The Board of Directors of the Albuquerque Theatre Guild convened at the Vortex Theatre. Board Members present were: Georgia Athearn, Eli Browning, Lou Clark, Virginia Ludvik, Linda López McAlister, Claudia Mathes, Preston Mendenhall, Joel Miller, Ray Orley, Hugh Witemeyer
Excused: Kristin Loree
Also Present:  Mark Dunn, Brian Hansen, Val Scott

Quorum present?
Yes.

Call to Order:
The meeting was called to order by President Hugh Witemeyer at 10:05 a.m.

Circles Reports

• Mark Dunn, of the Playwrights Circle reported that he had been approached by 8 new people seeking membership in the Circle.  The collaboration between the Playwrights Circle and the Vortex on a play reading series seems to be working out successfully.  On November 22nd there will be a reading of Dale Dunn’s full-length play Crocodile Tears.  In January there will be a reading of one acts and in March a Ten Minute Play Festival with all plays set in an amusement park, for which they hope to recruit actors and directors from those ATG circles.


• Brian Hansen of the Directors Circle submitted his resignation as chair of the Circle.  The Board thanked him for his service and for coordinating the initial meetings of the Circle; they will look into finding new leadership for the Circle.


• Georgia Athearn reported that attendance at the first organizational meeting of the Actors Circle was low, but that it had been decided to develop a questionnaire to send to actors in ATG.  Several workshops geared toward actors were discussed.

Pro-rated Dues
It was moved, seconded and approved unanimously that ATG again offer pro-rated individual memberships covering the period from December 2009 through June 2010, at $15 for regular members and $7.50 for full-time students.

Organization of New Board
The first questions addressed were those concerning the terms of office of the new Board members.  The term will be from November to November with the election of new organizational members to take place in October.  There will be staggered terms of office for the newly elected representatives of member theatres as follows:  Lou Clark, Hugh Witemeyer and Joel Miller volunteered to serve one-year terms ending in November 2010; Linda Lopez McAlister, Eli Browning, and Kristin Loree will serve two-year terms ending in November 2011.

It was moved, seconded and approved unanimously to do away with the Executive Committee as currently constituted.

It was moved, seconded and unanimously approved that the current officers (Hugh Witemeyer, Pres., Preston Mendenhall, Vice Pres., Linda Lopez McAlister, Secretary, and Ray Orley, Treasurer) would continue in their current offices.

Future Board Meetings
Meetings of the new Board will take place monthly, usually on the first Saturday morning of the month.  The next meeting will be on Saturday, December 5.  We also made tentative plans for a retreat for the new Board to begin on Saturday, January 9th after a short regular meeting, and to continue into the following day, Sunday, January 10. 

Adjournment.
The meeting was adjourned at 12:36 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,
Linda López McAlister, Secretary