Board Minutes

Minutes for 7/12/2023  Start: 7pm In Attendance: Michael Hirsch Dan Singletary Braden Taylor Nicole Tung Steve Sammonds Barbara Heninger Ex Officio: Doug Hughes  Walter Mayes Absent: Stacy Levin Tipu Purkayastha Soni Kapoor Ed Hunter ACTION ITEM: Michael and Tipu - schedule time to update bylaws ACTION ITEM: Consider Board resolution to propose emergency by-laws suspension for Board members’ terms ending in July to extend to Dec. 31st, 2023 ACTION ITEM: to reassess committee responsibilities with new Board members coming on ACTION ITEM (completed): Friday review and schedule interviews ACTION ITEM: Post Board positions in blog and newsletter (Michael to work [...]

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 [...]