Ask Corbett: Non-Profit Boards — New Times, Fresh Approaches

What would happen if you re-imagined your Board, removed the mandate to contribute or raise money and asked them to do something they might actually be good at, like say, audience development? I bet this is generally a more comfortable topic for most board members because it relates to earned income, marketing, and customer service. Now you’re talking business-y language and put them in their comfort zone. --BY CORBETT BARKLIE

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The Facts and Fantasies Behind AEA’s Latest Missive

Don’t get angry. Play the fact game. It’s fun, and it leads to any conclusion that you desire. I’d like to use almost the same document that Equity uses to arrive at quite different conclusion. The difference being that the conclusions here actually make sense. This is from Equity’s 2013-2014 Season Theatrical Report. -- BY STEVEN LEIGH MORRIS

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Actors’ Equity Association Announces End of Talks

"It is interesting — indeed, startling — that the union and Pro99 could not come to some agreement over months of negotiation and discreet discussion, particularly given that the plaintiffs clearly went the extra mile in not serving the suit. It’s fascinated to contemplate what must have been going on behind doors during the talks — and whether it was the union’s intransigence or some other issue that prevented a calm and rational settlement." -- BY PAUL BIRCHALL

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