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Mission

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	* Provide accessible, clean work spaces and tools to enable individual or collaborative projects or experimentation related to art, science, and technology where it intersects with social justice, resilience, decentralization, sustainability, art, education and solidarity.		* Provide accessible, clean work spaces and tools to enable individual or collaborative projects or experimentation related to art, science, and technology where it intersects with social justice, resilience, decentralization, sustainability, art, education and solidarity.
	* Facilitate education and idea-sharing by providing and maintaining a space for our members and guests to hack, co-learn and to meet and socialize around our values		* Facilitate education and idea-sharing by providing and maintaining a space for our members and guests to hack, co-learn and to meet and socialize around our values.
			* And most importantly, to foster a community with shared culture and values.
	And most importantly, to foster a community with shared culture and values.

	== Code of Conduct ==		== Code of Conduct ==

Juul: /* Culture & Values */

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Culture & Values

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	We strive to be a supportive '''open''', '''transparent''', '''horizontal''', '''diverse''' and '''welcoming''' community, where people are free to learn, create, gather, collaborate, work, play and develop new interests!		We strive to be a supportive '''open''', '''transparent''', '''horizontal''', '''diverse''' and '''welcoming''' community, where people are free to learn, create, gather, collaborate, work, play and develop new interests!

	We begin from a point of respect and trust and openness. We believe this builds a strong communal foundation which can foster collaboration and sustain future efforts aimed to improve social relationships and our collective social conditions. Specific guidelines describing expected behavior are outlined in our Code of Conduct~~, while strictly forbidden behavior is described in~~ [https://omnicommons.org/wiki/Safer_Space_Policy Omni Commons' Safer Spaces Policy].		We begin from a point of respect and trust and openness. We believe this builds a strong communal foundation which can foster collaboration and sustain future efforts aimed to improve social relationships and our collective social conditions. Specific guidelines describing expected behavior are outlined in our Code of Conduct and the [https://omnicommons.org/wiki/Safer_Space_Policy Omni Commons' Safer Spaces Policy] which is shared by sudo room.

	== Mission ==		== Mission ==

Juul: /* About sudo room */

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About sudo room

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	= About sudo room =		= About sudo room =

	sudo room is a ~~physical space~~ and community of people in Oakland, CA established during the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupy_movement Occupy movement].		sudo room is a hackerspace and community of people in Oakland, CA established during the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupy_movement Occupy movement].

	We are into technology where it intersects with social justice, resilience, decentralization, sustainability, art, education and solidarity.		We are into technology where it intersects with social justice, resilience, decentralization, sustainability, art, education and solidarity.

Juul: /* About sudo room */

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About sudo room

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	We strive to be an open, transparent, horizontal and welcoming community where all are supported and free to learn, create, gather, collaborate, hack, play and more!		We strive to be an open, transparent, horizontal and welcoming community where all are supported and free to learn, create, gather, collaborate, hack, play and more!

	sudo room is co-homed with [https://www.counterculturelabs.org/ Counter Culture Labs], a biohackerspace, in the [https://omnicommons.org/ Omni Commons].		sudo room is co-homed with [https://www.counterculturelabs.org/ Counter Culture Labs], a biohackerspace, in the [https://omnicommons.org/ Omni Commons] building.

	== Vision ==		== Vision ==

Juul: /* About sudo room */

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About sudo room

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	We strive to be an open, transparent, horizontal and welcoming community where all are supported and free to learn, create, gather, collaborate, hack, play and more!		We strive to be an open, transparent, horizontal and welcoming community where all are supported and free to learn, create, gather, collaborate, hack, play and more!

			sudo room is co-homed with [https://www.counterculturelabs.org/ Counter Culture Labs], a biohackerspace, in the [https://omnicommons.org/ Omni Commons].

	== Vision ==		== Vision ==

Juul: /* About sudo room */

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About sudo room

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	We are into technology where it intersects with social justice, resilience, decentralization, sustainability, art, education and solidarity.		We are into technology where it intersects with social justice, resilience, decentralization, sustainability, art, education and solidarity.

	We care about co-learning, co-organizing and co-creating more open, equitable and decentralized structures in the realms of technology, education, science, art, law and beyond.		We care about co-learning, co-organizing and co-creating more open, equitable and decentralized structures in the realms of technology, education, infrastructure, science, art, law and beyond.

	We strive to be an open, transparent, horizontal and welcoming community where all are supported and free to learn, create, gather, collaborate, hack, play and more!		We strive to be an open, transparent, horizontal and welcoming community where all are supported and free to learn, create, gather, collaborate, hack, play and more!

Juul: /* Interacting with people */ "Expect people to be outgoing" ? What? Does that mean that introverts aren't prioritized? That doesn't sound welcoming at all. I'm not sure about the "keep info dumps brief" one either. I see what it's trying to say but I think it could probably be said better

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Interacting with people: "Expect people to be outgoing" ? What? Does that mean that introverts aren't prioritized? That doesn't sound welcoming at all. I'm not sure about the "keep info dumps brief" one either. I see what it's trying to say but I think it could probably be said better

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	==== Interacting with people ====		==== Interacting with people ====

	* ''Expect people to be outgoing.'' Most of us come to Sudo Room eager to learn about each other and our projects. These conversations are foundational to our vision.

	* ''Be respectful of others' desire not to be bothered.'' If someone wants to focus or finds conversation to be unwanted either typically or on just a given day, we recognize that and enthusiastically accommodate that. We make an effort to directly communicate our wishes, and we also each make an effort to be mindful of body language. If we're uncertain of someone's wishes, we ask.		* ''Be respectful of others' desire not to be bothered.'' If someone wants to focus or finds conversation to be unwanted either typically or on just a given day, we recognize that and enthusiastically accommodate that. We make an effort to directly communicate our wishes, and we also each make an effort to be mindful of body language. If we're uncertain of someone's wishes, we ask.

Juul: Removed stuff about innovation and bland makerspace "yay technology" language. Added stuff based on text from elsewhere in our wiki around our values to make it clear to new people that this isn't just a space for hacking on cool tech. We might want to explicitly add language to explicitly discourage cryptocurrency bros from showing up

2022-05-12T03:16:51Z

Removed stuff about innovation and bland makerspace "yay technology" language. Added stuff based on text from elsewhere in our wiki around our values to make it clear to new people that this isn't just a space for hacking on cool tech. We might want to explicitly add language to explicitly discourage cryptocurrency bros from showing up

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	= About ~~Sudo Room~~ =		= About sudo room =

	~~Sudo Room~~ is a ~~creative technology~~ community ~~for excellent~~, ~~do-ocratic, consensus-based collaboration~~. ~~'''Participating at Sudo Room can be simple: come and hack on something'''!~~		sudo room is a physical space and community of people in Oakland, CA established during the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupy_movement Occupy movement].

	~~This can be your own project~~, ~~or someone else project~~, ~~or Sudo Room itself~~. ~~Sudo Room is composed~~ of ~~many Groups of people who share interests~~ and ~~resources~~.		We are into technology where it intersects with social justice, resilience, decentralization, sustainability, art, education and solidarity.

			We care about co-learning, co-organizing and co-creating more open, equitable and decentralized structures in the realms of technology, education, science, art, law and beyond.

			We strive to be an open, transparent, horizontal and welcoming community where all are supported and free to learn, create, gather, collaborate, hack, play and more!

	== Vision ==		== Vision ==

	We believe that by creating '''welcoming''' facilities and '''open''' infrastructure we will '''engage a diverse community''' of people interested in topics such as community organizing~~, health~~, music, programming, hardware hacking, physics, chemistry, mathematics, security, robotics, art, and beyond.		sudo room is a place for people to co-learn, co-create and co-organize.

			We believe that by creating '''welcoming''' facilities and '''open''' infrastructure we will '''engage a diverse community''' of people interested in topics such as community organizing, music, programming, hardware hacking, physics, chemistry, mathematics, security, robotics, art, and beyond.

	Through this community, we hope to collaborate and create ~~further opportunities aimed to foster and expand innovation and creativity in~~ our ~~community~~ and beyond.		Through this community, we hope to collaborate, co-learn and co-create around our shared values both locally and beyond.

	== Culture & Values ==		== Culture & Values ==

	We strive to be a supportive '''open''', '''transparent''', '''horizontal''', '''diverse''' and '''welcoming''' community, where ~~everyone is~~ free to learn, create, gather, collaborate, work, play and develop new interests!		We strive to be a supportive '''open''', '''transparent''', '''horizontal''', '''diverse''' and '''welcoming''' community, where people are free to learn, create, gather, collaborate, work, play and develop new interests!

	We begin from a point of respect and trust and openness. We believe this builds a strong communal foundation which can foster collaboration and sustain future efforts aimed to improve social relationships and our collective social conditions. Specific guidelines describing expected behavior are outlined in our Code of Conduct, while strictly forbidden behavior is described in [https://omnicommons.org/wiki/Safer_Space_Policy Omni Commons' Safer Spaces Policy].		We begin from a point of respect and trust and openness. We believe this builds a strong communal foundation which can foster collaboration and sustain future efforts aimed to improve social relationships and our collective social conditions. Specific guidelines describing expected behavior are outlined in our Code of Conduct, while strictly forbidden behavior is described in [https://omnicommons.org/wiki/Safer_Space_Policy Omni Commons' Safer Spaces Policy].
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	== Mission ==		== Mission ==

	~~Sudo Room’s~~ mission is to:		sudo room’s mission is to:

	* Provide accessible, clean work spaces and tools to enable individual or collaborative projects or experimentation related to art, science, and technology		* Provide accessible, clean work spaces and tools to enable individual or collaborative projects or experimentation related to art, science, and technology where it intersects with social justice, resilience, decentralization, sustainability, art, education and solidarity.
	* Facilitate education and idea-sharing by providing and maintaining a space for our members and guests to ~~give talks, host workshops and classes~~, and to meet and socialize		* Facilitate education and idea-sharing by providing and maintaining a space for our members and guests to hack, co-learn and to meet and socialize around our values

	And most importantly, to foster a community with shared culture and values ~~that leverages these basic building blocks to achieve our vision: expand innovation and creativity in our community and beyond~~.		And most importantly, to foster a community with shared culture and values.

	== Code of Conduct ==		== Code of Conduct ==

	This section is intended to define the specific community norms within ~~Sudo Room~~. It is expected that members and guests attending ~~Sudo Room~~ are also following the Omni Commons [https://omnicommons.org/wiki/Safer_Space_Policy Safer Space Policy] while on the premises (and hopefully beyond!). Most importantly, that policy expects that people inside Omni Commons follow these common expected behaviors (from Section 3):		This section is intended to define the specific community norms within sudo room. It is expected that members and guests attending sudo room are also following the Omni Commons [https://omnicommons.org/wiki/Safer_Space_Policy Safer Space Policy] while on the premises (and hopefully beyond!). Most importantly, that policy expects that people inside Omni Commons follow these common expected behaviors (from Section 3):

	* Participate‭ ‬in‭ ‬an‭ ‬authentic‭ ‬and‭ ‬active‭ ‬way.‭ ‬In‭ ‬doing‭ ‬so,‭ ‬you‭ ‬contribute‭ ‬to‭ ‬the‭ ‬health‭ ‬and‭ ‬longevity‭ ‬of‭ ‬this‭ ‬community.		* Participate‭ ‬in‭ ‬an‭ ‬authentic‭ ‬and‭ ‬active‭ ‬way.‭ ‬In‭ ‬doing‭ ‬so,‭ ‬you‭ ‬contribute‭ ‬to‭ ‬the‭ ‬health‭ ‬and‭ ‬longevity‭ ‬of‭ ‬this‭ ‬community.

Jerkey at 05:15, 5 May 2022

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	* ''Limit fumes or health hazards appropriately.'' Use fume extraction or respirators when necessary.		* ''Limit fumes or health hazards appropriately.'' Use fume extraction or respirators when necessary.

	* ''If you're going to smoke,'' smoke ~~downstairs~~ on the sidewalk, away from ~~our doorway~~. This includes all substances, including tobacco and marijuana.		* ''If you're going to smoke,'' smoke outside on the sidewalk, ''at least 15 feet away from open doorways''. This includes all substances, including tobacco and marijuana.

	==== 501c3 status ====		==== 501c3 status ====

	* Sudo Room and Omni Commons must not be involved in any activities which could affect legislation or political campaigns, with certain limited exemptions. While not illegal, these activities may be grounds for the IRS to revoke our tax exempt status. Talk to the officers of the corporation for guidance if you are unsure whether your proposed activities will be exempt or not.		* Sudo Room and Omni Commons must not be involved in any activities which could affect legislation or political campaigns, with certain limited exemptions. While not illegal, these activities may be grounds for the IRS to revoke our tax exempt status. Talk to the officers of the corporation for guidance if you are unsure whether your proposed activities will be exempt or not.

Oconnore: Added an explanation of how this CoC section is an addendum to Omni's safer space policy

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Added an explanation of how this CoC section is an addendum to Omni's safer space policy

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	== Code of Conduct ==		== Code of Conduct ==

			This section is intended to define the specific community norms within Sudo Room. It is expected that members and guests attending Sudo Room are also following the Omni Commons [https://omnicommons.org/wiki/Safer_Space_Policy Safer Space Policy] while on the premises (and hopefully beyond!). Most importantly, that policy expects that people inside Omni Commons follow these common expected behaviors (from Section 3):

			* Participate‭ ‬in‭ ‬an‭ ‬authentic‭ ‬and‭ ‬active‭ ‬way.‭ ‬In‭ ‬doing‭ ‬so,‭ ‬you‭ ‬contribute‭ ‬to‭ ‬the‭ ‬health‭ ‬and‭ ‬longevity‭ ‬of‭ ‬this‭ ‬community.
			* Exercise‭ ‬consideration‭ ‬and‭ ‬respect‭ ‬in‭ ‬your‭ ‬speech‭ ‬and‭ ‬actions.
			* Attempt‭ ‬collaboration‭ ‬before‭ ‬conflict.
			* Refrain‭ ‬from‭ ‬demeaning,‭ ‬discriminatory,‭ ‬or‭ ‬harassing‭ ‬behavior‭ ‬and‭ ‬speech.
			* Be‭ ‬mindful‭ ‬of‭ ‬your‭ ‬surroundings‭ ‬and‭ ‬of‭ ‬your‭ ‬fellow‭ ‬participants.‭ ‬Alert‭ ‬community‭ ‬leaders‭ ‬if‭ ‬you‭ ‬notice‭ ‬a‭ ‬dangerous‭ ‬situation,‭ ‬someone‭ ‬in‭ ‬distress,‭ ‬or‭ ‬violations‭ ‬of‭ ‬this‭ ‬Code‭ ‬of‭ ‬Conduct,‭ ‬even‭ ‬if‭ ‬they‭ ‬seem‭ ‬inconsequential.

			Anyone‭ failing to follow these common expected behaviors should be asked to ‬stop‭, and is‭ ‬expected‭ ‬to‭ ‬comply‭ ‬immediately.

	==== Interacting with people ====		==== Interacting with people ====