[Noisebridge-discuss] Fwd: [Eventsgroup] Noisebridge fundraiser in October?

Sat Aug 22 21:32:39 UTC 2009

On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 2:27 PM, San Mehat <san at google.com> wrote:

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> On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 1:46 PM, aestetix aestetix <aestetix at gmail.com>wrote:
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>> Hey everyone,
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>> Sorry I'm late to this discussion. Too much craziness in the pre-BM days.
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>> A few things, and hopefully they haven't been addressed.
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>> CELLspace sounds like a great idea. Holding a fundraiser like this at
>> Noisebridge seems cool (bunch of people get to see the space, etc),
>> but ultimately it's a bad idea, and I would actually block a large
>> scale publicly advertised party at NB.
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>> We need to be able to set boundaries so that all members are
>> comfortable. If we have a large event with a crowd from the public,
>> this will disrupt normal activity and piss off anyone who is there
>> working on stuff. Nobody has run a sound test on the venue yet (and we
>> really can't until we get the new walls up), so we have no idea how
>> sound will carry within our own space, and we have NO idea how it will
>> carry outside the space. It would suck to have a fundraiser event get
>> shut down because there were 20 noise complaints in the first hour,
>> which also sets a bad reputation for NB with the police. A venue
>> created for a music event already has this stuff figured out.
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>> Next, we'd have to deal with security. Putting a few NBers at the door
>> won't work, for a number of reasons. We'd have to go out and hire
>> security, and when police inevitably come to check out this strange
>> noise coming from what was an empty building, they'll ask a lot of
>> questions. It's way easier to go with a place that already has an
>> established reputation with a solid security team.
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>> All that crap (and unwritten liabilities, like selling alcohol) aside,
>> if we have one event at the new NB, people will assume we can have
>> more, start planning them, and get upset when we can't have any more.
>> Meetings will last hours: "Wait, why can't we do this? The fundraiser
>> was great!". It's important to keep a boundary between NB being a
>> workspace and group collaboration area, and a party zone. There's also
>> a very fine line between having a private event where we bring a few
>> friends, and when we print up fliers, advertise publicly, and charge
>> at the door.
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>> Blah blah blah blah blah.
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>> That said, a fundraiser is a GREAT idea. There are a lot of things
>> need to be taken into consideration. Promotion wise, how do we plan to
>> promote, and where? The kind of flier(s) we make and where we stick
>> them determines a lot. Fliering an art gallery or a coffeehouse will
>> bring a totally different crowd than fliering a bar. The kind of flier
>> you make is also very important. Or maybe we don't want to flier, and
>> want it simply spread by word of mouth. This is actually really
>> important. Do we want a crowd of friends and people we know rule, or
>> do we just want large numbers to fill the space? Does it matter if
>> people come in and leave after five minutes as long as they pay, or do
>> we want a full house all night?
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>> The lineup also matters a lot for this. Is this electronic music, jam
>> bands, live PAs, or something else? If we're just trying to get
>> friends to spin/play for cheap, that will bring one crowd. If we're
>> trying to bring a headliner, that becomes expensive, but will also
>> bring a larger crowd. Do we have a headliner we want to associate with
>> Noisebridge? Is anyone friends with a headliner we could ask? (*raises
>> hand*) What kind of diversity do we want? For example, with
>> rave-style, some parties are all house, all dnb, all techno, or a
>> variety. I usually prefer a variety, and set up a lineup based on how
>> I want people to feel during the night. Put some really amazing heavy
>> stuff between midnight and 2am (general headliner hours), and have
>> lighter "come-down" music later on. If we're selling alcohol, take
>> this into account. If we're carding at the door, take this into
>> account. If the venue can only be open for X hours, take this into
>> account. If there's another event we want to cross-promote going on,
>> take this into account (October 18th is dangerously close to
>> Halloween, and *everyone* wants to throw a Halloween party).
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> I believe I was going to headline the night with some classic epic trace -
> my general sets are about 4 hours - so from 1 - 5am works if we're going
> ofterhours.
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>> I'll stop rambling for now, but those are a few things people should
>> keep in mind when planning all this stuff.
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Not at all, as someone who also has first-hand experience with throwing
parties, your input is very welcome :)

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>> aestetix
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>> On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 11:27 AM, Ian<ian at slumbrparty.com> wrote:
>> > i am down with that.
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>> > On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Christie Dudley<longobord at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >> I'm thinking I'll ask about October 18th.  That's smack in the middle
>> of the
>> >> month and will allow enough time to settle out after the move as well
>> as get
>> >> a good production together.  Any other opinions?
>> >>
>> >> Christie
>> >> ---
>> >> Pigs can fly given sufficient thrust.
>> >>     - RFC 1925
>> >>
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>> >> On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 10:02 AM, Ian <ian at slumbrparty.com> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> btw, do we have a tentative date for the event at CELLspace? i found a
>> >>> date for fri oct 9th or something like that but i remembered that we
>> >>> wanted to change it to sunday? if you know anything more concrete,
>> >>> please let me know.
>> >>>
>> >>> thanks,
>> >>>
>> >>> ian
>> >>>
>> >>> On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 9:13 PM, Christie Dudley<longobord at gmail.com>
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>> > I think if it fits together, it's good.  There's been discussion of
>> >>> > bringing
>> >>> > Moldover in, which I think is kind of a nifty idea.  As I've
>> mentioned a
>> >>> > couple of times, I think it would be best to feature noisebridge
>> members
>> >>> > primarily.
>> >>> >
>> >>> > That being said, our very own San Mehat, a "retired" internationally
>> >>> > renowned DJ and club owner has offered to come out of retirement in
>> >>> > order to
>> >>> > help us out here.  I don't know that much about this business, so
>> I'd
>> >>> > rather
>> >>> > defer to his judgement on what would be a great show.
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Christie
>> >>> >
>> >>> > On Aug 20, 2009 6:39 PM, "Ian" <ian at slumbrparty.com> wrote:
>> >>> >
>> >>> > are we only thinking about DJs? what about other types of music..
>> like
>> >>> > with instruments? ;)
>> >>> >
>> >>> > On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 2:49 PM, Christie Dudley<
>> longobord at gmail.com>
>> >>> > wrote:
>> >>> >> Yeah, San has offere...
>> >>
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