a reminder about why, how and where we do this...
1. Where others seek to grow we will shrink, hide and drop off the radar. Doctors call unrestricted growth in the body a tumor. We know when we have enough.
2. No event will ever cost more than 5 dollars with a pass or RSVP or visual recognition at the door. These are private parties made public. Our continued existence in this unwelcome climate for electronic events is contingent upon the behavior of the crowd and our ability to trust and account for every person that walks in the door. That accountability is not a negotiable factor in the event. As a result, without a pass, the event is 10 dollars.
3. Hushabye is a no-profit organization. Any profit will be filtered into charitable organizations or community based projects. Nobody is getting rich.
4. There is no guest list, ever. Nobody is cool. You’re here for the right reasons or you’re not here at all.
5. All staff including the organizers (excepting artists) must pay to get into the event. Everybody works because they want to help. Not because they want to get in free. This is a communitarian effort.
6. We only use independently owned legal venues for events. We try to spend our dollars on small businesses that are, like us, fighting to stay alive, local and moral in a world where most a trying to go global and eat the competition alive with no regard to being a just or reasonable organization.
7. Overhead will not exceed what we keep in our bank account. Everyone gets paid for his or her time. Period.
8. There are no drugs in the venue. There is no violence. There are no arguments. Any unexpected problem will be dealt with quietly, peacefully and sanely. We insure fewer problems by knowing no less than 90% of the heads that walk through the door as reasonable, moderately sober and peaceful adults. When that changes, we quit.
9. The 8th commandment is insured by a no-flyer rule of thumb. Use only existing reliable channels of information to bring reliable folks through the door. Flyers are restricted to photocopied directions and business card size reminders. We want about exactly three people through the door. And the 9th commandment is a good way to keep that in check. Tried. Tested. True. We've only broken from this once. And would hesitate doing it again.
10. There should be at least 30 people in the room that you would trust your cash box with. When that changes, we quit.