● Toilet ○ Needs to be replaced ■ Daniel (Bens brother)? ● Trash every friday night, has not been taken out in like a month ○ Wasn’t taken out after Sat. show ○ Need to move dumpster to 7th Ave? ● Back gate needs to be fixed ○ If trash gets moved, absolutely needs to be fixed ○ Trash needs to be figured out first ● HVAC inspection ○ Also Daniel? ○ Added after talking to Daniel: He almost definitely will do a tuneup on the HVAC system (inspect it, clean it up, etc), and likely is willing to do the toilet as well. He will get back to me today (8/12) to confirm. It would almost certainly have to be on a Saturday or Sunday. ● Sound gate issues? Livestreaming shows? ○ Twitch for livestreaming maybe? ○ Copyright issues with streaming ○ Censorship issues (do they have an algorithm to automatically detect crowdkilling? lol) ● Door issues (physical door) ○ Front door likely needs replaced ○ Ask Aaron to talk to Dan about fixing front door and window ● Door issues (admission, membership) ○ Need cash box and bank and like something to keep track of money, number memberships sold, etc ○ Will eventually digitize membership list ○ We gotta stick to the new membership system no matter what ○ No animals! ○ Move membership podium maybe ■ Memberships are bought annually, so that won’t be too much of an issue soon ○ We need a QR code to the membership agreement page ■ A thought I'm having today is maybe we should try to communicate via social media, specifically on event pages on FB for each show, that those planning to attend a show who don't yet have a membership card should try to read the membership agreement prior to the show so they know what they're agreeing to. Just cause it's kinda long and nobody who shows up for a show unaware of the membership thing will read the whole thing before buying the card, ya know? ○ Chain sort of thing to keep people from entering until they show or buy membership card ○ Pay $6 for mailorder membership cards? ○ Make membership cards part of Patreon? ■ Maybe we could mail membership cards for $6 Patreon tier ○ Going to shows elsewhere and promoting 7C (just as individuals) ● COVID Policy (vax, masks, etc.) ○ Volunteers ■ Probably basically everyone should be vaxxed (or neg test when working a show) and masked ■ If cannot get vaccinated, can come clean on an off day and stuff like that ○ Attendees ■ If not vaxxed, must have neg test or at the very least be masked? ■ Protect the collective ■ Concern: one more thing for door people to do (vax verification) ■ Vax verification should be done when buying membership ○ Bands ■ Can request everyone be vaxxed and masked ○ Conclusion ■ All three levels: vax or neg test plus mask ● Square, Venmo, counting out ○ Disclaimer added next day: I was pretty confused about this, so there's probably a lot that's inaccurate or missing lol ○ Maybe we need to get a venmo ■ Someone can set up a business bank acct and attach it to their own Venmo, need to get bank info from Aaron ○ Square and Venmo are most important virtual money services ○ Paypal option to pay bands when not enough cash for 60/40 split ■ Bands must request payment on PayPal from 7C in the event of this ■ Maybe write a check to cover difference, but not a good idea to have checks here ● Shows that need volunteers (at least 4/show, excluding punk market--only 2) ○ 10/15 ■ Need sound ○ 10/16 ■ Covered ○ 10/22 ■ I believe Cameron said she will run sound, I'm hoping I'll be able to go so I can start learning sound ■ I was a little confused about this show, idk what else, if anything, is needed ○ 10/23 (punk market [2 volunteers], there is also volunteer meeting) ■ Covered ○ 10/29 ■ Need everyone ■ Austin will almost definitely run sound, Ben and Jasper might shadow Austin ○ 11/8 Meeting there will be a training on door and sound for volunteers ● THE BLOB ○ Paying locals ■ There is a system in place that doesn’t happen too often ■ Up to bands to ask to be payed (things like EP release, tour kickoff, maybe not necessarily just “regular” shows) ■ Local bands playing arguably should sometimes look at is as “volunteering for community” ■ Patreon could in the future be used to help fund paying locals ■ Thought added next day: maybe make a "support local music" tier that's a couple dollars more than the tier below it, the extra couple dollars going to a separate fund for paying locals, the rest going to whatever the tier below it goes to ■ We received grants, maybe we should distribute that to some extent to locals to promote better booked shows, since we do have the "Christmas money" ■ Young bands should not grow up learning not to ask to be paid ■ We should wait til end of the year to figure out the math and logistics of paying locals, see how it went this year ■ In the case of all locals shows the 60% should be split between the bands, booker decides how that 60% is split up ■ The challenge is for shows like one touring band plus 4 locals, if touring band is payed 60% AND locals are paid, that’s not much for the collective/space, again should maybe be up to booker to establish splits for the bands BEFOREHAND ■ 40/60 payout for local shows? (non release/kickoff) ■ Changing splits to 50% touring, 20% locals, 30% 7C? ■ Booking form (google forms); multiple choice for splits for the booker to fill out? ■ Again, we need to reevaluate next year, gather data, etc ■ 7C booked shows maybe need to be standardized, i.e. Aaron and Austin booking as 7C doing different splits as 7C could be weird ■ Simple conclusion for now: In general, 60/40 splits will be for ALL shows ○ Patreon ■ Added next day: Didn't get talked about too much specifically, was talked about during conversations about other topics. Unless my brain stopped functioning for a little while and missed it, which is entirely possible lol ■ One thing I just noticed is that the $14 tier references not being able to host in-person shows due to the pandemic, so maybe that should be updated ○ Paying sound people/paying volunteers in general ■ How long can we pay people under the table before we need to become a real nonprofit or business? ■ Sound workshops ■ We don’t have to make a decision tonight, but Austin feels this is a very important issue that would help with many things ■ Booker maybe can take it out of 60 split ■ "Not real job money, cheesesteak money” ■ Can't step on toes of the corporate venues, i.e. by paying sound people a similar amount as the corporate venues bc we'd end up taking sound people away from them and they'd shut us down ■ Shit gets weird and complicated when money gets inserted into a volunteer-run organization ■ Another complication is why should sound people get paid but not door people? ■ At a club in DC, sound got $50, door got $20 ■ Circles back to volunteer recruitment ■ If sound isn’t found, booker tells band the show has to be cancelled if part of split doesn’t go to sound person ■ Added next day: IIRC, this was basically a consensus. What I'm not sure about is if this will be implemented rn. Is this still for the future? If it's to be implemented currently, is it only for shows for which a sound person can't be found? ■ Added next day: From what I understood, paying sound people is likely a very good thing, but it implies things that aren't bad but will likely be big changes. Paying sound people means we should maybe pay door people a little bit as well, and all this means we may need to become a legitimate business or 501(c)(3). I'm unclear on exactly what would require us to become an official non-profit + I'm also uneducated about this sort of thing lol, but my intuition is that if we begin paying people regularly under the table, it could be kinda risky legally/in terms of taxes. But I also don't know anything haha ○ Volunteer recruitment ■ Recruit at high schools, colleges, “other places where weirdos hang out”, those who need volunteer work for probation/parole, etc ■ Social media post about this ■ Flyering places ■ School of Rock ■ Volunteers really only need to/should do 2 shows/month, if they do that, "they're in the top 5% of volunteers" haha ■ There should be a Discord thread for volunteer recruitment progress ■ Added next day: Maybe we could print little pamphlets with information about volunteering to keep around the venue, in addition to the flyers/signs at 7C and elsewhere we talked about. I think that would be good just because when I was looking into getting involved with this, I found a few things saying that people should volunteer but no information about what that actually entails ■ Become an official nonprofit so we can apply for grants easier, but that’s a BIG change ○ Planting seed for future conversation: building problems means we maybe shouldn’t buy the building, we need to save that money for other things ------------------------------------------------------------ ● Added next day: This was NOT discussed at the meeting but rather is just something I was thinking about last night and this morning, so it can absolutely be disregarded. But I just wanted to include it because I personally think it's important. Maybe we can discuss it next meeting. I personally think SOMETHING needs to be done with the website. At the very least I think it should direct people to the social media pages and say that the website is no longer regularly updated. I know people are probably more likely to use social media for info about the venue now than the website, but if, for example, a band is booking a tour, they wanna play Denver, and they have no idea about 7C, they'll probably google "diy venues denver", and literally the first thing that pops up is google's info for 7th (the thing with reviews, photos, about info, link to the website, etc). They'll click the "website" button and see an empty site with an empty calendar and info referencing "2019" and say, "this venue's dead, guess we'll hit up HQ or Hi-Dive or whatever". If we wanna do more with the website than update it to direct people to the fb page, I'd be more than happy to be involved in it! I don't have much experience with web development, but I do have a decent amount of coding experience, and regardless, my guess is that whatever is used to create/host the website doesn't involve too much hard coding and is mainly just a GUI. So I'd be happy to renovate and maintain the website if that's something we'd like to do! A few things that I feel would be very useful/beneficial to have on the site: ■ Updated calendar that includes volunteer meeting dates ■ COVID policy info ■ Updated and expanded info about volunteering ■ Info about the membership system + a link to the agreement ■ Updated contact info for booking, general questions, and community safety ■ What is the "Member's Area"? Is that still used? Idk how it works for someone who already has a login, but it's nonfunctional when trying to "Join The Collective". If it's not used, just either include in the section about volunteering info for the Discord server or how to get in touch with someone who can provide the Discord info ■ Links to social media pages ■ Wayyy down the road maybe: Incorporate a blog sort of thing that maybe has photos and/or videos and/or written descriptions of shows? I think that could be cool. Show people what the collective is about when they visit the website. That would be a lot of work though, and I'm not currently willing/able to take that on, but maybe at some point in the future I or someone else would be interested in doing that ■ Aside from the blog idea, I'd be more than willing to work on all this if it is something the collective agrees would be beneficial!
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