Hey guys, here are the minutes from tonight's meeting. Fiona's Fame thingymajiggy is also attached. Have fun! Susan :-) DCU DRAMA COMMITTEE MEETING * * *Agenda: **Monday, September 24th, 2007*** * * * * - Ratification of last meeting's minutes - Any matters arising from the minutes - The week that was… - The week that is…karaoke? - Preparation for Clubs and Socs Days - Musical update - Broadway update - New boards - Game, SET and match - Lending of flats to DCU Art - AOB *The week that was…:* - the orientation piece went down a storm - the stand was a success - the workshops went really well, maybe fifty to sixty newbies showed up - manhunt went well, good decision to only give wine though - yay for all the committee - and yay for Conor for doing the posters *The week that is…:* - karaoke is off the agenda because the SU are doing karaoke in the bar every week - workshop on Tuesday between 6pm and 7pm in CG20 - Pauric doesn't want to do it again, Bob can't do it, could Liana do it maybe? or possibly Sean Kennedy? Stan? *- Pauric to contact people* - premier of the Full Monty on Wednesday, wanted another event for this week to replace karaoke *Preparation for Clubs and Socs Days:* - want to do a performance on the Wednesday, maybe outside the Henry Grattan or in the Grattan Street - half an hour of acts organised - Alan, Fiona and Brendan are doing Avenue Q again - Take That medley - Niamh Maher will do a song - Greg Fitzpatrick might do a song too - some of the girls are going to do You Can't Stop the Beat - just bring the banner and a CD player - what about microphones? it would be simpler without equipment but microphones would look more professional *- Pauric to ask Lisa who do we need to speak to about using the Street* - there's a meeting this Wednesday at 1pm to pick clubs and socs stands - be there around half twelve or quarter to one just to be sure *- everyone to send Susan their timetables so that Susan and Pauric can work out a rota for manning the stand* *- Alan to look after the lamination of the membership cards* - we give the cards to the members as they join - Jenni has the cash box, that's where the membership money goes - separate box for the Broadway raffle tickets - people can buy as many tickets as they like - at the EGM we will raffle off the Broadway trip, and runners up will get hoodies *- Conor to make Broadway posters* - get posters stamped on Friday and put them up early Monday morning - we will just use a raffle ticket book and write people's names and numbers on the back - be nice but don't be pushy - wear costumes at the stand - there will be a workshop on the Thursday evening as well at 6pm *- Pauric to try and contact Bui Bolg* *Musical update:* - Josef Weinberger doesn't give a set price for everything - rights: minimum £93 per performance - £225 for a rehearsal set of scripts - minimum rental of three months - full details in the attachment to this email *- Fiona to speak to Alan Keegan and Susan Doyle about the process of organizing the musical* - Fame and the Wiz are both available but it might be better to go with Fame because the Wiz needs an all-black cast - Fame would probably sell better than the Wiz - it will be up to the producers to decide, but our preference is Fame - if we don't have producers by Friday of Week 3 we will go with Fame *Broadway update:* - grant ap is done - it's based on €450 and if we don't get that the members will have to pay €500 - all fine for the moment *New boards:* - a board with our drama events on it - one in the Hub, and maybe one in the Grattan Street - can get new boards from the poster people *- Alan to speak to the poster people when they come* * * *Game, SET and match:* - the flats are gone from the Venue - Shea got rid of them because apparently we were told to move them and didn't - maybe the alternative to bringing in new boards would be to get a projector to project sets on to the stage *- Pauric to talk to Shea and Jay (it rhymes!) about getting a white projector board* * * *Lending of flats to DCU Art:* - they're down in the Venue - Drama's cool with it - thank you! :) *AOB:* - signatories for signing cheques are chair, vice chair, treasurer and secretary - fliers for the stand: one side 'join drama' and the other side 'free broadway trip' - chalk up 'join drama' on blackboards *Next meeting: **7:30pm**, **Sunday, September 30th, 2007***