Executive Board Minutes 1/9/22

Check ins

  • Siena

    •  Helping other presidents with letter

    • Working on SM guide

  • Gavin

    •  BUSTies venue reservation things

    • Lots of tech show planning

  • Emma

    •  Planning for special projects

    • Rehearsal guide

    • Meeting with Will and John

  • Liv

    •  Resubmitted reimbursements

    • Applied for rights for Spring shows

    • Worked on policy

    • Followed up with SAO on one acts payments

  • Julia

    •  Sent out Creative Team applications via email and socials

    • Finished and posted spring banner

    • Deleted some spam on the facebook page

    • Worked on Party Guide

    • Submitted splash reservation

    • Uploaded a cryptic video for tech show

  • Katie

    •  Working on tech show a lot

    • Organized space cleaning inventories

    • Putting together key schedule

    • Emailed double strike felons

    • Worked on guide

    • Planning for tech workshops


Policy review

  • SM Guide

    • Constitution blurb about the position

    • Working with Abbey and Matthew for SM assistance

    • Scheduling, tech week role, communications, etc

    • Setting up a Creative Team traditions document?

  • COVID Rehearsal Guide

    • Masks at all times

      • Testing frequencies increased, windows open, only unmasking in scenes in which it’s absolutely necessary (if there’s a kiss, etc)

    • Encouraging safe behavior

    • Setting up some sort of “strike system” to enforce rules?

    • Addition of “COVID Officers”? SMs?

  • Atypical Performance Spaces

    • Space should be confirmed ideally before pitch

    • Additional equipment needs to be confirmed early on

    • If it’s outdoors, it must be low tech

    • Any alternative location must be approved by EBoard

  • Party Guide

    • Adjusting risk managers to be voluntary and an all-member duty, but still include EBoard

    • No guests other than invites - covid

    • Highlighting that the host needs to meet with EBoard beforehand to solidify rules

    • Including emergency numbers

  • SOT

    • Students cannot be involved with a Troupe show that conflicts with a SOT show

      • Acting in particular


Creative teams

  • Can we have an abroad producer? Perhaps?

  • One TD, a couple TD’s lined up

  • SMs are a little sparse


Spring planning (GMs, Splash, etc) if needed

  • Splash: Jan. 22nd (add an office hour for those who don’t want to go)

  • GM 1: Jan. 23rd

  • Auditions: Jan. 24th-27th

  • Tech Meeting: Jan. 30th


BUSTies Planning 

  • Space needs to be booked asap (can we look now)

  • Contact and book LETS/SPS

  • 2 parts?

  • Photonics is a confirmed no for May 4th

    • But it is available May 1st-3rd

      • Doing it earlier in the day?

      • Break it into Senior awards / roasts, and then main awards

  • Trustee Ballroom but there’s an expensive usage fee

  • Can’t use top floor of StuVi

  • BU Central needs to be requested through engage

  • Hillel is bookable through 25Live

  • Kilachand?

  • Terrace Lounge?

  • CFA auditorium? 

  • SHA?

  • HTC?


Tech workshops update

  • Katie talking with other TAs

    • OB hosting a sound/lights Tsai workshop

    • We host a sound/lights StuThe workshop

      • Reaching out to Eric?

    • Combined workshops for build and SM (virtual)

    • Also want to do workshops for softer tech

    • Reserving spaces: either in the Space or Student Theatre