WG/radio/min-feb-13-2012

Attendance

 * Randy, Brandon (notes), Chris, Tracy (facilitator), David, Patrick, Glenn, Jay, David, Todd, Kendra, Sarah.

Show Rundowns

 * Patrick's show was delayed for a week.
 * Tracy is producing the VFP show again this week.
 * Tracy: I still have to contact David for a Spanish language show.
 * Theology in Action is going up on Friday as usual.
 * Brandon is going to take care of Civil Science on Wednesday.
 * FSU is ready to go as usual.
 * Linda & Janet are on their way towards having a couple of shows on the can (two weeks).
 * Jerry from Occupy Jobs is interested in a show.
 * Sage is still interested in a show.
 * Kazi from POC is interested in a show.
 * The Library is interested in a show.
 * John Ford is interested in a show.
 * Kendra & Liam are working on a buscar's show.
 * Jay got a release for about an hour's worth of music.

Possible Community Gathering

 * We've been offered the community gathering a week from today.
 * We've decided we're probably not ready to do this. We'll let Jorge no that.

Studio Building

 * We originally decided on building the studio out on Sat. the 17th. That's going to be be moved backed a week due to conflicts with e5.
 * We have $50 currently, after paying for Feb's rent.
 * Sage has a bunch of material he might be able to donate for sound proofing
 * Yoga mats & foam pillows can help too.
 * David has been doing a lot of research about professional sound proofing.
 * We should start throwing these ideas up on a whiteboard.

OBR Member Guide

 * Everybody should take a section and check it for errors.

Releases

 * David asked his lawyer for help with releases. So we've now got some new and improved releases.
 * We have two releases, we one for music and one for generally, when people go on the radio everybody needs to sign that one.

Budget

 * We need to have a budget because if we're going to do fundraisings we need to know what we're fundraising for.
 * Rent $400/mo.
 * Studio Building
 * Incidentals

Equipment

 * What we have:
 * Mixer
 * 3 Mics
 * 1 XLR mic chord & 1 1/4" mic chord.
 * What we'd like:
 * 2 mics
 * 3 mic stands
 * 4 XLR chords.
 * Computer
 * Two 1TB HDDs
 * Ext. HDD
 * Thumb Drives

Fundraisers

 * Jay has a friend who runs a rehearsal space in Dudley Sq. It fits 80-100 people.  It'd be best to use in March (either the 3rd or the 16th).
 * Live bands, performances, multimedia, artists, etc.
 * Raffle, silent auctions, food.
 * Selling CDs?
 * Contact Kevin about donors?

Donor Gifts

 * Storm has been getting together for us for our donor gifts. He's working on a series of images for totebags, t-shirts, stickers, etc.
 * Sarah is meeting with Jay from the Screen Printing guild tomorrow.

Airtime

 * The suggestion is to setup a temporary service while airtime is perfected.