Event:2016/08/11 Commons

Omni Commons Commons Working Group Meeting - Thursday 11 Aug 2016

Attendees

Julio, Robb, Steve, Arthur, remote-jenny, Angelo, Almaz, Shirah, Dragon, Dane

Agenda

• 48hour Film Fest (10 min)
• August Requests (20 min)
• September Requests (20 min)
• Productions Working Group (10 min)
• Puppet Troupe (5 min)
• Post-September Requests (10 min)
• Recurring Requests (5 min)
• Cancelled Requests (5 min)
• Retrospective on Past Events (5 min)

Documentary about 48hr Film Project

• Angelo is filming documentary about LL taking part in 48hr film compettion
• Need space for interviews before:
  • Angelo would submit request
• Coordinate on the actual day with Shirah during the day
• Will "thank" Omni, but will run it by us.

48hr Film Project

• Use of commons 8/19-8/20 Approved
• Dragon (member of the board) signed Location RElease
• They are paying LL for use. LL part of rent.

Halloween

• Approved event. Many ideas. People excited. Event approved. Arthur will drive this. Talk to him if interested. Saturday and Sunday.

Puppet Troupe

Evenings in August, September, and October - Ballroom - Puppet Troupe

• Alignment: Yes. Associated with Birdhouse and BACE.
• Offering: $350 + 35hrs of labor
• Attendance: 5
• Admission: N/A Private
• Point Person: ?
• A/V: No
• Alcohol: No
• Status:
  • 7/8: Submitted on time for August: "The August meetings would be for building the puppet stage and making the puppets, and open to public. The September meetings would be once a week for my troupe and would be private to the troupe. If you have other ideas about how to organize this, I am open."
  • 7/14: Lynn will follow-up with him. Ballroom will not work out. Will show him.
  • 7/28: Carl came over and looked at the space (Arthur gave him a tour). Lynn called him Monday and left a nice message. Carl is here. Arthur suggest using the puppet show in the Halloween show (~Oct 30). Also interested in doing another show in December. Lynn will follow-up with Carl about a contract and invoicing.
  • 8/11: Arthur will respond to Lynn's message in the coming couple of days

Inpropper use of Space

• Dane concerend about hallway clutter, people possibly creating a living space.
• Almaz pointed Dane to Jenny's Handbook which includes how to deal with this type of situation

August Requests (20 minutes)

Check for new Event Requests

Fri 8/5, 8/12 and 8/19 (7-9pm) Disco Room - Bahiya Movement Dance Rehearsal 8/12 Bahiya Movement Dance Rehearsal 8/19

• Alignment: ?
• Offering: $15/hr x 6 hours = $90
• Attendance: 15
• Admission: N/A private
• Point Person: Lynn
• A/V: amplified sound
• Alcohol: No
• Status:
  • 7/21: Received late.
  • 7/28: Lynn will contact and finalize details.
  • 8/1: Lynn sent contract, and Afia has signed it. Julio invoiced for $90. Afia paid $45. Julio created calenar event directly for 8/5 (no request was submitted, but that is part of the contract). Almaz will be there for 8/5 and 8/12.
  • 8/11: Julio published 8/12 and 8/19 to calendar.

Sat 8/13 (6pm-1am) Ballroom Eritrean National Soccer Tournament Champion Celebration Alignment: yes, YES! Attendance: 100+ Admission: no Offering: $200 Point Person: Almaz A/V:not needed Alcohol: Yes Status:

• • 7/28: Almaz will get alcohol permit and insurance. Jenny/Laura showed Almaz how to do it. Needs help if anyone is willing. Julio will invoice for $200 after contract is signed.
  • 8/11: Everything is ready to go: insurance, permit, contract. Almaz will email julio where to send the $200 invoice. Robb is out of town. Dragon willing to help if needed. Almaz says they have their own equipment.

Sat 8/13 (10am-3pm) Disco Room - Privilege and Power Workshop

• Alignment: Yes.
• Attendance: 20
• Admission: $15
• Offering: $100
• Point Person: Jenny
• A/V: Looks like not much is needed. Projector setup
• Alcohol: No
• Status:
  • 7/28: Jenny down to PP, will follow up tonight or tomorrow.
  • 7/30: Jenny wrote to Garrett.
  • 8/11: Contract & Invoice sent - Maureen is day-of point person.

Tue 8/16 (7:30pm-10pm) Ballroom - Film Fest Fundraiser For Oaxaca’s Teachers’ Strike

• Alignment: Yes. Liberated Lens event
• Attendance: 20
• Admission: $10 NOTALOF
• Offering: maybe $100, 30-50% of door
• Point Person: Angel
• A/V: Looks like not much is needed.
• Alcohol: No
• Status:
• 7/28: Published
• 8/11: https://www.facebook.com/events/1230813580263099/ Julio has thoughts on wording for event title (it's too long).

Wed 8/24 (2-4pm) Disco Room - Personal Rehearsal

• Alignment: ?
• Attendance: 1
• Admission: N/A
• Offering: ?
• Point Person: Almaz
• A/V: ?
• Status:
  • 7/28: Almaz will reach out.
  • 8/11: No response via email or phone.

Fri 8/26 (8pm-12am) Ballroom [Art Show with Live Performances https://omnicommons.org/occupy/wordpress/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&post=3132]

• Alignment: ?
• Attendance: 50-100
• Admission: $5
• Offering: $300-500
• A/V: ?
• Point Person: Steve/Jenny/Lynn
• Status:
  • 8/10: Received very late. They know Gerald and Robb. Nothing else going on that day.
  • 8/11: Lynn & Steve volunteered to be point people. Jenny can invoice & send contract & a/v request form. Steve will contact them and relay details to Jenny

Sat 8/27 (6:15am-9:30pm) - Entrance Hall- United for Community Radio fund raiser for KPFA election to support independent news coverage

• Alignment: Yes
• Attendance: 150
• Admission: $10 and NOTAFLOF
• Offering: $40 + 20% of what we receive
• Point Person: Steve
• A/V: ?
• Alcohol: No
• Status:
  • 7/14: Received early. Steve M will take over this and the otehr KPFA event.
  • 7/28: Steve working this one. Offering $40+ 20% of door
  • 8/11: Event cancelled. DELETED

September Requests (20 minutes)

Check for new Event Requests

Fri 9/2 6pm-midnight - Ballroom - oaxakland solidarity punx show

• Alignment: Yes.
• Attendance: up to 200
• Admission: $8-100 NOTALOF
• Offering: $50-100
• Point Person: Jenny/Robb.
• A/V: Yes
• Alcohol: No
• Status:
  • 7/14: Received on time. Fundraiser for the family of a victim of state violence in Oaxaca Mexico. Probably need to ask for a door split too. Jenny will follow up. Robb interested in helping.
  • 7/28: Toxqui says we should push it to Sep 2. Jenny will follow-up. Julio available to have phone comms.
  • 8/11: Contract drafted, waiting for reply on some questions.

Sat 9/3- Sun 9/4 (8am-6pm) Disco Room - Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee meeting

• Alignment: Yes
• Attendance: 30-40
• Admission: N/A
• Offering: $100
• Point Person: Laura
• A/V:
• Alcohol: No
• Status:
  • 7/14: Laura is PP. Will sign contract soon
  • 7/29: Contract is signed and paid.

Sat 9/10 (12pm-9:30pm) Ballroom [https://omnicommons.org/occupy/wordpress/wp-admin/post.php?post=3025&action=edit Dance Battle for TURFInc]

• Alignment:
• Attendance: 150-200
• Admission: TBD
• Offering: $300 + split ticket costs / donations
• Point Person: Lynn/Julio
• A/V: Yes
• Alcohol: No
• Status:
  • 7/28: Laura communicating.
  • 8/9: Moved from 8/26 to 9/10. They've paid deposit and signed contract.

9/7 - 11/9 - Treatment Room - Writopia Lab Writing Workshop [1]

• Alignment: Yes
• Attendance: 4-7
• Admission: $585 sliding scale
• Offering: 10% or $230 - $410 depending on attendance
• Point Person: Almaz
• A/V: No
• Alcohol: No
• Status:
  • 8/11 - flexible with times. Almaz will follow-up tomorrow.

Sat 9/10 Basement - Practice Your Paradigm Shifting – A Workshop [2]

• Alignment: Yes
• Attendance: 5-15
• Admission: N/A
• Offering: $50
• Point Person: Julio
• A/V: No
• Alcohol:
• Status:
  • 8/11: Submitted on time: "I don't know if the "Dance Battle" happening in the Ballroom at the same time might be too much activity or sound for holding a workshop at the same time. If you think it might be, I wonder if the Upstairs Den is a better option, or if there's a chance to do this workshop on the 27th of this month instead. Thanks!". Julio will follow-up with Mich, acquaintance.

Sat 9/17 Entrance Hall - Abolition of Policing [3]

• Alignment: Yes, SURJ / Critical Resistance
• Attendance: 40-50
• Admission: $0-20 sliding scale
• Offering: $100
• Point Person: Anka/Steve/Lynn
• A/V:
• Alcohol: No
• Status:
  • 8/11: Julio will get the date, and do the paperwork.

9/24 Benefit for Micqa Griffin [4]

• Alignment: Yes
• Attendance: "n/a"
• Admission:$10-20
• Offering: $150-200
• Point Person:
• A/V: Yes, sound
• Alcohol: No
• Status:
  • 8/11: conflicts with BioHacker Conference. Almaz will follow-up if they can do a different day or space.

Productions Working Group (10 min)

Jenny, Robb, Liz: It would greatly benefit the Commons WG to focus principally on promotion, booking, contracts, and invoicing, and to have the Productions WG focus on the actual production of events (including stocking bathrooms and helping with cleaning before and after).

• A/V request form https://omnicommons.org/avrequest
• Join the mailing list if you want to help with event A/V tech support: https://omnicommons.org/lists/listinfo/productions

Post-September Requests (10 minutes)

Check for new Event Requests

Fri 10/8 9:45am-5:30pm Ballroom Progressive Lawyering Day

• Alignment: Yes
• Attendance: 150
• Admission: TBD
• Offering: TBD
• Point Person: ?
• A/V: None, needs quiet
• Alcohol: No
• Status:
• Status
  • ALmaz will PP.
  • 6/23: They don't seem interested, waiting on reply to Almaz' email
  • 7/14: this is going forward Almaz is going to call them.
  • 7/28: Moved from Sept 17 to Oct 8. Almaz and Laura need to talk to coordinate with the IWW meeting.
  • 8/11: Almaz going to send request to sudoroom (Julio/Robb/Jenny) to use the space for x amount of money, x amount of people (max 49 including CCL). Sudoroom can have proposal.

Sun 10/9 Ballroom - no time listed - Benefit screening of #OO [5]

• Alignment: Yes, but they're not offering anything to Omni for what will surely be a lot of work, tho "Proceeds benefit Love not Blood & the Haiti Action Committee."
• Attendance: 200
• Admission: N/A
• Offering: N/A
• Point Person: Robb?
• A/V: Yes
• Alcohol: No
• Status:
  • 8/11: Robb will follow-up. Same day as Green Sunday (Entrance Hall).

Sat 10/8-Sun 10/9 (8am-6pm) - Ballroom - 2016 IWW Delegate Convention

• Alignment: Yes.
• Attendance: 100
• Admission: $25
• Offering: $800
• Point Person: Laura
• A/V: ?
• Alcohol: No
• Status:
  • 4/15: Laura contacted Kevin. Kevin responded 4/24
  • 4//28:Laura will follow up to sign contract
  • 7/14 Contract signed and deposit rec'd for October.

Sun 10/9 (5pm-9pm) Entrance Hall - Green Sunday Educational Forum and Green Party County Council Meeting

• Alignment: Yes
• Attendance: 35
• Admission:
• Offering: $50
• Point Person: Lynn
• A/V:
• Alcohol: No
• Status:
  • 7/14: Laura spoke with John Torok about our concenrs with having electoral events. Laura will follow-up with John.
  • 7/28: John is here. Collective wants to become a member collective. Green Sunday is political education. Council meeting is electoral. Move from Sep 11 to Oct 9.
  • 8/11: Lynn not here today.

Thursdays 9/15 - 11/17 (7pm-10pm) Disco Room - Green Windows Weekly Creative Writing Workshop

• Alignment: Yes
• Attendance:
• Admission: $400 for ten weeks, with lots of individual discounts
• Offering: $90/week, $900 total
• Point Person: Jenny
• A/V: None
• Alcohol: No
• Status:
  • 7/14: Jenny will set up contract/invoice/schedule. Peggy has a keycard
  • 8/11: Invoiced for $900, sent contract, & put on the calendar

Sun 10/23 - Mon 10/24 (all day) Disco Room - Write Around the World (duplicate copies)

• Alignment: Yes
• Attendance: 10-15
• Admission: TBD
• Offering: TBD
• Point Person: ?
• A/V: None, needs quiet
• Alcohol: No
• Status:
• Status
  • 6/20: Submitted early. Same group as previous event.
  • 7/14: ?
  • 7/30: Jenny wrote to Peggy
  • 8/11: Dates reserved for now, specifics forthcoming

Thursday 10/27 - CCL - Radical Mycology presentation [6]

• Alignment: Yes, BAAM-affilated
• Attendance: 100
• Admission:
• Offering: $100
• Point Person:
• A/V:
• Alcohol: No
• Status: Couldn't fit in CCL if 100 people actually show up - should reserve the ballroom

11/18 - Ballroom - Benefit show for Land Action 4 legal defense [7]

• Alignment: Yes
• Attendance: 500
• Admission: $20+
• Offering: "lets talk we want to make you guys some money with this one"
• Point Person: Jenny, others needed
• A/V: Yes, sound - punk/metal show
• Alcohol: Yes
• Status:

4/12 B.O.B. Fest Potluck Social [8]

• Alignment: yes (punks)
• Attendance: 100-150
• Admission: $0
• Offering: "Budget-wise we can afford under $500"
• Point Person:
• A/V: Not really
• Alcohol: Yes, serving not selling
• Status: "We hope to have acoustic music for part of the night but the rest of the time will just be socializing and squaring away details for rest of fest. We are hoping to find a place which allows us use of a kitchen, which can provide us chairs/tables/plates/etc., and which is a activist community space"

Recurring Requests (10 minutes)

Check for new Event Requests

Cancelled Requests (5 minutes)

Sat 8/6 10am-6pm - Basement Hall - Socialist Alternative Day School

• Alignment: Yes? They've had other meetings at the Omni
• Attendance: 40
• Admission: N/A private
• Offering: $100
• Point Person: Julio
• A/V: No
• Alcohol: No
• Status:
  • 7/14: Julio will follow-up. Not a registered political party running any candidates (electoral politics). Lynn willing to help.
  • 7/28: Julio reached out.
  • 7/29: They found another space. DELETED.

Mon 8/22 10:00 am - 2:00 pm - Entrance Hall - Filming Web Series Scene for The North Pole

• Alignment: Yes. Movement Generation. Ask Liberated Lens to support?
• Attendance: 30
• Admission: $0 private
• Offering: $160
• Point Person: Lynn
• A/V: No. Needs quiet
• Alcohol: No
• Status:
  • 7/14: Lynn is taking this. Talked to Darin and he said they haven't decided on their location yet. Lynn sent him the contract and they will get back to us. They may want to modify the time to an hour earlier or so.
  • 7/28: They are looking at other locations again. Planning to come visit Entrance Hall. Nothing definite yet.
  • 8/5: They found another space. DELETED.

Sat 9/2 9:30am-5:30pm - Ballroom - Anti Racism for Collective Liberation training

• Alignment: Yes! Catalyst Project.
• Attendance: up to 240
• Admission: ill be sliding scale, probably 10-50$, with proceeds either split with BLM or all go to BLM
• Offering: Depends on if all proceeds go to BLM - can we talk about it?
• Point Person: Julio
• AV: Yes
• Alcohol: No
• Status:
  • 7/14: Submitted late. Excitement about this. Julio willing to PP. Conflicts with Hackathon if it is happening. Lynn willing to help.
  • 7/18: Moves from July 30 to Aug 13/14. Lynn can't help on these dates.
  • 7/28: They can't do August due to facilitators not available. Julio still in conversation about making this work later. Currently, put request on Sept 2..
  • 7/29: They will regroup and submit another request when ready.

Sat 9/2 (5pm-3am) Ballroom WCH & Z-Mob Presents : To Be Announced Sat 9/9 (5pm-3am) Ballroom WCH & Z-Mob Presents : To Be Announced

• Alignment: Not really
• Attendance: Max 240
• Admission: $20-35 ($4800-$8400)
• Offering: $800-10000
• Point Person: Almaz.
• A/V: Yes
• Alcohol: Yes
• Status:
  • 7/28: Almaz will reach out. Potential conflicts those days, but sounds like a good event. Ask for more probably. Need security. Need insurance. Need alcohol license. Notify police?
  • 7/29 Laura: I am already in touch with these folks.
  • 8/4: Almaz says they aren't ready. Deleted. They will submit another request when they are ready.

Sat 9/10 (7am-11:30pm) Ballroom - Run for Salmon - Fundraiser

• Alignment: Yes
• Attendance: ~100
• Admission: not yet decided
• Offering: negotiable
• Point Person:
• A/V:
• Alcohol: No
• Status:
  • 7/14: Laura will get more info from Matt. Julio and Lynn will be here that weekend
  • 7/25: Laura spoke with Luta, the main organizer and will send invoice and contract this week.
  • 7/29 Luta hasn't responded. Pinged him today.
  • 8/9: Never responded. Considered cancelled. Turfing event now on this date.

Retrospective on Past Events (5 minutes)

Mon, Tue, Thu 8/8, 8/9, 8/11 (6pm-8pm) - Disco Room - The Practice Writing Workshop

Previously

• https://omnicommons.org/wiki/Event:2016/07/28_Commons
• https://omnicommons.org/wiki/Event:2016/07/14_Commons
• https://omnicommons.org/wiki/Event:2016/06/23_Commons

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