Saweeeeeeet! My vote is to do it! This is a golden motherlode opportunity, and who knows maybe we can get some of the food vendors on our block as well! The only issue: How to monetize on a block party? But who cares, it will be fun anyway! Buenos Tardes Mission District!<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 8:26 PM, Naomi Most <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pnaomi@gmail.com">pnaomi@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;">
<div>Noisebridge now has the opportunity to host a city-sponsored block party on Oct 17th, and the paperwork has all already been done.</div><div><br></div>Remember I forwarded that thing about how the city is providing grants for security and barricades to hold Anniversary-of-the-Earthquake block parties?<div>
<br></div><div>Did I mention that Pirate Cat secured a block grant for Oct 17th?</div><div><br></div><div>Well, Pirate Cat is presently overrun by WACK JOBS who can't smell a good opportunity a nanometer from their noses. Drama among ministers has driven it all rapidly into the ground.</div>
<div><br></div><div>But Aaron, the guy who secured the grant in the first place, is my BFF.</div><div><br></div><div>He says the grant is transferable to another block, under the following scenario:</div><div><br></div><div>
<br></div><div><div>aaron lazenby 8:16 PM </div><div>I'll need to call the city to tell them I couldn't "get approval from the neighbors" on 21st and Florida</div><div>16:58</div><div>but, that we've been able to find another host block</div>
<div>17:31</div><div>so by changing just a few fields on the application, move the same party to a new location</div><div>17:55</div><div>but, I'll need a site map from you</div><div>18:06</div><div>that shows the city what will be where</div>
<div>18:12</div><div>tables, stages, etc.</div><div>18:28</div><div>They may ask for a new application, but it's very short</div><div>18:52</div><div>We're on the dockett for a public hearing the first week of Oct...that the most important thing</div>
<div>19:00</div><div>loose that, and the party is off</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>SO... what do you hax0rz say? Can we push the fundraising party that was too soon over to a block party (perhaps along Capp between 18th and 19th) that's just the right amount of time to promote if we start NOW?</div>
<div><br></div><div>Definitely a limited time offer...</div><div><br></div><div>--Naomi</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Aaron Lazenby</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:aaron.lazenby@gmail.com" target="_blank">aaron.lazenby@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
Date: Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 1:23 PM<br>Subject: [Pirate Cat Radio] On Hold: Block Party<br>To: <a href="mailto:staff@piratecatradio.com" target="_blank">staff@piratecatradio.com</a><br><br><br>Due to unforeseen and unalterable scheduling conflicts, the proposed PCR block party I hyped last week is being reconfigured. Thanks for all the support and offers of help...keep that enthusiasm up and we'll reconvene shortly with a new plan.<br>
<br>Thanks!<br><font color="#888888">-A<br>
</font></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>"All we are is dust in the wind, dude. <br>Dust... Wind... Dude." --Ted<br><br>Naomi Theora Most<br>+1-415-728-7490<br><br>skype: nthmost<br><br><a href="http://twitter.com/nthmost" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/nthmost</a><br>
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