[sudo-discuss] [Organize] FEB 19th in Ballroom: Musicians and DIY Electronics Swap Meet

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I love this! :)

On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 1:50 PM, Jake via Organize <organize at lists.spaz.org>
wrote:

> Hi Erik!!!!!!  so nice to hear from you!
>
> I would love for you to have the event at Omni!!  we have a booking system
> and
> here's a link.  I just looked at the calendar for you (which is the first
> step)
> and it looks to me like February 19th is clear!!!!!!!  That's assuming you
> want
> the main ballroom, which i think would be awesome.
>
> https://omnicommons.org/occupy
>
> don't worry about the second tuesday thing.. just say that Jake from
> Sudoroom
> wants to sponsor this event and that we want to reserve the ballroom for
> that
> date.  As soon as your request comes in, i'll push to get it confirmed.
>
> I'm assuming we can collect donations of some kind to give to the Omni for
> use
> of the space?  Just whatever is normal for an event like this at Gilman i
> guess.  That's one of the questions on the form you'll see at the above
> link.
>
> Also, sudoroom will be able to supply a lot of cool electronic STUFF for
> the
> tables, so i think people who come to this will be very pleased.
>
> -jake
>
> note: sudoroom constantly has a big e-waste pile, and if you think the
> event
> will add to the unwanted electronics pile, we should plan for someone to
> take a
> truck to Universal Waste in Fruitvale after the event to clear it all out.
>
> On Wed, 25 Jan 2017, Erik Miller wrote:
>
> Jake,
>>
>> I hope you have been well. Mitch Altman gave me this email address, and I
>> have been trying to reach you over the past couple of years using what I
>> think must be out-of-date contact information.
>>
>> I wanted to ask about how Sudo Room is doing and all that, but Mitch says
>> it’s thriving. I’ve been to the website a couple of times and was amazed
>> and
>> amused to find out that (according to the website anyway) you are in the
>> old
>> Omni building. I worked for Nady Systems from 1986 to 1991, right during
>> the
>> time when it was a thriving venue for at first a pretty cool eclectic mix,
>> and then later, pay-to-play hair metal.
>>
>> Anyway, 924 Gilman told me that the traditional 3rd Sunday in February
>> would
>> be fine, and I printed up a pile of handbills and started to go around
>> promoting the event, an event page on Facebook that got really good
>> attention, and my first physical stop being Ace Monster Toys’ open house
>> night. I really want to lay into the “DIY Electronics” part this year, as
>> we
>> have attracted plenty of the “Musicians” part in the past couple of them
>> and
>> I want to balance it out and get back to the kind of thing where you and
>> Mitch met, get the maker/hardware hacker/tinkerers interested. I have a
>> variety of surplus components to give away, a bit of redistribution that I
>> figured you would like.
>>
>> Anyway, right after my visit to Ace, Gilman’s booker told me that the day
>> they had promised had been taken for an event that the landlord (The
>> Caning
>> Shop) was doing, and suggested February 26th, the following Sunday.
>>
>> Now they are telling me that there’s something going on that day and how
>> about Saturday the 25th?
>>
>> It’s just a month away at this point and I need to be able to promote it
>> with
>> a definite date, and I would like a Sunday.
>>
>> My question: is there enough space for it at Sudo Room, and would you be
>> interested in hosting the event this year? It would be on Sunday the 19th
>> (the original date) or Sunday the 26th.
>>
>> Please let me know yea or nay ASAP, as our time frame to promote the
>> event is
>> ever narrowing.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Erik Miller
>> Euthymia Electronics
>> 510-872-9458
>>
>
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