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Fall 2009 Workshop- Hope to See You!
The dates for the NBS Fall Workshop have been set for September 18-19th. The two-day event will be hosted by The University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. See the opening article in this issue.
Minutes From The March Membership Meeting
Northern Boundary Section Meeting Minutes
NBS regional section Meeting
March 19 19, 2009
USITT Conference - Cincinnati, OH
Section Chair Rooth Varland called the annual meeting of the USITT. Northern Boundary Section to order at 8:00 a.m. Thursday, March 19, 2009.
• Introductions
As is customary introductions were given all around. There were 87 members in attendance.
• Reports
Secretary. Ricky Greenwell was acting Secretary. A motion was made, seconded to approve minutes from the regional section meeting as printed in the NBS newsletter. The motion carried and the minutes were approved.
- Finances: Jean Montgomery gave the treasurer's report. The report stated that NBS has a current bank balance of $2256.75.
- Web Site: Webmaster Corey Shelsta was not in attendance so no report was given.
- Newsletter: Vice Chair of Publications, Brian Bjorklund continued the discussion from the fall workshop meeting regarding going paperless for the newsletter. A motion was made, seconded, and approved with discussion. We will now have an electronic newsletter. There was discussion of creating a scholarship with monies saved from the postage and printing from the newsletter. We will confirm this at our Fall Workshop Membership meeting in September. The scholarship could be called the “Newsletter Scholarship” and be funded at $500 like the other scholarships.
• Planning
- USITT @ 50: Rooth brought up the discussion of about a USITT @ 50
Party associated w/ Fall Workshop. Other likely programming for the celebration year include a USITT Sections Design Exhibit at the National Conference, Section History (Digital or Physical display).
Discussion was held about how we can plan and celebrate the 50th and how we can create a history of our section. Jean was asked to add a history of the Section Workshops to the existing on-line section history located on the NBS website. There was discussion of inviting former section leaders/ members to the fall workshop in the Twin Cities. Further ideas for the year-long section celebration are very welcome. Please forward to Rooth.
- Fall Workshop: Mathew LeFebvre presented ideas and activities for the 2009 fall workshop that will be hosted by the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, September 18-19. More information will be forthcoming.
Both Minnesota State University-Moorhead and the University of Minnesota-Duluth were discussed as cites to host the 2010 Fall workshop. No decisions were made and further discussion will be had at the 2009 fall workshop membership meeting.
-Student Scholarships: Scholarship winners were announced and photos taken with their sponsors. Scholarship winners and Sponsors are as follows:
SECOA (Jerry Kraft),
Erin Belpedio, Lighting Designer from Gustavus Adolphus, nominated by Terena Wilkins.
Chad Albert, Lighting Designer from the University of Northern Iowa, nominated Mark Parrot
The Stage Technology-John Mullen Scholarship (Niles Sayre)
Dylan Wright, Lighting Designer from Hamline University, nominated by Bill Wallace
NBS Scholarship
Michael Brown, Lighting Designer from the University of Northern Iowa, nominated by Ron Koinzan
NBS “Doughnut” Scholarship
Ben Inniger, Sound Designer from Minnesota State University Mankato, nominated by George E. Grub.
A big thank you to our Readers:
Shelia Tabaka, Amy Rohrberg, and Leonard Curtis. Congratulations to all of our student scholarship winners and a special thanks to all of our sponsors once again!
• Announcements and Discussion
- Scholarships to USITT National: The readers of the scholarships questioned if a student can be awarded both an NBS scholarship and work the conference (thereby receiving free registration). There was a discussion and it was decided that students could apply and be eligible for both. There was also a discussion of introducing a scholarship to support young professionals to help pay for the conference as they are entering into the professional world while trying to maintain connection the USITT. More discussion will be needed at the fall workshop.
-Recognitions: Don Larew, long-time Section Member and Scene Designer at NDSU, will be retiring May 2. Congratulations! (see article in People, Places & Happenings)
The meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
Ricky Greenwell, Member at Large Northwest, Secretary pro tem.
Northern Boundary Section Facebook Site
As a reminder there is a Facebook Group "USITT Norther Boundary Section". The url is below:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=25467989930
If people want to do a group search they will find it. The group is set so that any member can post to the group so it is open to everyone in the region.
NBS Web Site
Corey Shelsta from SDSU is our webmaster and our site is located at www.northernboundary.usitt.org. Corey's contact information is located on the section officers page