Lawrence Cultural Arts Commission

Minutes of October 6, 2008

Neighborhood Resources Conference Room

 

Present: John Reeves, Chair; Matthew Herren, Secretary; Donna Griffin; Amy Kelly;  David Loewenstein;

             Jane Pennington; Evie Rapport, Immediate Past Chair

 

City Staff: Michael Tubbs, Staff Liaison

 

A.  The meeting was called to order at 7:09 PM by the Chair, John Reeves.

 

B.  The Minutes of August 13, 2008 meeting were reviewed and motion by Commissioner Pennington to approve minutes as submitted was seconded by Commissioner Griffin.  Motion carried. 

 

 

C.  New Business

            1.  Review Phoenix Awards

Discussion ensued about the low  number of nominations received and concern over keeping the Awards competitive was expressed.   In order to have a larger, more competitive pool of nominations, Commissioner Loewenstein moved to extend the nomination deadline to 5 PM, October 27, 2008 and to reschedule award ceremony to a later date.   Second by Commissioner Griffin.  Motion carries, 4 aye, 2 nay, 1 abstain. 

 

D.  Unfinished Business

 

1.  Draft Policy Manual.  Chair Reeves offered to make amendments as passed and as legal services if there are still questions about the manual.  This will be revisited at the November LCAC Meeting.  

 

 

E.  Regular Agenda Items     

 

1.  Announcements from The Chair

            Chair Reeves announced that Resolution No. 6774 has arrived, signed, from The City.  He is awaiting a copy of Resolution No. 6733, which has also been passed. 

 

            Committee assignments will be made when vacancies on The Commission are filled. 

           

2.  Subcommittee Reports         

 

A.  ODSE: Commissioner Griffin reported that three choices of jurors have been made.  They are, in order: Doug Freed, Alison Sky, and Porter Arneil.  Freed will be contacted and asked, and materials should be ready by early November.  The situation with John Northington is closed. 

                       

B. Phoenix Awards: Nothing to report.

 

C.  Website: Commissioner Rapport reported that Commissioner Herren will meet with Andrea Wertzberger later in the week to go over final corrections to the website.  Approaching launch. 

 

D.  Fund-raising and Project Development: Nothing to report. 

 

E.  Grants/Workshops: Commissioner Kelly suggested that the focus of Grants Committee shift from workshops to seeking out possible applicants and publicizing Commission’s Grant work.  A pool of email addresses will be compiled by all, for mass announcements,  organized by Commissioner Kelly.  Mr. Tubbs agreed to assist with this.    

 

F.  Roundtable: Commissioner Pennington announced that the Arts Commission will be on the agenda of the next Roundtable meeting, October 8, which she will attend. 

 

After motion by Commissioner Griffin, seconded by Chair Reeves, Meeting was adjourned at 8:42  PM.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Matthew Herren, Secretary