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?