Meeting Minutes for 10/1

Man! What a fun meeting! Love 'em. Thanks for checking out the blog! I'll fill you in on what we talked about. Use this as a resource for referencing back. Like: "Hey they said something really cool about Halloween rooms, but I can't remember what it was." Well, now you can be like: "I know, I'll check the blog to see what it was!" Ya dig? Good. Anyway, I'll get to it. Here's the low down on what we talked about:

• Patronage
• Gotta turn it in, yo. Else you get suspended from the troupe, which sucks
• You can continue to sell patronage throughout the year, don't feel that it's over. Keep on fundraising!
• Congratulations to whomever has sold the most patronage! You won a batch of homemade cookies!
• Out of Darkness
• October 6th at 10 AM
• Please support the noble cause if you are in town this weekend. Please show your support.
• Register at http://afsp.donordrive.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.home under the team name THS Thespian Troupe #2833.
• Questions? Contact Mica!
• Shakespeare Trip This Weekend
• Turn in your money, turn in your permission slip, and turn in the pre-arranged absence form.
• Please thank Mr. Wilson if you are going! He has done a lot of work to make this trip possible.
• Homecoming parade. 
• Due to the amount of absentees, we are not going to have a float this year.
• We wanted to avoid the stress of putting it together from falling on a select few shoulders.
• AIDS Walk/Strikes
• Pretty good turn out for AIDS Walk! Good Job!
• Unfortunately, there were a lot of you who were not present. This in and of itself is not a problem. But failing to inform Mr. Nick Bussey about the aforementioned absenteeism is a problem.
• We consider this your warning. Next time, there will be strikes. (Remember the strike system? I was ready to give all ya'll strikes who went unaccounted for. Thank the other officers for saving your tail.)
• Thank you to those of you who informed Bussey that you weren't going to be there. It is appreciated.
• This is the standard format for Thespian events: Be there. If you can't, Let Bussey know.
• Halloween Rooms
• They is comin' up! Get pumped!
• Got a good idea for a theme? Cool! Go ahead and write it down in the suggestion book in the scene shop! (Located next to the work room, hanging off the calendar.)
• We will post the suggestions online next week and do the voting that way. This means suggestions must be in by next week.
• SCRIP
• Buy it! Use it! Please!
• Questions? Contact Bussey!
• Unity
• That's the theme for the year. Feel it, breath it, live it.
• We want to encourage an atmosphere of celebration rather than competition this year.
• Encourage each other rather than trying to better each other.
• We are going to start branching out to other troupes as well. Seeing their shows, having multi-troupe get togethers, etc.
• Craft Fair
• Thespians are doing stuff! We have organized ourselves into groups of around 9 people. If you do not have a group, please talk to fellow thespians so you can be a part of this wonderful project.
• Groups will come up with crafts to sell at the craft fair. Quality crafts. No two-bit macaroni pictures. Stuff people wanna buy. Like life size replicas of presidents. Or bow ties. Be prepared to 
• Since we are participating this year, we had to buy a space. Mica did this with her own money. Because Mica isn't the only one selling crafts, we expect you guys to help pay for this. Thus, we have required a one dollar contribution from every troupe member. Since we all like big Flashy things, YOU MUST PAY $1. Good, read on. You can pay any of the officers, and we will check you off the list.
• NW Regional Acting Competition (AKA Regionals)
• February 2nd
• We want lots of participants!
• Get your pieces ready!
• Todd wants us to work extra hard.
• Any questions? Go to www.oregonthespians.org.
• As You Like It
• Participating in the show is a requirement.
• Some of you aren't signed up to do tech.
• Therefore: Those of you who haven't signed up to be a part of As You Like It need to give Aria (stage manager) a tech form.
• Tuesday Meeting Minutes Makeups (TMMM)
• Meetings are a requirement. (Two missed meetings = STRIKE!)
• Some of you were not at the meeting.
• Showing up at TMMM is the only way to make up for a missed meeting.
• TMMM is in the commons at a table near the gym end. Officers will be there.
• Therefore: If you were not at the meeting, you have to show up in the commons on Tuesday morning to make-up for missing the meetings.
• Thanks guys! I love you all!
• Any Questions? Contact me, Sam!