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IOWA COMMUNITY THEATRE ASSOCIATION
BOARD MEETING
The Iowa Community Theatre Association Board of Directors met January 28,
2012, at the Community Theatre in Carroll, Iowa.
Present: President Pro Tem
Loween Getter, Secretary Peg Brown, Carol Bellairs, Helen Beneke, Luanne
Krabbe, Kathy Schnell, Donna Smithson, Mel Wilson and Cheryl Zieringer.
Loween called the meeting to order at 1:10 p.m.
The agenda was approved.
The minutes were approved as distributed.
Reports submitted by Treasurer Gerard were accepted.
L.K. BOUTIN GRANTS
Kathy made a motion, second by Carol, that all three eligible applications
be awarded an equal amount of funding.
Yes votes 2; No votes 6.
Donna had several questions regarding the application from New Minowa
Players. Considerable
discussion occurred. There was
no individual discussion regarding the applications from Iowa River
Players and Lakes Community Theatre.
Donna made a motion, second by Helen to award Lakes Community
Theatre and Iowa River Players each $400 and New Minowa Players $250.
There were 3 “No” votes, 4 “Yes” votes, 1 abstained.
AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE
Considerable discussion occurred about the awards process.
Consensus showed a
video of the production will not be requested from a theatre that
nominates candidates. Luanne
made a motion, second by Donna, to continue our project until the end of
the year, then suspend it while a committee reworks the format.
Upon vote the motion carried.
A committee consisting of Cheryl, Carol, Mel, Helen, Donna, Luanne,
Gerard and Rick was named to finalize the guidelines for the awards of
excellence program. Cheryl
will chair this committee.
FACEBOOK
Work has not been completed on this project.
WEBSITE
Work has not been completed.
BROCHURES
A brochure presented at the May meeting contained errors; it will be
corrected.
FESTIVAL PARTICIPATION QUESTIONNAIRE
Kathy presented a draft copy of a questionnaire which was reviewed and a
few changes suggested. Kathy
will e-mail the document to the board for further review and any
suggestions they may have.
NEW BUSINESS
Resignations. Helen made a
motion, second by Kathy, to accept the resignations of Leslie Charipar and
Connie Mueller. Upon vote, the
motion carried. These
positions will be filled by election at the annual meeting held during
convention.
Editor for the Center Stage was discussed.
Loween volunteered to accept this responsibility temporarily.
She will call Connie and obtain all the pertinent information and
materials needed.
Site for the 2012 Convention was discussed.
Donna will contact Leslie to see if Cedar Rapids is still
interested in serving as host.
Helen said she would be in Cedar Rapids within the next couple of weeks
and could stop and visit with her about details of being a host site.
Cheryl will contact the Spencer theatre regarding hosting Festival in
2013.
Board member terms expiring this year are Donna Smithson, Luanne Krabbe,
Molly Ketchum, Rick Meyers and Paul Hemmer.
The Nominating Committee consists of the 2nd term board
members Loween Getter, Peg Brown, Gerard Schwickerath and Kathy Schnell.
Connie Mueller has resigned.
Revised copies of the Draft Standing Rules were reviewed, discussed, and
changes made. Peg will e-mail
to the board a corrected copy for review and/or approval.
Carol reported on correspondence from Tammy Sposeto; Mel will follow up.
A Western Iowa Community Theatre Association has been formed
consisting of Red Oak, Sidney, Glenwood, Shenandoah, Clarinda.
Carol will write an article for Center Stage.
Meeting adjourned at 5:00 p.m.
Next meeting scheduled for April 14, 2012 in Carroll.
Peggy Brown, Secretary
Iowa
Community Theatre Association
IOWA COMMUNITY THEATRE ASSOCIATION
The Iowa
Community Theatre Association Board of Directors met April 3, 2011 in the
theatre at Newton.
Present:
President Rick Meyers, 1st Vice President Molly Ketchum, 2nd Vice
President Loween Getter, Secretary Peggy Brown, Carol Bellairs, Helen
Beneke, Leslie Charipar, Paul Hemmer, Luanne Krabbe, Kathy Schnell, Donna
Smithson, Cheryl Zieringer and Mel Wilson.
President Rick called the meeting to order at 8:50 a.m. Peggy Brown
read the minutes of the February 19, 2011 meeting. Loween made a
motion, second by Cheryl, to approve the minutes as read. Motion
carried.
The
financial report was given at the membership meeting, so was not
repeated.
Election
of officers revealed: President Molly Ketchum, 1st Vice President
Loween Getter, 2nd Vice President Luanne Krabbe, Secretary Peggy Brown and
Treasurer Gerard Schwickerath with Rick Meyers being immediate past
president. Cheryl made a motion, second by Mel, that Donna Smithson
remain as the Region V Representative Rick welcomed Leslie Charipar
as the new member of the board. Leslie shared information of her
background in theatre and education.
It was
reported that several theatres are interested in hosting convention or
festival. Rick will do some follow-up.
Rick
reported that several members want to continue receiving Center Stage in
paper form in the mail. Some members have not been receiving Center
Stage. All agreed this is an avenue to promote all activities of
your theatre. Award recipients and pictures will be forwarded to
Connie to include in Center Stage. Discussion was held regarding the
number of issues disseminated each year. Rick will talk with
Connie.
The Web
Site was discussed. Members were encouraged to use it. Each
member theatre should be submitting information regarding upcoming
productions. Further discussion will be held at the next meeting.
Brochures were briefly discussed. Several bids had been received and
shared for printing costs. This topic was tabled until Gerard could
be present for discussion and decision making.
Rick
stated a Gala committee should be named for next year. It involves
quite a bit of work and coordination. Rick said he wanted to stay
involved with the project. Others interested are Paul, Carol,
Cheryl, Luanne and Gerard.
Mel
reported there was no total for the silent auction as all the items had
not be paid for and picked up at this time. She will e-mail
results.
The next
meeting is tentatively scheduled to be held in Cedar Rapids. Leslie
reported their theatre is presenting Guys and Dolls most the month of
July. A date for the meeting will be set in a few weeks. The meeting closed at 9:30 a.m.
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