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<FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Crystal<BR>
I would like to join in. How do I go about to do it?<BR>
Céline<BR>
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<HR ALIGN=CENTER SIZE="3" WIDTH="95%"><B>From: </B>Crystal Tiala <tiala@mindspring.com><BR>
<B>Reply-To: </B><tiala@mindspring.com>, USITT New England Section Mail List <usittne@mit.edu><BR>
<B>Date: </B>Mon, 19 Mar 2007 21:49:00 -0400<BR>
<B>To: </B>USITTNE listserve <USITTNE@mit.edu><BR>
<B>Subject: </B>[Usittne] USITT NE Meeting Minutes from Phoenix<BR>
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<FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><FONT SIZE="6"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:24.0px'><B><U>Minutes from Phoenix<BR>
</U></B></SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>March 15th, 2007
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<FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'><B>Attendees: <BR>
</B></SPAN></FONT><OL><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Crystal Tiala Boston College tiala@bc.edu
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Cosmo Catalano Williams College ccatalan@williams.edu
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Keith Cornelius Emerson College keith.cornelius@emberson.edu
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>John Forbes University of Vermont jbforbes@uvm.edu
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>John Devlin St. Michael‚s College jdevlin@smcvt.edu
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Nate Wiessner Williams College Nathaniel.t.wiessner@williams.edu
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Timothy Parrish UVM taparris@uvm.edu
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Dan Daugherty U. Maine Daniel.daugherty@umit.maine.edu
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Lauren glover UVM lglover@uvm.edu
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Clyde Tyndale Falmouth Acadamy ctyndale@cape.com <a href="mailto:ctyndale@cape.cosy"><mailto:ctyndale@cape.cosy></a>
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Mike Katz MIT mkatz@mit.edu
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Tina Shantz St. Michael‚s College cshantz@smvt.edu
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Michelle Merola St. Michael‚s College mmerola@smcvt.edu
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Dominic Donadio Salem State College domdnd@gmail.com
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Nancy Polisson Rockport High School npolisson@rockport.kiz.ma.us
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Arthur Dirks Bridgewater State College adirks@bridgew.edu
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Chase Rozelle Eastern Connecticut State rozellec@easternct.edu
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Karen Perlow MIT kperlow@mit.edu
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Ruth Conrad Boston College conradru@bc.edu
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>William Beautyman Limelight Productions wbeautyman@limelightproductions.com
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Andy Knox TD Cape Cod Comm Coll. AKnox@capecod.edu
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Kendra Murphy ATD Cape Cod Comm. Coll kmurphy@capecodd.edu
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Melissa Friebe Senior, Gustaus Adolphis mfriebe@gac.edu
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Leslie Hammond TD Choate Rosemary Hall, CT lhammond@choate.edu
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Sabrina Notarfrancisco cost. Des. Conn. College snotar@conncoll.edu
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Sandra Jervey Salem State ˆ student stu_sjervey@salemstate.edu
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Christopher Morris TD/des. Salem State College Christopher.morris@salemstate.edu
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Rafael Jaen Cost. Des. Emerson College Rafael_Jaen@Emerson.edu
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>and a very brief appearance by Laura Crow from the University of Connecticut<BR>
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Mike Katz<B>:</B> Please make sure all these attendees are reminded to sign up for the USITT NE listserve. <BR>
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<B>Elections were held: <BR>
</B></SPAN></FONT><UL><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>There were no new nominations or volunteers for any officer‚s position and therefore all current officers will serve another year<BR>
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<B>Officers: <BR>
</B></SPAN></FONT><UL><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Our officers for the upcoming year are: <BR>
</SPAN></FONT><UL><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Crystal Tiala ˆ Chair ˆtiala@bc.edu since 1997
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Ron Dallas ˆ Secretary/Treasurer ˆ ron@dallas-family.com since∑..forever
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Michael Cottom ˆ Vice Chair - mcottom@theater.umass.edu since 2006
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Mike Katz ˆ Director of Communications ˆ mkatz@mit.edu since 2001
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Jeff Gardiner ˆ Computer Communications ˆ jeffg@erols.com since 2001<BR>
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<FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'><B>Last year‚s events:
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<FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>- Toured the facilities at Williams College in October; organized by Mike Katz and Cosmo Catalano<BR>
- Helped sponsor a stage management workshop at St. Michael‚s College in September<BR>
- Co-sponsored the 7th annual REPA Job Expo in Boston along with StageSource and The Boston Dance Alliance<BR>
- August BBQ at Crystal‚s house<BR>
- KCACTF Region I;<BR>
o Sponsored the Tech Olympics<BR>
o Sponsored the Technical Craftsmanship & Innovation award that awards a student with USITT membership and money for USITT publications.<BR>
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<FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'><B><U>Upcoming events, opportunities and improvements:
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Web Site & list serve<BR>
</B></SPAN></FONT><UL><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Send event information to Jeff Gardiner at jeffg@erols.com website: <FONT COLOR="#800080">www.usittne.org</FONT> <a href="http://www.usittne.org/"><http://www.usittne.org/></a> <BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><UL><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Sandra Jervey from Salem State College has agreed to work on calendar information for the web in return for complimentary student membership in our region. We need to get Jeff Gardner and Sandra Jervey in contact with one another. <BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><UL><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>See our website at <FONT COLOR="#800080">www.usittne.org</FONT> <a href="http://www.usittne.org/"><http://www.usittne.org/></a> for details on signing up for the NE listserve. Although, in writing this I realize that you will only receive this if you are already signed up. So make sure your friends and colleagues sign up as well. <BR>
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Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (<FONT COLOR="#800080">www.kcactf1.org</FONT> <a href="http://www.kcactf1.org/"><http://www.kcactf1.org/></a> )<BR>
Next year‚s KCACTF is in Fitchburg/Leominster, MA from January 29th to February 3rd, 2008. Please come help us make it the best one ever. <BR>
SAVE THE DATE!<BR>
Upcoming goals:<BR>
</B>a. Would like to get more faculty to display their design and tech work. If you are planning to come and would like to display, contact John Devlin (jdevlin@smcvt.edu) to confirm your space. <BR>
b. There were 30 design & technical workshops in all and workshops are already underway for next year. If you want to help out you will receive your registration for free to the festival and have a lovely thank-you letter for your participation to put in your college file or show to your industry boss. Please contact Crystal Tiala (tiala@bc.edu) to present your ideas or offer to volunteer. Already in the planning stages for next year:<BR>
· USITT New England section meeting hopefully including national representation<BR>
· Kip Shawger: Design and other jobs on cruise ships<BR>
· Brian Hapcic: photographing the lighting design in productions<BR>
· William Kenyon: the ethics of digital manipulation of portfolio pictures<BR>
· Orestes Mihaly and Chase Rozelle: scenic automation<BR>
· Stuart Duke: another facet of moving lights<BR>
· Gretel Geist: working on another costume workshop<BR>
· Barbizon, Mike Abdow: LED lighting <BR>
· Rosco, Bryan Steele: Scenic Textures, a practicum<BR>
· Rosco, Bryan Steele: New techniques in lighting<BR>
· Rafael Jaen: portfolio reviews<BR>
· Focal Press: feature some new book<BR>
· ETC: More moving lights, hands-on, beginning and advanced<BR>
· Thematics/Lightbox (Charles Kirby & Ben Tevelow): Lighting competition<BR>
· Thematics/Lightbox (Charles Kirby & Ben Tevelow): Lighting the set design model ˆ for set designers<BR>
· „I got my degree, now what?‰ ˆ what to expect and what to do next. Summer theaters, interships, graduate schools (needs volunteers for panelists)<BR>
· ALPS: TBD<BR>
c. I could really use some stage management workshops. I would also welcome management and marketing. <BR>
d. Saturday will be an interviewing/audition day for grad schools, summer jobs and internships. Schools, theaters and industry are invited to come and interview for the price of registration or free if you come and present a workshop of some type. <BR>
e. Lots of hands on opportunities with theatrical equipment, toys and books. <BR>
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<B><U>News from the Regional Officer‚s meeting<BR>
</U></B></SPAN></FONT><UL><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>We can apply for some funding. Have requests to Crystal Tiala by August for upcoming ideas. Must include overall budget and plan.
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>The 50th anniversary for USITT is coming up. Sections may be asked to „bring a piece of the cake‰, whatever that means.
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>We were asked to pick an event that we would most like a national officer to participate in and what we would like that officer to do. <BR>
</SPAN></FONT><UL><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>We felt the officer should come to KCACTF and do a workshop on membership for all festival goers.
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Meet with our section and consider holding future conferences in New England<BR>
</SPAN></FONT></UL><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>We were told that we could send our top student designers to the next national conference and have their conference fees paid for. This is a one time only deal. I am clarifying the details on this offer and Rafael Jaen will spearhead the effort with Arthur Dirks to make the student picks.
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>In the officers meeting for regional sections, there has been a lengthy discussion on who should deal with membership dues. This is the contuation of a discussion the officers have been having for years. Most sections feel we should make regional membership an option when they register for national. It causes some accounting difficulties which are lengthy to explain. This idea will be ongoing as we get questions answered. In the meantime, we have agreed to direct those who sign up to the section website and make it clear that sections are separate and independent and to be a member takes separate dues.<BR>
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<B><U>New Business <BR>
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Save the date: </B> The annual New England BBQ will be held in the afternoon of September 8th, 2007.<BR>
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<B>Visiting Local Theaters:</B> Mike Katz and Karen Perlow have volunteered to spearhead arranging visiting local university or professional theaters in our area. They will keep us posted on the progress.<BR>
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<B>Software workshops:</B> We agreed that each summer we should arrange a workshop around some software that people would like to learn.<BR>
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<B>Vectorworks:</B> Crystal Tiala and John Forbes are going to arrange aVectorworks workshop at the facilities in Boston near the end of the summer. Stay tuned for details. <BR>
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Adjourned!<BR>
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Many thanks to all who were there physically and in spirit.<BR>
Your Chair,<BR>
Crystal<BR>
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Crystal Tiala<BR>
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