[sudo-discuss] Benefit Corporation?

A few of us @ Sudo Room have been casually throwing around ideas about ways to generate money for the Omni without selling our soul to The Man and becoming Capitalist Pigs*™ <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trademark_symbol>. * One of our topics of discussion was the possibility of turning the Ballroom into a working venue and having that sustain us monetarily while the collectives focus on bringing excellence to the community. Robb, being as excellent as he is, is starting to form a collective focused on productions, from event management/AV training to actual execution of events. Rise up pad here. <https://pad.riseup.net/p/omniproductions> Some think we should continue as a non-profit, some think that we should try to actually turn the Ballroom into a money-making venue to help better serve the community. Perhaps a Benefit Corporation <http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/252259> could be the bridge between the two? I'd like to open this up for discussion. I'm not super knowledgeable about business, laws and how they work together but I know there are a lot of really intelligent people at the Omni that could help brainstorm this. Any thoughts, opinions, ideas or knowledge they'd like to share? By all means, take me to school! Thanks everyone!