it seems everyone is in favor of using the online sign-up system. Now it's just a matter of making sure that gets implemented. First, directors will have to be sccheduled for Maestros ahead of time- I think at least a week, if not more. Is Andy in charge of scheduling directors? next, directors need to be able to access the online system to see who is available. If we set the sign-up deadline for Thursday at noon, then the director should have chosen their cast by, say, Thursday 10 pm. this gives 24 hour notice to players. We'll have to trust the directors to be mature enough to pick a diverse cast in terms of experience, style, and troupe affiliation, while making room for out of town guests and giving consideration to those who cannot play as often. Keeping a list online of who played in each maestro in weeks previous would help in this. The director or Andy also needs to schedule lighting, sound, and perhaps a scoring improviser. I like Bob's idea of the extra techs being able to fill in if there are extra spots. I don't think there's much need of keeping spots open for walk-in improvisers- everyone should be able to sign up online just fine. As long as we make it well known to everyone that this is how you play maestro, it should be fully equitable.
So Bob, how do directors access the list of players who are available, and what is the best way to post the cast each week?
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A couple of years ago, when I first started playing Micetro, most everybody made it on time to warm-ups and they usually started promptly an hour before the show. We were fortunate enough to have access to the stage for warm-ups. I suggest that if there is not a show downstairs we use that space for warm-ups. If the downstairs space is taken, it would be nice to have more space in the classroom to do warm-ups. It's pretty cluttered right now. It seems like there's less room every week.
Bob, Jill, Andy, Jessica, Mo (and a couple others) and I went through some months of Micetro where we'd only have six or so folks show up to play and we had to change the format last minute. We are very fortunate that Micetro has enough players and a good audience pretty much every week. Let's get a little more professional...sign up in advance, schedule directors in advance and develop a system where everyone gets a chance to play a couple/few times a month w/o overcrowding the place.
I'm sure we can tackle all of these concerns at the next general meeting. I'd love for Micetro to be a show that everyone in town wants to see, and we put on a rock solid show every week. Something everyone has fun with, even if you get the boot early.
Bob, Jill, Andy, Jessica, Mo (and a couple others) and I went through some months of Micetro where we'd only have six or so folks show up to play and we had to change the format last minute. We are very fortunate that Micetro has enough players and a good audience pretty much every week. Let's get a little more professional...sign up in advance, schedule directors in advance and develop a system where everyone gets a chance to play a couple/few times a month w/o overcrowding the place.
I'm sure we can tackle all of these concerns at the next general meeting. I'd love for Micetro to be a show that everyone in town wants to see, and we put on a rock solid show every week. Something everyone has fun with, even if you get the boot early.
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After this Sunday's meeting, let's get the people who want to help schedule and direct shows together and I'll go over the signup system. I'll probably have to clean up some of the user accounts, fix passwords and other stuff, but overall the system is pretty easy to use, both as a player and as a scheduler/director.
The basic process is to add upcoming shows to the calendar, register new players, assign them skills that Micetro needs, have people submit their availability, and have the scheduler set the directors, then the cast and staff of the shows. You should have a good idea who's on the roster by Wednesday so you can send out a draft schedule on Thursday, which gives people 48 hours to find a replacement if they find out that they're going to miss the show. That's pretty much the process for scheduling shows.
I plan on revising the software so its more streamlined but I don't know how long that will take given the other things I'm working on (lots of 501(c)(3) research got done tonight...) Regardless, the system should work well enough as-is. One other benefit of using it is that it builds a database of improvisor contact info.
The basic process is to add upcoming shows to the calendar, register new players, assign them skills that Micetro needs, have people submit their availability, and have the scheduler set the directors, then the cast and staff of the shows. You should have a good idea who's on the roster by Wednesday so you can send out a draft schedule on Thursday, which gives people 48 hours to find a replacement if they find out that they're going to miss the show. That's pretty much the process for scheduling shows.
I plan on revising the software so its more streamlined but I don't know how long that will take given the other things I'm working on (lots of 501(c)(3) research got done tonight...) Regardless, the system should work well enough as-is. One other benefit of using it is that it builds a database of improvisor contact info.