[Usittne] minutes from reginal meeting at Long Beach

[Crystal Tiala]

Minutes for the USITT New England Section meeting at Long Beach conference
March 18, 2004
 
In attendance:  Crystal Tiala (chair), Russ Swift, John Devlin, Dan Daugherty, Michael Powers,
Keely Ayres, Chris Hourclé, Marla Perlstein, Nathan Lee, Ron DeMarco, David Ramsey, William Beautyman, Alan Symonds, John Forbes, Mike Katz, Paul Marr, Chase Rozelle, Susan Picinich
 
American College Theater Festival update:
Tech Olympics went very well.  Had 12 participants.  Barbizon donated 3 prize packages to add to our 50 dollar cash prize.  The winner was Duncan Jenner from Salem State.  Second and Third when to Deidre Galluzzo and Katie Balar from Rhode Island College.  We need to revise the props and sewing events to be as short as the other events.  All else went well.  There was a suggestion to make the ‘pounding a nail’ into ‘screwing tech screws’.  
New prize to be added next year…Technology Innovation & Craftsmanship Award.  Award criteria and application being revised and will be sent out shortly.  Everyone needs to advertise this in their college/university.  
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 contact Crystal Tiala at tiala at mindspring.com if interested. 
 
Rigging Workshop:
All agreed that a rigging workshop would be a great idea in New England.  Few can agree on timing and content.  Bill Beautyman and Michael Powers are going to pursue this idea with the possibility of having it in Amherst, MA.  [wbeautyman at limelightproductions.com & mfpowers at theater.umass.edu]
 
Vectorworks session:
Crystal is looking into the possibility of a Vectorworks workshop this summer.  She can reserve the computer lab at her school if it is scheduled around classes.   Once a time has been established, it will be advertised.  Attendance will be limited to the number of seats in the lab.
 
 
A DMX workshop was dicussed.  This may be a great idea to have in conjunction with a tour of Emerson’s new facility in Boston.   Alan Symonds graciously offered to conduct the DMX session.  The committee to form this event is Russ Swift [RussS1 at aol.com], Keith Cornelius (voted to the committee in his absence), Ron DeMarco [RonDeMarco at aol.com], and Alan Symonds [symonds at fas.harvard.edu].  
 
 
New Business:
 
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]
Mike Katz [mkatz at mit.edu]
Ron DeMarco [RonDeMarco at aol.com]
Skip Curtiss  [thumper879 at aol.com]
 
USITT NE List Serve:  
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Many thanks to all who attended and especially volunteered.
With gratitude:  your chair, Crystal Tiala


Crystal Tiala
tiala at mindspring.com
Why Wait? Move to EarthLink.
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