[sudo-discuss] [BAPS-Organizing] Proposal for temporary tenant in one basement office

[niki]

I love this!

Scott, you are a amazing! I am super excited about the radio / podcast
component.

xo

N

On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 3:33 PM, D. Scott Nanos <scott.nanos at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear fam, please take a moment to consider this proposal, I really think
> it will be great for everyone! I'm going to add the top portion to the
> riseup pad later tonight.
>
> Love,
>
> Scott
>
> _____________________________________________
>
> Proposal:
>
> To provisionally rent out the small office (closest to shattuck) located
> inside the basement reading room to the forthcoming music/recording
> collective (temporarily titled "Omni Music Project", or "OMP"), for
> 400$/month, which, once the collective has finished soundproofing the
> space, will be a common room again.
>
> During the first *3* months of tenancy (this proposal is only for a
> tenancy, and specific # of months can be decided before approval,) the OMP
> will be working, solely, on soundproofing the ballroom at no cost to the
> OOC, provided that the OOC pay for the materials (for the ballroom only),
> and that the OOC allows the OMP, at no cost, to throw a large fund-raiser
> concert in the ballroom upon completion, in order to help get the
> collective off the ground. This particular labor will be organized as the
> "ballroom soundproofing wg" or something similar, and will be open to
> any/all OOC members.
>
> The OMP also requests, as a condition to this provis. proposal for
> tenancy, that the OOC not rent out the rest of the office spaces, since the
> OMP eventually plans to use one as a control room (that can still be used
> for small meetings etc. by OOC members), and keep the rest as completely
> free common spaces (ex: classrooms for BAPS, meeting rooms, quiet rooms).
> It should be noted that, while keeping these spaces common, the two other
> offices could still generate revenue for the omni (ex: a physical therapist
> or acupuncturist could rent out one of the office spaces for 5 hours, one
> day a week. Once soundproofed, these rooms will be really conducive for
> prospective tenants like those mentioned above.)
>
> [end of proposal]
> ________________________________________________
> More Information about the OMP:
>
> During these first *3* months, the OMP will have a weekly meeting devoted
> to figuring out the details of our internal organization, and begin
> planning for acoustically treating and soundproofing the basement reading
> room.
>
> Some things are already set in stone (to the extent that any open
> collective can set anything in stone):
>
> Organization:
>
> 1. this collective will be completely open. Anyone can join by *paying*
> monthly dues of $100 and coming to the weekly organizing meeting. In order
> to accommodate as many folks as possible, dues can be paid not only in
> cash, but in labor hours.
>
>  a sliding scale of monthly dues would look something like this:
>
> (the exact numbers are TBD)
>
> 1. $100/mo and weekly meeting attendance
> 2. $50/mo "                " + 2 hrs labor/week
> 3. $25/mo "                " + 4 hrs labor/week
> 4. $0/mo "                " + 8 hours labor/week
>
> labor hours that will go towards monthly dues must be evenly distributed
> between work for the music collective and work for the OOC at large (ex: a
> tier 2 member would contribute 1 hr work/week for omni and 1 hr work/week
> for music collective).
>
> furthermore, the OMP will have a financial aid process, so as to make the
> collective conducive to anyone who wants to be a part of it. Ex: if someone
> wanted to be part of OMP who works 40 hrs a week at a low-paying job, takes
> care of a child, and couldn't afford to pay any money, we would not ask
> them to work 8 hours a week in order to be a part of the collective.
>
> 2. In addition to paying dues, members will need to take free (and/or
> donation based,) classes (or test out,) in order to have access to
> instruments, live sound equip, and recording equip. This access structure
> will be split up into two groups, and members are free to be part of both
> groups.
>
> The first *access group* will be really easy and accessible, requiring
> perhaps only one free/donation class on how to wrap mic cables, properly
> handle amps, etc. Upon completion, members of this group will have
> unrestricted access to the Omni's communal instruments as well as the OMP's
> live sound cables, amplifiers, live mics, and can use the basement reading
> room as a rehearsal space (provided there are no BAPS classes, etc. that
> need to use room). The basement reading room will also be hardwired with
> two room mics, connected to an easy to use 2- or 4-track recorder, which
> will allow any member of the collective to make live demo recordings,
> on-the-fly, inside the basement reading room. This small-scale recording
> system will also be public access, allowing for OOC members (who aren't
> part of OMP) to make recordings of classes, reading groups, important
> meetings etc.
>
> The second group would involve access to the above but also include
> unrestricted access to the control room soundboard and the higher end
> recording equipment. This would require *5* more free/donation classes (or
> test outs), that would train members on recording software, hardware, and
> proper care of control room equipment. While anyone in the OOC who needs it
> (ex: for a small meeting) can have access to the control room, only people
> who have gone through this training will have unrestricted access to the
> control room equipment. The need for this differentiation in access is to
> ensure that expensive equipment doesn't get unnecesarrily damaged, and to
> allow folks who aren't interested in recording to quickly utilize
> everything else the OMP will offer.
>
> 3. The OMP, through BAPS, will provide *1-2* free classes that will
> support the development of the OMP but also be fun for everyone. One
> example of this will be "instrument and music/sound equipment repair"
> class, in which folks attending can bring in their own broken equipment to
> repair, or help repair lots of broken donated equipment that the OMP will
> need to fix in order to become fully operational.
>
> 4. The OMP plans to share all work tasks/roles between all collective
> members on a consistent, rotating basis. Ex: a member of OMP would be
> responsible for cleaning and organizing the space, then switch to
> bookkeeping a *week* later, then be assigned to scheduling after that. This
> will help to avoid organizational hierarchies and promote transparency
> inside the collective.
>
> 5. All profits will be shared equally amongst every active member of OMP.
> In addition to fundraising, the OMP will generate capital by providing
> recording (and possibly mastering, production,) services to bands,
> musicians, etc. OMP will employ a "three thirds" model for dispersing money
> generated from the sales of each recording:
>
> 1/3 to recording artist(s)
> 1/3 to a specific community service, advocacy group, non-profit, etc.
> 1/3 to OMP
>
> Use of Space:
>
> The OMP plans on soundproofing and beautifying the entire basement reading
> room and all three office spaces, which will all be common spaces, and none
> of these modifications will change the current functions. However, one
> office space, which will serve as the studio's control room, will
> undoubtedly be less useful to the OOC at large, due to the size of the
> soundboard, speakers, computers and other equipment etc, but it will have a
> comfy couch and be really great for small meetings, phone meetings, quiet
> reading, etc.
>
> The work that will be done by OMP to the basement reading room will
> actually improve the current functions of the space, allowing for multiple
> BAPS classes to occur at once (ex: one in an office, one in the reading
> room,) and provide more quiet and intimacy for folks wanting to use the
> space for meetings, reading, and working.
>
> The OMP will also build two modular bookshelves on wheels that will live
> inside the basement reading room. This will benefit everyone! The basement
> reading room will house more books, the room will be even quiter, and the
> OMP can use these bookshelves as go-bos (go-betweens) to use for live
> recording during available hours. Plus they will look super cool. A few
> additional bookshelves along the walls may also be added or built into the
> reading room, at no cost to the OOC.
>
> As far as scheduling, the OMP is confident that there will be some limited
> daytime hours available for recording, but, even if this can't be achieved,
> the basement reading room will be so thoroughly soundproofed that all
> recording and live music could easilly take place between the hours of
> 10pm-10am.
>
> The OMP will also provide the OOC with another upright piano, which will
> be accessible to anyone and live somewhere in the basement reading room.
> This will help greatly in ensuring space for OOC members to have meetings
> and work in the ballroom, since anyone playing unscheduled music in the
> ballroom can easilly relocate to the basement.
>
> In order to ensure modularity and common space in the basement reading
> room, the OMP will very likely need to secure a small, lockable closet in
> the basement. If space permits, this closet could also be used for other
> items, non-OMP related.
>
> Ballroom Recordings:
>
> The OMP also plans to hardwire the Ballroom for live recording at no cost
> to the OOC. This will be used for:
>
> 1. recording live events and concerts in the ballroom
> 2. renting the ballroom out for live recording purposes (non-event related)
>
> since this will be provided by both the OOC and the OMP (ballroom space
> and recording equip.), the OMP would like to split the money earned from
> these services with the OOC, at a percentage to be determined at a later
> date. These services will help to provide additional money for both the OOC
> and OMP, since, once completed, the OOC can offer to provide a HQ recording
> of every ballroom event, at a reasonable cost to the renter determined on a
> case-by-case basis (ex: cheap/free for sponsored events, more expensive for
> high-profile lectures and concerts). The OMP would also like to store
> copies of all recordings in order to start a public "Omni Sound Archive",
> or to provide copies of all recordings to someone(s) in the OOC interested
> in undertaking such a project.
>
> What the OOC gets:
>
> -Free Soundproofing of the Ballroom and Basement Reading Rooms (+ offices)
> [OOC pays for cost of materials for ballroom only]
> -additional cash-flow for OOC by offering to make HQ recordings of rental
> events in the ballroom
> -beautification and improvement of functionality of the basement reading
> room
> -2 modular bookshelves for the basement reading room
> -another piano for the basement reading room
> -free classes thru BAPS
> -an omni sound archive
> -a sheet music, music theory, and music lit. library
> -possibility for a radio/podcast set-up (which could still be a sudo
> project but take place in OMP control room)
> -a ready-to-use, public access recording setup in basement reading room
> for meetings, reading groups, classes
> -a new music/recording collective that ANYONE can join, complete with a
> fully functional professional recording studio/rehearsal space,
> -$400 a month starting ASAP, which will increase when the OMP eventually
> proposes to become a voting member of the OOC
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