Contents
TIME AND PLACE
6pm Sunday 14 August 2005
Earth & Stars Pub
ATTENDEES / INTRODUCTIONS
Trine Bjørkmann Berry - LOCA Records / Briskeby Films - Chair
Ed Griffith-Jones - Remix Reading
Raquel Leis Rivera - LOCA Records associate
Marcus McCallion - LOCA Records - Minute taker
David Berry - LOCA Records
Pete Bennett - Remix Reading
MINUTES
(Pre)Launch Event
DB: Originally had event lined up at the Marlborough - however they lost their licence. So we now have a support slot as part of Radio One Live Alternative. Dates [tbc] are 4th October, approx. 40 minutes with sound and video. All agreed would be good opportunity to use as a pre-launch/publicity builder/call for artists.
PB: Website needs to be up asap - need to sort logo, branding etc.
DB: Do not follow Remix Reading Launch Event example - too much work. be aware of being too ambitious. Keep the event small enough for people taking part to handle.
DB + P: small live venues played/dj'd on a weekly, monthly basis to create Remix Brighton presence. suggested a set that is constant flux and bought back "remixed" each time. Also, local music will attract local people to come to events.
EGJ: be aware of audience / performer relationship - preferred participation
DB: some - but not all - of the live events should encourage the 'audience' to become [part of] the act. instead try to foster collective / creative networks.
all: Publicity, printing, press, handouts, web?
? ACTION - All: circulate/forward brighton contacts [media/artists etc.] to Ed see: http://www.brightonunderground.com
? ACTION - All: create, add, edit our call to action and manifesto
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Freshers Fair: University of Brighton, University of Sussex
DB: get a presence at start of uni to find people interested in helping/participating ? ACTION - P: to organise desk space etc. for brighton ? ACTION - EGJ: to organise desk space etc. for sussex ? ACTION - DB & TBB: to assist [photocopying/sitting at desk etc.]
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Funding
EGJ: previous proposal of 150,000 GBP can be problematic. Takes longer to process, organise, calculate etc.
PB: We should set up the site to demonstrate intent and then ask for funding
DB: mentioned a PRS fund of 3000 GBP - would be interesting to see if PRS were willing to fund it.
EGJ: Why 150,000 - too ambitious
DB: We should aim high, R/B should be viewed as an ongoing project
EGJ: R/R had little or no funding for various projects, but noted artists etc. should be paid.
?: who is responsible for funding
RLR: are there other sources we can find?
?: funding sub committee needs to be created
?: we need accountant to convince funding body of our application
? ACTION - All: we need to find administrators (accountant etc.)
? ACTION - EGJ: how do Free Culture US fund themselves?
? ACTION - DB, TBB, EGJ: organise finance sub committee, arrange a meet, seek funding
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Logo
MM: handed out 5 printed sheet demonstrating some of the ideas with his design
DB: all designs need to have explanation on website
? ACTION - All: agree to decision making process and date
? ACTION - All designers: need to supply paragraph explanation of design
? ACTION - All designers: supply printed design for decision at next meeting
? ACTION - EGJ: set up online gallery of logos submitted
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Press/Publicity
?: talk concentrated on targeting best press to approach
EGJ: contacting artist directly got the best response for R/R
? ACTION - EGJ: concentrate press to list of top 5 brighton free magazines.
? ACTION - TBB: brighton bloggers
? ACTION - TBB: contact Haley at UV magazine for contact list
? ACTION - EGJ: set up online Remix Brighton announce mailing list
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Site Design
?: purpose to encourage physical meetings
?: site should be simple to navigate, up/download
DB: techies should not over code creativity [problem with R/R]
DB: artists prefer samples to full tracks
DB: format of uploads should facilitate [as much as possible] remixing potential. this requires more space on servers. Also needs to be easier to upload source files.
?: some disagreements were made with these statements but i didn't catch them
? ACTION - all?: Create a FAQ
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Next Meeting
all: through proposals in
all: agreed to The cowley club [tbc]
all: cowley club could be good for contacts
all: agreed to The great eastern if cowley club unavailable
?: internet access
? ACTION - All: Date of Next Meeting - Sunday 21st August at 4.30pm in Great Eastern ? ACTION - TBB: contact The Cowley Club to see if we can use upstairs instead of Great Eastern
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Any Other Business
all: lots of discussion [e.g. EGJ: DB too dominant] about how to run, organise and proceed within meetings. no firm actions decided.
all: chairing was important in keeping order, balancing arguments, moving discussion on
EGJ: techniques we could use - thumbs up etc. - to signal to chair position etc.
RLR: rotate chairing responsibility
DB: limit meetings to an hour - people will get bored and not come back otherwise
?: chair and minutes need to be "neutral" [i.e TBB + MM were often part of the discussion when they should have been fulfilling their role or their position/role meant they couldn't fully engage when necessary].
DB: point of meet is not to answer Q's but to raise them
EGJ: if more people come to next meeting we need to engage with them, so the clique of this group does not ostracise them
EGJ: EGJ is doing 'everything'
? these discussions were not fully resolved
ACTIONS
Below are the actions agreed collated under individual names. The format is as follows
Name
? individual action
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? group action
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Trine Bjørkmann Berry
? to assist [photocopying/sitting at desk etc.] freshers
? organise finance sub committee, arrange a meet, seek funding
? ask brighton bloggers for involvement
? contact Haley at UV magazine for contact list
? contact The Cowley Club to see if we can use upstairs
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? circulate/forward brighton contacts [media/artists etc.] to Ed
? create, add, edit our call to action and manifesto
? need to find administrators [accountant etc.]
? agree to decision logo making process and cut off date
? Create a FAQ of Remix Brighton
? Date of Next Meeting - Sunday 21st August at 4.30pm [place tbc]
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Ed Griffith-Jones
? to organise desk space etc. for sussex freshers
? how do Free Culture US fund themselves?
? organise finance sub committee, arrange a meet, seek funding
? concentrate press to list of top 5 brighton free magazines.
? add raquel@locarecords.com and trine@locarecords.com to the R/B mail list
? forward these minutes if above action was not previously taken
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? create, add, edit our call to action and manifesto
? need to find administrators [accountant etc.]
? agree to decision logo making process and cut off date
? Create a FAQ of Remix Brighton
? Date of Next Meeting - Sunday 21st August at 4.30pm [place tbc]
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Raquel Leis Rivera
- ? circulate/forward brighton contacts [media/artists etc.] to Ed
? create, add, edit our call to action and manifesto
? need to find administrators [accountant etc.]
? agree to decision logo making process and cut off date
? Create a FAQ of Remix Brighton
? Date of Next Meeting - Sunday 21st August at 4.30pm [place tbc]
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Marcus McCallion
? Type up Minutes
? supply paragraph explanation of design
? supply printed design for decision at next meeting
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? circulate/forward brighton contacts [media/artists etc.] to Ed
? create, add, edit our call to action and manifesto
? need to find administrators [accountant etc.]
? agree to decision logo making process and cut off date
? Create a FAQ of Remix Brighton
? Date of Next Meeting - Sunday 21st August at 4.30pm [place tbc]
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David Meme
? to assist [photocopying/sitting at desk etc.] freshers
? organise finance sub committee, arrange a meet, seek funding
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? circulate/forward brighton contacts [media/artists etc.] to Ed
? create, add, edit our call to action and manifesto
? need to find administrators [accountant etc.]
? agree to decision logo making process and cut off date
? Create a FAQ of Remix Brighton
? Date of Next Meeting - Sunday 21st August at 4.30pm [place tbc]
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Pete Bennett
? to organise desk space etc. for brighton freshers
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? circulate/forward brighton contacts [media/artists etc.] to Ed
? create, add, edit our call to action and manifesto
? need to find administrators [accountant etc.]
? agree to decision logo making process and cut off date
? Create a FAQ of Remix Brighton
? Date of Next Meeting - Sunday 21st August at 4.30pm [place tbc]
LINKS
http://www.brightonunderground.com
http://www.cowleyclub.org.uk/
12 London Road, Brighton BN1 4JA
Tel.: 01273 696104