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

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