DM Meeting @ 2006-10-18 18:00:00
DM Meeting Minutes: Wednesday, 18 October 2006
6:00 pm, The Graduate
1. Welcome and apologies
DMs present: James McLachlan, Rachel Crofts, Robert Gardner, Mike Joy, George Marshall
Apologies: James Emmott, Michelle Foy
2. Rotas
Most shows in Week 4 do not yet have DMs. Please sign up if you can DM any of these shows.
3. New stewards
The situation is looking better this week: ten new stewards have signed up to shows in Week 3 and there are several new stewards who are yet to sign up to shows.
George was impressed by Tuesday's stewards for Syriana, one of the busiest shows of the term.
4. Front of House social
There will be no FoH social this week. It was mentioned that Saw III is released on 27 October, and so there may be a social next week to include this grand cinematic occasion.
5. AOB
(i) In absentia, James E. asked James M. to "reiterate to DMs... how their role is an active, special one within the society and not just a fancy title. In particular... a DM runs their show, not the projectionists, not the stewards, and certainly not people just hanging about."
The DMs present concurred that James raised some valid points. Problems with running shows smoothly are sometimes caused by a lack of communication, resulting in someone other than the DM making a decision that affects Front of House. It was highlighted that there are often more DMs than stewards at shows, and so the stewards don't always know who is in charge. DMs should be working constructively with one another, but they must respect that the Duty Manager for a show is responsible for that show.
(ii) The Graduate does not have any pork scratchings this evening.