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... on Todos and progress for the past week

Joe:

Tape Disco Room window & work on S Wall
- didn't tape the disco window because we started the south wall. we have to find some mud. just a 2 hour job though.
- not worrying about the other side
emails from dk
- just read 4 lengthy detailed emails from dk
- must find perfect kind of insulation, how to secure, etc...
- wants to put resilient channel on the south wall but we already put the rock up
- a bit overwhelmed by revisionism. but love all around.
- rob thinks maybe it's a good idea to take the rock down again, but others emphatically don't think so
- rob suggests sealing the siding? sean says no, it's supposed to breathe to avoid rotting, that's the point
Ensure plan is submitted to city
- pulling stuff as an owner-builder. plans are complete, John just need to sign a letter.
- next step: make appointment for framing inspection
- we need a good caulker who doesn't mind squeezing stuff all day long
- also need insulation
- we can start building the walls while we decide on the insulation
- big event thursday but we can build tue & wed
- need to buy lumber & big 29oz caulk tubes. joe will fill out a finance form for lumber.
- we have a list of everyone willing to loan their truck!
- we'll start caulking 10am tomorrow
- nail gun w/compressor is ready to go
Meeting w/ Mary & John tomorrow - finding stack of pictures
- still don't have the scrapbook of articles

Jenny:

Order drywall - done
Order electric strike, panic bar - strike still needs some research, panic bar & mechanical override have been ordered and door closer has arrived
- jenny just wrote a new email, found cheaper panic bars on ebay, considering cancelling the order
- dusty should make this decision
- quality doesn't matter too much? ADA only matters on the corner door
- how hard is finding a compatible mechanical override?
- dk may have some info tomorrow
- marc says don't cancel until you're sure the override exists and you can get it. he's looking right now.
MSDS for sudo - Need to know exactly what's needed - Marc has offered to help. Jenny will sync w/ DK tomorrow morning
Ask Jake to finish basement ballasts - "ok soon"
ordered sound-insulating 'green glue' - should arrive by Friday (currently in San Leandro, so probably sooner. is being shipped straight to omni.)
what should I order next?
- joe: we don't know. still deciding on insulation types
  - one kind is easily attached to walls, won't take up much dead air space, expensive
  - alternative is fiberglass/rockwall. but does it come with paper backing?
  - rob: i like brian's idea of having just denim on one side with no insulation
  - joe: you're the only one
  - much disagreement on insulation strategies. many ideas.
  - rob: the whole idea of a base trap is to have air space. 2 inches doesn't do it.
  - joe: last studio i built we had egg cartons
  - rob: but dead air is a really good base trap
  - anka: mice will chew up the egg cartons
  - joe: yeah we're not doing that
  - rob: expensive to buy all that extra insulation when it won't be very noticable
jenny has the bank card and the ebay account info

anka:

waiting for the door parts, apparently they're here now though
- which? the panic bar and mechanical override won't arrive until the end of next week unless we find an alternative in town
- marc & jake are researching the electric strike stuff for card access but it's harder than they expected. might just go ahead with panic bars for now.

Laura:

Plan for 'anyone' tasks by priority
- noemie will contact sudo & opal with the list
- laura might also reach out, send an email
- ben put up a jobs board. laura will put it there.
- maybe each collective could take a job on
- list is a google spreadsheet called "shit needing fixing" - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UC4TRflYiM_8HcOwJ5U8CPLwUQyJP5JPWF6D09tia2o/edit
Coordinate, the door stuff
- seems other people are on it

Robb:

Tear up the rug
- most of the mold is in the middle of the rug?
Assess mold situation
Working on ballroom lighting
jessie said it'd be a couple weeks. middle room has visible black mold. thinking of sealilng things with plastic and cutting out the 2 big spots.
there's a bunch of crap in there. it's all my fault. i can condense it. maybe trash some stuff.
laura: try to get some help from MPM & Phat Beets
rob: maybe later, carpet & drywall cutting is easy
one of big ed's trash room tables is down there right now

yar:

still trying to figure out what concrete sealant to pour in the bathroom floor
there's a bucket here but joe says it just smells like ammonia, nothing else
might need to buy something new
will test this stuff on a piece of broken concrete

Key budget from DK

he sent a long email about this today
big $7.50 security keys for the front door
- should not be an omni expense, people should invest in their own key, would ask for key deposit from key holders
there'll be a process for who gets an external key. non-members just have to fill out a form. internal keys won't change.

TO DOs

GEt fire extinguisher guy to come and charge/install all necessary extinguishers
- First need to gather all the ones we have not currently mounted, Jenny will coordinate this tomorrow and reach out to John ( fire suppressionn guy not landlord). His proposal was possibly contingent on accepting the estimate for the kitchen hood, would need to pull permit for that (4-6 weeks out). Joe thoughts?
- joe: john the fire suppression guy is charging us 4-5k and everything's included in that cost. getting a good deal because it's such a big job.
- guy that gives FNB sandwiches on fridays has a company called natural choice. he offered us a free convection oven, even offered to pay to help wire it to 3-phase
- convection oven would have to go under the hood, replacing part of the wolf. but won't get the fire suppression.
- tell jenny to go ahead with john

Signage

We need several 'This is not an exit' signs made - could maybe use the laser cutter?
- "1910.37(b)(5)Each doorway or passage along an exit access that could be mistaken for an exit must be marked "Not an Exit" or similar designation, or be identified by a sign indicating its actual use (e.g., closet)."
- "keep 3 feet clear in front of this panel" in front of Rise Above electrical panels (2) and Disco Room (1)

^^ These are on the anyone-can-do task list items. Organizing who will do these tasks is under way.

Other

Rob:

making shelf for cardboard storage in the trash room
Tuesday FNB crew have been putting out all the trash lately. let's send them a special thank-you.

Joe:

mural upstairs is done. grace wants to buy a varnish glaze to protect it, but that's expensive. maybe just moulding at the bottom to protect from chair legs.
PB max wants to recruit berkeley students to work on the kitchen
- actual cafe owner visiting on thursday. wants to teach "youth food entreprenurial startup things"
- getting lots of people involved in design & planning phase
what about 3-phase? do we definitely want it?
- crickets. seems so.
- CCL & Sudo need it
- bands like it
- doesn't mean rewiring, it can service all the 120, it's just a new box
- fuckers across the street are paying so wth

Jenny:

Omni has $55K total in all bank accounts, and our rent is about to increase 3%.
we'll be done by the end of may. we can do it. we got lots of good hands. just need to make the decisions.
- <33
work is happening during the day and most events are in the evenings, so we can go ahead and have more ballroom events
but we need fire to sign off in order to have the big events
also paper towels. capoeira people were freaking out because of no paper towels.
- paper towels are in the secure storage, as well as some metal paper towel holders to be mounted in the downstairs & upstairs ballroom bathrooms.
- talking about electric hand-dryers
  - pedal-powered hand dryers :)

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