[Blacklabcollective] Time Sensitive community org pitch!! please respond :)

Anju Singh aanjusingh at gmail.com
Fri Apr 10 12:25:16 PDT 2015 

Yup, Megan reassured me already, thanks :)

It was agreed that the space would be empty (no people, stuff etc) and
chairs etc.. put away by 3pm for sure.

We are coming in at 2:30 to drop stuff off.

On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 11:58 AM, Leggo Sirens <sirensongs604 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Anju I'm sure everything will be cleared up in time for the fest! Those
> organizers have a lot of experience with facilitating meetings, I'm sure it
> won't run late!
>
> On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 11:28 AM, Leggo Sirens <sirensongs604 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I echo Brendan's sentiments exactly. This is a really good oppourtunity
>> to be a part of the neighbourhood. I have a show at around noon on
>> Saturday, but if I can help out in the morning at all with setup Megan let
>> me know.
>>
>> Also Eris a lock on the fridge is totally doable, or even that entire
>> back room? Are there doors on either entrance way?
>>
>> I am will to help and I think I have some lock bits kicking around....
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 3:38 PM, Anju Singh <aanjusingh at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I'll be setting up some stuff the night before.. if things can be left
>>> as is for the tables etc that would be really good. I'm actually just
>>> totally nervous about this now..
>>>
>>> On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 3:35 PM, Anju Singh <aanjusingh at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey Megan, setup starts at 3:00, adam will be coming in to make sure
>>>> the PA etc is all there and good at 2:30, so they must be out and the space
>>>> is empty and ready to use at 3:00 please! I am very apprehensive about this
>>>> meeting running late, so please ask them to be done by 2:30, and the space
>>>> cleaned up/chairs returned etc.. at 3:00!!
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 3:29 PM, Megan Speers <speers.megan at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hey all,
>>>>> Just wanted to let you all know that I met with Wendy and Chanel
>>>>> yesterday afternoon and they were super stoked on the space. I kinda showed
>>>>> them around and gave them a run down on things... they are into using the
>>>>> space and Wendy also mentioned that they are working on getting funding for
>>>>> the project they're working on and may be able to throw us a couple bucks
>>>>> in the future for use of the space but that's still up in the air. I told
>>>>> them we're cool with that and that it would be huge for us if they were
>>>>> able to throw us a couple bucks for rent but also not a requirement.
>>>>> Lindsay and I cleaned the shit out of the place the day before so it was
>>>>> pretty sparkly fresh.
>>>>> Also some of the stuff they are talking about (ways to charge your
>>>>> landlord for repairs, etc) in their meetings are pretty relevant to us.
>>>>> Wendy also mentioned she might know some folks who might be able to help us
>>>>> with some of the repairs and such that we have been pondering... I think
>>>>> this may be the start of some pretty rad mutual aid!
>>>>> So their first meeting is on the 18th, I'm gona open up the space for
>>>>> them at 11am. They know that Noise Fest needs to start setting up for 3,
>>>>> and are totally cool with that.
>>>>> cheers
>>>>> megan
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 5:53 PM, Eris Nyx <erisnyx at hotmail.ca> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I can also lend a hand to helping us stay open for the meeting. We
>>>>>> could also easily add a lock to the fridge?
>>>>>> -eris
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>>> Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2015 15:21:26 -0700
>>>>>> From: l.kasting86 at gmail.com
>>>>>> To: blacklabcollective at lists.resist.ca
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Blacklabcollective] Time Sensitive community org
>>>>>> pitch!! please respond :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This is a huge time commitment. I think that's my biggest concern.
>>>>>> Are they offering us anything? For what theyre asking, we would pretty much
>>>>>> need to have a collective member there for 6 hours every week on Saturdays,
>>>>>> which also affects our own ability to ever use the space during that time
>>>>>> (for example, noise fest, flea mafkets, or any other day time workshops
>>>>>> that might be best scheduled for saturdays). We have a lot of expensive
>>>>>> sound equipment and often alcohol that isn't locked away in there, which is
>>>>>> a theft risk, if strangers have access to the entire space without a
>>>>>> responsible person present. I think this is actually a pretty huge thing to
>>>>>> commit to, and something that needs to be thought out and discussed. Do we
>>>>>> know why/how they lost their other space? Sorry if I'm being a party
>>>>>> pooper, I think this is a cool thing and people to work with but we need to
>>>>>> make sure its a good deal for us as well.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sent from my Huawei Mobile
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Brendan Plummer <brendan.plummer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Megan can probably better to speak to this, but since I am sitting in
>>>>>> front of my computer I will go ahead and answer. To the best of my
>>>>>> knowledge, this will be ongoing for the foreseeable future. Essentially
>>>>>> then, Megan and I are saying that we will be present to unlock/lock the
>>>>>> space before and after their meetings and perhaps to ensure that
>>>>>> chairs/tables are accessible. I think we are still figuring out how best to
>>>>>> do that given our current schedules, but I think we can make it work!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 1:51 PM, Lindsay Kasting <
>>>>>> l.kasting86 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is it just 5he one Saturday or ongoing into the foreseeable future is
>>>>>> my question? Because if it is every Saturday, being present for 6 hours
>>>>>> every week is a huge commitment. But it does sound great to me too if y'all
>>>>>> are into it!
>>>>>> On Apr 3, 2015 1:48 PM, "Brendan Plummer" <brendan.plummer at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hey everyone,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I know my response isn't exactly 'time sensitive,' but I wanted to
>>>>>> say that I am hugely in support of this idea. This is a great opportunity
>>>>>> to provide value in the community and to make inroads with more folks who
>>>>>> are active in the neighborhood. I think the main wrinkles right now are
>>>>>> Noisefest and scheduling around unlocking/locking the space after the
>>>>>> meetings. Megan and I tentatively agreed to take charge of that, but we
>>>>>> will have to be in communication with Wendy to make sure it works smoothly.
>>>>>> With Noisefest, I think we just have to make sure that Wendy is aware of
>>>>>> this situation, and arrangements are made to meet earlier, etc.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am confident we can sort those things out, and I am stoked that
>>>>>> everyone is supportive of this!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 10:05 PM, Rafael "Cabeza" Manrique <
>>>>>> cabezadevacarecs at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Down
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> El miércoles, 1 de abril de 2015, Lindsay Kasting <
>>>>>> l.kasting86 at gmail.com> escribió:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As long as someone is around to facilitate that sounds pretty great
>>>>>> to me. Did she say how long for? Or just every Saturday into the
>>>>>> foreseeable future?
>>>>>> On Apr 1, 2015 8:44 PM, "Megan Speers" <speers.megan at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hey all! I was just contacted by Wendy Pedersen via facebook. For
>>>>>> those of you who maybe don't know her, she's a long-standing community
>>>>>> organizer in the DTES who is highly involved in a ton of stuff around the
>>>>>> hood.
>>>>>> Apparently one of the groups she works with has had an issue with
>>>>>> their meeting space and she asked me if it'd be possible to use the Black
>>>>>> Lab on Saturday afternoons starting in April for meetings.... here is what
>>>>>> she said specifically:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Hi Megan, I heard through the grapevine that you may have a
>>>>>> connection to the space on east hastings near the empress - it looks like
>>>>>> an art space? I'm looking for a space to use for community organizing on
>>>>>> Saturday afternoons.
>>>>>> we just got booted out of the space that we thought we had lined up
>>>>>> for saturday april 18 and now desperate! We would need it from 11am
>>>>>> until about 5 pm but we could shrink that if you need us to. Super cool
>>>>>> program 12-1:30 strategizing with sro tenants about how to charge their
>>>>>> landlords for Maintnenace violations and 2-4 short video and circle time
>>>>>> with a community elder."
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think this would be a ridiculously easy way to open the space up
>>>>>> for a rad community project that would have hardly any impact on us, we'd
>>>>>> basically just need to let folks in and maybe help set up the chairs or
>>>>>> something. Brendan has already said he's down to help out with this and so
>>>>>> am I. I guess the only concern may be that I don't know what time noise
>>>>>> fest starts at on the 18th/what time folks are gona be setting up but it
>>>>>> sounds like she's quite flexible with the times so that should be easy to
>>>>>> work out, i think? Is everyone down? she's hoping to have an answer by
>>>>>> tomorrow afternoon so that she can put the word out so if anyone has any
>>>>>> concerns, please let them be known ASAP. it seems like it'd be a cool way
>>>>>> to connect to folks doing rad shit in the DTES to me ... thoughts?
>>>>>> questions/concerns? if everyone is cool with it (which frankly i hope folks
>>>>>> are :) ) --- anju, what time are ppl setting up for noise fest at on the
>>>>>> 18th?
>>>>>> thanks yall
>>>>>> megan
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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