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  • 1.  Are inductees eligible to vote

    Posted 05-22-2018 10:11

    I can't find this in our current constitution nor in the ITS one.  

    Can an inductee vote for next year's officers?  Since they will be getting inducted when the new officers are taking their positions it makes sense to me.  

    We're having a debate on what's correct. 
    Thanks in advance for your replies.  





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    Chuck Yarmey
    Advisor/Technical Director
    Wyoming Area Drama Club
    Thespian Troupe 4795
    Exeter PA
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  • 2.  RE: Are inductees eligible to vote

    Posted 05-22-2018 11:02
    I think that would depend on your troupe.  We do rolling inductions, so as soon as a student is eligible and pays their fee, they are inducted in the computer.  The ceremony at the end of the year is just a formality, but it doesn't actually induct them.  So all of our students vote, since they are already technically inducted.

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    Laura Steenson
    Theatre Director
    Reynolds High School
    Troutdale OR
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  • 3.  RE: Are inductees eligible to vote

    Posted 05-24-2018 09:47
    Same for  me. As soon as you are considered a "Thespian" you have all of the Thespian privileges.  My ceremony is also at the end of the year, and it's not fair for those students to wait for a "ceremony" when they have already put in the work and time to be a Thespian :)

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    Natalie (Saunders) Dommer
    Director of Theatre
    Ottumwa High School
    501 East Second Street
    Ottumwa, Iowa 52501
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  • 4.  RE: Are inductees eligible to vote

    Posted 05-22-2018 15:51
    I would say yes. If they are inductees than they have received the points needed to be active inducted thespians and are simply missing the ceremony.

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    Shira Schwartz
    Chandler Unified School District
    Chandler AZ
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  • 5.  RE: Are inductees eligible to vote

    Posted 05-22-2018 17:14
    I say "yes," too. For my troupe, a student becomes a member the second the dues money changes hands from theirs to mine. The induction ceremony is simply a formality.

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    Mark A. Zimmerman,

    Theatre Director
    Akron School for the Arts
    Firestone Community Learning Center
    470 Castle Blvd
    Akron, Ohio 44313

    Troupe 5570

    mzimmerm@apslearn.org
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  • 6.  RE: Are inductees eligible to vote

    Posted 05-23-2018 08:14
    In the two troupes I have led, we have written in our constitution that all currently inducted and about to be inducted members get to vote.  Even seniors have the chance to cast one last ballot to leave their mark with those they are leaving.

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    Raymond Palasz
    Auditorium Director/Director of Theatre
    Munster IN
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  • 7.  RE: Are inductees eligible to vote

    Posted 05-23-2018 08:20
    I believe that should be in your bylaws, which you create for your troupe.

    In our troupe, we allow the new inductees to vote for officers for the next year, but we also require a student to be a troupe member for a year before running for President, Vice President, or Secretary.  They need to have a good sense of how things work before they try to manage the troupe.  And those new inductees need to know that the offices are not ceremonial, but positions with specific duties.

    In our troupe, we don't have a treasurer, because students aren't allowed to handle money at any time.  We have a Historian, who is responsible for making sure we have photos of every play, and a Publicist, who makes sure we have art for the posters, school announcements, etc.

    The point is to design your bylaws so that your particular troupe functions well.  We review ours every few years and vote in changes, if needed.



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    C. J. Breland
    Asheville High School
    Asheville NC
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  • 8.  RE: Are inductees eligible to vote

    Posted 05-23-2018 09:01
    Or bylaws don’t let them vote until they are inducted which means the following year because our year ends with induction & announcement of the new officers.

    Maria Stadtmueller
    St. Augustine
    Kendall Park, NJ

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  • 9.  RE: Are inductees eligible to vote

    Posted 05-23-2018 10:15
    ​Good morning,

    Our inductees are not allowed to vote as they are not "active members" of the troupe per our bylaws.

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    Crit Fisher
    Lighting/Sound Designer
    New Albany High School
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