Event:2014/11/27 Weekly Delegate's Meeting

Version 111494 Saved November 25, 2014 Authors: Ben, Liz, Noemie, remote-jnny, jenny + 3 unnamed authors ( ) December 5th Delegates Meeting The meeting will begin promptly at 7pm and end at 9pm, unless consensed upon to go beyond 9pm

• Facilitators: Brendan & Jenny
• explain hand signals: deaf applause, raised hand, point of process, direct response
• Stack:
• Timekeeper:
• Notes:
  • URL of this pad: https://pad.riseup.net/p/omninom
• Vibe Reader:
• Next weeks facilitator(s):
  • encourage someone who hasn't facilitated before. If they'd like support, someone who has facilitated join them to facilitate together! If they'd like to know how the agenda works here's a page outlining the different parts of our agenda https://omnicommons.org/wiki/Facilitating_General_Meetings_Tips_and_Info
• Delegates:
• Quorum:
• facilitators for next week:

intros

Name; affiliation; if you are new, one thing that brought you here.

important, building related announcements

How can we prevent (angry) squatters? Can we better communicate that squatting is not ok? How can we improve security? This is brought up by Korl's run-in with a weird guy squatting in the eyeball room at 4 AM. (relocate this agenda item as appropriate)

• How We Organize WG suggests that this be the breakout conversation

Working group report backs, 0-5 mins each (max 40 mins)

Reports consist of answering 3 questions:

   - What did you accomplish this week?
   - what problems or action items do you need to bring to our attention?
   - When is your next meeting?

PROPOSALS

Please provide the following information with your proposal: the date the proposal was put on the pad; the group or person making the proposal; who will be speaking to the proposal at the meeting; where the full text or other information about the proposal can be found if it's not all here.

Last week's member proposals:

11-19-14 Optik Allusions' Proposal for tenancy

• Sarah Bierman & Liz Ray from Optik Allusions will be here to discuss the proposal.
• Text of the proposal:
  • Mission Statement: Optik Allusions aims to empower people that are otherwise discriminated against - people of color, women, queers, differently abled, and mentally diverse folks - to utilize the overarching medium of the moving image and create films that provoke and challenge the dominant culture. By pooling our physical and mental resources, we make films in a spirit of collaboration and solidarity, supply a lending library of film equipment for creative projects, offer free, at cost or donation based classes, and host film screenings.

• • Origin and group history: Optik Allusions had its first meeting on 07/09/14, as a group of interested artists affiliated with various collectives within OMNI. So far, we have collaborated on a 2 minute grant application for the OMNI, as well as producing, filming and editing the Omni’s fundraising video. We’ve started receiving donations of film equipment, we host weekly film screenings that foster community within the Omni, and one of our members is working with a developper on a collaborative editing tool, with the intent of creating ways in which storytelling can become collaborative and participative: http://sudo.teleputer.org:8558

• • Participation in the Omni: Currently, OpAl is not seeking membership but tenancy, with the possibility of applying for membership in the future. Our members are already involved in the Omni community and now we are joining forces to contribute to Omni’s mission of making the means of cultural production a common resource. In order to accomplish our goal, we need a secure room for an editing suite and to store our equipment library.

• • Group finances and paying rent: OpAl will be financed by the personal contributions of its members. We have a recommended monthly membership fee of $20, and people are free to pay more if they can, or less if they can’t (in exchange for volunteer hours). As of now, since only seven members of our budding collective can commit to paying 20$ a month, the rent we could reasonnably offer amounts to 140$. As our membership grows, we hope to be able to re-assess this amount.

• • Dedicated space: We would like to rent the room labeled as “Muses” on the floor plan [1], above and to the left of the stage (when viewed from the ballroom area). “Muses” is 89’ square on the main floor, with a lofted space that is 43’ square, for a total of 132’ square. We will turn it into a soundproofed editing suite where we can work in quietude and darkness, and we will need to secure the room with locks to protect our equipment.

• • Other contributions to the Omni: Best case scenario is that our fundraiser video helps Omni raise two million dollars! Other scenarios include more fundraiser videos, and promotional pieces for collectives within Omni to boost their visibility and membership. We can also provide technical help and equipment for any film and video related projects. Such services include setting up projectors and sound systems for screenings or presentations, setting up lights for staged events, filming events, and editing the footage to accommodate the needs of the group who requested it.

• Scott suggests collaborating with Media Arts proposed tenancy
• Sudo excited about changing the culture of that space for something productive and useful, formalizing whatever arrangement works.
  • Concerned about stewardship of the balcony
• Need to follow up on insurance requirement, so proposal is postponed til December.

• 11-20-14 OMNI MEDIA ARTS Proposal for Tenancy

• • Through many thriving years, the Omni has been a community landmark as well as a hub for local and global artist, there were fitness and social areas, not to mention functional passage ways and rooms to insure the function and fluid in the business along with it's We, UNIT 1, propose to create the OMNI Media component, which includes documenting and broadcasting events, producing commercials and ads bringing awareness of happenings, providing a platform for Artist, Engineers, Techs and All, have a place to share their voice about their project. OMA will make sure that each collective has a continuous advertisement and is updated if need. Also, as we'r all helping re­soil or rather revitalize the Omni soil, we OMA will go into the community to gather the stories and historical facts on the surrounding community and create a documentary that we will then share and show it to the UNIT1 is also, proposing to help the OMNI­POT with $100­$200 per month to rent out the upstairs office next to the stage crows nest. If we are to hold space for Media Art, that would be the best space being next to the stage and a structure is already set up. We are willing to write up a log also, so the space and media equipment can be use cohesively.

• • Below is the break down of the plan of action, thank you for reading.

• • Office/ Media room : $100-­$200 per month
  • Equipment: Computer Camera Tripod Lighting Mics

New proposal?

• WE already have a $500 weekly-limited discretionary fund for emergencies: https://omnicommons.org/wiki/Event:2014/07/31_Weekly_Delegates_Meeting#Proposal:_EMERGENCY_.2F_DISCRETIONARY_FUND
• Can we improve and clarify such a discretionary fund? (Ask for feedback from Finance Working Group, thanks!)
  • e.g. Set new limit(s) for discretionary funding (petty cash)?
• Who put this on the pad? Since the intention of this proposal wasn't clear, we will discuss this next week.

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20 minute breakout discussion ideas

• OMNI Finances - How can move toward more transparency about how much the Omni costs? And more comfort talking about money within the Omni and its members
• TOPIC: kindness, forgiveness, self care, debt and jubilee
• TOPIC: friendships, relationships, and organizing
• TOPIC: What is your 50 year vision for The Omni? The year is 2064: What is the Omni? Who/What makes up its membership? How has it changed Oakland and the rest of the world?