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Council Agendas - Thursday, June 4

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All Council meetings took place at the Hyatt Regency Houston, 1200 Louisiana St.
Standing Councils Time Discussion Topic

Managers of member companies
with budgets of $15 million and greater      

 1:00pm-4:15pm Updates
Have a suggestion for the agenda?  Write to Ken Tabachnick, council chair.
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Managers of member companies
with budgets between $3 million-$14.9 million
Have a suggestion for the agenda?  Write to Jack Lemmon, council chair.
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Managers of member companies
with budgets between $750,000-$2.9 million 		1:00pm-2:00pm Brief introductions and Check in: how/what are we doing?
2:00pm-3:15pm

Economic conditions as related to the markets and other key indicators.

What are some of the outside gauges you use to keep pulse on trends and industry forecasting how can this relate to your overall decision making? (Internal and external sources.)

3:15pm-3:30pm Strategic alliances: Who can we partner with and how can these partnerships work.
3:30pm-4:15pm Working towards sustainability in the arts, ecological and otherwise by Ian Garrett.
Have a suggestion for the agenda?  Write to Mark Roxey, council chair.
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Managers of member companies
with budgets of $749,000 and less 		1:00pm-2:00pm Brief introductions and Check in: how/what are we doing?
2:00pm-3:00pm Economic conditions and the state of the art
3:00pm-3:30pm

Update on progress made by the Task Force on Dancer Health by Richard Gibbs and other Task Force members

3:30pm-4:15pm Working towards sustainability in the arts, ecological and otherwise by Ian Garrett
Have a suggestion for the agenda?  Write to Sydney Skybetter, council chair.
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Agents/Artists Representatives
Have a suggestion for the agenda?  Write to Ben Pryor, council chair.
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Presenters 1:00pm-2:00pm Fundraising (could include funding for education programs but not the actual presentation and/or declining corporate support and sponsorships)
2:00pm-3:30pm Strategic alliances
3:00pm-4:15pm Marketing (could include decreasing media coverage) and audience development (could include audiences’ expectations and changing ticket buying patterns)
Have a suggestion for the agenda?  Write to Paul Organisak, council chair.
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Service Organizations 1:00pm-2:00pm Brief updates from all the participants
Decide exact agenda for other two days
2:00pm-4:15pm How we can take the passivity of the term “service organization” and make it into an active voice – possibly come up with new vocabulary that best describes what we do and share that with each other. This idea partially stems from the realization that during this tough economy, many of us are yielding membership growth and interest – our impact is far greater than the words all of us currently use to define what we do.
Have a suggestion for the agenda?  Write to Ruth Birnberg, council chair.
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Artistic Directors of Companies Budget sizes $3 Million and above 1:00pm-2:00pm Brief updates
2:00pm-4:15pm Programming plans for next season
Have a suggestion for the agenda?  Write to André Lewis, council chair.
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Artistic Directors of Companies Budget sizes $3 Million and less 1:00pm-4:15pm

Agenda setting for Thursday and Saturday’s Council Meetings
Nominations and elections for FY10 Council Chair
Watch and discuss each other’s work – bring DVD’s of your work to share, there will be a TV available for this

Have a suggestion for the agenda?  Write to Eduardo Vilaro, council chair.
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**Please note all agendas are subject to change.

View Council Agendas for Friday, June 5 and Saturday, June 6.


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