regarding the damage to the bathroom you discuss in your email, we
understand your concerns and are sorry that it happened. We have raised
awareness in hopes of preventing instances like this from happening in the
future. While we are happy to take shared responsibility for ensuring the
bathrooms are clean and usable, we want to communicate that we are not
aware of any evidence that the minors who have been at sudo room were
responsible for the damage. We fully support your desire to keep all parts
of the space (including the bathrooms) vandalism-free, clean, and usable,
so we have made all sudo room members aware of this incident, reinforced
the expectations surrounding bathroom cleanliness, and reiterated the
policy that children should not use bathrooms unaccompanied. Please let us
know if you encounter any problems with the bathrooms in the future so that
we can take appropriate action. However, we also ask for understanding that
if there are problems with a shared space in the building, that absent
specific evidence, sudo room may not have been the source of a particular
problem. ****
Finally, we would like to share with you a few of our expectations as
lessees that we hope will help us continue to stay in this building that we
have been very happy to rent for the last 9 months: ****
Our Expectations: ****
* That issues with our use of common space or our use of our rented "Art
Room" be conveyed in writing, with disrespectful confrontations being
completely unacceptable, in any circumstances. ****
* Consistent with Sudo Room standards, that minors continue to be able to
participate at Sudo Room, provided they are accompanied by parents or a
legal guardian. ****
* To work together with you as we grow, which requires we be accessible to
more communities and demographics. ****
* To consider options for mitigating liability through additional
insurance, waivers, etc.****
Thanks,
Matt****
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From: *Matthew Senate* <mattsenate(a)gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 2:54 PM
To: sudo-discuss <sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org>
Hey all,
I had a chance to read this. There's quite a bit in there. I think we
should add this for open discussion at the next meeting, as well as
deliberate on how to meet with Laurie and possibly George to address all
these concerns.
David Keenan also has some proposals he'll be bringing that should help us
address many of these.
// Matt
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