2021-08-17 Cultural Council Minutes

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RECEIVED TOWN CLERK 4 911 READING, MA. Town of Reading P� Meeting Minutes 2021 SEP 21 PH 5� 26 Board - Committee - Commission - Council: Cultural Council Date: 2021-09-17 Time: 7:00 PM Building: Pleasant Street Senior Center Location: Arts and Crafts Room Address: 49 Pleasant Street Session: Open Session Purpose: Version: Draft Attendees: Members - Present: Brian Kimerer, Katherine Lopez Natale, Kerr! Perry Members - Not Present: Megan Fidler -Carey, Sherilla Lestrade, Bhartl Parris, Michael Smith Others Present: None Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Kern Perry Topics of Discussion: Call to order at 7:05 p.m. The meeting was conducted by Brian Kimerer, Co -Chair. We had only three members in attendance so we could still meet but there was a motion by Katherine to table the treasurer report and minutes approval of prior meeting due to small level of attendance. Kern seconded the motion, and the vote was unanimous to table these topics until our next meeting. Brian shared that we had one new member, Sherilla Lestrade and we can formally welcome her in the next meeting. It was discussed that the annual report with the Massachusetts Cultural Council is upcoming and we are not certain yet the date and link for that yet. Brian shared some information about the new online system and website. He shared that each member would need a unique log in username and password, versus a shared log in. Members from prior years that are still active members can request a password using their personal email as their username within the site. Brian will work to establish membership on the site for new members and will skip the self -identifying questions for members to complete directly and privately on their own. Brian shared we need to review and finalize current council Information and practices by September 1, 2021 so that it can be established before the start of the grant cycle, as it can not be changed during the grant cycle period. In establishing our council infonnatlon, we needed a phone number to list, and Brian was going to check if it was ok if we used the phone number for Reading Town Hall. We will update the information to include the new Facebook page name and new Instagram if they ask for that as an option to include. The website will be the town website for the council. We reviewed the material from last year and discussed how the dates of application will need updating for this year's cycle of 9/1/2021-10/15/2021 and how we do not know the P"e I 1