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Board - Committee - Commission - Council:
Cultural Council 3N OCT -9 PM 6: 18
Date: 2016-12-14 Time: 7:00 PM
Building: Pleasant Street Senior Center Location: Arts and Crafts Room
Address: 49 Pleasant Street
Purpose: Business Session:
Attendees: Members - Present:
Mary Ann Kozlowski, Nancy Ziemlak, Donna Schenkel, Jane Soloway, Beth
Mosier, Rosemary Lewis
Members - Not Present:
Nora Bucko
Others Present:
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Rosemary Lewis
Topics of Discussion:
The meeting was called to order by Donna Schenkel at 7:05 pm in the Arts and Crafts Room
of the Pleasant Street Senior Center.
Minutes of the previous meeting were approved.
There was no change in the Treasurer's report from the last meeting. ]ane submitted the
LCC Account Form to MCC. We have $6561 to distribute in grants, and $200 for
administrative purposes.
Discussion turned to the grant applications. Several were denied for not meeting criteria.
They were:
Edward M. Wirt 2003 No date or place.
The Marble Collection 7666 Not serving a significant Reading population
RESS Foundation 9114 No date or place.
Roberta Saphire 9925 No date or place.
The remaining grants were discussed, with Beth Mosler excusing herself during discussion
and vote for the Reading Community Singers, due to her involvement with this group. The
following 12 grants were approved:
UU Church Ivy Chord 2014 $ 500
Reading Art Association 2874 512
Kelly Walsh Winter Theater 2918 400
Colonial Chorus 5122 400
Delvena Theatre Company 3125 450
Nancy Genevieve Kohl Writer 5853 800
Reading Community Singers 4626 650
Northeast School of Ballet 4220 250
Alyssa Lee Creative Arts 6419 750
No. Sububan Child & Family 5212 600
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Harriet Lyons Birch Meadow 9353 $ 600
Wood End PTO 9845 649
Total $6561
A short discussion ensued about the MCC survey about the electronic application submission
process. Some of the members had already completed it, and others were encouraged to
do so. Future activities for us include the community survey In the spring and planning for
next year. The next meeting will be Monday, January 9, 2017 at 7:00 pm in the Arts and
Crafts Room of the Senior Center.
The meeting adjourned at 8:15 pm.