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The Latest in BOC News 9/6/2005 Minutes to the September 2005 Membership Meeting Now available on the Message Board Click on the BOC Business section. 1/1/2005 Happy New Year Welcome to the New BOC server. Try out the new Message Board We'll be adding some other new stuff too.
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A new Poop Sheet was recently mailed to BOC Alums. If you haven't got yours yet you can read it here: | ||||
6/16/2003 Dates for the General Membership Meeting of the BOCTVAA have been tentatively chosen. Your input is needed to determine the best of two dates in August. Your Vote is needed to determine the date. Please go to the Voting page and cast your vote. The Date will be announced July 1 based upon which date gets the most votes. |
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5-4-03 All of the original pictures, scripts, films and videotapes of "Beyond Our Control," the award-winning local TV show produced by high school students at WNDU-TV in South Bend, Indiana From 1967 to 1986, have found a home at Grass Roots Media, Inc. of South Bend-- thanks to owners Donnie and Andrea Rogers’s generous donation of space. It wasn't such a beautiful day outside but it was quite a good day inside for BOC alumni gathered together in the Grass Roots Media building with Donnie and Andrea Rogers-- on Washington's Birthday-- to check out the little room dedicated to storing all things BOC. Yes, all of the videotapes, films, scripts, and pictures now have a home. And the Rogerses have an interesting history as well. |
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Don't forget to visit the BOC Store. Get your hands on some cool gear. |
3-14-03 If BOC Voted for the Academy
Awards . . . 3-10-2003 Scooby Dues Be Due FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Day My Mama Socked It To The BOCTVAA Don't you just love headlines that appear to make no sense but pull you in for the read nonetheless? For example, my mother has never once sucker punched anyone of whom I am aware. But I bet that you were humming "Harper Valley PTA," at least in your head. •••
1/18/2003 BOC By-Laws Referendum Passes CHICAGO, IL -- The Beyond Our Control T.V. Alumni Association has approved a new set of by-laws that should allow the organizations board to vote in a new slate of officers soon, to allow President Lee Lodyga to set an agenda for the upcoming Board Meeting slated for the fourth Thursday in January, and to plot the teen TV alumni associations strategy for the upcoming year. |
There's history here, lots of it. See what's what in the BOC History Pages. |
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Looking to get in touch with someone from the old days? Check out the Contacts Page and see if they're listed! |
12/22/2002 WEBSITE ADDITIONS AND CHANGES Thanks to everyone who has so far surfed the new site and weighed in the kudos, compliments, and fixes. Glad you like it. The Site Map has been redesigned to be more comprehensive. If you're looking for something but not sure where you saw it check out the Site Map. If what you're looking for isn't listed drop the Webmaster a note and we'll get a link posted. Keep an eye out for Poop Sheets and other bits of tid making their appearance on the 1984-'85 Season Page in the next few days... |
Stop lurking, would you, and get yourself heard on the BOC Message Board. |
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| ANCIENT TV SHOW DISCOVERED IN FOSSIL RECORD CHICAGO, IL -- A new Website reproducing historic images, words, video clips and current online conversations from the members of the alumni association of the once top-rated local television variety show "Beyond Our Control," has been published today by the Beyond Our Control T.V. Alumni Association. From 1967 to 1986 high school students in South Bend, Indiana produced a half-hour sketch comedy television show in association with Junior Achievement sponsored by the local NBC affiliate, WNDU-TV, on the campus of the University of Notre Dame. "We're ready to go," said Lee Lodyga, the president of the BOCTVAA, "the Web page brings together some of the most important original materials made by BOC's company members and advisors from 1967 to 1986." The images shown on the page were selected from the vast video and still image library of the NATPE-award-winning show, Lodyga said. "We wanted to tell the story of BOC in a way that would appeal to people new to the organization as well as to alumni members deeply familiar with the work." The words and pictures on the BOC Web page have historical significance too, explained Lodyga. "This material represents a significant part of television culture, in a local context. The humor has aged pretty well, and the production values hold a great deal of interest for anyone with curiosity about the development of television and media." The TV show's video, photos and words can be viewed and participants can become part of the expanding mission of BOC, make use of the organization's people and resources, and join the organization as an associate member at www.beyondourcontrol.org. The Beyond Our Control T.V. Alumni Association is a worldwide organization of former writers, directors, actors and animators from the historic satiric show, having its offices in Chicago, Los Angeles, and South Bend, Indiana. |
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A NOTE FROM THE PRESIDENT TO THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION From the Office of the President: | ||||
| Just like the jump from black & white to color, film to videotape and the Studio to the JA Center (to the YMCA), we just keep moving on. And getting better! Welcome to the new Beyond Our Control site. Our seriously sleep-deprived Web Team has been working to create this new design which makes your trip down memory lane easier an more enjoyable. (Plus, come on - you know your brain isn't functioning as well as it did in high school. The easier, the better - right? Although, the more enjoyable bit is important too. But I digress...) So, thanks for stopping by. Welcome back or just plain welcome! Be sure to surf around, check out the new features, shop in the new stores and just plain have some fun. Lee Lodyga, President, BOC Alumni Association |