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** overcoming alienation and isolation through community | ** overcoming alienation and isolation through community | ||
** fighting the culture of disempowerment | ** fighting the culture of disempowerment | ||
** generosity in all directions | |||
** spirituality at a social level | ** spirituality at a social level | ||
** change through belonging | ** change through belonging | ||
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** "Out of Many, Omni" | ** "Out of Many, Omni" | ||
* identifying what we would like to prioritize as well as what we find uncomfortable... implications for language? | * identifying what we would like to prioritize as well as what we find uncomfortable... implications for language? | ||
** frame ourselves as a critical alternative - e.g., polyculturalism instead of multiculturalism | ** frame ourselves as a critical alternative - e.g., polyculturalism instead of multiculturalism (source: http://www.againstthegrain.org/program/914/wed-40914-problem-multiculturalism - listen! It's educational & funny!) | ||
** accessibility with specificity - e.g., name gentrification | ** accessibility with specificity - e.g., name "gentrification" | ||
** use plain language! | ** use plain language! | ||
* action items | * action items | ||
Latest revision as of 17:23, 20 September 2014
AGENDA
1–2:30pm Saturday at Omni!
1. crowdfunding campaign
- estimate needs and goal
- cost to open Omni (permits, construction, improvements, facilities & equipment) by Dec 1
- $70k?
- announce initial goal of $44k, assuming for now that we can raise $55k via crowdfunding + $30k via grants
- targets (high net worth individuals)
- projections (how many individuals, how much $ donated on avg., and what % likely)
- cost to open Omni (permits, construction, improvements, facilities & equipment) by Dec 1
- create and develop the campaign concept
- pitch exercise
- tagline
- schedule and budget the campaign effort
- personal outreach before launch to refine concept
- public outreach
- events
2. other revenue sources
crowdfunding is just one method of raising money!
- ballroom and building space rental
- grant spreadsheet (public/state/municipal, foundations, corporations, etc.)
MINUTES
Attending: Laura, Scott, Sarah, Danny
- for today, explore ideas for the campaign concept - that consists of
- context – the realm/realities we're coming from, the challenges and opportunities that exist
- transformation – our potential achievement above and beyond mere problem-solving
- some personal story about how we came to Omni
- discussion summary
- recognizing Oakland's history of rich cultural production and the threats of gentrification
- responding to rising inequality, migration, mobility
- Omni represents care and support
- overcoming alienation and isolation through community
- fighting the culture of disempowerment
- generosity in all directions
- spirituality at a social level
- change through belonging
- change through mutual aid
- this is an experiment and a model
- polyculturalism over monoculture
- politics come second
- "Omni is the rose on the thorn in the side of Capitalism"
- "Out of Many, Omni"
- identifying what we would like to prioritize as well as what we find uncomfortable... implications for language?
- frame ourselves as a critical alternative - e.g., polyculturalism instead of multiculturalism (source: http://www.againstthegrain.org/program/914/wed-40914-problem-multiculturalism - listen! It's educational & funny!)
- accessibility with specificity - e.g., name "gentrification"
- use plain language!
- action items
- draft written request for all Omni organizers to share their own personal story that includes their context and transformation with Omni [Danny]
- do the same for groups, where a representative from each group tells the story of their collective context and transformation with Omni [Danny]
- for both requests, include mention that the responses will be used shape the language we're using to describe the Omni [Danny]
- send spreadsheet for listing low/medium/high potential grants [Danny]