2015/03/31 OptikAllusions Meeting

Announcements

 * New mailing list!

OpAl Proposal

 * Becoming a member collective.
 * Cost: Insurance But they're probably not expecting us to pay the 500$ insurance thing
 * The 100$ utility stands
 * We just need people to come to the working groups.
 * Jenny suggests that we offer for a certain price we can film the event and we can give you the footage. Good idea. Money goes to Omni.
 * So we all agree to


 * Why it was asked.
 * Roundtable of how people feel about it.
 * Consequences:
 * Figuring out our membership : What makes a member? What allows people access to the equipment and what are the accountability measures.
 * A log in system for the equipment.
 * Insurance.
 * Organizing space.
 * Mailing lists.
 * Doing outreach.
 * Accepting donations: Gratipay, GoFundMe, other options? Requires a collective bank account (look into credit unions?)


 * Need to advise the omni consensus list and delegates that our proposal is now a proposal for tenancy.
 * Need to organize a day of arranging the new room.

Anti-gentrification project

 * Deutsche Bank, contact + Charles Mouton
 * Write a voice over
 * Auction Friday at noon. + Afrika Town.
 * Action
 * Culinary school + Woman in the neighborhood swooping houses.
 * Portrait of West Oakland ( Afrika Town)
 * Annette follow up.
 * Meet to work on the project and talk about the narrative: friday could be dedicated to that, for instance. What are the next steps, etc.: the print shop at 27th and San Pablo. Show old footage to show old Oakland compared to now.
 * Can we set a day during the week: Monday.
 * Also talk to a gentrifier.
 * Filmography: Inside Job, Shelter, a squatumentary, and Flag Wars
 * Film Night! Next Tuesday! April 7th.

OGC video

 * Tonight we'll be editing footage we got from Gerald one case that will be the red thread of the movie.
 * Sit down and talk about the OGC documentary: next steps.
 * Marcus recorded stuff on his phone.

Action items

 * Noemie will write to consensus and say we're down to be a member collective.
 * Noemie, Sean and Jabari will go.
 * Afrika Town + Auction shoot on Friday morning. Jabari Sean and Noemie.
 * Monday morning: shoot around Oakland.
 * Noemie to make a doc about the project.
 * Jabari and Noemie to do research of images of older Oakland. Ask Gerald.
 * Jabari suggests we look into a GoFundMe page