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Topic C <br />Topic D <br />Discussion Point: Review of March 2016 Minutes <br />Decision /Vote(s): Discussion of minutes. <br />Action Item: March 2016 Minutes approved. <br />Discussion Point: Director's Report <br />Decision /Vote(s): <br />Tr Attorney Shelia Huggins will be our guest presenter at the May 20, 2016 Artists' Salon on <br />"Independent Contractor Law — Issues & Rights." <br />Tr 179 nonprofit arts & cultural organizations were included in the AFTA Master Merged Orange County <br />List, emailed to NC Arts Council on March 30, 2016. The state arts council will then combine it with <br />the other participating NC county lists, and email the statewide list to AFTA in Washington, DC. The <br />merged Orange County list included lists from the Town of Chapel Hill, Town of Carrboro, and Town of <br />Hillsborough, and "other" Orange County locations (such as Efland, Cedar Grove, Mebane, etc.) <br />Tr The OCAC's April, 2016 E- Newsletter was emailed to 877 recipients on April 7, 2016. 28.3% (249 <br />subscribers) opened the April, 2016 E- newsletter; 2.8% (25 subscribers) clicked through. <br />n Former OCAC board member Debb Hepp was our representative to the Creative Carrboro Committee. <br />Ashley Nissler served as Debb Hepp's backup, and will now be our representative to this group <br />moving forward, if no OCAC board member living in Carrboro would like to do this. (Ashley Nissler <br />lives in Hillsborough.) <br />n Triangle Visual Artists will hang their artwork in the Whitted Building art exhibit space on April 15, <br />2016. Hope to have enough hangers for their work. Asset Management does not want to purchase <br />any additional hangers at this time. Staff is working with the county's Legal Dept. to get the contract <br />simplified in terms of art on loan. <br />Tr Arts Day (sponsored by ARTS North Carolina) is May 24 -25, 2016 ($135) in Raleigh. Legislative Day is <br />May 25th ($35) and OCAC board members are encouraged to attend to advocate to our elected <br />officials in the General Assembly for the NC Arts Council's FY17 budget, including increased Grassroots <br />Arts Program funds. OCAC has enough in the budget to cover 2 or 3 board members registration for <br />Legislative Day (includes a box lunch). Both Ian Bowater and Andrea Riley had expressed an interest in <br />attending. Staff asked all OCAC board members to reply by April 15, 2016 if interested in attending. <br />n Staff contacted the OCAC board's 1st choice for a board retreat facilitator, but OCAC does not have <br />enough funds to cover the fee. Staff has requested additional funds for this purpose, but has not yet <br />heard back. Doris Friend suggested contacting the Executive Service League for a recommendation for <br />a board retreat facilitator. <br />n Free Spirit Freedom has notified the OCAC that their grant- funded program has been rescheduled <br />from February to May 1st (3 -5 pm) at the Jerry M. Passmore Senior Center in Chapel Hill. <br />n Andrea Riley is checking on her availability to serve as our judge for the District -Wide Judging for the <br />4th U.S. Congressional District High School Art Competition, to be held at 12:30 pm on Thursday, April <br />21, 2016 at United Arts Council of Raleigh /Wake County in Raleigh. If anyone else is interested, please <br />let staff know ASAP. <br />Tr Commissioner Rich put forward a Petition at the BOCC's March 22, 2016 meeting requesting that the <br />OCAC devise a new grants marketing strategy to increase the awarding of future grants to more new <br />applicants, as opposed to grants going to familiar applicants. Staff is currently working on our <br />response, but a formal request has not yet been received from the County Manager's Office. <br />Tr Raleigh arts groups are considering contracting with TRG Arts (Colorado Springs, CO). This involves <br />sharing database information to cross market and hopefully increase event and program <br />