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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>We have been doing this for many years and our partner Jay Stone has been teaching these labs for many years. Thought you might want to know. Dr. Doom <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in'><tr><td width=60 valign=top style='width:45.0pt;padding:3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><img width=60 height=60 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D56A72.704258F0" alt="http://www.globalhealthandsafety.net/logo_email_signature.jpg"></span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='padding:3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:purple'>Dr. Randall W.A. Davidson, Product Liability and Risk Management Assessor at Risk International - <a href="http://www.riskit.com/"><span style='color:blue'>www.riskit.com</span></a>. Focused & Integrated Solutions to Global Problems - <a href="http://www.globalhealthandsafety.net/"><span style='color:blue'>www.globalhealthandsafety.net</span></a>. ISETSA - International Secondary Education Theater Health & Safety Association - <a href="http://www.isetsa.org/"><span style='color:blue'>www.isetsa.org</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='padding:3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt'></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Stagecraft [mailto:stagecraft-bounces@theatrical.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dudley, David H via Stagecraft<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 13, 2019 4:55 PM<br><b>To:</b> stagecraft@theatrical.net<br><b>Cc:</b> Dudley, David H<br><b>Subject:</b> [Unsure if Spam] Re: [SML] Teaching technical theater and OSHA<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>+++ for this. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>We need to use different terminology when we talk about our work spaces.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>In the academic world, we must make sure others respect our shops as the instructional laboratories that they are. And be treated by the PTB as that<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>We know what *we* mean when we talk about our shops, but “shop” has a very different, utilitarian meaning to the uneducated academic bureaucrat. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Many don’t understand what we do, or don’t consider what we do a valid educational endeavor, therefore our laboratories, our “shops”, are not on an equal footing with science labs or computer labs, yet they are where our students take practical experimentation and experience in a controlled environment, just like the other “laboratories” on a campus. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Part of our responsibility is to educate the other members of our academic communities as to what it is we do and how students benefit from the multi-disciplined, multifaceted, creative study that is Theatre. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Yes, we need to teach and keep our students in safe environments and practices. Yes, that means meeting OSHA and industry standards. But, students can’t learn if they can’t use the lab equipment. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Change from Scene Shop and Costume Shop to Scenic Construction Laboratory and Costume Construction Laboratory, and so forth, whenever you speak with anyone outside your department. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Sorry for the lengthy comment. This has been an ongoing problem for many years as new administrators come in and the education starts all over again. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Dave<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Dave Dudley<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>College of William & Mary (retired)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i>Perhaps you need to recharacterize the theate as a teaching laboratory <br>for the theatrical arts? Or similar.? In educational terms it is no <br>different from a sculpture studio or a chemistry laboratory.<br><br>By concretely tying it to an educational mission to create employment - <br>ready graduates of a technical theatre program instead of as a wood and <br>metal working shop supporting the theatre product you might get the <br>facilities person to see the light.<br><br>Stuart</i><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>