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sudoroom meeting september 24, 2014
==Attendees==
* say your name, pronoun, and a message for elliot http://boingboing.net/2014/09/22/arrests-and-outrage-at-flood-w.html
* yar; we support you at sudoroom!
* jenny; and we thought you were on vacation!
* greg; haven't met you but support
* winston; go elliot
* ian; dude apparently i wanted to meet you but you're not here
* marc; we are putting up a poster of you as soon as the printer works
* scott; dude, wow!!!
==Announcements==
* real vegan cheese owns a shiny new projector
** sudo can borrow it
** where to put it? on the robot?
* now meshing the omni!!!!
* rosh hashana fruit is being served - apples, honey, pomegranates
* BACH Unconference organizing meeting this Friday at 7pm!
* Talk on the Real Vegan Cheese crowdfunding campaign next Monday at 7pm
==New Members==
=== Greg ===
* why? Sudo rocks!
* Been stopping by for a year or so
* wanna hack robots. wanna mesh robots.
* share free workstations & satellite dishes
* Not an undercover cat (or cop)
* Has not been banned from a hackerspace
* getting into RF
* why does the mesh network work from marc's laptop but not his phone?
=== Ian ===
* why? hackerspaces are awesome. we're his first one in CA.
* has been to one in denver. was never kicked out
* gonna put arch on his macbook
* tried to beam internet across a big parking lot
* excited to hack his 1st gen mac pro and make it run arch
* not a cop
* wants an office at omni, trying to figure out how
** http://whycoyoterunslinux.com/
** replaces windows servers with linux and stuff
** but interested in sudoroom separately from the omni office motive
* wants to learn and teach awk. awkward.
* wants to be surrounded by interesting inspiring projects all the time
* 23
* favorite conspiracy theory - alien antigravity technology
* has a gigantic van to help move stuff
=== process discussion ===
* yar just made this: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/New_Member_Script
* we should also work on a new member pamphlet to hand to folks
==Newbie Night==
* Alex wasn't able to host yesterday, will do next Tuesday instead
* Korl may do it on the 3rd week of October
* Whoever hosts is responsible for: 1) adding event to the calendar, 2) posting to sudo-discuss and otherwise promoting, 3) showing up! and 4) answering the door, giving tours, and otherwise being friendly and answering questions. 5) have a planned activity ready to avoid awkwardness
** https://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss
==Money==
* $420 on ~*._~gratipay~_.*~
* omni's electric bill 8/19-9/19: $915 fucking dollars
** solar panels? we have roof access next week
* $2882.48 in ICU
* $1k in CBOB
* 0.2387 bitcoin
* check for $120 from insurance or something
==Omni==
=== please join working groups! ===
* http://wiki.omni-oakland.org/w/Working_Groups
* Working Groups in need of rad sudoers!
* Challenging Dominant Cultures - Saturdays at 11am - yar
* Communications - rarely meets! 1-2x/month Mondays @ 7 - omnicomms@lists.riseup.net - next mtg Monday 10/6 - jenny
* Finances - biweekly Tuesdays @ 7pm - see http://wiki.omni-oakland.org/w/Calendar - hol & niki
* Facilitating Collectivity - Tuesdays at 7pm - jenny
* fundraising mondays - marc & noemie
* Space Ops - Talk to Stephen from BAPS - doesn't really exist?
* Ballroom - moving to Tuesday nights. noemie has to leave by 7.
* Building Maintenance - yar doesn't know when they "meet" but sure went to home depot a lot last week
=== please be a delegate! ===
* Rotating delegates: yar, jenny, matt, patrick (in training), Korl (in training), you?
* patrick can be the delegate this week & next
* julio can do it after that
=== agenda tomorrow ===
https://pad.riseup.net/p/omninom
==Consensus Items==
=== OMP ===
* winston is here!
* omni music project - proposal to start out as a tenant at $400/mo and then eventually become a member collective
** will start out just storing instruments, etc. flexible, whatever we want it to be.
** was paying somebody else for storage anyway
* super excited about it!
* he's been a musician & recording engineer for a long time
** also has a background working with autistic kids (works with scott)
** alana is also great
* formative stages of infrastructure - will be extremely open
* gonna build a control room, have a bunch of musical instruments, create an environment of fostering education and support
* gonna have BAPS classes
* from recording to performance
* wants to work with kids
* what does your group need to be successful?
** time & space!
** have equipment already - need a place to do it, time to do it
** did a compilation tape for SNAPS (Special Needs Activity ... ...)
* where does your money go? how do you license your music?
** mostly been casual informal understandings so far
** art for art's sake. if they can benefit good orgs, they want to. but also want to be sustainable.
** Sudoroom & CCL have rules about licensing of materials
** less concerned about making money than about freedom to remix & reuse
** open to learning new wasy to do things that "isn't reliant on that fucking devil machine out there"
** what about when you rent out a future recording studio to other artists?
*** maybe negotiate a temporary restricted license?
*** marc likes the model of charging more for artists who want restricted licensed
* how to join?
** access & membership might be tiered?
** would have classes, training sessions
** not sure. just worrying right now about teaching ppl to touch shit safely.
** trying to be open, increase access
* more detail - what precisely do you want to do with the space?
** how to modify? no, abstractly.
** there'd be a control room with board, computers, monitors, outboard gear, instruments, etc
** could be modular, used for BAPS if someone has keys
** library reading room would stay as-is. books are great insulators & diffusors. wants to build gobos out of bookshelves on wheels. shape room acoustically with bookshelves. dewey decimal card-catalog for storing microphones. good for isolation for those other rooms, but don't need to use them when they're not recording.
** this is all eventually. right now they're just asking to be a month-to-month tenant and get to know us better.
winston leaves
* marc wants to be very clear that they will be responsible for their stuff including locking the door and getting insurance for their stuff, etc
* also be clear that they shouldn't have an expectation that we will accept them as a full collective right away or ever
* who thinks sudo should vote yes? 6. abstains, blocks? no.
===Buying and installing light timers===
* Yay!
===PROPOSAL : EMPOWERING WORKING GROUPS & BALANCING WORK AT THE OMNI===
* yar says block. it's a sneaky way of abolishing consensus.
===PROPOSAL : KIDS ROOM & KIDS WORKING GROUP===
* is this gonna be a commercial space or not a space for children?
* jake: children don't care about commerce
* "La Commune would like to stock this room with used books available for children to read."
** aroo??
Friendly Amendment(s):
* Sudo requests a single point of contact / bottom-liner, and to hold off on 'stocking books' immediately in that space.
* The Kids Working Group should decide what to put in that room.
* patrik points out that real childcare requires lots of permits
** hackermoms already solved these problems, let's seek their leadership
===Rise Above===
* Sudo Room is still waiting for a refined proposal from/about Rise Above so that we can consent to:
** Location
** Building modifications
** Lease terms
** First, last, deposit
=== tenancy definition & cap ===
* 9 say we should vote yes, 4 abstentions
=== splitting allocations ===
* Confusion over the language
* Can't we just vote on a case-by-case basis?
** Funds split equally
** Funds split depending on individual collective need/interest
** Specific fundraisers for projects
* Grey areas: The OOC received loans for specific things
* consent on it but specify that it can be overridden by future omni consensus
* ultimate conclusion: needs more clarification on what it applies to
=== member collective stewardship agreement ===
* this sounds like it would lead us to an HR department
* can we consent to the privilege of having to pay for your volunteer work?
==Conflict Resolution==
=== recent ban ===
* Matthew Stevenson asked to leave for reasons of safety
* been domineering & intimidating everybody, trying to convince you he has power & connections
* told DK that he's "a hit-man", offered to murder people
* he was asked to leave, and told he could come to a sudo room meeting to appeal his case
* offered opportunity to come to sudoroom to appeal, obviously is not here
* hasn't participated in anything, just comes in to sleep on the couch
* was creeping on noemie
permanently banning him from sudoroom for reasons of safety?
* 11 yes, 1 abstained
==video==
film collective is preparing fundraising video
* 1-shot walkthrough of the omni full of people doing what they do
* think of ways sudoroom can look awesome!
* which activity would you like to be seen doing?
* filming will happen Sunday October 5th starting at noon
* the robot will be filming too
* you can wear superhero costumes
footage
* starting to compile it all and give us access
* Workshop on Friday the 3rd to review the current omni footage using interlace/video vortex video clip sharing web app
==Action Items==
* let's fix internet in the basement please?
* Document incidents on the omni wiki
* Finish Stripe and set up Everbutton [Jenny] (Ron willing to help on this if needed / extending it)
* Investigate business license [Jenny]
* pamphlet to give new members
* upload our shit to http://openinclusivity.org/
* yar will initiate a locker census
* give blurb about sudo to omni fundraising committee
* set up a work party for electrification [Jenny]
* Ask Marc to be a liason with East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse
* fill out the omni's financial questionaire [jenny]

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