On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 9:10 PM, Berry Maker <berrythemaker@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Who would best be to advise on the current limitations of coordinating events at the
> Omni?  Byob for example? Caberet laws, etc.
>
> I'm fairly certain an Omni events collective already exists and it would be respectful
> to ask about creating one first.

There is an events *working group*, who are doing an amazing job coordinating all the scheduling, but are also constantly understaffed, overworked, and underappreciated. I've CC'd them on this email.

I've suggested before that it might help if there were some financial incentive for people who are willing to help bottomline events. I think it could make sense to set up a collective that has some profit-sharing agreement with the Omni, and a strong (contractual) commitment to also host free events.

> On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 8:38 PM, Autonomous <autonomous666@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> I don't know the specific codes in Oakland but <100 people generally means it's a "private party" with no special permission needed. You could get away with much more if there aren't many people milling about outside.
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>> 4 events per month x 99 attendees x $20 cover charge = $7920/mo gross income.
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>> On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 8:18 PM, Berry Maker <berrythemaker@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> Agreed! Several edm event coordinator friends have asked me about this. I've heard holding this type of event at Omni is be tricky atm though. Oakland needs more edm events.
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>>> On Oct 29, 2015 8:07 PM, "Autonomous" <autonomous666@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>> Hosting EDM events in the ballroom could more than make up for the cash flow shortage:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.sfbayedm.com/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 6:00 PM, robb <sf99er@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>>> ugg, $2k additional expenses :(
>>>>>
>>>>> i really feel renting the common spaces is our only sustainable & viable option at this point...along with hosting our own fundraiser events.
>>>>>
>>>>> maybe if we had a prodution collective responsible for optimizing teh commons for events, we could get more for them ;)