[Noisebridge-discuss] Date/location for fundraiser

[Christie Dudley]

Thanks for the research Rubin!  That's good stuff!  You may yet
convince me to change my mind.  The last thing I want to see happen is
NB get a nosebleed from just trying to raise money.

I really look forward to hearing what the entertainment commission has to say.

Christie

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On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 5:33 PM, Rubin Abdi<rubin at starset.net> wrote:
> Christie Dudley wrote, On 2009/08/07 16:46:
>>
>> Many people now have suggested we just hold a fund raiser in our own
>> space.  Please reread my earlier email on why this is a Bad Idea.
>> There is a significant probability that people could get arrested and
>> equipment could get confiscated.  Not to mention the horrible
>> community relations that occur when such things happen.  Besides, I
>> don't think I'd want support an event where we even suggest people
>> give us money just to come into our space.
>
> I just got off the phone with city services. The lady was unsure about if we
> needed permits or not since we're a non-profit and will hold the event
> within our own space, but she did relay the information you'd generally hear
> for throwing any party anywhere in the city.
>
> A general permit to throw a 1 time event in the city is $272. If we were to
> have amplified music that can be heard down in the street (which we wont
> need if we get some good live bands) we need a permit for that which is
> around $440 with an additional one time fee of $137. She was unsure if the
> amplified music permit canceled out the need to get the general event
> permit.
>
> Once again she was unsure if we needed any of this for throwing a small
> fundraising even within our own space at a nonprofit. The Entertainment
> Commission is the group that issues the permits. I'll be contacting them on
> Monday to get better details on if we actually need permitting to run an
> event within our own space.
>
> All in all, if we can't have an event such as this, then one could consider
> other events such as 5 Minutes of Fame to be an issue too.
>
> --
> Rubin Abdi
> rubin at starset.net
>