Theatre Design & Technology - Summer 1998 - 6

Editor
THE:\TRE DESIG\ & TECH\OLOGY
Tbe JOllrunl for

pecial thanks to Leon Brauner. formerlr rice-presidenl for conferences and nOli' president of LSITT. \rho conlributed the follO\ring
thoughts about the LSITT :\nnual Conference & Stage Expo and its
place as one of the most important. and certainly the largest of
LSITT"s endearors. I don't hare space to indiriduallr thank ereryone
\rho contributed so generously to this special focus issue. bm I do
\ram to recognize the efforts of conference photographers Tom
Thatcher and t\laJcolm Callel~' \rhose piclllres eloquemlr tell the
stOrr, sometimes aLl br themselres. and the al\rays energetic assistance of former marketing and public relations manager, and guest
editor of last year's conference issue. t\lar\' Buffum. -dr

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"What is LSIT'P As an effectire membership association. LSITT is
about communication-good communication. LSITT ser\'es manr
professionals. in manr professions and orer the rears has dereloped a range of effectire communication conduits. Certainly. the most notable of these are the .\nnual Conference & Stage Expo.
Sigh/lilies and TDE: T. and more recentlr our Culture\et Forums and the L ITT Web site. :\ rear
ago. \re did a sampling sur\'er of our membership and discO\'ered that our members idemi~' networking as the ker benefit of L ITT membership. and our .-\.nnual LSITT Conference & Stage Expo
and TDE:T \rere rated as the most ralued membership selyices.
"I don't beliere the founding members of the Institllle foresa\r the importance the Conference
and Siage Expo \rould hare for the Instiltue. Our :\.nnual Conference & Stage Expo is at the heart of
\rho and what LSITT is to it members and the manr allied fields to \rhich the Institute acts as host
and speaks. Recemlr. these annual erems hare sen'ed as our organization's ultimate communication forum. :\.t the heart of this forum is a single \rord that finds itself in the mission statemem of
ere1~' commission. and the Instilllte itself: ·Communication.' :\. modern :\.ssociation·s communication is a little like one of those electronic power grid maps of the Lnited States. It is complex. and
\rhen one route is dmm. another takes its place. The Institute and its members communicate in a
rariet\' of \rays. and the Conference & Stage Expo is often at the heart of the grid.
"Communication is the ker to a successful membership association. Our association has understood this and al\rars \rorkedtO explore more and better \rars of meeting these communication
needs. The research projects and innovatire creatire solutions and applications of our members
have found their war intO our print publications. and into program sessions. The Institute has
sought to make the roices of its members heard through its slandards \rork. and its alliances \rith
other professional and member organizations. Like the L'.S. po\rer grid map. LSITT prorides its
members with a \ride rariet\· of communication paths and imerconnectires. as \rell as the strength
of the organization's collectire \rill and means.
"This issue of TDe: T cominues last rear's ne\\' initiatire to bling some of the excitement of the conference. and some of the infoIlllation communicated there. to members unable to attend. :U1dtO those
\rho perhaps \\-ere unable 10 attend some specific sessions or erems. This issue. joining our t\m most
ralued membership senices. TDe: T and the :\.nnu;~ Conference & tage Expo. prmide, :U1other communication path. another ou~et for the mices of our members." - Leon Brauner

STEVE POLLOCK
:Ircbileelllre
PEGGY ROSEFELDT & SUZY CAMPBELL
Coslllllle Desigll e:- recbllo!ogl'
PATRICK M. FINELLI
COlllplllers c: SOftll'are
NANCY ARNFIELD
Edllealioll
JERRY GORRELL
Ellgilleerillg
WILLIAM B. HEKTNER
lIea!lb eO afell'
RICHARD DEVIN
LigiJIil/g Desigl/
RICHARD PETERSON
.I!al/agelllel/l
ROBERT L. SMITH
Scellic Desigl/
RICHARD THOMAS
SOlllld Desigl/
BILL BROWNING
recbllica!l'rodl/cliol/
NORMA ADLER
!I/Ierl/aliol/a! jOllrl/a!s
ELBIN CLEVELAND
.\'1'11' I'rodl/cl Rel'iell's
SYLVIA J. H. PANNELL
Book Rel'iel/'s
WILLIAM J. BYRNES
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CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
ARNOLD ARONSON· JARKA BURIAN·
CECELIA & ERIC FIELDING· SARAH NASH
GATES· JOEL E. RUBIN· BEEB SALZER·
DELBERT UNRUH· TOM WATSON·
ARNOLD WENGROW

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