[sudoroom] Painting

[Tracy Jacobs]

The white walls of the box office could use some fresh paint and a few  
holes filled.  Anyone want to do that with me?  Maybe tomorrow  
afternoon? I'm pretty sure I have enough paint .

Tracy
On Jun 23, 2012, at 5:37 PM, Tracy Jacobs wrote:

> Welcome Hilary!
>
> So about the Art Murmur membership, I don't see anything on here  
> that would exclude us, it might require some small time committments  
> from people to have the "gallery" open.  In theory the gallery could  
> just be the box office, with a rotating show.
>
> http://oaklandartmurmur.org/get-involved/become-a-member-gallery
>
> The other thing though is there is a fee, it's pretty cheap for an  
> organization, but too much for me to pay alone.  $100 one time  
> application fee and then 175 a year membership.  Perhaps we can  
> consider this at a future business meeting.
>
> I have yet to hear from any of you about your plans for the July 6th  
> Art Murmur?  Is anybody working today ?
>
> Tracy
>
> On Jun 23, 2012, at 5:13 PM, Hilary Naylor wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>> I joined the mailing list and attended the kick-off party because of
>> my volunteer work at MetWest high school in Oakland. The program  
>> there
>> is called "Mouse Squad" <http://ca.mousesquad.org>. It teaches
>> students to be the Tech Help Team for their school (as the District
>> does not have nearly enough techs to serve all the schools). When we
>> asked the students at the beginning of the semester what they would
>> like to learn, they said "hacking." So I set out to learn about
>> hacking. I met Mitch Altman and Praveen Sinha at the kick-off party
>> and invited them to come and talk to the students. Which they did,  
>> and
>> the students were very excited and interested to learn about
>> hackerspaces. We also ordered Arduinos and electronics kits for the
>> class, but unfortunately something went wrong with the order and they
>> never arrived. Maybe next year! So now I would like to learn more
>> about Arduinos and what you can do with them.
>> In my non-volunteer life, I am a technology consultant for Oakland
>> schools and nonprofits, mostly trouble-shooting and coaching  
>> teachers,
>> some technology planning. (www.a2zed.us) My background is cognitive
>> psychology and information processing -- many years in research at
>> UCSF.
>> I am interested in helping sudoroom with fundraising.
>> I look forward to meeting you all sometime soon.
>> cheers
>> Hilary
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 12:55 PM, Matthew Senate <mattsenate at gmail.com 
>> > wrote:
>>> NOTE: If you haven't said hello yet, I cordially invite you to  
>>> drop us a
>>> line, in brevity if you must! Even if you're a curious on-looker  
>>> or other
>>> quiet-type!
>>>
>>> Hello All,
>>>
>>> Glad to see the thread still going!
>>>
>>> I was raised on fast-food and television in The (original) Valley  
>>> of Los
>>> Angeles County. Now I live in Oakland, slowly transplanting family  
>>> members
>>> to the bay area. I work at the Public Library of Science, and  
>>> while I wish
>>> to break free of the typical work doldrums, I am also quite  
>>> privileged--so
>>> much so that in another set of circumstances, I would probably do  
>>> my work
>>> for free!
>>>
>>> Some call my generation millenials, others forsaken. I believe we  
>>> live in a
>>> critical age where power is concentrated and many face needless
>>> injustice--but also an inspirational period (just look at this  
>>> year!) full
>>> of people who remind us of so many crucial (yet simple) concepts.  
>>> Thoughts:
>>>
>>> 1. Space: humans have volume, we take up room.
>>> 2. Time: none of us have much of it.
>>> 3. Humility: integral response to the vastness of 1 and 2.
>>> 4. Empathy: essential quality for continued existence.
>>>
>>> We have much to learn and do--and it should be rather painless!
>>>
>>> // Matt
>>>
>>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Hilary Naylor
>> Oakland CA
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