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FROM: Orange County Arts Commission <br /> SUBJECT: Monthly Meeting <br /> DATE: September 14, 2015 <br /> LOCATION: Century Center, Carrboro <br /> MEMBERS PRESENT: Lynne Albert, Kate Dickson, Geoffrey Hathaway, Debb Hepp,Tim Hoke,Ashley Nissler, <br /> Kim Roberts, Scott Van Manen <br /> MEMBERS ABSENT: Ian Bowater, Doris Friend,Tinka Jordy, Bronwyn Merritt,Joy Salyers <br /> STAFF PRESENT: Martha Shannon <br /> Meeting called to order at 6:30 PM <br /> Topic A <br /> Discussion Point: Review of August 2015 Minutes <br /> Decision/Vote(s): Discussion of minutes <br /> Action Item: August 2015 Minutes were approved. <br /> Topic B <br /> Discussion Point: Director's Report <br /> Decision/Vote(s):Thanks to all for a very successful 301h Anniversary Party on September 3, 2015.Total <br /> cost to OCAC was$435.67 taken from FY16 "Departmental Supplies" line item. $80 in raffle tickets was <br /> sold at the 301h Anniversary Party. OCAC's request for possible appointment of Volunteer Applicant <br /> Jennifer Shelton has been moved to the BOCC's October 61h agenda. BOCC is distributing OCAC's Spring <br /> 2015 grant awards to grant recipients at the BOCC's September 15, 2015 meeting.The Durham Arts <br /> Council's Emerging Artists Program (EAP) discipline panels will meet in October. One or two OCAC board <br /> members are needed to serve on various discipline panels. Please let staff know if you'd like to serve. <br /> EAP's Full Committee will meet on November 11, 2015. Board Member Tony Kane has resigned from the <br /> OCAC board, due to work issues. OCAC needs to suggest his replacement to the BOCC. OCAC needs to find <br /> a new storage space for our gridwall panels. Our gridwall has been stored previously at the Cedar Grove <br /> Community Center,then in the basement of the Old Chapel Hill Library(Chapel Hill Museum),then in <br /> artist Dale Morgan's storage unit in Mebane. If you can help with OCAC's Festifall booth (1316)from noon <br /> —6 pm on Sunday, October 4, 2015, please let staff know ASAP. OCAC plans to sell raffle tickets at <br /> Festifall. Still need to determine how to pay for Emerging Artists Program contribution ($1,500) and <br /> Piedmont Laureate contribution ($1,350) out of our FY16 budget. Could pay these expenses from our Fall <br /> 2015 county grant funds, or from various FY16 line items in our budget. Staff has had a request from a <br /> potential Fall 2015 grant applicant who would like to make a presentation about their proposed project at <br /> our November board meeting. OCAC board decided it did not want to allow potential applicants to make <br /> board meeting presentations about their proposed projects. OCAC needs to decide how it wants to <br /> handle any increase in FY16 state Grassroots funding we might receive from the NC General Assembly this <br /> year. OCAC board decided to wait to see if we will receive additional funding before addressing this item. <br /> At June 8, 2015 board/grants meeting, OCAC board wanted to give any additional Grassroots funds we <br /> received to one specific grant applicant.The seven 301h Anniversary posters (plus one informational piece <br />