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Patron Group Attempts To Help Dislodge MOA From Orchestra Hall

Wednesday, January 8th, 2014 by Drew McManus

The latest news out of the labor relations scorched earth that is the Minnesota Orchestra Association (MOA) is an effort from the patron advocate group Save Our Symphony Minnesota (SOSMN) to pressure the city of Minneapolis to kick the MOA out of Orchestra Hall for defaulting on lease terms. The 1/03/2014 edition of MinnPost.com published an article by Jake Anderson with additional details along with providing a copy of the 31 …

What The MOA Can Learn From The Shutdown Debacle

Friday, June 29th, 2018Thursday, October 17th, 2013 by Drew McManus

Although the shutdown impacted hundreds of thousands of individuals in some of the worst ways possible, there’s one element that might be useful for helping bring about some positive movement in the entrenched Minnesota Orchestra Association (MOA) dispute. In particular, determining exactly how much money the MOA has on hand to continue operating during the lockout until they can no longer avoid the inevitable: liquidation. On the morning of 10/16/2013, barely …

Disingenuous MOA

Monday, August 26th, 2013 by Drew McManus

There’s been a substantial amount of online discussion about the Minnesota Orchestra Association (MOA) Domaingate debacle since Emily E. Hogstad made it public on 8/21/2013. In the wake of that realization, the MOA has provided some rationale behind purchasing 13 domain names associated with typical audience support efforts during labor disputes, but it raises more questions than answers. The 8/22/2013 edition of NPR.org quotes MOA Director of PR, Gwen Pappas, confirming …

Artists As Representatives

Monday, June 12th, 2017 by Drew McManus

I have something to confess: I wanted to make today’s post a rant against a sharp uptick in the number of instances where I’ve encountered artists behaving boorishly among patrons. Although it sounds wonderfully cathartic, it would have ultimately run afoul of this blog’s Code of Conduct. That’s when it struck me that the reason I’m noticing more and more artists doing an abysmal job at representing their institution (and by …

Take My Ticket, Please!

Monday, March 21st, 2016 by Drew McManus

About a decade ago, the notion of ticketless events was a hot topic but it was several years ahead of its time. Fortunately, the technology curve is beginning to catch up and we’re at a point in time where affordable solutions that are also user-friendly for both patron and organization have started trickling into the market. Joe Patti recently touched on this topic over at Butts In The Seats via a …