Board Members Present: Joan Cooling, Marcy Horst, Steve Arnold, Linda Radcliffe, Brian Larkin.

Visitors Present: JoDee Edmunds, Elise Dickerson.

Call to Order: 8:18 PM

(The board meeting took place after a performance tea for the board of Tea and Shakespeare, which took place at 6:00 PM.)

(Presentation of the Minutes was delayed slightly as they were set to printing as the meeting began. Presentation of the Treasurer’s Report was also delayed as the materials had not been delivered to Linda. Printed reports were mailed to the board the following day.)

Discussion: Headsets During the run of Forum, new headsets were needed and purchased. Retroactive approval for this purchase is needed.

Motion: (Marcy / Brian) To approve the purchase of headsets purchased during "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" for approximately $350 + 5%. Motion carried.

Discussion: Larry’s Resignation, appointment by Joan of successor. Larry’s resignation, which had been discussed at the previous meeting, had not been formally accepted. According to the by-laws, this vacancy would be filled by an appointment by the president. After discussing possible candidates for the position in a closed session, it was decided that Joan would offer the position to Kari Douma. This was done following the last meeting, and Kari accepted.

Motion: (Steve/Brian) To accept Larry’s resignation from the board for a position that runs through June of 2002. Motion carried.

Appointement: Kari Douma Joan formally appointed Kari Douma to the board vacancy created by Larry’s resignation. (No action was required by the board.)

The minutes of the last meeting were presented.

Motion: Marcy / Linda To approve the minutes as corrected. Motion carried.

Treasurer’s Report: Linda informed the board that we had $9500 in checking and that it was calculated that we pay $2,468 to the Palace.

Motion: Ron / Marcy To pay $2,468 to the Palace debt. Motion carried.

Discussions: Cancellation of Soup to Nuts Marcy will include poetry in the Intermezzo II program is any of the readers who would have performed in the poetry reading were interested in doing so. It was also considered that we give Intermezzo tickets to those patrons who had made reservations to the poetry reading.

Motion: (Ron / Brian) To give complimentary tickets to Intermezzo II to those patrons who had made reservations. Motion carried. Marcy will send those patrons affected a letter to this effect.

Discussion: Group rates Consideration was given to offering group rate discounts to increase patronage.

Motion: Marcy / Brian To offer a discount of 15% for groups of 15 or more when all tickets were sold to the same performance for performances during the first week of Romeo and Juliet. The discount would be 10% for 15 patrons or more for the second week. Motion carried.

Motion: (Brian/Linda) To adjourn the meeting. Motion carried.

The Meeting was adjourned at 9:30 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,

Steve Arnold
Secretary

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