USITT :: Sightlines :: June 2011 June 2011 Print this page › Lead story › NEWS & NOTICES: Now Accepting Nominations for Special USITT Awards Award Nominees Needed Members can participate by nominating people for USITT's special Electrical Training honors and Distinguished Achievement Awards before July 15. more » Announcements 2012 Election Slate Training Program Recognized International Lighting The USITT Electrical Workshop, operated by the Engineering Symposium Commission with Theatre Safety Programs, is now an ETCP Recognized Training Program. more » Letter to the Institute Packing up PQ - The Last Word Slate for 2012 Elections USITT's Nominations Committee has selected candidates for the 2012 NEWS FROM: Board of Directors election process, including five officers. more » Around the Institute Contributing Members International Lighting Design Symposium Celebrating a First Class Lighting Designer in China. more » Sustaining Members USITT's President Regional Sections A Letter to the Institute Executive Director Rick Stephens says "thank you." more » COMMISSIONS Education News From USITT's President Management Saying thanks for years of service to the Institute, and looking forward. more » Scene Design CONFERENCE & STAGE EXPO: Executive Director Dancing with light on Broadway. more » Stage Expo Growing Take the Blue Line to Long Beach Education Commission FOR THE RECORD: Doing more with fewer resources: tips, hints, and tricks. more » Leadership Contributing Members Management Commission Sustaining Members Changes in leadership. more » VIEW ISSUE AS A PDF » SIGHTLINES ARCHIVE » Scene Design & Technology Commission Another view of immersive design. more » Stage Expo 2012 Take a look at who is already planning to exhibit at Long Beach.more » http://www.usitt.org/sightlines/archive/2011/06/[6/1/11 9:58:19 AM] USITT :: Sightlines :: June 2011 Getting Around in Long Beach No car? No problem. Navigating the LA (and Long Beach) public transportation grid. more » Packed up and Headed for Prague - The Last Word Years of planning and months of design and construction work are all packed into a shipping container and started on a journey to Europe. more » ANNOUNCEMENTS NEWS FROM: AROUND THE INSTITUTE Tenure Workshop at EdTA Conference Golden Pen Award Shines By Design Day Support Continues Pat Larmer Retires LED Luminaire Draft Standard in Public Long Riders Head for South Dakota Review Students Honored Coffin Joins PLASA Team Associates Unharmed Despite Severe ETCP Announces Recognition For Weather Contractors In Memoriam: Dr. Paul Reinhardt Plugfest to Test Controls NEWS FROM: SUSTAINING MEMBERS NEWS FROM: CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS Sapsis Rigging, Inc.: Holds 200th Rigging Rose Brand: Fabric Widest on Market, Safety Seminar Blog Winners Named Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc.: Present ETC: New Lighting Fixtures, Controllers Competition, Offer Aid to Japan Featured on Websites Serapid, Inc.: Replaces University's Creative Stage Lighting: Slates Open Hydraulic Stage Lift System House Sites Stagecraft Institute of Las Vegas: Offer Syracuse Scenery: Rigging Inspections Help with Great Presentations, Portfolios Boost Safety, Business Auerbach Pollock Friedlander: Helps Complete BYU-Idaho Center NEWS FROM: REGIONAL SECTIONS Southeast: Master Classes Set for October Lead story › Volume LI, Number 6 © United States Institute for Theatre Technology, Inc. http://www.usitt.org/sightlines/archive/2011/06/[6/1/11 9:58:19 AM] July 1 Deadline for Award Nominations June 2011 Print this page › Next story › FRONT PAGE » NEWS & NOTICES: News & Notices Award Nominees Needed July 15 Deadline for Award Nominations Electrical Training Nominations are now open for Announcements USITT's special honors and 2012 Election Slate distinguished achievement awards. International Lighting The initial deadline, which allows Symposium review by the Awards Committee, is Letter to the Institute July 15. Packing up PQ - The Last Word Nominations are accepted for NEWS FROM: candidates for the: Around the Institute USITT Award: the highest honor Contributing Members given by USITT, recognizes a Sustaining Members lifetime contribution to the USITT's President performing arts community. Regional Sections Joel E. Rubin Founder's Betsey Baun of the Southeastern Theatre Executive Director Award: given to a USITT Conference received the USITT Award as part of the USITT Annual Conference & COMMISSIONS member in recognition of Stage Expo in 2011. With her is USITT Education outstanding and continued service to the Institute. Executive Director David Grindle. Management Scene Design Thomas DeGaetani Award: Photo/Erika Courtney CONFERENCE honoring a lifetime contribution to & STAGE EXPO: the performing arts in a particular Stage Expo Growing region of the country, generally in the location of the Annual Conference & Take the Blue Line to Long Stage Expo. Beach Honorary Lifetime Member Award: presented to a small but very FOR THE RECORD: distinguished group of individuals recognized for providing "a lifetime of Leadership continuous service to the Institute," Contributing Members Sustaining Members Special Citation: recognizing outstanding achievement in any area of the performing arts by an individual or an organization. VIEW ISSUE AS A PDF » SIGHTLINES ARCHIVE » The process for nominations starts with completion of the online forms, which can be found here. The nomination process requires supporting documents which might include additional letters of support, resumes/CVs, articles written about nominee, or other materials enlarging on the reason the nomination is being made. A recommendation for wording on the potential awards plaque is also part of the http://www.usitt.org/sightlines/archive/2011/06/AwardNominees.asp[6/1/11 9:58:47 AM] July 1 Deadline for Award Nominations materials to be submitted. USITT is also accepting nominations for its Distinguished Achievement Awards which are given in specific Commission areas. Any member may nominate a person for a Distinguished Achievement Award. Those nominations are also due July 15 and require a letter or memo of support from the appropriate Commissioner, and only one award is given in an area each year. Nominations for those awards should be made here. Once the Awards Committee has reviewed all nominations, it makes its recommendations to the Board of Directors for approval. Two awards, the Honorary Lifetime and Founder's awards, while approved by the Board, are kept secret until they are presented at the Annual Conference. Next story › Volume LI, Number 6 © United States Institute for Theatre Technology, Inc. http://www.usitt.org/sightlines/archive/2011/06/AwardNominees.asp[6/1/11 9:58:47 AM] ETCP Recognizes USITT Electrical Workshops June 2011 Print this page › Next story › FRONT PAGE » NEWS & NOTICES: News & Notices Award Nominees Needed ETCP Recognizes USITT Electrical Electrical Training Workshops Announcements 2012 Election Slate The USITT Electrical Workshop, operated by the Engineering Commission with Theatre Safety International Lighting Symposium Programs, recently was approved as a Recognized Training Program by ETCP. While there are 16 Letter to the Institute Recognized Electrical Trainers, there are just three Packing up PQ - The Last other recognized electrical training programs. Word NEWS FROM: USITT Electrical Workshops are designed to give the Around the Institute participant an understanding of electricity and a deeper understanding of the Contributing Members hazards and consequences of working with electricity. These workshops are specifically designed for technicians working with electricity in the entertainment Sustaining Members industry. They provide information that makes sense and provides explanations USITT's President of the sophisticated systems and terminology that are commonly used when Regional Sections describing electricity within the entertainment industry. Executive Director Those involved have offered information programs as Professional Development COMMISSIONS Workshops held before the start of several recent USITT Annual Conferences, Education and have provided training at sites across the United States. Management Scene Design Mitch Hefter, Jerry Gorrell, and Ken Vannice are co-chairs. The program includes five principal presenters and five associate presenters. CONFERENCE & STAGE EXPO: Information will be available soon on both the USITT and ETCP websites on Stage Expo Growing how to schedule a workshop. Take the Blue Line to Long Beach Next story › FOR THE RECORD: Leadership Contributing Members Sustaining Members VIEW ISSUE AS A PDF » SIGHTLINES ARCHIVE » Volume LI, Number 6 http://www.usitt.org/sightlines/archive/2011/06/ElectricalTraining.asp[6/1/11 9:59:10 AM] Announcements June 2011 Print this page › Next story › FRONT PAGE » NEWS & NOTICES: News & Notices: Award Nominees Needed Announcements Electrical Training Tenure Workshop at EdTA Conference » Announcements 2012 Election Slate By Design Day Support Continues » International Lighting LED Luminaire Draft Standard in Public Review » Symposium Coffin Joins PLASA Team » Letter to the Institute ETCP Announces Recognition For Contractors » Packing up PQ - The Last Word Plugfest to Test Controls » NEWS FROM: Around the Institute Contributing Members Tenure Workshop at EdTA Conference Sustaining Members USITT's first tenure preparation workshop will provide exciting opportunities for USITT's President participants. The workshop will be held in conjunction with the Educational Regional Sections Theatre Association's conference in Chicago, Illinois