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Board - Committee - Commission - Council:
Cultural Council
Date: 2013 -12 -09
Building: Reading Public Library
Address: 64 Middlesex Avenue
Purpose: Vote on Grant Applications
Attendees: Members - Present:
Time: 7:00 PM
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Location: Conference Room
Session:
Peggy Caouette, Lynne Cassinari, Eileen Collins, Catherine Folan, Colleen
O'Shaughnessy,Jacalyn Shelton Wallace
Members - Not Present:
Others Present:
Donna Schenkel
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Colleen O'Shaughnessy
Topics of Discussion:
The meeting was called to order at 7:00 P.M.
Members were reminded that the State Assembly will be held February 11 with an
inclement weather date April 22, 2014. Registration is due on line by January 12, 2013.
Lynne circulated a list of members' names and email addresses.
The minutes of the November meeting were read and accepted.
The Treasurer's report was read and accepted. The Treasurer's annual report is due
December 30, 2013.
If any member is affiliated with an application, she should remove herself from the room.
Due to her membership in the Reading Art Association, Lynne will be out of the room for the
discussion and vote on their application.
The following applications are not eligible for consideration,:
14 -01 Blues Brothers Briefcase: no date, venue, additional funding
14 -02 Hofbrauhaus Bavarian Band: no date, venue, additional funding
14 -04 Swing Concert: no date, venue, additional funding
14 -06 Henry the Juggler: no date, venue, additional funding
14 -15 Brazil Meets Jazz: no date, funding, venue, additional funding
14 -16 Mystic valley Elder Services: not a Reading venue
14 -17 Summer Latine Music: no date, venue, additional funding
Lynne left the room while the other members discussed the Reading Art Association
application 14 -08.
All the members then discussed the remaining applications and voted to grant the following
amounts:
14 -01 Ivy Chord Coffee House
$1,000
14 -05 Mr. President
$450
14 -07 The Marble Collection
$100
14 -09 Barrows Elem. School Author Visit
$610
14 -10 Mourning Jewelry and Cemetery History
$500
14 -11 RSO Tickets for Teens
$200
• 14 -12 RCS Holiday Hits
$1,000
14 -13 My Name: My Identity
$300
14 -14 Killiam: Harvard Museum of Natural History $500
Lynne left the room while the others voted on
14 -08 Reading Art Association $650
The total expenditure for the year will be $5,310
Lynne will write letters to those who did not receive funding and then two weeks later she
will write allotment letters to the grantees.
Peggy read a notice regarding staffing changes at MCC.
Donna will become a full member in February.
Peggy, Lynne, Eileen and Colleen will be leaving the council when their terms expire in the
spring.
The meeting adjourned at 8:19 P.M.