Executive Board Minutes 8/30/20

E-Board Check-Ins

Isa

  • Two mentorship meetings - went super well!

  • Communicated with leaders for elements of theater workshops!

  • Watched REMO videos

  • Liased with Lisa from custodial - should be getting the keyboard tomorrow

  • SARP scheduling

  • Already Home stuff; interest form

  • Emailed Crystal all the student theatre photos

  • Met with Michael G

Rob

  • The thing from Siena = drive with all of the recordings

  • Sat in for Isa with performance leader meeting with Dean B

Natalie

  • Looked over joint statement

  • Reviewed Isa’s documents

  • Went to mentorship meeting

  • Spoke with Devon about assassins

Sunny

  • Helped with OB statement

  • Mentorship 

Kendall

  • Finalize joint statement, coordinated with OB to send it out

  • Mentorship meeting :)

  • Sent out an email with the fall plan

    • Wrote descriptions for each event

  • Made cover photos and graphics so we have them ready to post when voting ends

  • Met with Michael 

  • Responded to emails about fall interest (and annoying shirt lady)

  • Watched REMO videos, brainstormed for splash a bit

  • Edited party culture conversation guide/membership expectations/social event guide

  • Made list of amendments to draft for the GM

  • Started the GM slideshow

Zach

  • Met with Michael

  • Jeffery from Playwrights wanted to store something in the Space

  • Found out that the fire alarm is in the boiler room

  • Went over dates for mask making

Steve

  • Digitized key forms 

Fall Open Board

COMBAT

  • Should be next weekend… Natalie will reach out to her counterparts and gauge interest

One Acts

  • Push back to Oct 23-24?

  • Holding auditions

Elements of Theater Workshop schedule

  • Sep 13th - Directing 

  • Sep 20th - Onstage Intimacy

  • Oct 4th - Writing

    • Read a 10 minute play, talk about how it’s written and format

    • How playwrights move through the world

    • Micro-cosmic experience

    • Offer to read anything

  • Oct 11th - Choreography

  • Nov 1st - Producing

  • Technical Workshops

    • Mask making - Saturdays?

      • September 19th

      • October 3rd

    • Lighting, other tech stuff

Inspiration Project

  • Open applications - open for a week

    • Close them and group people together

  • Inspiration Project Vision Statements → due Oct 4th

  • Casting → week of 19-23

  • Final Scripts Due, cast lists due → week of 26

  • 3-4 week rehearsal schedule

  • Signups - rank your interest/roles you want to hold

    • Zach wants separate applications

    • director/writer application - they can indicate their preference

      • Writer can say if they’re interested in a co writers

    • Then producer, TD, SM applications

    • There can be co-writers

  • Isa will develop a draft interest form

  • Requiring written check-ins every week throughout the process, then have one person from the team coming into board once rehearsals start

    • OR invite them to come into board because it’ll be zoom and they can just call in

  • Writer’s power: will it change after the script is finalized? How much power will they have over the rehearsal process and actors? Can they change the script once rehearsals start?

    • There has to be a final point by which the script cannot be changed

    • They shouldn’t have equal power to the director

      • Guest director at the initial read through/first rehearsal, can share thoughts with director & actors, but after that point they pass the power over to director & their script must be finalized

      • Becomes a supportive role after finalized script

  • Division of power that changes when they go into the rehearsal room

    • Isa will draft this division of power

  • SM’s power → how can we better support our SM’s?

Mentorship Program Updates!

  • Went super well!!!

  • Lots of virtual bonding ideas

SPLASH

  • Registered on REMO heck ya

    • Get link through engage, go in during the time

  • 1-3

    • 3 40-minute sections

    • 1-1:40 - Isa, Kendall

    • 1:40-2:20- Natalie, Rob

    • 2:20-3- Zach, Sunny

  • Graphics - whiteboard? Can we write on it?

    • Chat can be used - we can send a graphic/flyer

  • Eboard Policy: voted to have SUSIBU/SARP training for leaders in Troupe

SUSIBU/SARP:

  • Nail down what day of the week works for everyone

First GM Preparation

  • Let’s not go over the amendments at this meeting

  • Meet on Saturday to go over everything

Already Home

  • TD assigned by Zach, Producers assigned by Sunny

  • Consolidating applications into one interest form

Final notes on:

  • Membership expectations

    • Dues → each semester

    • Membership expectations at the end of emails

    • Requiring SM/Director/TD/producer to go over it at first meetings 

    • Application to join a special project (not paying dues) includes a check mark in which they have to agree to abide by the expectations (expectations are embedded)

  • Expectations for social and informal events

  • Party culture conversation guide prior to publishing

    • Mentor leader: Isa for now, always a member of eboard

Performance group meeting recap

  • Rundown of what other groups are doing

  • Aaron Goldberg (BU Bands) → more info on their health & safety protocol, we can reach out to them for singing stuff

  • Dean B: be ready for things to change & change fast

  • Don’t be afraid to ask a student for a health certification 

  • Film students have their own equipment that they would be willing to loan

  • Fundraising, gofundme, redbubble

  • Anything that can be virtual should be, community building

  • Make sure membership knows ALL about our health protocols

  • BU Central stage might be available!

  • Bridge towards the future of our group!!!!!!!