Update to conference 16 July

Our meeting approaches and I look forward very much to welcoming you in Bolton.

There are a number of points and reminders that I need to send you, some of which are urgent. I will also post this message on the blog on the website. Please do check the site out and add your comments to the general blog, and to individuals both about their Expressions of Interest and, particularly, about their paper proposals.

I have written using colour and capitals NOT to shout at you, but to try to help you see what each point concerns and thus to move effectively through the text.

IMPORTANT AND PRESSING ACTIONS

• We are about to take your BIOGRAPHY, EXPRESSION OF INTEREST, PAPER PROPOSAL (IF ANY), AND YOUR PHOTO from your Profile page on the conference description website to compile the conference booklet very soon. Please ensure that your data is as up-to-date and as complete as possible. In particular, please ensure that your photo is uploaded (showing at the bottom of your profile page) and at least 600px wide. If your image is showing at a smaller size, or if you would like to upload a different image for some other reason, you can use the ”Choose file” botton and then the ”Update My ASC 2013 Profile” button at the bottom of your profile page. To allow time for booklet production, YOU NEED TO TAKE THIS ACTION BY midday Thursday 24 July, UK time.

* You will need to make your DINNER RESERVATION by midday Thursday 24 July, UK time. The dinner will include the John Beishon Memorial Lecture, donated by the Open University, and given by Noam Cook. It will also include some surprise performances.

If you are unsure whether you have booked for dinner or not, you should consult your invoice which was emailed to you when you paid. You can also sign on again at the registration site and look at your record. It’s probably best to do this from the main conference information site.

• If you have any SPECIAL NEEDS, you should tell us by midday Thursday 24 July, UK time.

• If you want to make a formal PAPER PRESENTATION, you should tell us by midday Thursday 24 July, UK time.

• Please also sign up for TUTORIALS on Monday 29 July by midday Thursday 24 July, UK time.

If you have DIFFICULTIES with any of these, please contact the ASC Secretary , again by midday Thursday 24 July, UK time, or EARLIER (he has a long journey to join us). There were instructions in the last 2 messages I sent.

• We will be using our MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, both to talk about them and to play together, so please don’t delay in making yours. We believe it is important you make your own instrument for several reasons, including to reconnect with acting and because what we make and talk about can be such a good introduction to who we are.

I am pleased to inform you that that the PERFORMANCE EVENING now has a number of performances scheduled by Mark Johnson. There will be an exciting program that we will release at the conference opening. If you feel you have a performance you would like to present, please contact our events organiser, Mark Johnson

We are considering an offer to visit to the Steam Museum in Bolton. There is not really any obvious time available, but we are looking (for instance) into the possibility of visiting at the close of the post-conference, or as an alternative to Blackpool, if the weather is difficult.

Roll on Acting, Learning, Understanding!

Best Wishes,

Ranulph