Events types, was: Re: [matilda] Re: gigspace collective related-proposal

[Anthony Mullen]

Hiya,
    I like Chris's 3 points and I think we should try
to lump things together.  I like Helene's different
examples as well.  I do think that the situation at
Matilda is different from the 1 in 12 Club though:

We are in a very prominent location (I struggled to
find the 1 in 12 the first and second times I went
there).

The 1 in 12 is a liscensed premises.

I don't think (correct me if I'm wrong) that the 1 in
12 is close to other venues putting on gigs, etc.

I don't think we need anywhere near as many 'MATILDA'
people for a punk gig to run smoothly as for a big
party, I think we probably do need more than 1.


Another point related to the number of people needed
to run events:

For both the No Borders and C90 the organisers have
majorly underestimated the number of people that will
turn up.  With our location and how prominent the
building is, I think we should expect shit loads of
people to turn up when we do those types of events
(not necessarily for punk gigs).

thankyou and goodnight
Rocky 

--- Chris <chris at aktivix.org> wrote:

> Hi
> 
> On Tue 11-Oct-2005 at 05:09:37PM +0100, Helen and
> Nick
> wrote:
> > 
> > Big Parties are a big issue for the whole building
> I
> > accept. I am abit of a loss as to why a gig till
> 12,
> > where an outside group of people (who we think are
> a
> > responsible bunch) are organising it, where there
> may
> > only be 30-100 people need so many matilda people
> to
> > look after it? Perhaps a few if we wnat to do a
> bar/cafe
> > to raise money for matilda. Understandable for all
> night
> > parties, but for Art 05, IMC film fest, peace in
> the
> > park workshops, zine readings? Are there 14
> volunteers
> > for the dissent weekend - who knows what unruly
> types
> > will turn up to that? The IMC one passed off
> smoothly
> > with just 3 people hosting it.
> 
> I agree, the numbers needed does depend on the type
> of
> event, perhaps we need to define 3 or so events
> types...?
> 
> 1. Events where a small number of known and trusted
> people
>    are attending (eg IMC weekend).
> 
> 2. Events where a fair few people attend, and it
> doesn't
>    go on all night, like a gig.
> 
> 3. Massive all night parties...
> 
> Chris
> 
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