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Welcome to the Sudo Room wiki! Please make a user name and contribute to the conversation!
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<blockquote>''Sudo Room is an open, non-hierarchical, collaborative community of humans, including tech developers, citizen scientists, activists, artists--and all combinations in between and beyond!--who are interested in and working towards social change. Our goal is to create the first inclusive, dedicated hackerspace in downtown Oakland, to share ideas and projects in citizen science, digital citizenship and literacy, environmental sustainability, community engagement, and self-government. Sudo Room is committed to access, empowerment, transparency, and public/social good. Sudoers have a great diversity of interests and we emphasize respect and solidarity among ourselves and with others.''</blockquote>
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Want to learn more about Sudo Room? Check out our [[Welcome|FAQ]] or read about [[Access]]. You are welcome to drop by (we try to be open as much as possible), or attend our weekly meetings to learn more about the space, meet awesome people, and participate in our emergent community.<br><br>
[[Welcome|Welcome to '''Sudo Room''']], a ''free'' hackerspace located at '''[[Directions|4799 Shattuck]]''' in north Oakland, CA!
<blockquote><big>''Our weekly general meetings take place every '''Wednesday''' from '''7-9pm''' at [https://maps.google.com/maps?q=2141+Broadway+St,+oakland,+ca 2141 Broadway St., Oakland, CA] (near 19th St BART).''</big></blockquote><br>Can't attend? Read our [http://wonder-tonic.com/geocitiesizer/content.php?theme=2&music=6&url=http://sudoroom.org/wiki/Meeting_Minutes Meeting Minutes]. <br><br>


==Articles of Association==
Our slogan is: '''''HACK THE PLANET!'''''  Read more ''[[About|About Sudo Room's vision, values, mission, and code of conduct]]''.  
By clicking [[Articles of Association|here]], you may look through a window into our collective soul.


Please read our Sudo Room [[Sudo_room/methodology|methodology]].
We use and share '''technology''' to promote '''social justice''', '''sustainability''', '''education''' and '''solidarity'''.  
#Create a creative community hacker space in downtown Oakland.
#Be a center housing active hacking projects and events.
#Establish a platform and space committed to:
* Citizen science
* Democratic Culture
* Access to Knowledge
* Freedom to Connect
* Knowledge both technical and non-technical
* Digital/Online Citizenship - Netizen Rights & Freedoms
* Environmental sustainability
* Education and mentorship
* Community engagement
* Public access
===Research===
* Conduct [[Sudo_room/research|research on other hackerspaces]], exploring their models of community, governance and funding.
* Create a list of [[open knowledge ecosystem|open knowledge ecosystem]] organizations in the Bay Area.
* Examine potential [[Sudo room/Tax Structure Research|tax structures]]


==Projects and Events==
We strive to be an '''open''', '''transparent''', '''horizontal''' and '''welcoming''' community where all are supported and free to ''learn'', ''create'', ''gather'', ''collaborate'', ''work'', ''play'' and ''more!''
Check out our wiki's [[Sudo room/projects|Projects Page]] for a list of both active projects and dream projects. You can also read about active projects on our [http://sudoroom.org/category/projects/ main website].
To migrate:
*Make a video for [[Sudo room/funding opportunities#Crowd-funding|crowd-funding opportunities]]
===2012 State of the Room===
[[State of the Room]]
===(migrate to projects page)===
*Fix the templates on/from: http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Sudo_room
*Work on [[SudoSuite]] (software tools for decision-making, budgeting, membership, etc;)
*[[3D fabrication]] for hacking, community and profit. (brainstorm page)
==Donations and Membership Dues==
Membership dues are collected via [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voluntary_association Voluntary <nowiki>[</nowiki>membership<nowiki>]</nowiki> Association]. We apply this money to [[sudo room/funding opportunities|rent, grants, fellowships, and various funding opportunities]].
===Electronics Donations===
* Sudo Room is reviewing its policy on electronics donations, and will be compiling a list of recyclable goods/costs before Wednesday, Dec. 5th. so that we can form a policy around material electronics donations, and other electronics in the space. This is still under advisement until our next meeting where it will be an agenda item, and then there may be temporary action or continued advisement. '''''UPDATE, PLEASE!!'''''
==Stuff we need==
Please? [[Wishlist|Pretty please]]?


==This wiki needs to get in order!!==
We are exclusively '''volunteer-run''' and supported through [https://sudoroom.org/membership donations]!
Things to create simple pathways toward:  
*Space [[infrastructure]]
* Sudo Room [[Sudo_room/Compact|Compact]].
** Please refer to [[Articles of Association]] from now on
*Resolving [[Sudo_room/Conflicts|Conflicts]]
* How we make [[Sudo_room/decisions|decisions]].
* Developing our [[Sudo_room/Governance_Structure|Governance Structure]]
* How we create [[Sudo_room/income|income]].
* How we define [[Sudo_room/membership|membership]].
* We have a [[Sudo_room/room|room]], are seeking more room?
* [[Sudo room/banking|Get bank account]]


==Mood Board==
== Get involved! ==
We're [http://pinterest.com/wrought/sudo-room-mood-board/ moody].
* Email us at info [at] sudoroom [dot] org
* Stop by any event on our [https://sudoroom.org/calendar/ calendar]
* Join our [https://sudoroom.org/lists/postorius/lists/sudo-discuss.sudoroom.org/ discussion email list]
* Join our [https://discord.gg/zmEzQuzCWX Discord server]
* Follow us on Instagram: [https://www.instagram.com/sudo.room/ @sudo.room]
* Check out [[Projects|some of the '''Cool Projects''' we are working on]], or look at our available [[Work Stations|tools and work stations]]
* [[Membership | Become a member! ]]
* Join a [[Working_Groups|working group]]!


==Our frendzz==
== Regular Events ==
*[[Noisebridge]]
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*[[Ace Monster Toys]] (please be our friends, please!!!!!)
''Edit this list here: [[Recurring_Meetings]]''
*[[HackerDojo]]
 
*[[BioCurious]]
== Work Stations ==
*[[Tech Liminal]]
Check out the tools and [[Work Stations]] we have at Sudo Room and learn how to incorporate them into your next project
*[[Mothership HackerMoms]]
 
*[[LOLspace|LOLspace (Oakland Makerspace)]]
== Active Projects ==
*[[The Crucible]]
Get inspired! Here's what members are working on:
*[[Coyote Counter Collective]]
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*[[The Holdout]]
 
*Your group / space?
''Edit this list here: [[Cool Projects]]''
==Contact==
* [[Getting there|Directions]] for the visually-oriented.
* Join our mailing list! It can be found..........................[http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/sudoroom here]. (Minute-long applause to hackerspaces.org for our initial email list!)
* [[Users|Wiki users]]

Latest revision as of 14:03, 3 October 2025


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Welcome to Sudo Room, a free hackerspace located at 4799 Shattuck in north Oakland, CA!

Our slogan is: HACK THE PLANET! Read more About Sudo Room's vision, values, mission, and code of conduct.

We use and share technology to promote social justice, sustainability, education and solidarity.

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

We are exclusively volunteer-run and supported through donations!

Get involved!

Regular Events

For the most recently-updated list of upcoming events, see: Sudo Room Calendar and Omni Commons Global Calendar
Women / NonBinary Coding nights

Mondays (7pm-9pm or even later)

The Sudo Room, a ​​creative community and hackerspace at Omni Commons, invites all Women/NB people for “Coding Owls – A WNB Coding Night”: bring your computer and a coding project and have fun! We can help each other if you have coding related questions/bugs or just keep company while hacking! and if you can't make it there physically, we have an ONLINE JITSI PORTAL

HardwareHackNight Tuesdays

(7pm-11pm or even later)

Come hack on hardware. build stuff! take apart small robotic animals, electronics & make things. This is also Fixit Clinic night. and if you can't make it there physically, we have an ONLINE JITSI PORTAL

Meetups & Parties

(Wednesdays 7:00p)

Some Wednesdays the Lefty Radio League meets here. And some other Wednesdays a CAD Learning group has been meeting at Sudo.
Darkmode

Monthly Event on Weekend Evenings

Enter the world of audio visuals, light projections and TouchDesigner workshops.

Meetings

(Sundays 7:00p)

Every other Sunday at 7PM are official meetings of organization, bureaucracy and fun. They are hybrid, remote option is here ONLINE JITSI PORTAL

We keep our agenda on an etherpad and then archive the meeting minutes. We're a California non-profit. See our Articles of Association.

Edit this list here: Recurring_Meetings

Work Stations

Check out the tools and Work Stations we have at Sudo Room and learn how to incorporate them into your next project

Active Projects

Get inspired! Here's what members are working on:


Current

  • Working Groups Our big project of 2026 is to create working groups to make things run more creatively
  • Fix-It Clinic for the right to repair, fixing all variety of old things and new things, and learning how things work!
  • Light Projector Art (April 2022, User:Romyilano)
    Projection Mapping uses everyday video projectors, but instead of projecting on a flat screen, light is mapped onto any surface, turning common objects of any 3D shape into interactive displays.
  • 3D Printing at SudoRoom (ongoing as of April 2022, multiple contributors)
    There are a set of maintained 3D printers that members use to create cool objects.

Older Projects

Edit this list here: Cool Projects

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