[matilda] members only events (was Re: c90/ ticketing and fixed event prices)

[dougald hine]

Thanks for the information, Steve.

I imagine there will be two concerns:

1. The idea of having 'members' makes Matilda seem exclusive

2. The idea that people have to give name and address on arriving,
writing it somewhere that might even be shown to the police, is likely
to alarm people

That said, we do need to think seriously about using this as a way to
organise events.

If we go on the way we have done, it'll be the parties that get us
closed down a lot sooner than we would otherwise have been.

Should we put this on the agenda for Monday? (Not as applying to the
C90 event, which has already been messed about more than enough, but
for events beyond that.)

On 9/28/05, atw <againstthewar at totalserve.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi Dougald,
>
> To make it members only event you need a list of names and possibly
> addresses of members. Membership can be free and at the Ceildih
> society people join when they arrive.
>
> If the police do come then one can say in honesty that this is a
> private members event and look - here is our list of members. This
> gets you round problematic laws like the need for an entertainments
> licence etc and also I think means you can rightfully turn the police
> away too (unless they have a search warrant - which is unlikely).
>
> steve
>

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