What do folks think about this discussion on the *omni-discuss* email list?
Curious about your thoughts.
// Matt
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From: Matthew Senate <mattsenate(a)gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Oct 4, 2014 at 12:21 PM
Subject: Re: [omni-discuss] email archives for list members only, except
announce?
To: yar <yardenack(a)gmail.com>
Cc: "discuss(a)lists.omnicommons.org" <discuss(a)lists.omnicommons.org>
David,
I understand what you're sharing about the experiences you have had with
people seeking voice and space in this project.
However, I do not believe that flipping bits from public to private on our
email list archives will change that. I think Jordan's implementation of a
*helpdesk@* list (private archives to protect senders), and leveraging
clear public-facing, private (or semi-private), and alternative
communication channels (e.g. physical "anonymous comment box" by the front
door) are all *excellent* ways to approach these situations. We should set
up a *whistleblower(a)lists.omnicommons.org
<whistleblower(a)lists.omnicommons.org> *or *leaks(a)lists.omnicommons.org
<leaks(a)lists.omnicommons.org>* for instance!
Historically, I have had more than a handful of conversations with folks
(some active members, other allies elsewhere in the world) who have used
and read the public archives of the sudo room email lists for their
information and for all of our benefit. We depend on this form of
participation to continue to exist. Further, we link to these discussions
in our email threads, on the wiki, and elsewhere.
We must be *clear* about what is *public* versus *private,* but we should
challenge ourselves to make more communications available (indexed by
google also means we can link to it on the public web... the structure of
the web that was valuable *even before *search engines and the information
search engines use to crawl content and formulate rankings, etc). We can
also encourage search engines not to index this content to keep it
unsearchable, but probably the folks who typically want to search it will
be us and our community.
To me, a good number of our problems right now correspond to *access*,
*transparency*, and *engaging new participants*. In light of these issues,
there is a clear direction for us to travel in which we should value *"open,
public discourses over closed, proprietary processes"* as well as *"access
and transparency over exclusivity"* in order to *"solve real problems over
hypotheticals, while respecting visions of the future"* -
https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Articles_of_Association#Values
All three of us on this thread so far are sudo room members, what do you
all think about these values I've shared?
// Matt
On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 2:11 PM, yar <yardenack(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 12:51 PM, David Keenan <dkeenan44(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > I would like to help you welcome new members - if I can get those
> notices, I
> > will reply and copy you and Jenny.
>
> We already have a list called "helpdesk" which is for receiving
> private emails about the omni, so if we all CC helpdesk then others
> know what's being done and how it's being done. Perhaps if we notice
> subscriptions from somebody new, we can forward the request to
> helpdesk!
>
> Anybody interested in being part of the general email liaison /
> outreach team, please subscribe. :)
>
> https://omnicommons.org/lists/listinfo/helpdesk
> _______________________________________________
> discuss mailing list
> discuss(a)lists.omnicommons.org
> https://omnicommons.org/lists/listinfo/discuss
>
I developed a Linux based OS for the Allwinner A20 and Raspberry PI that
has a Mac-like user interface and 3D POV gaming engine. The project also
includes many open source Quake and Halflife game modifications, as well as
a collection of other open source games. The purpose of this Kickstarter
project is to raise funds to manufacture an A20-based board that has the
same form factor and IO connections as the Raspberry PI Model B+, and will
fit into a Model B+ case.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1429174725/orion-ogs-affordable-3-in-1…
I am also launching a separate Kickstarter campaign with the same OS distro
on a 16GB SD card for the Raspberry PI. It includes some unique software
that I have developed for the RPi.
I would certainly appreciate any feedback you may have on this project. The
marketing people working with me on this are from the entertainment
industry and have some interesting connections. We don't have many backers
as yet because we are doing a soft-launch and will ramp up marketing and
promotion shortly.
Thanks!
I know it's a little bit late notice, (so many distractions!) but we're
having our second film night tonight, in the basement!
Come by a little after 7, too catch City of Lost Children, or around 9:30
for Delicatessen!
~ Korl
Sent via Android device.
1.510.689.4484
STP/ eskesilver
Ouroboros Shadow Pictures will be performing at the omni on oct 10!
I'm meeting with them tomorrow to pick up last 1/2 of rental fee + some
posters.
I hope ooc folks will come out for this show- it's sure to be amazing, and
tickets will only be 5$
some needs for the show:
1. do we have a *mixer*? they have pa speakers and cables but no mixer.
I'll definitely need one by the 10th at the latest!
2. do we have a mic stand? I think I got the two micstands covered, but
jic...
3. how well does the ballroom black-out light from the outside? do i need
to get some butcher paper or blankets to cover the shattuck ave windows?
any other places with serious light leakage?
Thanks and xo!
Scott
Dear all
Just a reminder: this Friday a 6 pm, Robert and I will be giving a workshop:
Discover the footage of the documentary that is being shot at and about
sudoroom, and the crazy adventure that the community is going through!
We'll use Interlace <http://interlace.videovortex9.net/>! Some of the sudo
footage will be in there.
Do come with your own sudo room footage so we can incorporate it! (if
possible not compressed)
Coders: come check out and play with the code, tag, index, make crazy edits.
Film people & editors: check out this mad collaborative editing tool and
give us feed back. Tag, index, make crazy edits.
Sudo-ers: Participate in telling your community’s story! Remix and play!
All types of humans: all of the above and more!
A demain!
Noémie
--
Noémie Serfaty
108 rue du Faubourg du Temple
75011 Paris
Tel: 06 27 76 88 84
Tel: 01 71 50 51 82
noemieserfaty(a)gmail.com
All BIG HOLES at the Omni have been filled with drywall at this point, and
all we have to do is mud & tape it!
Last minute Sorry! But it all just got done today -
Come one, come all! Forward and spread widely!
::))
David
4799 Shattuck @ 48th!
On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 9:31 AM, Alice Rosenthal
<beehappysolutions(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Sudo/ omni people have been expressing interest in using my scaffolding. I am done with it at my job site. I'm looking for 1-2 people to help dis assemble it and load it on my truck to transport to omni today starting around 1pm. It will take several hours. I can provide transportation for people from omni or Ashby Bart adjacent where I live. If you can help call or text me ( do not email please).
> If I get no helpers due to timing I could make start time later - say ; pm. But disassembling can be noisy and apt complex is senior ( some grumpy ol' farts.
>
> Alice 415-272-0596
Wow, thanks Alice! I hope we get a lot of volunteers! I am helping a
friend move today, at the same time, alas. :(
Hi all!
The Community Print Studio (owner of the printing press equipment in the
basement) has submitted a new membership proposal to the Omni:
http://wiki.omni-oakland.org/w/Print_Studio_Proposal
We'll discuss this at the meeting later today. If you can't make it, you
can add your thoughts to this thread or to the etherpad.
Cheers,
Jenny
http://jennyryan.nethttp://thepyre.orghttp://thevirtualcampfire.orghttp://technomadic.tumblr.com
`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`
"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
~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`
let me know if anything below is objectionable/wrong/incorrect/false to
you. I don't plan to READ all of this tomorrow at the delegates meeting,
or add it as an official proposal, it's just for me to refer to when I
represent the Sudo's position as we discuss what to do about the TIL/CPS
split.
*<3<3<3 WARM FUZZIES FROM SUDO <3<3<3*
We affirm that printing & publishing resources are an essential part of a
thriving commons. WE LOVE PRINTING! Our nerdiness includes your nerdiness.
We don’t want to drive groups away by being impossible to please. We don’t
want to suffocate people with micromanagement. We are excited and grateful
that people want to do awesome stuff at the Omni!!!
*In the spirit of shared purpose, we offer our support in resolving all
concerns related to the onboarding of CPS.*
*==How about two separate proposals?==*
*TIL should probably reapply for member-collective status, or consider
non-member group status. Does TIL really need a separate voting delegate,
if they have a voting voice as part of CPS?
* we need to reconcile the different logics, premises, that people are
coming from to describe this problem.
* still excited to see a manifesto, but frustrated about asking for
forgiveness rather than permission.
*==Friendly amendment to CPS proposal: Temporary formative period==*
* jenny: we all need more time to figure shit out
* yar: but we should show them kindness and offer legitimacy while we do
figure shit out*
* yar says maybe we should consent to a temporary formative period. Along
the lines of TIL’s proposed"6 month review" thing, except with lots of
loving support and enthusiasm across the 6 months.
*==Actual CPS problems to work through==*
1) Clearly articulated community angle that benefits the commons. How does
your internal decision making process work?
* yar: they taught me a bunch of stuff for free just because i showed up
and was excited.
Scott vouches for two of the members who are core organizers of the CPS.
Laura and (other dude)’s values are perfectly aligned with the OMNI
mission. There are people internal to CPS that will actively strive to
serve the commons
2) How can each of the printmaking technologies represented serve the
commons? what are the advantages and disadvantages of each machine? (List
of all machines http://wiki.omni-oakland.org/w/Print_Studio) Lets
articulate how each technology can meet real community needs. By courting
the community’s interest and presenting a case for all our printing
technologies, we can bring in lots of enthusiasm, community involvement,
and financial contributions for the community print studio (rent +
maintenance + upgrades to equipment, etc).
+ can we add support for technologies like risograph + xerox for
zine-sters, and other HIGHLY populist mediums like linocut/woodblock? (The
sudo room already has a digital duplicator with 4 COLOR DRUMS in the
basement). Support for these old populist mainstays are ways to court the
broader print-making culture that already exists in the bay. Would
potentially increase ties with other bay area cultural powerhouses like
Rock Paper Scissors and Pens and Needles.
+ SUDO has discovered reasons to be enthusiastic about letterpress: matt:
“It’s actually easy to quickly make a flyer with letterpress. Letterpress
can be super useful for the community -- the point is that CPS is still
forming and hasn’t articulated a shared vision yet.” And we CAN articulate
that vision! E.g. the Sudo room’s CNC machine can cut image plates that can
be composed with type for the letterpress, thus incorporating custom
embossed images into letterpress printing, which is not only totally
badass, but also provides an opportunity for inter-collective
collaboration. Omni PR material is going to look soooooo good.
3) Consider space needs and possible alternatives that address noise &
ventilation.
+ Offset press is the really noisy thing, the rest of the equipment can
stay where it is. Can we put the offset in one of the offices? It’s so
close! Let’s move it to a super optimal location that balances all needs!
* yar: most of the empty space in the CPS layout is due to the offset,
which needs access on all sides. if we could find another place for just
the offset, then everything else could in theory condense into a smaller
area. emji & joel were talking about putting it in a library room. so where
else could the offset go? if we put it in the middle of sudoroom it'd still
take up less space than the robot...
* tangents about possible uses of the omnidance space upstairs
* jenny: maybe one of the CPS members should bottom-line a working group
for scheduling in the basement?
4) decision making structure and how do members relate to one another?
* how do we get in touch? is there a printing-press-collective email list?
so the other night, we made a universal robot gripper using coffee* and a
birthday balloon, and the top of a shampoo bottle, and some other stuff.
search google for "universal robot gripper" and you'll see what i mean.
here are pictures:
http://spaz.org/~jake/robot/gripper/
it works decently well, as you can see.. but it could use improvement. I
am going to try to add a blower to inflate the balloon a little bit when
it's trying to grab something.
of course we will put this on the end of the robot arm, so it can pick
stuff up.
I think we should try again with a larger balloon.. and thicker wouldn't
hurt.
So if you have a few balloons laying around, preferably thick-skinned and
larger than a tennisball when deflated, please bring them to the robot.
you can put them on top of the control box, or the robot itself, if i'm
not around.
Also, if you have a coffee grinder (or know of one at sudoroom) i'd like
to use it to grind some coffee more finely than we did with my little
one.. when it's not finely ground enough, it's hard for it to re-shape to
grab stuff.
i'm going to try to use one of those motorized mattress inflators as a
pump, but if you have something like that that you think would work, bring
it. Especially if it runs off of 120VAC (plugs into the wall) and is not
crazy loud.
-jake
* only decaf coffee was used for this experiment
