Board meetings

SBMT Board Meeting, May 10, 2023 Present: Barbara Heninger, Michael Hirsch, Ed Hunter, Stacy Levin, Elizabeth Matthews, Tipu Purkayastha, Steve Sammonds, Dan Singletary, Braden Taylor Not Present: Soni Kapoor, Nicole Tung Ex Officio: Sara Dean (Executive Artistic Director), Doug Hughes (Marketing) Reports Board Chair (Michael Hirsch) Real Estate Search continues  with Karina Ridge, Executive Director at Intero Capital Markets Current Leases Scene Shop - until May 31, 2024 Rehearsal Studio - until February 2024 Discussed an idea of a collective leased location that SBMT would manage, multiple theater companies would in effect rent from us. Would require someone dedicated to [...]

SBMT Board Meeting March 8, 2023 Time Start: 7:12pm Adjourned: 9:12pm In attendance:  Board members: Dan Singletary, Michael Hirsch, Braden Taylor, Tıpu Purkayastha, Stacy Levin, Steve Sammonds, Aly Suleman, Nicole Tung Ex. Officio: Sara Dean (EAD), Doug Hughes (Marketing), Jeffrey Henson (Facilities) Not Present: Soni Kapoor (Board), Ed Hunter (Board), Barbara Heninger (Board), Elizabeth Matthews (Board) Summary of Motion and Action Items ACTION ITEM: Board needs to find HR/Finance manager/company to handle payroll/ onboarding/ accounting items. Ideally specializes in non-profits. ACTION ITEM: Board members reach out to new potential Board candidates, Michael will send out ideal skill sets to round [...]

SBMT Board Meeting Feb. 8, 2023 Time Start: 7:05pm End time: 9:01pm In attendance: Board Members - Dan Singletary, Ed Hunter, Barbara Heninger, Aly Suleman, Braden Taylor, Elizabeth Matthews, Steve Sammonds Ex. Officio: Sara Dean (EAD), Doug Hughes (Marketing), Jeffrey Henson (Facilities) Absent: Tıpu Purkayastha (Board), Stacy Levin (Board), Soni Kapoor (Board), Michael Hirsch (Board) Summary of Motion and Action Items Action: Annual Welfare Exemption Claims for city of Saratoga and set shop filed the week of 2/5 Action: Post show survey to go out 2/18 Action: Jordan and Sara working on Rotary Grant Action: Barbara and Kama working on [...]

SBMT Board Minutes May 11, 2022 Started 7:00 pm Board Members Present: Jay Steele, Steve Sammonds, Dan Singletary, Raiña Parks, Tipu Purkayastha, Michael Hirsch, Jeffrey Henson, Sharon Peng, Ed Hunter Guests Present: Lysander Abadia, Soni Kapoor Not Present: Jennifer Maggio, Doy Charnsupharindr  Other members present: Doug Hughes, Sara Dean (ED) ð  Please note highlights of activities that Board can take, below. 😊 DISCUSSION Youth Programming (Lysander Abadia) Sara gave a brief overview of the current theatre environment with the recent Covid resurgence and introduced our two guests. Soni Kapoor Working on first SBMT show, doing Deck Crew for “On the [...]

SBMT Board Minutes April 13, 2022 Started 6:06 pm Board Members Present: Barbara Heninger, Jay Steele, Steve Sammonds, Dan Singletary, Raiña Parks, Tipu Purkayastha, Michael Hirsch, Aly Suleman,  Not Present: Jennifer Maggio, Doy Charnsupharindr, Ed Hunter, Sharon Peng, Doug Hughes (Marketing) Other members present: Sara Dean (ED) ð  Please note highlights of activities that Board can take, below. 😊 DISCUSSION Updates Technology:  Venue Updates Tech booth stairs are almost done. Doors being varnished and having hardware put on them.  Added shelving in the box office and re-did a few things Working on projectors. There is a really annoying flickering problem. [...]

SBMT Board Minutes December 8, 2021 Started 7:06 pm Board Members Present: Michael Hirsch, Barbara Heninger, Jay Steele, Steve Sammonds, Dan Singletary, Raiña Parks, Sharon Peng, Ed Hunter, Doy Charnsupharindr, Tipu Purkayastha, Aly Suleman Not Present:Jennifer Maggio,  Other members present: Sara Dean (ED), Jeffrey Henson (Facilities), Doug Hughes (Marketing)  ð  Please note highlights of activities that Board can take, below. ? DISCUSSION Updates Retreat is this weekend. Scheduled 10:00am - 5:00pm. There will be a brunch available. Lunch will also be served. Marketing report from Doug (see his report).  Completed photoshoot for Company on Sunday. Used photographer who has their [...]

SBMT Board Minutes November 10, 2021 Started 7:05pm Board Members Present: Michael Hirsch, Dan Singletary, Barbara Heninger, Jay Steele, Steve Sammonds, Doug Hughes, Tipu Purkayastha, Aly Suleman, Jennifer Maggio, Raiña Parks, Doy Charnsupharindr Not Present: Ed Hunter, Sharon Peng Other members present: Sara Dean (ED), Jeffrey Henson (Facilities), Doug Hughes (Marketing) See: Slide deck shared by Michael Hirsch Marketing report from Doug Hughes   ð  Please note highlights of activities that Board can take, below. ?   DISCUSSION Marketing report from Doug (see his report). Issue with printer for the Company postcards. Didn’t meet the date needed for delivery.  Looking [...]

SBMT Meeting Minutes  October 17, 2021 Present: Michael Hirsch, Dan Singletary, Sara Dean, Jay Steele, Steve Sammonds, Doug Hughes, Ed Hunter, Aly Suleman, Tipu Purkayastha, Sharon Peng Not Present: Raina Stevens, Doy Charnsupharindr Agenda: Please refer to the slide set sent by the Chair for details. ACTION: Organization and Reopening committees will discuss doing a survey to target people who attended and didn’t attend Shout, to find out why, so we can see how we might address increasing attendance and ticket sales. ACTION: Organization Development committee will look at clarifying process and roles and how we make that available to [...]

Present: Michael Hirsch, Dan Singletary, Jay Steele, Steve Sammonds,, Raiña Parks, Sara Dean, Doug Hughes, Jen Maggio, Kevin Brownstein, Ed Hunter Start 7:01 pm Welcome by Michael Hirsch Agenda Support Staff Updates (15 minutes) Marketing & Social Media (Doug Hughes) Facilities (Jeffrey Henson) Tech (Dan Singletary) Financial (Jen Maggio) Executive Director Update (60 minutes) (Sara Dean) Budget Hiring - Associate Manager/Business Manager 2021-2022 Season Committee Updates (15 minutes) Community, Inclusivity & Accountability (Kevin Brownstein, Sharon Peng) Development & Fundraising (Dallas Carter) Organizational Development (Jay Steele) Vision & Planning (Michael Hirsch) Board Recruitment (15 minutes) (Michael Hirsch) Actions Minutes Listen back [...]