Here is Mixed Company Theatre's call-out to community members to attend their meeting on the pre-conference symposium The Ripple Effect Festival - Second Wave. A friendly reminder that the next PTO Steering Committee meeting will happen on Friday, August 28th from 3:30-5:30 PM in the OISE Peace Lounge.
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July 21, 2009
Re: Ripple Effect Festival – Second Wave
I am writing to you on behalf of Mixed Company Theatre (MXCO) to tell you about our plans for a community wide arts festival/symposium and to involve you and your organization in the initial planning phases of this exciting pre-Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed Conference (PTO) planned to begin June 14, 2010. I also want to take the opportunity to create a stronger network and grow our connections within the greater Toronto arts community.
If you are not familiar with MXCO, we use Forum Theatre in schools, communities and workplaces to engage, educate and empower our students, audiences and community members to actively create positive change. In 1997 we organized the first Ripple Effect Festival which brought over 300 practitioners of Forum Theatre and PTO. This international festival featured lectures, seminars, workshops and performances by 70 troupes from 23 countries. Each year the PTO organizes their own conference in the US and for the first time, twelve years after the original Ripple Effect Festival, the conference is being held in Toronto, Canada. This has prompted us to engage an ad hoc group of artists to organize the Ripple Effect Festival – Second Wave to act as a pre-conference symposium and celebration of the arts in Toronto.
Our plans for the symposium are to create a tribute to the work of Augusto Boal and Paolo Freire by inviting five world renowned Jokers (Forum Theatre facilitators) to create Forum Theatre with five different and diverse neighbourhoods in the GTA. These jokers will work with community organizations and individuals to create collaborative works developed through workshops and soundings with community members and leaders. These presentations will be performed throughout the city, and at a tentatively confirmed downtown location at University of Toronto’s OISE facilities.
During this pre-conference there will also be a continuous celebration of arts available to the public and conference attendees. The festival committee, which we hope to build with your help, will also make available performance and workshop slots to interested organizations and individuals and will give preference to those who will use or reflect upon the PTO.
Our office looks forward to speaking with you about how we can work together to make this festival an exciting event for the arts organizations, arts patrons, and citizens of Toronto. We would like to host a meeting to discuss ideas for this festival on Tuesday, August 18th from 2 p.m. until 5 p.m. at our offices at 157 Carlton Street. At this meeting we can brainstorm ideas for the Second Wave, consider how to design a curatorial committee, and how to best pool our artistic resources.
Attached to this email is our company background. If you require additional information about Mixed Company, the symposium, or the first Ripple Effect festival, please do not hesitate in contacting me at 416-515-8080.
Duncan McCallum: Ripple Effect Festival – Second Wave
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Minutes from PTO-Steering Committee Meeting - July 24, 2009 – OISE Peace Lounge 3:30 – 5:30
Attending: chris (chair-lite & minutes), Matt, Corvin, Deborah Barndt, Alicia Payne
Regrets: Robyn, Bonnie, Laura, Adam, Sara, Emily, Brendan, Stephen, Jenny, Simon, Duncan
1. Internal Communication, Capacity & Committees
· Chris thought that we had one representative from each committee who is a convenor (POST-MEETING NOTE: Below is the Committee list from March 31st, which is the only one the minute-taker can find. I’ve added Matt to the Programming. It is not clear who, if anyone, is a convenor or committee chair)
o Programming: Chris, Simon, Adam, Stephen, Sara, Matt
o Communications, Outreach and Media: Matt, Brendan, Robyn, Jes, Hartley, Corvin
o Funding/Finance: Chris, Laura, Margo
o Hospitality/Housing: Sara, Brendan, Emily
o Volunteers: Chris, Laura
o Space and Accessibility: Bonnie, Adam, Laura, Corvin
o Anti-Colonial: Emily
o Making it to PTO 2009: Robyn, Chris, Jes
· Deb Barndt suggested that chris might be able to get a Graduate Assistant at the Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University assigned to him to help out with the popular education classes as well as work on the PTO conference. A GA is a Master’s student who is paid to work 10 hours per week for Fall and Winter semestre’s (i.e. September through April). Chris said he would follow-up.
o (POST-MEETING NOTE: chris has been approved to post a GA job description for a popular education/PTO assistant position. He also learned that if there is a PhD student whose work aligns with PTO they could possibly be recruited, as part of their funding requirements, to assist with the organizing in May and June.)
· Reminder: all committees need to meet and consider appointing a committee chair/convenor (NOTE: reports can be sent to the list and/or posted on website)
· There seem to be some inconsistencies with the PTO list – ask Robyn to confirm that listserv response setting is defaulting to “list”
2. Outreach
· Matt and chris met with PARC (Parkdale Activity-Recreation Centre – 1499 Queen ST. W. - http://parc.on.ca/) and they were very enthusiastic to be involved including being a site that could host an event before and during the conference as well as willing to commit to sending someone to serve on the Steering Committee.
· Matt’s been in touch with Facilitating Inclusion (http://www.facilitatinginclusion.ca/), a Hamilton-based popular education group that is interested in being involved.
· Matt has contacted Clare Nobb’s at SOY (http://www.soytoronto.org/) a community development project designed to improve the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered youth. Clare thinks there would be interest.
· Deb mentioned involvement with the PARC Mural Project that is happening in Parkdale; Alberto Guevara, an instructor (and filmmaker) in the Community Arts Program at York University; Honor Ford-Smith (a professor at the Faculty of Environmental Studies and a popular theatre worker who ahs used Pedagogy of the Oppressed); Heather Hermant who teaches in the Community Arts Program; Community Arts Ontario (CAO) who have focused on developing a northern (Ontario) network of aboriginal artists (Deb could be a liaison with CAO); Sandra Laronde of Red Sky Theatre; Monique Mojica (working on a project called “Cocolate Women, Dreams and the Milky Way”); Michael St. George; Jumblies Theatre; Re-mix; Melanie Skene and Simon (Hamilton-based artist-facilitators), Blakka Ellis (A Jamaican theatre worker who has used Theatre of the Oppressed).
· Everyone should update information on the Google Docs
· Everyone should review outreach material that was sent out on list and is on blog: http://pto2010steering.blogspot.com/2009/06/outreach-prep-materials.html
3. Coordination
· We need to deal with the issue of coordination ASAP
· Recommended that it be an item at the August meeting
· Need job description
· Consider youth programming, employment money (unemployment top-up programs), Settlement Agencies, Youth Arts groups… all possible sources of funding/labour
4. Program
· We discussed some programming-related ideas:
o Bring your own venue (which we’ve spoken of in the past)
o Popular education post-conference
o Using World Café as a method for community discussions
o A PO/TO Workshop to put PO & TO in dialogue with each other
o Exploring possibility of unilingual workshops – which would have to promoted with enough time to recruit adequate participation of, for example, French speakers, Spanish speakers, et al.
5. Space
· Need to confirm that the space at OISE has, in fact been booked. We thought his had been done but Chris will e-mail Adam
6. Relationship with PTO – decision-making
- Deb asked about our relationship with the PTO Board and what, if any, are the differing visions for the conference. Deb described the Minneapolis conference as having challenged the interpretation of PTO by tapping into different communities as well as representing other kinds of arts practices. Chris summarized our history of communication with the Board (meeting with Ellie Friedland in January, response to Board questions, Simon’s joining the Board, Kelly’s most recent e-mails).
7. Next Meeting
· Friday, August 28 from 3:30 – 5:30
Monday, June 29, 2009
Minutes from June 5th PTO-Steering Committee Meeting
OISE Peace Lounge 3:30 – 5:30
Attending: Robyn (chair), Brendan, Emily (and Kai), Duncan, Simon, Hartley,
Stephen, Jenni, chris (minutes)
Regrets: Deborah, Margo, Matt, Corvin
1. Report on 2008 PTO Conference
- Stephen began reporting on conference and Simon joined in. Below are some points touched on.
Attending: Robyn (chair), Brendan, Emily (and Kai), Duncan, Simon, Hartley,
Stephen, Jenni, chris (minutes)
Regrets: Deborah, Margo, Matt, Corvin
1. Report on 2008 PTO Conference
- Stephen began reporting on conference and Simon joined in. Below are some points touched on.
- Stephen found it quite positive; highlights included meeting people, going to workshops
- Julian Boal workshop on legislative theatre at beginning and end
- Opening ceremony not unpleasant but not as big a success
- Therefore opening ceremony is very important – Shannon woman reciting letter line-by-line with translation in Spanish
- Native American woman keynote – a bit them/us, then they left; talked about 53 hangings at Fort Snelling – heavy, heavy, heavy, heaviest
- Problem: Boal’s death not acknowledged until 11:00 pm
- Spontaneous memorial Sat.
- Spanish speaking community appreciated being listened to
- Organizers were very approachable, open, nice, waned to share
- Food Not Bombs session to talk
- Workshop on Sunday morning – Gender in Science
- Workshop on last day day – kids show was highlight – about young black males and invisible father
- Simon found keynote speaking out of context → you became a spectator during the keynote presentations; felt a little monologic
- Presented legislative theatre at 10:30 – going to City Hall – only 3 people came from City
- PO/TO balance – Victor Cole workshop; Deborah Arts & Activism
- TO group divided – Weinblatt – oppression; Boal purification
- Jokers meeting in Rio in July
- PO/TO confused
- Pre and post conference
- Mixed Company and Catalyst will do one-pagers describing pre and post conference ideas/proposals
- Pre and Post will liaise with/join program committee
- Stephen suggested thinking about themes for pre and post which would remove pressure form theme for conference
- Committed to approaching community organizations soon
- Robyn will talk to 519
- Committee will prepare outreach package
- Chris will contact some TCHC folks – youth human rights course participants
- We could do an Outreach event in late August/September
- Report in E-mail
- Look at U of T theatre space
- 2007 expenses were ~$120,000; revenue was ~$106,000 leaving a shortfall of ~$12,000
- see draft budget – chris spoke to this briefly pointing out the need to decide on a base registration rate – e.g. past conferences have charged ~$75/day (including early reg fees, student and unemployed rates, etc.)
- Finance committee to meet
- There were 7 retirees from PTO Board
- Simon Malbogat joined PTO Board
- Kelly – president elect
- Brendan will continue to be liaison to Board
- Brendan will send timeline for input
- June 26
- July 24
- August 28
- All subcommittees to meet
- Subcommittees to write descriptions of what they do
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Mixed Company Theatre: Joker's Symposium Proposal to PTO 2010 Steering Ctte
Our plans for the symposium are to create a tribute to the work of Augusto Boal and Paolo Freire by inviting five world renowned Jokers to create Forum theatre with five neighbourhoods in the GTA. The presentations will be in the local communities and we plan to perform them at downtown venues hopefully using the University of Toronto contacts. These presentations will celebrate and honour the two founders’ contribution.
During the preconference there will be a continuous collection of plays, presentations and workshops available to the public and conference attendees. We will be opening these slots to interested organizations and individuals who specialize in Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed. We will promote and market the various and diverse presentations from the community groups in the GTA raising awareness of the PTO conference. These performances will continue into the weekend, offering the conference attendees entertainment at night and a chance to see the work that Toronto is doing.
Community workshops will be led by the five world renowned Jokers and they will also offer workshops focused on their Joking and creation methodologies. This will create a spectrum of choice for attendees to learn from these practitioners.
During this time there will also be discussion panels that question aspects of Theatre of the Oppressed. Topics for these panels will cover a range of themes such as aesthetics, challenges to Joking, style developments, etc.
As a way to incorporate artists from in and around the city as well as bring awareness to the opening of the conference, we plan on orchestrating a public event in Dundas Square. This event will be a mix of music, dance, puppetry, theatre, visual arts and education. The goal is to “Take back the Square” and bring attention to the work of Augusto and Paolo.
We will offer a wide range of TO performances and skill workshops for the incoming conference attendees. We will be flexible and adaptable to the ideas that will come to us in the next few months and provide a space to showcase the various works that will be created for the conference.
Over the next couple of months we will solidify our budget and come to the PTO steering committee and board for start up funds. What we ask of the board is that you help to provide us with space to use during the preconference at OISE and any U of T theatre venues, and your contacts and connections in the city.
During the preconference there will be a continuous collection of plays, presentations and workshops available to the public and conference attendees. We will be opening these slots to interested organizations and individuals who specialize in Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed. We will promote and market the various and diverse presentations from the community groups in the GTA raising awareness of the PTO conference. These performances will continue into the weekend, offering the conference attendees entertainment at night and a chance to see the work that Toronto is doing.
Community workshops will be led by the five world renowned Jokers and they will also offer workshops focused on their Joking and creation methodologies. This will create a spectrum of choice for attendees to learn from these practitioners.
During this time there will also be discussion panels that question aspects of Theatre of the Oppressed. Topics for these panels will cover a range of themes such as aesthetics, challenges to Joking, style developments, etc.
As a way to incorporate artists from in and around the city as well as bring awareness to the opening of the conference, we plan on orchestrating a public event in Dundas Square. This event will be a mix of music, dance, puppetry, theatre, visual arts and education. The goal is to “Take back the Square” and bring attention to the work of Augusto and Paolo.
We will offer a wide range of TO performances and skill workshops for the incoming conference attendees. We will be flexible and adaptable to the ideas that will come to us in the next few months and provide a space to showcase the various works that will be created for the conference.
Over the next couple of months we will solidify our budget and come to the PTO steering committee and board for start up funds. What we ask of the board is that you help to provide us with space to use during the preconference at OISE and any U of T theatre venues, and your contacts and connections in the city.
Mixed Company Theatre
157 Carlton St, Suite 201
Toronto, ON, CAN
M5A 2K3
416 515 8080
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Outreach Prep Materials
BACKGROUND INFO ON PTO:
Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed (PTO) is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is “to challenge oppressive systems by promoting critical thinking and social justice.” We organize an annual meeting that focuses on the work of liberatory educators, activists, artists and community organizers.
The PTO organization grew out of an annual conference held in Omaha. The conference has since been held in various locations throughout the U.S. (e.g. New York, Toledo, Los Angels, Minneapolis-St. Paul). The people who attend the PTO conferences are popular educators, theatre practitioners, activists, academics, teachers and artists who work with, critique, and are inspired by the ideas of Paolo Freire and Augusto Boal.
In 2010, the PTO conference will be held in Toronto, marking the first time it's ever been held outside of the USA. The conference steering committee is looking for as much input as possible from groups and organizations in Toronto, in order to base the conference on the needs, desires, concerns and interests of Toronto communities. We are also interested in connecting with organizations across Canada and internationally.
WHERE ARE WE AT NOW?
The next PTO conference is scheduled for June 2010 and will take place at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto. Currently, we have a steering committee who meets once a month, as well as a number of sub-committees (Outreach & Communication, Fundraising & Finance, Space, Hospitality) who meet regularly to discuss the various details of the conference. As we begin organizing more intensely next fall, we are looking for input, participation and dialogue from anyone who feels they or their organization might benefit from this conference.
OUTREACH QUESTIONS
What does your organization (or do you) do?
What community(ies) do you serve?
What are the needs of your community? Your organization?
What are some of your goals/projects/desires for the next year?
OUR CONTACT INFO
email: ptotoronto@gmail.com
blog: www.pto2010steering.blogspot.com
PTO official website: www.ptoweb.org/
Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed (PTO) is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is “to challenge oppressive systems by promoting critical thinking and social justice.” We organize an annual meeting that focuses on the work of liberatory educators, activists, artists and community organizers.
The PTO organization grew out of an annual conference held in Omaha. The conference has since been held in various locations throughout the U.S. (e.g. New York, Toledo, Los Angels, Minneapolis-St. Paul). The people who attend the PTO conferences are popular educators, theatre practitioners, activists, academics, teachers and artists who work with, critique, and are inspired by the ideas of Paolo Freire and Augusto Boal.
In 2010, the PTO conference will be held in Toronto, marking the first time it's ever been held outside of the USA. The conference steering committee is looking for as much input as possible from groups and organizations in Toronto, in order to base the conference on the needs, desires, concerns and interests of Toronto communities. We are also interested in connecting with organizations across Canada and internationally.
WHERE ARE WE AT NOW?
The next PTO conference is scheduled for June 2010 and will take place at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto. Currently, we have a steering committee who meets once a month, as well as a number of sub-committees (Outreach & Communication, Fundraising & Finance, Space, Hospitality) who meet regularly to discuss the various details of the conference. As we begin organizing more intensely next fall, we are looking for input, participation and dialogue from anyone who feels they or their organization might benefit from this conference.
OUTREACH QUESTIONS
What does your organization (or do you) do?
What community(ies) do you serve?
What are the needs of your community? Your organization?
What are some of your goals/projects/desires for the next year?
OUR CONTACT INFO
email: ptotoronto@gmail.com
blog: www.pto2010steering.blogspot.com
PTO official website: www.ptoweb.org/
Monday, May 11, 2009
Minutes for Steering Committee Meeting, May 8th 2009
In Attendance: Matthew, Adam, Sara, Robyn (minutes), jes, Duncan (chair), Heather, Alisha, Simon, chris
Regrets: Emily, Brendan, Bonnie, Corvin , Jennifer
1. Report from Programming Committee
• difficult for program committee to move forward without a theme
• Melt This” proposed as a potential theme: issues of the economy, boarder crossing, environment, conference/symposium
• capacity building for local groups – support through skills in popular education or theatre
• global outreach using technology
• evaluation criteria for proposals, diversity of T.O. communities in steering/programming committee
• proposal for “Melt This” as theme, from programming committee to steering committee
2. Heading to Minneapolis
• Simon, Duncan, Stephen, Corvin
• 8 hours of volunteer work, shadowing conference organizers to learn structure of conference
• 1 hour facilitated discussion at end of conference (Sunday and/or Monday?)
• Duncan and Simon remaining for post-conference wrap-up
Questions from steering committee that members will take to Minneapolis:
• internal processes around scholarships/bursaries, criteria for workshop evaluations
• success they’ve had drawing groups both locally and nationally
• how does the conference balance pedagogy with the theatre?
• how they specifically overcame obstacles they faced?
• how details (like food, accessibility, youth) were dealt with?
• place of the conference – did things happen outside of the central location? (reflecting on our own ability to facilitate travel around Toronto)
• Simon notes that in the pre-conference promotional material there is very little about the Twin Cities community
• how does AGM fit into conference? Does the issue of membership and leadership have any greater clarity with “new generation” of PTO members? How does the election process go?
• if there is a surplus, does it come to this conference? What does Minneapolis have to offer us? $500 speaker’s fees
• how does conference apply for grants? Do individual steering committees apply, or does PTO apply? –chris: we are responsible for 95% of the budget
• how has Minneapolis mobilized their local communities for the conference? When does that mobilization start?
• how many international people in Pop Ed are attending Minni, and funding for that?
3. Final Session at PTO 2009 (on Sunday and/or Monday)
• Corvin (and chris) designing structure for session
• could Deb Barndt co-facilitate on Sunday?
• ask Brendan and Emily how the PTO 2008 session went?
• lots of feedback regarding PTO 2009
• did PTO 2009 ask us for Sunday or Monday? chris had assumed we were asking about Monday. Are they asking us for both? Do both sessions exist?
• Simon will send message for clarification from PTO
4. Finance
• chris will have draft budget for those going to Minneapolis conference
• who would we be applying under officially for grants? Catalyst centre? Symposium?
• we have to take Symposium into account in PTO 2010 budget. Importance of continuing dialogue between Symposium and conference organizing.
• meet with granting officers re: pre-conference, outlining local participants, festival concept throughout conference
• institutions committing to registering their members. How do we entice organizations to do this?
5. Space
• we need preliminary budget
• OISE thinks it’s problematic that we’re asking for 3 full floors for an entire weekend
• Daniel sent rubric where we must specify rooms and times
• can we use model from TCDI conference?
• can Adam get us U of T space?
• space committee/outreach should be talking to U of T theatre department
• OISE does not have outdoor space—but U of T has lots, can we find out how to book it?
Next meeting: June 5th, 3:30-5:30 at OISE Peace Lounge (7th Floor)
• We ask that all sub-committees commit to meeting before the end of May.
• Chair: ? Minute Taker: ?
Regrets: Emily, Brendan, Bonnie, Corvin , Jennifer
1. Report from Programming Committee
• difficult for program committee to move forward without a theme
• Melt This” proposed as a potential theme: issues of the economy, boarder crossing, environment, conference/symposium
• capacity building for local groups – support through skills in popular education or theatre
• global outreach using technology
• evaluation criteria for proposals, diversity of T.O. communities in steering/programming committee
• proposal for “Melt This” as theme, from programming committee to steering committee
“Melt This” discussion:
• provides lots of potential for imagery/graphic
• how do we proceed with the decision-making process?
• 11 or 12 members of both programming and steering committee are in favour of “Melt This” as theme—unanimous consensus among those present at May 8th steering committee meeting
• provisional decision to make “Melt This” the theme of PTO 2010, major objections should be raised within a week of the minutes being posted• provides lots of potential for imagery/graphic
• how do we proceed with the decision-making process?
• 11 or 12 members of both programming and steering committee are in favour of “Melt This” as theme—unanimous consensus among those present at May 8th steering committee meeting
2. Heading to Minneapolis
• Simon, Duncan, Stephen, Corvin
• 8 hours of volunteer work, shadowing conference organizers to learn structure of conference
• 1 hour facilitated discussion at end of conference (Sunday and/or Monday?)
• Duncan and Simon remaining for post-conference wrap-up
Questions from steering committee that members will take to Minneapolis:
• internal processes around scholarships/bursaries, criteria for workshop evaluations
• success they’ve had drawing groups both locally and nationally
• how does the conference balance pedagogy with the theatre?
• how they specifically overcame obstacles they faced?
• how details (like food, accessibility, youth) were dealt with?
• place of the conference – did things happen outside of the central location? (reflecting on our own ability to facilitate travel around Toronto)
• Simon notes that in the pre-conference promotional material there is very little about the Twin Cities community
• how does AGM fit into conference? Does the issue of membership and leadership have any greater clarity with “new generation” of PTO members? How does the election process go?
• if there is a surplus, does it come to this conference? What does Minneapolis have to offer us? $500 speaker’s fees
• how does conference apply for grants? Do individual steering committees apply, or does PTO apply? –chris: we are responsible for 95% of the budget
• how has Minneapolis mobilized their local communities for the conference? When does that mobilization start?
• how many international people in Pop Ed are attending Minni, and funding for that?
3. Final Session at PTO 2009 (on Sunday and/or Monday)
• Corvin (and chris) designing structure for session
• could Deb Barndt co-facilitate on Sunday?
• ask Brendan and Emily how the PTO 2008 session went?
• lots of feedback regarding PTO 2009
• did PTO 2009 ask us for Sunday or Monday? chris had assumed we were asking about Monday. Are they asking us for both? Do both sessions exist?
• Simon will send message for clarification from PTO
4. Finance
• chris will have draft budget for those going to Minneapolis conference
• who would we be applying under officially for grants? Catalyst centre? Symposium?
• we have to take Symposium into account in PTO 2010 budget. Importance of continuing dialogue between Symposium and conference organizing.
• meet with granting officers re: pre-conference, outlining local participants, festival concept throughout conference
• institutions committing to registering their members. How do we entice organizations to do this?
5. Space
• we need preliminary budget
• OISE thinks it’s problematic that we’re asking for 3 full floors for an entire weekend
• Daniel sent rubric where we must specify rooms and times
• can we use model from TCDI conference?
• can Adam get us U of T space?
• space committee/outreach should be talking to U of T theatre department
• OISE does not have outdoor space—but U of T has lots, can we find out how to book it?
Next meeting: June 5th, 3:30-5:30 at OISE Peace Lounge (7th Floor)
• We ask that all sub-committees commit to meeting before the end of May.
• Chair: ? Minute Taker: ?
Saturday, April 25, 2009
April 24th Steering Committee Minutes
PTO Toronto Steering Committee Meeting April 24th 2009
Present: chris, Sarah, Adam, Brendan, Emily, Simon, Fiona, Corvin
Regrets: Robyn, Stephen, jes, Matt, Bonnie, Hartley, Jenny, Margo
1.Travel to PTO 2009
-Duncan looked into travel and driving only makes sense if 5 of more are going.
-Duncan and Simon will be flying from Buffalo on the 19th at a cost of ~$150
-People can contact Duncan for flight info if they want to fly
-Right now only Duncan, Simon and Corvin are going for sure.
-Corvin will coordinate a “What's Happening”-type workshop for people at this years conference
-chris suggests that as many of us as possible become members of PTO regardless of whether we are going this year.
2.Space
-Adam has confirmed with Daniel that we can book space for the weekend of June 17th 2010.
-We should book 2,3,4,5th floors, the auditorium and the Peace Lounge.
-Simon suggests that if we find other spaces we can always scale back our OISE space
-some space ideas include Transac, Taragon, Inest, 519, St. Chris.
-space committee will examine other space options
-brendan suggests that the space committee focus on an auditorium space for performances 'cause anything is better than the OISE auditorium
3.Budget
-chris will prepare a draft budget for the next steering committee meeting based on the TCDI budget.
-Mixed Company has been looking into funding grants for Jokers' Symposium
-chris suggests that a coordinator position would be useful and suggested an Artist in Residence -grant from the Toronto Arts Council might be able to be used for this.
-possibly a GA position could be used for coordinator; budget committee will research GAships with contacts at FES York, OISE and UofT.
-Margo has offered assistance in applying for grants
-chris asks that people email him all funding deadlines and he will coordinate grant writing schedule
4.Theme
-Still have not received a list of past themes from PTO board
-Fiona suggests the theme “Resisting Precarious Times”
-Email with theme brainstorm has been circulated
-there was discussion of having a theme before PTO 2009
-theme debate will continue
5.Program
-the Programming committee is strongly encouraged to meet
6.Pre Conference Event
-Mixed Company has sent out a call for proposals to around 1000 people worldwide for a Jokers' Symposium
-Simon will be talking to Julian in Minneapolis about participating
-other Jokers could include: Sanjay from Sanskriti; David Diamond from Headlines; Michel from Stage Left; Format Amsterdam; Robert Macinni from Italy
-The Symposium would run June 14, 15, 16th
-Mixed Company has been looking in to space; Transac wants $5000 for 5 days
-Symposium could include shows and facilitated discussions
-Some theme ideas include “best practices”, Western Jokers in developing regions
-event would bring together Canadian Pop Theatre groups for the first time in many years
-highlight the diversity of practice in Pop Theatre (not just TO)
7.Post Conference Event
-Emily suggests having a post-conference Open Space event
-Build a schedule during the conference and provide space after
-Brendan mentioned that Stephen has hoped to incorporate Open Space and that feedback from past conferences had called for its use
-some concern about whether this would draw enough interest for post-conference event
-suggested that a Pop Ed post event might balance out Jokers' Symosium
8.Anti-Colonial Organizing
-Hussan wanted to know if group was committed to incorporating anti-colonial analysis into every meeting.
-people were in strong support of doing this but some wondered if we needed a “training”
-group acknowledged our whiteness and our so far unsuccessful attempts to do outreach to other communities in the city doing PTO stuff
-chris pointed out that we are “still on the ground floor” and that the problem will only become more acute as planning continues
-Brendan will talk to Hussan
9.Date of Next Meeting
- The next meeting was set as Friday, May 8th 3:30-5:30pm at OISE Peace Lounge
Present: chris, Sarah, Adam, Brendan, Emily, Simon, Fiona, Corvin
Regrets: Robyn, Stephen, jes, Matt, Bonnie, Hartley, Jenny, Margo
1.Travel to PTO 2009
-Duncan looked into travel and driving only makes sense if 5 of more are going.
-Duncan and Simon will be flying from Buffalo on the 19th at a cost of ~$150
-People can contact Duncan for flight info if they want to fly
-Right now only Duncan, Simon and Corvin are going for sure.
-Corvin will coordinate a “What's Happening”-type workshop for people at this years conference
-chris suggests that as many of us as possible become members of PTO regardless of whether we are going this year.
2.Space
-Adam has confirmed with Daniel that we can book space for the weekend of June 17th 2010.
-We should book 2,3,4,5th floors, the auditorium and the Peace Lounge.
-Simon suggests that if we find other spaces we can always scale back our OISE space
-some space ideas include Transac, Taragon, Inest, 519, St. Chris.
-space committee will examine other space options
-brendan suggests that the space committee focus on an auditorium space for performances 'cause anything is better than the OISE auditorium
3.Budget
-chris will prepare a draft budget for the next steering committee meeting based on the TCDI budget.
-Mixed Company has been looking into funding grants for Jokers' Symposium
-chris suggests that a coordinator position would be useful and suggested an Artist in Residence -grant from the Toronto Arts Council might be able to be used for this.
-possibly a GA position could be used for coordinator; budget committee will research GAships with contacts at FES York, OISE and UofT.
-Margo has offered assistance in applying for grants
-chris asks that people email him all funding deadlines and he will coordinate grant writing schedule
4.Theme
-Still have not received a list of past themes from PTO board
-Fiona suggests the theme “Resisting Precarious Times”
-Email with theme brainstorm has been circulated
-there was discussion of having a theme before PTO 2009
-theme debate will continue
5.Program
-the Programming committee is strongly encouraged to meet
6.Pre Conference Event
-Mixed Company has sent out a call for proposals to around 1000 people worldwide for a Jokers' Symposium
-Simon will be talking to Julian in Minneapolis about participating
-other Jokers could include: Sanjay from Sanskriti; David Diamond from Headlines; Michel from Stage Left; Format Amsterdam; Robert Macinni from Italy
-The Symposium would run June 14, 15, 16th
-Mixed Company has been looking in to space; Transac wants $5000 for 5 days
-Symposium could include shows and facilitated discussions
-Some theme ideas include “best practices”, Western Jokers in developing regions
-event would bring together Canadian Pop Theatre groups for the first time in many years
-highlight the diversity of practice in Pop Theatre (not just TO)
7.Post Conference Event
-Emily suggests having a post-conference Open Space event
-Build a schedule during the conference and provide space after
-Brendan mentioned that Stephen has hoped to incorporate Open Space and that feedback from past conferences had called for its use
-some concern about whether this would draw enough interest for post-conference event
-suggested that a Pop Ed post event might balance out Jokers' Symosium
8.Anti-Colonial Organizing
-Hussan wanted to know if group was committed to incorporating anti-colonial analysis into every meeting.
-people were in strong support of doing this but some wondered if we needed a “training”
-group acknowledged our whiteness and our so far unsuccessful attempts to do outreach to other communities in the city doing PTO stuff
-chris pointed out that we are “still on the ground floor” and that the problem will only become more acute as planning continues
-Brendan will talk to Hussan
9.Date of Next Meeting
- The next meeting was set as Friday, May 8th 3:30-5:30pm at OISE Peace Lounge
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