[sudo-discuss] [omni-booking] FEB 19th in Ballroom: Musicians and DIY Electronics Swap Meet

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hi Lynn,
i think the swap meet requested the 19th

On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 7:34 PM, Lynn Howe <lynn.howe at gmail.com> wrote:

> Awesome Orchestra has withdrawn their request for the Omni Ballroom for
> Feb 20 so that date is now available.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jan 26, 2017, at 10:08 AM, Jenny Ryan <tunabananas at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Just a quick date clarification for the lists - a quick peek at the
> /occupy/ backend shows a pending event request for Awesome Orchestra on
> MONDAY the 20th, but Sunday the 19th looks free and I see Erik's event
> request there :)
>
> Erik, some folks at the Omni are also putting together an oral history of
> the building, in part as research needed to get Omni's conditional use
> permit reinstated with the city (who lost the prior CUP in 1989). Would you
> be interested in doing an interview with me about your memories of the club
> in the 80s?
>
> Looks like a rad event!
> Cheers,
>
> Jenny
>
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> On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 1:50 PM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi Erik!!!!!!  so nice to hear from you!
>>
>> I would love for you to have the event at Omni!!  we have a booking
>> system and
>> here's a link.  I just looked at the calendar for you (which is the first
>> step)
>> and it looks to me like February 19th is clear!!!!!!!  That's assuming
>> you want
>> the main ballroom, which i think would be awesome.
>>
>> https://omnicommons.org/occupy
>>
>> don't worry about the second tuesday thing.. just say that Jake from
>> Sudoroom
>> wants to sponsor this event and that we want to reserve the ballroom for
>> that
>> date.  As soon as your request comes in, i'll push to get it confirmed.
>>
>> I'm assuming we can collect donations of some kind to give to the Omni
>> for use
>> of the space?  Just whatever is normal for an event like this at Gilman i
>> guess.  That's one of the questions on the form you'll see at the above
>> link.
>>
>> Also, sudoroom will be able to supply a lot of cool electronic STUFF for
>> the
>> tables, so i think people who come to this will be very pleased.
>>
>> -jake
>>
>> note: sudoroom constantly has a big e-waste pile, and if you think the
>> event
>> will add to the unwanted electronics pile, we should plan for someone to
>> take a
>> truck to Universal Waste in Fruitvale after the event to clear it all out.
>>
>> On Wed, 25 Jan 2017, Erik Miller wrote:
>>
>> Jake,
>>>
>>> I hope you have been well. Mitch Altman gave me this email address, and I
>>> have been trying to reach you over the past couple of years using what I
>>> think must be out-of-date contact information.
>>>
>>> I wanted to ask about how Sudo Room is doing and all that, but Mitch says
>>> it’s thriving. I’ve been to the website a couple of times and was amazed
>>> and
>>> amused to find out that (according to the website anyway) you are in the
>>> old
>>> Omni building. I worked for Nady Systems from 1986 to 1991, right during
>>> the
>>> time when it was a thriving venue for at first a pretty cool eclectic
>>> mix,
>>> and then later, pay-to-play hair metal.
>>>
>>> Anyway, 924 Gilman told me that the traditional 3rd Sunday in February
>>> would
>>> be fine, and I printed up a pile of handbills and started to go around
>>> promoting the event, an event page on Facebook that got really good
>>> attention, and my first physical stop being Ace Monster Toys’ open house
>>> night. I really want to lay into the “DIY Electronics” part this year,
>>> as we
>>> have attracted plenty of the “Musicians” part in the past couple of them
>>> and
>>> I want to balance it out and get back to the kind of thing where you and
>>> Mitch met, get the maker/hardware hacker/tinkerers interested. I have a
>>> variety of surplus components to give away, a bit of redistribution that
>>> I
>>> figured you would like.
>>>
>>> Anyway, right after my visit to Ace, Gilman’s booker told me that the day
>>> they had promised had been taken for an event that the landlord (The
>>> Caning
>>> Shop) was doing, and suggested February 26th, the following Sunday.
>>>
>>> Now they are telling me that there’s something going on that day and how
>>> about Saturday the 25th?
>>>
>>> It’s just a month away at this point and I need to be able to promote it
>>> with
>>> a definite date, and I would like a Sunday.
>>>
>>> My question: is there enough space for it at Sudo Room, and would you be
>>> interested in hosting the event this year? It would be on Sunday the 19th
>>> (the original date) or Sunday the 26th.
>>>
>>> Please let me know yea or nay ASAP, as our time frame to promote the
>>> event is
>>> ever narrowing.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Erik Miller
>>> Euthymia Electronics
>>> 510-872-9458
>>>
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