Talent contracts
| Submitted | Dec. 15, 2021 |
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From: Seth Simons
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Rhode Island Access to Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
Any talent or promoter contracts and/or purchasing agreements stemming from the following events:
-The October 2, 2021 event with Stephen Colbert at the Ryan Center: http://www.theryancenter.com/events/A_Conversation_with_Stephen_Colber
-The September 5, 2021 event with Mike Birbiglia at Edwards Auditorium, originally planned for the Ryan Center: http://www.theryancenter.com/events/Mike_Birbiglia
-The October 25th, 2019 event with John Mulaney at the Ryan Center: http://www.theryancenter.com/events/An_Evening_with_John_Mulaney
-The April 14, 2019 event with H. John Benjamin and Eugene Mirman at Edwards Auditorium: http://www.theryancenter.com/events/An_Evening_with_H__Jon_Benjamin_and_Eugene_Mirman_at_Edwards_Auditorium
-The November 3, 2016 event with Hannibal Buress at Edwards Auditorium, originally planned for the Ryan Center: http://www.theryancenter.com/events/Hannibal_Buress
-The October 1, 2016 event with Jay Leno at the Ryan Center: http://www.theryancenter.com/events/Jay_Leno
-The September 6, 2016 event with Chris D'Elia at the Ryan Center: http://www.theryancenter.com/events/Chris_DElia
Please include any such documents for support acts, if applicable. If it's possible and simpler on your end to simply send the final price paid to each artist—in lieu of the contract itself—that's amenable to me too.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Seth Simons
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Rhode Island Access to Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Dec. 15, 2021. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: University of Rhode Island
Hello Seth and Muckrock News—
I am responding to your message below.
My legal office colleague, Associate General Counsel Lauren Jensen (who I
am cc’ing on this email), is handling your APRA request, and you should
refer all future correspondence relating to your request to her.
I forwarded your below email to her, and she asked me to let you know as
follows: “…. our response is due tomorrow and he'll hear from me in some
form or other by the end of the day tomorrow, and that he can reach out to
me directly with any other questions…”
Thank you for your cooperation and attention to this message.
Sincerely,
Peter Harrington
Peter Harrington
Associate General Counsel
Green Hall, Room 303
University of Rhode Island
35 Campus Avenue
Kingston, RI 02881
Tel: 401-874-4489
Email: peterh@uri.edu
From: Seth Simons
Thank you! I appreciate it. Hope you both have a happy new year.
From: University of Rhode Island
I will be out of the office on Thursday, December 30. If you need
immediate assistance, please contact Patricia Foster at
patricia_foster@uri.edu or (401) 874-4486. Happy Holidays!
--
*Lauren A. Jensen, Esq.*
Associate General Counsel
Office of the General Counsel
Green Hall, 35 Campus Avenue
Kingston, Rhode Island 02881
P: (401) 874-4491
F: (401) 874-4803
WARNING AND CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this
e-mail message, including any attachments, is confidential, may be subject
to the attorney-client privilege or other privileges, may constitute inside
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In the event this communication was received by you in error, please notify
the sender immediately; return this communication to the sender; and
permanently delete this communication from your computer storage systems.
Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution of this
communication is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful.
From: University of Rhode Island
Mr. Simons,
As my colleague advised yesterday, I am handling your below request
for records pursuant to the Rhode Island Access to Public Records Act. The
University's response to your request is due today (ten business days from
the date of receipt).
Unfortunately, while I have gathered the documents responsive to your
request, I'm having difficulty downloading and saving them. While I will
provide the public records responsive to your request as soon as I'm able
to resolve this issue with the electronic files, I don't know that I'll be
able to resolve it this afternoon. Therefore, to allow me time to resolve
this issue, in accordance with R.I.G.L. § 38-2-3(e) and §38-2-7, the
time to respond to your request is extended for an additional five business
days.
Please keep in mind that nothing contained herein represents that the
responsive records (if any) are public records subject to disclosure or
constitutes a waiver of any right or claim of exemption that the University
may assert under the law with respect to the disclosure of the
requested records.
Please feel free to contact me if you would like to discuss further.
Otherwise, you can expect a response to your request for records no later
than Monday, January 10.
*Lauren A. Jensen, Esq.*
Associate General Counsel
Office of the General Counsel
Green Hall, 35 Campus Avenue
Kingston, Rhode Island 02881
P: (401) 874-4491
F: (401) 874-4803
WARNING AND CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this
e-mail message, including any attachments, is confidential, may be subject
to the attorney-client privilege or other privileges, may constitute inside
information, and is intended only for the use of the intended addressees.
In the event this communication was received by you in error, please notify
the sender immediately; return this communication to the sender; and
permanently delete this communication from your computer storage systems.
Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution of this
communication is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful.
From: Seth Simons
No worries at all -- thank you for the update and for your assistance with this. Happy new year!
From: University of Rhode Island
Mr. Simons,
Thank you for your understanding while we worked to respond to your
request. Please see the documents responsive to your request attached. If
you have any questions or any difficulties opening the PDFs, please let me
know.
2016.09.06 Chris D'Elia.pdf
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aP8hYAYwKVNZn4MtQp4cacpBzEQuuR8F/view?usp=drive_web>
2016.10.01 Jay Leno.pdf
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mZbKTlHKx5MJpm952ISNfq-doWbV4ey-/view?usp=drive_web>
2016.11.03 Hannibal Buress.pdf
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_qvRi6u3ex7BA_zkKb4jsG15bdaqo-P_/view?usp=drive_web>
2019.04.14 Eugene Mirman.pdf
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gA93MNRfie6VQQsPLcOoMe-E6H3QPnz6/view?usp=drive_web>
2019.04.14 H. Jon Benjamin.pdf
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XSyfRYRtabKSaeEokU6RBcuGbe8RDz_s/view?usp=drive_web>
2019.10.25 John Mulaney.pdf
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/165mQEgV1kjCqJUvbVtf4CDZgBbG0ZHZ9/view?usp=drive_web>
2021.09.05 Mike Birbiglia.pdf
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xlGGymS4ifOml-9KVJNVK9QBB18P19kW/view?usp=drive_web>
2021.10.02 Stephen Colbert.pdf
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sZIlzQDwG2An8rs6N__bqDoEYVL9kOjc/view?usp=drive_web>
If you disagree with the determination made by this office, you can
petition Marc B. Parlange, President, University of Rhode Island, Green
Hall, 35 Campus Avenue, Kingston, Rhode Island 02881, for a review of the
determination, or you may appeal to the R.I. Department of Attorney
General or the R.I. Superior Court for the county in which the records are
maintained.
*Lauren A. Jensen, Esq.*
Associate General Counsel
Office of the General Counsel
Green Hall, 35 Campus Avenue
Kingston, Rhode Island 02881
P: (401) 874-4491
F: (401) 874-4803
WARNING AND CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this
e-mail message, including any attachments, is confidential, may be subject
to the attorney-client privilege or other privileges, may constitute inside
information, and is intended only for the use of the intended addressees.
In the event this communication was received by you in error, please notify
the sender immediately; return this communication to the sender; and
permanently delete this communication from your computer storage systems.
Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution of this
communication is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful.
From: Seth Simons
Thank you! I can't access the PDFs -- could you grant access to my personal email address, seth.simons@gmail.com? (Would it make it easier on your end if I request access?)
From: University of Rhode Island
I'm attaching them here as a single PDF. Let me know if this works.
Lauren
*Lauren A. Jensen, Esq.*
Associate General Counsel
Office of the General Counsel
Green Hall, 35 Campus Avenue
Kingston, Rhode Island 02881
P: (401) 874-4491
F: (401) 874-4803
WARNING AND CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this
e-mail message, including any attachments, is confidential, may be subject
to the attorney-client privilege or other privileges, may constitute inside
information, and is intended only for the use of the intended addressees.
In the event this communication was received by you in error, please notify
the sender immediately; return this communication to the sender; and
permanently delete this communication from your computer storage systems.
Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution of this
communication is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful.
From: Seth Simons
It does! Thank you again.
From: Seth Simons
Hi Laura, I just wanted to flag for you that there seems to be unredacted bank account info for a number of the comics in these documents. The request is embargoed on Muckrock right now, so only their admins and I can see it, and I'll ask them to delete the files so no one else can see them when the embargo lifts in 30 days. To state the obvious, I'm never going to publish these documents with any of that info visible, and I'm happy to delete what I have if you want to resend them with the info removed -- let me know how you'd like to proceed!
From: University of Rhode Island
Mr. Simons,
Thank you so much for your courtesy. Please delete the document I sent
yesterday and use the attached, which has the bank account information
appropriately redacted in accordance with R.I.G.L. 38-2-2(4)(A)(I)(b)
because the release of such information would constitute a clearly
unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
Lauren
*Lauren A. Jensen, Esq.*
Associate General Counsel
Office of the General Counsel
Green Hall, 35 Campus Avenue
Kingston, Rhode Island 02881
P: (401) 874-4491
F: (401) 874-4803
WARNING AND CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this
e-mail message, including any attachments, is confidential, may be subject
to the attorney-client privilege or other privileges, may constitute inside
information, and is intended only for the use of the intended addressees.
In the event this communication was received by you in error, please notify
the sender immediately; return this communication to the sender; and
permanently delete this communication from your computer storage systems.
Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution of this
communication is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful.
From: Seth Simons
Thank you! Confirming deletion on my end. All best.
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