New Thespians Elect Officers in Overflowing Meeting Room
Enthusiastic Students Grab 2008-2009 by the Horns to Plan Another 'Winning Traditon of Excellence' Year
by Tom McLaughlin
May 30, 2008
NOTE: Names in the minutes are linked to member email addresses.
Mr. McLaughlin called the meeting to order at 2:55 pm.
Members in Attendance (Click on highlighted names to send an email): Austin Blay, Tyler Butler, Whitney Clark, Billy Coon, Camilla Cortney, Blake DeForest, Brooke Elliff, Shannon Gascoigne, Pat Gillespie, Alexis Grgurich, Andrew Gulden, Mark Hamilton, Olivia Handy, Taylor Hughes, Hannah Jacoby, Katie Jacoby, Elizabeth Knoble, Taylor Kuhn, Jenna Ladd, Nicole McGuire, Becca McMillen, Tayler Mehsling, David Mescher, Kelsey Moore, Jordan Morgan** , Jami Mundt, Jessica Nightser, Maddie Overholtzer, Ryan Penney, Lauren Petri, Sarah Piercy, Alysha Rau, Ben Rausch, Megan Reif, Cole Schnitker, Rachel Shrader, Alaina Walker, Matt Wolf, Courtney Zucca
Absent Members (Click on highlighted names to send an email): Nathan Black, Eric Clark**, Molly Cox (excused), Jordan Harden, Jarren Jenkins, Jared Juel, Shelby Klepfer, Tyler Larson, Danny Lich (excused), Alex Mares, Sara Marshall, Siri Nelson, Jerrod Scheffel, Mikael Scheffel, Matt Sharp,Chloe Smith , Kyle Wineland
**Non-voting member until inducted
The members of Lewis Central's Chapter of the International Thespian Society packed the LC Drama Room on the last official school day of the term to elect its officers and begin plans for some summer social activities to kick-off a fantastic 2008-2009 LC Department of Drama season.
ITS Constitution Amendment: Troupe #5150 members amended the ITS Constitution to rewrite the description of Vice-President to be ITS Junior President, an assistant to the ITS Senior President in achieving the Troupe's goals and conducting its business. The vote carried unanimously.
Election Committee: Mr. McLaughlin appointed an ad-hoc elections committee to count the ballots for the elections.
Senior President Election: Ben Rausch was elected 2008-2009 ITS President.
Ben Rausch presiding: Mr. McLaughlin handed the gavel over to ITS President Ben Rausch to conduct the remainder of the business for the meeting.
Junior President Election: Courtney Zucca was elected 2008-2009 ITS Junior President.
Secretary Election: Camilla Cortney was elected 2008-2009 Secretary.
Treasurer Election: Matt Wolf was elected 2008-2008 Treasurer.
Future Meetings: Members decided to modify its ITS Summer Leadeship Academy to move from a two or three day meeting to three days spread out over the summer. One day will be held in each month of the summer. The group will socialize and begin planning the fall play, the Drama II play and the spring musical. The group will also work to implement and support three new productions in the Drama I Showcase each term during the year.
Officers were given the charge to plan the ITS Summer Leadership Academy dates and a time to complete the ITS & Drama Display case.
Adjournment: The meeting adjourned at 3:40 PM.
Submitted respectfully,
Camilla Cortney,
ITS Treasurer
