[sudo-discuss] Finances and Fundraising

Wed Sep 5 12:44:13 PDT 2018

>
> Sudoroom has about nine of these MC1469R voltage regulators that seem to be
> worth something, plus about a million more things that might be saleable
> but
> it's hard to tell:
> https://www.ebay.com/p/Motorola-MC1469R-Voltage-Regulator-1-Pcs/1407930259
> are you willing to take this stuff on and put it on ebay?  or is anyone?

Great find, smaller high-value items are perfect! I was originally thinking
of selling unused collectible stuff and donating 50% to Sudo Room but would
consider selling Sudo Room's inventory as well.

I am supporting my non-profit by selling small high-value items on ebay and
elsewhere. I could take on the task of selling electronic components on
behalf of Omni/Sudo Room if there was a revenue share between non-profits.
The business involves setting up one or more online stores and utilizing
marketing resources available to non-profits such as google adword grants.

On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 1:20 AM Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:

> Sudoroom has about nine of these MC1469R voltage regulators that seem to be
> worth something, plus about a million more things that might be saleable
> but
> it's hard to tell:
>
> https://www.ebay.com/p/Motorola-MC1469R-Voltage-Regulator-1-Pcs/1407930259
>
> are you willing to take this stuff on and put it on ebay?  or is anyone?
>
> -jake
>
> On Tue, 4 Sep 2018, Autonomous wrote:
>
> > Here's an ebay listing with donation of 50% of proceeds to Omni Commons.
> I
> > will find some more stuff to sell. :D
> >
> > [image: Ebay-Omni-Donation.png]
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 2:50 PM Jenny Ryan <tunabananas at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> awsum!!
> >> also, not sure how it will show up since the Village is also receiving
> >> donations through the PayPal Giving Fund via *Omni's* PayPal account -
> Sudo
> >> Room has its own paypal account: paypal at sudoroom.org, and that's the
> >> account I used to register on the eBay Charity listing...
> >> so anyway, if you see a duplicate Omni when listing the charity, that's
> >> the email
> >> <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"
> >> ~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 2:42 PM Autonomous <autonomous666 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Allrighty!  I'll create some ebay listings and donate a percentage of
> the
> >>> proceeds to Omni Commons.
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 2:32 PM Jenny Ryan <tunabananas at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> It is done, pending review of the bank statement I just uploaded:
> >>>> https://www.charity.ebay.com/charity/Omni-Commons/2067459
> >>>> great idea autonomous :)
> >>>> <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"
> >>>> ~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 2:20 PM Jenny Ryan <tunabananas at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> It was amended in our 2016 federal tax return:
> >>>>> https://omnicommons.org/mediawiki/images/7/7a/OC_2016_990.pdf (Part
> B
> >>>>> at top left),
> >>>>> and according to Jesse that suffices. the IRS also states this:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/charitable-organizations/change-of-name-exempt-organizations
> >>>>> we also filed the changes with the Secretary of State:
> >>>>> https://businessfilings.sos.ca.gov/
> >>>>>
> >>>>> both OOC and OC are listed on Guidestar.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> <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"
> >>>>> ~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 2:08 PM robb <sf99er at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> i'll ping omni's finance working group about the name change matter
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 2:03 PM, Autonomous <autonomous666 at gmail.com
> >
> >>>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> My understanding is that Sudo Room 501(c)3 was reorganized as "Omni
> >>>>>>> Commons" and that the existing bylaws and board from the former
> "Omni
> >>>>>>> Oakland Commons" were adopted by Sudo Room 501(c)3, and no new
> entity was
> >>>>>>> created in the process. The names "Omni Commons" or "Omni Oakland
> >>>>>>> Commons" do not come up in tax exempt organization searches,
> whereas the
> >>>>>>> IRS still shows the EIN and name for Sudo Room as an organization
> eligible
> >>>>>>> to receive tax deductible charitable contributions.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Filing a name change with the IRS from "Sudo Room" to "Omni
> Commons"
> >>>>>>> for EIN 46-4109670 would clear up the confusion not to mention
> enabling
> >>>>>>> Omni Commons to show up in searches for public charities.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> * The current idea is to essentially use the "shell" of the
> >>>>>>> 501(c)3*
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> * organization that the Sudo folks set up, but change its
> bylaws and board
> >>>>>>> *>>>* such that the new organization is governed by the delegates
> meeting,
> >>>>>>> *>>>* exactly matching the current Omni organization. And likely
> change its name
> >>>>>>> *>>>* to something like "Omni 2"
> >>>>>>> *>>>>>>* Also make sure to check Jenny's latest thread: the very
> latest
> >>>>>>> *>>>* development is that this new "Omni 2" 501(c)3 could receive
> *both* the $1M
> >>>>>>> *>>>* donation and the $1M loan from our generous benefactor,
> which would hugely
> >>>>>>> *>>>* simplify things.
> >>>>>>> *>>>>>>* The people currently in the Sudo collective would have no
> more control
> >>>>>>> *>>>* over the new "Omni 2" than any of the other collectives.
> They could set up
> >>>>>>> *>>>* a new nonprofit organization - essentially having "donated"
> their old
> >>>>>>> *>>>* 501(c)3 to Omni - or they could become a sponsored project
> of Omni 2.
> >>>>>>> *>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 12:43 PM <hol at gaskill.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Correct, there has been a change where sudo room is a project of a
> >>>>>>>> larger entity, not its own legal entity, so that letter of
> determination is
> >>>>>>>> deprecated.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> On fundraising, I'd love to revisit the idea of fabricating and
> >>>>>>>> selling "sudoino" arduino clones.  Jake I agree with your past
> >>>>>>>> recommendations RE using the leonardo chipset now that I've
> messed with
> >>>>>>>> them a bit.  Could have a basic model and a few different
> variations, seems
> >>>>>>>> to be the way people do it now.  I've been paying $10 for the
> knockoff
> >>>>>>>> fullsize ones (3 for micro w/o headers) and kicking myself that I
> dropped
> >>>>>>>> the ball a few years ago.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> On 2018-09-04 12:27, robb wrote:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> however it would also be fraud as sudoroom's 501c3 wuz reorganized
> >>>>>>>> as omni commons when we bought the building. since then, sudo haz
> bin a
> >>>>>>>> fiscally sponsored project of omni commons.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 11:56 AM, Autonomous <
> autonomous666 at gmail.com
> >>>>>>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> Robb,
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> I attached a copy of the IRS letter of determination showing Sudo
> >>>>>>>>> Room received 501(c)3 exemption in February 2016. This letter
> would be
> >>>>>>>>> sufficient to obtain public charity listings on guidestar, ebay
> for
> >>>>>>>>> charity, etc.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 11:46 AM robb <sf99er at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> i think we would have to do it through sudomesh or omni as we
> >>>>>>>>>> don't haz our pwn 501c3
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 9:54 AM, Autonomous <
> >>>>>>>>>> autonomous666 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> As soon as Sudo Room is listed as a charitable organization on
> >>>>>>>>>>> Ebay for Charity I have several unused items I can sell and
> donate a
> >>>>>>>>>>> percentage of the proceeds to Sudo Room.
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 1:50 AM Marc Juul <marc at juul.io> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Sep 3, 2018 at 10:58 PM, Autonomous <
> >>>>>>>>>>>> autonomous666 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sudo-room is currently broke. Not taking in enough money to
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> cover expenses nor plan for any future needs.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Any updates on the latest financial status of Sudo Room?
> Here's
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> a fundraising idea:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> I run a 501(c)3 public charity and have been raising funds by
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> receiving donations of physical items and re-selling them on
> ebay through
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> "ebay for charity". It's enough to cover monthly expenses! I
> know Sudo
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> receives donations of physical goods on a regular basis -
> some of which may
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> not be needed. Sudo may also put items up for sale on ebay
> from time to
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> time, and it is a plus to have "benefits charity" added to
> the listing.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> We could definitely do this. Anyone who's willing to take on
> >>>>>>>>>>>> some of the work involved in acquiring, testing or selling
> the donations?
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> We already have a few things we could sell.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> --
> >>>>>>>>>>>> marc/juul
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>
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