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Hult Center for the Performing Arts Residency Criteria, Benefits, and Scheduling Practices for Arts Organizations Local, not-for-profit organizations that perform in the Hult Center for the Performing Arts (Center) provide a base of performances for the Center which helps the Center to flourish and fulfill its mission of offering a broad cultural experience to the citizens of Eugene and its surrounding areas. They give to us, our children, and their children, an opportunity for artistic experience that would not otherwise be available. Both the Center and local performing arts organizations will develop strength and financial stability so long as they continue to cooperate, and provide excellent leadership, beautiful, exciting, artistic and interesting performances, professional artistic direction, and long-range planning. Audiences will grow under this cooperation and leadership, and the patron will benefit. The economic development and cultural diversification of the community will be strengthened, and the unification of the resources of the Center and local performing arts organizations will add to the Center's growth. In recognition of their artistic excellence and their value as cultural assets to the people of the City of Eugene, the City should offer residency to qualified local, not- for-profit organizations that perform at the Center. THEREFORE, 1. Those performing organizations that meet the fo llowing requirements may app ly for residency status. 1.1 Demonstrate recognized artistic excellence; 1.2 Have a 501 (c)3 status; 1.3 Have a local/community based Board of Directors; 1.4 Have at least three years of continuous existence III Eugene as a performing arts organization; 1.5 For the most recent three seasons, have a subscription season in the Hult Center, or a multiple event season with at least three events in either Silva Concert Hall or Soreng Theater and a total of six performances (as of July 1, 2001, existing Resident Companies which have not met this criteria in the past will be granted a transition period of three years to achieve this performance/production standard; by the 2003-04 season all Resident Companies shall be in compliance); 1.6 Recognize the Hult Center, either by name or logo, on any marketing or promotional material; 1.7 Promptly pay costs of using the Hult Center so that all current debts are cleared on or before Exhibit B-1