i consider most of the points made to be extremely valid, which is why I first raised the question in my earlier message about undercutting professionals, and asked for comments from people about what is a good sort of arrangement.
i should have not made any comments to Zoe about payment and costs, which were all vague and off the top of my head as ideas, without first checking what the feeling was of whoever might be into doing it. so far there has been very little information from Zoe about the nature of what she is asking. I am getting the idea it might a vague desire to have lots of circusy-type things going on amid a crowd of revellers and other stuff going on, and wonder if there is actually any sort of sound-system envisaged, or any formal structure to it. it might be just a general idea that people would feel free to turn up and muck around as another venue for doing it, or it might be part of a structured programme of entertainment. the nature of the initial invitation was just that, an invitation. "hey we're having a carnival feel free to come along and do fire". i originally sent a contact message because it seemed that "someone has to" in order to try to find out more, and it went from there. I am not comfortable being "speaker for the group" in an authoritative sense, without actually collating and presenting the stated opinions of people involved. I don't really enjoy the idea of just sort of turning up and setting up as per a Tuesday, amid a huge crowd of people who might be nice family types or who might be drunken bogans, or a mixture thereof. even at the south karori equinox thing there were drunken bogans being irritating. so i propose further enquiry, and either someone else can talk it over with Zoe, or people can consider the options and indicate preference, something like the following maybe? - just turning up like itinerant buskers and being shown a spot and left to it all informally, costs covered and a cherry on top - being given a spot, a time slot, and some infrastructural support such as access to sound equipment, and making an effort to keep the flames continually moving as a group, cash reward/payment as a group - structured and announced performance time and place, full support resources including securty, stagey area, some sort of prearranged order of stuff to be done as a sort of show and a definite fee on an established per-person basis - etc. I am not a pro, sometimes I do really well and sometimes my stuff is shit. If it is all paid and committed and structured then there is an obligation to do something "good". If it is totally informal I would feel free to feel like not doing it on the night (face it I really don't like close crowds all that much) especially if something else more entertaining to do came along for that evening or i was exhausted from a week of the kind of shit i have been going through lately. which is another reason why i am reluctant at this stage to be committed as transport. mike On 9 May 2010 21:51, Sangrail <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Urs, > having been a friend of yours for many years, and even a flatmate, would > you forgive me when I say that - > oh noes! The Intarwebs has struck again! > Yeah, it may not have been what you intended, but it did *read* as > confrontational/aggressive. Damn those net-based daemons. ;D > So, sucks for anyone who read this and had hurt feelings on anysides. > If it's on on Tuesday, maybe relevant parties can meet up in person and > bounce ideas? > > Much better forum for it. > > Lots of love, > > Pearl > > > On 9 May 2010 19:00, Urs Stafford <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 3:14 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I think your tone is unnecessarily confrontational. >> >> Because I stated my opinon, and asked what I thought was a pertinent >> question? And then answered your reply, because I felt I needed to >> clarify a few things? >> >> > in any case actually i am offended at your writing off of provision of >> equipment as irrelevant one-off factors and monetizing them. It takes >> ongoing effort to ensure amps are charged, to manhandle them into vehicles, >> it takes ongoing effort to ensure gear is available. If you consider these >> things irrelevant bring your own. >> >> Where did I say they were "irrelevant"? Show me. I never said they >> were irrelevant, I said they were usually one-off costs because they >> weren't used up every week the way fuel is. >> >> How much does it cost you each week to charge up the amp? I'm happy to >> pay a bit towards that too. >> >> Cheers, >> Urs. >> -- >> We come from everywhere. 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