Notes from AustinImprovCommunity Meeting 10.22.05

[Dave]

The Austin Improv Community
General Council

Saturday October 22nd, 2005
Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Hideout Theatre Upstairs

AGENDA

• Non-Profit Status

• Name Change

• Mission Statement

• Committees


ATTENDEES:Sara Farr, Andy Crouch, Andrea Young, Bob Apthorpe, Valerie, Phil Aulie, Roy Janik, Erika May, Rachel Madorsky, Kareem Badr, Wesley Bain, Bob McNichol, Dave Buckman, Erin Pliscke


LOCATION:Hideout Theater

NEXT MEETING:Saturday, November 12th @ 2 p.m. Place: Hideout

ACTION ITEMS:

•Non Profit Status
Erin Plischke will check out (with his current employers) what the process entails and what the pros and cons of actually Turing the AIC into a Co-op vs. A non-Profit Organization. Both options will allow us to solicit Money and Grant from the State of Texas. However if we are a Co-op, We would also be subject to some Financial recording requirements and limits on how we spend our money, but we will be able to apply for tax-deductible incentives

•Name Change
The Notion was brought up to officially change the name of the Austin improv Co-op from something that sounds less hippie-ish, while still being open to applying for actual Co-op Status.
Calling ourselves the AIC (Community? Coalition? Council?) was brought up and generally well-liked.

•Mission Statement
Bob Apthorpe and Andy Crouch will construct a proper Mission Statement, Vision Statement and a set of Core Values. A brainstorming session resulted in the following ideals to be included in the finished copy:
oImprov Community
oGrowth
oAwareness
oProfessional
oAll-Inclusive
oSupport
oFoster talent
oFoster Growth
oOutreach
oTeaching
oPublicity
oDiversity of Arts
oNon-Racial discrimination
oCreativity
oTheatrical Form
oDeveloping an Austin-style of Improv
o…and cookies

It was also decided that that the Mission Statement, Vision Statement and Core Values should also include the following sentiments:
obe benefit oriented,
oabout community growth
oa declaration of we want and how we will go about doing that.
oTransforming a person from general public  audience member  student performer  teacher  guru
oDevelop what it would take to achieve the above process
oApply improv lessons into people’s everyday life

•Committees
3 Operational committees were formed:

OUTREACH / EDUCTAION COMMITTEE
Phil, Andy C. -Chairs
Rachel, Andrea, Roy, Sara, Val, Erika
Responsible for Community Outreach and Relations
Training of New Students: Erin, Jen, Bob
Welcoming Committee of new Improvisers
Advertising (covered in another meeting)
Developing low-fee Actor’s Workshops
Promoting Austin troupes in other cities
Cross-training with other talents
Developing New Horizons: Sara and Erika


SCHEDULING COMMITTEE
Dave/Andrea -Chairs
Erika and Rachel
Schedules and recruits teams and recruits out of town teams to play at our theater.


SOCIAL COMMITTEE
Val, Jen -Chairs
Erika, Sara, Phil, Wes, Rachel and Bob
Other Entities discussed:

An Entertainment Arm of the Theater that will develop film/music/writing talents and work with outside.

Sara Farr and Bob McNichol will work to develop a Jam show that will be Free and all-inclusive. They will also look into developing a similar show on 6th Street with lots of walk-in traffic and a bar.



•Next meeting
The next meeting will be Saturday November 12, 2005 at 2 pm

[beardedlamb]

I'm really pleased to see a community coming together like this and agendizing itself so well. This is really laying the foundation for a successful and longstanding progression of the art form.

I wish I could be there...

jeremy

[kaci_beeler]

I agree with Jeremy. This is awesome.

[valetoile]

which bob is interested in the social committee? I'd like to have a meeting soon and talk about the old year's party.