1. Call to Order
Chair, Benjamin Domask-Ruh, called the meeting to order at: 6:04 pm Eastern
2. Roll:
Present: Jonathan Perry, Micahel Karas, Ross Berenson, Biz, Benjamin Domask-Ruh, Martin Frost, Afton Benson, Noel Yee, Kaylin Meyers(arrived 6:06)
Absent: Sofia Noethe
Recorder: Jonathan
3. Approval of Agenda
Motion: Biz
Second by: Jonathan
Discussion:
Vote: Passed unanimously
4. Approval of Minutes:
Business Board Meeting (Annual General Meeting Agenda 07/17/2025)
Motion: Noel
Second: Jonathan
Discussion:
Vote: Passed unanimously
- New Board Members welcome and onboarding
- Benjamin and Afton lead
5. Reports **Here for onboarding no reports this meeting**
Please keep verbal reports to 5 min or less except for festival discussion.
2025 Festival Report (Noel & Afton)
Discussion: Evansville was very happy to host us. More info to follow soon.
2026 Festival Report (Noel Yee)
Discussion: Festival musts are super close to each other. City seems to be on the economic upturn. Fest registration is already open with early bird discount code from filling out a survey about the Evansville fest.
Financial Report (Afton Benson)
Discussion:
Future Festival Site Report (Mike Sullivan and Jake Darrow)
Discussion:
eJuggle Report (Eric Shibuya)
Discussion:
Membership (Marilyn Sullivan)
Membership Data
Discussion:
Marketing Report (Lisa Ellipse)IJA social media requests
Discussion:
IRC Report (Erin Stephens)
Discussion:
YJA Report (Benjamin Domask-Ruh)
Discussion:
OpsO Report (Ross Berenson)
Discussion: Nothing to report.
- Motions for Consideration
- Motion to Appoint Benjamin Domask-Ruh as Board Chair
Motion: Biz
Second: Jonathan
Discussion:
Vote: Passed unanimously
- Motion to reappoint all current IJA Officers in their current positions.
Motion: Michael
Second: Kaylin
Discussion: Invite Dan Howard to shadow for this current year to learn how the IJA currently uses its membership data. Newsletter leadership may need to be freshened up as well.
Marilyn Sullivan is looking to step down from Membership Director, there is one person interested and if anyone else is interested please let us know. Ideally we’d train someone as we work towards transferring to the new platform.
Vote: Passed unanimously
- Motion to approve hosting the IRC Sudamérica 2025 – Colombia at the Manizales International Theatre Festival on September 28, 2025.
Proposal: IRC Sudamérica 2025 – Colombia
Budget:
Motion: Biz
Second: Michael
Discussion: Discussion from new board members on how many happen per year.
ERIN: It is an honor that this festival has expressed interest in hosting the IRC in Colombia. It is the oldest theatre festival in Colombia, and they are offering impressive prizes and support for the competition. The prize money is equal to $750 usd 1st Place / $550 usd 2nd Place / $150 3rd Place. The gold medalist will also win a flight to travel to Chile to attend and perform at the CIMAC convention. The festival is also taking on the expenses for the media production.
As we are currently training a team in Colombia to be able to organize the IRC self-sufficiently in the future, they have requested that I attend this year to do a public transfer of organizational structure. This is what I did in Chile, and it was very effective in allowing the local juggling community to understand that the local organizing group will now be organizing the event without an external IJA Representative being present. Three members of the IRC organizing team in training will be present at the event, which will also allow for in person training and conversation.
Vote: Passed unanimously
7. Varia:
- Do Monday’s at 6 Eastern time work best still for Board Members?
- TELL US.
1st and third Thursday 7pm ET [PENDING OTHER BOARD MEMBERS]
8. Confirm Next Meeting
Next meetings will take place on…
for the next vision meeting September 4th, 2025 at 7Pm ET
for the next business meeting Thursday August 21, 2025 at 7pm ET
9. Adjournment
Meeting adjourned at 7:33 pm Eastern.