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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Agenda </B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:City><st1:place><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Kansas City</B></st1:place></st1:City><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> USITT </B><st1:place><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">New England</B></st1:place><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> Section<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>Thursday morning meeting</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>If you cannot be at the meeting and are a paid member of the New England Section, please read the issues below and send in your votes on items 2 and 6. </P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Agenda:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(description of issues below)<o:p></o:p></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>We only have an hour this year so we will need to be brief.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Please be aware of the issues in advance to expedite the discussion. </P>
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<LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><st1:time Hour="8" Minute="0">8:00-8:05</st1:time><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Introductions</LI>
<LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><st1:time Hour="8" Minute="5">8:05-8:10</st1:time><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Vote on term limits for the chair of the section.</LI>
<LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><st1:time Hour="8" Minute="10">8:10 – 8:30</st1:time><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Website: </LI>
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<LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in" class=MsoNormal>Brief update on website (Mike Katz/John Forbes)</LI></OL></OL>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -1.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.5in; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN>i.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>If you can send a written update to read in advance, that would be great</P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -1.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.5in; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN>ii.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>Determine top items that should be on our new website</P>
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<LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><st1:time Hour="8" Minute="30">8:30 – 8:40</st1:time> Advocacy for design and tech in academia</LI>
<LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><st1:time Hour="8" Minute="40">8:40 – 8:50</st1:time><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>form assessment group for schools asking to assess student performance over their 4 years at college</LI>
<LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><st1:time Hour="8" Minute="50">8:50 – 9:00</st1:time><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Vote on Chair and Vice-Chair</LI>
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<LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in" class=MsoNormal>Welcome new officers </LI></OL></OL>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">#2 (Vote ‘yes’ if you are for term limits and ‘no’ if you think this proposal is a bad idea.)<o:p></o:p></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>The bylaws define a term for Chair of the section as two years.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I propose that the bylaws include that a Chair of the <st1:place>New England</st1:place> section cannot serve more than 2 consecutive terms.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This means a chair would have to pass on the position after a maximum of two terms in a row (4 consecutive years) but could also return at any time after at least one term away.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>My feeling is that the section becomes too sedentary without a change in leadership after a while and that people are more likely to nominate themselves for chair if they know there will be limits.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This applies only to the position of Chair of the section. </P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">#3<o:p></o:p></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>The website was the one item that a committee had intended to address within months after the meeting one year ago.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>However, so many people had so many grand ideas that the process was stymied.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We should briefly address the issues and determine what can be accomplished and what should be included as a minimum on the website. </P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">#4<o:p></o:p></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>Schools are considering cut backs and often the arts often suffer.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We have seen schools like Brandeis consider cutting the graduate design and tech program and have heard of other schools considering the same.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Is there something we can do as <st1:place><st1:City>USITT</st1:City> <st1:State>NE</st1:State></st1:place> to be better advocates for the design and tech programs in our area or even nationally?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">#5<o:p></o:p></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>Many of our colleges are asking us to come up with assessment tools that determine what our students have learned after 4 years of education in our departments.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Although these issues cannot be solved in 10 minutes, perhaps we should form a group of interested academics and students who would like to continue this discussion.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This may also tie in with #4. </P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">#6<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>- the nominees (vote for one Chair and one Vice-chair)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></B></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>Nominations for Chair:</P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Joseph Donovan</B> (Technical Director/Production Manager) for the Division of Theater and Dance at the <st1:place><st1:PlaceType>University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName>Maine</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> in Orono.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He teaches Stagecraft and other courses in Technical Theatre such as Drafting, Stage Management and Technical Direction.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Previously Joe worked as the Production Manager at the Penobscot Theatre in <st1:City><st1:place>Bangor</st1:place></st1:City> and prior to that was the Technical Director at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey for three seasons.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Other credits include work with the Barnstormer’s Theatre, Connecticut Repertory Theatre, the Barn Theatre and <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Humboldt</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State</st1:P!
laceType> <st1:PlaceType>University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> where he received his MFA in Technical Production.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>Nominations for Vice-Chair:</P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Dan Bilodeau </B>(Scenic & Lighting designer) has worked as a designer on many productions in the <st1:place>New England</st1:place> area.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>His favorite designs include<I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">,</I> <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Crime and Punishment, </I>and<I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"> Radio Free Emerson,</I> at the Sandra Feinstein Gamm Theatre, <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Proof, and Almost, </I><st1:State><st1:place><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Maine</I></st1:place></st1:State><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"> </I>at the Public Theatre, <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">A Midsummer Night’s Dream</I> at the Theater at Monmouth, and <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Doubt</I> at the Portland Stage Company. Recent work includes <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Last Ma!
ss at St. Casimir</I> and <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Collected Stories</I> at the Public Theater, <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Twelfth Night</I>, <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Mousetrap</I>, <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Hamlet</I>, <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">A Little Hotel on the Side</I>, and <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The</I> <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Wind in the Willows</I><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>at the Theater at Monmouth, and Aristophanes’ <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">the Birds</I> at the <st1:place><st1:PlaceType>University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName>Maine</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Dan has an MFA in Design from <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Brandeis</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, and is an assistant professor of theatre at the <st1:place><st1:PlaceType>University</st!
1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName>Maine</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>. </P>
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