Sudo room

Plan

We are now:

We made headway with:

As per discussions and polling, we are moving toward these steps:

Conduct research on other hackerspaces, exploring their models of community, governance and funding.
Create a list of open knowledge ecosystem organizations in the Bay Area.
Examine potential tax structures

Needs to be Updated

To found a creative community hacker space in the East Bay, specifically in Oakland, CA.
Establish a platform and space committed to:
- Citizen science
- Democratic Culture
- Access to Knowledge
- Freedom to Connect
- Non-technical (humanities, social science, the environment/ environmental justice, arts, crafts, all the squishy stuff!) and technical knowledge (including transitions and bridges between the two) --
  - the useful arts & sciences?
  - information, data, knowledge, wisdom?
  - memes, genes, bits, and atoms?
  - Non-technical knowledge includes but is not limited to expertise in fields or disciplines that can be largely independent of technology. Also includes non-academic realms of knowledge.
- Digital/Online Citizenship - Netizen Rights & Freedoms
- Doing stuff to make our community openly accessible.
  ...to do something more with digital and network technology
- Environmental sustainability
- Education and mentorship
- Community engagement
- Public access
To become a center for active hacking projects but also a destination where speakers on the areas listed above may be hosted, and where folks may go for skill sharing classes

For examples, check out our list of potential projects or read about ones we've shared on our website.

Build a community and group of members, grow our ideas together, and open a space before the end of 2012.
Create online presence and communications infrastructure
- Utilize our website and blog more effectively!
- Beg our artsy friends to fulfill our design needs.
- Make a video for crowd-funding opportunities
Hold weekly meetup / salon.
Collect membership dues to start building a budget as a Voluntary [membership] Association.
Apply to relevant grants, fellowships, and various funding opportunities.

Read (and contribute to) our list of projects to see (and inform) what kinds of projects we will be able to do in this space! You can also see projects we've featured on our website.