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r <br /> Town of Reading <br /> 3 x Meeting Minutes L{ :: p <br /> toT V0,! LeRK <br /> A. <br /> Board - committee - commission - council: 213 DEC 9 PK 5: 51 <br /> Cultural Council <br /> Date: 2019-10-21 Time: 7:00 PM <br /> Building: Pleasant Street Senior Center Location: Arts and Crafts Room <br /> Address: 49 Pleasant Street Session: Open Session <br /> Purpose: Version: <br /> Attendees: Members - Present: <br /> Donna Schenkel, Nancy Ziemlak, Mary Ann Kozlowski, Nora Bucko, Megan <br /> Fidler Carey, Brian Kimerer, lane Soloway, Kathy Natale, Rosemary Lewis <br /> Members - Not Present: <br /> Others Present: <br /> Anne Landry, Reading Select Board; Timothea Pham, MCC <br /> Minutes Respectfully submitted By: Rosemary Lewis <br /> Topics of Discussion: <br /> Call to order at 7:04 pm. Welcome visitors. Anne Landry who is our liaison to the Select Board and <br /> Timothea Pham from the Mass Cultural Council. <br /> Minutes were approved. <br /> Treasurer's report: <br /> lane met with Sharon at the Town Office to complete the LCC Account Form (Voting Meeting <br /> Calculation Sheet). We received $9000 from the MCC, $5000 from the Town, and $1200 additional in <br /> our account due to miscalculation of interest, bringing the total available for grants to $15,200. There <br /> is also money available in our administrative account. The Town's contribution is in a separate <br /> account and it was advised that we use that before the MCC money, as it is only available for one <br /> year, or we will lose it. <br /> Donna brought up recruitment for the council, not just for new members, but for present members to <br /> step up into positions of Chair and Secretary, as those will be vacant come the end of this year. <br /> Donna prepared a list of duties for the Chair, which will be uploaded on the Google drive. There was <br /> discussion about this, and some changes were proposed. Anne stated that she would mention at the <br /> next Select Board meeting that the council is looking for new members. Brian suggested that we <br /> consider updating the Select Board on the Council's activities again as we did last year, since the <br /> presentation was so well received. Anne will see if that would be possible on the agenda. <br /> Brian presented a list of the applicants for this year. There are 21. The panel books won't be available <br /> until November 1, but Timothea stated that she could email PDF's to us soon if desired. Our next <br /> meeting will be Monday, November 4 to begin interviews. This year we will be scheduling on 2 nights, <br /> 11/4 and Wed. 11/6. Megan volunteered to schedule the interviews. Anne suggested using <br /> signup.com as an easier way to manage that. <br /> Timothea talked about the Festival Grants program which makes available grants for community <br /> based functions, such as the Porch Fest that was held last summer. Applications open January 20, <br /> 2020. Groups would be eligible for both RCC grants as well as Festival grants. Timothea also <br /> explained that she is our regional representative and talked about a new Health Initiative due to roll <br /> out in January. This would make attending cultural activities more accessible to Health Connector <br /> participants, by using their EBT cards to purchase tickets and entry fees. <br /> Page 1 1 <br />