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A new WPI Management Committee was elected in Mumbai

Management Committee 2009-2012:

Malou Jacob   The Phillippines   
Karen Jeynes   South Africa  
Marcia Johnson   Canada     
Linda Parris-Bailey  USA     
Lene Therese Teigen  Norway   

Web-site Committee

Catherine Fitzgerald  Australia  
Belinda Leckie   New Zealand 
Marijke Schermer   Netherlands 

WPI Conference 2012 – The Swedish Group

• Birgitta Englin  
• Nadia Izzat   
• Rani Kasapi   
• Jenny Andreasson 

New WPI Management Committee to be Elected in Mumbai

Nominations are called for the new WPI Management Committee to be elected at the 8th International Women Playwrights Conference in Mumbai.

To nominate for the Management Committee it is necessary to be a Member of WPI and to formally commit to working on behalf of the organisation.  Nominees should be able to demonstrate:

*organisational ability (together with access to internet/e- mail/communications facilities, through personal and/or institutional resources),

*the ability to work as part of a management team, and

*the time and willingness to take on the job.

WPI members who are not able to attend the Mumbai Conference, but wish to nominate for the committee, should send the following information to the WPI Steering Committee on:

wpintl@wpinternational.net

*The names of two WPI members who are proposing you for election.  (Membership of WPI is defined either by attendance at a past conference, or through registration via the WPI website.)

*A brief curriculum vita indicating your experience both as a playwright and as an arts administrator.

This will be circulated before the meeting.

8th International Women Playwrights Conference

 
Conference Administration and Artistic Management

Jyoti Mhapsekar, the Conference Convenor, is the founding President of Stree Mukti Sanghatana (Women’s Liberation Organization), which was founded in 1975, and has an active Theater Group. The organization has also been accredited by ECOSOC (U.N.).

The official conference sponsors is Jyoti’s own organization, Stree Mukti Sanghatana (the first feminist organization to be a primary WPI Conference sponsor), and the University of Mumbai (which will provide theatre, conference, and office space, as well as funding, etc.).

Jyoti has been involved in WPI since she brought her feminist theatre company to the 3rd Conference in Adelaide, Australia, in 1994.  She has participated in every conference since, as well as WPI planning sessions in Athens, Greece thrice.  She served as a member of the Executive Committee of WPI for two consecutive terms.  She will bring her own organizing skills and the support of a highly developed feminist support network to the planning of the conference. Mr. Waman Kendre,  Director, Academy of Theater Arts ,University of Mumbai has kindly agreed to assist Jyoti with the 2009 Conference. The University of Mumbai is one of the oldest universities in India with a sprawling campus, near both domestic and international airports, 1.5 to 3 kms away. 

Official Local Hosts & Organisers -     Academy of Theater Arts ,University of Mumbai and Stree Mukti Sanghatana,
Conference Convener      Ms. Jyoti Mhapsekar, President, Stree Mukti Sanghatana ( Women’s Liberation Organisation) 
Conference Director    Mr. Waman Kendre,  Director, Academy of Theater Arts ,University of Mumbai
Venue of the Conference -    University of Mumbai, Vidyanagari Campus, Kalina

The Mumbai Conference organisers will be assisted by the international advisory committee.  Members of the committee are as follows:

Beverly Andrews (UK)
Marilie Fernandez Ilagan (Philippines)
Karen Kinch (US)
Helen Shay (UK)
Karen Jeynes (South Africa)
Patrizia Monaco (Italy)
Lene Therese Teigen  (Norway)
Monica Raymond (US)
Suzy Messerole (US)
Naghmeh Samini (Iran)
Denise Walsh (New Zealand)
Margareta Skantze  (Sweden)
Ngoc M. Nguyen (Vietnam/US)
Sandra Shotlander (Australia)
Rosemary Johns (Australia)
Li Ying Ning (China)
Shim Jung Soon (Korea)

The WPI Steering Committee

At the Jakarta Conference there were no clear bids for the site of the 2009
Conference.  A Steering Committee of ex-conference convenors was mandated to
liaise with the membership to determine the venue for 8th Women Playwrights
Conference.

The Steering Committee members are:

Anna Kay France (Buffalo 1988)
Julie Holledge (Adelaide 1994)
Malou Jacob (Manila 2003)
Ratna Sarumpaet (Jakarta 2006)