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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>[Not that it makes any difference whatsoever – except maybe
liquor laws] ALD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>-------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I’ll be there. Just a note, as everybody will find out
– the conference isn’t in Kansas.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Arthur Dirks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>(A one-time Kansan)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
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usittne-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:usittne-bounces@mit.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Crystal
Tiala<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 01, 2010 10:44 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> USITTNE listserve<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Usittne] Agenda for Kansas meeting_New England Section<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b>Agenda </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>Kansas City USITT New England Section<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Thursday morning meeting<o:p></o:p></p>
<p 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. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>Agenda: (description of issues below)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>We only have an hour this year so we will need to be
brief. Please be aware of the issues in advance to expedite the
discussion. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'>8:00-8:05
Introductions<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'>8:05-8:10 Vote on
term limits for the chair of the section.<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'>8:10 – 8:30
Website: <o:p></o:p></li>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level2 lfo1'>Brief update on website
(Mike Katz/John Forbes)<o:p></o:p></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-9.0pt'><span
style='font-size:7.0pt'>
</span>i.<span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>If you
can send a written update to read in advance, that would be great<o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:7.0pt'>
</span>ii.<span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>Determine
top items that should be on our new website<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-9.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<ol style='margin-top:0in' start=4 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>8:30 – 8:40 Advocacy
for design and tech in academia<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>8:40 – 8:50
form assessment group for schools asking to assess student performance
over their 4 years at college<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>8:50 – 9:00
Vote on Chair and Vice-Chair<o:p></o:p></li>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2'>Welcome new officers <o:p></o:p></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>#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 class=MsoNormal>The bylaws define a term for Chair of the section as two
years. I propose that the bylaws include that a Chair of the New England
section cannot serve more than 2 consecutive terms. 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. 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.
This applies only to the position of Chair of the section. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>#3<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The website was the one item that a committee had intended
to address within months after the meeting one year ago. However, so many
people had so many grand ideas that the process was stymied. We should
briefly address the issues and determine what can be accomplished and what
should be included as a minimum on the website. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>#4<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Schools are considering cut backs and often the arts often
suffer. We have seen schools like Brandeis consider cutting the graduate
design and tech program and have heard of other schools considering the
same. Is there something we can do as USITT NE to be better advocates for
the design and tech programs in our area or even nationally? <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>#5<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p 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. 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. This may also tie in with #4.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>#6 - the nominees (vote for one Chair and one
Vice-chair) <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Nominations for Chair:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>Joseph Donovan</b> (Technical Director/Production
Manager) for the Division of Theater and Dance at the University of Maine in
Orono. He teaches Stagecraft and other courses in Technical Theatre such
as Drafting, Stage Management and Technical Direction. Previously Joe
worked as the Production Manager at the Penobscot Theatre in Bangor and prior
to that was the Technical Director at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey for
three seasons. Other credits include work with the
Barnstormer’s Theatre, Connecticut Repertory Theatre, the Barn Theatre
and Humboldt State University where he received his MFA in Technical
Production. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Nominations for Vice-Chair:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>Dan Bilodeau </b>(Scenic & Lighting designer) has
worked as a designer on many productions in the New England area. His
favorite designs include<i>,</i> <i>Crime and Punishment, </i>and<i> Radio Free
Emerson,</i> at the Sandra Feinstein Gamm Theatre, <i>Proof, and Almost, Maine </i>at
the Public Theatre, <i>A Midsummer Night’s Dream</i> at the Theater at
Monmouth, and <i>Doubt</i> at the Portland Stage Company. Recent work includes <i>Last
Ma! ss at St. Casimir</i> and <i>Collected Stories</i> at the Public Theater, <i>Twelfth
Night</i>, <i>The Mousetrap</i>, <i>Hamlet</i>, <i>A Little Hotel on the Side</i>,
and <i>The</i> <i>Wind in the Willows</i> at the Theater at Monmouth, and
Aristophanes’ <i>the Birds</i> at the University of Maine. Dan has
an MFA in Design from Brandeis University, and is an assistant professor of
theatre at the University of Maine. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Crystal Tiala<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:tiala@mindspring.com">tiala@mindspring.com</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>EarthLink Revolves Around You.<o:p></o:p></p>
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