Welcome
to Northern Boundary
Northern Boundary is a Regional Chapter of USITT which brings together entertainment designers and technicians from Iowa, Minnesota, and the Dakotas. Our membership includes industry professionals, educational faculty and staff, students, entertainment service companies, and many other technical theatre practitioners at all levels. Our goal is to create connections between all those in our region who have a passion for technical theatre, design, and allied professions and to offer continued conversations and education in the field. Be part of the conversations and join today!
IMPORTANT UPDATES TO NORTHERN BOUNDARY
In case you may not have heard, our parent group, USITT, is realigning its policies and procedures on the national level in terms of its membership program starting in July, and we have some updated information to share about how that affects our Northern Boundary Section.
NBS is a branch of USITT, but in the past, we, on the paperwork end, operated as our own organization, and as such, you did not have to be a full member of USITT to be a member of NBS. USITT is phasing out that option and moving all regional chapters to be under their umbrella as one big organization. This means that all information, membership, budget, and events will be implemented through the USITT National office.
What does this mean for NBS? Our membership program will now be aligned/part of membership at the National level, and our individual regional memberships will be ending. It also means everyone will need to transition to a National membership before our fall conference.
We will not be able to transfer your current membership over; rather, a new registration will be required at the USITT National website. When you decide to re-register, please make sure to select the option to also join the NBS Regional Membership. This helps us retain your membership and information within NBS. Updated information about all of these changes can be found here.
The good news is that USITT has lowered its national membership rates if you were previously a member of both NBS and USITT. However, if you have a financial barrier and are not able to register, please contact the Treasurer, Katie Link, at katielink08@gmail.com to request financial support. We have limited funds, and requests will need to be made before Aug 15th. Another piece of good news is the Bridge Program created by USITT that offers 1 free year of membership to recent graduates who joined as student members.
Why is this large shift a good thing? It will help NBS with our operational paperwork, increase our budgeting for events, and also provide us with more direct support from the National level.
What happens to previous membership money, donated money, or sponsorships? The money in our current NBS account will be transferred to a scholarship account at the National level for NBS to distribute as scholarships to our members. Sponsorship and additional money towards scholarships will still be possible and can be added to this scholarship account. We will have more information to share about that soon.
Our NBS website will also be retired on August 1st, and we will have a website page through the USITT National website. Once that goes live, we will send out a notification.
Please reach out to any NBS board member for any additional questions or concerns.
Thank you.