THE CORE Launch Party Idea, Overall.

[jklrunswithscissors]

I'm thinking this is a good idea.  Help me make it better.

Last meeting we decided to meet again in about a month to review concepts a final time and vote on them.  

I'm thinking that in Mid January several things are going on:  
1.  The Holidays are OVER.
2.  People do not have a lot of money, but they have future money.  They also have no qualms about spending money on themselves, because they just spent a ton on everyone else and didn't get what they wanted.  
3.  Burning Man Tickets have just been sold / will go on sale soon.
4.  People are ready to get into the Burn mode again and are thinking about projects to get involved in.  

This is what I want to do about it:

THROW A HOUSE PARTY, call it:  "CORE PROJECT LAUNCH PARTY."
I can maybe do it at my house, but a better place would, of course, be better.  Pu'huna?  Inappropriate Manor?  I would have to speak with the roomies.     

It has this agenda / plan:  
1.  People come over, hang out.  We set up the grills and encourage people to bring foods.  I could really use a trampoline or maybe set up tents with comfy pillow things in there for cuddling.  
2.  We encourage donations to come to the party, but they are not mandated.  Everyone is welcome and I really want to get the community involved.    
3.  Earlier in the night, we have a formal presentation of the ideas, and give everyone one card to vote with, that goes into a box.  We also have a thing on the card that says:  "write your contact info to be included in invites for core things."  There is a display up the entire night for each idea.   
4.  At some point, we have a fashion show, where we show off the things for the silent auction.  (clothes / accessories are worn, items are held like Vanna White.)  We ask community members to participate in the creation of things  (at another event), as well as to model and do hair / make-up / dressing.  The structure of the silent auction is well communicated in posts and in the show.  Perhaps we can get someone who is well known by a large group of the community, like Halcyon, to speak for the fashion show - this way we would get more support from other camps coming.
5.  Maybe we could get a DJ from another camp to play?

So...  what do you think?  Do you want to help me with this?  Can we make it even better?  
      

[myriadcolours]

Are we talking about having the silent auction in mid-January? I'm fine making horns for it, but if I am, I'll need to know asap so that I can get started on them.

Is anyone particularly close with those at Pu'uhonua that that could be arranged? Is there another place large enough for... how many people are we discussing? If it's being held at a place like Pu'uhonua, we need to be able to let the house-owner(s) know how we intend to care for and leave the place - they had some trouble with that the last party they had there, which is why I'm thinking.

[jklrunswithscissors]

If we did this, yes, the Silent Auction would run from mid January and end in Mid February, at the Bazaar. I'd like to have a making shiney things party a week or two before, and start communicating that really soon.

So far as location, I think we should put some work into finding a venue. Pu'uhuna wad just one of the first places that came to mind, and as I see it, this event is still in the daydream phase, but needs to start moving fast.

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[windy]

>Last meeting we decided to meet again in about a month to review concepts a final time and vote on them.

I like the idea of a house party because sex, drugs, rock 'n roll, etc. Gotta cater to your audience. Having the thing at someone's residence work also work well for the silent auction. (:

Any thoughts about having the community voting thing at Redwings? The draw there is that it's central and frequented by community members (and likely to draw participants we wouldn't otherwise get). However I don't see the environment there contributing to a good silent auction.

[jklrunswithscissors]

I've thought on things some, and talked through with Alpy and many others, this is what I've got:

It's key to have a concept / project at the launch party. Otherwise, it probably won't feel like much of a launch. Others have suggested that drinking and partying and voting just don't mix. I'd like to do a presentation of the idea and how we're going to build it at the party.

I liked your idea about the RedWing, and I'll use it if we cannot decide among ourselves.

About Location: I've been talking with various people to see if I can nail down a place that is more central. I might be on to something, wish me luck.

[alpy]

As far as where to have the Launch Party, I'll tell you what I told Fin: I will do anything to find a volunteer who's job is to hunt down and bring me location ideas. I think the only way that we can afford to have a party is if the location is free (like Jessica's rockin' house), or if some other group does us the same favor as Zephyr Circus folks is doing for us in Feb. Odds are low, so we need to find some people who will loan us they're space for free or barter something.
I've got a fund raiser calendar ready to go and am going to start marking event invitations on fb for coming events the next few months. As far as voting on WHEN to have parties/events/fundraisers, I'd rather vote on other qualities of the parties. I've taken a lotttt of time exploring what events could interfere, such as Comicon, Lucidity, Lightning In a Bottle, Youtopia, 4th of JuPlaya, Pride, BM, Santacon, etc., based dates around our needs as well as the schedule of those events, and--due to such efforts and discoveries--highly recommend trusting my judgment on this one. I'm open to feedback and suggestions on scheduling, but the idea of voting on dates leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
As far as Redwing, I'm not going much due to transportation challenges. If someone wants to bring me home from m-n-g while driving sober, s/he can crash on my couch. I feel wierd, though, being in charge of fundraisers and not being there for the fundraiser meeting/voting process. I'll call a meeting for early January to make some event proposals for people to vote on and to brainstorm details for the events.

[jklrunswithscissors]

My apologies, that got confusing. On the topic of voting, I meant that we had been taking about voting for a concept at a party, and I was saying that we shouldn't do that.

So far as voting for which fundraisers we do or when, I don't think that we need to vote on those so much as just make them happen. All the ideas are good.

[alpy]

Oky doke....I'm still going to have a fundraiser meeting, though.

[jklrunswithscissors]

Of course,