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by William Myers

Hello SUDO Community, I have an update on the foreclosure, I have attached a letter from CAST, which also summarizes all of the updates. Basically Mulberry has told us: 1. X organization intends to pay off Mulberry Trusts’s loan to Omni Commons of approximately $873,973.00 2. Here is a $10,000 non-refundable deposit to show we are serious. 3. Attach a copy of Omni's Board Resolution noting the agreement between Omni and the organization paying off the loan. 4. If we do not hear from you by Tuesday, May 14th at 12pm, we will direct the foreclosure trustee to file the paperwork. CAST appears to be willing to work with us even if the foreclosure is filed. But we also have the option to comply with Mulberry's requirements and fundraise to purchase the building with funding from another source within the 1 week timeframe. We will likely be entertaining proposals from Peoples Programs and City In Motion at tomorrow's board meeting. Please let me know if you have any questions, or ideas or insights. Best William > I’m sorry for the delay on this. It turns out that the LOI should be submitted by CAST to Omni Commons. We will turn around and submit this for consideration by Omi Commons. I wanted to highlight a few things: - I believe we have till Sunday evening or early Monday morning to share a signed LOI for purchase to the Trust. This is to be accompanied by a $10,000 check. We then have 24 additional hours to submit the full payment to the Trust at which time the title is released to Omni Commons. - If this timing cannot be met, the foreclosure action will be undertaken and there is 90 days to pay down the loan. The clock would essentially start on Tuesday the 14th. CAST has the ability to pay $10,000 for the deposit but not the balance within 24 hours after that. Given this reality, we will let the Trust know of our plans to pursue an LOI with Omni Commons and the need for additional time to secure the balance of funds. This assumes that they advance to foreclose. - CAST would like to sign an LOI with Omni Commons as quickly as possible so we can pursue funding to meet the 90 day foreclosure window. We will not negotiate to assemble a partnership for purchase. We encourage Omni Commons to explore all options. - People’s Program and City In Motion have both expressed interest and have reached out to CAST. I will respond to both and encourage them to speak with Omni Commons directly. - We recommend that you determine, separate from CAST, if their offers are viable and you wish to sell the building to either of them. We don’t want to hold you up if you are able and prefer to resolve the matter immediately.

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Re: [omni-consensus] Omni Security

by Toan Nguyen

Thanks all for your feedback to this serious concern. We appreciate everyone's different efforts and methods of response to this. Sometimes the help we desire to give, we're not equip to provide and it may do more harm than help. Not to say Trevor is not being helped, I'm aware that even a subtle acknowledgement could make your day brighter when you're displaced / unhoused. When Trevor joined Sudo Room (SR), people from the collective got together and supported him. Over time their support decreased for variety of reasons. Sacred Maker Arts Collective (SMAC) has been and is still in support of Trevor and doing their best to connect him with resources. Thank you both SMAC and SR for extending your hands to help. • I followed up with the people involved / in conversation on this topic and related. I have not been in contact with Trevor other than simple greets. He and I got into an altercation early this month and we've been giving each other space to avoid escalation. • Andre (FNB, Omni) and I spoke and he shared that Trevor threatened him twice inside Omni: "I'll beat your ass" Andre did not engage. The recent occured on Saturday 5-18. - Andre expressed feeling unsafe at Omni due to Trevor's repeated threats. He mentioned Trevor's prior physical assault inside Omni. • The hacked computer(s) early this month (see consensus list "hacked") was performed by Trevor. - He has been impersonating Sierk and contacted numerous people asking for money. People have been donating money. Sierk's accounts is still inaccessible. - On Friday (5-24) at Omni a person found out they were scammed and confronted him, Trevor denied involvement. I spoke with that person after and they showed me the screen with the interaction and money they gave. (photos attached) These are only two recent events this month. There are more inappropriate behaviors and violations such as inhabiting (SMAC room in basement conference) and smoking in the building, screamed at volunteers (when called out on something), along with other issues including inconsiderate (e.g. not cleaning up after). There's also the act of physical assault inside Omni from Trevor he was never held accountable for, that resulted in an non enforced temporary ban he was dishonest on his word of complying. There are details, more context and proof for all the claims made. We as a whole have been lenient in accountability and from the pattern of inappropriate behaviors from Trevor, more harm may occur. It is not worth taking the risk for him to act on his threats of violence to another volunteer. *• East Bay FNB calls for a permanent expulsion of Trevor Medina from the building and all activities related to Omni Commons and East Bay FNB to be in effect without delay.* *- Trevor have until Tuesday May 28th 6pm to gather all his belongings and remove himself from the building.* *- Trevor is demanded to return the accounts to its rightful user.* *- Reason for ban is threats of physical violence and stealing inside Omni Commons.* We ask the collectives and organizers and volunteers from Omni Commons to respect and support our request. Thanks, Toan On Mon, May 20, 2024, 7:38 PM Sarah Lockhart <sarah.ee.el(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you for your compassionate response > > S > > On Mon, May 20, 2024 at 7:18 PM Pallavi Kidambi <pallavi.kidambi(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Sarah, >> >> We at SMAC have been doing our best to get him resources to leave but we >> have no ability to just kick him out. There are no enforcement mechanisms >> for this kind of thing. We are trying to lead with compassion. We have >> offered at least a half dozen times to put him up in hotels and get him >> housing but he has significant trauma and refused. I tried my best to help >> him but it’s out of our depth. One of our members talked to him today and >> they are helping him secure travel out of state. He doesn’t want to be at >> Omni anymore. This shouldn’t continue to be an issue. >> >> >> >> >> Pallavi Kidambi >> Grant Writer • Artist • Educator • Development Consultant >> www.pallavikidambi.com >> >> On May 20, 2024, at 5:00 PM, Sarah Lockhart <sarah.ee.el(a)gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> This must have been the same guy who David and I saw Thursday night go >> into the same room and lock the door. >> >> We were making a list of all the repairs and maintenance needed for the >> building, thus we wanted to be able to have access to that room in order to >> see if anything needed fixing. David knocked a few times and there was no >> response. We didn’t make any other attempts to gain access. >> >> This led us to believe habitation was going on. >> >> It sounds like this is something a number of people at Omni know is going >> on and people are letting it continue, even though it’s against the basic >> building rules. >> >> I didn’t immediately notify anyone as it sounds like CAST will put in >> systems so that this type of thing doesn’t happen anymore. >> >> However it is concerning to me as a community member if the people who >> are allowing this person to live at Omni, behave inappropriately to other >> Omni members, and obstruct building maintenance … if these people are in >> leadership positions at Omni. I totally get not wanting to engage with >> these difficult situations, especially as volunteers, so I am just going to >> assume that people in Omni leadership have been unaware of this problem >> until now. >> >> Sarah L >> >> On Mon, May 20, 2024 at 4:01 PM Joe Liesner <blue393(a)lmi.net> wrote: >> >>> I found a man early this morning in the middle room just to the >>> right of the former Liberated Lens space. The space was >>> neat and looked very livable . . . he was watching video on >>> a computer monitor. I introduced myself and asked him to >>> be less belligerent with Andre. Andre is a FNB volunteer and >>> a volunteer custodian at Omni. He asked me to intervene >>> because this young man (light named Trevor) has been >>> threatening him. Andre says he has repeatedly observed >>> this young man sleeping overnight in the Omni. >>> I have been told that >>> “Trevor” is or has been a member of Sudo room and Sacred Maker space. >>> I hope that other members of those collectives will stop “Trevor’s” >>> violations of our safe space and non-habitation guidelines. >>> >>> Thank you >>> joe >>> _______________________________________________ >>> consensus mailing list >>> consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org >>> https://omnicommons.org/lists/listinfo/consensus >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> consensus mailing list >> consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org >> https://omnicommons.org/lists/listinfo/consensus >> >> _______________________________________________ > consensus mailing list > consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org > https://omnicommons.org/lists/listinfo/consensus >

9 hours, 43 minutes

Fwd: [omni-consensus] Omni Security

by Toan Nguyen

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Joe Liesner <blue393(a)lmi.net> Date: Mon, May 20, 2024, 4:01 PM Subject: [omni-consensus] Omni Security To: consensus <consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org> I found a man early this morning in the middle room just to the right of the former Liberated Lens space. The space was neat and looked very livable . . . he was watching video on a computer monitor. I introduced myself and asked him to be less belligerent with Andre. Andre is a FNB volunteer and a volunteer custodian at Omni. He asked me to intervene because this young man (light named Trevor) has been threatening him. Andre says he has repeatedly observed this young man sleeping overnight in the Omni. I have been told that “Trevor” is or has been a member of Sudo room and Sacred Maker space. I hope that other members of those collectives will stop “Trevor’s” violations of our safe space and non-habitation guidelines. Thank you joe _______________________________________________ consensus mailing list consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org https://omnicommons.org/lists/listinfo/consensus

1 day, 22 hours

Trump Satire

by Ira Brightman

Hi All, I've written a Donald Trump satire, and would like to get it out into the public as quickly as possible for obvious reasons. It's an update of a previous version that I self-published on Amazon (KDP). Below are reviews from that book (it's been updated). I also included a copy of the cover. The work is ostensibly a briefing and guide book written for DJT by staff for when he becomes the president again in 2025. I've been a professional comedian and comedy-writer, but I'm a technical moron and can't figure out how to put this book up on a website, or on Substack. Since time is short, my plan is to offer it for free and ask for donations at the end. I would like to hire someone to get it up on an appropriate venue. If interested, contact me, I'll email you the entire book (about 80 pages) and we can discuss. Best, Ira Brightman Amazon Reviews: Top reviews from the United States Roberta Spike (Berkeley, CA) 5.0 out of 5 stars Fun to read <https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R7HPCM270AZ79/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw…> Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2022 Good for a laugh - but unfortunately too true! Ira really gets it! Michael Singer (Boston, MA) 4.0 out of 5 stars Never too late <https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R3TOSTSNEYPY4O/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rv…> Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2021 This spoof of the Trump presidency is still a hysterical reminder of the danger that the former president posed, and that his surrogates are still out there. Though this book is very funny, it also points out that Trump really isn’t a laughing matter. Jennifer Sappington (Richmond, VA) 5.0 out of 5 stars Laughter really is the best medicine - thank you, Dr. Ira! <https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/RYU9ZU9Y4CO7W/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw…> Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2018 There’s a lot of Trump humor out there, but Ira’s stands out because it’s clever, and unique (the “Meet [insert dictator/world leader]” sections were my favorite), and just a delight to read. Also, if you don’t laugh at Ira’s “suggestions” to Trump for cabinet members, it’s probably because you’re unconscious or wearing Q-anon pajamas. [image: image.png]

2 days, 23 hours

Memorial Day Monday - we're still hosting the women & nonbinary Monday hack night!

by Romy Mimi Ilano

https://www.meetup.com/sudoroom/events/301185976/?isFirstPublish=true Thanks Paige for stepping up! I accidentally deleted the first meetup posting, this is the new one. Share and pass around! *Romy Mimi Ilano* *romy.ilano(a)gmail.com <romy.ilano(a)gmail.com>*

3 days, 17 hours

hacked emails/text messages from Sierk

by Jake Watters

On May 6th, Sierk's computer was hacked by someone in Omni Commons who accessed his computer when he left it unattended. They took over his Facebook account, replacing it with a "Dillinger - Public Enemy No1" logo and sent direct messages to me, and to another person at Omni who was hacked in the same way a few weeks earlier. They also took over Sierk's Google account including his telephone number, and created a Signal account with his number, and communicated to me from all those accounts claiming to be Sierk. I finally talked with Sierk in person (on May 7th) and confirmed that none of the accounts were in his control, and he had no way of getting back control of his Google account. Last night he asked me (in person) to tell people at the Omni that they should disregard messages appearing to come from him (including over SMS/text messaging), which are now asking for money. *Sierk says that people should ONLY trust in-person communications with him for the time being. *He can often be found at Omni, working on his computer upstairs. -Jake

4 days, 3 hours

Cancelling next Monday's Memorial Day meetup for women and non binary

by Romy Ilano

I'm going to cancel next Monday's Memorial Day meetup for women and nonbinary folks at SudoRoom because... it's Memorial Day! Does anyone have any objections? I'll email the two people who joined on the meetup. https://www.meetup.com/sudoroom/events/300893905/ ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

4 days, 23 hours

Space Clean out?

by July Tenenbaum

Hello! Was hoping a day could get picked to do a major space clean out and Mop Removal? Would love to have the space to get the woodworking corner working and I’m sure there are valuable parts that we could set up an Ebay corner for that we just haven’t sorted through- I’d be happy to volunteer a few days for that! -July

5 days, 21 hours

Women and nonbinary meetup tonight 5/20

by Romy Ilano

Thanks to Paige for hosting !!! https://x.com/sudoroom/status/1788644015619137570?s=46 Sent from my iPhone

6 days, 18 hours

Break in at scraper bikes

by Juliana Tenenbaum

Hey all As you may know I also volunteer with scraper bikes. They recently had a break in and lost all their tools. Can I come by with a box and we could put together some tools for donation? Thank you! -July Sent from my iPhone

6 days, 21 hours

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