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FROM: Orange County Arts Commission <br />SUBJECT: Monthly Meeting <br />DATE: January 14, 2013 <br />LOCATION: Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau, Chapel Hill <br /> <br />MEMBERS PRESENT: Lindsey Alexander, Kate Dickson, Geoffrey Hathaway, Charles Hochman, <br />Gordon Jameson, Bronwyn Merritt, Rebecca Ray, Andrea Riley, Cher Tuskey <br />MEMBERS ABSENT: Joe Marro, Todd Neal, Nedra Bradsher, Emily Lees, Alice Levinson, <br />Leah Rade <br />STAFF PRESENT: Martha Shannon <br />Meeting called to order at 6:00 PM <br />Topic A <br /> Discussion Point: Approval of December, 2012 Minutes <br /> Decision/Vote(s): Vote taken <br /> Action Item: Approved unanimously <br /> <br />Topic B <br /> Discussion Point: Director’s Report <br />Decision/Vote(s): Staff updated board on recent activities including 2 requests for extensions <br />from grant recipients for completion of their projects. A few board members terms are <br />expiring at the end of March. <br /> Action Item: Requested extensions approved unanimously <br /> <br />Topic C <br /> Discussion Point: Report from Liaisons Present <br />Decision/Vote(s): Gordon Jameson reported hotel revenues are up in Orange County. <br />Andrea Riley reported on progress of the Cultural Center, and that they are having a fund <br />raising event. Todd Neal wasn’t present to report on the Public Art committee. Rebecca Ray <br />said that The School Project will have a report for the board at the February meeting or later. <br /> Action Item: None <br /> <br /> Topic D <br />Discussion Point: There was a discussion on our grant evaluation process, regarding <br />multiple applications from the same organizations, schools, or artists. <br />Decision/Vote(s): None <br />Action Item: None <br /> <br />Topic E <br />Discussion Point: Gordon Jameson informed the board about a fund raiser FRANK Gallery is <br />having in January. ART MOMENT: Charles Hochman informed the board of upcoming North <br />Carolina Opera events. <br />Decision/Vote(s): None <br /> Action Item: None <br /> <br />Meeting adjourned at 7:15 PM