Minutes: 3rd May 2010

STaG Board Meeting

3^rd May 2010

In attendance: H. Sloan, R. Jones, S. Gregson, P. Mannion, S. Bradley, T. Mackay, K. Nesbitt, J. Dyer, L. Fenwick, F. Andrew, A. Ralston.

Apologies: A. Blundell, T. Eaton, E. Burckhardt.

Agenda

1. Elections

2. Devised Slot

3. Cleansed

4. Venues

5. STaG Ball

6. Fringe

7. AOB

1. Elections

a) The Exec Nominations for VP (Studio) and General Secretary will be kept open 'til 24 hrs before, to allow the Exec to be filled. All board members are reminded to have their binder ready for handover on Sunday 9^th May. The best binder will receive a cupcake from H. Sloan. P. Mannion will amend the constitution ready for new Board.

b) Two people wish to run for the Technical Manager. T. Mackay stated that it was a large role for one person and that it could easily be split into two roles. It was suggested that constitution be altered to be more flexible to these individual requests. The board concluded after some debate that it will be suggested that one of them run for the position with the other as deputy. H. Sloan and T. Mackay will meet with the candidate to negotiate an arrangement. There will be continuing discussions this week to outline how they could run as a team, and this will change throughout the course of the week.

2. Devised Slot

The devised slot now has a title: Error 404: Play Not Found. The production dates are 20^th, 21^st and 22^nd May in the Performance Studio. L. Fenwick will speak to T. Mackay about technical operators for the performances. The blog attached to the performances will be emailed to K. Nesbitt to be circulated in the email. L. Fenwick also will enquire about having booze in the performance studio, and will ask A. Blundell to liaise with G12.

3. Cleansed

F. Andrew stated that Stewart was not the best person at keeping in touch, but it seems that the production is going well. The flyers and poster will be sorted out as soon as possible, hopefully in time for the election. There were issues raised with letting the QMU and GUU that rehearsals and performances would contain explicit material. H. Sloan and L. Fenwick are going to formulate a strategy in dealing with this sensitive issue.

4. Venues for Next Year

Due to the uncertainty of venues for the next academic year, the Board will assist the new board in finding new places. It is looking that the Ramshorn and the G12 will close in the not-too-distant future. H. Sloan stated that people should think and the issue will be discussed thoroughly at the next Board meeting. With the hope of obtaining the lights, church halls and other non-traditional theatre venues could be an option. T. Mackay said that she was still working on having the lights valued with the help of Tony and the Internet.

5. Ball

F. Andrew has “still no news” about a swing band, and is unsure about a P. A. system. There is still no leads on a ceilidh band. It was noted that the P. A. system at the GUU was deemed 'insufficient' for bands. Posters and flyer will need to be worked on. A cheque will be sent to the GUU shortly. F. Andrew posed the question: “Who is willing to host the Afterparty?”

6. Fringe

Things are moving on.

7. Clean-Up

There will be a STaG Clean-up on 8^th May (1pm-4pm).

8. AOB

The survey has done well – S. Gregson will send round the results to the Board.