[matilda] Re: c90/ ticketing and fixed event prices

[gavin at cyber-rights.net]

Hi,

Ok, this is how it stands at the moment with c90. This has put me 
as the Matilda liason person in a real awkward position, and I feel 
shi**y about this, and that we're messing them around. They feel 
like this, too, I think, though they're being diplomatic  about it 
(some more than others!).

They've had tickets made, which has cost them money, but they're 
not going to distribute them.

They're very worried indeed about a donations door policy, given 
they have £1000 to make back to break even. Their artists are 
travelling from abroad.

So the remaining issue is with the door price. I feel there are two 
things here:

1. We didn't tell them about this in advance, so it's a breach of 
trust to spring it on them at this late stage. If it contradicts 
our principles to have a fixed price, we've failed a little (and we 
can learn from it), but it would be a bigger failure to breach 
their trust by forcing a risky policy on these guys AFTER they 
agreed to do a night. That's not very consensual, and would screw 
over another group trying to offer an alternative in Sheffield.

2. Previous, similar, events here have NOT had a donation door 
policy, so there's not even a precedent for it we can point to. We 
have had a concessions door price, though. But this isn't the same. 
So suddenly having one now isn't even consistent with our previous 
practice.

I have two suggestions, which I have sent to the c90 folks:

1. A fixed price on the door, with "suggested donation" written 
underneath it. This is what happened for the no borders party. (I 
think).

2. A fixed price on the door, and a slightly lower price underneath 
as a concesisonary rate? This is what I did for the lost film fest.



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