Houston?

[sugeek]

I would like to attend, make it during colder months if possible

Hak wants to park a camper in the parking lot not a tent.

Platinum you could show off the carry on projectors and bring laser Lacky and 300evil too

Adam

[hakzaw1]

Small Camper Trailers have been in the parking lots of all SELEM and TEXLEM events-

We like to stay near our gear..

[JD3]

HAHA ok.

I was thinking.. tent..houston... gona wake up with a hobo next to you in your tent hahaha

[JD3]

but i completely understand the need to be close to your equipment. I have unfortunately had my gear stolen from me, out of my house, while i slept. Around $12,000 gone

[JD3]

Ok I found this "list" of requirements in another thread.

Do these still stand? please add anything required. im having a friend contact venues as im out of town right now with no phone.


"Nothing to it, really. First order of business is to find a venue. Cheaper is better. Once you have a venue, set a date and do it.

Questions to ask yourself and the venue manager:

1) Can we use a fog machine? (Call it a "Theatrical Fog machine" or they'll freak) This is the *most* important question, and will rule out more venues that you can imagine. Explain that it's not smoke, but a thin fog like you'd find in a dance club. Explain that even though it's not smoke, it *will* set off a particle smoke detector. Bring a fogger with you to show them. Ask about disabling the fire alarm if they have these smoke detectors. (We disable the smoke detectors only for SELEM each year, but leave the thermal ones on. We also disable the alarm's call-in feature by disconnecting the phone line. If we trip a smoke detector in the lobby <hey, it happens> the alarm still sounds, but it doesn't call the fire department! The venue manager is OK with this.) In a pinch, if you want to play dirty, you can cover these smoke detectors with a wet towel to defeat them, but this is against the fire code...

2) Do you have 3 phase power available? (And can we use it without hiring an electrician?) Not a big requirement, but it's nice to have if someone wants to bring a large ion laser.

3) Do you have a source of running water and a drain (for cooling)? Again, not a big deal, but you'll need it if you want to run anything bigger than a 60X or an HGM5.

4) Will we have complete autonomy? (That is, can we be sure that the general public won't just walk in on us while we've got laser beams flying around...) Also, do you require us to pay to have the fire chief present or to have security present? (If they say yes, find some other place!)

5) How long can we stay? (This is important - most places are used to a 4 hour event. You want all friggin' day and well into the night. Be up-front about this.) Try to get 9 am till midnight at least.

6) Can we have food / drinks / alcohol? Do we have to buy it on the premises or can we bring our own? Better find out beforehand...

7) Who cleans up afterwards? For the record, we usually sweep the floor and bag the trash ourselves at our LEM's. At the FLEM's we take the trash to my mom's place, since the venue has no outside trash cans or dumpster, but at SELEM we just move the full cans to the hallway backstage and the janitor takes it from there. We do sweep the stage though.

8) Are there tables / chairs that we can use? Can we move them around if we put them back when we're done?

9) What about windows? Can they be blocked to make the room dark?

10) Adequate parking?

11) Nearby food? Nearby lodging? Special rates for rooms?

12) Any chance of Internet access in the building? (Wi-Fi? Wired connection you can use? Cell service so you can use an air-card?)

13) How many 110V outlets? Will it be enough? (figure on a minimum of four 20-amp circuits.)

Edit: The minimum space I would look for is a room of at least 15 ft by 25 ft with an 8 ft ceiling. Ideal would be 30 ft by 40 ft with a 12 foot or higher ceiling, but that's hard to come by. For example, the venue we've been using in Florida is just 24 ft by 38 ft with a 7.4 ft ceiling, but it's cheap ($60) and nearly always available, so we're still using it.

Good luck!"

[Galvonaut]

We sleep at the UKLEM venue, which is pretty handy when there is so much kit about.

[hakzaw1]

Good posts all,, I sent a similiar list-


no tents or campfires lol

But camper trailers yes

at TEXLEM i we had access to dorm rooms (but no beds)
we all had airbeds-

it had a resturant size kitchen-wonderful people running it and all the ghosts there were friendly .
( any old church (1925) will have a few ghosts)--

this is not a cheap addiction- so $$ saved avoiding hotels is $$ for more lasers.


another consideration that was left out was how well the neighbors endure loud music.

For STEXLEM i got the 'weekend rate first .. them asked for a free day before and one after.
so 2 days became 4 days and as I had the keys early we actually had it for 5 days.'

you can expect a deposit- to assure clean-up and we will take care of that- we may want to come back next year so...no bridge burning.

if we are offered a choice of several dates it may be good to post them and see how many have conflicts- there are several members that bring so much to the table that it is good to work with them as best we can.

We can start thinking about the logo designs- I like black Ts with GITD print.

I know a place that sells the highest quality and they are well priced--
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Bumper sticker "Laserists do it in the dark'

[The_Doctor]

We sleep at the UKLEM venue, which is pretty handy when there is so much kit about.

I just had a frightening misreading of that line. Thought it said 'kilt'.

[JD3]

Good posts all,, I sent a similiar list-


no tents or campfires lol

But camper trailers yes

at TEXLEM i we had access to dorm rooms (but no beds)
we all had airbeds-

it had a resturant size kitchen-wonderful people running it and all the ghosts there were friendly .
( any old church (1925) will have a few ghosts)--

this is not a cheap addiction- so $$ saved avoiding hotels is $$ for more lasers.


another consideration that was left out was how well the neighbors endure loud music.

For STEXLEM i got the 'weekend rate first .. them asked for a free day before and one after.
so 2 days became 4 days and as I had the keys early we actually had it for 5 days.'

you can expect a deposit- to assure clean-up and we will take care of that- we may want to come back next year so...no bridge burning.

if we are offered a choice of several dates it may be good to post them and see how many have conflicts- there are several members that bring so much to the table that it is good to work with them as best we can.

We can start thinking about the logo designs- I like black Ts with GITD print.

I know a place that sells the highest quality and they are well priced--
************************************************** **********************

Bumper sticker "Laserists do it in the dark'

my old lady would love that haha shes a paranormal investigator

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I just had a frightening misreading of that line. Thought it said 'kilt'.

HAHAHAH too funny

[hakzaw1]

I did not see any ghosts or feel any 'presence' but when those who have been with URBAN 15 including a guy that was a live-in caretaker talked about this it was clear to me that they were not putting us on.


On a visit a few weeks before TEXLEM I I spent the night at URBAN 15 alone- I had not yet heard about any ghosts=prolly for the better-


Interesting side note-After the church closed, some time later, the church was converted into a battered womans shelter complete with the dorms and all the glass on the side facing the street was replaced by bullet=proof glass.. lest some ticked of spouse or BF were to do a drive by shooting-

Any one going to San Antonio should see any function going on at URBAN 15- and there are all kinds too -a film festival- drum and dancers 'concert' plays- laser shows and much more.

search it!!


Hak