[Blacklabcollective] Membership System Proposal

[mick mccann]

Sorry I was poor at replying, I'm not 100% sure which way to go. I like keeping it low cost too. I'm going to reread all this. I agree on the shirts and tote bags!

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> On Oct 10, 2016, at 5:30 PM, Eris Nyx <erisnyx at hotmail.ca> wrote:
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> As far as I understand, a non-profit society needs a membership system to be legitimate. I think we circumvented this by just making the collective members the only "members" of the organization. This being said, the membership system is partially a way of fundraising and partially a way of circumventing an illegitimacy problem. I agree that if we do impose one it should be as cheap as possible vis-a-vis getting a vote at the AGM, but if it's also a way of fundraising we should make it a tiered system. Do people just want to scrap the idea though?
> 
> Also we have like a billion dollars so I think we should print some goddamn BL shirts/make tote bags?
> 
> -Eris
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> From: Blacklabcollective <blacklabcollective-bounces at lists.resist.ca> on behalf of tara myketiak <taramyketiak at gmail.com>
> Sent: October 9, 2016 4:14 PM
> To: blacklabcollective at lists.resist.ca
> Subject: Re: [Blacklabcollective] Membership System Proposal
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> I remember talking at a meeting last year as membership also being a way to potentially get around the illegality of selling booze cause its a members only thing, not an open to the public thing, but in that case we'd want most everyone who comes to shows to be a member. I don't know much about the non-profit stuff, I always just deferred to whatever Anju said, but this has been tabled for so long that I don't remember the initial discussion. I'm not really committed to anything and I'm fine with what everyone else decides, but if we are doing membership for logistical/practical reasons then I think its probably going to be more effective to keep membership costs low so everyone joins.  But also maybe the whole project is more of a pain in the ass than its worth, unless you're keen on doing it because of its fundraising potential?
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>> On Sun, Oct 9, 2016 at 1:42 PM, Eris Nyx <erisnyx at hotmail.ca> wrote:
>> As far as I know to be a legitimate non-profit we need a membership system? Are we just abandoning this idea.
>> The money thing is fundraising related. We could make like a basic membership $2 or something?
>> 
>> 
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>> From: Blacklabcollective <blacklabcollective-bounces at lists.resist.ca> on behalf of Quinn <quinn.roseblade at gmail.com>
>> Sent: October 8, 2016 10:02 AM
>> To: blacklabcollective at lists.resist.ca
>> Subject: Re: [Blacklabcollective] Membership System Proposal
>>  
>> I agree with Tara. 
>> 
>>> On Sat, Oct 8, 2016 at 12:35 AM, tara myketiak <taramyketiak at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I'm still confused about the membership thing. Initially I thought it was proposed when were trying to get the space, and not just the collective, non-profit status, and get the space recognized as legit by the city. But now that's not our plan, right? So what purpose does membership serve, or is it just something we want to do to raise $$?
>>> Personally, I think our AGM should only be either (1) open to only the collective; or (2) open to the public in general; or (3) open to members if say membership cost like 10$. But paying 50$ or 100$ and getting a vote at the AGM out of it seems weird to me, like you can buy a vote if you have a lot of money. Anyways, that's just my two cents. 
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 1:39 AM, Eris Nyx <erisnyx at hotmail.ca> wrote:
>>>> Hey do y'all wanna' revue this and give suggestions?
>>>> Obviously everyone would get a membership card for paying into this.
>>>> 
>>>> Black Lab Membership Proposal
>>>> 
>>>> -Black Lab Basic Membership ($50)
>>>> 
>>>>             -Free entry to one show of your choice per year
>>>> 
>>>>             -Free Black Lab t-shirt or tote bag (?)
>>>> 
>>>>             -Vote and attendance at AGM 
>>>> 
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>>>> 
>>>> -Black Lab Supreme Membership ($100)
>>>> 
>>>> -Collective prices on booze (?)
>>>> 
>>>> -All other perks of basic membership
>>>> 
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