Kansas Alliance of Professional Historic Performers: About KAPHP

KAPHP Mission and Polices

Mission

The mission of the Kansas Alliance of Professional Historic Performers is to provide costumed historic interpretation of the highest standard by challenging each other and ourselves to constantly research our subject area and seek the highest performance skills.

Earning Membership

The KAPHP is a juried organization of historian/performers. Recommendation may be made by any individual member. Selection is by a committee of the current membership. To be eligible for membership those who are not founding members must provide evidence that they have:

Developed a thirty to fifty minute first person narrative of an historic figure or composite historic character
Provided authenticity in content and costuming
A familiarity with primary and secondary resources of the individual and their historical context
Attended a Preserving Our Past through Performance^TM workshop
Drafted a contract and invoice for their program
Been paid a fee (beyond travel costs) for a program
At least one marketing piece (brochure/flyer/video)
A telephone number and email address
Developed at least one resource list, curriculum guide, or other educational material for their performance
Participated in an induction which includes a showcase performance and critique by members

Meetings

The annual meeting will be held in conjunction with the Kansas Sampler Festival. Induction will be the week-end of the Kansas Sampler Festival and as necessary at other times when four members of the KAPHP can be present.

Rights and responsibilities

Members have the right to:

Use the KAPHP name in their marketing
Have a presence on the www.historicperformance.com site
Receive occasional email notices
Display and showcase at the Kansas Sampler Festival as provided by the Festival sponsors

To maintain membership an individual must:

Demonstrate a willingness to be familiar with and promote other members of the KAPHP
Contribute financially to cooperative ventures approved by the membership including website maintenance and the Kansas Sampler Festival (not to exceed $100/year)
Exhibit a commitment to the group's mission
Remain active in historic performance

The group will notify non-participants before removing them from KAPHP's marketing/education tools.

Operations

Ride into History Cultural and Educational Project, Inc. (RIHCEPI) will provide administrative support.

Incorporation

The incorporation of KAPHP is not anticipated.

Drafted by Ann Birney from 2005 meeting notes and ratified by a majority of voting members via e-mail, May 2005.

This site was created in 2003 by the Kansas Alliance of Professional Historic Performers and Ride into History Cultural and Educational Project, Inc. with an Attraction Development Grant from the Kansas Department of Commerce and Housing Travel & Tourism Development Division

Original site concept and development by Danny C. Boyce Computer and Network Support and Consulting, Emporia Kansas

Significant revision by G R Dobbs 6/6/2007
retaining much of the original design concept