[sudo-discuss] Sudoroom COVID questions from a researcher

[Jake]

Please reply below and i'll collate our answers and send them back to Benjamin,
we are borg resistance is futile

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Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2020 16:46:01 -0700
From: Benjamin Jameson-Ellsmore
To: Jake <jake at spaz.org>
Subject: Re: Sudo Room during COVID

Hi Jake,

Thanks for your response!

That's actually just as interesting to me.

I've got a whole bunch of questions on that note. If you'd like and if it's
easier we could schedule a phone conversation. Otherwise, some of my
questions are below:

How was a decision reached to decide who gets to access the space?
Do people manufacturing PPE or other crisis relief efforts have access, and why do or don't such people use the space?
Did Sudo Room decide to close its doors along with the rest of Omni Commons, or was it a separate decision?
How are the membership and Sudo Room frequenters doing during this crisis?
Are Sudo Room folks engaged in PPE/ventilator/respirator etc. production from home?
Is Sudo Mesh still operational?
Is there any plan in the works to reopen?
Is there any documentation of Sudo Room's decision making during COVID?
Such as meeting notes? I noticed there's nothing on the wiki for 2020.

Thanks so much for indulging me.

Ben

On Mon, Jun 1, 2020 at 4:14 PM Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:

> Hi Ben,
>
> I can try to answer your questions but i haven't been going to sudoroom, i don't think almost anyone has been going.
>
>
> On Mon, 1 Jun 2020, Benjamin Jameson-Ellsmore wrote:
>
>> Hi Jake,
>>
>> My name is Ben and I'm doing dissertation research on hackerspaces during the coronavirus outbreak. Naomi Most referred me to you saying you might be a good person to talk to about that as it pertains to Sudo Rooms and Omni Commons. Would you be willing to chat? Let me know!
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> --
>> Benjamin Jameson-Ellsmore
>> Doctoral Candidate
>> History of Art and Architecture
>> University of California, Santa Barbara