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San Antonio Stakeholders Are Talking Again

Wed, Jan 1, 2018
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 133
Originally, Tuesday, 1/2/18 held the potential for being a watershed day for the San Antonio Symphony (SAS). The organization’s board was expected to meet and discuss options moving forward in the wake of a newly formed nonprofit’s decision to pull out of the six-month-old successorship arrangement (details). Given the amount of potential injury associated with
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San Antonio Turns Down A Dark Path

Fri, Dec 12, 2017
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 199
The San Antonio Symphony (SAS) negotiations took an ugly turn late Wednesday evening with the revelation that not only is a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) becoming less likely, but the successorship deal that would ultimately transfer governance to a new nonprofit is falling apart as well. In order to prevent these discussions from devolving
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#TBT Gaining Some Perspective On Pensions

Thu, Dec 12, 2017
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 173
In light of recent news coming out of San Antonio Wednesday evening, I wanted to post a second #TBT article today pointing out a pair of articles from 2004 that explain how pensions work and ways they impact collective bargaining negotiations. These will be instrumental in helping you shape a necessary frame of reference when
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#TBT Three Years Of Hacking Arts Management

Thu, Dec 12, 2017
by Drew McManus
ArtsHacker.com
Recently, I published ArtsHackier’s 2017 Year In Review article and much like the previous two years, the site continues to enjoy steady growth and engagement. But the post made me think back to some of the posts here at Adaptistration where the site began as an idea then grew into a series of bigger and
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In Boston, XX Marks Anything But A Spot On The Program

Wed, Dec 12, 2017
by Drew McManus
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There’s a fascinating article in the 12/20/2017 edition of the Boston Globe by Malcom Gay about the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) being taken to task by local musicians and academics over the institution’s lack of diversity in its 2017/18 programming. In an open letter, the group pointed out that though the symphony touts its diverse
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