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Reading Arts Council
Minutes
January 27, 1993
Members present : Fran Brown, Alice Collins, MaryEllen LaCroix, Bev McAleer, David
Mitchell, Erline Robinson, Diane Slezak, Eleanor Weiss and Michael Wright.
Treasurer's report was accepted as submitted.
Old business: Thank you to Fran for writing our annual report and submitting it.
New business: Alice has started calling other art councils in our area to see what kinds
of activities they are doing. Now that we have less to do as a council, because of
reduced funds and a different approval system of payment requests, we want to
explore other possibilities to promote the arts in Reading.
We discussed the possibility of doing a community arts calendar in the "Daily Times
Chronicle" and the "Suburban News." This would involve informing the arts groups in
Reading through letters, calls or the newspaper of our intent so that they can inform us
of their activities. Erline volunteered to contact the newspapers to see if they would be
willing to print the list on a monthly basis. We would also be sure to mention Arts
Council sponsored events.
Some decisions were also made regarding our upcoming community arts meeting. In
order to better inform ourselves about the various organizations and their concerns,we
will be attending meetings and / or calling the chairpersons during the next two
months. From this information we will devise an agenda and formally invite arts
organizations, enrichment committees, individual artists and teachers and dance
studios as well as the 350 th Anniversary Committee to an early May get together.
Hopefully our result will be a sharing of information and forming of alliances.
The following people will attend or contact these groups:
A, Diane---------------Creative Arts
David---------------Reading Art Association
Fran-----------------Reading Symphony
MaryEllen---------- Friends of the Library / Enrichment Committees
THE READING ARTS COUNCIL
Reading Arts Council
Minutes
January 27, 1993
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Mari!----------------Colonial Chorus
Jane----------------Reading Choral Society
Alice----------------Reading Photographic Society / RMHS Band Parents
The state has not yet informed us of the amount of money we will be receiving for the
next cycle, however, it will be in October 1993.
There will not be a meeting in February. Our next meeting is Wednesday, March 24 in
the small conference room of the Reading Public Library at 7:30 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Diane N. Siezak
THE READING ARTS COUNCIL