[Blacklabcollective] Space update: soundproofing and general housekeeping.

Leggo Sirens sirensongs604 at gmail.com
Wed Dec 16 23:31:02 PST 2015 

Totally I'm okay with that! I was just worried about not being able to
speak to the literature, ethos of AA and I know there's some stigma around
it being too God-y
On Dec 16, 2015 11:22 PM, "Anju Singh" <aanjusingh at gmail.com> wrote:

> I personally wouldn't need the person at the meeting to make their case.
> I'm a fan of trial sessions, so if you trust them id be more into hearing
> your proposal and approving it and hearing a report back to see how the
> first sessions went.
>
> Our meetings are already quite long so I'm a little hesitant to have
> guests speak.. I feel like we would rush them which would be rude or that
> we would put off our stuff we need to talk about it which wouldn't work for
> us...
>
> I hope that's ok/helpful!
>
> Anju
>
> On Wednesday, December 16, 2015, Leggo Sirens <sirensongs604 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Oh hey one more thing. The meeting I wanted to propose is a queer Aa
>> meeting that would happen on Saturdays after the tenant action and before
>> any shows. This person Dani Rae offered to come and speak for it at the
>> next meeting, and explain a little bit in case people had questions, cuz aa
>> can be super weird but this faction seems like rad and queer. Anyway she
>> offered to come and speak to the collective. I told her I would check with
>> yall and then give her a time. Is it cool if she came by around the middle
>> or end of the meeting this Tues? Then we could have a clear picture before
>> deciding whether it was something the collective was down with.
>>
>> Lemme know what yall think and I will let her know!
>>
>> Regards
>> Legs
>> On Dec 16, 2015 9:35 AM, "Anju Singh" <aanjusingh at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Back in town! Pretty sure next Tuesday is the meeting, excited to see
>>> you all then!
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, December 15, 2015, Jakob Knudsen <jakob.is at live.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> what day is the next meeting?
>>>>
>>>> here is some of raymond's work
>>>> http://catrionajeffries.com/artists/raymond-boisjoly/works/
>>>> Raymond Boisjoly · Works – Catriona Jeffries
>>>> <http://catrionajeffries.com/artists/raymond-boisjoly/works/>
>>>> catrionajeffries.com
>>>> Instal­la­tion view, “From age to age, as its shape slowly unrav­eled…”
>>>> VOX Cen­tre de l’image con­tem­po­rain, Mon­treal, 2015
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> he does alot of text based stuff which might be nice for the window too
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------
>>>> *From:* Blacklabcollective <blacklabcollective-bounces at lists.resist.ca>
>>>> on behalf of Leggo Sirens <sirensongs604 at gmail.com>
>>>> *Sent:* December 15, 2015 4:10 PM
>>>> *To:* blacklabcollective at lists.resist.ca
>>>> *Subject:* Re: [Blacklabcollective] Space update: soundproofing and
>>>> general housekeeping.
>>>>
>>>> Totally. Jakob I think that would be awesome if you talked to your
>>>> contact.
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 3:29 PM, Lindsay Kasting <l.kasting86 at gmail.com
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for the update legs! My only concern about a mural is still
>>>>> what we can afford but let's see what our options are.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>
>>>>> On Dec 14, 2015, at 7:03 PM, Jakob Knudsen <jakob.is at live.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Wow thanks so much you guys :) if everyone's interested I can ask my
>>>>> old aboriginal studies teacher Raymond Boisjoly if he'd be interested? His
>>>>> work is really cool and he's into music so he may be a good  fit? I'm out
>>>>> and about right now but I'll send his CV when I'm
>>>>> Home
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>
>>>>> On Dec 14, 2015, at 6:46 PM, Leggo Sirens <sirensongs604 at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hey yall,
>>>>>
>>>>> So yesterday Blair, Kati J, Lindsay and I went to home Depot and got
>>>>> roughly 200 bux worth of wood and supplies.
>>>>>
>>>>> We painted a bunch of pieces of nice plywood for the exterior of the
>>>>> space. We still are looking for a muralist, would it be cool to put the
>>>>> word out on fb? Not sure if this was discussed at the meeting but it'd be
>>>>> cool to get a Coast Salish artist if everyone is down with that. Something
>>>>> for the neighbourhood first and the punks second, ha.
>>>>>
>>>>> The exterior hasn't been touched yet. The pieces for outside are
>>>>> leaning against the wall behind the couch. The 2x3s are in the back
>>>>> hallway. Please leave these for that project.
>>>>>
>>>>> We also got some light pulley switches put in, one for the northern
>>>>> ceiling fan and one for the tool room. The tool room one broke today but it
>>>>> just needs some wire like the fan one.
>>>>>
>>>>> There is also a little piece of wood for the bathroom hole that needs
>>>>> to be put up, it is in a green crate with other wood in the back room.
>>>>>
>>>>> Got hooks for the peg board, hung some tools up.
>>>>>
>>>>> Soundproofed the rest of the alcove. The doors are also done and there
>>>>> is no inside handle for now, but you can easily pull it closed with the
>>>>> spring at the top. The top of the entrance alcove can support a couple
>>>>> humans but probably not more than two in case yall are up there.
>>>>>
>>>>> The Styrofoaming is all done, so if anyone wants to use the remaining
>>>>> pieces lemme know else I will put em up on the Internet in case our pals
>>>>> need any
>>>>>
>>>>> Still need to carpet the east window and a bit of the wall.
>>>>>
>>>>> Also the bathroom got painted but the graffiti is still showing
>>>>> through. I am okay with bathroom graffiti but it's to everyone if we wanna
>>>>> paint over it completely.
>>>>>
>>>>> There was a tub of rat posion spilled all over the tool room shelf.
>>>>> Probably a rat. In the future if folks find any spills, dead rats, etc,
>>>>> just send an email about it if you don't have time to deal with it just so
>>>>> everyone is aware going into the space of potential hazards. We've been
>>>>> real good at this so far just a reminder.
>>>>>
>>>>> So the space is all cleaned out and ready for the show on Wednesday.
>>>>>
>>>>> Couple things,
>>>>>
>>>>> I was talking with some folks about hosting sober meetings at the
>>>>> space on Saturdays, so after the tenant meetings and before any shows. I
>>>>> would be into bottomlining these.
>>>>>
>>>>> Also would folks be down with increasing the collective by like, 5
>>>>> people? I think the space is a lot more work than we think and could be
>>>>> used to a fuller potential if we tried to involve maybe a younger more
>>>>> proactive in screening, and other day time projects stuff. I feel like that
>>>>> whole back room could be something real cool.
>>>>>
>>>>> These are just thought farts, I was in there today and just thinking
>>>>> bout stuff.
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyway hope yall are good, any questions about soundproof stuff lemme
>>>>> know. Also I dunno if my last email worked but if someone could update the
>>>>> fb page with the correct email that would rule.
>>>>>
>>>>> Xolegs
>>>>>
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