On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 9:06 AM, Andrew Lowe <andrew(a)lostways.com> wrote:
I did not attend this event, but I have attended ONL
events before. ONL is a
talk show, I'm not sure why not being political enough makes them
"offensive". I mean I will let them speak for them selves, but they are an
entertainment show, why would you expect a "debate" at a talk show?
Also while it is true that ONL reduced their rent before singing the
sublease option, there still has been no official policy that says that that
action (which Backspace took as well, at the time) requires a
re-application.
It would be great if ONL paid more, but keep in mind that we haven't come up
with a price for nightly rentals in the ballroom, when we do I think it
would be fair to evaluate ONL's contribution based on that.
Anyway, just standing up for this show even if it isn't really my cup of tea
all the time, I think what ONL has been able to do with it is pretty
amazing, and to force them out because their show isn't radical enough in
the ways you want it to be would be a shame.
I don't think the event should be "forced out" but I do think ONL
should be restructured as just another group that rents the ballroom,
and not a core OOC collective with delegate status that they never
exercise anyway.