February 2010 Board of Directors Meeting
In attendance:
Frank Buczolich (President)
Rance Fawbush (Vice President)
Roy Sillings
Janice Clevenger
Sara Johnson (Webmaster)
Financial Report and Minutes:
The financial report for February’s meeting and the minutes from January’s meeting and the annual meeting were not available.
Web Report:
Our website had 3,971 hits during the month of January. This appears to be at the high end of what’s settling out to be our new average.
Old Business:
Shakespeare in the Park
The meeting with Parks and Recreation went basically as anticipated. We have been restricted to one show in Third Street Park this year. (This is part of a larger measure, not something directed just at us.) We were, however, given our choice of June or September, and allowed to choose either to have a two-weekend run as we usually do or to do a single weekend with evening performances on Thursday, Friday and Saturday and a matinee on Sunday. After consulting with Denise, it was proposed to Parks and Rec that we do a single weekend, the second weekend in June. We are awaiting a reply from them. We really need to push marketing for this show, probably playing up the 20th anniversary of Shakespeare in the Park, and show Parks and Rec that we’re definitely worth giving a slot to. It was suggested that we could expand from just a show to a sort of festival, maybe talk to the SCA. An on-air interview with George Walker was also suggested.
The BAAC Situation
There was some discussion of the situation with the BAAC and the Waldron as relates to the theater community at large (and thus, us). The BAAC board is in upheaval, but insists that they are not leaving. The Waldron has, however, laid off all paid staff and requested them to stay on as volunteers. IU has pulled their current interns from the Waldron. The Waldron claims to be honoring all current contracts (we have none). BPAC is waiting to see what happens. There seems to be support in the community for “the Waldron” independent of “the BAAC”. BPAC suggests that local theater groups should ask each other for help instead of turning to BAAC/Waldron. There has been some noise about looking into the Antique Mall space as a collective performance space, but it would require a lot of work and money. We’re not sure how that would or would not affect us.
New Business
Shakespeare II: Not Dead Yet
It was suggested that we might want to look into doing a second Shakespeare show this summer in a different park, perhaps Karst Farm or McCormick’s Creek. Harmony School’s auditorium may also be a possibility.
Directors Symposium XV
There was a suggestion that we could do the Symposium after Henry, perhaps in July or August. Currently, Babes in Arms is scheduled for the time when we would normally do the Symposium, and at this point we’re working on too short notice to get the Symposium up and running by the usual time anyway.
Other Upcoming Shows (Or Lack Thereof)
We would like to have (at least) one more show between the Symposium and the holidays as well. Perhaps we could get Chad Eagleton to write something. Emily Goodson had also been working on a two-person WWII-era script, but we don’t know the status of it. Pam Service is a potential source for children’s plays.
Phil Resigns
The Board officially recognized the resignation of Phil Addison from the position of secretary and from the Board (submitted via e-mail earlier in the month).
We Always Need More People
Without people to put on the shows, as always, scripts are useless. It was suggested that we could find out when the next IU volunteer fair is. The issue here is that with most of the Board busy in other areas, it’s important to get non-Board volunteers to ensure that our “usual” volunteers don’t get burnt out. A possibility for helping with this to some extent would be to look into intercompany shows with other theater groups so that we could share resources.
Board Officer Elections
Rance nominated Frank for President; Roy seconded.
Sara nominated Rance for Vice President; Frank seconded.
Rance nominated Sheila for Secretary; Sara seconded.
Janice nominated Susan for Treasurer; Frank seconded.
All nominated parties were elected unanimously. Sheila has indicated that due to her involvement in Babes in Arms she would not be able to be present at the February or March meetings; Sara will fill in as unofficial interim secretary for those two months.
Adjourning
Rance moved to adjourn; Sara seconded; ayes unanimous.