January 2009 Board of Directors Meeting
In attendance:
Frank Buzcolich
Rance Fawbush
Phillip Addison
Sara Johnson
Russell McGee
Roy Sillings
Also attending:
Janice Clevenger
Sheila Butler
The minutes from the December meeting were read and approved. There was no treasurer’s report. Sara reported web hits of 18,743 for the month of December. Rance moved to approve the webmaster’s report, Russ seconded, and it also was approved.
A Christmas Carol
Sheila gave the final report on A Christmas Carol. With only five shows, she thought it went really well. The two shows at the Irish Lion went well, and the shows at Rachael’s were in Sheila’s words “Really good”. The show took in a total of $467.64 after expenses. Sheila said she might be interested in doing a Madrigal Dinner next year at Christmastime.
Director’s Symposium XIV
The Director’s Symposium is still in search of a producer. There was discussion of going to the BPP for help in soliciting a producer. At this point, Janice handed out a proposal for three plays she thought would go well together. She would like to use the Firebay in May, which is when we have it reserved. Janice wanted to hold auditions after Spring Break. There was some concern over the obscurity of the plays presented, which was quieted down after it was pointed out that other companies in town have performed one of the three plays. Frank asked questions about the shows and Janice gave a synopsis of the other two shows. We have the Firebay reserved for the first weekend of May. Rance then made the suggestion to make these three shows, and adding a possible fourth show, our Director’s Symposium. All were in general agreement with this suggestion. Russ made a motion to make Janice’s proposal the Director’s Symposium with the possibility of adding a fourth show. Rance seconded the motion. It passed unanimously.
Parks & Rec would like to meet with us regarding our upcoming Shakespeare in the Park Series. Possible talking points that were brought up to discuss with them were: dates of performances, possible use of the Allison-Jukebox Building during rehearsal and/or inclement weather, the existence of a rain date, etc. There was also a thought that we might be able to use the stage during the day to perform some kind of children’s theater for the kids at the day camp or the Boy’s & Girl’s Club. There were also things brought up by the directors of the two summer shows about things they would like to have for their shows, i.e. a motorcycle for Cymbeline and hanging things from the ceiling for Othello.
Other Business
Rance said a former participant called and requested his name and picture be taken off of our website. The offending picture and mention of the actor’s name were duly taken care of.
Sheila brought a suggestion to the board about another go at cleaning the costume trailer. This would be an all day event, and would try to bring former participants from previous productions to help out. The board seemed to like the idea and thought it would be a good idea to do when the weather warmed up, possibly before or immediately after the first Shakespeare show.
Janice said the dates for the next three board meetings would be February 3, March 3, and April 7. She also said that she would try to reserve rooms at the Library for those dates.
Adjournment
Roy moved to adjourn the meeting, with Phil seconding. It passed.