DCU DRAMA COMMITTEE MEETING

Agenda: Friday, May 25^th, 2007

• Ratification of last meeting's minutes

• Any matters arising from the minutes

• Chair's address to the committee

• Discussion of roles

• Financial update – audit?

• Drama for children in Ballymun

• Equipment room clean-up

• Discussion on what can be done

• Meetings and timetables

• AOB

Absent: Megan

Chair's address to the committee:

- things that need to be said

- no private conversations during a meeting

- put up your hand to say something

- if you've something to say, say it

- only contribute if it's beneficial to the discussion

- don't repeat yourself

- attendance at meetings is essential

- respect each other

- speak to Pauric if you feel there's someone not pulling their weight

- make decisions based on what is best for the society, not yourself

- we're a committee but we're all friends too

- friendships have to be left at the door, but pick them up again when you're leaving J

- especially for the newbies: ask questions if you don't know

- the committee is a good mix of experience and fresh people

- newbies listen to the experience of the oldbies

- make your points during the actual discussion, don't bring it up again later unnecessarily, except in AOB

- don't take on something if you're too stressed, know your limits

Discussion of roles:

- hand out about the various roles on committee

- extra bits: PRO to send a weekly blurb into Campus

- ELO should help with bringing in outside audiences, for example kids for the panto and school students for Shakespeare

- Steve suggests we set up a big board that details what's coming up next in drama: job for the PRO

- everyone helps with regular poster boards

- Alan K suggests the PRO could have a template for all drama posters, but Conor says that maybe that might take away from the uniqueness of the posters

- posters are mainly the PRO's job, but they are a good way to get the membership involved

- Training Officer will organise a workshop for every week, doesn't always have to be a professional, just make sure it's the same day each week

- big emphasis on tech workshops, Jay Fallon could do one

- workshops could last up to two hours, do them in the Venue

- people from the workshops could sit in during actual shows, watch and learn

- Pauric to send out an announce drama, include the Bebo drama band link

Financial update:

- Joey's laptop broke

- litter fine still needs to be paid

- still waiting for sponsorship from Liana's dad and Daiwa

Drama for children in Ballymun:

- Laura Power contacted Pauric

- workshops in Ballymun

- Pauric to contact Laura to say we are interested

Equipment room clean-up:

- just needs to be tidied for the summer, no need to throw anything out

- whoever can make it to meet Saturday 26^th, at 11am

Discussion on what can be done:

- next meeting, around July 1^st

- things to be done between now and then

- Yvonne says we can get a guy from Storytellers Theatre Company in to do a free workshop

- possibly Simon Delaney, an acting workshop

- Kirsty Dukes, a production workshop

- Pauric wants to speak to everyone individually

Meetings and timetables:

- next meeting, in July

- Susan B gone for the whole summer

- Jenni gone around end of July, and all of August

- about two or three meetings should be sufficient

- main things to discuss: layout for next year, the musical, the clique

- Pauric to undertake the role of secretary for the summer J

- Pauric to pick a date around the beginning of July

AOB:

- committee night out?

- drama won't pay

- nothing decided

- no one has said anything about where the Full Monty set is being stored at the moment, so we'll keep quiet

- getting a shed for drama?

- Steve to email Jenni with the grant ap and Pauric with the Broadway trip itinerary