First off, having lots of party-goers in the space with all our delicate electronics makes me nervous.<br><br>Do we want to preclude other activities in the space for the exceptionally nerdy who decide to stay back from the party to work on something?<br>
<br>There are permitting implications of having a party that are very much non-trivial. As I think I mentioned earlier, <br><br>But most importantly, (hopefully for many) this fundraising party will be the first interaction people have with us as a group. If they establish the space in their minds as a venue for great parties, then the best we will become is "that great place to have parties!" I shudder at the thought of where that's likely to lead.<br>
<br>Although it's great to have parties in the space for and about us, something advertised far and wide inviting a lot of new people in would characterize the space as something very different than what we have built of it.<br>
<br>Christie<br><br>P.S. I do think we should have a cool "housewarming" party in the space, but for ourselves, not the whole world.<br clear="all">--- <br>Pigs can fly given sufficient thrust. <br> - RFC 1925<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 4:41 PM, Joachim Pedersen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:joachimp@gmail.com">joachimp@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I think a fund raising party is a great idea! But why not have the<br>
party at 2169?<br>
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-Joachim<br>
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On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 16:34, Naomi Most <<a href="mailto:pnaomi@gmail.com">pnaomi@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hello! I <3 fundraising parties. I'm good at them, and I write much on this<br>
> topic. Behold my less-than-3-ness in the following reply.<br>
><br>
>><br>
>> What I'm proposing is a night of entertainment at Cellspace. I'm thinking<br>
>> something like $10 in advance and $15 at the door and selling snacks and<br>
>> drinks. We won't be selling alcohol, but there's no restriction about<br>
>> having alcohol in the building, if you must. This will allow the event to be<br>
>> all ages, and we won't need to be checking IDs or anything like that. I<br>
>> have numbers that I'd rather not post to the list for costs, so contact me<br>
>> if you're interested in that.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Cellspace is RIGHT around the corner from Pirate Cat Radio at 21st and<br>
> Florida. It's very worth trying to arrange some collaboration. I'm writing<br>
> to Pirate Cat staff right now about it.<br>
> Hell, we can probably set up a coffee table there. Maple Bacon Lattes<br>
> anyone? We sell them for $5 regularly in the cafe, and we make at least 40<br>
> of them a day.<br>
> We also have a great hook-up with some local Mission vendors of cakes and<br>
> cookies. Including a guy who makes these awesome gluten-free carrot cakes<br>
> (great for broken people like myself).<br>
> And it wouldn't truly be a Mission party without involvement from one of the<br>
> local taco trucks, now would it?? There are a couple of neighborhood<br>
> vendors that'd be overjoyed with the semi-captive audience for their tamales<br>
> and tacos.<br>
><br>
><br>
>><br>
>> Miloh has some interesting soft drink ideas and VonGuard has volunteered<br>
>> his wife's cupcakes.<br>
><br>
> Cool. May I point out that there is a "cupcake bubble" economy going on<br>
> right now, and many people are attracted to those mini-cupcakes that sell<br>
> for $1 (and cost maybe 5 cents worth of materials).<br>
><br>
>><br>
>> I'm hoping to talk people into making other stuff too. I know it would be<br>
>> odd to be selling books and whatnot at a party, but if we're selling<br>
>> t-shirts, collecting orders for discounted books might also be something we<br>
>> can do.<br>
><br>
> A small stack of books would be a good "filler" and give people sort of a<br>
> stylistic grasp of what's on offer, intellectually, from Noisebridge.<br>
> I volunteer at the Oakland Public Library and can get my hands on a couple<br>
> boxes of soon-to-be-discarded books. Most of these are in the political or<br>
> science or science fiction categories, but it's "something". Don't see a<br>
> lot of technical books in the discard piles.<br>
><br>
>><br>
>> Other help that will be necessary:<br>
>><br>
>> putting together the entertainment lineup (so we can advertise it) - I<br>
>> talked to San about this, and have a number of names of volunteer<br>
>> performers. We just need to solidify<br>
><br>
><br>
> My friend Rich Risbridger does a "weird storytelling" kind of act that might<br>
> be really fun. I can probably trade him some unused yoga teaching credits<br>
> to get him to do it. :)<br>
><br>
><br>
>><br>
>> Figure out a theme - While "noisebridge fundraiser" sounds OK, something<br>
>> we can tie different elements in with would be preferable.<br>
><br>
> Hmm. it's in the middle of October, so Halloween comes to mind. Also, lots<br>
> of Burning Man decompression activities will be happening around then.<br>
> Also, lots of "Apocalypse" themed stuff has been happening lately, at least<br>
> that's been coming to my attention. At Pirate Cat we recently held a 'zine<br>
> release party with an Post-Apocalyptic Film Fest. This went over quite<br>
> well, and I can only expect that, around Halloween and as people from<br>
> Burning Man revive a little bit, that kind of theme will only grow in<br>
> appropriateness.<br>
> (At this point I feel it necessary to say I'm highly biased towards "that<br>
> sort of thing" -- my favorite game of 2008-2009 is and has been Fallout 3,<br>
> and I run a science cafe about end-of-the-world scenarios called "The<br>
> Periodic Apocalypse".)<br>
><br>
>><br>
>> producing flyers - graphic design anyone? I know we have some<br>
>> super-talented people. Were Ian and Daniella interested in this?<br>
>> Working out all the things we can incorporate to make money (which does<br>
>> NOT include corporate sponsorship. I know other tech activities do that, but<br>
>> I don't feel that's appropriate for our mission).<br>
><br>
><br>
>><br>
>> Promotions - Naomi had offered up some things here, but we can't have too<br>
>> much promotion. Cellspace is over twice the size of our new space, so the<br>
>> more the merrier.<br>
><br>
><br>
> The best promotion is a fully integrated approach -- flyers and web pages<br>
> that promise the right things, made up of language that's crafted and<br>
> standardized across platforms.<br>
> I'd of course recommend interviewing on Pirate Cat Radio! Listeners vary<br>
> across time slots, but Pirate Cat fans all have in common a loyalty and<br>
> enthusiasm and penchant for giving great feedback that I don't see a lot of<br>
> other places. So it's worth going on a 2 or 3 different shows to announce<br>
> the same thing.<br>
> Crafting a few good sentences to spread on the flyers, to say on the radio,<br>
> and so on makes all of these things very EASY to do in the moment. It's<br>
> basically like writing a function that converts an unstructured thought<br>
> pattern about a specific thing into a structured piece of writing or<br>
> speaking about that specific thing.<br>
> Programming in English...<br>
><br>
>><br>
>> Coming up with ways to decorate the space according to the theme.<br>
><br>
>> Assuming we can get any objections resolved, I'd like to have an<br>
>> organizational meeting Sunday evening at 6:00 to go over everything.<br>
>> Hopefully we can hammer out a theme at that point and folks can go home<br>
>> with ideas on what to put on the flyers. I'll bring a list of all the<br>
>> entertainers who have volunteered so we can go over that too.<br>
>><br>
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> Sunday at 6pm would be fine for me. Sunday at 6am would be absolutely<br>
> awful. Just to be clear!<br>
> --Naomi<br>
><br>
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> Dust... Wind... Dude." --Ted<br>
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