[sudoroom] Sudo Room Intent to Exist (sudoroom at lists.hackerspaces.org)

[aestetix aestetix]

Only one nitpick. I would suggest having a mention of Emperor Norton :)

On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 5:24 PM, Eddan Katz <eddan at oaklandlocal.com> wrote:

>  I have contacted the mayor's scheduler to let Jean Quan know that we
> will hold our press conference at about 7pm, but have not yet heard
> confirmation. The current text (as of 5:20) is cut and pasted below. Word
> count is currently 440 words, and could definitely use some additional
> editing.
>
> >>>
>
>  *Dear citizens and guests of the city of Oakland,*
> **
> *We are an unincorporated association of technologists, scientists,
> lawyers, artists, and community activists who are interested in using
> technology to promote social justice in our local community. We are Sudo
> Room, that’s s-u-d-o room. Visit us at Sudoroom.org, join our mailing list
> at hackerspaces.org, or ‘follow’ us on your favorite social media
> platform.*
> **
> *Makerspaces, hackerspaces, open schools, open labs and the other
> insiprational Do-It-Yourself (DIY) initiatives that seek to steer our
> community’s creative potential into peer production, problem-solving and
> democratic culture by bringing together the tools and the passions of those
> who seek to help each other, our neighbors, and the planet.  *
> **
> *You see, we are an open, non-hierarchical collaborative community and
> have not yet come to agreement on our tax structure or how best to
> stimulate open knowledge innovation in our city – so we don’t have a tax
> ID. We could only find one bank, down the block, which would permit us to
> open an account with a copy of our by-laws and meeting minutes or press
> releases as proof of our existence, but without yet having obtained a tax
> ID.*
> **
> *Henceforth, let it be known that on this, the 7th tone of Ahau and Blue
> Lunar Hand in the calendar of the Maya, the third day of the month of
> August, 2012, in the calendar of Pope Gregory, Unix time stamp 1344049200,
> We, the Sudo Room, do hereby declare our rightful and lawful Intent to
> Exist. With this intent we shall steadfastly seek to establish and make
> known our actuality, factuality and reality, as acknowledged by our
> institutions.*
> **
> *We’re in the middle of drafting our official documents on our wiki.
> We’ve already agreed on a process by which to establish ourselves with a
> minimum threshold compact. We’ve set as our goal at least 23 members to
> commit to the Articles of Association, but we hope more of you will join
> us. *
> **
> *We’re renting this space behind us as our first start. It is a pseudo
> room for sure, in that it is not quite enough room for our ambitious goals,
> but it is also a Sudo Room in the sense of everyone getting a turn to
> meaningfully participate, like the computer command granting temporary
> administrative access.*
> **
> *We are also gathered here to answer a question was asked on our
> sudo-nymous etherpad space as to: “How many hackers can you fit in a Sudo
> Room?” We will now try to answer that question by asking our crowd here
> about who is interested in joining us and filling up these 100 sq. feet.
> Please announce your name or sudo name on your way in.*
> **
> *Thank you. *
>  ****
>
> On 8/3/12 12:19 PM, Jenny Ryan (Google Drive) wrote:
>
>    [image: Document] I've shared Sudo Room Intent to Exist<https://docs.google.com/document/d/12jHQi0oUMJGUgCbRxpziCGsHWPGYd01Z2vLjQu54xdI/edit?invite=CNqZuoMK>
> Message from tunabananas at gmail.com:
>
> Eddan ran into the Mayor this morning, and she expressed interest in our press conference this evening, which will take place at 7pm outside 2135. Bring yourself, your cameras and smartphones!
>
> Attached is the doc link to the draft press release. Please hack away so we can send it off to her scheduler this afternoon!
>
>
> Click to open:
>
>    - Sudo Room Intent to Exist<https://docs.google.com/document/d/12jHQi0oUMJGUgCbRxpziCGsHWPGYd01Z2vLjQu54xdI/edit?invite=CNqZuoMK>
>
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