[Usittne] USITT Minutes from meeting on August 21

[Crystal Tiala]

Minutes:         August 21, 2004
 
In attendance:  Crystal Tiala, Ron Dallas, Janice Dallas, Keith Cornelius, Judy Staicer, Anthony Phelps, Alan Symonds, Clyde Tyndale, 
(Best wishes to Michael and Marilyn Powers who experienced extensive wind damage Saturday morning.  I hope everything is OK.)
 
Membership:  Ron Dallas has recently mailed the membership renewal forms.  Please be sure to remain a part of our organization and get others to join as well. J
 
Treasurer’s report:
Currently $4,402 dollars in the bank.  Memberships are flooding in.
 
Web Site & list serve
Due to difficulties with our current web site location, we have chosen purchase a dedicated web site for our section.  Ron will take care of the payment and we will inform all of you when the site is up and running again.  

American College Theater Festival
1.      Tech Olympics:  Will have 6 events again this year although 2 events will have changed due to timing and logistics of the events.  The events will be:
a.       Pounding a nail
b.      Fixing a hem
c.       Quick wardrobe change
d.      Hang and focus a light
e.       Tying two knots
f.        Reading a plan (blueprint) for locating props on a stage
Thanks to our judges/volunteers from last year:  Nathan Lee, John Devlin, Ron and Janice Dallas, Rita Sclavunos and Toni Elliot.   Please let me know if you will be able to participate again next year.  Special Thanks to Barbizon of Boston for the great prizes.
 
**Please let your students know about ACTF to be held at the end of January in Rhode Island.  Any person may register and attend, even if they did not make one of the competitions, and can enjoy the many workshops and spectator events available.  You can look up the KCACTF website for information on line.  We are Region I.

2.      New prizes to be added next year…Technology Innovation & Craftsmanship Award.  Award criteria and application being revised and will be sent out shortly.  Up to 3 prizes will be handed out.  The prize(s) will be a one year membership to USITT (national and section) as well as a gift certificate for a book of choice from the USITT publications list.   Everyone needs to advertise this in their college/university.  
a.       Judges for next year’s event may include:  Chase Rozelle, Crystal Tiala, Michael Power, John Devlin, John Forbes, David Ramsey, Marla Perlstein.  Others may be added if they wish. Please let me know.   (tiala at mindspring.com)
 
Rigging Workshop:
Bill Beautyman and Michael Powers were not in attendance.   No report.
 
Vectorworks session:
Glitches in the lab at Boston College and an unruly summer schedule made the VW workshop not happen this summer.  Please look for it next year.  Sorry all.
 
A DMX workshop & tour.  Keith Cornelius and Alan Symonds are creating a DMX workshop and tour of the new Emerson facility in Boston for October 9th.  Keith will be posting detailed information about this workshop very soon.  Attendance will be limited to 15 and reservations will be required.  Mark your calendars and get ready to respond when the details are posted. 
 
Props resource database:  A few people would like to create a props resource database in the Boston area.  Skip Curtiss of the lyric as already broached this idea with Stagesource. The committee for this props resource is:
Alan Symonds [symonds at fas.harvard.edu]:  To look into software needs in order to make such a database accessible to all. 
Mike Katz [mkatz at mit.edu]:  
Ron DeMarco [RonDeMarco at aol.com]: Already has digitized database and can share CD’s.  
Skip Curtiss  [thumper879 at aol.com]
 
**Perhaps our new website could find a ‘members only’ way to access this database.  
 
REPA ‘05:  Reginal Entertainment, Production and Administration Job Expo ‘05
In progress. No details yet but the committee will be meeting soon and setting the date for early February.  
 
No new business.
 
Fun and lots of food had by all.   If you did not come, you have no idea what you are missing!
 
Your Chair, Crystal Tiala  J
 
 
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Crystal Tiala
tiala at mindspring.com
Why Wait? Move to EarthLink.
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