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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Cosmo—<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>What a great document! I have been on top of our inventory for the most part, but have to justify safety/artistic necessity by item, every time. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Just replaced our entire sound system after 18 years—the speakers that came down [from their inaccessible location] turned out to have been several years beyond their useful life. Not in good shape at all.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";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 have maintained what I call my wish list that shows what I believe are the priorities, but I like your format better.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>=Mark=</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:mjohnson@bridgew.edu">mjohnson@bridgew.edu</a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>508.531.1708</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>"Things fall apart, it's scientific" - David Byrne<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> usittne-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:usittne-bounces@mit.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Cosmo Catalano<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 14, 2013 10:29 AM<br><b>To:</b> USITT New England Section Mail List<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Usittne] lighting inventory upgrade<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Here's a link to a Google Doc I'm using to outline equipment management here. Of course it doesn't guarantee that anything will actually be done, but it does keep us in the que for resources. The real key is to update it every year and keep sending it in with the new information.<br><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AvNh0IsoVlxpdDZKTXJpMDYyRTJiRURXbVBjRkVpdlE&usp=sharing">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AvNh0IsoVlxpdDZKTXJpMDYyRTJiRURXbVBjRkVpdlE&usp=sharing</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>In the meantime, we generally have some scraps of budget laying around at the end of the fiscal year, and we generally put it towards gear of one sort or another.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>Cosmo<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt'>Cosmo Catalano<br>Production Manager<br>Williams College Dept of Theatre<br>Center for Theatre and Dance<br>413-597-2590</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 9:51 AM, Cosmo Catalano <<a href="mailto:ccatalan@williams.edu" target="_blank">ccatalan@williams.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>I have just completed a full review of all of our systems in response to a request from Senior Staff. They are putting together a long-range budget plan and I want to make sure we are on their radar. I've included inspection intervals, likely replacement time (10 years for lighting fixtures and controls--'tho we all are using stuff that is MUCH older, I'm sure) and also an indication of both life-safety factors (rigging, for example) as well as how important it is for our teaching mission (LED fixtures, for example). Happy to share if if you'd like.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>Cosmo<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'><br clear=all><span class=hoenzb><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;color:#888888'>Cosmo Catalano<br>Production Manager<br>Williams College Dept of Theatre<br>Center for Theatre and Dance<br>413-597-2590</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 9:12 AM, Craig, Barbara <<a href="mailto:bcraig@holycross.edu" target="_blank">bcraig@holycross.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>A recent NAST report suggested that we should have in place a program of replacing lighting equipment in some sort of cycle. Does anyone do that, and if so what kind of turnover, etc. is appropriate (to a small liberal arts college). We have mostly Altman 6x's and some Shakespeares; fresnels and Source4 PARS.<span style='color:#888888'><br> </span></span><span style='color:#888888'><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='color:#888888'>-- <br>Barbara Craig<br>Department of Theatre & Dance<br>College of the Holy Cross<br>O'Kane 462<br><a href="tel:508-793-2495" target="_blank">508-793-2495</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>_______________________________________________<br>USITTNE mailing list<br><a href="mailto:USITTNE@mit.edu" target="_blank">USITTNE@mit.edu</a><br><a href="http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/usittne" target="_blank">http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/usittne</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>