Oakland Restaurant Association Roundtable Discussion - October 2nd

Please join us at the Chamber for the first OAKLAND RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION (ORA) ROUNDTABLE SESSION – FREE! Event details below:

ORA Roundtable Workshop | OCTOBER 2nd | 2pm | FREE: ASCAP and BMI Music Licensing Assistance

If you own a radio station or a restaurant and you want to broadcast or play music, what you need are public performance rights-- the right to play music that the general public will hear in one way or another. Obviously, if you own a radio station playing 300 or 400 songs every day, obtaining public performance writes from every label and publisher is impossible. Therefore, public performance rights licensing is now handled by two very large companies named ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) and BMI (Broadcast Music Incorporated) that simplify the process. Each one handles a catalog of about 4,000,000 songs.

A radio station will typically purchase from ASCAP and BMI what are called blanket licenses to broadcast music. A blanket license lets the station play anything it likes throughout the year. ASCAP and BMI decide how to divide up the money among all the rights owners.

Any establishment, including a restaurant, that wants to play music that will be heard by the general public needs a license as well. If you do not pay and you get caught, you can be sued. Beware, the fines are pretty steep -- sometimes thousands of dollars.

 Come join us on Tuesday October 2, at 475 14^th St (Suite 100, Board Room) to learn how to best respond to this issue, it promises to be a frank and entertaining conversation with Philip Harris Lead Attorney of Philip Harris Law.

Attention Oakland Restaurants

Attention ORA Members:

For restaurants who are thinking of PRODUCING products please attend this free city-sponsored workshop on Friday September 14 at 8:30am.

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 OAKLAND FOOD & BEVERAGE MANUFACTURING WORKSHOP:

 SEPTEMBER 14, 2012  8:30-10:30 AM

OAKLAND CITY HALL, ONE FRANK OGAWA PLAZA,

HEARING ROOM 3 (ground floor)

OAKLAND CA 94612

We invite Oakland Food & Beverage Manufacturers to attend the first in a series of discussions, sponsored by the City of Oakland, Office of Economic & Workforce Development, promoting products & services “made in Oakland” through technical assistance seminars for our manufacturers.

Oakland places a high value on its Food & Beverage Sector- exemplary established and start up artisan, specialty & mainstream food production & processing businesses, their distributors, packagers/co-packers, ingredient suppliers and wholesalers. Food & beverages made, moved and processed in Oakland is a tradition that goes back to the late-1800. The Office of Economic Development strives to help you locate, permit, and publicize your efforts through our Oakland Food & Beverage Trail. This fall the City is conducting an Oakland Food & Beverage Economic Sector Study as a component of our Economic Development Strategy. We hope to engage you throughout the Fall, ask your input on the Study as well as educate us about your facility, workforce, and other needs so that the City can support your growth.

This first seminar will help to educate local Food & Beverage Producers and Distributors on Local Building Services permitting, Food Safety, Packaging and Distribution/Supply Chain Management. Future seminars will continue with such detail, and add information and exchange between local businesses on the local supply chain, greening the supply chain, best buys in efficiency and mechanical/ drainage/ power systems, and topics that arise during the discussion.

8:30:   Welcome and Introductions / light refreshments

8:45    Regulation: Guest Speaker Jeff Hutcher, City Building Services

9:00    Packaging: Guest Speaker: Kevin Kelly, CEO, Emerald Packaging

9:30    Distribution and Supply Chain: Guest Speaker Tom French, Supply Chain Coach

10:00  Food Safety: Guest Speaker Phil Cullen, Manex Consulting

There will be some time for questions and discussion with each Guest Speaker.

Please help us help YOU grow in Oakland by answering a few survey questions on the following website. All answers will be held by city staff of Economic Development only, and in strict confidence.  Find the Oakland Food & Beverage Company Survey at:  http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07e6bmy8tjh6h9s2uz/start

For more information and to RSVP, please contact staff Margot Lederer Prado, mprado@oaklandnet.com or direct line, 510. 238.6766