2001-04-18 Cultural Council Minutes

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,T CILER 2001 SEP I A V' 3 1 RCC Readm'a Cultural Council Town a na 11112 _er's Office -Read' Torn Hall - Readina- MA 01867 Reading Cultural Council Meeting Minutes April 18, 2001 - Open Forum 7:30pr_n at the Reading A/lunicipal Light Dept.. Members in attendance: Joyce Halt, Judy Junl,-er, A Rotondo, Allison DaSilva, Anna Dixon Joyce Holt opened the meeting and introduced the members and guest Rosalie De Ouattro of the Xfcc. t Rosalie De Quattro of the MCC Massachusetts Cultural Council explained the purpose of the nt.Yt.~ nr z~vn nil ~n nt.atn. .aeress~n<r rsLlsa..'i-. _A. 'Zlzn I. . 1 --;1. €lrtn U- --l- - , ~ 1r1 rates ~ r A. 4i~His 2'c+,si piyAa !i la EE4FE' FigY'JtAHY 1-~,._~F+3;~ J. t+ARLfiM. ci citi Ei.Ft~Ei2 ~ti FfllA\:a ~dt a Ott AaEt.E=FY (Y \.i8 att.. tGli. ff A.L!'E•tt AY~.i 3\i3 t211E' ksFNFEE+ for 4.5 years and was on the Acton-Boxborough cultural council for 6 years. Massachusetts is the only council which gets money into every city and town in MA. Some of the councils are paid through the cities and towns, most are run by volunteers or the cultural councils volliu?tP_.m are mt;f9'iFie:rs. The public was invited to this meeting. Each person signed the attendance sheet and introduced Attendees were: Bill McLaughlin, Program Chairman for the Friends of the Reading- Library, Phone: 944-1811; Susan Ring Brown, Director of EMARC, Emerging Artists, Phone: 942-4888, Karen Flynn, PTO Co-Chair Barrows PTO i Enrich ent, Phone: 944-1285, Nadine andzilak, r'YYE EE?E -j _lL-. Lie6tid L = LL83'LFL-a8bd61, ,E ELVSL'C_~-F'£ L.= lI.P.Chairperson, Joyce Holt discussed joint grants as a way to cut down on applications. She used the example of the BSO grant which sent 4th and nth gracters to the symphony. 4a can dinar 9`2rrternm to the t )wrPSe ~ntg~m to c eulrat rcr~~art.Pa xtP a~~a%at6c arer3 &trcr fa? become involed with coop, eratitle efforts. Joyce Halt turned over the meeting to Allison Da Silva. to crystalize the council and tally about streamlining. mt-,- ---~--_crc 40 g€0 ~__~_t_.;_+.___- __a t__a i__ min nnn at lhcrc ~ lt a~ipm auviFS uu yk a aiiu evd acme VIL. Ey Qc ij V, eVV air a dlu. Fewer grant applications will give the council more time to read the grants. h-i the past we had to ask schools what grants were most important. Every year we try to find a way to lessen the amount of reading. We give over 40% to schools and the other amount to the elderly and other applicants. Tt in esrpnna avrc-, tle,_ -re« nil --A A.- .a_.- Ile`nq" &e- w Y- Sh•9+s. 5 r_•r -e`-~ti%~3aer,~.a e-s .ees Fs_ _Y E1r--e q, - Attendee, Karen Flynn said she was told in the past to write grants for everything so the council i wits Know wnar iney are doing.