[sudo-discuss] Omni Media Lab: Initial Convergence

[Jenny Ryan]

So, from among the 9 folks who participated in the poll, all but two (Sara
and Marcus) can make a meetup *this Friday evening, May 11th, between
7-9pm.*

All but two (Anka and Laura) can make a meeting *the Saturday evening
following, May 19th, between 5-7pm.*

As such, I'd like to propose that we meet both times! in the basement
library

Here's a rough agenda: https://peoplesopen.net/pad/p/omnimedialab
... which basically consists of intros, visions/dreams, resources
available/offered/needed, governance/decision-making/access structure, and
next steps/action items. Feel free to add to it ^_^ - the pad is also a way
for those who can't make either of the meetings to participate remotely.

Folks interested in being involved in these ongoing discussions can join
this mailing list, then after these initial meetings I'll stop spamming
various lists: https://omnicommons.org/lists/listinfo/medialab

Looking forward to finally getting this project off the ground!
<3

Jenny

Help open a professional kitchen at the Omni Commons in Oakland!
https://omnicommons.org/kitchen

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"Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories."
-Laurie Anderson

"Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it."
 -Hannah Arendt

"To define is to kill. To suggest is to create."
-Stéphane Mallarmé

"Anything done for the first time unleashes a demon."
--Dave Sim, "Cerebus the Aardvark"
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On Tue, May 8, 2018 at 10:13 AM, <hol at gaskill.com> wrote:

> RE lighting let's use broken ballasts as an excuse to pull down working
> fluorescent fixtures as spares for other parts of the building. Count me in
> to help out with upgrading to LED lighting sufficient to work happily in
> this area, Robb!  Also kudos to everyone who has worked so far on cleaning
> the area and coming up with a great plan to make better use of the space,
> not to mention a freakin 3D artistic rendering with a penguin for scale :)
>
>
> On 2018-05-04 04:11, Jenny Ryan wrote:
>
> Let's have a meetup to discuss visions, values, and available resources to
> build out a community media lab in Omni's basement!
>
> Tonight, the Omni consensed on Art Bison Design Coop's move to the
> basement and transition to becoming a community screenprinting studio!
> Perhaps an ABDC member could speak to what that might entail for the
> basement and what would be needed wrt renovations/improvements?
>
> Afterwards, we initiated a conversation about ongoing ideas over the past
> many months to build out a truly inter-collective community media lab for
> creating rad propaganda, zines, banners etc:
>
> * Over the past 9 months, there have been many discussions about, and a
>> good deal of work put into, the basement area formerly known as Material
>> Print Machine as a potential inter-collective media lab for printing,
>> copying, button-making, screenprinting, banner-making, zine-making,
>> newspapers etc. Interested folks who've discussed the idea and/or worked on
>> cleaning and clearing out that space include Jenny, Robb, Abe, Julian,
>> Needa Bee, Marcus, and others I'm probably forgetting right now.
>> ** The structure that seems most fitting is that of a working group, open
>> to anyone to join and help steward and maintain the resources we already
>> have available. The idea would be to lock valuable materials / supplies in
>> a cabinet and host workshops, media-making sessions and offer access based
>> on sliding-scale donations to cover materials/supplies/maintenance costs.
>>
> ** For more info on the resources we already have available as well as a
>> proposed layout, see: https://omnicommons.org/wiki/Basement#Media_Lab
>>
>
> Continued discussion in the meeting notes at https://pad.riseup.net/p/
> omninom ... maybe not mentioned: the lighting ballasts need to be
> replaced. There are some interim lighting solution tee'd up beneath the
> bench dat robb built.
>
> *I'd like to propose an initial meetup of folks interested in working on
> this project for the afternoon of Saturday, May 19th or, alternatively, the
> Friday evening before it. Here is a Doodle for all y'all busy-ass folks:
> https://doodle.com/poll/ag7er35pqkac5b2a
> <https://doodle.com/poll/ag7er35pqkac5b2a>*
>
> An initial agenda draft lives here: https://peoplesopen.net/pad/p/
> omnimedialab - please add to it as you see fit! and invite people whom
> you think may be interested...
>
> <3
> Jenny
>
> Help open a professional kitchen at the Omni Commons in Oakland!
> https://omnicommons.org/kitchen
>
> `~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`
> "Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories."
> -Laurie Anderson
>
> "Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it."
>  -Hannah Arendt
>
> "To define is to kill. To suggest is to create."
> -Stéphane Mallarmé
>
> "Anything done for the first time unleashes a demon."
> --Dave Sim, "Cerebus the Aardvark"
> ~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`
>
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