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“Rush” to Queenstown!  - MTNZ/Showbiz Queenstown
invites you to pack your gunny sack
and gold pan and join us at Rydges Queenstown for
the MTNZ Conference, 20-22 March 2009.   

On Saturday night The Miners’ Hop will celebrate the
 goldrush and the colourful
characters who populated the goldfields
and gold towns in the 1860’s.  See you there!

 PLEASE NOTE EARLY BIRD CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FEES WILL CLOSE
OFF 1 DECEMBER NOT 31 DECEMBER
CONFERENCE PACKS WILL BE POSTED 1 SEPTEMBER

Friday 20 March
We will have trade display set up all day in the main conference room (the Coronet/Remarkables room)
which will be used for the Friday night function and the AGM and seminars/forums all day Saturday. 
Friday night will be the usual informal social get together

Saturday 21 March
AGM Format
8.45am – midday – AGM
Midday – 1pm – lunch
1.15pm – 2.15pm – forums and discussion
2.30pm – 5pm seminar session 

The feedback we received from members is they wanted some forum/discussion time with
likeminded people within the MTNZ membership.  So we are hoping to run the following
forums (facilitators tbc) and these are requests from the membership:

  1. Nuts and bolts – small societies to get together to “chew the fat”.
  2. Administrators/secretaries
  3. Technology discussion – what’s new, health and safety updates, fire retardants etc.
  4. MTNZ – the organisation, what we do, how we can do better, a surf around the MTNZ website
  5. Copyright holders Q&A
  6. Ticketing
  7. Marketing

More detail will follow once we have confirmed with the facilitators. The second session will be
seminars and we are hoping (just need to confirm with the presenters) to offer the following:

  1. Marketing – small but spectacular – getting great results from your advertising budget
    (ideal for small/medium societies)
  2. Financial management of a society, shows, budgeting
  3. Set and props design
  4. Directing (aimed at directors and budding directors)
  5. Lighting bang for the buck – lighting musicals within budget limitations
  6. Performance (aimed at actors and singers)
  7. Musical directing (the first time we have ever been able to offer a seminar on musical
    direction, content TBC and our presenter is one of the best!!)

Saturday night is the Miner’s Hop – in celebration of the gold rush days of Otago and more
detail will follow once we have things confirmed. 

Accommodation There will be accommodation costs to suit everyone’s budget.  The main hotel
 for conference in Queenstown will be the Rydges Lakeland (room rate $175 and
sleep and go rooms $140).  Fantastic views from every room.  Next door we have Peppers
(room rate $180), one minute walk away is the Lakefront Motels ($129 - $139) and
Queenstown Lakeview Holiday Park ($110 - $130) about 5 – 10 minutes walk away.
We will have more detail in July’s Spotlight.

Conference Fees for 2009
Early Bird (if paid by 1 December 2008) - please note the date change
\      $230 single registration
\      $220 per registration if Delegate + three observers from one society

After 2 December 2008
\      $255 single registration

Seminar/Forum Sessions Only
$20 per pax for MTNZ, ETNZ members
$30 for non members
(please note this covers both the forum and seminar sessions, so the whole Saturday afternoon)

So get the conference 2009 dates in your diary and the Executive encourage everyone to come
along – it will be fantastic weekend in one of the most stunning and exciting places to visit in
NZ so maybe make a holiday out the trip as well …