Austin Improv

Hey everybody! The AIC awards and banquet are coming up Sunday, November 23 (The weekend before Thanksgiving and the Sunday after Wafflefest). For those of you who haven't yet experienced this, the annual AIC awards banquet potluck family reunion is a celebration of how awesome improv in Austin is. There are awards to recognize all the different and wonderful qualities that make our community great, a tasty potluck dinner, and other activities designed to make you feel good about doing improv!

It's a chance every year to reflect on how much we appreciate others in the community, and send out major amounts of love.

Our community has been growing hugely, and I'm going to need more help than ever this year to organize the event. I'm looking for people to be in charge(if you want to help but don't want to be in charge, there will be lots opportunities as well, check back later for updates!) of the following areas(I'll be updating this as people step up):

1. Voting and nominations system: Roy Janik
responsible for setting up the nominations and voting system and tabulating results.
2. Awards: Jessica Arjet
responsible for designing and producing the actual awards. Could be as simple as pre-designed certificates or as elaborate as you wish.
3. Master of ceremonies:Aden Kirschner
responsible for hosting the awards or finding a host, as well as finding presenters for each award.
4. Entertainment: Mystery Presenter 1, Mystery Presenter 2
responsible for producing a skit or video presentation to celebrate the year in improv. There can be multiple entertainments produced by multiple people.
5. Tech:David Zimmerman
responsible for coordinating all technical needs, including sound system and projector if needed.
6. Photographer: Jon Bolden
A very simple but important task- responsible for providing a high-resolution camera with tripod and timer to take the group photo. For posterity!
7. Potluck: Sara Farr
Organize the potluck dinner and arrange for the AIC-provided main course and other necessities.
8. Cleanup: LeAnn Rose
responsible for ensuring that everyone helps cleanup so that our host's home is left in good condition.
9. Host:Julie Lucas
provides their lovely home with ample room indoors and out for the occasion.

I will be coordinating things overall and adding a few other touches. So if your interested in heading up or just helping out with any of the above tasks, respond here, pm me, email me, tell me in person, or whatever. I'll be here to help in whatever capacity you need. I love this community and strongly believe in this event as a way for people to give and receive the awesome love we have.

More info about where and when and what else is needed will be coming as the date nears, and we'll really get the organization underway when I get back from Hawaii.

Val, get in touch with me. Our house might be available. Otherwise I'll volunteer to help out in some way.

I would be honored to be photo guy. Or anything else you would need.

Jon Bolden wrote:I would be honored to be photo guy. Or anything else you would need.

Thanks Jon! In fact I thought of you when I was typing up that description.

I think we are good for hosting!

Aaack! I'm going to be out of town--in Madison with the in-laws for Thanksgiving. So sad to miss this party. Thanks for heading it up, Val.

I'm debating between doing tech or presenting an award. Though, I'm more-than-likely doing tech.

Doing tech would not prevent you from presenting an award. It just means you're responsible for coordinating with everyone else and procuring the tech equipment they need, and knowing how to run everything, setting things up, breaking them down, and transporting or arranging transportation. You needn't do music throughout the ceremony as Cody did last year. Let me know if you want to head up tech.

In that case, allow me to tech it up.

Do we know what time this is yet?

Jon, I think last year it was like 2-6 or something similar, maybe 3-7 pm. Shouldn't be more than 4 hours.

I tend to have the impulse to clean when I'm at parties anyway, so I might as well sign up to help with that.

Just so you have it on your radar when you schedule a time. We do have an FTM show that day. We are usually out by 3:ish. You don't have to accommodate us, but I'd like to be there so see who wins the "best children's improv" award.

spaztique, can you send me your email address? I tried to send you a pm about tech, but the forum is a little screwy. Or if you got the pm, disregard this message.

leann, if you could also send me your email if you didn't get a pm from me. thanks!